October 2025 - DHASA - lists.digitalhumanities.org

Call for nominations
by Menno Van Zaanen 29 Oct '25

29 Oct '25

Dear all, As a valued DHASA member and previous attendee of DH conferences and workshops, we want to thank you for your continued support and want to bring the following opportunities to your attention. Call for Nominations: Two new co-opted Executive Committee members: DHASA aims to create awareness on Digital Humanities (DH), promote DH scholarship in Southern Africa, create a Southern African DH community of practice, and promote information sharing and skills development on DH-related topics. One of the core roles of DHASA is to organise a regular conference and smaller workshops in collaboration with other academic institutions. As part of the DHASA executive committee, you will have an opportunity to serve and give back to the Southern African DH community. Through your involvement, you will be able to grow your own networks and facilitate the development of emerging scholars and students. As part of DHASA, we want to celebrate and foster diversity in all its complexities. DHASA Executive Committee The DHASA Constitution provides for an Executive Committee (EC) which comprises a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an additional member. The EC has the right to co-opt further members for their specialised knowledge or to replace members no longer able to serve. All members of the EC must be members of the Association. The current DHASA Executive Committee is organised into six committees which manage the Association's range of activities and which mirror the Alliance of Digital Humanities Associations‚ (ADHO) organisation structure: * Awards Committee * Communications Committee * Conference Organising Committee * Membership Committee * Multilingualism Committee * Publications Committee The formal roles are currently filled as follows: * President (Prof Menno van Zaanen) * Vice-President (Dr Karen Calteaux) * Treasurer (Mr Juan Steyn) * Secretary (Dr Oghenere Salubi) At present, all formal roles on the EC are available for the election of new role bearers. Call for Nominations In order to ensure continuity in the activities of the Association, the EC will elect the formal role bearers from among its current members. As a result, we are calling for nominations of interested persons to serve on the EC to contribute to any of the above committees. Being a member of the EC opens up the opportunity to be elected into one of the formal roles in future. Who is eligible for nomination as a co-opted member of the EC? Any official member of DHASA who is willing to volunteer to contribute towards the responsibilities of the Executive Committee as described in DHASA's Constitution. As an EC member you confirm that you subscribe to the DHASA Constitution and the Aims of the Organisation and that you will act in line with DHASA's Code of conduct. Getting involved You are welcome to self-nominate by sending an email to info(a)digitalhumanities.org.za. The nomination process will close on 31 October 2025. As part of your nomination kindly: * indicate which committee(s) you are willing to become involved in; and * provide a short bio on your interest in Digital Humanities and how you would want to contribute to building DH in the region (<200 words). You are welcome to include hyperlinks in your bio which will be published on http://digitalhumanities.org.za as part of the election process. Election of additional members and appointment to formal Executive Committee roles The Executive Committee shall consider all nominations received at a meeting convened for this purpose in November 2025. Nominees will be informed of their election to the Executive Committee and will be invited to a follow-up meeting during which Committee members will be allocated to formal roles and briefed on the current programme of work. If you have any questions you are welcome to reach out to info(a)digitalhumanities.org.za. -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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Call for submissions Electronic Literature Collection Volume 5
by Menno Van Zaanen 21 Oct '25

