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DH2024 SIG-DLS Workshop - Call for lightning talks
by Simone Rebora 18 Mar '24

18 Mar '24

Dear all, As usual, the SIG-DLS is organizing a pre-conference workshop at the annual DH conference. This year it will be organized together with CLS-Infra and it will include both invited keynotes, demos, and lightning talks. We especially value the last format, which could be seen as an opportunity to share ongoing research (or just simple ideas) in an easy and engaging way. If you are interested in giving a lightning talk, check the Call at this link <https://dls.hypotheses.org/1704> (I'm also copy-pasting it below for your convenience), and please spread the news! All the best, Simone === DH2024 Workshop – Computational Literary Studies: How To Do Research Responsibly (CfP) Posted on 11/03/2024 <https://dls.hypotheses.org/1704> by Simone Rebora <https://dls.hypotheses.org/author/srebora> In the context of the DH2024 Conference “Reinvention & Responsibility” ( https://dh2024.adho.org/) the SIG-DLS is organizing a pre-conference workshop entitled “Computational Literary Studies: How To Do Research Responsibly” The overarching goal is to present, promote, and showcase a subfield of DH that has recently reached — or seems to have reached — a critical point of its maturity. Known under the name of Computational Literary Studies, Digital Literary Studies, or Cultural Analytics, the field primarily revolves around computer-assisted analysis of literary sources. It was commenced by the groundbreaking initiative SIG-DLS ( https://dls.hypotheses.org/) and then further developed by a few other endeavors, e.g. the CLS Priority Programme founded by DFG ( https://dfg-spp-cls.github.io/) the JCLS journal (https://jcls.io/) the CCLS annual conference (https://jcls.io/site/conference/) the Journal of Cultural Analytics (https://culturalanalytics.org/) the CHR annual conference (https://computational-humanities-research.org/) the COST Action Distant Reading (https://www.distant-reading.net/) and the CLS INFRA project founded by Horizon2020 (https://clsinfra.io/) The idea behind the workshop is to consolidate the already existing initiatives, and to share experiences between projects, centers, and scholars involved in DLS/CLS. The workshop program will be composed by a combination of invited talks, demo sessions, and lightning talks. With this Call, we are inviting submissions for lightning talks (max. 5 minutes) on ongoing projects, research ideas, and infrastructures in DLS/CLS. Please send a 250-word abstract to simone.rebora(a)univr.it* by 30 April 2024.* Proposals will be evaluated by the organizing committee and notifications sent by 15 May 2024. *Organizing committee* Maciej Eder (CLS-Infra) Joanna Byszuk (CLS-Infra and SIG-DLS) Simone Rebora (SIG-DLS) Berenike Herrmann (SIG-DLS) Suzanne Mpouli (SIG-DLS) Pablo Ruiz Fabo (SIG-DLS)

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Queer Data Days online event 15 & 16 March
by Metilli, Daniele 13 Mar '24

13 Mar '24

[A pink background with black text and a black face Description automatically generated] Queer Data Days A Wikidata Gender Diversity Project Event 15 & 16 March 2024 at 14:00 - 19:30 GMT A two-day virtual event hosted on the Zoom platform The Wikidata Gender Diversity<https://wigedi.com/> project is proud to present Queer Data Days, a two-day virtual event hosted on the Zoom platform. The aim of the event is to provide an opportunity for researchers, activists, and artists investigating or applying queer approaches to data and technology to meet in an open and inclusive venue, share their latest work, and engage in fruitful discussion. During the event, speakers with different backgrounds — both academic and non-academic — will share short papers on a broad range of topics including queer data, queer identities, queer language, data justice and power, queer design, and queer communities on digital platforms. The event will be held on Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th of March 2024, from 2:00pm to 7:30pm GMT<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1710511200>. The first day will be primarily centred on the Wikimedia ecosystem. Both days will include presentations about the outcomes of the Wikidata Gender Diversity project. The event is convened by Daniele Metilli (University College London), Chiara Paolini (KU Leuven), Beatrice Melis (University of Pisa & Gran Sasso Science Institute), and Marta Fioravanti (oio.studio), and organised by Ciara Adeniyi-Jones (University College London). See the schedule and list of speakers, and register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-data-days-wikidata-gender-diversity-pr…

