An important and continuous debate in DH revolves around the overwhelmingly Anglocentric nature of the field. Think about it: even before learning a programming language, you need to know English. However, this doesn't mean that all DH research is done in English or that there aren't any non-Anglophone researchers working on DH. Quite the contrary, Multilingual DH is a fundamental part of DH endeavours everywhere.
Multilingual DH projects and initiatives at 平特五不中
We don't have to go too far to find amazing Multilingual DH projects. There are wonderful researchers engaging in DH from a multilingual perspective here at 平特五不中. Want to learn more? Take a look at the wonderful work of our DH Affiliates. The examples below might inspire you.
Appraising Risk (The Indian Ocean World Centre at 平特五不中)
Prof. Gwyn Campbell and the IOWC group explain: "As part of the IOWC's Partnership Project 'Appraising Risk,' members of the partnership are collecting data on past and present climatic and environmental changes in the Indian Ocean World, which will be added to a bespoke, geo-linked database (currently under construction). Ruishen Zhang, an Undergraduate Research Assistant working at the IOWC, collects data from official on natural calamities during the 19th century, including epidemics, typhoons, and droughts. Following input of this data into our database, it will be聽displayed in digital historical maps, enabling comparisons and connections to be drawn across the vast Indian Ocean World, including across multiple linguistic and cultural zones." Learn more about Appraising Risk at
Travaux sur les arts du roman (D茅partement de langue et litt茅rature fran莽aises)
Prof. Isabelle Daunais and a team of researchers from 平特五不中 and Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Rimouski work on the project Travaux sur les arts du roman (TSAR), which includes the creation of an online bibliography on "novelists on the novel."聽Check out the online bibliography on the TSAR website.听
Laboratoire d鈥檃nalyse des discours et des r茅cits collectifs (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montr茅al)
Prof. Pascal Brissette and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montr茅al (CIRM) at 平特五不中 are organizing seven workshops (all in French) at the CIRM's Laboratoire d鈥檃nalyse des discours et des r茅cits collectifs (LADIREC). Check out the full program of their Winter/Spring 2022 workshops.
Canadian Consortium on Child & Youth Trauma (平特五不中 & SSHRC)
Prof. Delphine Collin-V茅zina is director of the newly established bilingual (English and French) Canadian Consortium on Child & Youth Trauma, which aims "to unify and enhance social responses to child and youth trauma through advancements in research, practice, policy, and law." Learn more about the Consortium at
Did you know...?
Our very own Dr. Cecily Raynor is a fervent advocate of Multilingual DH. She is Chair of the Multi-lingualism & Multi-culturalism Committee at ADHO and has worked on projects involving Spanish, Portuguese, French, and other languages. As part of these efforts, Dr. Raynor and her advisee, Lidia Ponce de la Vega, are working on the Spanish translation of the .
You can learn more about Dr. Raynor's endeavours in Multilingual DH here:
- ADHO'S
- Journal of Cultural Analytics
- GREN
Multilingual DH toolkit
If you too want to engage with DH research in languages other than English, the resources listed below might be of interest. There is a myriad of multilingual efforts and tools in DH that can aid your projects. The resources below are geared toward our context in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and focus mainly on Russian, Spanish, Italian, German, and East Asian languages, as well as initiatives in Canada.听
Resources and tools
If you are interested in working with DH in different languages, these resources and tools are for you:
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- Stanford University's
- DH Japan's
- (OCR software for multiple languages)
- The Archivo de Respuestas Emergencias de Puerto Rico (AREPR) and Michigan State University's and (developed by Ivy Rose).
Associations and publications
Have you ever wanted to work on DH in multilingual environments? Would you like to publish in multilingual or non-Anglophone DH journals? We invite you to peruse the landscape of DH research outside of the realm of English by looking at these well-known DH associations and journals that engage with multilingual research and/or research in languages other than English:
- Revue