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New Diamond Open Access Journal "Replication Research (R2)"
by Horstmann, Jan 19 Feb '26

19 Feb '26

Dear colleagues, Conducting independent replication and reproduction studies of past research findings has gained increasing importance in recent years, particularly in light of the interdisciplinary replication crisis affecting many research fields. For this reason, we have recently founded a new interdisciplinary journal, “Replication Research (R2)”, which is now open for submissions. Accepted formats include all types of replications, reproductions, and conceptual contributions on the topic of replication and reproduction research. Thanks to a multidisciplinary team of replication experts, we accept submissions from multiple disciplines: Digital Humanities, Experimental Philosophy, Geoscience, Linguistics, Management Sciences, Marketing, Medicine, Mental Health, Metascience, Neuroimaging, Neuroscience, Political Science, Psychology, Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods. We are aware that publishing replications and reproductions in this area can be challenging, which is why we have created a transparent, free, and high-quality journal. The journal is owned by the Münster Center for Open Science and FORRT and thus follows an open-science philosophy, operating under a sustainable diamond open-access model (free-to-read, free-to-publish, authors retain the rights to their article), embedding the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) principles within its journal guidelines, and enabling PCI (peer community in) review compatibility. If you would like to submit your research, check out our submission guidelines (http://replicationresearch.org<http://replicationresearch.org/>) or send a pre-submission inquiry to contact(a)replicationresearch.org<mailto:[email protected]>. As methods for reproductions and replications are emerging across fields, we offer multiple types of support for authors, including manuscript templates and a replication handbook. You are welcome to forward this text to anyone who may be interested. For more information, see the journal page replicationresearch.org<http://replicationresearch.org/> or get in touch! Sincerely, Lukas Röseler (Editor-in-Chief) & Miriam Müller (Editorial Assistant) ------ Dr. Jan Horstmann Universität Hamburg, Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften Leitung Digital Humanities Lab Von-Melle-Park 6, Postfach #15, 20146 Hamburg Raum C8023 Mail: jan.horstmann(a)uni-hamburg.de<mailto:[email protected]> Web: Personalseite<https://www.gw.uni-hamburg.de/ueber-die-fakultaet/digital-humanities/kontak…> Mastodon: @janhorstmann<https://fedihum.org/@janhorstmann>

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Estensione CfA Convegno Dottorale - Genova
by Comitato Giornata DH UniGe 17 Feb '26

17 Feb '26

--English version below-- Gentilissimi e gentilissime, con la presente comunichiamo il posticipo della scadenza della Call for Abstracts per la partecipazione al Convegno dottorale “Le Digital Humanities tra pratiche, limiti e prospettive (in)convenienti”, organizzato dalle dottorande e dai dottorandi in Digital Humanities dell’Università degli Studi di Genova e Torino, che si terrà il 25 e il 26 maggio 2026. La nuova data di scadenza per l’invio delle proposte di contributo è fissata al 2 marzo 2026 alle ore 13 italiane. Ricordiamo che ulteriori informazioni e aggiornamenti relative all'evento, alla modalità di invio delle proposte e alla partecipazione sono disponibili al seguente link: https://digitalhumanities.phd.unige.it/node/1313 Vi ringraziamo per l’attenzione e porgiamo cordiali saluti. Il Comitato Organizzativo -- ENG version -- Dear all, We hereby announce that the Call for Abstracts deadline for submission to the PhD Conference ‘Digital Humanities: (In)convenient Practices, Limits, and Perspectives’ is extended to 2 March 2026 at 1 p.m., CET. The event is organised by the PhD students in Digital Humanities at the Universities of Genoa and Turin and will be held on 25 and 26 May 2026. Please note that further information and updates regarding the event, how to submit the proposals and to participate are available at the following website: https://digitalhumanities.phd.unige.it/node/1313 Thank you for your attention. Best regards, The Organising Committee

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[CFP] First International Workshop on Extraction from Triplet Text-Table-Knowledge Graph and associated Challenge @ ESWC 2026
by Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles 16 Feb '26

