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We are delighted to share that Dr. Tillmann Ohm has joined the DHSS! Tillmann is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Images and Objects group led by Prof. Mila Oiva. He holds a PhD in Information Society Technologies from Tallinn University, where he worked as a researcher at the Cultural Data Anal...

New publication: Measuring bias in cultural data using Soviet newsreel materials Authors: Mila Oiva (co authored) • Published in: Nature (link below) Image: provided by the authors. ...

Prof. Mila Oiva We are pleased to announce that Prof. Mila Oiva has started as Professor of Digital Images and Objects in our department. She is a leading expert in the computational analysis of audiovisual heritage data and has published influential research based on Soviet newsreel ma...

Andreas Wagner Starts Research Stay at the University of Birmingham We are pleased to announce that Andreas Wagner has been awarded a DAAD research grant for PhD students, enabling him to spend five months at the University of Birmingham as part of his doctoral research. Andreas has now arrive...

Water in a Changing Environment Too Much, Too Little, Too Hot The Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS), in collaboration with the Institute of Geography, invites students, researchers, and faculty to a joint colloquium addressing current challenges in water sciences. ...

The Text and Language Research Group, led by Prof. Michaela Mahlberg, has just revealed its newly designed in-house logo. The logo was created to reflect the group’s identity within the digital humanities and to help communicate who they are, both within academic circles and in the public sphere. T...

DHSS Newsletter, Issue 1 – Coming Tomorrow We are pleased to announce that the first issue of the DHSS Newsletter will be published tomorrow. The newsletter will feature updates on ongoing projects, events, and activities within the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies. If you w...

On Saturday, October 25, night will turn into day for all those eager to learn: Experience fascinating experiments, exciting lectures, and surprising insights into laboratories and research facilities – and discover how science is changing our world. Whether it's technology, medicine, culture, or na...

Upcoming Campus Visits We invite all students to attend these presentations. Locations and times will be announced later. Space and Place The Space and Place campus visit will take place on 14 October 2025. The exact time and location are still to be announced. The speak...

From 22 to 26 September 2025, the Digital Humanities Summer School on Data, Gender and Society took place in Erlangen. The program featured expert lectures, hands-on workshops, participant presentations, and a visual abstracts session, all focusing on the intersection of society and data through t...