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CFP Workshop on Resources and Technologies for Indigenous, Endangered and Lesser-resourced Languages in Eurasia (EURALI) @ LREC-COLING 2024
by Silvie Cinkova 08 Dec '23

08 Dec '23

Apologies for cross-posting 2 nd Workshop on Resources and Technologies for Indigenous, Endangered and Lesser-resourced Languages in Eurasia (EURALI) @ LREC-COLING 2024 Date: 20- 25 May, 2024 Venue: Lingotto Conference Centre - Torino (Italia) Main website: [ https://sites.google.com/view/eurali/ | https://sites.google.com/view/eurali/ ] LREC-COLING 2024 website: [ https://lrec-coling-2024.org/ | https://lrec-coling-2024.org/ ] —————————————————————————————————— Workshop overview and objectives This workshop will focus on the development of language technology resources and tools for indigenous, endangered and lesser-resourced languages on the Eurasian continent. In a media-centric world where language technology allows people to break cultural and language barriers, it is important that speakers of endangered and indigenous languages can be empowered to use this technology to continue to share their knowledge and culture with the world. With the hope of bridging this gap, the goal of this workshop is to increase visibility and promote research for lesser-resourced and underrepresented languages in Europe and Asia. Through collaboration between NLP researchers, language experts and linguists working for the benefit of endangered languages in these communities, we aim to create language technology resources that will help to preserve and revive these languages for future generations. Furthermore, the workshop aims to promote the emergence of new methods that benefit linguists, for instance for automation of analysis and validation processes, field linguists, the facilitation of data collection and analysis processes, and computational linguists by developing new techniques necessary for linguistic analysis, development of supervised or weakly supervised methods for the analysis of poorly written or undocumented languages. The main objective of the workshop is to create basic resources and develop tools for Eurasiatic languages, including but not limited to the following topics: * identifying languages and variants spoken in these regions * creation of language resources and applications, e.g. sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, and syntactic parsing * standardization for endangered languages * automatic identification and classification of lexical variation and language varieties * adaptation of fundamental NLP tools for these languages, e.g., morphological analysis, taggers and parsers * reusability of language resources in NLP applications, e.g. machine translation, and POS tagging * machine translation between closely related languages evaluation of language resources and tools when applied to lesser-resourced languages in the same language families * corpora, resources, and tools for closely related languages * linguistic and textual similarities among languages in Eurasia * digitalization of endangered languages * challenges in the creation of language resources and tools from linguistic perspectives (which includes any perspective formal theory) Submissions We are seeking submissions under the following category: Full papers: 8 pages+unlimited reference Short papers (work in progress): 4 pages+unlimited reference Posters (innovative ideas/proposals, a research idea of students): 4 pages+unlimited reference Demo (of working online/standalone systems): 2 pages Papers must describe original, completed or in progress, and unpublished work. The accepted papers will be given up for full/short paper and poster in the workshop proceedings and will be presented as an oral presentation or poster. Papers should be formatted according to the LREC-COLING style sheet ( [ https://lrec-coling-2024.org/authors-kit/ | https://lrec-coling-2024.org/authors-kit/ ] ), which is provided on the LREC-COLING 2024 website( [ https://lrec-coling-2024.org/ | https://lrec-coling-2024.org/ ] ). Please submit papers in PDF format to the START account (the submission link will be available soon). For further information on this initiative, please refer to the [ https://sites.google.com/view/eurali/ | https://sites.google.com/view/eurali/ ] . Important Dates (tentative) February 23 , 2024: Paper submissions due March 22 , 2024: Paper notification of acceptance May 20 -25, 2024: Workshop Workshop Chair: Atul Kr. Ojha, Sina Ahmadi, Chao-Hong Liu, Potamu Research Ltd, Dublin (Ireland) John P. McCrae, University of Galway, Galway (Ireland) Theodorus Fransen, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (Italy) Silvie Cinková, Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic) Programme Committee (to be updated): Abigail Walsh*, Dublin City University, Dublin (Ireland) Agata Savary, University of Paris-Saclay, Paris-Saclay (France) A. Seza Doğruöz, Ghent University, Ghent (Belgium) Alina Karakanta, University of Leiden, Leiden (Netherlands) Alina Wróblewska, Institute of Computer Science, Jana Kazimierza, Warszawa (Poland) Akanksha Bansal, Panlingua, Delhi (India) Anabela Barreiro*, INESC-ID, Lisboa (Portugal) Atul Kr. Ojha, University of Galway, Galway (Ireland) & Panlingua, (India) Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi, University of Galway, Galway (Ireland) Bogdan Babych, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg (Germany) Chao-Hong Liu, Potamu Research Ltd, Dublin (Ireland) Daan van Esch, Google, Amsterdam (Netherlands) Daniel Zeman, Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic) Deepak Alok, IIT-Delhi, Delhi (India) Dorothee Beermann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trøndelag (Norway) Esha Banerjee, J.P. Morgan, Bengaluru (India) Ekaterina Vylomova, University of Melbourne, Melbourne (Australia) George Rehm, GmbH, Berlin (Germany) Jamal Abdul Nasir, University of Galway, Galway (Ireland) Joakim Nivre, Uppsala University, (Sweden) John P. McCrae, University of Galway, (Ireland) Jonathan Washington, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore (USA) Joseph Mariani, LIMSI-CNRS, Pairs (France) Kaja Dobrovoljc, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana (Slovenia) Katharina Kann*, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Kevin Patrick Scannell, Cadhan Aonair, LLC, Missouri (USA) Khalid Choukri, ELDA/ELRA, Paris (France) Marie-Catherine de Marneffe, UCLouvainCollège Léon Durpiez, (Belgium) Massimo Monaglia, University of Florence, (Italy) Nicoletta Calzolari, CNR-ILC, (Italy) Olesea Caftanatov, Vladimir Andrunachievici Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Chişinău (Moldova) Richard Sproat, Google, Tokyo (Japan) Rico Sennrich, University of Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland) Ritesh Kumar, Agra University, Agra (India) Saliha Muradoglu, Australian National University, Canberra (Australia) Silvie Cinková, Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic) Sina Ahmadi, George Mason University, (USA) Stella Markantonatou, Athena RC, Athens (Greece) Sourabrata Mukherjee, Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic) Sunipa Dev, Google, Washington (USA) Theodorus Fransen, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (Italy) Valentin Malykh, MTS AI / ITMO University Verginica Barbu Mititelu, Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Bucharest (Romania) Voula Giouli, Institute for Language and Speech Processing, Athens (Greece)

