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

A passion for data - the data of your passions

DH Research Seminar

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DHI News

Welcome to the new master students in Digital Humanities

Published:15.09.19 — The third batch of DH Master students were welcomed by the DH section.

A new way to experience traditional music of Afghanistan

Published:20.08.19 — (Summer Series): Mathieu Clavel, a master’s student in the College of Humanities (CDH) Digital Humanities Institute, is bringing musical heritage from Afghanistan to life using tools from data science and virtual reality.

Decoding Beethoven's music style using data science

Published:07.06.19 — What makes Beethoven sound like Beethoven? EPFL researchers have completed a first analysis of Beethoven’s writing style, applying statistical techniques to unlock recurring patterns.

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DHI Events

What can a historian expect of Digital Humanities? - Talk by Prof. Béla Kapossy, EPFL/UNIL

2019-09-18 16:00:00 18:00:00

With: Prof. Béla Kapossy
Place and room: BC 420
Category: Conferences - Seminars

Kepler Concordia: Playing solar systems as musical instruments - Talk by Dr. Kelly Snook, University of Brighton

2019-09-20 13:30:00 15:00:00

With: Dr. Kelly Snook
Place and room: BC 420
Category: Conferences - Seminars

The Corpus as an Artifact of Musical Change: Studies in Style, Transmission, and Diffusion - Talk by Prof. Daniel Shanahan, The Ohio State University

2019-10-29 11:00:00 13:00:00

With: Prof. Daniel Shanahan
Place and room: BC 420
Category: Conferences - Seminars

The Digital Turn in Historical Sociolinguistics - Talk by Prof. Anita Auer, UNIL

2019-11-13 16:00:00 18:00:00

With: Prof. Anita Auer
Place and room: BC 420
Category: Conferences - Seminars

Networks, the Digital Humanities, and Everything - Talk by Prof. Ulrik Brandes, ETHZ

2019-11-19 16:00:00 18:00:00

With: Prof. Ulrik Brandes
Place and room: BC 420
Category: Conferences - Seminars

DH Research Seminar - Talk by Prof. Pascale Kuntz, Université de Nantes

2019-12-04 16:00:00 18:00:00

With: Prof. Pascale Kuntz
Place and room: BC 420
Category: Conferences - Seminars

DH Research Seminar - Talk by Dr. Tillman Weyde, City University of London

2020-02-19 16:00:00 18:00:00

With: Dr. Tillman Weyde
Place and room: BC 420
Category: Conferences - Seminars

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

2020-03-11 16:00:00 18:00:00

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

DH Research Seminar - Talk by Prof. Eszter Hargittai, Uni Zurich

2020-03-25 16:00:00 18:00:00

With: Prof. Eszter Hargittai
Place and room: BC 420
Category: Conferences - Seminars

DH Research Seminar - Talk by Dr. Anja Volk, Utrecht University

2020-04-01 16:00:00 18:00:00

With: Dr. Anja Volk
Place and room: BC 420
Category: Conferences - Seminars

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