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The Digital Humanities Institute at the University of Sheffield is the UK's leading centre for digital humanities, supporting the innovative use of technology and computation in arts and humanities research as both a method of inquiry and a means of dissemination. MORE
Dr Isabella Magni (Lecturer in Digital Humanities) / School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

Shifting the Paradigm: Machine-Assisted Digital Scholarly Editing

This project explores how machine learning and artificial intelligence can transform the scholarly digital editing process.

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Dr Isabella Magni (Lecturer in Digital Humanities) / School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

Rethinking Scholarly and Editorial Practices for Born-Digital Data

This project explores innovative editorial and publishing approaches and best practices related to born-digital materials.

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Just Launched
  • Georgian Army Officers Life archives of over 50,000 officers in the British Army who served in conflicts across the globe between 1790 and 1820 Georgian Army Officers Life archives of over 50,000 officers in the British Army who served in conflicts across the globe between 1790 and 1820
  • The Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale: A Generative AI Edition for Teaching This experimental edition is the result of an investigation into the affordances of generative AI and other computational methods in edition-making. The Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale: A Generative AI Edition for Teaching This experimental edition is the result of an investigation into the affordances of generative AI and other computational methods in edition-making.
  • The Scholarly Editor’s AI Sourcebook This sourcebook presents a descriptive account, along with supporting data, of the research and development undertaken to assess machine-assisted methods in the creation of a teaching edition of The Pardoner’s Prologue & Tale The Scholarly Editor’s AI Sourcebook This sourcebook presents a descriptive account, along with supporting data, of the research and development undertaken to assess machine-assisted methods in the creation of a teaching edition of The Pardoner’s Prologue & Tale
  • Upgrade! Locating London's Past We are pleased to announce the launch of a substantially updated version of Locating London’s Past, the website which allows you to map a wide body of digital resources pertaining to early modern and eighteenth-century London onto John Rocque’s 1746 map. Upgrade! Locating London's Past We are pleased to announce the launch of a substantially updated version of Locating London’s Past, the website which allows you to map a wide body of digital resources pertaining to early modern and eighteenth-century London onto John Rocque’s 1746 map.
Dr Isabella Magni (Lecturer in Digital Humanities) / In Progress

Re-Interpreting and Re-Visualising Petrarch’s Poetry

This project examines Petrarch’s poetic influence across literary traditions using computational tools alongside philological analysis.

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Dr Valeria Vitale (Lectuer in Digital Humanities) / School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

Enriching Digitised Archives with Oral Histories

This project explores how new oral histories can enrich digitised archives by adding perspectives often missing from colonial-era collections.

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Dr Valeria Vitale (Lectuer in Digital Humanities) / School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

3D Printing for Arts and Crafts

This project will research the process of creating 3D printed objects focusing on its hybrid materiality, and comparing it with traditional artisanal crafts.

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Digital Humanities Institute / In Progress

Hong Kong Cultures, Arts and Languages

HKCAL is an interdisciplinary research network based in Northern England that explores the evolving contours of Hong Kong’s cultural identity both at home and abroad.

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Dr Kathryn Simpson / In Progress

Boundaries of Gender

‘Petticoat governments’ and secondary voices in nineteenth century European expeditions of Africa.

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Dr Seth Mehl (Research Associate - University of Sheffield) / Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Linguistic Bede

The Bede supercomputer will be used to explore the viability of machine learning approaches for interpreting billions of Linguistic DNA data.

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) / In Progress

Global Socio-Economic Rights, Local Contexts

Work in East Africa and Western Europe, 1880 to the Present

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Dr Kathryn Simpson / Emily OHara

Participatory Harm Auditing Workbenches and Methodologies

A project to investigate the systematic and participatory auditing of current and evolving AI technologies

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland / In Progress

Eco-Museum of Scottish Mining Landscapes

The new virtual museum that celebrates a sense of place.

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In Progress / PROJECTS

The Letters of Hannah More

An edition of letters written by the celebrated playwright, poet, philanthropist, moralist and educationalist Hannah More (1745-1833)

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HORIZON Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks / In Progress

CASCADE

Computational Analysis of Semantic Change Across Different Environments

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Completed / Dr Valeria Vitale (Lectuer in Digital Humanities)

Text Correction for Mining Historical Documents

Applying advanced deep-learning techniques to improve the quality of poor OCR in the British Library Newspapers collection.

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Dr Kathryn Simpson / In Progress

The Spatial Poetics of Artefacts

David Livingstone’s expeditionary collecting

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) / Dr Seth Mehl (Research Associate - University of Sheffield)

Community-led impact for rural land rights in South Africa

A multilingual best practice handbook

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Archives+, Manchester Central Library / Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

The Letters of Richard Cobden (1804-65) Online

Transcriptions of c.5,500 letters that enable an exploration of active citizenship in the 19th and 21st centuries.

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) / In Progress

British Army Officers, 1790-1820

A case study of 40,000 British Army officers who served between 1790 and 1830

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) / Completed

Scoping future data services for the arts and humanities

This project will scope the establishment of a national data service for the arts and humanities

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) / Completed

From telegrams to Twitter

Archives of letters sent to party leaders will uncover impact of political correspondence

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MA in Digital Culture & Communication

Visit our dedicated website for information and to apply: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dhi

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Shifting the Paradigm: Machine-Assisted Digital Scholarly Editing

April 14, 2025

Rethinking Scholarly and Editorial Practices for Born-Digital Data

April 14, 2025

Re-Interpreting and Re-Visualising Petrarch’s Poetry

April 14, 2025

Enriching Digitised Archives with Oral Histories

March 28, 2025

3D Printing for Arts and Crafts

March 28, 2025

Boundaries of Gender

February 24, 2025

The Spatial Poetics of Artefacts

April 13, 2023
PhD Study

PhD in Digital Humanities

We consider PhD study on a range of topics. Visit our dedicated website for information and to apply: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dhi/study-us/phd-study

We also have dedicated PhD projects you can apply to. See the section “Apply for a PhD” above.

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Recent Projects

Shifting the Paradigm: Machine-Assisted Digital Scholarly Editing

April 14, 2025

Rethinking Scholarly and Editorial Practices for Born-Digital Data

April 14, 2025

Re-Interpreting and Re-Visualising Petrarch’s Poetry

April 14, 2025

Enriching Digitised Archives with Oral Histories

March 28, 2025

3D Printing for Arts and Crafts

March 28, 2025

Hong Kong Cultures, Arts and Languages

February 24, 2025

Boundaries of Gender

February 24, 2025

Linguistic Bede

July 9, 2024
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