Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis

The Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA) is a research hub that explores how geographic locations and written texts relate to each other. By combining techniques from data science, linguistics, and geography, CESTA helps scholars understand patterns in literature, history, and culture through digital maps, spatial analysis, and text modeling. Its goal is to deepen insights into how people and ideas move and evolve across space and time, using innovative digital tools to analyze large amounts of textual and spatial data for academic and societal benefit.