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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 course Digital Humanities.
Humboldt Professorships officially awarded
Data collection in the Geolingual studies network
Currently, Dominik Kremer and Andreas Wagner from the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg are conducting a large-scale study under the label Geolingual Studies together with partners from the University of Würzburg and the Karl...
Laurence Anthony: »Integrating traditional corpus methods with AI using the AntConc corpus analysis toolkit«
»Integrating traditional corpus methods with AI using the AntConc corpus analysis toolkit«
Speaker: Laurence Anthony (Waseda-Universität, Tokyo)
When? Tuesday, 25 June starting at 6.15 pm
Where...
Behind the scenes of the “funklust AI week”
Last week, the "funklust AI week" took place: Experts from various research fields discussed the influence of artificial intelligence in eight topic-specific live broadcasts (in German). Topics included AI and ethics, AI and law/politics, and AI in work/communication. The event concluded with a ...