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CFP Italianistica Digitale: la ricerca dei giovani studiosi (Università di Macerata, 4-5 aprile 2024)
by Matteo Maselli 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

Gentilissim* tutt*, Con lasperanza di far cosa gradita si segnala di seguito la CFP ItalianisticaDigitale: la ricerca dei giovani studiosi relativa a due giornatedi studio (4-5 aprile 2024) organizzate dall'Università Di Macerata. È previstala pubblicazione degli atti. Scadenza per l'invio delle proposte: 31dicembre 2023 https://www.italianisti.it/news/call-for-papers/cfp-italianistica-digitale-… Con grandecordialità, Matteo Maselli

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Researcher in Corpus Linguistics and Data Science (Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy)
by Franzini Greta 04 Dec '23

04 Dec '23

**With apologies for cross-posting** The Language Technologies research group at the Institute for Applied Linguistics at Eurac Research (eurac.edu/linguistics<https://www.eurac.edu/en/institutes-centers/institute-for-applied-linguisti…>) in Bolzano, Italy, invites applications for a research position in Corpus Linguistics and Data Science. We are looking for a cooperative and proactive team member with an interdisciplinary and applied research profile. One of the first tasks of the selected candidate will be the relaunch and extension of Korpus Südtirol (http://www.korpus-suedtirol.it/) (S)he will also be expected to participate in the Computational Linguistics and Digital Humanities activities of the research group and to support other corpus-based projects within the Institute. These tasks include creating, annotating, processing and expanding corpus resources, particularly those local to South Tyrol, while contributing to the growth of the Institute through the development of new projects and the pursuit of funding opportunities. We foresee a full-time position for two years with a possible extension to a permanent contract. Interested candidates should submit their application by 10.01.2024. More information about the position is available in the official announcement at: https://eurac.onboard.org/jobs/7G6XQymb?from_career_page=true Greta H. Franzini, PhD Eurac Research Senior Researcher Institute for Applied Linguistics T +39 0471 055 104 greta.franzini(a)eurac.edu<mailto:[email protected]> [cid:[email protected]] GretaFranzini [cid:[email protected]] EuracLing Drususallee/Viale Druso 1 I-39100 Bozen/Bolzano www.eurac.edu<http://www.eurac.edu/> Facebook<https://facebook.com/eurac.research> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/EURACtv> | X<https://twitter.com/eurac> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/euracresearch> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/euracresearch/> [signature_1401579056]<https://www.eurac.edu/en> According to regulation (EU) 2016/679 this transmission is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you receive this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete all copies of this message and any attachments.

