We are delighted to announce that the Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence minor will be offered in the 2025-2026 academic year.

• The 30 EC Minor package offers one track with 6 courses spread over 2 semesters.
• Students can also opt for a 15 EC package of courses. This will consist of the Hacking the Humanities and two others of the core courses: Digital Media, Culture and Society and Information Visualization in semester 1, or Digital Text and Data Analysis and Exploring the Past in the Digital Present in semester 2. The Special Topics ‘Capstone’ course is meant for those students who take the 30 EC package.

The Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence minor teaches BA students new ways to analyse and study cultures and languages and provides insight into how digital methods and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing our personal lives and societies. The programme provides an introduction to the critical application of computational methods and thinking in a wide range of humanities and social science subjects including linguistics, literature, history, the arts, religious studies, and media and area studies.

You can find more information here on the eProspectus page. Please note these pages will be updated soon to reflect the 2025-2026 courses. (There is now only one Minor track not two.)

Core courses and capstone course 
A series of core courses provide theoretical discussions of digital media and data as well as hands-on experience of a range of useful tools, such as Python, text analysis, visualization, database management, formal modelling, Wordpress, html and css, and more. Students will develop analytic, communicational and project management skills that have broad applicability and relevance for their future studies and careers. The minor includes a sixth, ‘Capstone’ course (Special Topics in Digital Humanities), in which students design and run a Digital Humanities or AI project related to their own interests under the close supervision of a staff member.

• Maximum number of participants: 50
• Prospectus number: 5000MDIHN
• Language: English
• Registration: via EduXchange
  LEI students 15 May (13:00hrs) to 4 July 2024
  TUD and EUR students 15 May (13:00hrs) to 31 May 2024

Courses
Detailed course information can be updated on the eProspectus website. Please note these pages will be updated soon to reflect the 2025-2026 courses. (There is now only one Minor track not two.)
The minor brochure can be found here: Digital Humanities and AI Minor!

Contacts:

For the DH & AI Minor Study Coordinator, Irena Zagar: 
stuco-digitalhumanities@hum.leidenuniv.nl  

For general questions contact Alison Carter: 
lucdh@hum.leidenuniv.nl  

For questions about course content contact the teacher of the course:
Dr. Jelena Prokic, Dr. Angus Mol or Dr. Yann Ryan

Programme Coordinator: Dr. Angus Mol

Note: DH & AI Minor students (15 or 30 EC package) should not choose from the Elective courses, which are separate to the DH & AI Minor courses. If you are interested in only following electives, more details can be found on the Electives page.