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The Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS) aims to tackle one of the grand challenges of present-day humanity – making sense of the modern, digital world. Our research deals with the opportunities and challenges of the datafication and algorithmisation of society, culture and human knowledge, it develops models and techniques for studying these phenomena, and it takes a critical approach to the implications of the digital on human reality.
Three different degree programs are offered: (german only)
- The two-subject degree program in Digital Humanities and Social Sciences (B.A.), which can be completed without admission as a first or second subject,
- the postgraduate Master’s degree program in Digital Humanities (M.A.),
- as well as the module program Digital Humanities.
Summer School: Data, Gender and Society
Prof. Mila Oiva starts as Professor of Digital Images and Objects
Prof. Mila Oiva
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Mila Oiva has started as Professor of Digital Images and Objects in our department. She is a leading expert in the computational analysis of audiovisual heritage data and has published influential research based on Soviet newsreel ma...
Andreas Wagner Starts Research Stay at the University of Birmingham
We are pleased to announce that Andreas Wagner has been awarded a DAAD research grant for PhD students, enabling him to spend five months at the University of Birmingham as part of his doctoral research.
Andreas has now arrive...
Water in a changing environment
The Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS), in collaboration with the Institute of Geography, invites students, researchers, and faculty to a joint colloquium addressing current challenges in water sciences.
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