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

Marianna Fenzi to join LHST for Future Food project

Published:03.12.19 — Marianna Fenzi is currently a visiting research scholar at the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. On December 15, she will join the Lab for the History of Science and Technology (LHST), led by Professor Jérôme Baudry, for a three-year research project on agrobiodiversity.

EPFL spin-off makes its mark in virtual reality

Published:03.12.19 — OZWE Games – an EPFL spin-off that develops virtual-reality games – won the 2019 Swiss National Business of the Year Award and will be one of the companies representing Switzerland in the European Business Awards finals on 3–4 December.

High School Students Discover Digital Humanities

Published:29.11.19 — During one week this November, two high school students stepped into the shoes of researchers at EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, and discovered the universe of Digital Humanities, and what it means to do research at the intersection of computer science and humanities.

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DHI Events

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

2020-02-1916:00:0018:00:00

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

The HSSuisse workshop: the LHST will host the first meeting of Swiss-based historians of science

2020-03-0610:15:0018:00:00

Category: Conferences – Seminars

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

2020-03-1112:15:0013:15:00

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

2020-03-2516:00:0018:00:00

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

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

2020-04-0116:00:0018:00:00

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

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

2020-04-2216:00:0018:00:00

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

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

2020-05-2016:00:0018:00:00

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

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

2020-05-2716:00:0018:00:00

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

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