CLS INFRA training SCHOOL

ExploreCor: Using Programmable Corpora in Computational Literary Studies
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CCLS2024 (Annual Conference of Computational Literary Studies)

ACDH-CH OEAW
Vienna 10-14 June 2024

Thank you to all who attended, taught and staffed the 2024 Training School!

ExploreCor: Using Programmable Corpora in Computational Literary Studies” is a three-day academic training school, organized by the CLS Infra project, taking place in Vienna in from June 10-12, 2024. This intensive program covers some of the most important steps in the research cycle of Computational Literary Studies, focusing on “Programmable Corpora” – dynamic collections of literary texts manipulated programmatically. Participants will delve into finding, evaluating, and selecting corpora using tools like the CLSCor metadata catalogue and DraCor. The curriculum spans from learning how to use Python and Jupyter Notebooks for analysis, querying and retrieving data via APIs to working with Linked Open Data and how to conduct Digital Literary Network Analysis. Addressing the Reproducibility Crisis, the training school introduces Docker for research encapsulation. Attendees gain practical skills to conduct transparent and replicable research, contributing to the advancement of Computational Literary Studies.

Isabel Bernal: Good Reproducible Data Management practices across research areas
Antonio Rojas Social network analysis of Calderonian drama
Tamara Radak, participant at ExploreCor: Training School 2024
Vojtěch Malínek, participant at ExploreCor: Training School 2024
Una Faller, participant at ExploreCor: Training School 2024
Fatémé Ramezani: Tracing the creative journey of digital performances

Event Details

Training School Schedule

The timetable for the training school is linked at the button below. Plan for Monday 10 June - Wednesday 12 June, 9.00-17.30 each day. There is a social event planned for Wednesday evening.

CCLS Schedule
Timetable PDF
Venue & Local Information

The 3rd CLS Infra Training School will take place in person at the Campus of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH OEAW).
Address: 1010 Vienna, Bäckerstraße 13 (Seminar room 1+2 on ground-floor level)

Local Information

Training school team

Beine, Julia Jennifer: Freie Universität Berlin
Beine, Julia Jennifer: Freie Universität Berlin
Börner, Ingo: University of Potsdam
Börner, Ingo: University of Potsdam
Carloni, Massimiliano: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), OEAW
Carloni, Massimiliano: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), OEAW
Charvát, Vera Maria: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), OEAW
Charvát, Vera Maria: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), OEAW
Dijkstra, Anna: CLS INFRA Training School Coordinator, Huygens Instituut- KNAW
Dijkstra, Anna: CLS INFRA Training School Coordinator, Huygens Instituut- KNAW
Ďurčo, Matej: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), OEAW
Ďurčo, Matej: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), OEAW
Fischer, Frank: Freie Universität Berlin
Fischer, Frank: Freie Universität Berlin
Giovannini, Luca: University of Potsdam, University of Padova
Giovannini, Luca: University of Potsdam, University of Padova
Milling, Carsten: University of Potsdam
Milling, Carsten: University of Potsdam
Plank, Lukas: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), OEAW
Plank, Lukas: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), OEAW
Resch, Stefan: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), OEAW
Resch, Stefan: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), OEAW
Schöch, Christof: University of Trier
Schöch, Christof: University of Trier
Schwindt, Mark: Freie Universität Berlin
Schwindt, Mark: Freie Universität Berlin
Skorinkin, Daniil: University of Potsdam
Skorinkin, Daniil: University of Potsdam
Sluyter-Gäthje, Henny: University of Potsdam
Sluyter-Gäthje, Henny: University of Potsdam
Trilcke, Peer: University of Potsdam
Trilcke, Peer: University of Potsdam
Woldrich, Anna: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), OEAW
Woldrich, Anna: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), OEAW
Illmer, Viktor J.: Freie Universität Berlin
Illmer, Viktor J.: Freie Universität Berlin

FAQ

Most frequent questions and answers

  • Please bring a laptop computer and suitable adapters for European socket outlets (should you need them).

  • If you would like to work on your own corpora or documents, please take them with you in digital form (link to a repository, USB stick, etc.).

  • Download and install: 

  • Participation of the CLS Infra Training School is free.

  • Lunch and 2 Coffee breaks and refreshments each day are included as well as snacks and drinks at the “Get Together” on Wednesday, 12th of June 2023

  • Please find more information on accommodation and travel reimbursements in the texts below.

  • Please note that we have a limited budget for the reimbursement of travel expenses.

  • If possible, travel expenses should be handled/covered by your respective institution.

  • In special cases, we may grant a reimbursement of up to €300 for travels from abroad within the available budget limits.

  • Participants travelling within Austria may apply for a CLARIAH-AT travel grant.

  • Participants applying for any of the above mentioned reimbursement possibilities are requested to pre-finance the travel costs and submit the corresponding invoices.

More information will follow. Contact Coordinator Anna Dijkstra with logistics questions (anna.dijkstra[at]huygens.knaw.nl)

At the Campus of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage.

  • Address: 1010 Vienna, Bäckerstraße 13 (Seminar room 1+2 on ground-floor level)

See the Team section above.

  • Due to the personalized and tailor-made nature of this training school, there will be no public live-stream of the sessions. However, the DARIAH-Campus platform will host training materials and recordings of plenary sessions post-event. See here for training materials from our Prague training school and here for the materials from our Madrid training school.

  • When registering for the training school, participants will be given the opportunity to allow or deny permission to appear in recordings of the event.

  • Please state your dietary requirements in the application form. Vegetarian and vegan options will be offered in any case, but we will also try to accommodate any special requests as best we can.

Here is the timetable in PDF form: TS_Vienna_timetable

We ask you to attend all workshop days to deliver you the most complete and integrated learning experience.

We are planning to have a “Get Together” on Wednesday, 12th of June 2024 evening  in the courtyard of the ACDH-CH

More details will follow.

  • Applications opened 15 Jan 2024.

  • Applications closed 15 Feb 2024.

  • Notification of acceptance was sent Mid-Mar 2024.

Please find our project at twitter.com/CLSinfra and fedihum.org/@CLSinfra When posting about the training school, please use hashtag #CLSInfraTraining!

Vienna Training School is the third of a training school series hosted by the European infrastructure project CLS INFRA. Read more about our objectives here.

Scroll to the bottom of this page to access the materials from our previous two training schools. 

Please reach out to our Training School contact Anna Dijkstra: anna.dijkstra[at]huygens.knaw.nl


Previous training schoolS

Charles University, Prague

7-9 June 2022
Data And Annotation

Participants in the 2022 training school learned to build, edit, annotate, and query a text corpus without a single line of code! Structure texts with the XML-TEI. Run an NLP tool to add linguistic information. Tackle real research questions concerning Shakespeare’s dramas or your own data by mastering CQL and Universal Dependencies.  These discipline-wide standards were experienced hands-on in TEITOK , KonText,  and UDPipe . 

Training Materials

View materials and recordings from the 2022 Training School.

UNED, Madrid

9-11 May 2023 Digging for Gold: Knowledge Extraction from Text

From 9-11 May 2023, CLS INFRA offered a crash course in how to “Dig for Gold” in a corpus of texts. From Stylometry to Natural Language Processing, participants completed their own analyses and visualisations of the results in a hands-on way. We worked with existing code that is plug and play, so it was not necessary to have existing experience in Python or R. Most of all, it was a fun and safe environment to boost textual analysis skills. 

Training Materials

View materials and recordings from the 2023 CLS INFRA Training School.

Would you like to get a sense of what you can expect from a CLS INFRA Training School? Check out these videos featuring participants from our previous training schools.