16 Feb '26

[Apologies for cross-postings] Call for Papers First International Workshop on Extraction from Triplet Text-Table-Knowledge Graph and associated Challenge https://ecladatta.github.io/triplet2026/ in conjunction with the 23rd European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2026) https://2026.eswc-conferences.org/, Dubrovnik, Croatia Important dates: - **Submission deadline**: 3 March, 2026 (11:59pm, AoE) - **Notifications**: 31 March, 2026 - **Camera-ready deadline**: 15 April, 2026 (11:59pm, AoE) - **Workshop**: Sunday 10 May OR Monday 11 May 2026 Motivation: Understanding information spread across text and table is essential for tasks such as question answering and fact checking. Existing benchmarks primarily deal with semantic table interpretation or reasoning over tables for question answering, leaving a gap in evaluating models that integrate tabular and textual information, perform joint information extraction across modalities, or can automatically detect inconsistencies between modalities. This workshop aims to provide a forum for exchanging ideas between the NLP community working on open information extraction and the vibrant Semantic Web community working on the core challenge of matching tabular data to Knowledge Graphs, on populating knowledge graphs using texts and on reasoning across text, tabular data and knowledge graphs. The workshop also targets researchers focusing on the intersection of learning over structured data and information retrieval, for example, in retrieval augmented generation (RAG) and question answering (QA) systems. Hence, the goal of the workshop is to connect researchers and trigger collaboration opportunities by bringing together views from the Semantic Web, NLP, database, and IR disciplines. Scope: The topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Semantic Table Interpretation - Automated Tabular Data Understanding - Using Large Language Models (LLMs) for Information Extraction - Generative Models and LLMs for Structured Data - Knowledge Graph Construction and Completion with Tabular Data and Texts - Analysis of Tabular Data on the Web (Web Tables) - Benchmarking and Evaluation Frameworks for Joint Text-Table Data Analysis - Applications (e.g. data search, fact-checking, Question-Answering, KG alignment) Submission Guidelines: We invite two types of submissions: 1. Full research papers (12-15 pages) including references and appendices 2. Challenge papers (6-8 pages) including references and appendices All submissions should be formatted in the CEUR layout format, https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-submissions-to-ceur-w… This workshop is double-blind and non-archival. Submissions are managed through EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=triplet2026. All accepted papers will be presented as posters or as oral talks. **TRIPLET Challenge:** In recent years, the research community has shown increasing interest in the joint understanding of text and tabular data, often, for performing tasks such as question answering or fact checking where evidences can be found in texts and tables. Hence, various benchmarks have been developed for jointly querying tabular data and textual documents in domains such as finance, scientific publications, and open domain. While benchmarks for triple extraction from text for Knowledge Graph construction and semantic annotation of tabular data exist in the community, there remains a gap in benchmarks and tasks that specifically address the joint extraction of triples from text and tables by leveraging complementary clues across these different modalities. The TRIPLET 2026 challenge is proposing three sub-tasks and benchmarks for understanding the complementarity between tables, texts, and knowledge graphs, and in particular to propose a joint knowledge extraction and reconciliation process. #Sub-Task 1: Assessing the Relatedness Between Tables and Textual Passages The goal of this task is to assess the relatedness between tables and textual passages (within documents and across documents). For this purpose, we have constructed LATTE (Linking Across Table and Text for Relatedness Evaluation), a human annotated dataset comprising table–text pairs with relatedness labels. LATTE consists of 7,674 unique tables and 41,880 unique textual paragraphs originating from 3,826 distinct Wikipedia pages. Each text paragraph is drawn from the same or contextually linked pages as the corresponding table, rather than being artificially generated. LATTE provides a challenging benchmark for cross-modal reasoning by requiring classification of related and unrelated table–text pairs. Unlike prior resources centered on table-to-text generation or text retrieval, LATTE emphasizes fine-grained semantic relatedness between structured and unstructured data. The Figure below provides an example, using a web-annotation tool we developed, of how we identify the relatedness between the sentence containing the entity AirPort Extreme 802.11n (highlighted in Orange) and the data table providing information about output power and frequency for this entity. Participants are provided with tables and textual passages that would need to be ranked. The evaluation will use metrics such as P@k, R@k and F1@k. Go to https://www.codabench.org/competitions/12776/ and enroll to participate in this Task. #Sub-Task 2: Joint Relation Extraction Between Texts and Tables The goal of this task is to automatically extract knowledge jointly from tables and related texts. For this purpose, we created ReTaT, a dataset that can be used to train and evaluate systems for extracting such relations. This dataset is composed of (table, surrounding text) pairs extracted from Wikipedia pages and has been manually annotated with relation triples. ReTaT is organized in three subsets with distinct characteristics: domain (business, telecommunication and female celebrities), size (from 50 to 255 pairs), language (English vs French), type of relations (data vs object properties), close vs open list of relation, size of the surrounding text (paragraph vs full page). We then assessed its quality and suitability for the joint table-text relation extraction task using Large Language Models (LLMs). Given a Wikipedia page containing texts and tables and a list of predicates defined in Wikidata, a participant system should extract triples composed of mentions located partly in the text and partly in the table and disambiguated with entities and predicates identified in the Wikidata reference knowledge graph. For example, in the Figure below, an annotation triple <Q13567390, P2109, 24.57> is associated with mentions highlighted in orange (subject), blue (predicate) and green (object) to annotate the document available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirPort_Extreme. Similar to the Text2KGBench evaluation (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-47243-5_14) and because the set of triples are not exhaustive for a given sentence, to avoid false negatives, we follow a locally closed approach by only considering the relations that are part of the ground truth. The evaluation then uses metrics such as P, R and F1. Go to https://www.codabench.org/competitions/12936/ and enroll to participate in this Task. # Sub-Task 3: Detecting Inconsistencies Between Texts, Tables and Knowledge Graphs The goal of this task is to check the consistency of knowledge extracted from tables and texts with existing triples in the Wikidata knowledge graph. Different kind of inconsistencies will be considered in this task. Participants to this task will be able to report on their findings in their system paper. See the Figure at https://ecladatta.github.io/images/triplet_annotation_tool.png # Data & Evaluation: For the first 2 sub-tasks, we have released a training dataset with ground-truth annotations, enabling participant teams to develop machine learning-based systems, and in particular for training purposes and for hyperparameter optimizations and internal validations. A separate blind test dataset will remain private and be used for ranking the submissions. Participants should register on Codabench and then enroll for each sub-task separately (Task 1: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/12776/ and Task 2: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/12936/) Each team are allowed a limited number of daily submissions, and the highest achieved accuracy will be reported as the team's final result. We encourage participants to develop open-source solutions, to utilise and fine-tune pre-trained language models and to experiment with LLMs of various size in zero-shot or few-shot settings. # Challenge Important Dates: - Release of training set: 13 February 2026 - Deadline for registering to the challenge: 15 March 2026 - Release of test set: 24 March 2026 - Submission of results: 10 April 2026 - System Results & Notification of Acceptance: 17 April 2026 - Submission of System Papers: 28 April 2026 - Presentations @ TRIPLET Workshop: May 2026 Workshop Organizers - Raphael Troncy (EURECOM, France) - Yoan Chabot (Orange, France) - Véronique Moriceau (IRIT, France) - Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles (IRIT, France) - Mouna Kamel(IRIT, France) Contact: For discussions, please use our Google Group, https://groups.google.com/g/triplet-challenge The workshop is supported by the ECLADATTA project funded by the French National Funding Agency ANR under the grant ANR-22-CE23-0020. -- Raphaël Troncy EURECOM, Campus SophiaTech Data Science Department 450 route des Chappes, 06410 Biot, France. e-mail: raphael.troncy(a)eurecom.fr & raphael.troncy(a)gmail.com Tel: +33 (0)4 - 9300 8242 Fax: +33 (0)4 - 9000 8200 Web: http://www.eurecom.fr/~troncy/

