Dear list members, Please find below details of a free training workshop and panel discussion on 30 May, led by the School of Advanced Study’s Institute for Languages, Cultures and Societieshttps://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/ and the Digital Humanities Research Group at Royal Hollowayhttps://twitter.com/dhroyalholloway?lang=en (DH@RH). Please do share the invite widely. -- Introduction to Text Analysis - using the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) tools to analyse various types of textual data Woburn Suite, G22/26, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU 30 May 2024, 11:00AM - 1:00PM Add to calendarhttps://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/ics/89788 Book HEREhttps://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/introduction-text-analysis-using-hathitrust-re... Led by: Dr Isabella Magni (University of Sheffield) Join us for an interactive, hands-on workshop focusing on tools and methods to mine and analyse textual data, using the HathiTrust Research Center’s data and tools as practical case study. The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) facilitates text and data mining uses of the HathiTrust (HT) corpus, which contains over 18 million items digitised by partner libraries. This massive collection is available for computational analysis for users worldwide: the HTRC Analytics site also offers web-based, click-and-run tools to perform computational text analysis on volumes in the HathiTrust Digital Library, including topic modeling, Named Entity Recognition and token count. An example of the use of HTRC data and tools is the SCWAReD project(Opens in new window), which aimed at creating and analysing curated digital collections, highlighting the work of historically under-resourced and marginalised textual communities. This workshop will introduce HTRC, its data and analytical tools using the case study of the SCWAReDproject(Opens in new window), and will include hands-on practice with HTRC Analytics. No previous computations experience required. To register for this in person workshop taking place on 30 May from 11am-1pm please click on the following link: https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/introduction-text-analysis-using-hathitrust-re... -- Panel discussion: Innovative Digital Approaches to Literary Texts in France and beyond Woburn Suite, G22/26, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU 30 May 2024, 3:00PM - 5:00PM Add to calendarhttps://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/ics/89790 Book HEREhttps://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/panel-discussion-innovative-digital-approaches... Speakers: Dr Florian Cafiero (Paris Sciences et Lettres University) Dr Federica Coluzzi (Warwick University) Dr Isabella Magni (University of Sheffield) Dr Jeff Barda (University of Manchester) Dr Julia Thomaz (DH Research Hub, SAS) Chair: Dr Carlotta Paltrinieri (RHUL) While innovations in the Digital Humanities (DH) are increasingly focusing on more visual or multimodal approaches, textual study remains a core component of the work of the majority of Humanities scholars, and particularly those working in English, Classics, Languages and Cultures, Italian Studies and French and Francophone Studies specifically. Within these intersecting disciplinary contexts, there remains an ongoing need to explore how digital textual studies respond to more recent developments, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). While this critical conversation and event emerges from discussions with colleagues in French and Francophone Studies, and based primarily at French-speaking institutions, the event seeks to draw out broader insights and lessons for Languages and Cultures scholars and textual scholars widely defined across Comparative Studies, English, and Classics, and to contribute to efforts to raise the visibility of DH research from beyond predominantly Anglophone contexts. During the roundtable, speakers representing different research environments and institutional roles, will share their views, reflections, and constructive criticism, on the key points of (1) Innovation in the field of digital textual scholarship; (2) Institutional Policies & Funding; (3) Accessibility; (4) Opportunities/Future Directions. A drinks reception will follow this event, kindly funded by the Cassal Trust. To register for this in person panel discussion taking place on 30 May from 3-5pm please click on the following link: https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/panel-discussion-innovative-digital-approaches... Sent on behalf of Dr Joe Ford (https://research.london.ac.uk/search/staff/1306/dr-joseph-ford/) Dr Naomi Wells Senior Lecturer in Italian and Spanish with Digital Humanities Acting Director of the Digital Humanities Research Hub/Associate Director of the Doctoral Centre Digital Humanities Research Hubhttps://www.sas.ac.uk/digital-humanities/Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societieshttps://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/ School of Advanced Study | University of London Senate House | Malet Street | London WC1E 7HU | UK Email: naomi.wells@sas.ac.ukmailto:naomi.wells@sas.ac.uk Research profile: https://research.london.ac.uk/search/staff/1164/dr-naomi-wells/