Salon June 23: Text Analytics and Cultural Connections
@ Bungehuis, room 4.01, from 3-5 PM with: Thomas Delpeut MA (UvA): Musical Criticism and Cultural Capitals. Shaping, disseminating and appropriating nineteenth-century musical discourse in Dutch creative cities prof. dr. Joep Leerssen (UvA): Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe (ERNiE): cultural repertoires, historical descriptions andREAD MORE
Material Historical Networks Workshop
Last Friday CREATE and AAA organized a successful workshop on the use of network analysis in historical research. The slides presented by dr. Marten Düring and dr. Marijn Koolen can be found here. Many thanks to the presenters, to Pim & Geert of Lab1100 andREAD MORE
October 8: Symposium Accelerating Scientific Discovery (eScience)
On October 8, the 3rd National eScience Symposium will introduce scientists and researchers from all disciplines to digital technologies relevant to their field. More info here.READ MORE
CREATE Salon #8: Historical Networks
In the 8th CREATE Salon, the topic of historical networks took centre stage. The three presenters all study historical networks in different ways. Jelma van Amersfoort, musician, musicologist and former database developer in the financial sector, views music-historical sources as forms of structured data thatREAD MORE
Call for Papers: 4th Annual Meeting on Cultural Heritage (4-5 December 2015)
ANNUAL MEETING ON CULTURAL HERITAGE – 4th CONFERENCE: CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN REGENERATION. International Conference | Rome, 4-5 December 2015 |http://creativeindustries.uniroma3.it Call for papers Background The rise of awareness about the economic significance of creativity in a globalized world has goneREAD MORE
CREATE is hiring!
Pre PhD in Information Retrieval for Cultural Heritage Student Assistant in Information Retrieval for Cultural Heritage Applications before June 18th (deadline extended)!.READ MORE
Towards a Big Data History of Music
By Thomas Delpeut & Mascha van Nieuwkerk The ‘A Big Data History of Music’ project is not short in its ambitions. Initiated by Stephen Rose from the Royal Holloway University and Sandra Tuppen from the British Library, the collaborative project brings together several of theREAD MORE
19 June: Historical Network Research workshop: with Marten Düring
19/06/2015 – 10:00-17:00 UvA University Theater Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16-18 room 1.04A Historical network research is a dynamic and lively field. The concepts and methods of social network analysis are increasingly being applied in the historical research practice, but their analytical potential and limitations deserve furtherREAD MORE
CREATE Salon 26 May: Historical Networks
26 May, 3-5 PM, Bungehuis 401 Jelma van Amersfoort: Rêverie et caprice opus 1: A proof of concept applying social network analysis techniques to musico-historical datasets (www.jelmavanamersfoort.nl). dr. Harm Nijboer (UvA): Historical network analysis and network visualization: people, objects and texts dr. Bart Karstens (UvA):READ MORE