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Historical Network Research Conference (Lausanne 2024)
by Martin Grandjean 04 Dec '23

04 Dec '23

Dear colleagues, The Historical Network Research community is very pleased to announce the call for papers for the Historical Network Research conference 2024 which will take place at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), from Monday 8 July until Wednesday 10 July, 2024. Conference website and CFP: https://historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/<https://historicalnetworkresearch.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10c0d8…> Best regards, Martin Grandjean ________________________________ The Historical Network Research Conference Historical networks The phenomena studied by the historical sciences are, by their very nature, complex situations: they involve, for example, interwoven personal relationships, collective dynamics that structure social and cultural space, or political and economic systems that operate at local and global levels. The network metaphor is frequently used to describe this entanglement. In recent decades, however, historians have begun to think about ways of formalizing this approach, appropriating the concepts and tools of graph theory to provide a new perspective on archives. The application of formal network analysis to history is now a highly fertile field of experimentation and research. It can be used to analyze the geographical logics of major circulation networks, to highlight brokers in affiliation networks, to compile family trees to reveal their points of contact, to study the occurrences and co-occurrences of concepts in serial texts, to show the evolution of personal social networks, etc. And through a great deal of empirical work, the specific features that historical disciplines bring to network science become apparent: particular attention to the modeling of data that is often incomplete and uncertain, the need to take account of temporality in all its finesse, the necessity to find a language that allows mathematical results to be interpreted in a qualitative narrative. In 2009, following a workshop dedicated to the application of social network analysis to history, a small community of practice, the Historical Network Research community<https://historicalnetworkresearch.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10c0d8…>, was created. It evolved into a series of workshops and then an international conference, of which the present edition is the 9th to date, after conferences in Hamburg, Ghent, Lisbon, Turku, Brno, Luxembourg and Mainz. 2013 saw the creation of the HNR Collective Bibliography<https://historicalnetworkresearch.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10c0d8…>, a central tool for sharing the community’s scientific output. In 2017, the first issue of JHNR, the Journal of Historical Network Research<https://historicalnetworkresearch.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10c0d8…>, was published, allowing everyone to share their research in Open Access. Other resources include a YouTube channel<https://historicalnetworkresearch.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10c0d8…> with recorded lectures and a newsletter. Conference focus: Visualization Network visualization is often the first thing to be seen, whether it’s an illegible but colorful node-link diagram, an elaborate sociogram, an austere matrix or a fancy flow map. Because of our discomfort with basing our interpretation on an object apparently built on somewhat subjective foundations, because they are very likely to be influenced by a graphic bias, we often relegate visualizations to a minor role in our exploratory approaches, preferring the cold (apparent) scientificity of graph metrics. But just because we see naive uses of network visualization doesn’t mean it can’t be a highly effective tool for understanding, exploring and communicating our research data. One of the ambitions of the conference is therefore to question our use of network visualization in history, a concern that will be reflected in particular in the workshops and keynotes. Note that the HNR conference is open to all subjects involving network analysis in historical disciplines, so the thematic emphasis of this 2024 edition has no impact on the selection of contributions. The only effect will be that an image will be requested for each paper (after the review phase, if not included in the submitted abstract) to create a gallery that will be displayed during the conference to spark discussion about our network visualization practices. Topics For our 2024 conference, we welcome contributions discussing any historical period and geographical area. Authors may be historians, linguists, librarians, archaeologists, art historians, computer scientists, social scientists as well as scholars from other disciplines working with historical data. Topics may include, but are not limited to: * Applications of network analysis to history, art history, ancient history, intellectual history, economic history, social history, media history, political history, history of religions, biography, public history, micro-history, postcolonial history, global history, archaeology, literary history, cultural history, etc. * Analysis of specific network types, such as geospatial networks, temporal and dynamic networks, bipartite networks, multi-layer networks, multiplex networks, etc. * Methodological contributions concerning the applicability of network analysis to history, including, for example, modeling, ontologies, linked data, the use of graph metrics, visual network analysis, etc. * Pedagogical contributions, presenting teaching scenarios, literacy questions, software or feature presentations, interfaces, etc. Formats Long