Dr Erik Ketzan, Lecturer in Digital Humanities & Cultural Computation, Department of Digital Humanities

While Digital Humanities, the study of culture alongside data, might seem like a fairly recent development, scholars have been analysing the texts of Jane Austen using code and computation since at least the late 1970’s. This public lecture revisits the various computational methods through which digital humanists have sought to interpret Austen’s texts and their effects upon readers, and suggests new ways that code and data may reveal yet more about Austen’s enduring fiction.

The lecture will be followed by a small reception. This event is part of the Faculty of Art's & Humanities Celebration of Jane Austen's 250th Anniversary. For other events in the series, see our page.