Dear colleagues, the 2026 edition of the Venice Summer School in Digital and Public Humanities <https://vedph.github.io/vessdph2026> (6-10 July 2026) opens today in Venice, organised by the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH) at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, under the patronage of AIUCD. The school welcomes 25 participants from 14 countries in a free programme devoted to digital and public approaches to history, art history, textual scholarship, archaeology, and cultural heritage. I would like to highlight two keynote lectures open to the public, in person and online: Today, Monday 6 July *Francesca Tomasi (University of Bologna): "What do we mean by scholarly digital culture?"* Aula Mario Baratto, Ca' Foscari, 17.00 (CEST) Poster <https://apps.unive.it/server/eventi/113775/Digitalia_Tomasi_06-07-2026%20(1).pdf> Zoom registration <https://unive.zoom.us/meeting/register/UHVdBSyGSpmDb4gEox0Q7w>] Friday 10 July *Ross Parry (University of Leicester) and Vince Dziekan (Monash University): "Museums and Datafication: Renegotiating museums and their digital interfaces"* Aula Morelli, Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà, Ca' Foscari, 18.00 (CEST) Poster <https://apps.unive.it/server/eventi/113777/summer_school_DPH_10-07-2026.pdf> Zoom registration <https://unive.zoom.us/meeting/register/UHVdBSyGSpmDb4gEox0Q7w> The Summer School website presents the full programme and documents the underlying data structure and the publication workflow, so as to support its maintenance and possible reuse for similar initiatives: https://vedph.github.io/vessdph2026 With best wishes, Emmanuela Carbé -- Emmanuela Carbé Associate Professor of Contemporary Italian Literature Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH <https://www.unive.it/pag/39287>) Member of the Executive Board, AIUCD <https://www.aiucd.it/> Department of Humanities Ca' Foscari University of Venice Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà Dorsoduro 3484/D, Calle Contarini 30123 Venice, Italy