Teaching & Workshops

Guest Lectures:

Mapping and GIS in Information Visualization and the Humanities, Semester 1 2022, Leiden University.

Introduction to QGIS in Mapping Iconography, Semester 1 2022, Leiden University. (With Dr. Jelena Prokić)

Teaching Assistance:

Digital Text and Data Analysis, Semester 2 2024, Leiden University. (With Dr. Jelena Prokić) [Course Link]

Hacking the Humanities: An Introduction to Python and Text Mining, Semester 1 2023, Leiden University. (With Dr. Jelena Prokić) [Course Link]

Workshops:

Matthew Sung. Map Making for Linguists in QGIS. Ghent University. May 2024. (Invited Workshop) [link, link 2]

• Basic workshops (2 days, repeated)
  • Introduction to digital mapping
  • Point maps
  • Proportion maps
  • Isogloss maps
• Advanced workshop
  • Georeferencing
  • Working with polygons
  • Replicating maps
  • Rule-based symbology

Matthew Sung. Introduction to Dialectometry (2024). Semester 2. [link, link 2]

• What is Dialectometry? Why Dialectometry?
• Measuring Dialect Distances & Distance Matrix
• Cluster analysis & Multidimensional Scaling
• Dialectometry Beyond Classification
• Contemporary Approaches

Matthew Sung & Jelena Prokić. "Introduction to QGIS". LUCDH Digital Winter School (2024). [workshop link]

Matthew Sung. Methods in Dialectology (2023). Semester 1. [link, link 2]

• Introduction & History of Dialectology
• Doing Dialectological Fieldwork
• Linguistic Atlases, Dialect Surveys & Linguistic Maps
• Data Extraction & Digitisation
• Linguistic Mapping with QGIS
• Dialect Comparison and Historical Reconstruction

Jelena Prokić & Matthew Sung. "QGIS Workshop". LUCDH Digital Winter School (2023). [workshop link]

Matthew Sung. Special Topics in Dialectology (2023). Semester 2. [workshop link]

• Isoglosses & Diffusion
• Historical Reconstruction using Dialect Survey Data
• From Traditional Dialects to Modern Dialects
• Contemporary Approaches in Dialectology
• Special: Introduction to Chinese Dialectology

Matthew Sung. Leiden Dialectology Workshop Series (2022). Semester 1. [workshop link] [workshop material]

• Introduction & History of Dialectology
• Linguistic Atlases & Dialect Surveys, Linguistic Maps
• Data Extraction
• Linguistic Mapping with QGIS
• Introduction to Dialectometry

Matthew Sung. “Creating Dialect Maps (with QGIS) - An Introduction to Dialect Mapping”. 71st Studentische Tagung Sprachwissenschaft (StuTS). May 2022. [workshop material (old)] [workshop link]

Other:

LEL 2B Extra Ear Training Sessions, 2016-2021, University of Edinburgh.