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First Call for Papers at NLPercep Workshop
by Chen, Hongyu 09 Mar '26

09 Mar '26

CfP: NLPercep: The First Workshop on Centering Social Perception in Natural Language Processing The First Workshop on Centering Social Perception in Natural Language Processing (NLPercep’26) will be co-located with the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM’26) and will take place on Tuesday, May 26, 2026 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Deadline for paper submission: March 10, 2026 Social perception plays a central role in how language is interpreted: readers form impressions about intent, politeness, credibility, identity, and more from subtle linguistic cues. However, most NLP systems model these phenomena using surface-level proxies (e.g., fixed labels for “toxicity,” “politeness,” or “demographic information”), often treating socially grounded judgments as fixed properties of text. As a result, they can blur the distinction between what a text is intended to convey and how it is perceived in context, limiting our ability to build systems that reflect how people interpret language across contexts and communities. NLPercep’26 aims to bridge this gap by bringing together researchers from NLP, computational social science, sociolinguistics, psychology, and related fields to study how language is perceived and not just what it encodes. The workshop places particular emphasis on the role of social perception in the era of large language models (LLMs) and evolving communication norms. We invite interdisciplinary contributions that advance theoretical grounding, computational modeling, and empirical understanding of social perception in language. We welcome submissions on topics including, but not restricted to, the following: * self-perception, identity, and self-expression in language; * social group perception, stereotypes, and bias; * sociolinguistic perception and language attitude; * social norms, moral values, and evaluative judgments; * computational and NLP approaches to social perception; * large language models (LLMs) and social perception. Submission types We invite the following types of submissions: Archival: * Long papers (5 to 8 pages) that present original research, from preliminary findings to established contributions, including theory, experiments, or applications. * Short papers (up to 4 pages) that introduce emerging ideas, work in progress, or early-stage research with clear significance. Non-archival: * Extended Abstracts (up to 2 pages)that present ongoing work, position papers, previously published work, or research projects. Abstracts can be submitted either for inclusion in the proceedings (archival) or as non-archival contributions. Format All papers must follow the AAAI two-column, camera-ready style, for US Letter (8.5" x 11") paper (available templates: AAAI 2025 Author Kit on Overleaf<https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/aaai-authorkit25-anonymoussubmissi…> or AAAI 2025 Author Kit.zip<https://aaai.org/authorkit25/> [Word and LaTeX]). The review process will be double-blind. Please anonymize your papers by removing identifying information such as author names, affiliations, and funding details. Important Dates Paper submission deadline: March 10, 2026 Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2026 Camera ready: May 15, 2026 NLPercep Workshop day: May 26, 2026 Note: All deadlines are 11:59 pm UTC -12h (anywhere on earth). Organizers Hongyu Chen, University of Stuttgart Aswathy Velutharambath, University of Stuttgart Amelie Wührl, IT University of Copenhagen Sofie Labat, Ghent University, Harvard University Lindsay Goolsby, University of Denver Aidan Combs, The Ohio State University Agnieszka Faleńska, University of Stuttgart Roman Klinger, University of Bamberg Website and Contact For further information and updates, visit the NLPercep website: https://nlpercep.github.io/workshop/ If you have any questions, please contact: nlpercep-workshop(a)iris.uni-stuttgart.de<mailto:[email protected]>

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DH colloquium 25 March 2026: Stephanie Santschi: Drawing from the Crowd: Combining Citizen Science and Computer Vision to Study Historical Japanese Prints
by Menno Van Zaanen 09 Mar '26

09 Mar '26

Mark your agenda for another DH colloquium! When: 25 March 2026 at 15:00 SAST (note the non-standard time!) Who: Stephanie Santschi What: Drawing from the Crowd: Combining Citizen Science and Computer Vision to Study Historical Japanese Prints Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1983944079147?aff=oddtdtcreator Costs: All free! In case you missed one, an overview of all DH colloquia can be found here: https://sadilar.org/en/dh-colloquium/ Share this with your colleagues, friends and family as well! -- 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: AVI 2026 Workshop - Visualising Knowledge, Navigating Uncertainty
by Andrew Richardson 06 Mar '26

