Digital Humanities Observatory Past Events
A list of past Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO) events.
Spring 2013
Feb 20 2013 |
DHO/IASSA Invited Lecture on Culture and Climate Change: Arctic Futures: It’s About Climate Change - But Also Much More Date: Wednesday 20 February 2013 Presented by: HE Loyola Hearn, Ambassador of Canada Presenter: Dr Gail Fondahl, President of the International Arctic Social Science Association and former VP Research University of British Columbia. |
Spring 2012
Mar 23 2012 |
Lecture: Near Futures for the Digital Humanities Date: 23 March 2012 Time: 11:00 - 13:00 Place: Seminar Room, Tyrconnel Building, University College Cork |
Mar 15 2012 |
New Perspectives on Old Data: An Introduction to Structured Data Presentation for Digital Humanities Scholars Date: Thursday 15 March 2012 Place: Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 |
Feb 22 2012 |
Getting to Know Your Data Better: An Introduction to Data Visualisation for Analysis in the Digital Humanities Date: Wednesday Date: Wednesday 22 February 2012 Place: Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 Time: 10:00 am -14:00 pm Lecturer: Mr Shawn Day - Project Manager DHO (RIA) |
Feb 01 2012 |
Putting your Project Online: An Introduction to Content Management Systems for Digital Humanities Scholars |
Autumn 2012
Nov 20 2012 |
Digital Humanities as Research Platform for Ireland |
Nov 14 2012 |
An Introduction to Structured Data Presentation Date: 14 November 2012 Venue: TCD - Arts Block To appreciate the variety of structured data presentation tools available to digital humanities scholars and to be able to judge between them. |
Oct 25 2012 |
Data Visualisation for Digital Humanities Date: Thursday 25 October 2012 Time: 10:00 - 13:00 and 14:00 - 17:00 Place: National University of Ireland, Maynooth Presenters: Dr Orla Murphy (UCC) and Shawn Day (RIA) |
Oct 23 2012 |
Realising the Opportunities of Digital Humanities The focus of this event is to engage academia, industry, cultural institutions and public bodies to identify the key research challenges in digital humanities, and to further build the academic-industry partnerships that will enable adoption of digital humanities skills, technologies and tools. This focus will extend to the innovative use of digital humanities technologies in the public sector demonstrating social benefit, such as the digitisation of the Irish census and the use of open linked public data. |
Sep 28 2012 |
DKIT Data Visualisation Workshop Venue: Dundalk Institute of Technology An Introduction to Data Acquisition and Visualisation for Digital Humanities Scholarship To appreciate the rich variety of techniques and tools available to digital humanities scholars for data acquisition and visualisation. This workshop will provide an introduction to the varied use of data visualisation in the humanities through exploration of examples, case studies and some hands-on fun. |
Sep 24 2012 |
Hack 4 Europe! Dublin The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is organising a Dublin hackathon in conjunction with the Irish Manuscripts Commission, the Digital Humanities Observatory and Fáilte Ireland. Hack4Europe! Dublin will take place on 24 and 25 September 2012 in the Science Gallery, Pearse Street, Dublin 2. |
Spring 2011
Jul 04 2011 |
From Metadata to Linked Data Summer School Dates: 4-8 July 2011 Venue: Trinity College, Dublin |
Mar 31 2011 |
Launch of DHO: Discovery Date: 30 March 2011 Time: 17:30 Venue: Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 You are invited to join the Digital Humanities Observatory to celebrate as Minister of State for Research and Innovation, Minister Seán Sherlock, TD, launches DHO: Discovery, a gateway to Digital Collections and Resources. |
Feb 21 2011 |
DHO Workshop: A Brief Introduction to PHP for Digital Humanists Venue: Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 Date: Monday 21 February 2011 Time: 14:00-16:00 Instructor: Dr K Faith Lawrence |
Spring 2010
Spring 2009
Jul 13 2009 |
DHO Summer School 2009 (in conjunction with NINES and 18th Connect) Date: 13 - 17 July 2009 |
Jun 02 2009 |
Digital Humanities Symposium and Project Clinic Date: 2nd-3rd June 2009 In collaboration with University College Cork Presenters: Mr Shawn Day, Digital Humanities Specialist (DHO), Dr K Faith Lawrence, Digital Humanities Specialist |
May 27 2009 |
DHO Workshop: Metadata - Working with Data about Data Date: 27 May 2009, 10:00-16:00 Presenter: Ms Dot Porter, Metadata Manager (DHO) |
May 21 2009 |
DHO Workshop: Introduction to Geospatial Methods for e-Humanities Research Date: 21 May 2009, 11:00-16:00 Presenters: Mr Anthony Corns (Discovery Programme), Dr Rob Sands (UCD), and Shawn Day (DHO) |
Apr 13 2009 |
Digital Scholarly Editions Spring School Date: 13 - 17 April 2009 Co-Directed by Dr Susan Schreibman and Professor Sean Ryder The DHO and the Moore Institute were delighted to host a week-long spring school on the topic of digital scholarly editing. This event, the first of its kind in Ireland, provided Irish researchers the opportunity to engage with cutting edge theories, methods, and technologies through a mixture of specialised workshops, masterclasses, and project consultations. Workshop tracks catered to a wide range of participants from the complete novice to those who have some experience in digital scholarly editing. |
