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CSDH / SCHN 2025 Conference Program
by Paul Barrett 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

WARNING: This email message may contain links to potentially dangerous websites. Please exercise caution and verify the link is for legitimate purposes before providing any information. If in doubt, forward suspicious emails to IThelp(a)uoguelph.ca. Dear CSDH / SCHN Members, We are very much looking forward to seeing you all at this year's conference. You can find the conference program here: https://tinyurl.com/yc72uaen We are excited to have talks from two excellent plenaries: Dr. Cheryl Thompson<https://www.drcherylthompson.com> (day 1) and Dr. Margot Mellet<https://www.usherbrooke.ca/dall/departement/personnel/personnel-enseignant/…> (day 2). We will be providing details about their talks, as well as directions to each of the relevant rooms, soon. If you have not already registered for the conference, please do so asap. Registration helps with catering, accessibility requests, and ensuring the conference runs smoothly. As of yet we have not received any accessibility requests. If you would like to make one, you can do so via the Federation portal or, if you feel comfortable, reach out directly to me. You'll also note that we are starting slightly later on our first day and that our first plenary, Dr. Cheryl Thompson, is scheduled to present on Day 1 from 3:00 - 4:00. We will then break for coffee and wrap the day up with our AGM. The final day of the conference begins with a panel co-sponsored by CSDH/SCHN and the Canadian Association of Postcolonial Studies (CAPS) on the topic of AI, machine learning, power, and coloniality. I hope you will all join us for this exciting cross-disciplinary discussion. The panel is being hosted by CAPS at Toronto Metropolitan University with a room to be confirmed shortly. Also, we are seeking Chairs for the panels. Please use the third panel on the spreadsheet to sign up to chair a panel. Graduate Students On the second day, we are hosting a mentorship lunch where we invite graduate students and emerging scholars to chat with more senior colleagues in the field. This is a low stakes, friendly environment where you can chat about your work, learn more about DH, and generally get to know people. Also, it's a free lunch! Please sign up at the following link if you're interested: https://forms.gle/FgbvTeA59rmYqmnRA Finally, we also have some financial assistance that we can offer to graduate students. If you are a graduate student presenting at the conference, please submit a request for financial support via the following link. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczF5da8d7SLaRdrAtLGGpLmq06hjfmNVV… --- Please let me know if you note any errors in the program or if you have any concerns. We're very much looking forward to seeing you all in Toronto. All best, CSDH / SCHN 2025 Program Committee

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Conference "Hermeneutica in Practice: Honoring the Work and Legacy of Stéfan Sinclair" (10-12/9/25 @ Montreal)
by Michael Eberle Sinatra 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

