Universität Wien

141009 UE Digital Humanities and Ottoman Studies (2021W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
ON-SITE
Moodle

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 19 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The lectures from 23.11.2021 to 14.12.2021 (including 14.12.2021) will be held online. Information is provided on Moodle.

  • Tuesday 12.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 19.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 09.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 16.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 23.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 30.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 07.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 14.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 11.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 18.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 25.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In recent years we see an increasing number of initiatives and projects which use digital methods and techniques in the fields of Middle Eastern Studies. Yet, given the area and period of time covered by the Ottoman Empire, the usage of digital methods faces particular challenges (multitude of scripts, languages, cultural identities, diverse historical periods) that the lecture intends to address.

This lecture aims to first give an overview of the history of DH in Ottoman Studies and then present and discuss DH technologies, tools and methods in connection with Ottoman Studies.

Assessment and permitted materials

Specific DH technologies, tools and methods in Ottoman Studies will be examined and assigned and students will operate and present projects based on these technologies, tools and methods.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance (max. 3 times missing) and participation in the class as well as timely completion of the project assignment.

The final grade consists of two parts:
1) 50% participation
2) 50% project

Examination topics

The topic of the projects must comprise at least one of the following areas; textual analysis, network analysis, spatial analysis.

Reading list

There will be at least 3 works (book, book chapter, article, blog article or directly a DH project itself) assigned each week in connection with the lecture topic, which will be made available on the course Moodle.

Selection:

Lit, Lambertus Willem Cornelis van. Among Digitized Manuscripts: Philology, Codicology, Paleography in a Digital World. Leiden: Boston: Brill, 2020.

Mujadzevic, D. Digital Historical Research on Southeast Europe and the Ottoman Space. Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang Verlag, 2020.

Muhanna, Elias. The Digital Humanities and Islamic & Middle East Studies, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016.

Gratien Chris, Michal Polcyński, and Nir Shafir, “Digital Frontiers of Ottoman Studies”, Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association 1:1-2 (2014): 37-51.

Aladağ, F. "Dijital Beşerî Bilimler ve Türkiye Araştırmaları: Bir Literatür Değerlendirmesi". Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi 18 (2020 ): 773-796.

Rockwell, Geoffrey, "What is Text Analysis, Really?" Literary and Linguistic Computing 18:2 (2003): 209-219.

Association in the course directory

M10

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