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CFP: Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory
by Michael Donnay 13 Mar '24

13 Mar '24

Dear all, The Digital Humanities Research Hub at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, invites submissions for the inaugural Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory conference, to be hosted at the University of London from 2-4 April 2025 in collaboration with colleagues from Aarhus University, the British Library, and the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme at the British Museum. Key Information: * Dates: 2 - 4 April 2025 * Venue: University of London, London, UK & Online * CFP Deadline: 15 May 2024 * Notification of acceptance: late July 2024 * Submission link: https://easychair.org/cfp/borndigital2025 Digital research in the arts and humanities has traditionally focused on digitised objects and archives. However, born-digital cultural materials that originate and circulate across a range of formats and platforms are rapidly expanding and raising new opportunities and challenges for research, archiving and collecting communities. Collecting, accessing and sharing born-digital objects and data presents a range of complex technical, legal and ethical challenges that, if unaddressed, threaten the archival and research futures of these vital cultural materials and records of the 21st century. Moreover, the environments, contexts and formats through which born-digital records are mediated necessitate reconceptualising the materials and practices we associate with cultural heritage and memory. Research and practitioner communities working with born-digital materials are growing and their interests are varied, from digital cultures and intangible cultural heritage to web archives, electronic literatures and social media. This international conference seeks to further an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral discussion on how the born-digital transforms what and how we research in the humanities. We invite contributions from researchers and practitioners involved in any way in accessing or developing born-digital collections and archives, and interested in exploring the novel and transformative effects of born-digital cultural heritage. More details can be found at the conference website<https://www.sas.ac.uk/borndigital2025> and the full CFP and submission portal is available here: https://easychair.org/cfp/borndigital2025 If you have any questions, please contact the Organising Committee at borndigital(a)sas.ac.uk<mailto:[email protected]>. Best wishes, 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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Upcoming free events on text analysis and AI from Constellate
by Amy Kirchhoff 12 Mar '24

12 Mar '24

Hello all ~ Constellate, the new text analysis service from ITHAKA (the same people who bring you JSTOR), has a number of interesting, free public events in March and April-register to attend live or participate asynchronously through video recordings and our Slack (join our Slack community here<https://join.slack.com/t/ithaka-constellate/shared_invite/zt-2bai3e344-PTYl…>). If you have an interest in Large Language Models (advanced artificial intelligence systems that use deep learning techniques to understand and generate human-like text based on vast amounts of training data): * Gender bias and stereotypes in Large Language Models is a webinar on research that shows how four recently published LLMs express biased assumptions about men and women's occupations. * March 15, noon-1pm EDT * Register for the Gender bias and stereotypes in Large Language Models webinar<https://constellate.org/events/gender-bias-and-stereotypes-in-large-languag…> * Introduction to Language Models - also-known-as, how does ChatGPT work? Is a five-part webinar series providing a detailed explanation of the neural networks of large language models. * March 20-March 29 at 10 am and 3:30 pm EDT * Register for Introduction to Language Models -- also-known-as, how does ChatGPT work? Series<https://constellate.org/events/chatgpt> * Supporting Text Analysis and Language Models in the Library (ACRL DSS Workshop Series) is a three-part workshop series for librarians and archivists hosted by Constellate and the ACRL Digital Scholarship Section (DSS) Professional Development Committee, in collaboration with the DSS Numeric and Geospatial Data Services Discussion Group, the DSS Digital Humanities Discussion Group, the DSS Digital Scholarship Center Discussion Group, the DSS Open Research Discussion Group, the DSS Data Information Literacy Discussion Group. * April 1, 3, and 5, 3-4:30 pm EDT * Register for Supporting Text Analysis and Language Models in the Library<https://constellate.org/events/supporting-text-analysis-and-language-models…> If you are not yet ready to code, but want to learn about text analysis topics, we are excited to introduce you to our key concept tutorials (all are welcome to attend any of these identical sessions, but please be aware that these new features will only be available to the users at our participating institutions.) * Learning key concepts in text analysis with interactive applications * March 18 at 10 am and 3:30 pm EDT * Register for Learning key concepts in text analysis with interactive applications <https://constellate.org/events/pre-code-tutorials> You are welcome to follow our events page<https://constellate.org/events> for all our future public events on text analysis, computational research, and artificial intelligence. ~ 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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Vacancy: Post-doctoral researcher in digital humanities (36 months, University of Helsinki, Finland)
by Hiippala, Tuomo J 12 Mar '24