[apologies for cross-posting] The Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques (CRIHN<http://crihn.org/>) is very proud to announce a call for papers for: "Hermeneutica in Practice: Honoring the Work and Legacy of Stéfan Sinclair – A Conference on Text Analysis, Tool Building, and Critical Digital Humanities" Université de Montréal, September 10th-12th 2025 Plenary spearkers: Servanne Monjour (Sorbonne Université) and Lauren Tilton (Richmond University) We welcome submissions of papers, panels, and tool demonstrations for a bilingual conference dedicated to examining and building on the scholarly contributions of Stéfan Sinclair (1972–2020), a leading figure in the field of digital humanities in Canada and internationally. Stéfan Sinclair’s innovative work in text analysis, digital tool development, and critical infrastructure design played a foundational role in shaping methodologies and pedagogical approaches that continue to influence scholars across disciplines. This conference will provide a forum for academic exchange and critical reflection on the legacy of Sinclair’s work, while fostering new directions in the theory and practice of digital humanities in alignment with the collaborative and interdisciplinary ethos that characterized his career. Conference Themes: This event explores the rich intersections of text analysis, critical infrastructure, interpretive tools, and collaborative scholarship that defined Sinclair’s career. We welcome proposals that engage with his legacy in theory and practice, including but not limited to: - Text Analysis as Interpretation: Inspired by Hermeneutica and Voyant, how can we reconceive text analysis as a form of critical reading? What new directions are emerging in computational literary studies? - Tool Building and Humanities Infrastructure: Sinclair’s work embodied a commitment to building accessible, user-focused tools. What role does tool development play in shaping scholarly practice? How do we sustain and reflect on our infrastructures? - Interface and Visualization Design for the Humanities: How do we make meaning through interface? How do visualizations support and challenge interpretive acts in cultural heritage and literary studies? - Collaborative Praxis: Sinclair’s method was always collaborative—technically, intellectually, and pedagogically. We invite contributions that reflect on or exemplify this mode of working: co-authorship, co-building, co-teaching. - Pedagogy and Programming for Humanists: From « The Art of Literary Text Analysis » to his CFI-funded lab « SHAVLAB », Sinclair reimagined how humanists could learn, teach, and play with code. What are the most compelling approaches to teaching digital methods today? - Digital Humanities and Sustainability: How does the perennity of Voyant speak to issues of sustainability in the field more generally, including environmental challenges, and scholarly stewardship? - History and Future of Digital Humanities: How do we situate Sinclair’s contributions within the broader development of DH as a field? What are the paths forward? We especially encourage proposals that directly engage with or build upon tools and projects Sinclair helped bring to life, including Voyant, HyperPo, TAPoR, CWRC, and LINCS, and others. Presentation Formats: - 20-minute papers - Posters - Hands-on tool demonstrations Submission Details: - Please submit a 500-word abstract along with a short bio (100 words) as a PDF to crihunum(a)gmail.com with the subject “Sinclair Conference” by 15 June 2025. Conference Dates: September 10–12, 2025 Abstract submission: June 15, 2025 Results announced: June 30 2025 Program unveiled: July 10, 2025 Conference Organizing Committee: Michael Sinatra (Université de Montréal), Stéphanie Posthumus (McGill University), Geoffrey Rockwell (University of Alberta), Susan Brown (University of Guelph), Diane Jakacki (Bucknell University), Emmanuel Château-Dutier (Université de Montréal), and Marcello Vitali-Rosati (Université de Montréal) <https://crihn.openum.ca/nouvelles/2025/04/13/colloque-crihn-2025-en-honneur…> [05C3B78A-84C3-4BC9-94BA-D37CC44545F7-225x225.jpeg] Colloque CRIHN 2025 en l’honneur de Stéfan Sinclair<https://crihn.openum.ca/nouvelles/2025/04/13/colloque-crihn-2025-en-honneur…> crihn.openum.ca<https://crihn.openum.ca/nouvelles/2025/04/13/colloque-crihn-2025-en-honneur…> Michael E. Sinatra<https://www.michaelsinatra.org> | Professeur titulaire et directeur Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques (CRIHN<http://crihn.org>) Responsable du Groupe de Recherche sur les Éditions critiques en contexte Numérique (GREN<https://gren.openum.ca>) Responsable de l’option doctorale en Humanités numériques<https://llm.umontreal.ca/programmes-cours/humanites-numeriques/doctorat-en-…>, du microprogramme<https://admission.umontreal.ca/programmes/microprogramme-de-2e-cycle-en-hum…> et de la mineure<https://llm.umontreal.ca/programmes-cours/humanites-numeriques/mineure-en-h…> en HN, Université de Montréal Co-Chair centerNet, An international network of digital humanities centers President, ADHO (Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations)

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Fwd: Digital Humanities Intersections
by Bordalejo, Barbara 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

FYI > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Geoffrey Rockwell <grockwel(a)ualberta.ca> > Subject: Digital Humanities Intersections > Date: April 27, 2025 at 9:49:53 PM MDT > To: CSDH SCHN <csdhschn(a)googlegroups.com> > > The Digital Humanities Lab and <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAEXITQEBOFYt7v-SRwaBT8kVxsiPCnS_YI0>Jaya Prakash Narayan National Centre of Excellence in the Humanities <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaya-prakash-narayan-national-centre-of-excelle…> IIT Indore is excited to announce the launch of Digital Humanities Intersections (DHI), the first Digital Humanities journal from India. We invite the Indian and global DH community to please check it out and consider sending your submissions for the inaugural issue tentatively slated for release in October 2025. We are also looking to add reviewers and also look forward to proposals for special issues- while there will be a formal call for the same, we are happy to look at proposals. > > Please Check out the journal here: https://dhi.iiti.ac.in/index.php/dhjournal/index > > The call for papers and the submission portal for manuscript submission is now open. > > Geoffrey Rockwell > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CSDH/SCHN" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to csdhschn+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/csdhschn/CEFE625A-01ED-4230-BB2C-C34F38DE… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/csdhschn/CEFE625A-01ED-4230-BB2C-C34F38DE…>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

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Academic freedom on the ballot in this federal election
by Caroline Winter 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