papers Long papers consist of a 20-minute presentation followed by 10 minutes of discussion, and are intended to present comprehensive research. An abstract of 500-1000 words is required, including at least 3 citations. It should contain a description of the paper’s subject and research questions, an overview of the data used and methods employed, a discussion of the research results and possibly the wider implication for network analysis in history. Short papers Short papers consist of a 10-minute presentation followed by 5 minutes of discussion, and are intended to present research in progress. An abstract of 300-500 words is required, including at least 3 citations. It should contain a brief description of the subject and the research questions, an overview of the data used and the methods employed, a discussion of any results or questions still open at this stage. ________________________________ Submission guidelines Submission Abstracts must be submitted via the conference management platform by January 31, 2024: https://hnr2024.sciencesconf.org/<https://historicalnetworkresearch.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10c0d8…> The author (or corresponding author in the case of multi-authored papers) must create an account on the platform and then fill in the form, copying the abstract in full text (no PDF or other attachments). Abstracts can be written in English or French. Citations should use the Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition Author Date style (author-date in the text, then full reference at the end). Including an image in the abstract is encouraged to allow a general discussion of our network visualization practices. If, for any reason, the submitted version does not contain any, authors of accepted papers will be invited to add an image and caption at a later stage. Abstracts and images will then be published on the conference website ahead of the event and archived in a book of abstracts on Zenodo. Authors’ presence at the conference Although it is possible to follow the conference via streaming, it is nevertheless an on-site event. By submitting a paper, authors are aware that at least one person will need to be in Lausanne to present it. Important dates * 31.01.2024 deadline for submissions * 29.02.2024 notification of acceptance/rejection * 01.03.2024 registration opening * 30.06.2024 last possible registration for participants * 8-10.07.2024 conference * 31.08.2024 invitation of selected articles to JHNR ________________________________ Scientific Committee * Sebastian Ahnert, Assistant Professor (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) * Laurent Beauguitte, Researcher in Geography (CNRS, Paris, France) * Song Chen, Associate Professor, Bucknell University (United States of America) * Elisa Cugliana, Junior Professor for Digital Humanities (Universität zu Köln, Germany) * Luca De Benedictis, Professor of International Economics (University of Macerata and Luiss University, Rome, Italy) * Aline Deicke, Professor for Digital Humanities (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz, Germany) * Lieve Donnellan, Lecturer in Classical Greek Archaeology (the University of Melbourne, Australia) * Marten Düring, Assistant Professor in Digital History (C2DH, University of Luxembourg) * Thomas Efer, Researcher and Lecturer in Computational Humanities (Leipzig University, Germany) * Stéphanie Ginalski, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary History (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) * Robert Gramsch-Stehfest, Professor of Medieval History (Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany) * Martin Grandjean, Senior Researcher in Contemporary History (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) * Alix Heiniger, Assistant Professor in Contemporary History (University of Fribourg, Switzerland) * Henning Hillmann, Professor of Economic and Organizational Sociology (University of Mannheim, Germany) * Tobias Hodel, Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities (University of Bern, Switzerland) * Petter Holme, Professor of Network Science (Aalto University, Finland) * Aline Johner, Senior Researcher in Modern History (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) * Paul McLean, Professor of Sociology (Rutgers University, USA) * Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol, Professor of History of European Cooperation and Integration (European University Institute, Florence, Italy) * Lucas Rappo, Postdoc in History and Digital Humanities (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland) * Christian Rollinger, Reader in Ancient history (Universität Trier, Germany) * Henrike Rudolph, Assistant Professor in East Asian Studies (Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany) * Zef Segal, Lecturer in Media Studies (College of Management, Israel) * Marcella Tambuscio, Researcher in Digital Humanities (ZIM, University of Graz, Austria) * Ingeborg van Vugt, Structured Data Engineer and Historian (KNAW Humanities Cluster, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) * Christophe Verbruggen, Associate professor in History and director GhentCDH (Ghent University, Belgium) * Malte Vogl, Researcher in Network Science (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany), * Tobias Winnerling, Substitute Professor for Early Modern History/Programme Coordinator of the Department of Historical Studies (Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany) * Bernd Wurpts, Postdoc in Sociology (University of Lucerne, Switzerland) ________________________________ Find out more on the conference website: https://historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/<https://historicalnetworkresearch.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10c0d8…>

