This year, for its third edition, DHLU 2013 will focus on the various ways in which online sources are used by humanities researchers.
The Symposium Reading historical sources in the digital age will aim to examine the use of ‘Distant/close reading’ as a methodology for research in the humanities and social sciences. By looking at the topic ‘Writing history & Assessing scholarship’, the DHLU will also analyse issues relating to the validity and quality of data and research outputs based on digital thematic collections, as well as the evaluation of these collections as a new kind of online scholarly publication. The Symposium will feature some 15 presentations over two days, with the University of Hertfordshire’s Tim Hitchcock, co-director of the Old Bailey Online, giving a keynote address at the end of the first day.
Participation is free of charge, but registration is required: http://www.digitalhumanities.lu/