Teaching overview – Autumn semester 2027
Courses, workshops and programme meetings of Digital Humanities, University of Bern (HS 2027)
The programme for the autumn semester 2027 is in development. Times follow the autumn semester 2026; dates and rooms are still to be confirmed. KSL is the binding source.
The autumn semester is where both programmes start: Introduction to Digital Humanities, the DH Lab and the lecture series form the Introduction block (13 ECTS) of the Major and the Minor (see Studying DH in Bern). Major students in their 3rd semester take the Application block; Minor students in their 3rd semester complete their final project.
- Lecture period: 20 September – 24 December 2027
- Registration: via KSL; course material on ILIAS
- Questions about the study programmes: Adrian Demleitner, head of study programmes (adrian.demleitner@unibe.ch)
Introduction (1st semester, Major and Minor)
| Course | ECTS | Dates | Place | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Digital Humanities | 3 | Tuesdays 10:15–12:00, 21 September – 21 December | Unitobler (room tba) | introduction-to-dh |
| DH Lab | 4 | Tuesdays 14:00–17:15, 21 September – 21 December | Unitobler (room tba) | dh-lab |
| Lecture series: Insights into the Digital Humanities | 3 | Mondays 14:00–16:00, from 20 September; workshops 16:00–18:00 on selected dates | tba | dh-lecture-series |
| Introduction to programming (Grundkurs Programmieren) | 3 | Fridays 13:15–15:00 (inverted classroom, can be followed online; offered every semester at least until HS 2027) | Hauptgebäude H4 | via ILIAS |
Elective seminars and colloquia
To be announced. Colloquia are worth 3 ECTS, seminars 6 ECTS.
Applied Digital Humanities: workshops (Application, Major)
The PPP and Project Management programmes are still being put together.
Half-day workshops, 0.5 ECTS each, booked individually in KSL. Planned on the basis of the autumn semester 2026; dates tba. Details in the ILIAS course «Applied Digital Humanities».
| Workshop | Submodule | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Project Management | Project management | tba |
| GitHub as a Project Management Tool | Project management | tba |
| Research Cycle | Project management | tba |
| Time and Resources Management | Project management | tba |
| Open Access I | PPP | tba |
| Jupyter Notebooks: Executing Code | PPP | tba |
| Web-Basics I (online) | PPP | tba |
Final year
In the autumn, the final-year meetings take place in the DH Lab (Tuesdays, 16:00). Proposed dates:
| Date | Time | What |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 5 October 2027 (week 3) | 16:00 | Final-year meeting: project report |
| Tue 9 November 2027 (week 8) | 16:00 | Final-year meeting: status report |
| Tue 21 December 2027 (week 14) | 14:00–17:15 | Final-year presentations (Major / Minor) |
Last updated: 11 November 2026.