The use of digital methods and resources on humanities research has been increasing steadily over the past years. This holds true for Ruhr-University as well.

The Digital Humanities Center (DHC) integrates, develops and promotes tools and data resources for humanities scholars at Ruhr- University. As a sustainable center for the Digital Humanities on campus, the DHC provides learning opportunities and resources for research projects and grant applications. According to its vision and strategy, the Center both contributes to cutting-edge research at Ruhr-University and connects people interested in the broad field of Digital Humanities and applied research methods. Learn more about our services and our team.

 

DH Ecosystem

At RUB, there are several initiatives that support digital humanities research and teaching at the university. These include:

• Network Digital Humanities (NDH)
• Research Data Services (RDS)
• Center for Research Methods
• Research Support Office
• Digital Humanities Day at RUB
• Project „Digital Humanities Ruhr“

DH Space

The DH Space is located in room 0/08 in the University Library. Just follow the blue illuminated sign!

The Program for June and July 2025:

• Julia Jennifer Beine: Introduction to text encoding – XML, TEI und oXygen
  June 24, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (with advance booking)
  DH Space, UB 0/08
  
  
• NDH Computer Café: Multilingual DH
  June 26, 12.15 a.m. to 1.15 p.m. (without advance booking)
  Local und online via Zoom-Link
  
  
• Julia Jennifer Beine: Hands On: Text-Encoding in oXygen
  July 2, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (with advance booking)
  DH Space, UB 0/08
  
  
• Timo Bremer: Introduction to relational databases with SQLite
  July 8, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (with advance booking)
  DH Space, UB 0/08
  
  
• NDH Computer Café: Digital Editions
  July 10, 12.15 p.m. to 1.15 p.m. (without advance booking)
  DH Space, UB 0/08 und online via Zoom-Link
  
  
• Timo Bremer: Hands On: Database queries with SQLite
  July 16, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (without advance booking)
  DH Space, UB 0/08
  
  
• Johanna Wrede & Selina Lüdecke: Knowledge management with Obsidian (and Zotero)
  July 22, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (without advance booking)
  DH Space, UB 0/08
  
  
• Timo Bremer: Introduction to geoinformation systems with QGIS
  July 30, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (without advance booking)
  DH Space, UB 0/08

 

We do not offer any courses during the lecture-free period (until October 12). However, we are happy to arrange individual consultation sessions. We also welcome your suggestions for workshop topics for the upcoming semester. Feel free to email us at dh-center-team@rub.de.

You can also book the DH Space for your own DH projects.