Dr Katharina Lorenz being presented with her award
The Vice-Chancellor Achievement Award receives nominations for exceptional achievement by staff or students, and Dr Katharina Lorenz has been recognised for advancing the cause of digital humanities in the Faculty of Arts.
Katharina has worked energetically, and very successfully, towards her goal of making the latest technological equipment available to staff and students in the Faculty. After securing a start-up grant of over £40k in 2007, she founded the Showing-Seeing Centre in collaboration with a colleague from Archaeology. Shortly after, a grant of £190k from the University’s Investment Fund secured in collaboration with colleagues from the Department of Art History, resulted in the establishment of the Digital Humanities Centre (DHC).
The Centre enables staff and students not only to enhance their academic work, but also to work with different sectors of the creative industry including design, film, gaming, galleries, museums, new media, publishing, radio, TV and theatre.
The Student Volunteer Scheme run by the Centre provides training, experience and networking opportunities for Humanities students. Collaboration with the Careers Service helps students market these skills.
The Centre is the result of Dr Lorenz’s extensive interdisciplinary links across departments, Schools and Faculties within the University, and with institutions both in the UK and countries including Germany, Denmark and the USA. Examples of this collaboration are the international research network, Harnessing the Infinite Archive, led by the University and funded by the AHRC, and the Horizon Digital Economy Research Hub.
Posted on Friday 6th February 2015