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Text Analysis Events from Constellate (free text analysis events :-))
by Amy Kirchhoff 01 Dec '23

01 Dec '23

Hey all ~ Constellate, the new text analysis service from ITHAKA (the same people who brought you JSTOR,) is running a couple of free events in December and January. Relax and Learn about Text Analysis on Your Break<https://constellate.org/events/relax-and-learn-about-text-analysis-on-your-…>, a three hour workshop free for anyone to attend - December 27 at 9 am and 6 pm Eastern (suitable for Asia-Pacific based people.) Spend three hours with us and other attendees learning about different text analysis techniques at a measured pace over your holiday break! You get to learn about text analysis, build a dataset or two, and do some analysis on your datasets. No homework will be given 😊 and no local software is needed. And while we will use code, we will not be coding. Potential for Large Language Models in Experimental Research<https://constellate.org/events/potential-for-large-language-models-in-exper…>, a one hour webinar free for anyone to attend - January 16 at 2 pm Eastern. Brian Jabarian, a behavioral and experimental economist at The University of Chicago Booth Business School, will discuss his recent collaborative paper in exploring the potential for Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance scientific practice within experimentation. Happy Analyzing! ~ Amy -- Amy J. Kirchhoff (she/her) Constellate<https://constellate.org/> Sr. Manager / ITHAKA Twitter: @AmyPlusFour Constellate is the only text analysis and data skills platform that integrates access to scholarly content and open educational resources into a cloud-based application and lab to help faculty, librarians, and other instructors easily teach text analysis and data skills. Take your research further with text and data analysis skills!

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Job : Postdoc (1 year), TextEnt project in Geneva
by Nicola Carboni 01 Dec '23

01 Dec '23

Dear all, We are seeking, starting **1 March 2024**, a highly motivated candidate for a 1-year postdoc position in the area of NLP and Linked Data within the project [TextEnt (Textual Entities in Time)](https://www.unige.ch/lettres/humanites-numeriques/recherche/projets-de-la-chaire/textent). The successful candidate will be part of the Digital Humanities Unit at the University of Geneva and jointly supervised by [Simon Gabay](https://www.unige.ch/lettres/humanites-numeriques/equipe/collaborateurs/simon-gabay) (Textual Data, Computational Philology) and [Nicola Carboni](https://www.unige.ch/lettres/humanites-numeriques/equipe/collaborateurs/nicola-carboni) (Linked Data, Graph Analytics). Working conditions: - Contract duration: 1-year contract - Wage: CHF 78’625 (~82’000 €) - Remote work: to be discussed - Experience: PhD, 5 years maximum after the viva - Starting date: March 1st Tasks: 1. _Corpus building_: constitution of a corpus (c. 5,000 documents in Historical French) from existing digital libraries, (ii) extraction of the information with HTR, (iii) encoding in TEI. Data and HTR and layout analysis models are provided. 2. _Geographic entities_: recognition and extraction from the retrieved corpus of referenced entities (current, historical and imaginary). Data and NER models are provided. 3. _Reconciliation_: development of a novel knowledge-driven pipeline for linking identified geographical entities with their corresponding historical entity retrieved by a list of public Knowledge Graphs (e.g. Wikidata). To be built from scratch. 4. _Analysis_: development of methodologies for the quantification of the impact in time of geographic entities through the analysis of their spatial and historical dimension. See this link for more details about the project, the skills required and the application procedure: https://www.unige.ch/lettres/humanites-numeriques/application/files/9917/01… Applications may be submitted before **January 15th** in either French or English to simon.gabay @unige.ch and nicola.carboni @unige.ch and should include: - Curriculum Vitae, with a complete list of publications; - a statement (max 2 pages) of why you are the ideal fit for the position; - One paper you (co-)wrote; - additional documents to support your application (e.g. portfolio), including the names and contact details of two references. Please spread the word, and feel free to get in touch with any questions. Kind regards, Nicola -- Nicola Carboni Visual Contagions Digital Humanities - dh.unige.ch Faculté des Lettres Université de Genève 5, rue de Candolle 1211 Genève 4

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Branding, Memes & Narratives | Representations of AI Seminar
by Michael Donnay 28 Nov '23

28 Nov '23

Dear colleagues, The Digital Humanities Research Hub<https://www.sas.ac.uk/about-us-6/institutes-and-centres/digital-humanities-…> at the School of Advanced Study, University of London is pleased to invite you to the second session of our virtual seminar series on Representations of Artificial Intelligence: "On hallucinations, spark(l)ing intelligence and the apocalypse". In the seminar, we scrutinize representations of "intelligent machines", and discuss how memes, literature, gender stereotypes, and colonial histories shape AI and the role it plays in today's society. Conceived as a series of conversations, the seminar brings together experts from across the arts, humanities, and computational sciences to reflect on the social and cultural influences shaping the development of AI technologies. All are welcome! AI Branding, Memes & Narratives <https://www.sas.ac.uk/events/representations-ai-ai-branding-memes-narratives> Thursday 7th December 2023 12:00 - 13:30 GMT In this session, we discuss the representation of AI from the angle of communication and design. We have a closer look at the images, narratives memes and metaphors used to portray AI, and aim understand their wider political and ideological implications. Panelists include: * Tania Duarte, Co-Founder and CEO of 'We and AI' * Tomasz Hollanek, Research Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge * Nadia Piet, Designer / Researcher / Founder AIxDESIGN * Valérie Schafer, Professor in Contemporary European History, University of Luxembourg, C2DH If you have any questions about the series, please email the facilitators Michael Donnay and Kaspar Beelen at digitalhumanities(a)sas.ac.uk<mailto:[email protected]>. You can find the rest of our seminar programme and register at the DH Research Hub website<https://www.sas.ac.uk/digital-humanities/events/dhrh-seminar>. Best wishes (and apologies for cross posting), Kaspar and Michael Michael Donnay (he/him) Manager | Digital Humanities Research Hub School of Advanced Study | University of London Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU michael.donnay(a)sas.ac.uk<mailto:[email protected]> www.sas.ac.uk/digital-humanities<http://www.sas.ac.uk/digital-humanities> The University of London is an exempt charity and a statutory corporation in England and Wales (Company No. RC000661) HMRC Charities Reference X422. VAT Registration GB 222 7971 03.

