Digital Humanities Institute

World class interdisciplinary research & education in the Digital Humanities fields

Our Mission

The Digital Humanities Institute (DHI) and the Digital Humanities Section (SoDH) were created to foster research and to offer strong educational programs in the growing fields of Digital Humanities.Our institute seeks to provide international leadership in digital humanities research and education. Our Master of Science in Digital Humanities is an example of this as it is a unique feature that very few schools offer around the globe.

DH Research

The Digital Humanities Institute fosters research in Digital Humanities and promotes the EPFL activities with a local and global perspective through projects within EPFL or with other Swiss and international universities.For more information about the research projects conducted in this ever-growing field, please see our list of DH labs and research groups below.

Master of Science in Digital Humanities

Next application deadline is 15 April 2020.A passion for data – the data of your passions

DHI News

EPFL data scientist Robert West believes it’s going to take more than statements from scientists to communicate about COVID-19 effectively © iStock

How digital humanities can help in a pandemic

Published:20.03.20 — With the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, there is a race against the clock to implement science-based measures to protect society’s most vulnerable populations. Public engagement with data has never been more urgent, and as EPFL professor Robert West explains, digital humanities research has a key role to play.

Display of the workMultiple Bodies, Super Egos & Virtual Selves © LNCO / 2019 EPFL

Delving into self-consciousness at EPFL

Published:21.02.20 — What if the key to conveying complex scientific concepts like self-consciousness was to bring art and science together? From 25 February to 1 March, EPFL ArtLab will play host to the Immersive Lab, which offers visitors an interactive, multisensory experience.

Alina Volynskaya wins SNSF Doc.CH fellowship

Published:20.02.20 — Alina Volynskaya, currently a scientific assistant in College of Humanities Lab for the History of Science and Technology (LHST), has been selected to receive a competitive Doc.CH fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

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DHI Events

Poetry Contest

01-02-202015-04-2020

With: Concours ouvert aux étudiants et collaborateurs de l’EPFL
Category: Cultural events

DH Research Seminar – Talk by Dr. Marie Bergström, INED-Institut national d'études démographiques

22-04-202012:1513:15

With: Dr. Marie Bergström
Place and room: BC 420
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Studying Online Crowds: Challenges for Digital Historians – Talk by Profs. Jérôme Baudry, EPFL & Bruno Strasser, UniGe

06-05-202012:1513:15

With: Prof. Jérôme Baudry Prof. Bruno Strasser
Place and room: BC 420
Category: Conferences – Seminars

A utopian vision of futuristic cities

10-05-202030-06-2020

With: La Maison d’Ailleurs, musée de la science-fiction, de l’utopie et des voyages extraordinaires
Place and room: Hall du Rolex Learning Center
Category: Exhibitions

DH Research Seminar – Talk by Prof. Mark Steedman, The University of Edinburgh

20-05-202012:1513:15

With: Prof. Mark Steedman
Place and room: BC 420
Category: Conferences – Seminars

DH Research Seminar – Talk by Prof. Gerhard Lauer, University of Basel

27-05-202012:1513:15

With: Prof. Gerhard Lauer
Place and room: BC 420
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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