Digital Humanities

Digital Humanities (DH) is a new interdisciplinary field concerned with the application of digital methods and tools to the social sciences and humanities. With the spread of digital technologies and the growing interest in interdisciplinary research, DH has gained increasing prominence in academic institutions in recent years. For DH to move beyond a technical skill and be addressed at an academic level, it must become a new epistemological process leading from data to knowledge (Source: Fatma Öncel, Aysu Akcan, "What Is Learned in a Digital Humanities Course?”).

Universities incorporate DH into their curricula and research in various ways. The Bahçeşehir University Ottoman History Research and Application Center (OTAM)actively uses Digital Humanities methods in its research and educational activities. OTAM scholars carry out their historical research using various DH tools and the activities of their applied laboratory, in collaboration with Stanford University .

DH in OTAM Research

OTAM researchfocuses on seven areas in particular within the very broad scope of DH in terms of subject matter and method:

• Data modeling
• Database design
• Text analysis
• Data visualization
• Mapping
• Network analysis
• Artificial intelligence

DH in OTAM Educational Activities

The Bahçeşehir University Master's Program in Ottoman Historyaims to integrate DH tools into different stages of its educational program. Teaching DH tools in course curricula and encouraging the use of DH methods in thesis research are among OTAM's objectives.

TheOttoman Turkishcourses of the Master's Program in Ottoman History are designed according to the principle of "Ottoman Turkish education in the age of artificial intelligence." DH methods such as text recognition tools and automated transcription, text analysis and data curation are integrated into Ottoman Turkish instruction.

You can access the contents of the Ottoman Turkish I and Ottoman Turkish II courses, planned to be offered in the Fall and Spring semesters, by clicking on the course titles.