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Digital History Conference (June 2024): CfP
by Caitlin BURGE 27 Nov '23

27 Nov '23

Dear all, With apologies for any cross-posting, I am emailing to share details of a DH conference which I hope will be of interest to those on the EADH channels. The call for papers is now open, available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=had2024, with a deadline for submissions of Friday 15thDecember 2023. The plain text version can be found below or on our website, https://historicalarguments.wordpress.com<https://historicalarguments.wordpress.com/>. Any questions or requests for further details can be forwarded to myself (caitlin.burge(a)uni.lu<mailto:[email protected]>) or Dr. Anita Lucchesi (anita.lucchesi(a)uni.lu<mailto:[email protected]>). All best wishes, —---- CALL FOR PAPERS —---- Historical Arguments and the Digital University of Luxembourg, 25th-27th June 2024 In 2016, Franco Morretti argued that “somehow digital humanities has managed to secure for itself this endless infancy, in which it is always a future promise.”1 In the years since, little has changed. Whilst there has been exponential growth in the number of resources, tools, and methodological discussions in the digital humanities, there remains limited contribution towards traditional historical narratives implementing these, increasing the apparent gap between DH and traditional history. Terminology in the digital humanities – networks, mapping, modelling – has long been used metaphorically to explore historical phenomenon; yet in digitalizing these ideas, we have gradually moved away from the analytical arguments these phrases were originally used for. The more digital methodologies are separated from traditional approaches – focusing on building without analysing and represented only on ‘digital humanities’ panels in historical conferences – the greater the risk is of becoming increasingly insular and closed-off, “an interdisciplinary silo in which we are only speaking to other displaced scholars.”2 As a result, the digital humanities are often still faced with the ‘so-what’ question: what impact can these new methods and approaches make on historical arguments and how can they advance scholarship? This conference seeks to address the ‘so-what’, promoting conversation as to how new research processes and methodologies might build into and contribute to traditional narratives. Though the building of digital resources and tools are in themselves important analytical and interpretative acts – and are slowly beginning to be recognised as such within the wider humanities – they are also vital building blocks for historical arguments that can exist as exemplars of both digital and traditional scholarship. This conference offers a space to consider how this gap might be closed once more, encouraging historical case studies reflecting on the ways in which digital methodologies have offered a means of exploring historical sources and expanding historical narratives and fostering digital history research questions that push beyond merely the descriptive to the interpretative and analytical. We invite abstracts of 300-500 words for 20-minute papers that demonstrate the argumentative practices of Digital History and the broader historical profession. These may employ any form of methodology or tool under the umbrella of ‘digital history’ examining any historical period across the globe, but must present findings and arguments engaging with and contributing to historical narratives. Papers will be arranged chronologically or by historical theme rather than methodological approach, reframing the focus on the historical contribution once more. Submissions from PhDs and ECRs are very welcome, as are ‘works in progress’, so long as they remain indicative of an historical argument, and are not project proposals or overviews. Abstract deadline: 15th December 2023 Submission Portal: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=had2024 For questions or further information, please contact Dr. Caitlin Burge (caitlin.burge(a)uni.lu<mailto:[email protected]>) or Dr. Anita Lucchesi (anita.lucchesi(a)uni.lu<mailto:[email protected]>) 1. Melissa Dinsman, “The Digital in the Humanities: An Interview with Franco Moretti.” Los Angeles Review of Books, March 2, 2016. https://lareviewofbof’/s.org/article/the-digital-in-the-humanities-an-inter…. 2. Ruth Ahnert, Sebastian E. Ahnert, Catherine Nicole Coleman and Scott B. Weingart, The Network Turn: Changing Perspectives in the Humanities, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020), 88. -- Dr Caitlin Burge Postdoctoral Researcher Luxembourg Centre For Contemporary and Digital History UNIVERSITÉ DU LUXEMBOURG CAMPUS BELVAL Maison des Sciences Humaines 11, Porte des Sciences L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette T +352 46 66 44 4938 caitlin.burge(a)uni.lu<mailto:[email protected]> / https://www.c2dh.uni.lu/people/caitlin-burge DHARPA Project / https://dharpa.org/ Burge, Caitlin, ed. ‘The Correspondence of Thomas Cromwell.’ in Early Modern Letters Online [EMLO], ed. Howard Hotson and Miranda Lewis. http://emlo-portal.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections/?catalogue=thomas-cromwell ORCiD<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3981-7814> / Twitter<https://twitter.com/CaitlinBurge95> / Bluesky<https://bsky.app/profile/caitlinburge.bsky.social>