06 Mar '26

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION — AVI 2026 WORKSHOP Visualising Knowledge, Navigating Uncertainty. Human–AI Collaboration in Historical Knowledge Graph Systems A workshop held at AVI 2026 Conference<https://www.unive.it/web/en/15667/home> Venice, Italy — June 8, 9, 2026 Workshop website: https://flowstatesstudio.com/events/events-avi-workshop/ Important Dates: Submission deadline: March 29 2026 Notification of acceptance: April 10, 2026 Workshop: June 8 / 9, 2026 Submission form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-0PlRou58a0PhBNNAtkrgnF3JOOjInUD… We invite researchers and practitioners from HCI, data visualisation, digital humanities, cultural heritage, AI systems, design research, and related fields to participate in a workshop exploring how human–AI collaboration is reshaping the production and interpretation of historical knowledge graphs. As AI systems increasingly structure complex historical datasets, the role of human expertise is shifting from correcting machine errors to critically interpreting AI-generated knowledge structures. This workshop revisits the concept of the Social Machine, examining how visualisation and interface design can support epistemic transparency, uncertainty representation, and human–AI co-navigation of knowledge systems. The workshop will include short position statements, collaborative design challenges, and discussion aimed at shaping a new research agenda. ========================== 18th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces 8th-12th June 2026, Venice ========================== Andrew Richardson School of Design, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK Email: andrew.richardson(a)northumbria.ac.uk This message is intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. Any use, disclosure or reproduction without the sender’s explicit consent is unauthorised and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify Northumbria University immediately and permanently delete it. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the University. Northumbria University email is provided by Microsoft Office365 and is hosted within the EEA, although some information may be replicated globally for backup purposes. The University cannot guarantee that this message or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted and/or amended.

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Call for Global DH Symposium watch parties (due 23 March) & registration reminder (due 27 March)
by Menno Van Zaanen 04 Mar '26

04 Mar '26

Dear all, I'm sending this email from Kristen Mapes that I received through various mailinglists. I think it may be relevant to people in the DHASA community as well. Best regards, Menno We are looking forward to the 2026 Global Digital Humanities Symposium! We wanted to invite you to host or join a watch party, even if you are not presenting. This is a great way to participate in the symposium while creating community and networking with your colleagues. Watch parties can take place at any time of the symposium, on virtual days (Zoom) or in-person days (YouTube livestreaming), of any duration. There is funding available for organizers considering hosting a full- day watch party. More information is on the symposium website. If you are interested in hosting a watch party, please fill out this form by Monday, 23 March 2026. Also, please remember to register for the symposium by Friday, 27 March 2026, if you have not. This year’s event will take place in-person on Monday, 13 April at Michigan State University (USA), virtually on Zoom and YouTube on Tuesday and Wednesday, 14-15 April, and in-person on Friday, 17 April at Universidad de Monterrey (Mexico). All days will be livestreamed. You can check out the conference program on our website. Sincerely, Kristen Mapes, Global DH Symposium Co-Chair -- 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 PhD Conference “Platformization of Society”
by platformization 04 Mar '26

