Masterclass in digital humanities

27-28 June 2022 Jakarta

The rapid development of digital media over the last two decades has brought profound impacts on Muslim societies and the ways scholars conduct research on Islam. One of the important developments is the emerging field of digital humanities. This field covers various ways of conducting humanities research by utilizing computational and technological means. In Islamic studies, digital technology has accelerated the digitization of Islamic text corpus which has boosted not only their searchability but also the breadth and depth of analysis of Islamic texts. For instance, the creation of big data on Islamic texts has enabled scholars to conduct a longue durée analysis of the semantic shifts in Islamic literary history which was difficult to achieve by traditional literature survey methods. This example shows that the revolutionary development of digital technologies has the potential to uncover vast new areas of research in Islamic studies and related fields.

To comprehend the recent innovations in researching Islam in the digital age, the Faculty of Islamic Studies of the Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII) in collaboration with the Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI) will present the first Masterclass program in Digital Humanities in Indonesia. This program will invite world-renown experts in the field through a series of lectures over two days with topics ranging from digital Islamic texts to digital ethnographies. It aims to equip scholars with essential skills and knowledge to stay up-to-date in embracing the future trajectory of researching Islam and humanities in the digital age.

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