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DH Benelux 2024 Call for Papers - deadline 2024-01-31
by marijn Koolen 27 Nov '23

27 Nov '23

--------------------------- *DH Benelux 2024 Conference* 4-7 June 2024, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium *Submission deadline*: 31 January 2024 *Website*: https://2024.dhbenelux.org --------------------------- We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the DH Benelux 2024 Conference, a gathering of scholars, researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts in the field of Digital Humanities (DH). The conference explores the theme “Breaking Silos, Connecting Data: Advancing Integration and Collaboration in Digital Humanities.” DH research often involves working with incomplete, fragmented, and diverse datasets and collections created in specific contexts and stored in separate institutions. We invite contributions that explore strategies, techniques, and methodologies for breaking down silos and connecting disparate data sets and sources, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, and enabling new kinds of access to data. In particular, we welcome papers that discuss innovative approaches and best practices for designing and implementing data pipelines in the context of Digital Humanities, facilitating the flow and transformation of data across various formats, structures, and platforms. In the last decade, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has started playing a significant role in data integration: we encourage submissions that explore the application of AI techniques, such as natural language processing, computer vision, and multimodal machine learning, in data integration. Topics may include AI-driven data mapping, alignment, entity recognition, data enrichment, and metadata generation. Modelization and semantic frameworks play a crucial role in representing and integrating heterogeneous humanities data: we therefore invite papers that investigate the use of conceptual models, ontologies, semantic web technologies, and knowledge representation approaches for fostering harmonization and interoperability. In a data-centered research domain such as DH, ensuring transparency, reliability, and accessibility of integrated data is of utmost importance. We welcome contributions that address the challenges and opportunities in adhering to the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles in the context of data integration, sharing insights on best practices, ethical considerations, and data governance. Related to this is the link with Open Research (also called Open Science or Open Scholarship) and how publication, curation, and preservation strategies as well as particular choices for (open or closed) tools, software, or infrastructures determine the impact and reusability of research results. Finally, data-driven approaches often develop strategies to summarize and interpret information extracted from sources to create a new understanding of the material gathered. We welcome papers that propose case studies, methodological enquiries, data visualization techniques, and discussion of data-driven research within the domain of DH. Contributions that reuse data from other projects or institutions and integrate the challenges of data reuse in their papers will be particularly welcome. We invite researchers, practitioners, scholars, and students to submit their original research, case studies, position papers, and poster presentations related to the theme of "*Breaking Silos, Connecting Data*" and its associated topics. We welcome interdisciplinary perspectives and encourage submissions from various disciplines within the Digital Humanities. **** **Important Dates ****** Abstract submission deadline: Wednesday 31 January (23:59 CET) Notification of acceptance: end of March 2024 Conference dates: 5-7 June 2024, pre-conference workshops on 4 June 2024 **** **Language ****** We accept abstracts written in English and in any official language of the Benelux. Please keep in mind that English is the most widely understood language. **** **Formats ****** For DH Benelux 2024, we welcome five types of proposals: (1) long papers; (2) short papers; (3) posters; (4) application and tool demonstrations; and (5) workshops. Abstracts should clearly state the title of the presentation and the names and affiliations of the authors and the presenters. If applicable, please include your ORCID. Please indicate for which category (or categories) of presentation you are submitting your proposal. The word length is dependent on the proposal type, see details below. References and/or bibliography are excluded from the word count. The reviewers will take word length into account. Proposals may contain graphics and illustrations. *- Long papers*: (abstracts of 1000-1500 words, paper presentation 20 mins + 10 mins for discussion) are suitable for presenting empirical work, theorizing, cross- and multidisciplinary work, research methods and concise theoretical arguments. The research presented in a long paper should be completed or in the final stages of development. The research’s stage of completion must be clearly stated in the abstract. *- Short papers*: (abstracts of 750-1000 words, paper presentation 10 mins + 5 mins for discussion) are well-suited for reporting on early stage and ongoing research, as well as new project presentations, technical details and the results of practical experimentation and proof of concepts. *- Posters*: (abstracts of 500-750 words) are particularly suited for detailed technical explanations and clarifications, and for the showcasing of projects and research alike. *- Demonstrations*: (abstracts of 500-750 words) of prototypes, work-in-progress or finished software, hardware technology, tools, datasets, digital publications and so forth. Demonstrations take place simultaneously, in parallel to poster sessions and are meant to be interactive. Conference delegates will have the opportunity to mingle among the demonstration tables in an informal setting. *- Workshops*: (abstracts of 1000-1500 words) are self-organized tracks planned on the day before the conference. Workshop proposals are welcome on relevant topics and/or innovative approaches/tools/techniques. Workshops can be organised either in-person or in fully virtual mode (hybrid format will not be able to be supported). We ask you to indicate the scientific scope, aims, preferred format (in-person or fully virtual), length (half day or full day), number of participants, and a preliminary program in your proposal. The abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the DH Benelux 2024 Program Committee and published on the DH Benelux 2024 website. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit a full research article for the DH Benelux Journal. A separate call for journal submissions will be made after the conference. **** **Submission ****** Submissions can be made via Easychair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=dhb2024. **** **Evaluation **** Proposals will be evaluated according to: relevance, clarity, novelty and contribution. We look forward to your contributions and the opportunity to share insights, engage in discussions, and strengthen the Digital Humanities community at the DH Benelux 2024 Conference. Join us as we break silos and connect data, fostering integration and collaboration in the field of Digital Humanities. For any queries, please contact artesresearch [at] kuleuven.be. Sincerely, DH Benelux 2024 Organizing Committee

