The European Summer University in Digital Humanities “Culture and Technology” will take place at the Université Marie et Louis Pasteur in Besançon, France from 21 July to 2 August 2025.
The Summer University will last for 11 full days with an intensive programme consisting of workshops, teaser sessions, public lectures, regular project presentations, a poster session, and a panel discussion. Each workshop consists of a total of 18 sessions or 36 teaching hours. Building on the spirit of previous editions in Leipzig and Cluj, the ESU in Besançon aims at being a space for interdisciplinary collaboration and opportunities for scholars and students in Humanities and therefore strengthening the community of practice already established in past years.
Audience
The summer university is directed at an international audience. Students in their final year, graduates, postgraduates, doctoral students, postdocs, teachers, librarians and technical assistants from all over Europe and beyond who are involved in the theoretical, experimental or practical application of computational methods in the various areas of the Humanities, in libraries and archives, or wish to do so are the target audience of the courses.
It addresses also expressively engineers and computer scientist who accept the challenge represented by the Arts and Humanities, who wish to obtain an insight into the application of, and work with, computational methods in the Humanities, and who wish to familiarise themselves with the special demands put on the soft- and hardware systems they develop by arts and humanities-related data.
Applications and DARIAH scholarships
Applications to the ESU DH 2025 can be made via Conftool from March 24 to May 18. DARIAH is one of the sponsors of this Summer School providing 12 scholarships of 450 Euros each to partially cover the costs of registration and accommodation in Besançon. To apply for the scholarship, applicants will be asked to specify in a letter their interest to receive a DARIAH scholarship, explaining how the scholarship will help them join the ESU.
Venue
Besançon, a lively city of around 120 000 inhabitants and more than 25 000 students from all over the world, has a long tradition of teaching French to non-native speakers. Following the two weeks of the ESU, in the month of August, we will offer the possibility to attend for two to four weeks classes of French within the framework of our “French for DH” programme.
For all relevant information please consult the ESU DH website which will continue to be updated. To get some insight into what you can expect from the European Summer University please consult the archive section.