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magazén - Call for Abstracts 2026
by Emmanuela Carbé 14 Feb '26

14 Feb '26

apologies for cross-posting Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the *Call for Abstracts* for the 2026 volume of magazén <https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni/riviste/magazen/> is now open. The journal welcomes abstract proposals that highlight recent research and experiences in the field of Digital and Public Humanities. Scholars are particularly invited to submit contributions that span from theoretical debates to methodological reflections, also comprising the examination of particular case studies from the heterogeneous domains of Digital and Public History, Art History, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Museum Studies, and Textual Scholarship. magazén draws particular attention to the public aspects of these interdisciplinary domains, hosting research projects that hold firm to the principle of audience involvement from their very inception. The abstract proposal should address the following questions: What kind of materials and research questions are concerned? What digital/public methods and tools are employed, and what is their added value in tackling humanistic research aims? All details regarding the call, submission guidelines, and deadlines are available at the following link: https://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/magazen/ *Deadlines*: Abstract submission: 28 February 202 Abstract acceptance: 23 March 2026 Full article submission and publication: rolling basis Latest submission date for inclusion in the 2026 volume: 1 October 2026 On behalf of the editorial board, Emmanuela Carbé -- Emmanuela Carbé Professoressa associata di Letteratura italiana contemporanea Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà Dorsoduro 3484/D, Calle Contarini 30123 Venezia, Italia

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TOTh 2026 Training in Terminology & Artificial Intelligence - Registration is open
by Christophe Roche 12 Feb '26

12 Feb '26

Please share [Apologies for multiple postings] ===================================================== *TOTh 2026 Training Session* *"Bringing Artificial Intelligence to Terminology: A Step-by-Step Project Approach"* 2 & 3 June 2026 - On-site & Online University Savoie Mont-Blanc (Chambéry, France). https://toth.condillac.org/training-2026-ai ===================================================== *Presentation: *The two-day training “Terminology and Artificial Intelligence” introduces participants to Artificial Intelligence in the construction of terminologies compliant with international standards such as ISO 1087 and ISO 704. The training illustrates how Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Generative AI, including Large Language Models (LLMs), can assist in corpus processing, such as term candidate extraction, and how symbolic AI, such as ontologies, supports the representation of the conceptual systems of terminologies. To make these approaches concrete, the training will follow a complete example project that demonstrates each step of the workflow — from corpus preparation to the production of a structured digital terminology. Participants will learn how to integrate and use key tools such as NLP applications, Generative AI, Protégé, and Tedi. A significant part of the session will be devoted to hands-on exercises, allowing participants to experiment directly with the tools and techniques presented. The training will also introduce ISO and W3C standards for publishing terminologies as knowledge graphs, ensuring semantic interoperability and alignment with the Semantic Web. *Objectives of the training: *By the end of the two days, participants will have the knowledge and practical skills to reproduce this AI-assisted terminological workflow and apply it to their own projects. *Target audience: *Anyone, professional, academic or otherwise, interested in the latest advances in terminology work. *Learning outcomes: *Theoretical foundations of terminology and concept theory, basic knowledge of relevant ISO and W3C standards, an understanding of how to use AI, NLP, and Generative AI, Ontology, and knowledge graph for terminology work. *Registration:* The number of participants is limited. Early registration is recommended *Training Fees: *Student: 50 €, Academic: 100 €, Other/Industrial : 150 € _Participants are asked to bring their laptops_ Prof Christophe Roche University of Crete (Greece) - ERA Chair Holder University Savoie Mont Blanc (France) - Emeritus https://talos-ai4ssh.uoc.gr/ https://christophe-roche.fr/ roche.university(a)gmail.com

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Job announcement: W3-Professorship in Digital Humanities at the University of Freiburg
by Elena Renje 08 Feb '26

