CDH @ Princeton

advancing computational and data-intensive humanities to create a more just future

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The Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) is a collaborative research community that welcomes scholars from all disciplines and all levels. We work on projects, programs, and outreach activities aligned with our core belief that humanistic engagement with technology will deepen our understanding of the past, illuminate our present, and create a better future.

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Announcing the Fall 2026 CDH Graduate Fellows

3 June 2026

Grad Fellows
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Applications open for AI Postdoctoral Research Fellows

28 May 2026

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CDH announces inaugural Affiliate Labs

15 May 2026

Carrie Ruddick

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Upcoming events

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DH2026: ENGAGEMENT

Jul 27–31
Jeri Wieringa
Conference
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Latest stories

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New Publication Details Cooperative Broadband and Community-Supported Infrastructure

4 June 2026

Research
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Graduate Fellows Scan, Model, and Map: New Discoveries from Sermons to Ballet

3 June 2026

Carrie Ruddick

Grad Fellows
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Introducing MuSE: Linking Music-Theoretical Concepts Across Languages

13 April 2026

Carrie Ruddick

Research Partnership
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Current projects

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The Ends of Prosody

Discovering patterns in poetry’s data with machine learning

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African_UD: Universal Dependencies Treebank for African Languages

Increasing the representation of African languages in NLP by creating quality datasets for eleven African languages

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Segmenting Paratextual Material in Arabic Scientific Manuscripts

Computational methods for classifying and analyzing visual aspects of the manuscript folio

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Citing Marx

Identifying Marx citations within Die Neue Zeit

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Exercises in Literary Style

Investigating the capacity of LLMs to discern and classify literary styles through a series of controlled experiments

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MuSE (Multilingual Semantic Embeddings)

Linking concepts in music-theoretical texts across languages

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