Summary: In this workshop, researchers will learn how to organize, manipulate, and visualize their data. We will first focus on good data organization practices and use spreadsheets to tidy and wrangle several datasets. We will then manipulate, clean, and enhance our data in OpenRefine, a powerful tool for working with messy data. Finally, we will …
Methodologies, Technologies, Epistemologies: New Contact Zones in Islamic Studies This conference seeks to tackle questions on how might different disciplines approach the same vital social question: How does a well-established academic field integrate new technological and methodological approaches? And how might these new approaches encourage greater engagement with diverse scholarly voices and the public at large? These …
This summer course is for graduate (MA and PhD) students and researchers who work with manuscript materials in Arabic script and want to learn how to apply digital technology in their research. It includes both theoretical and practical sessions on digital encoding and editing of manuscript texts, data annotation, search, and visualization. Limited to 20 …
From the organizers, including, among others, PIL book series editor Abigail Krasner Balbale: Dr Rocio Daga Portillo First session: Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 - 6.15 to 7.45 pm (CET) Last session: Monday, Feb. 07, 2022 - 6.15 to 7.45 pm (CET) This webinar is part of the "Webinar Initiative in Islamic Material Culture" jointly organized …
From the organizers: The digital has become an integral part of contemporary human experience across the globe as well as our research practices to the extent that it has lost its conceptual significance. At the same time, the digital humanities (DH) have seemingly arrived at the conceptual and institutional centre of the humanities and social …
From the organizers: Dear Friends and Colleagues: We are pleased to announce “Under-Mapped Spaces: New Methods and Tools for Critical Storytelling with Maps,” an intensive, student-designed workshop for emerging scholars. The workshop will be held from February 28-March 4, 2022 at Stanford University, and is co-hosted by the David Rumsey Map Center and Stanford Geospatial …
How 'Byzantine' Was the Eighteenth Century? New Insights on the Christian Orthodox Art and Architecture of the Late Ottoman Empire. Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, March 31—April 2, 2022 The most common term used to describe Christian Orthodox art and architecture produced in Ottoman territories during the early modern period is “post-byzantine.” While Byzantine elements did …
Global AI + Regulation Emerging Scholars Workshop (with Paper Award) (English) Emerging scholars in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and regulation will have the opportunity to discuss their draft paper with leading scholars in the field of AI and the law, as well as from the other participants of the workshop, such that feedback could be incorporated …
Global AI + Regulation Emerging Scholars Workshop (with Paper Award) (English) Emerging scholars in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and regulation will have the opportunity to discuss their draft paper with leading scholars in the field of AI and the law, as well as from the other participants of the workshop, such that feedback could be incorporated …
On March 2 from 12-4pm US EST at the Program in Islamic Law’s office in Austin Hall and via Zoom, our SHARIAsource Lab will lead a Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes event . Join us for a chance to help write the next chapter in the history of the Arabic script where we bring our …