08 Feb '26

Dear all, We would like to draw your attention to the following call for applications for a W3-Professorship for Digital Humanities at the University of Freiburg. Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen Klara Oehler and Elena Renje University of Freiburg Coordination Digital Humanities Lab Job announcement: W3-Professorship for Digital Humanities at the University of Freiburg German version below The Faculty of Philology (Department of General Linguistics in collaboration with the Digital Humanities Lab) is offering a W3-Professorship for Digital Humanities. * Application deadline: 17 March 2026 * Start date: At the earliest possible date * Scope of work: Full-time position * Id no.: 00004827 Description We are looking for an internationally visible scholar from the field of Digital Humanities (DH) with a language- or text-focused profile. A specialization in methods, applications, and contexts of Artificial Intelligence in the broader sense (including technical understanding such as coding, application to philological research questions, and ideological/ethical/didactic implications, etc.) is required. In-depth knowledge of established DH methods (e.g., NLP and other computational techniques and models, distant reading, etc.) is advantageous. Networking within the Faculty of Philology as well as active participation in research foci, centers, and collaborative projects are expected. The successful candidate will assume a leadership function in the DH Lab established in 2024 at the Faculty of Philology, and will play a leading role in the (further) development of DH-related study and certificate programs, as well as in modules within language, literary and cultural studies curricula. In all other respects, the conditions for appointment according to § 47 Landeshochschulgesetz apply: https://www.landesrecht-bw.de/bsbw/document/jlr-HSchulGBWV28P47 We request the following application materials: * Resumé * Certificates and diplomas * Complete list of publications and lectures, listing the five most important publications We will be particularly pleased to receive applications from women for the position advertised here. The university supports individuals appointed to professorial positions through a Dual Career Service and a Family Service. Application Please send your application including supporting documents mentioned above and the application form (https://intranet.uni-freiburg.de/public/downloads/saz/bewerbungsbogen-profe…) <https://intranet.uni-freiburg.de/public/downloads/saz/bewerbungsbogen-profe…> citing the reference number 00004827, by 17 March 2026 at the latest. Please send your application to the following address in written or electronic form: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernd Kortmann University of Freiburg Faculty of Philology P.O. Box 79085 Freiburg or to the email address bewerbungen(a)philologie.uni-freiburg.de For further information, please contact Herr Prof. Dr. Achim Rabus on the phone number +49 761 203-8315 or E-Mail achim.rabus(a)slavistik.uni-freiburg.de Further information on the appointment procedure can be found in the Code for Practice for professorial appointments (in German): https://intranet.uni-freiburg.de/public/downloads/saz/berufungsleitfaden.pdf Link to job posting: https://uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004827/ General and legal remarks: Full-time positions may generally be split up into two or more part-time positions, provided that there are no formal or legal barriers. Candidates are selected in accordance with the provisions of the AGG (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz - German General Equal Treatment Act). Applicants with disabilities (Schwerbehinderte Menschen) will be given preferential consideration in case of equal qualification. The department offering the position is liable for the content of this job posting. Textual errors do not constitute a basis for any claims or rights. The relevant human resources department has sole responsibility for all legal transactions made within the context of the selection and hiring process. Please note that breaches in privacy and unauthorized access by third parties cannot be excluded in communication by unencrypted email. Privacy policy: Privacy policy professorship: https://uni-freiburg.de/en/data-protection-applications/ ________________________________________ GERMAN VERSION Ausschreibung: W3-Professur für Digital Humanities an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg An der Philologischen Fakultät ist am Sprachwissenschaftlichen Seminar gemeinsam mit dem Digital Humanities Lab eine W3-Professur für Digital Humanities zu besetzen. * Bewerbungsfrist: 17. März 2026 * Eintrittstermin: Zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt * Arbeitsumfang: Vollzeitstelle * Kennziffer: 00004827 Beschreibung Gesucht wird eine international sichtbare Persönlichkeit aus dem Bereich der Digital Humanities (DH) mit sprach- bzw. textbezogenem Profil. Ein Schwerpunkt im Bereich von Methoden, Anwendungen und Kontexten der Künstlichen Intelligenz im weiteren Sinne (technisches Verständnis inkl. Coding, Nutzbarmachung für philologische Fragestellungen, ideologische/ethische/didaktische Implikationen usw.) wird vorausgesetzt. Von Vorteil sind vertiefte Kenntnisse klassischer Methoden der DH (beispielsweise NLP- und weiterer komputationeller Techniken und Modelle, Distant Reading usw.). Die Vernetzung innerhalb der Philologischen Fakultät sowie die Mitwirkung an Forschungsschwerpunkten, Zentren und Verbundprojekten werden vorausgesetzt. Der*die erfolgreiche Kandidat*in nimmt eine leitende Funktion im 2024 gegründeten DH Lab an der Philologischen Fakultät ein und spielt eine führende Rolle bei der (Weiter-)Entwicklung DH-bezogener Studien- und Zertifikatsprogramme sowie von Modulen in sprach-, literatur- und kulturwissenschaftlichen Studiengängen. Im Übrigen gelten die Einstellungsvoraussetzungen des § 47 Landeshochschulgesetz: https://www.landesrecht-bw.de/bsbw/document/jlr-HSchulGBWV28P47 Folgende Bewerbungsunterlagen werden erbeten: * Lebenslauf * Zeugnisse und Urkunden * Vollständiges Schriften- und Vortragsverzeichnis unter Nennung der fünf wichtigsten Publikationen Für die hier ausgeschriebene Position freuen wir uns besonders über Bewerbungen von Frauen. Die Universität unterstützt Berufene über einen Dual Career Service und einen Familienservice. Bewerbung Bitte bewerben Sie sich mit o. g. Unterlagen und dem Ausdruck Ihres Bewerbungsformulars (https://intranet.uni-freiburg.de/public/downloads/saz/bewerbungsbogen-profe…) <https://intranet.uni-freiburg.de/public/downloads/saz/bewerbungsbogen-profe…> unter Angabe der Kennziffer 00004827 bis spätestens 17. März 2026. Ihre Bewerbung richten Sie bitte in schriftlicher oder elektronischer Form an: Herrn Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernd Kortmann Universität Freiburg Philologische Fakultät Postfach 79085 Freiburg bzw. an die Mailadresse bewerbungen(a)philologie.uni-freiburg.de Für nähere Informationen steht Ihnen Herr Prof. Dr. Achim Rabus unter Tel. +49 761 203-8315 oder E-Mail achim.rabus(a)slavistik.uni-freiburg.de zur Verfügung. Weitere Informationen zum Berufungsverfahren: https://intranet.uni-freiburg.de/public/downloads/saz/berufungsleitfaden.pdf Link zur Stellenausschreibung: https://uni-freiburg.de/stellenangebot/00004827/ Allgemeine und rechtliche Hinweise: Vollzeitstellen sind grundsätzlich teilbar, soweit dienstliche oder rechtliche Gründe nicht entgegenstehen. Die Auswahl erfolgt nach den Regeln des AGG (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz). Schwerbehinderte Menschen werden bei entsprechender Eignung bevorzugt eingestellt. Für den Inhalt dieser Anzeige ist die jeweils ausschreibende Einrichtung verantwortlich. Etwaige inhaltliche Fehler begründen keine Ansprüche oder Rechte. Die rechtsgeschäftliche Vertretung im Zusammenhang mit dem Besetzungsverfahren und der Einstellung erfolgt ausschließlich durch das zuständige Personaldezernat. Bitte beachten Sie, dass Gefährdungen der Vertraulichkeit und der unberechtigte Zugriff Dritter bei der Kommunikation per unverschlüsselter Mail nicht ausgeschlossen werden können. Datenschutz: Datenschutzerklärung Professur: https://uni-freiburg.de/datenschutz-bewerbungen/