21 Oct '25

Hello all, I am posting this on behalf of Élika Ortega. It looks like an interesting call. Best regards, Menno van Zaanen http://collection.eliterature.org/5 Electronic Literature Collection Volume 5 Accepting submissions: October 13, 2025 - January 6, 2026 The Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) seeks submissions for Volume 5 of the Electronic Literature Collection. ELC collections appear approximately five years apart, a period that reveals how technocultural changes emerge, consolidate, and perish. In the last five years, however, we have observed a deeper enmeshing of culture, technology, capital, and political influence. While we, the ELC Editorial Collective, remain welcoming to a plurality of e-lit approaches, this landscape prompts us to specifically seek works that privilege critical, intentional, and reflexive engagements with the media and the technocultural landscapes that produce them; privilege the pedagogies facilitated by e-lit; respond to or reflect upon contemporary, pressing digital culture issues such as privacy, surveillance, data, environmental effects, digital rights, (dis)information, and access; and, ultimately, works that tie e-lit to other realms and concerns of cultural production. We consider eligible literary works as any work that is fundamentally shaped by its digital nature, whether they exist purely on screens, in hybrid formats, in print, or in physical spaces. Similarly, we want to highlight diversity of form and authorship. This includes, but is not limited to: Twine works, bots, locative projects, narratives that take place via email or social media, book apps, sound/visual/AR poetry, zines, games, computer-generated literature, fanfiction works, and others. Examples of the range of writing previously collected in Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 are available at http://collection.eliterature.org. Following past volumes, we are committed to preservation and documentation, with a focus on innovative work that challenges literary norms. The ELC5 Editorial Collective seeks diversity of form, language, identity, and culture. Therefore, entries in any language are welcome.The editors particularly welcome work from: Artists who have not yet been published in an Electronic Literature Collection. Artists working in communities where e-lit is nascent, and/or e-lit representing cultures of the Middle East and North Africa, Indigenous First Peoples, and nations and islands in Asia. Students and artists who produced work in class or on their own. Other groups, collectives, or labs invested in all forms of digital writing and electronic literature. Since the last ELC volume, much attention has been given to Generative AI and the blockchain. We welcome works that use such technologies in order to defamiliarize hegemonic AI models and crypto platforms through critical and creative engagement. Works using such technologies should prioritize transparency, deliberation, and accountability in terms of specific datasets, models, and environmental impacts whenever possible and relevant. Authorial statements should be explicit in acknowledging their use and the work’s aesthetic rationales. -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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ESCALATOR Enthusiast Track Online Meeting 27 October 2025
by Menno Van Zaanen 21 Oct '25

21 Oct '25

🚀 Calling all Digital Humanities & Computational Social Science enthusiasts! Join us for the ESCALATOR Enthusiast Track Online Meeting 📅 27 October 2025 | ⏰ 90 minutes | 💻 Virtual Event Connect with like-minded researchers, academics, and innovators passionate about advancing Digital Humanities & Computational Social Sciences in South Africa. What to expect: ✨ Programme overview & collaboration opportunities 🤝 Community engagement & networking 💡 Plan exciting 2026 initiatives together 🎯 Shape the future of ESCALATOR Who should attend? • Academics & researchers • Industry professionals • Students & recent graduates • Community organizations & NGOs 📝 Register now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1745663449369?aff=oddtdtcreator #ESCALATOR #DigitalHumanities #SADiLaR #ComputationalSocialScience #SouthAfrica #AcademicCollaboration -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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Final Call for Participation DHASA and RAIL 2025
by Menno Van Zaanen 20 Oct '25

