Teaser - Special sessions

This year we offer for the first time Teaser and Special Sessions which are open not only to all participants of the Summer University but also to the public. The aim of this new element is at least threefold:

a) to allow the participants of ESU DH C & T to get an idea of the variety of methods, tools and questions which make up the Digital Humanities beyond the workshops they have chosen,

b) to arouse the interest of colleagues and students of Leipzig university and of other universities nearby and foster local community building

c) to allow colleagues and researchers who are involved in specific projects but do not take part in the Summer University to consult with the specialists ESU DH C & T manages to bring together

The Teaser and Special Sessions are all scheduled for Thursday 30th of July, 09:15-10:45, in the GWZ

During the Teaser Sessions leaders of the workshops which are offered during the Summer University give a basic introduction into the field their workshop is about and allow for questions (ca. 45 + 45 minutes)

During the two Special Sessions participants of the Summer University and the interested public can either follow an introduction to legal issues by Erik Ketzan (Institut für Deutsche Sprache) or discuss with Michael Nashed (Library of Alexandria) how to maintain a digitizing workflow for Arabic collections and techniques to enhance the Optical character recognition for Arabic fonts.