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Call for Papers Colloque CID / DiDip conference 2026: The Methodology of Diplomatics / La metodologia della diplomatica / La méthodologie de la diplomatique / Die Methodologie der Diplomatik / La metodología de la diplomática
by Georg Vogeler 07 Feb '26

07 Feb '26

Dear European Digital Humanists, this might interest you: Colloque CID / DiDip conference 2026 Date: 22-24 July 2026 Topic: The Methodology of Diplomatics / La metodologia della diplomatica / La méthodologie de la diplomatique / Die Methodologie der Diplomatik / La metodología de la diplomática Location: University of Graz Call for Papers: https://didip.hypotheses.org/conference-2026/cfp (deadline 28. February 2026) Logo Commission Internationale de la Diplomatique Contact: didip(a)uni-graz.at https://didip.hypotheses.org/conference-2026 Presentation English In celebration of the 200th birthday of Theodor Sickel (1826-1908), the conference will focus on developments in the methodology of diplomatics, discussing which methods fit to what kind of diplomatic material and research question, collecting exceptional results of the application of existing methods, confronting old and new methods, reflecting on how to evaluate digital methods and their impact on the current diplomatics methodologies, etc. By discussing applications and effects of individual methods applied in diplomatics research, we hope to refine and renew the general methodological framework of diplomatics. Diplomatics is an old field of research. Its main methodology is usually centered around the concept of discrimen veri ac falsi and was designed in the bella diplomatica of the 17th century by Dom Jean Mabillon. He introduced comparison of contemporary habits of authentication, writing, or linguistic style as the main method of diplomatics. Palaeography and textual analysis (“diplomatic discourse”) are at the core of diplomatics methodology. This includes, for instance, the creation of typologies describing the expectations for individual documents. However, the long history of diplomatics has seen changes, additions and shifts in its methodology: Sickel’s concept of “Kanzleimäßigkeit” narrowed the method from a generic comparison to the detailed analysis of chancery practices and the individuals creating the charters, which also has a strong tradition in Spanish diplomatics. Critical scholarly editing is an independent strand of diplomatics, which combines the methodologies for discrimen veri ac falsi with methods of textual criticism: reflecting on the tradition of the texts, establishment of a reliable text, and provision of abstracts of the content. The crisis of diplomatics in the 1960’s (Bartoloni, Bautier, Fichtenau, Petrucci) fostered the search for the application of diplomatics methods to other material than charters and to other temporal contexts than the middle ages. Comparative methods have been refined in Pierre Chaplais’ work on different English chanceries. Alessandro Pratesi brought forward social and intellectual context as an analytical framework for diplomatics, while still focussing on the representational and probative function of the charters and the formal rigor in individual analysis. From the 1990s onwards, scholars such as Peter Rück, Olivier Guyotjeannin, and Laurent Morelle have pushed forward the conceptualization of diplomatics as cultural history and thus added the analysis of cultural practices around the act of documentation and the use of charters to the methods of diplomatics. While Attilio Bartoli Langeli promoted the historical rooting of the discipline, Giovanna Nicolaj has pushed the legal framework of diplomatics to the foreground. The most recent contributions to diplomatics methodology are sparked by the digitisation of archival holdings and scholarly engagement with them. Digital diplomatics in this sense is searching for appropriate representations of parchments, seals, texts and the actions represented by them, and the analytical tools that open new perspectives. Luciana Duranti has used the “digital diplomatics” label to transfer analytical criteria of diplomatics like authenticity to archival science to understand digital documentary practices better. This conference will study the development and the state of the art of diplomatic methodology in all its facets. Français À l’occasion du 200e anniversaire de Theodor Sickel (1826-1908), le colloque se concentrera sur les développements de la méthodologie diplomatique, en discutant des méthodes adaptées