Hello, everyone Please forgive my bringing up politics (and for crossposting), but academic freedom is on the ballot in this federal election. Poilievre's platform includes a promise to end federal funding for "woke" research, but of course the term "woke" can be wielded against any research that does not align with a particular ideology. This threat puts Canadian research and the research community at risk. This is from a statement from the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT): "CAUT alarmed by Conservative Party platform on research funding" <https://www.caut.ca/latest/2025/03/caut-alarmed-conservative-party-platform…>: “Our institutions and the federal government need to push back in the strongest possible way against this blatant attempt to interfere in academic research and trample upon academic freedom,” said CAUT executive director David Robinson. “The integrity and independence of research is necessary to protect the public interest. We need to make it clear that there is no room for political interference in research in Canada.” We are seeing the consequences of this type of ideologically motivated policy playing out in the US. No matter what party you support, we as a research community need to stand up to this threat. For more information: CBC: "Conservatives update platform to include omitted 'anti-woke' promise" <https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-woke-platform-oversight-1.751…> Science: "In Canadian election, top Conservative candidate vows to end 'woke ideology' in science funding" <https://www.science.org/content/article/canadian-election-top-conservative-…> CTV News: "Pierre Poilievre says he'll end 'woke ideology' -- he isn't saying what that means" <https://www.ctvnews.ca/federal-election-2025/article/pierre-poilievre-says-…> Montreal Gazette: "'Woke ideology': Quebec professors denounce Poilievre's pledge to end certain university research funding" <https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/article850096…> CP: "Pierre Poilievre says he'll end 'woke ideology'--he isn't saying what that means" <https://www.msn.com/en-ca/politics/government/pierre-poilievre-says-he-ll-e…>

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Time to Renew Your CSDH/SCHN Membership Before Congress!
by Bordalejo, Barbara 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

Dear members of CSDH/SCHN, As we look forward to seeing many of you at this year’s Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in late May - early June, we want to remind you to renew your membership with the Canadian Society for Digital Humanities / Société canadienne des humanités numériques (CSDH/SCHN). Membership gives you a registration fee discount for our annual meeting. More importantly, your continued support allows us to sustain and grow our community, support open access publishing, advocate for the digital humanities, and foster inclusive scholarly spaces in Canada and beyond. We deeply value your involvement in our society. If you have any questions about your membership status or the renewal process, feel free to reach out. Warm regards, Barbara Bordalejo President, CSDH/SCHN

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Early Bird Deadline April 15: Registration open for DH@Guelph Summer Workshops, May 12th-15th, 2025
by Kiera Obbard 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

Dear DH Community, This is a reminder that registration is now open for the DH@Guelph Summer Workshops! The DH@Guelph Summer Workshops<https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/research/centres-institutes-and-labs/digital-h…> will be in-person and will run over four days, May 12th-15th, 2025. <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dhguelph-summer-workshops-2023-tickets-60871334…> Our early bird registration closes on April 15, so be sure to register now to take advantage of the reduced rates! See more details below, and please don't hesitate to email dhguelph[(a)]uoguelph.ca with any questions or concerns. Warmly, Susan Brown and Kim Martin (Co-Directors), DH@Guelph Kiera Obbard, Ridley Postdoc in Digital Humanities --------- DH@Guelph is thrilled to announce that registration is now open for our summer workshops! The DH@Guelph Summer Workshops<https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/research/centres-institutes-and-labs/digital-h…> will be in-person and will run over four days, May 12th-15th, 2025. <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dhguelph-summer-workshops-2023-tickets-60871334…> We hope you can join us for what promises to be an exciting week! The four-day workshops will run 9-4:30 Monday-Thursday. The 2025 workshops are: 1. Using Play as a Design Approach to Create Exploratory Digital Archives 2. Digital Editions: Start to Finish 3. Visualizing Data in the Humanities: From Concepts to Creation 4. Digital Misogynoir and Harm Reduction Tactics 5. Intro to Minimal Web Design with Jekyll 6. An intensive Introduction to the Guidelines of the Text Encoding Initiative 7. Approaching Media Archaeology from a Digital Humanities Perspective: Introduction, Tools, and Techniques 8. Making: A Feminist Praxis dh Announcing our Keynote: Dr. KáLyn Coghill DH@Guelph is thrilled to welcome Dr. KáLyn Coghill as our keynote speaker for the 2025 Summer Workshops! Audre Lorde Says “Revolution Is Not A One Time Event”: Resisting Digital Muzzles To Enact Revolutionary Change Abstract: Technology-facilitated gender-based violence has long been an issue. It has made it extremely difficult for journalists, activists, and at this current moment in time — educators. In our current political climate, we are reminded daily of the dangers of not being silent, prioritizing the needs of those in crisis, protecting our students, colleagues, and loved ones against digital harm, and standing up for what is right. Digital humanities has the potential to do all of these things, but are we ready to take the lead? Audre Lorde reminds us all that our silence will NOT protect us. So, how will we use what we know to enact revolutionary change? How will we resist the violence in digital spaces that materializes and manifests in our offline lives? This is a clarion call to all digital humanities scholars, students, librarians, and professors to reset, resist, and revolutionize the field in order to revolutionize the world. Dr. Coghill’s keynote will take place the first night of the workshops. All are welcome to attend this free talk, which has been generously sponsored by the University of Guelph College of Arts Interdisciplinary Programs. Register for the keynote here<https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dhguelph-summer-workshops-keynote-address-dr-ka…>. Registering for the workshops will automatically register you for this free, open talk. You can find all workshop and keynote details on the DH@Guelph website<https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/research/centres-institutes-and-labs/digital-h…>. You can register for the DH@Guelph Summer Workshops at this link<https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dhguelph-summer-workshops-2025-tickets-12780590…>. We have attached posters for the keynote and the workshops and would appreciate it if you would circulate these to your networks. We look forward to seeing you in May!