04 Mar '26

Dear colleagues, We warmly invite you to share our CfP for the PhD conference with potentially interested networks. ___________ The Junior Research Group “Digitalization and Social Transformation”<https://www.ihs.ac.at/ru/digitalization-and-social-transformation/> at the Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna, invites doctoral scholars to submit their abstracts to the international PhD conference “Platformization of Society: Power, Participation and Social Transformation” taking place September 17–18, 2026 in Vienna, Austria. We welcome submissions across disciplines examining the interplay between platform governance, evolving norms and expectations, identities, labor relations, and their impact on inequalities. Topics include, but are not limited to: • Platform governance and regulation • Relationships between states and global platform companies • Platforms as infrastructures (cloud, data, AI, app stores, payment services) • Labor relations in the gig economy • Platformized political communication and election campaigns • Disinformation, platform power, and democratic erosion • Digital futures and forms of online participation • Digital activism and resistance within platformized environments • Queer feminist and decolonial perspectives on digital platforms • Algorithmic systems, interface logics and platform affordances • Platformization of the arts, creative and cultural industries • Community and identity formation on digital platforms • Dating platforms and digital intimacy practices • Influencer culture and the creator economy • Social media and mental health The due date is April 8, 2026. Keynote Speakers include Prof. Dr. Taina Bucher (University of Oslo), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anne Helmond (Utrecht University), and Asst. Prof. Dr. Fernando van der Vlist (University of Amsterdam). For further information, please see the flyer enclosed or visit the conference website: https://www.ihs.ac.at/current/events/detail/phd-conference-on-platformizati… We would appreciate if you could circulate this call to interested colleagues, students, or relevant networks. Many thanks! ___________________ Thank you very much for your support! With kind regards, DigiTrans Junior Research Group Laura Wiesböck, Nuoyi Wang, Pauline Reitzer, Irina Bănoiu PhD Conference “Platformization of Society” Submission link<https://www.conftool.net/phd-platformization-2026/> | Conference website<https://www.ihs.ac.at/news-and-events/events/detail/phd-conference-on-platf…> Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) Josefstädter Straße 39, 1080 Vienna [cid:[email protected]]

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NWU Centre for Digital Humanities Webinar Series
by Janelize Morelli 04 Mar '26

04 Mar '26

Dear colleagues It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the next instalment of the Centre for Digital Humanities Webinar Series. As part of our initiative to foster a thoughtful, inclusive, and critically engaged environment for dialogue, this series serves as a platform for emerging leaders to share experiences, experiment with new ideas, and discuss the future of Digital Humanities (DH). We aim to cultivate a dynamic community of practice that learns collectively through conversation and reflective practice. Event Details * Presenter: Mr. Nathisvaran Govender * Topic: Newspeak in the Digital Era: The Rise of Trumpian Doublethink * Date: 12 March 2026 * Time: 10:00 - 11:30 * Platform: MS Teams In this webinar, Mr. Govender explores how George Orwell’s concept of Newspeak reappears in today’s digital landscape. He examines the rise of “Trumpian doublethink,” investigating how digital mass media shapes meaning, weakens objective truth, and reinforces existing power structures. This session offers a critical look at how the manipulation of language and information influences citizen thought and undermines democratic decision-making, providing a relevant context for the uncertainties and ethical challenges inherent in modern DH practices. We encourage you to join us for what promises to be a stimulating discussion on the intersection of literature, politics, and digital media. RSVP: Please confirm your attendance by 09 March 2026. See attached poster. We look forward to welcoming you. Kind regards, CDH Team [cid:28ec690b-f2c7-431f-80da-73d8a5a5c7b7] [cid:b5347370-9f0e-495e-858c-5f85ba7c8df1] Prof Janelize Morelli Director: Centre for Digital Humanities Potchefstroom Campus Vanderbijlpark Campus Phone: (018) 285 2663 janelize.morelli(a)nwu.ac.za [cid:16ea5af1-9284-40c8-bfc1-8cb994b975cc] ________________________________ 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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Digital Indaba: "Decoding Emotions in African Historical Texts: AI Analysis of Colonial Nigerian Newspapers
by Menno Van Zaanen 04 Mar '26

04 Mar '26

Dear all, Here is another email that may be relevant to you (from James Yékú). Best regards, Menno Colleagues: Please join us next week, March 12, for our DH seminar at KU, Digital Indaba featuring Dr. Nozomi Sawada, Associate Professor at Komazawa University, Tokyo. Dr Sawada holds a PhD in African Studies from the University of Birmingham. Her research brings together computational analysis and historical methods to study emotional expression and colonial discourse in early Nigerian newspapers. She is also currently translating Karin Barber's A History of African Popular Culture into Japanese. Please register here: https://kansas.zoom.us/meeting/register/h6CHo8KJTbSRzza6l7a_7A#/registr ation thanks, james -- 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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International Research Software Survey
by Menno Van Zaanen 24 Feb '26

