Workshops
Digital Humanities Winter School 2026
- Date
- Monday 26 January 2026 - Friday 30 January 2026
- Explanation
- Mon 14:30 - 17:00 Symposium; Tues 10:00 - 13:00 Transkribus workshop; Wed 10:00 - 13:00 Atlas.ti workshop; Thurs 10:00 - 13:00 AI & Education event; Friday 10:00 - 13:00 Quarto workshop
- Address
-
Johan Huizinga
Doelensteeg 16
2311 VL Leiden - Room
- 0.09 (Digital Lab)
Would you like to learn more about how you can use digital tools to help you with your research? Come to the Digital Humanities Winter School! During this week we will offer various workshops on digital tools that can assist with your research. Attendence of the Symposium and Workshops is limited to applicants affiliated with a Dutch University, EU country or Erasmus applicant. See below for the full programme.
The workshops will be given daily during the Winter School from 10:00 - 13:00 (3 hours, with a break) in the Digital Lab (Huizinga room 0.09, part of the Humanities Hub). Unfortunately you can only join in person: there is no online possibility. All workshops are free of cost to participants.
Please bring your laptop! Lecturers will let you know if you will need to download any (free) software about a week before the workshop.
Coffee/tea/water will be available, but please bring a cup.
Programme
Monday, 26 January (15:00 - 17:00): Digital Humanities Pilot Research Project & Infrastructure Symposium
To open the Winter School, we will hold the Digital Humanities Pilot Research Project & Infrastructure Symposium on Monday 26 January 2026 from 14:30 - 17:00 in the Digital Lab, Huizinga room 0.09. During this symposium, the recipients of the 2025 Small Grants for Research Projects and Infrastructure grants will briefly present on their projects. Interested? More information will be updated soon in the event item for the Symposium.
Tuesday, 27 January (10:00 - 13:00): Workshop on Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR)
Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) has revolutionized research for many scholars, enabling computers to transcribe (historical) handwritten documents. This workshop offers an in-depth introduction to HTR and its potential applications in your research. Participants will explore a leading platform, Transkribus, for training and utilizing HTR models, as well as learn about open-source alternatives such as Loghi. Together, we will create our own training dataset and train a custom HTR model using the Transkribus web application. Additionally, we will discuss effective ways to manage and make use of your transcriptions for further research, and give advice on the resources available at Leiden to help you get started.
Wednesday, 28 January (10:00 - 13:00): Atlas.ti Workshop with Corine Gerritsen
More details to follow soon.
Thursday, 29 January (10:00 - 13:00): Education & AI Event
To be confirmed.
Friday, 30 January (10:00 - 13:00): Quarto Workshop with Aron van de Pol
More details to follow soon.
Questions? Email lucdh@hum.leidenuniv.nl. Registration will open 14 November.
Register for Workshop(s) and/or Symposium