à chaque type de matériel diplomatique et de question de recherche, en rassemblant les résultats exceptionnels de l’application des méthodes existantes, en confrontant les anciennes et les nouvelles méthodes, en réfléchissant à la manière d’évaluer les méthodes numériques et leur impact sur les méthodologies diplomatiques actuelles, etc. En discutant des applications et des effets des différentes méthodes utilisées dans la recherche diplomatique, nous espérons affiner et renouveler le cadre méthodologique général de la diplomatique. La diplomatique est un domaine de recherche ancien. Sa méthodologie principale est généralement centrée sur le concept du discrimen veri ac falsi et a été conçue dans les bella diplomatica du XVIIe siècle par Dom Jean Mabillon. Il a introduit la comparaison des habitudes contemporaines d’authentification, d’écriture ou de style linguistique comme méthode principale de la diplomatique. La paléographie et l’analyse textuelle (« discours diplomatique ») sont au cœur de la méthodologie diplomatique. Cela inclut, par exemple, la création de typologies décrivant les attentes pour chaque document. Cependant, la longue histoire de la diplomatique a connu des changements, des ajouts et des évolutions dans sa méthodologie : le concept de « Kanzleimäßigkeit » de Sickel a restreint la méthode d’une comparaison générique à l’analyse détaillée des pratiques de la chancellerie et des individus créant les chartes, méthode qui a également une forte tradition dans la diplomatique espagnole. L’édition critique scientifique est un courant indépendant de la diplomatique, qui combine les méthodologies du discrimen veri ac falsi avec les méthodes de la critique textuelle : réflexion sur la tradition des textes, établissement d’un texte fiable et rédaction d’analyses du contenu. La crise de la diplomatique dans les années 1960 (Bartoloni, Bautier, Fichtenau, Petrucci) a favorisé la recherche d’applications des méthodes diplomatiques à d’autres documents que les chartes et à d’autres contextes temporels que le Moyen Âge. Les méthodes comparatives ont été affinées dans les travaux de Pierre Chaplais sur différentes chancelleries anglaises. Alessandro Pratesi a mis en avant le contexte social et intellectuel comme cadre analytique pour la diplomatique, tout en continuant à se concentrer sur la fonction représentative et probante des chartes et la rigueur formelle dans l’analyse individuelle. À partir des années 1990, des chercheurs tels que Peter Rück, Olivier Guyotjeannin et Laurent Morelle ont fait progresser la conceptualisation de la diplomatique en tant qu’histoire culturelle et ont ainsi ajouté l’analyse des pratiques culturelles autour de l’acte de documentation et de l’utilisation des chartes aux méthodes de la diplomatique. Alors qu’Attilio Bartoli Langeli a promu l’ancrage historique de la discipline, Giovanna Nicolaj a mis en avant le cadre juridique de la diplomatique. Les contributions les plus récentes à la méthodologie diplomatique sont inspirées par la numérisation des fonds d’archives et l’intérêt des chercheurs pour ceux-ci. Dans ce sens, la diplomatique numérique recherche des représentations appropriées des parchemins, des sceaux, des textes et des actions qu’ils représentent, ainsi que des outils analytiques qui ouvrent de nouvelles perspectives. Luciana Duranti a utilisé le terme de « diplomatique numérique » pour transférer les critères analytiques de la diplomatique, tels que l’authenticité, à la science archivistique, afin de mieux comprendre les pratiques documentaires numériques. Cette conférence étudiera le développement et l’état de l’art de la méthodologie diplomatique sous toutes ses facettes. -- Prof. Dr. Georg Vogeler Professur für Digital Humanities | Chair Digital Humanities Zentrum für Informationsmodellierung | Centre for Informationmodelling Universität Graz | University of Graz A-8010 Graz | Elisabethstraße 59/III Tel. +43 316 380 8033 <http://informationsmodellierung.uni-graz.at> - <http://gams.uni-graz.at> <https://online.uni-graz.at/kfu_online/wbForschungsportal.cbShowPortal?pPers…> Institut für Dokumentologie und Editorik e.V. <http://www.i-d-e.de> International Center for Archival Research ICARus <http://www.icar-us.eu>

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Call for Papers Colloque CID / DiDip conference 2026: The Methodology of Diplomatics / La metodologia della diplomatica / La méthodologie de la diplomatique / Die Methodologie der Diplomatik / La metodología de la diplomática
by Georg Vogeler^ 07 Feb '26

