“Text as Data” Spring School in Digital Humanities

What is happening?

A one-week intensive "Text as Data" school in digital methods of text analysis in the humanities. "Text as Data" features intensive discussions, workshops, and lectures tailored for students across all humanities disciplines who are interested in computational approaches to text. The school provides an introduction to several computational methods and offers an opportunity to dig deeper into participants' own projects.

For whom?

Intended for students and early-career scholars starting their way in Digital Humanities and interested in working with textual sources. 

Where?

University of Potsdam, Campus »Am Neuen Palais«, House 12 (Am Neuen Palais, 10, Potsdam)

Main study room: 1.12.0.05 (Room 05, Floor 0, House 12)

Snacks & decompression room: 1.12.0.01  (Room 01, Floor 0, House 12)

How to get there?

From Potsdam main station: take the bus no. 605 to Science Park West, get off the stop "Campus Universität/Abraham-Geiger-Kolleg". House 12 ist directly in front of the bus stop, just get in from the side entrance.

From Potsdam Sanssouci station: take the take the bus no. 605 to Science Park West, get off the stop "Campus Universität/Abraham-Geiger-Kolleg", or walk for about 15 minutes.

From Golm station: take the bus no. 605 to Potsdam Hbf, get off the stop "Campus Universität/Abraham-Geiger-Kolleg".

When?

The school starts on March 31, 2025 and ends on April 4, 2025

How to apply?

Apply here by filling the form. Number of places is limited.

If you need a travel grant, apply separately here. Number of grants is limited.

What about the accommodation for the students?

We have reserved a pool of 20 rooms at 'B&B Hotel Potsdam' for the period from March 30 till April 5. The price for one room is 70,17 euro pro night, which will have to be paid by the participants themselves.  Alternatively, the participants are free to look for accommodation on their own. Unfortunately, at the moment we cannot provide free accommodation on our part, only the aforementioned travel grant of max. 300 euro. The school will start no earlier than 10:00 each day, so that the participants staying in Berlin could also make it in time.