Digital humanities and quantitative methods in the history of economics

— Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the workshop has been cancelled. —

At the leading edge of studies in social sciences and the humanities is the growing field of digital humanities (DH). From applications in history, archaeology, and sociology, to name a few, the expansion of DH over the past decades is impressive. Central to this field are new computer-based methods for searching, retrieving, analysing, and visualizing data, all of which vastly enlarge the scope of what researchers can accomplish. Witnessing the growth of interesting and relevant projects across various disciplines has made us wonder the extent to which DH can provide the history of economics with new ways to study our traditional subject matter, to open up new sources and research questions, and to provide opportunities for thinking about large collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects afresh.

The workshop's goal is to give participants an introductory overview of the type of quantitative and computational methods that have recently come to be used in the social sciences and the humanities. The sessions will be led by specialists: Claire Lemercier (Sciences Po), José De Kruif (Utrecht University), François Claveau (U. Sherbrooke).