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Call for Nominations for the 2026 CSDH/SCHN Outstanding Early Career Award
by Polyck- O'Neill, Julia 04 May '26

04 May '26

Dear CSDH/SCHN community members, Please find below the Call for Nominations for the 2026 CSDH/SCHN Outstanding Early Career Award. We eagerly await your nominations! Please also find the call for nominations online in French<https://csdh-schn.ca/appel-a-candidatures-pour-le-prix-csdh-schn-debut-de-c…> and in English<https://csdh-schn.ca/call-for-nominations-for-csdh-schn-outstanding-early-c…> on the CSDH/SCHN website for your convenience. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you'd like to chat about nominating a colleague or community member. Please help us spread the word; the deadline for nominations is April 15, 2026. Thank you! All my Best, Julia Call for Nominations for CSDH/SCHN Outstanding Early Career Award Le francais suit The CSDH/SCHN Outstanding Early Career Award recognizes exemplary scholarly work by a Canadian or permanent resident researcher or a researcher at a Canadian institution during the early stage of their career. Early career, in this context, usually extends from the later stages of doctoral work to up to 10 years since completion of PhD or other terminal degree. The recipient need not be affiliated with an institution. The recipient will be invited to accept the award at the annual conference at Congress, which will be held in Montreal in June. The recipient will be invited to deliver a plenary address at the conference held the following year. This award is typically given to an early-career scholar whose work relates to any area of the digital humanities, broadly conceived, whether theoretical, critical, applied, or in the areas of community building and/or research creation. Evidence of scholarship may take the form of print or online publications, a design portfolio, fabrications, artworks or other creative works, prototypes or tools, or a production system. Work produced by a member of a larger collaborative team may be considered for this award; in such a case, the nomination should include a letter from the leader of the team (which may be the nominee her or himself) explaining the nature of the nominee’s contribution to the team activities. The award will be given for work that, in the opinion of the CSDH/SCHN Awards Committee, constitutes a significant contribution to the field. The committee particularly invites nominations for scholars belonging to underrepresented groups, including Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, 2SLGBTQIA+, and/or disabled persons. Nominations of up to 500 words must be submitted by April 15, 2026. Only current members of CSDH/SCHN are eligible to submit nominations. Nominations must be sent by email to the Chair of the CSDH/SCHN Awards Committee (jpolyckoneill(a)mun.ca) The Awards Committee will compile a short list and confirm with nominees whether they are willing to be considered. We will then request the submission of supporting material (CV, letters of support, and access to contributions or projects if not readily accessible) in May 2026. Adjudication of the award will be conducted by the CSDH/SCHN Awards Committee (Julia Polyck-O’Neill, Emily Murphy, and Kim Martin), who may consult the CSDH/SCHN Executive or external members of the community for assistance in evaluating applications. Selection will be made by the end of May 