20 Oct '25

Final Call for Participation DHASA Conference and RAIL workshop 2025 https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za https://sadilar.org/en/rail-2025/ DHASA conference dates: 11 November 2025-14 November 2025 RAIL workshop date: 10 November 2025 Conference venue: CSIR ICC, Pretoria, South Africa Registration: https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za/registration/ DHASA CONFERENCE Theme: The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence The Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) is pleased to announce its fifth conference, focusing on the theme The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence. In a region where the field of Digital Humanities is still relatively underdeveloped, this conference aims to address this gap and foster growth and collaboration in the field. The conference offers an opportunity for researchers interested in showcasing their work in the broad field of Digital Humanities to come together. By doing so, the conference provides a comprehensive overview of the current state-of- the-art in Digital Humanities, particularly within the Southern Africa region. As such, we welcome submissions related to Digital Humanities research conducted by individuals from Southern Africa or research focused on the geographical area of Southern Africa in the broad sense. Furthermore, the conference serves as a platform for information sharing and networking among researchers passionate about Digital Humanities. By bringing together experts working on Digital Humanities in Southern Africa or with a focus on Southern Africa, we aim to promote collaboration and facilitate further research in this dynamic field. In addition to the main conference, affiliated workshops and tutorials will be organised, providing researchers with valuable insights into novel technologies and tools. These supplementary events are designed for researchers interested in specific aspects of Digital Humanities or seeking practical information to enter or advance their knowledge in the field. The DHASA conference welcomes interdisciplinary contributions from researchers in various domains of Digital Humanities, including, but not limited to, language, literature, visual art, performance and theatre studies, media studies, music, history, sociology, psychology, language technologies, library studies, philosophy, methodologies, software and computation, AI, and more. Our goal is to cultivate an inclusive scientific community of practice within Digital Humanities. RAIL WORKSHOP Theme: Language resources in the age of large language models The sixth Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) workshop will be co-located with the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) 2025 conference at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, on 10 November 2025. The RAIL workshop is an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on African indigenous languages resources such as natural languages processing (NLP) tools, Human Language Technologies (HLT), data collections, and annotations. This workshop aims to foster a scientific community of practice that focuses on computational linguistic tools and data that are designed for or applied to the indigenous languages of Africa. Many African languages are under-resourced while only a few are considered to be somewhat better resourced. These languages often share interesting properties such as writing systems, making them different from most high-resourced languages. From a computational perspective, these languages lack enough corpora to undertake high level development of NLP and HLT tools, which in turn impedes the development of African languages in these areas. During previous workshops, it was noted that the problems and solutions presented were not only applicable to African languages but were also relevant to many other low-resource languages across the world. Because these languages share similar challenges, this workshop provides researchers with opportunities to work collaboratively on issues of language resource development and learn from each other. The RAIL workshop has several aims. First, the workshop brings together researchers who work on African indigenous languages, forming a community of practice for people working on indigenous languages. Second, the workshop aims to reveal currently unknown or unpublished existing resources (corpora, NLP tools, and applications), resulting in a better overview of the current state-of-the-art, and also allows for discussions on novel, desired resources for future research in this area. Third, it enhances sharing of knowledge on the development of low-resource languages. Finally, it enables discussions on how to improve the quality as well as availability of the resources. Organising Committees DHASA conference Aby Louw, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franco Mak, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franziska Pannach, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Ilana Wilken, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Johannes Sibeko, Nelson Mandela University Juan Steyn, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Laurette Marais, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Marissa Griesel, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Privolin Naidoo, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Sthembiso Mkhwanazi, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research RAIL workshop Rooweither Mabuya, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Muzi Matfunjwa, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Mmasibidi Setaka, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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Webinars on showcasing digital collections with Ibali and Omeka S
by Sanjin Muftic 17 Oct '25

17 Oct '25

Dear DHASA community, Over at the University of Cape Town, we are hosting a series of webinars (Ibali Iindaba) where we talk about how we have implemented Omeka S as our institutional digital collections showcase platform. The platform, which hosts a number of digital humanities projects, is called Ibali and can be found at https://ibali.uct.ac.za<https://ibali.uct.ac.za/>. <https://ibali.uct.ac.za/> If you want to hear about how we manage the platform, new collections we have launched and some of the tech and metadata behind them, you are most invited to join us for any or all of the sessions. Our session from last month, where we did a an overview of the platform, is available here<https://ibali.uct.ac.za/s/ibali/item/182155>. All times for the sessions are South African Standard Time and are available to everyone. You can read more below and book your virtual seat through the link. We look forward to seeing your avatar there, Sanjin from Digital Scholarship Services at UCT FAIR, Open Access and Ownership on Ibali: Digital Collections UCT * When: Thursday, October 23, 2025 @ 14:00 * In celebration of International Open Access Week, this session explores how Ibali collections strive toward FAIR and Open Access principles. We’ll look at the technical and procedural steps that make our collections more findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable, and discuss how creating these sites fosters community engagement. We’ll also tackle this year’s theme: Who owns the showcase sites on Ibali, and what does ownership mean in a digital space? * Register: https://uct.ac.za.libcal.com/calendar/libraryevents/ibali-2025-02 Can Omeka serve as DAMS? Lessons learned from Ibali: Digital Collections UCT * When: Thursday, November 20, 2025 @ 12:00 * Omeka S powers Ibali as a showcase platform—but could it also function as a Digital Asset Management System (DAMS)? In this session, we share our experiments in configuring Omeka S to manage UCT Libraries’ digital assets. We’ll walk through what worked, what didn’t, and what we learned along the way. If you’ve ever wondered whether Omeka can go beyond showcasing, this session is for you. * Link: Can Omeka serve as DAMS? Lessons learned from Ibali: Digital Collections UCT - UCT Libraries on LibCal - University of Cape Town<https://uct.ac.za.libcal.com/calendar/libraryevents/ibali-2025-03> Welcome to the family, a Tour of the New Sites on Ibali Digital Collections UCT * Tuesday, December 9, 2025 @ 12:00 * To wrap up our 2025 Ibali Indaba mini-series, we’re taking you on a tour of the newest sites launched this year. Meet the developers, hear about their creative process, and explore the design choices, modules, and workflows that brought these collections to life. From CSV imports to custom layouts, this session is all about celebrating the latest additions to the Ibali family. * Link: Welcome to the family, a Tour of the New Sites on Ibali Digital Collections UCT - UCT Libraries on LibCal - University of Cape Town<https://uct.ac.za.libcal.com/calendar/libraryevents/ibali-2025-04> Disclaimer - University of Cape Town This email is subject to UCT policies and email disclaimer published on our website at https://www.uct.ac.za/main/email-disclaimer or obtainable from +27 21 650 9111. If this email is not related to the business of UCT, it is sent by the sender in an individual capacity. Please report security incidents or abuse via https://csirt.uct.ac.za/report-incident

