Course: Digital Humanities in Middle East Studies

22. Oktober 2021, von AAI Webmaster

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Despite “Middle East Studies” in the title, the course is suitable for all fields of Africa-Asia Studies.

Due to a relevance for students not only from Middle East Studies, the course Digital Humanities in Middle East Studies has been made accessible for students of the Department for Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia. 

The course is a practical introduction to a series of digital tools and techniques that are relevant for analytical work both inside and outside of academia. The course will cover such topics as sustainable academic/analytical writing, organization of research workflow, data collection and structuring, as well as basics of text analysis, mapping, and social network analysis. In the course of these units, you will start working with Python, one of the most prominent programming languages used now by humanists and data scientists alike (no prior programming experience is required, but beneficial). The assessment will be based on your in-class participation, timely submission of homework assignments, and the final project, where you will be encouraged to work with data from your disciplinary domain.
Personal computers (running full versions of either Windows, MacOS, or Linux; not tablets!) are required both for in-class work and for your homework. Most study materials will be distributed by the instructor or
made available via the course website.

Please refer to the flyer (PDF) for more information on the class and how to attend it.