12 Mar '24

Dear all, I'm looking to hire a post-doctoral researcher in digital humanities for my upcoming ERC-funded project: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/multimodality/a-foundation-for-em… The project develops novel methods and resources for studying multimodality, or how human communication naturally combines multiple 'modes' of expression. These methods and resources are used to develop empirically founded theories of multimodal communication in the domain of everyday cultural artefacts. The data studied in the project includes, for example, school textbooks, user-generated explanation videos on social media, news broadcasts, instruction manuals and online newspapers. This is a fixed-term position for 36 months, starting in September 2024 or as agreed, based in the Department of Languages at the University of Helsinki, Finland. RESPONSIBILITIES: The post-doctoral researcher is responsible for developing structured, machine-readable representations of multimodality for the page-based and audiovisual media studied in the project. As the descriptions of multimodality are collected using crowdsourcing, the post-doctoral researcher is also expected to participate in designing and implementing crowdsourcing pipelines. QUALIFICATIONS: The appointee must hold a doctoral degree in digital humanities, humanities computing, computer science or a related field, and have a keen interest in multimodality. Previous experience of developing structured representations for diverse forms of data is essential. Previous experience or interest in volunteer-based or paid crowdsourcing or citizen science is considered an asset. For more information, see the full announcement here: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Post-doctoral-researcher-in-digital-h… If you have any questions about the position, please contact tuomo.hiippala(a)helsinki.fi. Best, Tuomo Hiippala --- Dr. Tuomo Hiippala | Associate Professor in English Language and Digital Humanities Department of Languages | University of Helsinki, Finland | +358 50 377 33 66 http://www.helsinki.fi/~thiippal/ | https://www.helsinki.fi/multimodality

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[CfP] ESWC 2024 - Project Networking Session and Call for Participation
by Web and Publicity ESWC 11 Mar '24

