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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
Completed / Dr Michael Meredith (Developer – University of Sheffield)

Pegasus

Pegasus developed a grid-enabled interface for sharing and displaying in real-time selected virtual reality exhibition materials.

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Completed / Dr Michael Meredith (Developer – University of Sheffield)

Kiosque

Exhibition software which enables users to explore manuscript images either freely or within the context of an exhibition narrative.

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Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) / Completed

Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical

An annotated catalogue which explores the popular dissemination of science in the nineteenth century through the medium of periodicals designed for a general readership.

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British Library / Completed

Stuart London Project

The project has produced a full-text electronic edition of John Strype’s enormous two-volume 1720 edition, with its celebrated maps and plates.

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) / Completed

Lands of the Normans in England (1204-44)

Exploring the impact on the Anglo-French aristocracy of the collapse of the ‘Anglo-Norman realm’ in 1204 through the families and properties recorded in contemporary documents.

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) / Completed

Armadillo: Historical Data Mining

This project used a set of online resources in 18th century British social history to evaluate the potential benefits of Semantic Web technology for Arts and Humanities researchers.

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) / Completed

e-Science Workshops: The Access Grid in Collaborative Arts and Humanities Research

The aim of this series of workshops was to evaluate the usefulness of the Access Grid for collaborative arts and humanities research.

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) / Besançon Public Library

Virtual Vellum

Virtual Vellum produced a prototype image viewer making possible the retrieval, manipulation and annotation/hotspotting of very-high-resolution image datasets.

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British Academy / Completed

Sheffield Corpus of Chinese for Diachronic Linguistic Study

A feasibility study based on three Chinese texts from the Song (960-1279), Ming (1366-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties to facilitate study of the development and varieties of the language.

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Alumni Fund (The University of Sheffield) / Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

Old Bailey Proceedings Online

The proceedings of the Old Bailey from 1674 to 1913 provide accounts of 197,000 criminal trials.

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) / Completed

Origins of Early Modern Literature: Recovering Mid-Tudor Writing for a Modern Readership

An annotated online catalogue of mid-Tudor writing, a period which saw the Reformation, the consolidation of the Tudor state, and the rise of English as a national language.

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) / Completed

Partonopeus de Blois

An electronic edition of the 10 manuscript witnesses of the anonymous 12th-century French romance Partonopeus de Blois.

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Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) / Completed

Russian Visual Arts

Exploring the emergence of art criticism and art theory as a distinct genre in Russia from the period both prior to, and inclusive of, the establishment of Mir iskusstva.

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Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) / Bodleian Library

James Madison Carpenter Collection Online Catalogue

The James Madison Carpenter Collection is a major collection of traditional song and drama from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the USA, documented in the period 1927-55.

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Completed / New Opportunities Fund

Cistercians in Yorkshire

This project created a freely available web-based learning package exploring the history and architecture of the Cistercian order in Britain, particular looking at five Cistercian Abbeys in Yorkshire.

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Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) / Completed

French Film Stars

An online database of filmographies and bibliographical references for all major French film stars.

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Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) / Completed

Flora Tristan Project

A digital edition on CD-ROM of the correspondence of the nineteenth-century French feminist and socialist Flora Tristan.

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) / British Academy

Canterbury Tales Project

Electronic transcriptions of all the manuscript and early printed versions of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, thus providing clues as to the textual tradition of the poem.

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Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) / Biblioteca Nacional

Galdós Editions Project

Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) is widely regarded as being Spain’s greatest novelist after Cervantes. The project produced new critical editions of his Torquemada novels.

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Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) / Completed

André Gide Editions

This project produced a landmark critical edition of Gide’s major novel Les Caves du Vatican, with facsimile images of his manuscripts. Originally published on CD-ROM by Gallimard, it is now available online in restricted form.

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Data and Digital Humanities MSc

Practical knowledge, project management and work experience, involving AI, virtual reality and social media.

Digital Culture and Communication MA

Learn about the contexts and theories of digital culture, including the opportunity to develop your own digital project.

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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

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  • Sarah Coward | In The Room
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  • Guy Gadney | Charisma AI
  • Rebecca Gadsby | Inside Theatre
  • Candide Kirk | Novellic
  • Mervyn Levin | Levering Ltd
  • Michael Millea | Selene XR
  • Helen Searl | Rambert
  • Jessica Symons | Visioning Lab
Recent Projects

Voluntary Police Interviews in Theory and Practice

March 12, 2026

Historic Houses, Global Crossroads

January 23, 2026

Voices in Slavery’s Archive

December 1, 2025

Recognising Text, Recognising Processes

November 12, 2025

Wiitkamaganak

November 12, 2025

Rebuilding Lives, Redefining Belonging

November 4, 2025

Shifting the Paradigm: Machine-Assisted Digital Scholarly Editing

April 14, 2025

Rethinking Scholarly and Editorial Practices for Born-Digital Data

April 14, 2025
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