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Panel on AI, power, colonially
by Paul Barrett 04 Apr '25

04 Apr '25

Dear CSDH / SCHN members, I hope this message finds you well. I'm writing to gauge interest from anyone who is interested in participating in a panel on the topic of AI, power, and colonialism (in a broad sense) at this year's conference. This panel will be co-organized with the Canadian Association of Postcolonial Studies and will focus on the ways in which LLMs and AI transform notions of power, agency, coloniality, citizenship, etc. We are open to a range of ideas that think not merely about the technical dimensions of AI but also about how the lessons of subaltern studies, postcolonial criticism, and other analyses of power can help us understand this technology. I welcome you to think broadly and creatively about how your work might contribute to this discussion. As is stands, we are looking for 3 - 4 speakers who may be able to give a brief presentation on the topic and then participate in a roundtable discussion with members of both CSDH/SCHN and CAPS. This will be an exciting and compelling talk so please get in touch with me if you are at all interested. I'm happy to chat and answer questions about it. All best, Paul Barrett

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Job : Premier·ère assistant·e(postdoc) en humanités computationnelles, Université de Lausanne (Suisse)
by Michael Piotrowski 01 Apr '25

01 Apr '25

Bonjour, La Section des sciences du langage et de l’information de la Faculté des lettres de l’Université de Lausanne met au concours un poste de premier·ère assistant·e en humanités computationnelles. * Informations liées au poste Entrée en fonction : 1er août 2025 Durée du contrat : un an, renouvelable 2 fois 2 ans, durée totale de maximum 5 ans Taux d’activité : 80 % Lieu de travail : Lausanne-Dorigny * Vos activités 50 % du taux d'activité au minimum sera dédié à la recherche personnelle et collective, et à la réalisation d'un projet de recherche personnel dans le domaine étendu des humanités computationnelles, envisagées notamment dans leurs dimensions théorique, historique, méthodologique et appliquée. 50 % du taux d'activité au maximum sera consacré au soutien des tâches d'enseignement dans les programmes en informatique pour les sciences humaines et en humanités numériques, à la participation et à l’organisation des activités scientifiques de l’unité de rattachement. * Votre profil • Doctorat ès lettres ou ès sciences ou titre jugé équivalent (thèse déposée au moment de l'entrée en fonction) dans le domaine étendu des humanités computationnelles • Très bonnes connaissances en programmation et bonnes connaissances en statistique, méthodes quantitatives ou machine learning. • Fort intérêt pour le développement de méthodes et modèles computationnels appliqués à des problématiques et données de sciences humaines, notamment parmi les disciplines enseignées à l'UNIL, dont les humanités numériques, les études vidéoludiques, les sciences du langage ou l'intelligence artificielle. • Volonté de développer un projet de recherche personnel dans ce domaine. • Capacité de prendre des initiatives et de travailler avec autonomie et en équipe. • Fort intérêt pour les démarches interdisciplinaires et transdisciplinaires. • Bonne maîtrise du français et de l'anglais (niveau B2 ou équivalent). * Pour tout renseignement complémentaire Contacter : Prof. Michael Piotrowski (michael.piotrowski(a)unil.ch) * Votre dossier de candidature Délai de candidature: 22 avril 2025 Annonce officielle et lien pour postuler : https://career5.successfactors.eu/career?company=universitdP&career_job_req… Seules les candidatures adressées par le biais de ce site seront prises en compte. -- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Piotrowski <michael.piotrowski(a)unil.ch> Professeur en humanités numériques · Université de Lausanne Section des sciences du langage et de l’information · Faculté des lettres ☎ +41 21 692-3039 · Quartier Chamberonne, bâtiment Anthropole, bureau 3137 OpenPGP public key 0x926877BF1614A044

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