11 Mar '24

Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) is a key academic conference for research results and new developments in the area of the Semantic Web and Knowledge Graphs. ESWC 2024 marks the 21st edition, which will take place from May 26 – 30, 2024, in Heraklion, Greece. ESWC 2024 main scientific program features 3 main tracks (Research, Resource, In-Use), a special track on LLMs and Knowledge Representation, a poster and demo session, a PhD symposium, an industry track, nineteen workshops and tutorials (covering topics ranging from knowledge graph construction and natural language processing to robotics, ethics, linked data in construction and neurosymbolic techniques), and the following keynote speakers: • Elena Simperl (Professor, King’s College London, Director of research, Open Data Institute) • Peter Clark (Senior Research Director, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence) • Katariina Karo (Lead Ontologist, Inter IKEA Systems B.V.) For full details and the list of accepted papers, see https://2024.eswc-conferences.org/accepted-papers/ Additionally, we would like to highlight the following: Call for Project Networking Session Profiles The project networking track of ESWC2022 will provide an opportunity to: • Share knowledge between research projects; • Transfer data and technology between projects; • Present and discuss project requirements and results with ESWC participants; • Discuss funding opportunities such as Horizon Europe and ERC. The project networking track is intended to provide research projects with the ability to connect with each other and engage in discussions about their respective research and development. It fosters opportunities for knowledge and technology sharing, and to identify complementary activities and goals. This can form the basis for future collaborations, research proposals, researcher exchange, or joint participation at events or initiatives. Who is invited? We equally welcome submissions from: (i) recently finished or about to finish projects, which have results to transfer/disseminate; (ii) ongoing projects: projects seeking methods, datasets and tools to perform their work and that would like to network and exchange know-how, expertise or info with other EU-funded projects; (iii) upcoming calls: discussion about upcoming calls to bring together potential proposals and consortium generation. What to expect from the network session? ESWC 2024 will offer you the opportunity to get to know researchers from different projects in a lightly organised setting. The network session chairs will match you with the most promising projects for you to talk to based on your profile during a series of ‘speed dates’. The Projects Networking Session will take place during ESWC 2024, in Hersonissos, Crete, during the main conference. The ESWC2024 program is being defined, come back soon for more detailed information on the exact date and time of the event. How to apply? Describe your project’s objective, what you would like to share with other projects and what you hope to find in other projects at: https://bit.ly/4bcdyRR This track will not be included in the proceedings, but your answers, with your consent, will be made available via the ESWC website to inform the community of the different projects in the session. Deadline: Send us your applications by Monday, 9 May 2022, 18:00 CET. Notification: Friday 13 May. In order to allow participants to benefit from the discounted early-bird registration and, at the same time, have more time to prepare the submission if they need so, we set two rounds of submissions, the first foreseeing both submission and notification before the deadline (24th of April) of the early-bird registration and the second one later in May 1st Round Send us your applications by Monday, 15 April 2024, 18:00 AoE. Notification: Friday 19 April. 2nd Round Send us your applications by Monday, 6 May 2024, 18:00 AoE. Notification: Friday 10 May. Project Networking Chairs Cassia Trojahn, IRIT, France Cassia.Trojahn(a)irit.fr Sabrina Kirrane, WU Vienna, Austria sabrina.kirrane(a)wu.ac.at Join us to ESWC 2024 - Fabrics of Knowledge here: https://2024.eswc-conferences.org/registration/ Important dates: • Early registration rates: until 24-04-24 • Regular registration rates: 25-04-24 until 21-05-24 • Late registration rates: 22-05-24 onwards Register early to benefit from the best rates. We’re looking forward to meeting you in Crete!

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the 14th European Summer University in Digital Humanities "Culture & Technology" (ESU DH C&T 2024) - 15-26 July 2024
by ALEXANDRA COTOC 04 Mar '24

04 Mar '24

Dear colleagues, The call for applications for the 14th European Summer University in Digital Humanities. "Culture & Technology" (ESU DH C&T 2024) has started. ESU DH C&T is hosted by Babeș-Bolyai University Romania from 15 July to 26 July 2024. We welcome participants interested in attending ESU DH C&T to access the registration section here: https://esu-ct.conference.ubbcluj.ro/guidelines/ Applications for a place at the Summer University can be submitted between 5 March 2024 and 15 April 2024. The Summer University will last for 11 full days with an intensive programme consisting of workshops<https://esu-ct.conference.ubbcluj.ro/programme/>, teaser sessions, public lectures, project presentations, a poster session, and a panel discussion. Workshops that are offered consist of a total of 9/18 sessions or 18/36 week-hours with the number of participants in each workshop limited to 10. Workshop participants can opt for two blocks of one workshop or two blocks from different workshops. Eligible participants can be students, doctoral students, young scholars and academics from the Arts and Humanities, Library Sciences, Social Sciences, the Arts and Engineering, and Computer Sciences as equal partners in an interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and experience in a multilingual and multicultural context and thus pave the way for future project-based co-operations. Participants are also invited to submit proposals for poster and project presentations. Babeș-Bolyai University offers opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and a space for scholars to showcase their know-how, bringing together like-minded people from within the University and – more importantly from abroad. In strengthening the community of practice already established by the University of Leipzig, Babeș-Bolyai University seeks to consolidate the network of high-profile specialists and scholars keen on integrating computational methods and tools to cultural artefacts of all kinds. The Summer University also offers a space for micro- and macro-skill building with the aim of discussing and acquiring new knowledge in applying computer technologies within the fields of Humanities and Cultural Sciences. Spanning from the integration of linguistics, publishing, libraries, archives to language teaching with the Digital Humanities, the contents covered during the summer school pose questions and deepen research in an interdisciplinary manner. For all relevant information please consult the site of the European Summer School in Digital Humanities “Culture & Technology”<https://esu-ct.conference.ubbcluj.ro/> which will be continually updated and integrated with more information. To get some insight into what you can expect from the European Summer University please consult the <https://esu-ct.conference.ubbcluj.ro/archive/> archive section<https://esu-ct.conference.ubbcluj.ro/archive/> on our website. 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Call for Papers: Epidemic Remedies In Medical Writing - 18th - 19th June 2024
by Dario Del Fante 29 Feb '24

