About the Course: The Foundations & Applications of Humanities Analyticscourseaims to empower scholars in the humanities by eliminating the ?black box? of computational text analysis. Participants will gain a theoretical and practical understanding of text analysis methods, and will learn how to extract content and derive meaning from digital sources. This online course interweaves lectures and assignments that impart a foundational and philosophical understanding of humanities analytics techniques with those that apply this foundational understanding to real-world data sets arising in literary, cultural, and political contexts. Supplementary resources will introduce the necessary steps to get started with Python programming and Jupyter notebooks, though programming skills will not be taught ? or required ? during the course. The project Foundations and Applications of Humanities Analyticshas been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor, under Federal Award ID Number HT-272418-20. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this coursedo not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. About the Instructor(s): LEAD INSTRUCTORS David Kinneystudies epistemology, in particular, the selective acquisition of knowledge. His research applies the principles of probability theory to understand the causal structure of systems in scientific contexts, the formation of group beliefs, and the foundations of scientific reasoning. He has taught logic, philosophy of science, and political philosophy, among other subjects. In the Foundations & Applications of Humanities Analytics course, he will leverage his expertise in probability and information theory, helping students without a mathematics background achieve conceptual mastery. Simon DeDeoleads the Laboratory for Social Minds at Carnegie Mellon University?s Department of Social and Decision Science, where his research group makes use of text sources?from French Revolutionary records and Enlightenment-era scientific communication to online conspiracy theorists and Harry Potter fan fiction?to define factors that influence how and when novel ideas emerge and become accepted. He has taught courses on cognitive and social science, large-scale social phenomena, and research methods in informatics and computing. He leads the major data science research practicum for students in the humanities, psychology, and economics at CMU. Within the FAHA project, he will provide expertise in the application of information-theoretic and machine learning techniques to case studies in literature and history. GUEST LECTURERS Nan Z. Da Lauren Klein Julia Lefkowitz Marco Buongiorno Nardelli Richard Jean So