Online Workshop (4 sessions): "Python for Digital Humanities: Introduction to Textual Analysis, via Zoom"
Lecturer: Dr. James Gawley, Sorbonne Université (Paris IV)
Date: 7th to 10th June 2022, each day from 2 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Course Description:
This beginners course will outline the most important concepts of experiment design for humanities scholars who wish to interrogate their textual corpora. If you have a group of texts that you would like to analyze automatically, this course will teach you everything you need to design, execute, and publish an experiment. No previous experience with programming is required. Pre-coded examples for all experiment types will be provided, ready for modification by participants.
1st half:
- Variables, print statements, and objects
- Python: introduction to the language and the coding environment
- First scripts: from “Hello, world” to loops and list comprehension
2nd half:
- Stylometry and authorship attribution
- Manipulating XML
- Training ‘neural net’ models on large corpora
To prepare for the workshop, participants are asked to download and install python and jupyter notebooks on their personal computers. Please follow the guide found at: https://realpython.com/installing-python/.
From 31th May 2022 you can pre-register your participation to this workshop by sending an email to dh.wktuni-rostockde.
Please note: The number of participants will be limited to 20 persons
Contacts:
Dr. Simone Finkmann
Coordinator of the research focus 'Digital Hermeneutics' at the department "Knowledge - Culture - Tranformation",
Interdisciplinary faculty of the University of Rostock
Tel: +49 (0)381 498-2779, E-Mail: dh.wktuni-rostockde