18 May 2026: ‘Transcribe smart, not hard’ – Exploring the pros and cons of automated transcription using the (AI) tools noScribe, aTrain and Voice AI

2.00–4.00 pm, Learning Lab, BIS, Jonas Kaiser, Lars Seehausen & Alina Klimpel – Please register via stud.ip: https://elearning.uni-oldenburg.de/dispatch.php/course/details?sem_id=05ed1cb06c2572abe1c73d88c76b4909&again=yes

27 May 2026: Why does my favourite series keep buffering? – The internet explained simply

10.00–12.00, B 308, BIS, Rina Ferdinand – Please register via stud.ip: https://elearning.uni-oldenburg.de/dispatch.php/course/details?sem_id=df80d4a372e97d928a40b2f7cafe1587&again=yes

4 June 2026: transcribe smart not hard – Testing the pros and cons of automated transcription using the (AI) tools noScribe, aTrain and Voice AI

10.00–12.00, Learning Lab, BIS, Jonas Kaiser, Lars Seehausen & Alina Klimpel – Please register on stud.ip: https://elearning.uni-oldenburg.de/dispatch.php/course/details?sem_id=f91e7eef0a74557af9967700bf07ffb3&again=yes

24 June 2026: Can AIdo anything? Understanding and critically examining computer science systems – open to all

10.00–12.00, B 308, BIS, Rina Ferdinand – Please register via stud.ip: https://elearning.uni-oldenburg.de/dispatch.php/course/details?sem_id=93b8f9ca22454e311a72962ea779f37f&again=yes

9 June 2026: Manual and LLM-assisted annotation of emotions in literary texts

1.00–5.00 pm, B 308, BIS, Merten Kröncke (University of Stuttgart) – Please register on stud.ip: https://elearning.uni-oldenburg.de/dispatch.php/course/details?sem_id=67ce08654aaeae1bcfab8a529060b2f4&again=yes

9 July 2026: AI in the Digital Humanities: Semantic Search and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

9.00–17.00, B 308, BIS, Dr Manfred Nölte (University of Bremen) – Please register via stud.ip: https://elearning.uni-oldenburg.de/dispatch.php/course/details?sem_id=28c4a12c0f1fdf5bbf3e2fdbd8dbea77&again=yes

24 September 2026: Scribal Hands / Digital Eyes: Unlocking Handwritten Sources with Digital Palaeography

9.00–17.00, B 308, BIS, Dr Jeffrey Thompson (Georg August University of Göttingen) – Please register via stud.ip: https://elearning.uni-oldenburg.de/dispatch.php/course/details?sem_id=504f8bffcf2cd1bb66c423f2ac0b3106&again=yes

During the summer semester of 2026, a Digital Humanities get-together will take place every month on a Thursday, from 2 pm to 3 pm, at the BIS. It is open to all interested members and students of the university. Each session will explore a different topic from the diverse world of the Digital Humanities.

Link: https://webconf.uol.de/rooms/vp1-kfv-8ix-j49/join

Dates (2.00–3.00 pm on each occasion):

• 23 April 2026: Blogs, academic journals, monographs – where can I find my digital humanities expertise?

• 28 May 2026: Programming, tools & methods – an overview of (self-study) courses, resources and teaching modules

• 25 June 2026: Einstein Your Data – data literacy for students (guest lecture)​

• 2 July 2026: Introduction to the DH Lab (in person in B 118 (BIS))

• 27 August 2026: OpenAI Whisper vs. Nvidia Parakeet – Which language model is better for AI audio transcription?

• 17 September 2026: Image recognition with Ultralytics YOLO

06.11.2025: transcribe smart not hard – Die Vor- und Nachteile automatisierter Transkription testen anhand der (KI-)Tools noScribe, aTrain und Voice AI

10-12 Uhr, Learning Lab, BIS, Jonas Kaiser & Friederike Uhlses – Registration on stud.ip: https://elearning.uni-oldenburg.de/dispatch.php/course/overview?cid=39c982d393eb9e82d647ce7fd2bab237

20.11.2025: transcribe smart not hard – Die Vor- und Nachteile automatisierter Transkription testen anhand der (KI-)Tools noScribe, aTrain und Voice AI

14-16 Uhr, Learning Lab, BIS, Jonas Kaiser & Friederike Ulses – Registration on stud.ip: https://elearning.uni-oldenburg.de/dispatch.php/course/overview?cid=a414408c9c0283c42b0fceac8a8f2eb0

20.01.2026: Visualize your texts – Einführung in die Digital Humanities

14-16 Uhr, B 308, BIS, Jonas Kaiser –Registration on stud.ip: https://elearning.uni-oldenburg.de/dispatch.php/course/overview?cid=aca2b756b939805df8f4badad6b0f8e5 

12.03.2026: Einführung in Python

09-13 Uhr, online, Jonas Kaiser & Tristan Ruhm – Registration on stud.ip: https://elearning.uni-oldenburg.de/dispatch.php/course/overview?cid=910958ce7553b4faf400ba72aca888f7 

During the WS 2025/26, a Digital Humanities meetup will take place every month on a Thursday, 14:00-15:00, at the BIS. It is aimed at all interested members and students of the UOL; each time a different topic from the diverse world of Digital Humanities is discussed. 

Link: https://webconf.uol.de/rooms/vp1-kfv-8ix-j49/join   

Dates (14:00-15:00):
 

• 23 October 2025: CATMA (text annotation tool)
• 13 November 2025: Text visualisations with Voyant
• 4 December 2025: Research data of digital editions and knowledge graphs (presentation of Simone Franz's thesis)
• 22 January 2026: Digital text collections: How can I find large amounts of text for research and teaching?
• 12 February 2026: OpenRefine: Handling and cleaning up ‘messy data’
• 12 March 2026: DHd 2026: Impressions, trends and anecdotes

06.05.2025: „Was steht eigentlich in meinen Texten?“ – Eine Einführung in Topic Modeling

14-16 Uhr, B 147, BIS, Jonas Kaiser

05.06.2025: „Hilft mir KI bei meinen Interviewtranskriptionen?“ – KI-gestützte Transkription von Audio-Dateien mit aTrain

14-16 Uhr, B 308, BIS, Jonas Kaiser

02.07.2025: Metadaten und Forschungsdatenmanagement – Eine Einführung

10-12 Uhr, B 308, BIS, Jonas Kaiser & Christian Paulss

Starting in the SoSe 2025, a Digital Humanities meetup will take place every month on a Thursday, 13:00-14:00, at the BIS. 

It is aimed at all interested members and students of the UOL; each time a different topic from the diverse world of Digital Humanities is discussed.

Link: https://webconf.uol.de/rooms/vp1-kfv-8ix-j49/join

Dates (13:00-14:00): 

• 24.04.2025 (hybrid: online and in B 218, BIS): Presentation of the Digital Humanities Service, getting to know each other, exchange and networking
• 22.05.2025 (online): Diversity of methods in Digital Humanities
• 12.06.2025 (online): Reading circle Ted Underwood; Kevin Kiley; Wenyi Shang; Stephen Vaisey: Cohort Succession Explains Most Change in Literary Culture, in: Sociological Science (9) 2022, S. 184-205, https://sociologicalscience.com/download/vol-9/may/SocSci_v9_184to205.pdf
• 17 July 2025 (online): Summer session: Exchange & networking
• 28 August 2025 (online): Ad fontes – Teaching & learning transcription online
• 26 September 2025 (online): Stylometry