The COST Action Distant Reading for European Literary History is issuing a Call for Applications for its third Training School, hosted by the Centre for Digital Humanities – Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest from September 23 to 25, and co-located with the DH_Budapest 2019 conference http://elte-dh.hu/conf2019/. Note that participation is free of charge! Applicants may apply […]
https://www.distant-reading.net/wp-content/uploads/distant-reading_icon_v3a.png286301Christof Schöchhttps://www.distant-reading.net/wp-content/uploads/distantreading_logo-high-300x138.pngChristof Schöch2019-06-02 16:33:212019-10-12 13:20:36Call for Applications for the third Distant Reading Training School: Budapest, 23-25 September 2019 (extended deadline! July 15, 2019)
The second article of the Distant Reading Recommends series is written by Roxana Patras of “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi in Romania. Her piece describes a notable hajduk novel, from a genre which followed the adventures of these romanticised hero figures of the Balkans. In Distant Reading Recommends, an Action member introduces a novel, […]
https://www.distant-reading.net/wp-content/uploads/ro_1_covers_Jianu-editions.jpg7121273Justin Tonrahttps://www.distant-reading.net/wp-content/uploads/distantreading_logo-high-300x138.pngJustin Tonra2019-05-07 11:35:322019-11-13 14:35:43Distant Reading Recommends: Iancu Jianu by N. D. Popescu
This is the first of a new occasional series of articles called Distant Reading Recommends. In each article, an Action member will introduce a novel, published between 1850 and 1920, from one of the participating countries in our Action. These novels may be important or notable within the individual nation’s literary tradition, but less well-known in […]
https://www.distant-reading.net/wp-content/uploads/lt_Ignas_Šeinius.jpg15001036Justin Tonrahttps://www.distant-reading.net/wp-content/uploads/distantreading_logo-high-300x138.pngJustin Tonra2019-03-15 15:36:482020-02-16 11:22:34Distant Reading Recommends: Kuprelis (The Hunchback) by Ignas Šeinius
Action members Mike Kestemont (University of Antwerp) and Maciej Eder (Polish Academy of Sciences) are happy to report that they have recently secured funding for a three-year, collaborative research project, following a joint call of the Research agency of Flanders (FWO) and the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). The project can be considered a spin-off […]
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This guest post, written by Monika Barget, project manager at the Centre for Digital Humanities, Maynooth University, Ireland, reports on one of the two recent Distant Reading Training Schools that were held at the inaugural European Association for Digital Humanities Conference in Galway, Ireland. Two of my colleagues from Maynooth University and I attended the COST […]
https://www.distant-reading.net/wp-content/uploads/distant-reading_icon_v3a.png286301Justin Tonrahttps://www.distant-reading.net/wp-content/uploads/distantreading_logo-high-300x138.pngJustin Tonra2018-12-13 12:29:302019-10-12 13:21:48Methods & Tools: a Report on the Distant Reading Training School
This guest post was written by Action Member Dr Pieter Francois (WG1 & WG3), Associate Professor in Cultural Evolution at Oxford University. Over the past six months I have been in extensive contact with Professor Tao Wang and his Digital History Centre at Nanjing University, China. Our mutual friend, Simon Mahoney (University College London), who […]
https://www.distant-reading.net/wp-content/uploads/Picture-Poster-Nanjing.png1265887Justin Tonrahttps://www.distant-reading.net/wp-content/uploads/distantreading_logo-high-300x138.pngJustin Tonra2018-11-29 15:51:212019-10-12 13:22:09Distant Reading in China
Following our recent Action meetings in Antwerp, WG2 member and Chief Content Architect at Wolters Kluwer Germany, Christian Dirschl, offered the following thoughts on our project from his perspective as an Information Scientist working in an industrial setting. At the beginning of October, I participated in the meeting of Working Groups 2 and 3 in […]
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https://www.distant-reading.net/wp-content/uploads/distant-reading_icon_v3a.png286301Roxana Patrashttps://www.distant-reading.net/wp-content/uploads/distantreading_logo-high-300x138.pngRoxana Patras2018-10-11 14:27:262019-10-12 13:22:49Call for Applications - GALWAY TRAINING SCHOOL (5-7 December 2018)
