Digital humanities projects in languages other than English
Forum
For AMICAL members only
Event info
Join us for a 90-minute session to explore Digital Humanities projects across AMICAL in languages other than English!
Each speaker will present a project and discuss it in terms of the way it supports pedagogy or scholarship:
- “Postcolonial Switzerland: A German oral history project” – Kate Roy, Coordinator of Digital Pedagogy Initiatives and the Writing and Learning Center; Adjunct Professor of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (FUS)
- “Bridging the gaps: Digitizing Lebanon’s press for a new frontier of research and discovery” – Elie Kahale, Director of Digital Initiatives and Scholarship, University Libraries (AUB)
- “Arabic literature and digital humanities: possibilities and perspectives” – Mai Zaki, Associate Professor of Linguistics (AUS)
- “From pixels to words: Breaking language barriers through Urdu OCR” – Farrukh Shahzad, Chief Librarian (FCCU)
Target audience: Faculty and librarians interested in digital projects, working in languages other than English
Organizers: Digital Liberal Arts Programs Committee