Digitalität in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften/Digitality in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Venue: Alte Mensa and other locations on the Mainz University campus
The frame program will take place in the left and right auditorium of the Alte Mensa.
The GSHS Research Day gives early-career researchers the opportunity to get to know one another, to discuss and exchange ideas on a current research topic and establish contacts.
Some of this year’s Research Day lectures and workshops will be open to all who wish to attend in person, while others will be hybrid events. All events are free of charge.
Participation in the Workshops is open to advanced students and early-career researchers of the JGU, the RMU partner universities and partner institutions within the Mainz network.
All other items in the programme are open to all interested parties.
Research Day theme
The effects of digitisation on research topics and methodologies in the humanities and social sciences as well as on academic communication, are exceptionally diverse. Marked changes in institutionalisation and differentiation processes have occurred in recent times in the digital humanities and in related disciplines within the cultural and social sciences. Doing things digitally in the academic world has long ceased to be the niche specialisation and preserve of self-taught enthusiasts it once was. It now represents a powerful challenge to established epistemologies, methods and forms of communication – and perhaps even to the humanities and social sciences as a whole.
The aim of this year’s GSHS Research Day is to give early-career scholars in the humanities and social sciences, the chance to familiarise themselves with the diversity of approaches and issues involved, and an opportunity to engage in dialogue on the implications of these for their own research projects and their situation in the academic field. Will digital skills be indispensable for everyone working in the humanities and social sciences in future? What might this mean for research projects and their dissemination? In addition to attending lectures and workshops, participants will also have the opportunity to present their own project, get to know those of other young researchers and to discuss ideas with representatives of regional digital research structures.
Should you have any questions regarding the event registration or poster presentation, please contact our office.
Programme
9.00 – 10.30 Welcome and opening lecture
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- 9.00 – 9.30: Greeting and Welcome Address, introduction to the day’s programme
Prof. Dr. Alexandra Schneider, Director of the GSHS
Prof. Dr. Stefan Müller-Stach, Vice president for Research and Early-Career Academics - 9.30 – 10.30: Opening lecture followed by discussion:
Wie nachhaltig sind die Digitalen Geisteswissenschaften?
Prof. Dr. Thomas Weitin, TU Darmstadt, German Studies/Digital Literary Studies
- 9.00 – 9.30: Greeting and Welcome Address, introduction to the day’s programme
The Speaker: After completing his studies in German philology, philosophy and journalism, Prof. Dr. Weitin went on to write a doctoral thesis on violence in the works of Ernst Jünger and Heiner Müller. In 2008 he qualified as a professor at the University of Munster. Since 2016, he has been Professor of German Studies - Digital Literary Studies at the Technical University of Darmstadt. His research focuses on German-language literature from the 17th century to the present, applying digital literary studies methodologies. He is currently head of German Research Foundation projects on digital corpus analysis of the collection of famous criminal cases Der neue Pitaval (The New Pitaval) and on network analysis of decanonized literatures of the 18th century. He is also head of the LitLab laboratory for digital text analysis and cognitive-scientific experiments on reception research.
10.30 – 10.45: Coffee break
10.45 – 12.45: Workshop session 1
Workshop 1: How to become a Digital Humanist: Grundlagen digitaler Methodik in den Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften
(attendance in person)
Chair: Elena Suarez Cronauer, Digital Academy, Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz
Workshop 2: Transformation der Forschung: Interdisziplinärität und Zusammenarbeit in der digitalen Geschichtswissenschaft
(attendance in person)
Chair: Thorsten Wübbena, Head of Digital Historical Research, Leibniz Institute of European History Mainz
12.45 – 14.00: Lunch break and Market of Opportunities/poster presentations
Our Market of Opportunities gives various Mainz institutions and research projects an opportunity to introduce themselves.
Early-career researchers (advanced master’s students, doctoral and post-doctoral students), engaged on a research project on digital topics and/or methods are cordially invited to present their work at our poster presentation.
An online workshop on “Designing Academic Posters” (in German) will be offered by way of preparation on September 20.
14.00 – 16.00: Workshop session 2
Workshop 1: Gender, Diversity, and Intersectional Inclusion in Digital Humanities
(hybrid workshop)
Chair: Dr. Dibyadyuti Roy, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, and Digital Humanities, University of Leeds
Workshop 2: Wissenschaft online!?! Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen von #wisskomm in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften
(hybrid workshop)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Andrea Geier, Modern German Literature, University of Trier
Workshop 3: Neue digitale Werkzeuge für geistes- und sozialwissenschaftliches Arbeiten
(attendance in person)
Chair: Gerhard Lauer, Book Studies, JGU
Workshop 4: Computational Social Science – Grundlagen und erste Schritte automatisierter Datenerhebung- und analyse
(hybrid workshop)
Chair: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jakob Jünger, Institute for Communication Science, University of Münster
16.00 – 16.15: Coffee break
16.15 – 17.00: Concluding discussion
From 17.00: Drinks and get together
Our partner institutions
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Junge Akademie | Mainz, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz
Kompetenzteam Forschungsdaten JGU
KI-Allianz Rheinland-Pfalz
Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz – Bereich Digitale Historische Forschung | DH Lab
mainzed – Mainzer Zentrum für Digitalität in den Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften
Studium generale JGU – Data Literacy Education
WissKomm Academy, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz
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17.11.22 Webbasierte Geschäftsideen im Rahmen der Mainzer Gründungswoche
(Startup Center JGU in Kooperation mit dem Gutenberg Digital Hub)
19.10.22 Podiumsdiskussion Wissenschaftskommunikation und Museen
(WissKommAcademy der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz)
20.10.2022 FORSCHUNGSDATEN@RMU 2022
(Kompetenzteam Forschungsdaten/Allianz der Rhein-Main-Universitäten)
WiSe 22/23, jeweils Mo 14-16 Uhr c. t.
Literatur als Zeichenkette: Einführung in die computergestützte Textanalyse
(Studium generale/Data Literacy Education)
WiSe 22/23, jeweils Fr 10-12 Uhr Einführung in Python für die Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften
(Studium generale/Data Literacy Education)
WiSe 22/23, jeweils Fr 14 - 16 Uhr
Web Scraping mit Python - Datensätze extrahieren, kuratieren und analysieren
(Studium generale/Data Literacy Education)
07.11.22 Hochschullehre im digitalen Zeitalter
(Junge Akademie der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz)
30.11.22 Perspektive offene Wissenschaft@RMU 2022 (Save the date, more information coming soon)
(Kompetenzteam Forschungsdaten/Allianz der Rhein-Main-Universitäten)
23.-25.02.23, Vorbesprechung am 11.01.23 Understanding Media: Was machen Soziale Medien mit uns? (Studium generale/Data Literacy Education)