2022

How can quantitative methods allow historians to make sense of the ever-increasing wealth of digitalised sources, both numeric and textual? How can historians use quantitative and computational methods to gain a better overview of their source base, ask new questions, and supplement and enhance close reading?

This workshop provides an overview of how quantitative and computational methods are used by historians in order to extract patterns from both qualitative and quantitative sources. This is an online workshop. 

How to write a high-quality PhD dissertation in history? In small groups, students present and discuss their own PhD writing with peers and faculty. The joint module focus on how to edit texts to make them more precise and clear.

How to write a high-quality PhD dissertation in history? In small groups, students present and discuss their own PhD writing with peers and faculty. The joint module focus on the art of condense writing: the writing of abstracts. This is a 1 ECTS course held at the University of Bergen, in conjunction with the Norwegian History Days.

What does the digital shift mean for historians? This workshop explores some of the key methodological questions historians encounter when we start using digital tools to answer historical questions. It will also provide training in using digital source materials.

This PhD course grabs the bull by the horns and challenges participants to seriously engage with theory (ideas/principles to explain a practice or account for a situation) and method (planned procedure to pursue knowledge), and highlights the connections between them. We also discuss ethical problems in historical research. This is a 5 ECTS course organized by the University of Oslo.