Training Workshops & Public Talks
I often run public workshops and workshops for students and faculty, where participants learn new methodologies, such as topic modelling, or new skills, such as a programming language. I have also had the opportunity to give many public talks and lectures around the world. Below is an overview of many of these workshops and talks from recent years.
Forthcoming
Two-Day Workshop (now taught online)
“‘R’ Crash Course: Intensive Introduction”
For the Kompetenzschule at the Research Academy Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Germany
20–21 March 2020
In this two-day workshop, participants will learn to master the fundamentals of the statistical programming environment R.
[Registrations closed: workshop now full]
2020
Guest Judge and Digital Advisor
“Summer Hackfest 2020: Telling Stories with Data”
Organised by Wai-te-ata Press, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
27–28 January 2020
A two-day hackfest, where attendees will be trained in the art of digital storytelling and data journalism to complete a team-based project using New Zealand social, cultural and historical data.
Further information here and photos here.
2019
Lecture for the Academic Alumni Forum: The Digitalisation of Research
“Principles of Digital Humanities”
Organised by the University of Leipzig, Germany
26 November 2019
A DAAD-funded forum for graduates of the University of Leipzig to present the key changes caused by digitisation in relation to academic work.
Four-Day Workshop
“‘R’ Extended: From First Steps to Advanced Data Visualisation”
For the Kompetenzschule at the Research Academy Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Germany
15 & 16 November, 6 & 7 December
In this comprehensive four-day workshop, participants will go all the way from learning the basics of the programming language R to mastering the tools necessary to produce high-quality data visualisations.
[Registrations closed: workshop now full]
Keynote Lecture for Doctoral Researchers’ Day
“Agile Methods When Managing Interdisciplinary Research Teams”
Organised by the Research Academy Leipzig at the University of Leipzig, Germany
26 September 2019
Further information here.
Four-Day Workshop
“‘R’ Extended: From First Steps to Advanced Data Visualisation”
For the Kompetenzschule at the Research Academy Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Germany
19–22 June 2019
In this comprehensive four-day workshop participants will go all the way from learning the basics of the programming language R to mastering the tools necessary to produce high-quality data visualisations.
[Registrations closed: workshop now full]
Two-Day Workshop
“‘R’ Crash Course: Intensive Introduction”
For the Kompetenzschule at the Research Academy Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Germany
17–18 June 2019
In this two-day workshop, participants will learn to master the fundamentals of the statistical programming environment R.
[Registrations closed: workshop now full]
Contributing Instructor for NEH Workshop “Digital Editions in Practice”
Workshops on Topic Modelling and Citation Systems
Organised by Tufts University, Boston, USA
31 May–1 June 2019
Further information here.
Round Table Discussion Participant
“Wissenschaft in 280 Zeichen: Twitter Round-Table Discussion”
Organised by the Research Academy Leipzig, Germany
3 April 2019
Four-Day Workshop
“Data Science in ‘R’”
Organised by the Research Academy Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Germany
19–22 March
A workshop tailored to fit the research needs of post-graduates and post-docs in the Grundschuldidaktik Sachunterricht. Participants will go all the way from learning the basics of the programming language R to mastering the tools necessary to produce high-quality data visualisations, with a special focus on working with their own data.
Annual D. F. McKenzie Lecture
“Enabling Digital Scholarship: Tools, Methods, Infrastructure for Participatory, Inclusive Research”
Organised by Wai-te-ata Press, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
30 January 2019
Further information here.
Five-Day Workshop: Australasian Rare Books Summer School
“Exploring Digital Humanities: A Hands-on Introduction to Data-Driven Research
Organised by the Wai-te-ata Press at Victoria University of Wellington and the Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand
28 January–1 February 2019
In this five-day intensive course Thomas Koentges will help participants explore digital humanities through theoretical and hands-on seminars. Although the course doesn’t require any prior knowledge, it’s not just for beginners as experienced participants can update their existing skills and profit from working on more challenging tasks in the practical sessions. By partaking in the course, participants will learn the principles and basics of digital humanities and data research. Additionally, participants will deepen their knowledge in specific areas when we explore how to: create your own personal research environment; manage, curate, and enrich data collections; analyse natural language, geospatial data, and social networks; use visualisations to reduce the complexity of data; and make use of linked data, APIs, and microservices for humanities research. All programming languages welcome (but if you don’t yet know one, come anyway and meet a few!).
2018
Half-Day Workshop
“Digital Humanities Master Class: LDA Topic Modelling”
For Digital Arts & Humanities, University College Cork, Ireland
24 January 2018
Further information here.
2017
Two-Day Workshop
“Topic Modelling Workshop”
Tufts Digital Text Analysis, for faculty and students at Tufts University, Boston, USA
14–15 October 2017
Workshop
“ToPān Workshop”
For the University of Iowa, USA
14–17 May
Half-Day Workshop
“Digital Philology Workshop”
For DARIAH-HR; organised by the University of Zagreb, Croatia
24–25 April 2017
2016
Workshop
“Text Technology for Neo-Latin Studies”
For the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, Austria
12–13 May
3-Day Workshop
“Topic Modelling Persian Poetry”
For the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland, USA
2–4 March
2015
Public Talk
“Textual Transmission and the Book Medium”
For the National Library of New Zealand
11 March 2015
Further information here.