07 Feb '26

Dear European Digital Humanists, this might interest you: Colloque CID / DiDip conference 2026 Date: 22-24 July 2026 Topic: The Methodology of Diplomatics / La metodologia della diplomatica / La méthodologie de la diplomatique / Die Methodologie der Diplomatik / La metodología de la diplomática Location: University of Graz Call for Papers: https://didip.hypotheses.org/conference-2026/cfp (deadline 28. February 2026) Logo Commission Internationale de la Diplomatique Contact: didip(a)uni-graz.at https://didip.hypotheses.org/conference-2026 Presentation English In celebration of the 200th birthday of Theodor Sickel (1826-1908), the conference will focus on developments in the methodology of diplomatics, discussing which methods fit to what kind of diplomatic material and research question, collecting exceptional results of the application of existing methods, confronting old and new methods, reflecting on how to evaluate digital methods and their impact on the current diplomatics methodologies, etc. By discussing applications and effects of individual methods applied in diplomatics research, we hope to refine and renew the general methodological framework of diplomatics. Diplomatics is an old field of research. Its main methodology is usually centered around the concept of discrimen veri ac falsi and was designed in the bella diplomatica of the 17th century by Dom Jean Mabillon. He introduced comparison of contemporary habits of authentication, writing, or linguistic style as the main method of diplomatics. Palaeography and textual analysis (“diplomatic discourse”) are at the core of diplomatics methodology. This includes, for instance, the creation of typologies describing the expectations for individual documents. However, the long history of diplomatics has seen changes, additions and shifts in its methodology: Sickel’s concept of “Kanzleimäßigkeit” narrowed the method from a generic comparison to the detailed analysis of chancery practices and the individuals creating the charters, which also has a strong tradition in Spanish diplomatics. Critical scholarly editing is an independent strand of diplomatics, which combines the methodologies for discrimen veri ac falsi with methods of textual criticism: reflecting on the tradition of the texts, establishment of a reliable text, and provision of abstracts of the content. The crisis of diplomatics in the 1960’s (Bartoloni, Bautier, Fichtenau, Petrucci) fostered the search for the application of diplomatics methods to other material than charters and to other temporal contexts than the middle ages. Comparative methods have been refined in Pierre Chaplais’ work on different English chanceries. Alessandro Pratesi brought forward social and intellectual context as an analytical framework for diplomatics, while still focussing on the representational and probative function of the charters and the formal rigor in individual analysis. From the 1990s onwards, scholars such as Peter Rück, Olivier Guyotjeannin, and Laurent Morelle have pushed forward the conceptualization of diplomatics as cultural history and thus added the analysis of cultural practices around the act of documentation and the use of charters to the methods of diplomatics. While Attilio Bartoli Langeli promoted the historical rooting of the discipline, Giovanna Nicolaj has pushed the legal framework of diplomatics to the foreground. The most recent contributions to diplomatics methodology are sparked by the digitisation of archival holdings and scholarly engagement with them. Digital diplomatics in this sense is searching for appropriate representations of parchments, seals, texts and the actions represented by them, and the analytical tools that open new perspectives. Luciana Duranti has used the “digital diplomatics” label to transfer analytical criteria of diplomatics like authenticity to archival science to understand digital documentary practices better. This conference will study the development and the state of the art of diplomatic methodology in all its facets. Français À l’occasion du 200e anniversaire de Theodor Sickel (1826-1908), le colloque se concentrera sur les développements de la méthodologie diplomatique, en discutant des méthodes adaptées à chaque type de matériel diplomatique et de question de recherche, en rassemblant les résultats exceptionnels de l’application des méthodes existantes, en confrontant les anciennes et les nouvelles méthodes, en réfléchissant à la manière d’évaluer les méthodes numériques et leur impact sur les méthodologies diplomatiques actuelles, etc. En discutant des applications et des effets des différentes méthodes utilisées dans la recherche diplomatique, nous espérons affiner et renouveler le cadre méthodologique général de la diplomatique. La diplomatique est un domaine de recherche ancien. Sa méthodologie principale est généralement centrée sur le concept du discrimen veri ac falsi et a été conçue dans les bella diplomatica du XVIIe siècle par Dom Jean Mabillon. Il a introduit la comparaison des habitudes contemporaines d’authentification, d’écriture ou de style linguistique comme méthode principale de la diplomatique. La paléographie et l’analyse textuelle (« discours diplomatique ») sont au cœur de la méthodologie diplomatique. Cela inclut, par exemple, la création de typologies décrivant les attentes pour chaque document. Cependant, la longue histoire de la diplomatique a connu des changements, des ajouts et des évolutions dans sa méthodologie : le concept de « Kanzleimäßigkeit » de Sickel a restreint la méthode d’une comparaison générique à l’analyse détaillée des pratiques de la chancellerie et des individus créant les chartes, méthode qui a également une forte tradition dans la diplomatique espagnole. L’édition critique scientifique est un courant indépendant de la diplomatique, qui combine les méthodologies du discrimen veri ac falsi avec les méthodes de la critique textuelle : réflexion sur la tradition des textes, établissement d’un texte fiable et rédaction d’analyses du contenu. La crise de la diplomatique dans les années 1960 (Bartoloni, Bautier, Fichtenau, Petrucci) a favorisé la recherche d’applications des méthodes diplomatiques à d’autres documents que les chartes et à d’autres contextes temporels que le Moyen Âge. Les méthodes comparatives ont été affinées dans les travaux de Pierre Chaplais sur différentes chancelleries anglaises. Alessandro Pratesi a mis en avant le contexte social et intellectuel comme cadre analytique pour la diplomatique, tout en continuant à se concentrer sur la fonction représentative et probante des chartes et la rigueur formelle dans l’analyse individuelle. À partir des années 1990, des chercheurs tels que Peter Rück, Olivier Guyotjeannin et Laurent Morelle ont fait progresser la conceptualisation de la diplomatique en tant qu’histoire culturelle et ont ainsi ajouté l’analyse des pratiques culturelles autour de l’acte de documentation et de l’utilisation des chartes aux méthodes de la diplomatique. Alors qu’Attilio Bartoli Langeli a promu l’ancrage historique de la discipline, Giovanna Nicolaj a mis en avant le cadre juridique de la diplomatique. Les contributions les plus récentes à la méthodologie diplomatique sont inspirées par la numérisation des fonds d’archives et l’intérêt des chercheurs pour ceux-ci. Dans ce sens, la diplomatique numérique recherche des représentations appropriées des parchemins, des sceaux, des textes et des actions qu’ils représentent, ainsi que des outils analytiques qui ouvrent de nouvelles perspectives. Luciana Duranti a utilisé le terme de « diplomatique numérique » pour transférer les critères analytiques de la diplomatique, tels que l’authenticité, à la science archivistique, afin de mieux comprendre les pratiques documentaires numériques. Cette conférence étudiera le développement et l’état de l’art de la méthodologie diplomatique sous toutes ses facettes.