Over the last few months, the Distant Reading COST Action has been present at several Digital Humanities conferences with a poster providing some basic information about our Action. In May, the poster was presented at the DH Budapest conference by Jessie Labov. The conference has been organized by Gabor Pálko and his colleagues at the […]
It is with great pleasure that we announce that in the last few months, we have had three recent additions to our COST Action network! Austria, Lithuania and Denmark joined the Action, bringing the total number of countries currently involved in the Distant Reading COST Action to thirty! We would like to welcome the colleagues […]
Call for Applications for the third Distant Reading Training School: Budapest, 23-25 September 2019 (extended deadline! July 15, 2019)
UncategorizedThe COST Action Distant Reading for European Literary History is issuing a Call for Applications for its third Training School, hosted by the Centre for Digital Humanities – Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest from September 23 to 25, and co-located with the DH_Budapest 2019 conference http://elte-dh.hu/conf2019/. Note that participation is free of charge! Applicants may apply […]
Distant Reading Recommends: Iancu Jianu by N. D. Popescu
Distant Reading RecommendsThe second article of the Distant Reading Recommends series is written by Roxana Patras of “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi in Romania. Her piece describes a notable hajduk novel, from a genre which followed the adventures of these romanticised hero figures of the Balkans. In Distant Reading Recommends, an Action member introduces a novel, […]
Distant Reading Recommends: Kuprelis (The Hunchback) by Ignas Šeinius
Distant Reading RecommendsThis is the first of a new occasional series of articles called Distant Reading Recommends. In each article, an Action member will introduce a novel, published between 1850 and 1920, from one of the participating countries in our Action. These novels may be important or notable within the individual nation’s literary tradition, but less well-known in […]
Research Funding Success for Action Members
Associated Projects, Our Network, UncategorizedAction members Mike Kestemont (University of Antwerp) and Maciej Eder (Polish Academy of Sciences) are happy to report that they have recently secured funding for a three-year, collaborative research project, following a joint call of the Research agency of Flanders (FWO) and the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). The project can be considered a spin-off […]
Methods & Tools: a Report on the Distant Reading Training School
Events, Our NetworkThis guest post, written by Monika Barget, project manager at the Centre for Digital Humanities, Maynooth University, Ireland, reports on one of the two recent Distant Reading Training Schools that were held at the inaugural European Association for Digital Humanities Conference in Galway, Ireland. Two of my colleagues from Maynooth University and I attended the COST […]
Distant Reading in China
Our NetworkThis guest post was written by Action Member Dr Pieter Francois (WG1 & WG3), Associate Professor in Cultural Evolution at Oxford University. Over the past six months I have been in extensive contact with Professor Tao Wang and his Digital History Centre at Nanjing University, China. Our mutual friend, Simon Mahoney (University College London), who […]
Information Science and Distant Reading: an Industry Perspective
Events, Our NetworkFollowing our recent Action meetings in Antwerp, WG2 member and Chief Content Architect at Wolters Kluwer Germany, Christian Dirschl, offered the following thoughts on our project from his perspective as an Information Scientist working in an industrial setting. At the beginning of October, I participated in the meeting of Working Groups 2 and 3 in […]
Call for Applications – GALWAY TRAINING SCHOOL (5-7 December 2018)
EventsThe Distant Reading Poster Tour 2018
EventsOver the last few months, the Distant Reading COST Action has been present at several Digital Humanities conferences with a poster providing some basic information about our Action. In May, the poster was presented at the DH Budapest conference by Jessie Labov. The conference has been organized by Gabor Pálko and his colleagues at the […]
A warm welcome to our new Action participants Austria, Denmark and Lithuania!
Our NetworkIt is with great pleasure that we announce that in the last few months, we have had three recent additions to our COST Action network! Austria, Lithuania and Denmark joined the Action, bringing the total number of countries currently involved in the Distant Reading COST Action to thirty! We would like to welcome the colleagues […]