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CFP: The First EACL Workshop on Linguistic Analysis for Health (HeaLing'26)
by Vera Danilova 17 Oct '25

17 Oct '25

📣First Call for Papers: The First International Workshop on Linguistic Analysis for Health (HeaLing'26) We are excited to announce the First Workshop on Linguistic Analysis for Health (HeaLing), at the EACL 2026 in Rabat, Morocco, on March 24–29, 2026. 📌Important Links: Workshop Website: https://healing-workshop.github.io Contact: healing-workshop(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:[email protected]> CFP & Submissions (OpenReview): https://openreview.net/group?id=eacl.org/EACL/2026/Workshop/HeaLing 🗓️Key Dates: Direct Submission deadline: December 19, 2025 Pre-reviewed (ARR) submission deadline: January 2, 2026 Notification of acceptance: January 23, 2026 Camera-ready paper due: February 3, 2026 Workshop dates: March 24-29, 2026 Workshop Scope: Language-oriented approaches—such as discourse and conversation analysis, narrative medicine, and linguistic ethnography — have long been central to the qualitative study of how medical knowledge is produced, communicated, and experienced. Today, advances in natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI) offer new possibilities for extending and scaling linguistic approaches across large health-related datasets. The HeaLing workshop invites contributions that integrate qualitative and computational methods to examine how language informs and transforms medicine as a social and scientific practice. A central focus of the workshop is the practical value of interpretive insights derived from language analysis. We welcome researchers from medical humanities, social and historical studies of medicine, and computational language sciences. The workshop will be held as a half-day event at EACL 2026. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Computational + qualitative discourse analysis of clinical, scientific, policy, and other health-related texts (media, guidelines, patient narratives, clinical notes). * Metaphor and framing in illness narratives, public health messaging, and clinical communication. * Narrative medicine, story-centered clinical interventions, and evaluation of their effects. * Historical and contemporary discourse studies of medical epistemologies (how concepts, categories, and expertise are constructed). * Language, power, and inequality: how linguistic framing shapes access, stigma, and policy for marginalized populations. * Methods for responsible use of NLP/LLMs in medical language research (bias, explainability, mixed-methods validation). * Digital humanities approaches: building and interrogating historical corpora, archives, and born-digital records. * Translational impact: case studies showing how interpretive linguistic insights led to concrete changes in practice, education, or policy. Submission Format and Reviewing Procedure: We accept original and unpublished research contributions (including surveys, position and theory papers) following the ACL format. The ACL Paper Styles are available at https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files (both Latex and Word): - Long papers: up to 8 pages (+ references) - Short papers: up to 4 pages (+ references). Camera-ready versions will be given one additional page to address reviewers' comments. Papers must be submitted anonymously. We accept submissions either through our own submission page<https://openreview.net/group?id=eacl.org/EACL/2026/Workshop/HeaLing>, or via the general ACL Rolling Review. All submissions will undergo double-blind peer review by at least three reviewers, with final acceptance decisions made by the workshop organizers. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings and presented orally or as posters. Organizing Committee: Ylva Söderfeldt, Uppsala University, Sweden Vera Danilova, Uppsala University, Sweden Julia Reed, University of Vienna, Austria Murathan Kurfalı, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden Gavin Farrell, University of Padua, Italy 📢 We strongly encourage submissions focusing on underrepresented languages and communities. ---Apologies for possible cross-posting--- När du har kontakt med oss på Uppsala universitet med e-post så innebär det att vi behandlar dina personuppgifter. För att läsa mer om hur vi gör det kan du läsa här: http://www.uu.se/om-uu/dataskydd-personuppgifter/ E-mailing Uppsala University means that we will process your personal data. For more information on how this is performed, please read here: http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/data-protection-policy

