Digital archives
Collections, repositories, and infrastructures that open access to Ukrainian cultural heritage.
Ukrainian Digital Humanities Initiative
Making Ukrainian Digital Humanities more visible and connected
A bilingual platform for Ukrainian projects, researchers, digital archives, data, methods, and opportunities.
01 · About the initiative
Knowledge · Practice · Voices
I founded the Ukrainian Digital Humanities Initiative in 2025 to create a continuous public space for Ukrainian Digital Humanities. Rather than discussing “digitalisation” in the abstract, it presents concrete research work: one source, method, tool, project, or conversation at a time.
AudienceResearchers, students, educators, and anyone interested in how digital methods are changing humanities research.
LanguagesUkrainian · English
PlatformInstagram · @dh.ukraine
02 · Areas of focus
The initiative brings different parts of the Ukrainian DH field into one accessible space.
Corpora and texts
Text corpora, OCR and HTR, encoding, search, and computational research with language materials.
Data and visualisation
Databases, maps, networks, and other ways of working with structured humanities data.
Methods and tools
Practical explanations of digital methods through real research examples.
People and projects
Researchers, teams, and institutions shaping Ukrainian Digital Humanities.
Training and opportunities
Workshops, schools, conferences, grants, and resources for developing new skills.
03 · Editorial principle
One concrete example at a time.
Each piece begins with a specific project, source, tool, or research question. The aim is not simply to announce that something exists, but to explain how it works, why it matters, and where it can be explored or tried.
04 · My role
Founder and editor
I select themes, research the material, prepare Ukrainian and English texts, and work to turn individual examples into a visible map of the Ukrainian DH field.
05 · Selected posts
Six entry points into Digital Humanities
A selection from @dh.ukraine on Ukrainian archives, methods, research infrastructures, learning resources, and professional community.
Archives
The Interarchival Search Portal of Ukraine
A single point of entry into Ukrainian archival resources, from collection descriptions to the titles of individual files and documents.
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Method
OCR and the visibility of archival documents
A word may be present on the page yet absent from search results. Recognition quality helps determine what can be found in a digital archive.
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Critical data
Metadata is neutral. Isn’t it?
Categories, names, and descriptions shape what we can find, connect, and interpret — making metadata part of the research argument.
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Learning
Programming Historian
An open, peer-reviewed collection of step-by-step lessons on Python, R, text analysis, mapping, networks, digital editions, and more.
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Infrastructure
OpenDANES: infrastructure as a shared space
Resources, tutorials, and methodological materials for the study of the ancient Near East show how infrastructure can support an entire field.
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Community
Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon
A personal perspective on teamwork, data experimentation, and collective thinking at one of Europe’s leading DH hackathons.
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