2026. An announcement will be made in spring 2026, along with the release of the 2026 CSDH/SCHN conference program. Appel à candidatures pour le prix CSDH/SCHN - Début de carrière exceptionnelle Le prix CSDH/SCHN - Début de carrière exceptionnelle vise à reconnaitre la contribution exceptionnelle d’un(e) chercheur(se) canadien(ne) ou d’un(e) résident(e) permanent(e) ou un(e) chercheur(se) dans un établissement canadien pendant le début de sa carrière. Pour être admissibles, les candidats doivent avoir obtenu leur doctorat ou d'un autre diplôme terminal depuis moins de 10 ans. Les candidats n’ont pas à être affiliés à une institution. Le lauréat sera invité à recevoir le prix lors du congrès annuel qui se tiendra à Montréal en juin. Il sera également invité à prononcer un discours en séance plénière lors du congrès de l'année suivante. Ce prix est généralement accordé à un(e) chercheur(se) en début de carrière dont les travaux s’inscrivent dans le domaine des humanités numériques, ce qui inclut les travaux de nature théorique, critique, appliquée ou cherchant à contribuer au développement de la communauté de chercheurs(ses) dans le domaine des humanités numériques ou/et la recherche-creation. Les réalisations des candidats peuvent prendre la forme de publications (papiers ou numériques), de portfolio, d’ œuvres d'art ou autres créations artistiques, de conceptions de prototypes ou d’applications, de systèmes de production. Les travaux réalisés en collaboration au sein d’une équipe de recherche seront considérés pour ce prix. Dans ce cas, le dossier de candidature doit inclure une lettre du responsable de l'équipe (qui peut être le candidat lui-même) expliquant la nature de la contribution du candidat aux activités de l'équipe. Le prix sera décerné pour des travaux qui, de l'avis du Comité des prix SCHN/CSDH, constituent une contribution significative dans le domaine des humanités numériques. Le comité invite particulièrement les candidatures d'universitaires appartenant à des groupes sous-représentés, notamment les personnes noires, autochtones, de couleur, 2SLGBTQI+, ou/et les personnes handicapées. Les mises en candidatures, d’un maximum de 500 mots, doivent être soumises au plus tard le 15 avril 2026. Seuls les membres actuels de la SCHN sont autorisés à soumettre des candidatures. Les candidatures doivent être envoyées par courriel au président du Comité des prix CSDH/SCHN (jpolyckoneill(a)mun.ca) Le Comité des prix dressera une liste restreinte de candidats, confirmera avec les candidats retenus s’ils acceptent leur nomination et, le cas échéant, leur demandera de transmettre tous les documents nécessaires à l’évaluation de leur dossier de candidature (curriculum vitae, lettres d’appui, accès aux réalisations, lorsque celles-ci ne sont pas facilement accessibles) au plus tard le mai 2026. Le choix du(de la) lauréat(e) sera effectué par le Comité des prix CSDH/SCHN (Julia Polyck-O’Neill, Emily Murphy, et Kim Martin), qui pourra consulter au besoin les membres du Comité exécutif de la SCHN ou les membres externes de la communauté. Le choix du(de la) lauréat(e) sera effectué au plus tard à la fin de mai 2026. Une annonce sera diffusée au printemps 2026 et sera accompagnée de la sortie du programme de la conférence de la SCHN 2026. Julia Polyck-O’Neill, PhD Assistant Professor Communication and Media Studies Department of English Memorial University We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.