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ADHO DH2026 conference: Call for Reviewers
by Menno Van Zaanen 16 Oct '25

16 Oct '25

Dear all, This email is sent on behalf of the DH2026 program committee chairs: Now that proposals for the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) (https://adho.org/) annual conference DH2026: Engagement (https://dh2026.adho.org/)- to be held in Daejon, South Korea from July 27 to 31, 2026 - can be submitted, we want to invite you to serve as a reviewer for DH2026. Reviewing is both a valuable and much appreciated service to the DH community and an important responsibility. Reviewers will be asked to complete a minimum of four reviews in any of the submission formats available for the conference. In agreeing to review, candidates are expected to adhere to the ADHO Conference Code of Conduct (https://adho.org/conference/code-of-conduct/)and familiarize themselves with the ADHO Conference Evaluation Criteria (https://adho.org/2023/12/18/a-brief-explanation-of-the-revised-adho-confere… . DH2026 will use the double-blind peer review process. Authors' and reviewers' identities will not be disclosed. All submissions and reviews are expected to be written in English. Reviewers must meet two or more of the following criteria: * Be professionally associated (or recently associated) with an institutional DH program, project, or initiative; * Hold at least a Master’s degree or equivalent in a DH-related discipline (including, but not limited to, the Humanities, Social or Natural Sciences, Library and/or Information Sciences, Fine Arts, etc.); * Have presented at an ADHO-, CO/AO-, or SIG-organized conference, symposium, colloquium, or equivalent academic event; * Have published a DH-specific article or essay in a scholarly journal or volume (either print or electronic). We would be delighted and grateful to have you join us as a reviewer for DH2026 by submitting your nomination using this Reviewer Nomination Form (https://forms.gle/kVr2GKf9TSuHY7UPA) by December 5. Kind regards, Wonhee Cho & Misun Yun DH2026 Program Committee Chairs -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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CfP – uDay XXIV Responsible AI – May 21, 2026 (Abstracts: Dec 31, 2025)
by JOST Patrick 14 Oct '25