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Online Workshop - Large Language METAPHORS: New Trends in Computational Approaches to Metaphorical Expressions
by ginevra.martinelli＠iusspavia.it 05 Feb '26

05 Feb '26

We are pleased to announce the online workshop Large Language METAPHORS: New Trends in Computational Approaches to Metaphorical Expressions, to be held on 5th March, organised by the Neurolinguistics and Experimental Pragmatics Laboratory (NEPLab) and supported by the ERC project “PROcessing MEtaphors: Neurochronometry, Acquisition and DEcay” (PROMENADE). The workshop adopts an interdisciplinary perspective, bringing together linguistics, computational linguistics, and psycholinguistics. It will investigate how Large Language Models (LLMs) can be used for the detection, interpretation, mapping, and evaluation of metaphors across languages. Particular attention will also be given to aligning computational models with human cognitive data, as well as to the use of metaphorical language as a means of probing the linguistic capabilities of LLMs. Talk lineup: - Using Large Language Models to Identify Metaphorical Expressions in Text Matteo Fuoli, Weihang Huang, Jeannette Littlemore, Sarah Turner, Ellen Wilding - Language Models and the Magic of Metaphor, Revisited: A Comparative Evaluation of Italian Baby and Large Language Model with Human Interpretations Simone Mazzoli, Alice Suozzi, Gianluca E. Lebani - A Novel Metaphor Dataset of Toxic Posts from Christian Subreddits Sebastian Reimann, Tatjana Scheffler - Exploring Metaphors in LLMs with a Human-Centric and Culture-Aware Approach Bolette S. Pedersen, Ali Basirat, Alberto Parola, Sussi Olsen - Commonsense Reasoning for Automatic Metaphor Elaboration: A Conceptual Combination Approach Antonio Lieto, Gian Luca Pozzato, Stefano Zoia - HUMMUS: a Dataset of Humorous Multimodal Metaphor Use Xiaoyu Tong, Zhi Zhang, Pia Sommerauer, Martha Lewis, Ekaterina Shutova - Participants and Models: the Role of LLMs in Psycholinguistic Approaches to Metaphor Veronica Mangiaterra, Hamad Al-Azary, Chiara Barattieri di San Pietro, Paolo Canal, Valentina Bambini - MetaMap – Mapping Metaphors Across Languages and Cultures Ginevra Martinelli, Chiara Barattieri di San Pietro, Maddalena Bressler, Veronica Mangiaterra, Valentina Bambini The workshop will be fully online and free of charge, but registration is required. For registration and further information: • Workshop website: https://www.neplab.it/large_language_metaphors_home/ • Email: ginevra.martinelli(a)iusspavia.it Organizing Committee: Valentina Bambini Chiara Barattieri di San Pietro Veronica Mangiaterra Ginevra Martinelli

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EADH 2026 - deadline extended
by EADH 2026 04 Feb '26

04 Feb '26

Dear Colleagues, We are happy to announce that the deadline for the European Association for Digital Humanities 2026 conference has been extended to 27 February 2026! The conference will take place from 15 to 19 September 2026 at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland), and is co-organized by the Jagiellonian Centre of Digital Humanities, the Institute of Polish Language of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the University of Wrocław. Under the theme “Linking Europe: Digital Humanities Without Borders”, the event invites the international Digital Humanities community to reflect on technological transformations, including artificial intelligence, multilingual infrastructures, sustainability, and responsible data governance. Submissions are open for posters, short papers, long papers, and workshops. The thematic areas include: data and methods, AI and ethics, infrastructure and open science, cultural heritage and diversity, communities and futures of DH. All conference venues are fully accessible, and online participation is available for presenters. The new deadline for all types of submissions is 23:59 AoE on Friday, 27 February 2026. You can find the full Call for Papers as well as other information here: https://eadh2026.confer.uj.edu.pl/cfp Proposals may be submitted via ConfTool: https://www.conftool.net/eadh2026/index.php Sincerely, EADH 2026 Organizing Team

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