HRI DIGITAL | Delivering the Digital Humanities

Welcome to HRI Digital. We are the technology research and development team in the University of Sheffield’s Humanities Research Institute, supporting the innovative use of technology in arts, humanities and heritage research as both a method of inquiry and a means of dissemination.

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Late Medieval English Scribes more...

Over 400 manuscript descriptions, 500 scribal profiles and 17,000 letter forms.

Move RightMove LeftLondon Lives

London Lives more...

Primary sources on criminal justice and the provision of poor relief and medical care in eighteenth-century London.

Move RightMove LeftConnected Histories

Connected Histories more...

Integrated searching of billions of words of online, historical datasets covering the period 1500-1900.

Move RightMove LeftThe Online Froissart

The Online Froissart more...

A textual, palaeographical and iconographic research edition of Froissart's Chronicles of the Hundred Years' War.

Move RightMove LeftExhibitor

Exhibitor more...

Innovative multi-touch displays and interactive presentation software for heritage and schools.

Move RightMove LeftSheffield Manor Lodge

Sheffield Manor Lodge more...

Interactive 3D reconstructions of the the medieval and sixteenth-century hunting lodge of Sheffield.

Move RightMove LeftThe Old Bailey Proceedings Online

The Old Bailey Proceedings Online more...

A fully searchable edition of 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.

Move RightMove LeftThe Norman Blake Editions

The Norman Blake Editions more...

A series of online editions which present full diplomatic transcriptions of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.

Move RightMove LeftBess of Hardwick

Bess of Hardwick more...

A fully searchable, online edition of the letters of Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (known as Bess of Hardwick).

Move RightMove LeftAugmenting Participation

Augmenting Participation more...

Exploring how augmented participation techniques can be used to improve people's understanding of art.

Move RightMove LeftData Mining With Criminal Intent

Data Mining With Criminal Intent more...

Text data mining and visualisation of online, distributed research resources.

Move RightMove LeftThe Acts and Monuments Online

The Acts and Monuments Online more...

20 years in the making, this is a new, definitive edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs.

Move LeftThe Cistercians in Yorkshire

The Cistercians in Yorkshire more...

3D reconstructions of five medieval abbeys incl. historical and architectural background information.

OUR EXPERTISE

Scholarly digital editions, text and image data mining and visualisation, virtual worlds, augmented reality and linked data services... from proposal to delivery.

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COLLABORATION

We collaborate with all types of partners, both nationally and internationally, incl. other universities, SMEs and corporations, libraries, museums, galleries and archives.

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HUMANITIES RESEARCH

We are part of the Humanities Research Institute, which also provides an online publishing service, research space, and support for workshops and conferences.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

History and HRI awarded ESRC/AHRC project to research and model the economy of intoxicants in the 18th century.

Old Bailey Online is 10 years old. Read the full press release.

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