14 Oct '25

Liebe Kolleginnen, Liebe Kollegen, wir laden Sie herzlich zur Einreichung von Beiträgen für die kommende uDay XXIV – Responsible AI-Konferenz ein, die am 21. Mai 2026 an der Fachhochschule Vorarlberg (Österreich) in Dornbirn stattfindet – eingebettet zwischen dem Bodensee und den Ausläufern der Alpen, wo Innovation auf Inspiration trifft. Themenbereiche: – Vertrauenswürdige und verantwortungsvolle KI – Mensch-Computer-Interaktion und datenschutzwahrendes maschinelles Lernen – Ethische, rechtliche und gesellschaftliche Aspekte von KI 👉 Einreichungsfrist für Abstracts: 31. Dezember 2025 Vollständiger Call for Papers: uDay XXIV – #ResponsibleAI – Call Open<https://www.simlern.at/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2025/10/uDAY_Call_Open.p…> Wir freuen uns über Paper, Poster und inspirierende Fallstudien-Präsentationen von Forschenden, Studierenden und Praktiker:innen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Das Organisationskomitee | uDay XXIV ❤️ Kann KI ein Herz haben? → #responsible AI – Call Open<https://www.simlern.at/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2025/10/uDAY_Call_Open.p…> | uDay 2026 Human-Centred Technologies Research Centre (HCT) FHV - University of Applied Sciences Hochschulstraße 1, 6850 Dornbirn, Austria www.fhv.at<http://www.fhv.at> ** English below *** Dear colleagues, We invite submissions for the upcoming uDay XXIV – Responsible AI conference, taking place on 21 May 2026 at Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (Austria) in Dornbirn, Austria — nestled between Lake Constance and the Alpine foothills, where innovation meets inspiration. Topics include: – Trustworthy & Responsible AI – HCI and privacy-preserving ML – Ethical, legal and societal aspects of AI 👉 Abstract submission deadline: Dec 31, 2025 Full CfP: uDay XXIV - #responsible AI – Call Open<https://www.simlern.at/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2025/10/uDAY_Call_Open_e…> We welcome papers, posters, and inspiring case study demonstrations from researchers, students, and practitioners. Best regards, The uDay XXIV Organizing Committee ❤️ Can AI have a heart? → #responsible AI – Call Open<https://www.simlern.at/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2025/10/uDAY_Call_Open_e…> | uDay 2026 Human-Centred Technologies Research Centre (HCT) FHV - University of Applied Sciences Hochschulstraße 1, 6850 Dornbirn, Austria www.fhv.at<http://www.fhv.at>

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FINAL REMINDER - Global DH Symposium 2026 closes 15 Oct
by Menno Van Zaanen 14 Oct '25

14 Oct '25

Dear all, I received the following email and I think this may be interesting to some of you as well! Best regards, Menno Dear colleagues, The Call for Proposals for the 11th annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium closes on Wednesday, 15 October 2025, midnight in your timezone. We are also delighted to announce our keynote speakers for the 2025 Symposium. The 2026 Symposium will take place 13-17 April. Michigan State University will begin the Symposium with an in-person day on Monday, 13 April. Tuesday and Wednesday, 14 April and 15th will be held virtually on Zoom. Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) will host an in-person Symposium on Friday, 17 April in conjunction with the INQUORUM conference, which will take place the following week. All Global DH Symposium events will be livestreamed per presenter permission. We are delighted to announce keynote speakers for the Symposium! Rayvon Fouché from Northwestern University will present at Michigan State University, and Hugo Solís García from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana will present at Universidad de Monterrey. Cindy Anh Nguyen from UCLA, and Evelin Heidel from Wikimedistas de Uruguay will give keynote presentations during the virtual program, and participate in a virtual keynote discussion. The CFP is available in English and Spanish (links below). Proposals and presentations are welcome in either English or Spanish for the virtual event, and in English for the in-person events. During the virtual Symposium, we will support live interpretation of presentations, as well as live English captions. Application deadline: Wednesday, 15 October 2025, midnight in your timezone Full CFP - English - https://msuglobaldh.org/call-for-proposals-english/ Full CFP - Español - https://msuglobaldh.org/call-for-proposals-espagnol/ This year, we especially anticipate and welcome presentations on the following topics, and we are especially interested in hearing about specific practical and theoretical examples from the Global Majority context: Minimal, material, and sustainable approaches to DH Global AI practices, opportunities, and challenges in DH Resilience and collaboration in the face of global crises Student-centered frameworks and practices in global digital pedagogy Free registration for the Symposium will open in December 2025. Find out more, including information about past Symposia, at https://msuglobaldh.org/. Sincerely, The Global DH Symposium Planning Committee -- Kate Topham, she/her/hers Digital Scholarship Specialist University of Michigan Library Co-Chair, Global Digital Humanities Symposium ktopham(a)umich.edu | Book a Meeting -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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DH colloquium 22 October 2025 Unlocking the Africa Evangelistic Band’s Sound Archive with “Good Enough AI”
by Menno Van Zaanen 13 Oct '25

13 Oct '25

Join us for our upcoming Digital Humanities Colloquium! We’re excited to host Willemien Froneman, who will take us on a fascinating journey into the vibrant history of the Africa Evangelistic Band's Sound Archive, with "Good Enough AI". Be part of the conversation! Register here: https://bit.ly/48aZwB0 -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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