Dear All,

The local organizers of the University of Potsdam and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam have decided to move the conference "DHd2022: Cultures of Digital Memory <https://www.dhd2022.de>" in Potsdam completely online.

The University of Potsdam and the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences are now pleased to serve as virtual hosts for the Digital Humanities community from March 7-11, 2022. Registration via ConfTool <https://www.conftool.net/dhd2022/> is still possible and virtual participation is free of charge thanks to generous support.

The scientific programme of the annual DHd-conference is as diverse as the German speaking DH community. We would like to welcome you to be our guest and contribute to the discussion. 

Highlights from the Conference Programme: 

• We are especially delighted to announce Amalia S. Levi (University of Bonn’s Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies) as our opening keynote speaker. Amalia S. Levi will showcase in her talk “Filling the Gaps: Digital Humanities as Restorative Justice” (in English) how imperial legacies are still shaping how archives, libraries, and museums organize and present world memory. Read more about the Opening keynote here: https://www.dhd2022.de/opening-keynote/ 

• We are also especially delighted to announce Kathrin Passig (independent writer) as our closing keynote speaker. Kathrin Passig will address questions of the “size” of Big Date in her keynote with the title “Rucksack der Rechenzentrum (in German). Read more about the Closing keynote here: https://www.dhd2022.de/closing-keynote/ 

Most contributions to the DHd2022 conference programme are in German, but there also some contributions that are announced in English, for example: 

Workshop: 

• Introduction to Docker | Marcus Lampert, Monday 07.03.2022, 14.00 – 15.30 & 16.00 – 18.00, Link: https://www.dhd2022.de/programm-events/07-03-montag/  

Talks: 

• The Digital Archive and the Politics of Digitization | Gerben Zaagsma, Thursday 10.03.2022. Session 11.15 – 12.45 Uhr, Link:  https://www.dhd2022.de/programm-events/10-03-Donnerstag/   

• Evaluating Hyperparameter Alpha of LDA Topic Modeling | Keli Du, Friday Session 12.03.2022, Session: 11:15 – 12:45 Uhr, Link: https://www.dhd2022.de/programm-events/11-03-freitag/    

• Adapting Coreference Algorithms to German Fairy Tales | David Schmidt*, Markus Krug, Frank Puppe Friday Session 12.03.2022, Session: 11:15 – 12:45 Uhr, Link: https://www.dhd2022.de/programm-events/11-03-freitag/    

You can browse the full programme here: https://www.dhd2022.de/programm-events/ 

We hope to welcome many of You in the digital format! Feel free to spread the word in your communities. 

Kind regards,

the local organizers of the DHd2022 in Potsdam, 

Anna Busch, Heike Neuroth, Peer Trilcke, Ulrike Wuttke and Melanie Seltmann