Seminar-Digital Humanities in Pisa: education and research

Thursday September 11, Prof. Maria Simi and Prof. Enrica Salvatori, from the University of Pisa, Italy,  will hold a Seminar about Digital Humanities in Pisa: education and research The first curriculum in Digital Humanities in Italy was started ten years ago in Pisa, with the name "Informatica umanistica", by the joint initiative of the Department of Italian studies, the Department of History and the Department of Computer Science. Pisa is a small town characterized by a relative large University, two excellence schools and a big center of the National Resource Council. Pisa has a long tradition in computational linguistics and computer science (the first Italian curriculum in 1969). SOL Center for language and Literature, room L403, building LTime: 15:00-17:00AbstractIn this seminar we will discuss the organization of the curriculum in Digital Humanities in Pisa, the approach, the main steps and evolution in these ten years both in terms of education and research in Digital Humanities, leading to the latest achievement, i.e. the creation of a Digital Culture Laboratory, a interdepartmental center involving 5 departments of the University. The second part of the talk will present cases studies of research in Digital Humanities in Pisa, among others a Public History project about the Lunigiana valley, which is a good example of the added value of interdisciplinary in research. you are welcome to join