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Doctoral Contracts in Digital Humanities @ Université de Montréal
by halima.malek＠umontreal.ca 15 Apr '26

15 Apr '26

The Research Laboratory on Digital Textualities (UdeM), the Groupe de recherche sur les éditions critiques en contexte numérique (GREN) and the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques (CRIHN) are offering doctoral contracts each amounting to $35,000 CAD per year for 4 years. The research will be conducted as part of a PhD program (Digital Humanities option) at the University of Montreal (PhD in French Literature or PhD in Literature). Candidates will work 4 days a week as members of the Revue3.0 SSHRC partnership, the Égée SSHRC Partnership Development project and the GREN, both affiliated at Laboratory on Digital Textualities and the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques. Selected candidates will propose a doctoral project within the field of Digital Humanities related to one of the themes described in the profiles below. They will have the following skills and research interests, or any other equivalent skills deemed relevant: - Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (required); - Interest in methodologies specific to Digital Humanities; - Knowledge of theoretical and technical issues of digital publishing - Research interest in the transmission and circulation of knowledge - Skills in research and project management; - Proficiency in French and English. Co-supervision with European and Canadian institutions is also possible. Applications must be sent no later than May 15th, 2026, to the following email address: contact(a)ecrituresnumeriques.ca (please specify in the subject line: “Application – PhD in Digital Humanities”). The email should include the following documents: - A cover letter; - A curriculum vitae; - A research project outline (maximum 500 words); - A sample of scientific writing (published or to be published article, master’s thesis excerpt, etc.). After evaluation of the applications, a shortlist of candidates will be invited for interviews via videoconference during the first week of June 2026. The start date for the doctoral contracts is scheduled for either January 2027 or September 2027. Profil no 1: Technical Environments and the Emergence of Meaning This doctoral contract is intended for PhD projects that explore the influence of the material forms of writing, transmission, and appropriation of knowledge in the humanities, as well as the relationships between digital environments, writing practices, and the modalities through which meaning emerges. Approaches drawing on media studies, philosophy of the digital, the history of the book and scholarly journals, theories of new materialism, critical code studies and AI, as well as theories of publishing and editorialization will be particularly valued, although this list is not exhaustive. A willingness to develop technical skills (digital publishing, programming and markup languages) is expected, as the candidate will be encouraged to develop case studies to support their theoretical analyses. Technical knowledge in the digital humanities is not required but will be considered an asset. Profil no 2: Digital classics This doctoral contract is open to Hellenist or digital classicist candidates with a background in Ancient Greek, whose research will be conducted within the Égée partnership development project: Éditions grecques, épistémologies et environnements numériques (Greek Editions, Epistemologies, and Digital Environments). Structured around three complementary axes (epistemological models, digital production tools, and dissemination) the project aims to renew the conception, production, and distribution of ancient Greek texts in order to establish new textual, editorial, and scholarly models suited to the digital age. Research may freely explore theoretical, philological, editorial, or literary dimensions. Applications may focus in particular on digital editing frameworks in philology and their influence on our relationship to classical texts, on the articulation and construction of textual models, as well as on the stakes of digital critical editions, collaborative editorial dynamics, encoding standards, and data interoperability, among other topics. Technical skills in digital humanities are not required, but will be considered an asset. --- The Research Laboratory on Digital Textualities (UdeM) <https://www.ecrituresnumeriques.ca/en> Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques (CRIHN)] <https://www.crihn.org/> Revue3.0 SSHRC Partnership project <https://revue30.org/en/> For questions, contact the The Research Laboratory on Digital Textualities : contact(a)ecrituresnumeriques.ca

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IDARESU 2026 (27 April-1 May)
by Jason Boyd 14 Apr '26

14 Apr '26

The Centre for Digital Humanities at Toronto Metropolitan University's Interactive Digital Arts, Research, and Education Summer University (IDARESU) is happening at the end of this month! This year the focus is *'Eccentric Tools for Brief, Intense Digital Experiences'*. Please consider joining us! Details here: https://idaresu2026.neocities.org/. Jason Boyd, Ph.D. / he, him, his / https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2752-6729 Associate Professor, Department of English / Master of Digital Media / Graduate Program in Communication and Culture Graduate Program Director, MA in Literatures of Modernity Director, Centre for Digital Humanities Treasurer, Canadian Society for Digital Humanities/Société canadienne des humanités numériques Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3

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Conference "L’édition comme données / Editing as Data" @ Montreal (28-29/09/26)
by Michael Sinatra 14 Apr '26