29 Feb '24

Please forward as appropriate. Please note, there is no fee for registration. *Epidemic Remedies In Medical Writing - 18th - 19th June 2024 - University of Ferrara* This conference aims to discuss the representation of epidemic remedies in medical writing in England and in France between 1500 and 1920. Prospective presenters are invited to address epidemic remedies across five centuries, bearing three main methodological observations in mind. Firstly, the pivotal role of the plague and the Spanish influenza as opening and closing points to the selected timeframe. Secondly, the working definition of “remedy” as a cure “for a disease, disorder, injury, etc.; a medicine or treatment that promotes healing or alleviates symptoms.” (OED, remedy 2). This comprehensive definition intends to allow for historical specification and diachronic terminological variation, which the prospective presenters are invited to explore and specify. Thirdly, the definition of representation as “the process by which members of a culture use language (broadly defined as any system which deploys signs, any signifying system) to produce meaning” (Hall 1997: 61), with particular emphasis on language use at lexical and discourse level, as well as the interaction between semiotic systems (e.g. word and image). The present aim is not only to offer a diachronic perspective on the linguistic and visual representation of remedies, but also to focus on remedies prescribed during epidemics, with a view to better understanding the history of medical and health communication. Potential research questions straddle multiple standpoints - historical linguistics, the analysis of discourse, the analysis of lexis, as well as images - and multiple text types (medical treatises, medical dictionaries, periodical publications, medical advertisements through time). They include but are not limited to: - The lexical description of remedies in medical writing - The metaphorical description of remedies in medical writing - The rhetorical construction of ethos in medical writing dealing with epidemic remedies - The visual representation of remedies in medical writing - The visual representation of remedies in newspapers/magazines - The linguistic-visual construal of remedies in texts containing multiple semiotic systems (i.e. advertisements) - the insurgence of misinformation and disinformation in/about health communication (these categories may be epistemologically relevant in papers dealing with the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries) We invite proposals from a wide range of methodological perspectives. To name but a few: corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, multimodal discourse analysis, historical lexicography and terminology, new historicism, cultural theory, epistemology, philosophy of science, gender medicine, and gender theory. Please submit a *one-page abstract *(*ca. 200 – 300 words excluding references*). Presentations (*in English or in French*) will consist of a 20-minute talk followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion. All research papers should be delivered in person. All abstracts should be submitted to *remediesconference2023(a)unife.it <remediesconference2023(a)unife.it>*. All abstracts should be *anonymised *and include *a title *and up to *five keywords*. *Key dates:* - The call for papers opens on 15 January 2024. - The deadline for abstract submission is 15 March 2024. - Notification of acceptance (or rejection) will be sent out by 15 April 2024. - Registration commences on 1 May 2024. - The conference will take place from 18 to 19 June 2024. CfP Attached. Conference Website <https://www.unife.it/it/cla/progetti/epidemic-remedies-in-medical-writing-1…> -- *Dario Del Fante, PhD* Junior Assistant Professor (Rtd-A) English Language and Linguistics *Humanities Department - University of Ferrara* Via Paradiso 12 - 44121 Ferrara E-mail: dario.delfante(a)unife.it