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Job offer / Postdoc / Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz
by Wübbena, Thorsten 25 Nov '23

25 Nov '23

This job advertisement can also be found at: https://t1p.de/funnb The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Mainz is a research institute within the Leibniz Association. It conducts and supports research on early modern and contemporary European history and is engaged in furthering the digital humanities. The IEG with its DH Lab invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral position (research associate) (m, f, x) – Digital Historical Research – to start on 1 February 2024. In accordance with the German WissZeitVG the contract is fixed-term and limited to a maximum of five years. Salary: German pay grade TV-L EG 13. Job-sharing is possible. Key responsibilities * Conducting an individual research project in the field of European history since c. 1500 with a strong emphasis on digital tools and methods. We particularly welcome comparative and cross-border perspectives on the social, religious, cultural, or environmental history of Europe. * Participation in the development of the IEG’s research agenda through publications and research activities. * Support of academic members of staff and guests of the IEG in the use of digital tools and methods. * Delivery of cross-sectional tasks at the interface between historical research and digital technologies. * Participation in the enhancement of digital research infrastructures and in the design of innovative research projects in regional, national, and European networks. * Collaboration in the Mainz Centre for Digitality in the Humanities and Cultural Studies (mainzed) and delivery of teaching within the MA programme “Digital Methodology”. Your profile * PhD degree in a field relevant to the job description * relevant publications and/or project experience in historically oriented humanities/cultural studies and in informatics/information science * international research outlook * excellent organisational and interpersonal skills * very good command of English * good knowledge of German or willingness to learn German within a reasonable time during the contract period In addition, we would appreciate the following skills: in-depth knowledge of digital methods such as * Data Modelling or * Machine Learning or * Natural Language Processing or * Computer Vision or * Historical Network Analysis or * Geohumanities We offer * opportunities to develop your career in a renowned research institute * the possibility to shape and expand your academic profile * a creative and motivating working environment in an international team * professional digital workflows, tools and methods for joint work organisation * further training * flexible working time arrangements Applications Please send your application (including CV, transcripts, list of publications and a project outline of no more than 1000 words) via email to the Leibniz Institute of European History (bewerbung(a)ieg-mainz.de) by 08.01.2024, stating reference number WMA-DHF-2024; all documents should be submitted in a single file (PDF). The IEG promotes professional equality between women and men and is committed to reconciling work and family life. Women are particularly encouraged to apply. Candidates with severe disabilities and appropriate qualifications will be given preferential consideration. We have a strong appreciation for diversity. For any questions, please contact Thorsten Wübbena (head of the DH Lab: wuebbena(a)ieg-mainz.de) or Joachim Berger (research coordinator, IEG: berger(a)ieg-mainz.de)

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