14 Apr '26

[apologies for crossposting] Dear all, the next bilingual conference of the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques (CRIHN<http://crihn.org>) will be on the theme "L’édition comme données / Editing as Data” on September 28th-29th 2026 at the Université de Montréal. PLENARY SPEAKERS: - Ariane Pinche (CIHAM) - Glenn Roe (University of Oxford) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE: - Guadalupe González Diéguez - Michael Sinatra - Alicia Viaud - Marcello Vitali-Rosati CALL FOR PAPERS: Contemporary transformations in scholarly practice invite us to rethink the relationships among editing, text, and data. In the humanities and social sciences, editing is no longer understood solely as a process of establishing, transmitting, or shaping texts; it also serves as a site for the production, structuring, and interpretation of textual data. Conversely, the very notion of “textual data” calls for critical reflection, both on the conditions under which such data are constituted and on their scholarly uses. This two-day conference seeks to examine the links between editing and data through a range of theoretical, methodological, and practical questions. What distinguishes an edition from textual data? Under what conditions does editing produce data? What exactly do we mean by “textual data”? How do processes of editing, annotation, encoding, structuring, and dissemination transform texts into objects that can be used in research environments? Conversely, how does the use of textual data shape the ways we read, interpret, and understand texts? By foregrounding the tension between textual materiality, formalization, and interpretation, this conference aims to bring together researchers, editors, librarians, archivists, digital humanities specialists, and anyone interested in the challenges of scholarly editing and textual analysis. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: - conceptual distinctions among text, document, edition, corpus, and data; - the definition and status of textual data; - the production of data through editorial practices; - text encoding, annotation, markup, and structuring;scholarly editing, digital editing, and enhanced editions; - the uses of textual data in research; - methods for text analysis, text mining, visualization, and modeling; - the relationship between textual data and interpretation; - the epistemological implications of transforming texts into data; - technical, ethical, legal, and institutional issues related to textual data; - case studies, project reports, and works in progress. We hope this conference will provide a space for collective reflection on what editing does to texts when it transforms them into data, and on what textual data, in turn, do to our practices of reading, analysis, and interpretation. We welcome proposals in either French or English from established scholars as well as graduate students. Proposals should include: - a title; - an abstract of approximately 250 to 300 words; - a short biographical note (maximum 100 words). Accepted papers will be allotted 20 minutes, followed by discussion. Please send proposals to crihunum(a)gmail.com<mailto:[email protected]> by June 1, 2026. The program will be announced in July 2026. Michael 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

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Reminder: DH @ Guelph Early bird registration ending soon!
by Paul Barrett 06 Apr '26

06 Apr '26

DH@Guelph is thrilled to announce that registration is now open for our summer workshops! The <https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/research/centres-institutes-and-labs/digital-h…> DH@Guelph Summer Workshops<https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/centres-institutes-and-labs/digital-humanities…> will be in-person and will run over four days, May 19th-22nd, 2026. We hope you can join us for what promises to be an exciting week! The four-day workshops will run 9-4:30, Tuesday-Friday. The 2026 workshops are: 1. Introduction to Database Design 2. UX for Digital Humanities: Designing Inclusive and Engaging User Experiences 3. TEI and Digital Edition Production with LEAF Commons 4. Rest as Resistance: Embodied Digital Humanities for Collective Liberation 5. Dead Media, Living Data: Hacking the Archive 6. Humanities Pedagogy in the Age of AI: Critical Frameworks & Practical Strategies 7. Making: A Feminist Praxis (Theme: Refusal and Complaint) 8. Building Multimodal Generative AI Agents for Humanities 9. Intro to Soundscapes: Listening, Scoring, Field Recording, and Remixing Announcing our Keynote: TIKA DH@Guelph is thrilled to welcome TIKA<https://withlovetika.com/> as our keynote speaker for the 2026 Summer Workshops! Rest as Resistance in Distressing Times: Embodied Digital Humanities for Collective Liberation Abstract: In an era defined by constant connectivity, crisis fatigue, and emotional overload, rest has become both a personal necessity and a political act. This keynote explores rest as a form of “emotional technology” — a set of practices that support regulation, creativity, and collective resilience. Drawing from film scoring, community facilitation, and healing-centered pedagogy, TIKA examines how rest, creativity, and digital culture intersect. She invites participants to consider how creative practice can move beyond productivity and performance toward sustainability, nervous-system literacy, and collective care. This talk offers a framework for understanding rest not as disengagement, but as a tool for imagination, resistance, and future-building within digital humanities and beyond. TIKA’s keynote will take place the first evening of the workshops. All are welcome to attend this free talk. Register for the keynote here<https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tika-rest-as-resistance-in-distressing-times-dh…>. 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/centres-institutes-and-labs/digital-humanities…> You can register for the DH@Guelph Summer Workshops at this link,<https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dhguelph-summer-workshops-2026-tickets-19833812…> and please don't hesitate to email dhguelph[(a)]uoguelph.ca with any questions or concerns. 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! Warmly, Kim Martin and Paul Barrett (Co-Directors), DH@Guelphh

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