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Between July 1 and July 10, the NUEDIGITAL festival will once again take place in Erlangen, Nuremberg, Fürth and the entire metropolitan region. More than 200 events offer room to exchange knowledge and discuss ideas, opportunities and risks of the digital change. The FAU is also represented with ...

Prof. Dr. Michaela Mahlberg who has been W3 Professor of Digital Humanities with a focus on Computing Text and Language and Department Spokesperson at the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies since April 1st, 2024, was officially awarded her Humboldt Professorship on Monday evening in Berlin.

The "DigiHumS Hackerspace" will also take place twice a week in Erlangen city centre in the summer semester 2024. All students are welcome to work on projects and get inspired in this coworking space. The principle is: Bring your own device. Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.00 – 8:30pm Tuesdays a...

We are delighted that Professor Michaela Mahlberg is joining DHSS as Professor of Digital Humanities and new Head of Department. Michaela holds a Humboldt Professorship, Germany’s most valuable international research award. She joins FAU from the University of Birmingham, where she was Professor of ...

Last Friday, March 8, the exhibition "AI-Experiment" was opened at Cauerstrasse 11 in Erlangen with lectures and a panel discussion. The experiment was initiated by Prof. Dr. Bernhard Egger and realized together with Hans Furer, artist and lawyer. The 5 image pairs, which were created during the pro...

This year's conference of the association "Digital Humanities in German-speaking countries" (DHd) took place in Passau from February 26th to March 1st, 2024, which marked the DHd conference's 10th anniversary! By the way: The first conference also took place in Passau. The conference's motto was "Qu...

The opening of the AI-Experiment, which was initiated by Bernhard Egger (junior professor for Cognitive Computer Vision) and realized together with Swiss artist and layer Hans Furer, will take place on March 8th, from 6 pm. The vernissage will be framed by various talks by Sabine Lang (the history o...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2024! The DHSS wishes all students and colleagues a nice and relaxing Christmas break and a good start to 2024! The year 2023 included many highlights for the department at FAU: In April, we participated in the Girls' Day and created digital maps with ...