Apr 07 2009 |
DHO Workshop: Introduction to the Semantic Web Date: 7 April 2009, 12:00-16:00 Presenter: Dr K. Faith Lawrence, Digital Humanities Specialist (DHO) |
Mar 31 2009 |
DHO Seminar: The Idea of an Irish Digital Scholarly Imprint Date: 31 March 2009, 10:00-16:00 Presenters: John Fitzgerald (University College Cork), Ruth Hegarty (Royal Irish Academy), John Lavagnino (Moore Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway), and Brad Scott (Digital Publishing Consultant, Brambletye Publishing) |
Mar 10 2009 |
DHO Workshop: Metadata - Working with Data about Data Date: 10 March 2009, 9:30-17:00 Presenter: Ms Dot Porter, Metadata Manager (DHO) |
Feb 20 2009 |
DHO Digital Clinic: Delivering Digital Project Success Date: 20 February 2009, 10:00-16:00 In collaboration with the University of Ulster Presenters: Mr Shawn Day, Digital Humanities Specialist (DHO), and Dr K. Faith Lawrence, Digital Humanities Specialist (DHO) |
Feb 19 2009 |
Digital Humanities Symposium: Research in the 21st Century, New Methods, New Technologies, New Communities of Knowledge Date: 19 February 2009, 9:30-17:00 In collaboration with the University of Ulster Presenters: Mr Shawn Day, Digital Humanities Specialist (DHO), Dr Paul Ell, Director of the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis (QUB), and Dr Susan Schreibman, Director (DHO) |
Jan 26 2009 |
Reading, Writing, Building: the Old English Illustrated Hexateuch Date: 26 January 2009, 15:00-16:00 Presenter: Ms Dot Porter, Metadata Manager (DHO) |
Autumn 2009
Nov 12 2009 |
Art and Design, Digitisation and Intellectual Property Symposium Date: Thursday 12 November 2009 NIVAL event in association with DHO and Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation Presenters: Prof. Robert Clarke (UCD), Ms Louise Crowley (UCC), Dr K Faith Lawrence (DHO), Ms Linda Scales (IVARO), Ms Carola Streul (EVA) |
Nov 05 2009 |
DHO Workshop: DataBasics - Using Databases for Humanities Research Date: Thursday 5 November 2009, 09:30 -15:30 In collaboration with Trinity College Dublin |
Oct 19 2009 |
DHO Workshop: Audio Digitisation and Metadata Date: Monday 19 October 2009, 10:00-16:00 Presenters: Eoghan Ó Raghallaigh (RIA), Dot Porter, Metadata Manager (DHO), Malachy Moran (RTE), Niall Anderson (British Library) |
Oct 16 2009 |
DHO Lecture: Recreating Research, Art and Education in Shared Virtual Worlds Date: Friday 16 October 2009, 15:00-17:00 Presented in conjunction with Architecture Ireland |
Oct 14 2009 |
Digital Humanities – New Frontiers Date: Wednesday 14 October 2009 Presenters: Professor Tony Hey (Corporate Vice-President for Research, Microsoft), Professor Martin Curley, (Director, Intel Labs Europe), Dr. Marie Wallace, (Senior Development Manager, IBM) |
Oct 14 2009 |
IRCHSS Symposium: Digital Humanities - New Frontiers Date: Wednesday 14 October Presenters: Professor Tony Hey (Corporate VP Research, Microsoft), Professor Martin Curley (Director, Intel Labs Europe), and Dr Marie Wallace (Senior Development Manager, IBM). Presented by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Science and the IRCHSS DARIAH Steering Committee |
Oct 05 2009 |
DHO Digital Humanities Symposium Date: Monday 5 October 2009, 16:00 -17:30 Presenters: Mr Shawn Day, Digital Humanities Specialist (DHO), Dr K Faith Lawrence, Digital Humanities Specialist (DHO) In collaboration with St. Patrick's College |
Sep 07 2009 |
DRHA 2009 Dynamic Networks of Knowledge and Practice - Contexts, Crises, Futures |
Call for Proposals (Closed)
7 - 9 September 2009 |
Sponsored by Queen's University Belfast, Swansea University and the National Library of Wales The DRHA (Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts) conference is held annually at various academic venues throughout the UK. The conference this year aims to promote discussion around dynamic networks of knowledge and practice, new digital communities of knowledge and practice, engaging users and digitisation of cultural heritage. Queen's University, Belfast |
Summer 2008
Jul 01 2008 |
DHO Summer School 2008 1-5 July 2008, Royal Irish Academy |
Autumn 2008
Dec 15 2008 |
DHO Workshop: Introduction to TEI Susan Schreibman, DHO, Dot Porter, DHO. 15-16 December 2008, National University of Ireland, Galway |
Dec 01 2008 |
DHO Digital Clinic: Delivering Digital Project Success The DHO Staff |
Nov 11 2008 |
Master Class: Theories and Pragmatic Foundations of the Electronic Book: A digital humanities perspective Ray Siemens, Professor of English, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
Nov 11 2008 |
Master Class: Advanced Digital Project Management Lynne Siemens, Assistant Professor University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
Nov 03 2008 |
Fedora Commons: All ways always Thorny Staples, Director of Community Strategy and Outreach, Fedora Commons |
Oct 06 2008 |
DHO Workshop: Introduction to Digital Project Management From Conceptualization to Realization: Managing Digital Humanities Projects Susan Schreibman, DHO, Jennifer Edmond, TCD, Shawn Day, DHO |
Sep 23 2008 |
Digits and Dreams: Scholarship and computing in the age of abundance Amy Friedlander |