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We are delighted to welcome Neelesh Babu as a Student Assistant in the Department for Digital Humanities and Social Studies. Neelesh is currently pursuing his Master’s degree in Data Science at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, with a specialisation in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. His Master’s thesis, supervised by Prof. Mila Oiva from the Department of Digital…
The Text & Language Lab team took part in the 8th Corpora and Discourse International Conference (CAD 2026), held at Lancaster University, UK, from 23–25 June 2026. CAD 2026 brought together researchers from across the world working at the intersections of corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, with contributions spanning corpus-assisted discourse studies, corpus-based and corpus-driven […]
One of the defining strengths of Digital Humanities lies in its ability to bring together diverse disciplines to explore cultural and societal questions through computational approaches. While DH has long adapted methods from computer science, other STEM fields—including mathematics and physics—also offer powerful analytical and modeling tools that open new perspectives for humanities research.…
We are delighted to welcome James Tauber as a PhD candidate in the Text and Language Lab, led by Prof. Michaela Mahlberg in the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies. James’s doctoral research explores linguistic variation in narrative fiction, combining corpus linguistics, computational narratology, and natural language processing. His work focuses on how language […]
Applications are now open for the M.A. Digital Humanities at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. The programme is designed for students interested in the intersection of humanities, culture, language, society, and digital methods. It offers an interdisciplinary environment where students learn to work with digital tools, computational approaches, and critical perspectives on data, texts, media, and cultural…
We are delighted to welcome Nancy Scharpff as the new managing director of the Department for Digital Humanities and Social Studies! With her background in academia and many years of experience in research funding and science management, she brings valuable expertise and, since May, supports the strategic development of the department and the creation of […]
The AVinDH Special Interest Group is launching the AVinDH Online Workshop Series 2026, a year-round programme dedicated to current developments in Audiovisual and Digital Humanities. The series brings together scholars, researchers, and practitioners interested in innovative approaches to audiovisual media. Through online workshops, it highlights new tools for analysing audio and visual data,…
We are delighted to congratulate Dr. Tillmann Ohm, postdoctoral fellow of the Images and Objects Group in Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, on receiving two awards at Tallinn University. His doctoral thesis, “Designing Processes and Tools to Research Similarity Spaces of Visual Collections,” supervised by Prof. Maximilian Schich, was awarded Best Doctoral Thesis in the […]
The CLiC web app has been officially relaunched at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, marking an important step in advancing digital approaches to literary and linguistic analysis. Originally the CLiC web app has been developed as part of the CLiC Dickens project, designed specifically for the analysis of literary texts. CLiC Dickens started at the University of Nottingham in 2013, later […]
In mid-January 2026, Prof. David M. Hannah, Professor of Hydrology, UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences, and Director of the Birmingham Institute for Sustainability and Climate Action, visited the Text and Language Lab to deliver a lecture titled “Water in a Changing Environment.” On this Earth Day, we are sharing a scientific statement from Prof. Hannah […]