Dear All, The UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Network would like to bring to your attention our second workshop, organised by Prof. Lorna Hughes and Dr Paul Gooding (University of Glasgow), on communicating the value and impact of DH in teaching, research, and infrastructure development. It will be held on Tues 16th March; full details below. All welcome! For a place at the workshop please register via EventBrite<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-humanities-and-advocacy-tickets-139648718075>. We are also conducting a short survey of those working in DH in the UK or Ireland to discern gaps in capacity and training strategies, and to inform discussions around the creation of a future Association. We would love to hear your views and would be very grateful if you would consider completing our short survey<https://dariah-ireland.org/pollsurvey/index.php/1> by 15th March: many thanks indeed. We hope to see as many of you as possible for the workshop on the 16th. Please feel free to join us for all or part of the day, as your schedule allows. For full details and for future events please see our network website at https://dhnetwork.org/. Best wishes, Charlotte --- Digital Humanities and advocacy: communicating the value and impact of DH in teaching, research, and infrastructure development UK-Ireland DH Network workshop Tues 16th March, 10:00-16:00 Please register via Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-humanities-and-advocacy-tickets-139648718075>. How should a DH Association for the UK and Ireland carry out advocacy? How can we ensure that any Association that emerges has both the authority and representation to speak on behalf of DH communities of practice? What are the entities that need expert input from the DH community, and how can the Association ensure that it informs and shapes policy and other decision making processes? The aim of this workshop is to discuss the policy areas in which DH interests need to be heard, and discuss some shared, strategic challenges where a united voice of those working in DH is needed. The workshop will explore the key issues that affect DH development in the UK and Ireland that have policy implications, areas where expert opinions and guidance may be needed, and the audiences for these views. We will focus on three key areas where advocacy is needed in DH: Research, teaching, and infrastructure. In research, these issues include the way that DH tools, methods, and outputs are assessed for national research assessment exercises and peer review of digital content, tools, methods and research outputs, and the impact of open access publishing on DH research outputs. For teaching, central issues have emerged around shared curricula and teaching assessment, especially the lessons learned from recent experimentation with online course delivery. In terms of infrastructure development, what are areas for investment that will impact the development and uptake of DH? And what can we do to effect engagement with those shaping policy regarding key infrastructure investment? Is there a need for a shared view? How can we advocate for DH, and to whom? How best can we facilitate international cooperation and collaboration: in the UK’s post-Brexit landscape, how can we stay connected despite the loss of schemes like Erasmus? How can we ensure continued UK DH involvement in H2020? And structurally, what model of DH Association in the UK and Ireland would underpin an advocacy agenda? What membership models would support an organisation that has a resonant and authoritative ‘voice’ for our field? Event Schedule 10.00 - 10.30 -- Welcome to participants 10.30 - 11.30 -- Reshaping Research 11.30-11.45 -- Comfort break 11.45 - 12.45 -- Transforming Teaching 12.45 - 13.45 -- Lunch 13.45 -14.45 -- Innovating Infrastructure 14.45 - 15.00 -- Comfort break 15.00 - 15.45 -- Panel and open discussion 15.45 - 16.00 -- Summary and next steps Reshaping Research * Jane Winters (Chair) * Andrew Prescott * Marc Alexander * Tom O'Conner * Simon Hettrick Transforming Teaching * Justin Tonra (Chair) * Julianne Nyhan * Paul Gooding * Catherine Cronin * Francesca Benatti Innovating Infrastructure * Jennifer Edmond * Stuart Lewis Panel & Open Discussion * Mike Pidd (Chair) * Tao-Tao Chang * Chiara Loda * Alan Bowman * Andrew Prescott * Jane Ohlmeyer For more information visit our website at: https://dhnetwork.org/ -- Dr Charlotte Tupman Research Fellow in Digital Humanities Department of Classics and Ancient History College of Humanities University of Exeter EX4 4QH Tel. +44 (0)1392 72 4243 Please note that I will be unable to answer calls to this number at present, although I should be able to retrieve voicemail. <https://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/staff/tupman/> <https://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/staff/tupman/>https://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/staff/tupman/ I will usually be able to respond to emails Tue-Fri. 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