Alexander Huber
Alexander Huber

Alexander Huber

Digital Humanist Bodleian Libraries

Background

I am a Member of Oxford University, where I worked as an academic-related librarian in the Bodleian Libraries' digital library programme before transitioning to early retirement. You can learn more about my work at Oxford University on my Digital Humanities @ Oxford profile page.

I have since split my time between my research projects and as a Consultant for Digital Humanities. You can learn more about my consultancy work at Huber Digital.

I am a literary scholar by training and a digital humanist by practice. I hold an MA in English Literature, German Literature, and Theatre Studies from the University of Munich.

Research

My research interests lie in the intersection of digital humanities and the literatures of the long eighteenth century, especially the poetry of the period in the context of the formation of Romanticism in Britain, Europe, and beyond. I am the director of three peer-reviewed, long-term digital projects.

In a number of complementary satellite-projects, I have also explored the use of digital methods for the study of theatre and performance, as well as eighteenth-century social and cultural history.

Projects

Core Projects

Thomas Gray Archive

TGA
Est. 2000 production active

Devoted to eighteenth-century poet, letter-writer, and scholar Thomas Gray (1716–1771), author of the acclaimed Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1751). Hosts full-text searchable editions of Gray's poetry, prose, and letters, as well as a complete finding aid of Gray MSS, annual bibliography, gallery, biography, facsimile editions, and digital literary tools.

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Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive

ECPA
Est. 2015 production active

An award-winning digital archive devoted to the poetry of the long eighteenth century. It builds on the electronic texts created by the Text Creation Partnership from Gale's Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO-TCP). A full-text searchable edition of 18th-century poetry with a comprehensive set of digital tools intended to augment the close reading process.

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Romantic Period Poetry Archive

RPPA
Est. 2020 production active

An open access digital platform for global Romantic-period poetry. RPPA conceptualizes Romanticism as a global, deeply interconnected phenomenon, as a period in international literary history. It aggregates both peer- and computationally-created contextualizations that situate the poetry of the Romantic period in global, transnational contexts.

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Satellite Projects

The Stage Observatory

Est. 2025 pre-release in development

An analytical environment for the study of theatre and performance, with a focus on the long 18th century: plays, people, multi-modal datasets, collaborative analysis.

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Harris's List Digital Archive

Est. 2025 production active

A digital scholarly archive of Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies, 1760–1794, including all known surviving editions, maps and networks, facsimiles, analytical tools and visualizations.

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Node Projects

London Theatre

feature-complete maintenance

An analysis and visualization platform for the London Stage, 1660–1800, featuring venues, a performance calendar, repertoire and people, networks and interactive games.

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Three Thousand Dishes

feature-complete maintenance

A visual interface to the Data of Royal Eating in England, 1788–1813, offering exploratory data analysis, including networks, as well as curated tours, games, and cookbooks.

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Memberships

ASECS BARS

American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies · British Association for Romantic Studies

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