Activities and Events
Digital Histories Research Seminars & Workshops
Learn about research projects that are being shaped by digital methodologies, develop new skills and discuss the implications of digital tools and methods for how we understand, construct and communicate histories.
No upcoming seminars are scheduled. Watch previous seminars here.
Previous events
2021 Research seminar and workshop series
8 April, Fiona Tweedie (UTS eResearch), 'OpenRefine Training Workshop: How to Clean Messy Data'
13 May, Hugh Craig (University of Newcastle, Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing), 'Time-layered Cultural Map: Mapping Tools for the Humanities in Australia'
10 June, Michael Lynch (UTS eResearch), 'Text Mining for the Humanities'
8 July, Tim Sherratt (University of Canberra, Digital Heritage), 'GLAM workbench: Tools for exploring digital collections of Australian heritage'
12 August, Deb Verhoeven (University of Alberta), Mike Jones (ANU), Alana Piper (UTS), 'Building connections between Australian Cultural Data in HuNI'
9 September, Richard Tuffin (UNE, Archaeology), 'Convict Landscapes: Mapping Australia’s convict past'
14 October, Alana Piper (UTS), 'How to build a crowdsourcing project on Zooniverse'
2020 Research Seminar Series
13 February – Marco Duranti (University of Sydney), Text mining human rights
12 March – Hart Cohen (Western Sydney University), Digital anthropology and the Strehlow collection
9 April – Hamish Maxwell-Stewart (University of Tasmania), Digitising convict history
14 May – Shawn Ross (Macquarie University), Eight Years of FAIMS Mobile: Reflecting Backward, Looking Ahead
11 June – Ana Stevenson and Kristin Allukian, The Suffrage Postcard Project: Transatlantic Suffrage History and Feminist Digital Archiving,
13 August – Kirsten Thorpe (University of Technology Sydney), Indigenous archives and digital humanities
10 September – Julie Sommerfeldt (University of Sydney), Digital technologies and manuscripts
8 October – Heather Ford (University of Technology Sydney), 'Fact Factories: Wikipedia and Writing History as it Happens'
2019 Research Seminar Series
Lyndall Ryan (University of Newcastle), Colonial Frontier Massacres Map, Thursday 14 March 2019, 5.30-7pm, Building 10, Level 14, Room 201 Abstract
Tony Near (Australian Paralympic Committee), The Australian Paralympic History Project, Thursday 11 April 2019, 5.30-7pm, Building 10, Level 14, Room 201 Abstract
Kate Bagnall (University of Wollongong), The Real Face of White Australia, Thursday 9 May 2019, 5.30-7pm, Building 10, Level 14, Room 201 Abstract
Tamson Pietsch (University of Technology Sydney), Julia Horne (USyd), Gabrielle Kemmis (UTS), Expert Nation: From Nation Building to Database Building, Thursday 13 June 2019, 5.30-7pm, Building 10, Level 14, Room 201 Abstract
CANCELLED Alana Piper (University of Technology Sydney), Criminal Characters, Thursday 8 August 2019, 5.30-7pm, Building 10, Level 14, Room 201
Kate Gahan (Museums and Galleries NSW), Collections and Stories, Thursday 12 September 2019, 5:30-7pm, Building 10, Level 14, Room 201 Abstract
Damian Almeida and Nick Schapowal, Gale Digital Scholar Lab, Thursday 10 October 2019, 5.30-7pm, Building 10, Level 14, Room 201 Abstract
2018 Digital Humanities for Dummies Workshops
The Digital Humanities for Dummies Workshop series was an initiative funded by the FASS Associate Dean of Engagement through the R+AMP initiative. Thank you to everyone who supported this project on the R+AMP platform, and especially to Professor Deb Verhoeven for pioneering the R+AMP initiative.
Programme
Alana Piper (ACPH), Interactive Timelines and Storymaps with Knightlab, Monday 15 October 2018, 5-6.30pm, Building 10, Level 09, Room113 Presentation Slides
Weisi Chen (eResearch), Data Visualisations: An Overview of Available Tools, Monday 22 October 2018, 5-6.30pm, Building 10, Level 09, Room 113 Presentation Slides
Weisi Chen (eResearch), Creating Heat Maps with Google Fusion, Monday 29 October 2018, 5-6.30pm, Building 10, Level 09, Room 113 Presentation Slides
Sophie Herbert (UTS library), Data Visualisations in Power BI , Monday 5 November 2018, 5-6.30pm, UTS Library (Blake Library), Level 4, Room 4J Presentation Slides
Alana Piper (ACPH), Crowdsourced Research and Online Transcription, Monday 12 November 2018, 5-6.30pm, Building 10, Level 09, Room 113 Presentation Slides
Alana Piper (ACPH), Social Network Analysis with Gephi, Monday 19 November 2018, 5-6.30pm, Building 10, Level 09, Room 113 Presentation Slides
Alana Piper (ACPH), Wordpress, Blogging and Website Creation, Monday 26 November 2018, 5-6.30pm, Building 10, Level 05, Room 580 Presentation slides