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The Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS) aims to tackle one of the grand challenges of present-day humanity – making sense of the modern, digital world. Our research deals with the opportunities and challenges of the datafication and algorithmisation of society, culture and human knowledge, it develops models and techniques for studying these phenomena, and it takes a critical approach to the implications of the digital on human reality.

Three different degree programs are offered: (german only)



DHSS will be well represented at the 2025 international Digital Humanities conference in Lisbon, Portugal (July 14-July 18, 2025), with a miniconference on the temporal dimension of data--“The times they are a-changin’” in Digital Humanities (CfP)--organized by Nathan Dykes, Anastasia Glawion, a...

Laurence Anthony Waseda University, Japan

We are delighted that Professor Laurence Anthony from the University of Waseda, Japan, is joining the DHSS as a visiting professor for one year. Laurence Anthony is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of ...

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