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Fwd: CfP - Plotting Poetry 7 - Metres of Humour
by PlottingPoetryHumour 29 Feb '24

29 Feb '24

Dear colleagues, This is a gentle reminder that the deadline is approaching for the upcoming Plotting Poetry “Metres of Humour” conference, to be held in June in Einsiedeln (Switzerland). Please, find below the Call for Papers (CfP). The deadline for abstract submission is March 1, 2024. Best regards, Anne-Sophie, Nils, Petr, Pablo *PLOTTING POETRY 7: Metres of Humour.* 26-27-28 June, 2024 Einsiedeln, Switzerland *Call for Papers* *Plotting Poetry* is a conference series focussed on computational, statistical and other quantitative approaches for the study of poetic texts, and of poeticity more broadly. This quantitative focus, this insistence on the formalization and operationalisation of texts, from simple pen and paper counting and compiling to complex algorithms, provides us with a number of paths to analyze, describe, interpret, attribute, classify, track and generally access the texts. The Plotting Poetry conferences bring together a friendly community of researchers, and articles rooted in the conference papers have given rise to several peer-reviewed collective volumes. The name of the group stems from an effort to translate a (perfectly serious) pun by the French modernist poet Guillaume Apollinaire, who in 1917 wrote that poets should “[machiner] poetry as has been done for the world”, where the verb *machiner* is visibly used for* mechanize*, although it really means *to plot*, as one would *plot* a coup. In this group, we are plotting against our own limitations by trying to plot literature on graphs, devising mechanized approaches to dissect the mechanics of poetry. This year’s conference welcomes a focus on the many forms of humour in verse. Although verse and humour might appear to sit at opposite ends of a literary hierarchy of taste and sophistication, the two have appeared together for as long as verse has been written, sung, played, shared or shouted. Versified humour can be found in popular productions and in highbrow literature, with poets writing lighter pieces alongside their other productions, as well as including humorous passages within their serious works. Both materials - humour and verse - rely on a departure from *bona fide* communication, seeking to harness the shortcomings of language, to create layered meanings and to trigger an additional effort from the recipient trying to make sense of incongruous or opaque utterances. Whilst ambiguity would be an enemy of efficient communication, it is a staple of both humour and poetry. Versification usually provides us with a reassuring sameness, and versified humour sometimes relies on this learned expectation of sameness, taking advantage of our prior knowledge in order to mislead us. This happens when an unexpected approximate rhyme brings to mind the obscene word that would provide a similar yet perfect rhyme. Or when the choice of a specific metre, with its baggage of associated uses and meanings, helps create parody or satire. Or even, very simply, when the stanzaic structure of a poem builds then breaks the monotony of lines, signaling the humorous intent of its punchline. In French, the punchline of a joke and the striking end of a poem are both named *la chute*: the fall. Verse has an ability to leave an impression on our minds and memories, and as such can readily serve persuasion efforts, from slogans or commercials to epic poems and state propaganda. Humour is often a deeply political reality. Despite its affinity with taboo subjects and irreverence, one of humour’s regular uses is to spread and maintain stereotypes, assert domination, and strengthen the feelings of belonging and allegiance through a so-called universality. This humour of the dominant tends to suppress minority voices and singular perspectives, requiring the dominated to laugh along in an effort to fit with the in-group. And yet, it can also be used as a weapon for attacking the order in place, voicing singularities, and questioning the established norms. Examining the powers of those two phenomena, one can wonder: What happens when a versified text is humorous, and what when a humorous text is in verse? Can shared regularities be found in the many verse forms of humorous texts? Can we measure those, and how? Should, or can, the funniness of it be taken into account, or even just its humorous intent, despite the high degree of cultural, linguistic and historical specificity? Papers addressing humour alongside verse or other highly-controlled and rhythmical forms are all welcome, whether written, read, sung or smuggled, from the lowest to the highest registers, from any time period and any language area. This focus on humour in verse is not an exclusive one, and we encourage the submission of papers that use quantitative tools and methods in investigating poetry or poeticity, regardless of their link to humorous poetry. Besides, as has been traditional at Plotting Poetry conferences, works on other genres may also be included, provided that a mechanization or quantification apparatus is being used to explore their poeticity. Some of the topics to consider include but are not limited to: - Verse forms and meters used and misused for lighter pieces - Stanzaic structures and their use in humour - Puns and their relationship to versification - Versification as a target of humour - Slogans and propaganda - Standup as poetry - Musical forms of humour (song, rap…) - … For this 7th Plotting Poetry conference, we will be convening in the Swiss village of Einsiedeln, in the canton of Schwyz. In order to secure a better deal and to make this event affordable for everyone, we will be handling and largely funding the conference hotel ourselves, and the participants will be charged a reasonable fee. Please, submit your abstracts (max. 1600 characters including spaces) via this form <https://forms.gle/SoU9RWCmMLEvgchF8> until March 1, 2024. Should you have *any* further questions, you can get in touch at: plottingpoetryhumour(a)gmail.com *Timeline:* Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 March, 2024 Notification of acceptance: 15 March, 2024 Confirmation of participation: 1 May, 2024 *Organizers & programme committee:* Anne-Sophie Bories, Nils Couturier, Petr Plecháč, Pablo Ruiz Fabo *Webpage:* https://www.plottingpoetry.org/conference/2024einsiedeln/cfp

