Dear all,

Registrations for the Professional Development and Specialization Course “Accessible Textual Heritage” are open until February 8th. The course will take place at the University of Verona and online (blended mode) from March 23, 2026, to April 30, 2026.

The course consists of 25 hours of training in the first week (March 23-27, 2026), with theoretical explanations and practical workshops, and the completion of a final project, with presentation of the results to a team of experts in the field (April 30, 2026).

The full program is available here: https://daih.eu/assets/pdf/CPAP-ATH2026.pdf

The course is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, PhD candidates, research fellows, professors and teachers, public administration employees, and professionals in archives, museums, and libraries.

Attendance requires a minimum of 70% in-person participation in the lessons, with the possibility to listen to recordings at home. The course can also be tailored to meet the specific academic or professional needs of each participant.

The course has received the patronage of the Association for Digital Humanities and Digital Culture (AIUCD) and the Digital Arena for Inclusive Humanities (DAIH).

Instructors:

Simone Rebora (University of Verona), Giulia Grisot (University of Manchester), Piergiovanna Grossi (University of Verona), and Marina Lehmann (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

Topics and Workshops:

• Accessible computing
• Basics of computational thinking
• Computational thinking with LLMs
• Accessible computational resources
• Accessible materials for computational analysis
• Accessible tools for computational analysis
• Accessible digital documents
• Accessibility standards and guidelines for digital documents
• Accessibility practices for textual and visual content
• Accessibile research outcomes
• Introduction to storytelling for academic and nonacademic audiences
• Visualization as tool for accessible research outcomes

Recognition: Upon successful completion of the Professional Development and Specialization Course, participants will receive a certificate and earn 6 ECTS credits.

Further information here: https://www.corsi.univr.it/?ent=cs&id=1279&menu=home&lang=en

Main contact: simone.rebora@univr.it

Kind regards,

Simone