Digital Humanities

The new Master’s degree program in Digital Humanities from Université PSL is the fruit of a collaboration between ENC-PSL, ENS-PSL, EPHE-PSL and EHESS. Designed for university graduates seeking to expand their knowledge of their discipline (history and philology, literature, archeology, etc.), the program is intended to teach students how to mine and analyze humanities data.

This master's program is part of following PSL graduate programs: Translitterae and Historical Sciences.

Learning outcomes

Acquire the critical dual skillsets required to conduct independent research in the digital and computational humanities.

Ranging beyond the usual spectrum of the digital humanities, this Master’s program is firmly committed to new computational applications and the use of data to develop new areas of knowledge within the humanities and social sciences. It combines demanding coursework in that area, including education from the four partnering institutions, with training in problems, methods and tools used in data research and analysis (algorithms, quantitative methods, modeling, artificial intelligence).

Curriculum

The program includes an M1 year (60 ECTS) and an M2 year (60 ECTS).
One academic path: Digital humanities and research
- M1: Core curriculum in the digital humanities + courses specific to the student’s chosen discipline (history, philology, literature, archeology, social sciences, etc.) + Research project
- M2: Core curriculum + Specialization options + Seminars + Research thesis defense + Laboratory internship

Core curriculum: algorithms and programming for the humanities, data modeling and structuring, data use and mining, quantitative methods and mathematical modeling, foreign language.
Specialization options: automated language processing and semantic analysis, digital philology, geographical information systems, automated image processing, network analysis.
View the detailed program

Who should apply?

This Master’s program is intended for students who hold a bachelor’s degree in one of the following areas: Humanities, History, Art History and Archeology, Philology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Human Sciences, Anthropology, Ethnology, Language Sciences, Literature.

Opportunities

Strongly focused on research, this Master’s program is primarily designed to train students who ultimately intend to pursue a PhD in their chosen field. Its goal is to provide the skills they will need in both their discipline and in digital methods to conduct their research independently.
The program will serve as preparation for a career in research and higher education (researchers, research engineers) or data expertise in the humanities and social sciences.

Teaching location: Paris, on the partner institution campuses
 

 Interview of Jean-Baptiste Camps, Head of the master's program, on AI