24 Feb '26

Dear all, I received this through my network: Do you develop source code, algorithms, scripts, computational workflows or other types of software as part of your research process or for research purposes? We encourage you to participate in the International Research Software Survey. This global survey gathers evidence on how research software is created, supported, and sustained across institutions. The findings will inform discussions on infrastructure, training, policy, and funding, both locally and globally. Information about the research software ecosystem in South Africa is extremely limited, which impacts the availability of support, training, and funding. Your feedback matters. Please share the survey link within your communities to get the broadest possible input. Survey link: https://softwaresaved.limequery.com/611257?lang=en Closing date: 20 March 2026 Thank you for your contribution. -- 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 CfP and deadline extension Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL)@LREC
by Menno Van Zaanen 24 Feb '26

24 Feb '26

Final Call for Papers and deadline extension! Seventh Workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) Co-located with LREC 2026 RAIL Workshop date: 12 May 2026 RAIL website: https://sadilar.org/en/seventh-workshop-on-resources-for-african-indigenous… Submission link for the RAIL workshop: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/RAIL2026/ LREC Conference dates: 11-16 May 2026 LREC website: https://www.elra.info/lrec2026/ Venue: Palau de Congressos de Palma, Palma de Mallorca (Spain) The Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) workshop provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on resources such as data collections and annotations, Human Language Technologies (HLT) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools, and their applications, specifically targeted towards African indigenous languages. In particular, it aims to create the conditions for the emergence of a scientific community of practice that focuses on data, as well as computational linguistic tools specifically designed for or applied to indigenous languages found in Africa. The seventh Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) workshop will be co-located with the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC) 2026 in Palau de Congressos de Palma, Palma, Mallorca (Spain). 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. The workshop theme is “Creating resources for less-resourced African languages”, but submissions on any topic related to properties of African indigenous languages (including related non-African languages) may be accepted. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to) the following: * Digital representations of linguistic structures * Descriptions of corpora or other data sets of African indigenous languages * Building resources for (under-resourced) African indigenous languages * Developing and using African indigenous languages in the digital age * Effectiveness of digital technologies for the development of African indigenous languages * Revealing unknown or unpublished existing resources for African indigenous languages * Developing desired resources for African indigenous languages * Improving quality, availability and accessibility of African indigenous language resources * Applications that make use of data collections of African indigenous languages Submission requirements: We invite papers on original, unpublished work related to the topics of the workshop. Submissions, presenting completed work, should adhere to the LREC conference requirements. These requirements are described in LREC’s authors kit: https://lrec2026.info/authors-kit/. The submission should be double blind and each submission should be between four and eight pages. Only oral papers should be submitted. The maximum number of pages excludes a compulsory ethics statement, discussion on limitations, and references and optional acknowledgements, as well as data and code availability statements if applicable. Appendices or supplementary material are allowed, but this information will not necessarily be taken into account during the review process. The submission link for the RAIL workshop: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/RAIL2026/ Authors are encouraged to upload their datasets to the SADiLaR repository: https://repo.sadilar.org/. In case of difficulties uploading the datasets, please reach out to Benito Trollip (benito.trollip(a)nwu.ac.za) Important dates: Submission deadline: 1 March 2026 AoE Date of notification: 11 March 2026 AoE Camera ready copy deadline: 30 March 2026 AoE Workshop: 12 May 2026 Organising Committee: Muzi Matfunjwa, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa Mmasibidi Setaka, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa Rooweither Mabuya, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa -- 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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Connecting Codes conference in Nairobi, June 16-18
by Menno Van Zaanen 24 Feb '26

24 Feb '26

Dear all, I am sharing this on behalf of Brian Rosenblum: Dear colleagues, I hope this message finds you well. I want to let everyone know about an upcoming conference. Connecting Codes: AI, Digital Humanities, and the Future of Information will take place in on June 16-18, 2026 at Kenya National Library Service in Nairobi. The event is co-organized by the Technical University of Kenya, the Kenya National Library Service, and the University of Kansas Libraries. The CFP was just released this week, and we are accepting proposals for both in-person and virtual presentations. https://sgas.tukenya.ac.ke/conference Feel free to share information about the event. A full CFP and a flyer are attached. And of course, we’d love if you submitted a proposal! Warm regards to all, Brian -- 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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