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[CfP] ISWC 2024 Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers: deadline May 2nd, 2024
by Sebastián Ferrada 27 Feb '24

27 Feb '24

23rd International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2024) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., November 11-15, 2024 http://iswc2024.semanticweb.org Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers: https://bit.ly/iswc2024DC Submissions due: May 2nd, 2024 Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iswc2024 ISWC is the premier venue for presenting state of the art research and innovative systems related to the Semantic Web and Linked Data, attracting a large number of high quality submissions every year and participants from both academia and industry. ISWC brings together researchers from different areas, such as knowledge representation, artificial intelligence, databases, natural language processing, information systems, human computer interaction, information retrieval, web science, etc., who investigate, develop and use novel methods and technologies for representing, accessing, interpreting, and using information on the Web in a more effective way. == Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers == The ISWC Doctoral Consortium will provide PhD students an opportunity to present and discuss their research ideas in a supportive, formative and yet critical environment, receive feedback from mentors, typically senior members of the Semantic Web research community, and peers, explore career pathways available after completing a PhD degree, and to network and build collaborations with other members of the community. The event is intended for students who have articulated a reasonably detailed research proposal, preferably supported by some preliminary results. The aim is to support the students in refining their proposal and suggest possible ways to improve their research plan and achieve results with prospective greater impact. While doctoral degrees can vary in format and conduct, we aim this Call for Papers to PhD candidates who will have already partially investigated some specific problems. Students will be required to submit a paper to the doctoral consortium, structured like a research proposal. All proposals submitted to the Doctoral Consortium will undergo a careful review process by the International Programme Committee, who will provide detailed and constructive feedback and select those submissions to be presented at the Doctoral Consortium. If accepted, students will have to register and attend the event, which will include a range of interactive activities. Track Chairs: Antoine Zimmermann - Mines Saint-Étienne, France Kerry Taylor - Australian National University, Australia Details: https://bit.ly/iswc2024DC For any question or request, please contact the Doctoral Consortium Chairs at iswc2024-doctoral-consortium(a)easychair.org.

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