About
The University of Sheffield’s Digital Humanities Institute is delighted to announce that its two-day conference will be held in Sheffield on 4th and 5th September 2024.
This will be a physical conference.
The Digital Humanities Congress is a conference held in Sheffield every two years. Its purpose is to promote the sharing of knowledge, ideas and techniques within the digital humanities.
Digital humanities is understood by Sheffield to mean the use of technology within arts, heritage and humanities research as both a method of inquiry and a means of dissemination. As such, proposals related to all disciplines within the arts, humanities and heritage domains are welcome.
The conference will take place at the University’s refurbished conference facility, The Edge.
Keynote Speakers
- Professor Melissa Terras (Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, University of Edinburgh).
- Professor Simon Mahony (Professor Emeritus of Digital Humanities, UCL).
- Paola Marchionni and Peter Findlay (Jisc).
Call for Papers
We welcome proposals on all aspects of the digital humanities. For example, proposals might wish to focus on:
- New knowledge and insights within areas of humanities research which have arisen from the use of digital applications, techniques or methodologies. These proposals might focus on how specific research questions were solved.
- Case studies, best practice and evolving trends concerning the development of research resources, tools, frameworks and environments within the humanities, such as digital editions, mobile applications, virtual worlds, surface computing, web services and GIS
- Technologies and techniques which bring value to humanities research, such as AI, data mining, crowd-sourcing, linked data, text encoding, digitisation, ontology building, sentiment analysis, augmented reality, 3D visualisation and virtual worlds.
- Standards, best practice and case studies for data creation, data collection, development methodologies, usability testing, preservation, sustainability and accessibility.
- Issues and emerging trends within the technology and the information environment which do or might impact on humanities research. This might concern new technology, social trends, infrastructure, policy, funding, environment, equalities, assessing value or pedagogy.
Proposals are welcome from academics, researchers, postgraduate students, professionals from within the cultural, heritage and information sectors, technologists and SMEs. Proposals are welcome from UK and international contributors.
Proposals for Individual Papers
Proposals for individual papers should include:
- The name of the speaker
- The speaker’s institution
- The title of the paper
- An abstract of approximately 500 words
Individual papers will be to a maximum of 20 minutes duration. Each paper will then be allotted a further 10 minutes for questions.
Submission Process and Deadline
Proposals should be submitted in Microsoft Word or plain text format to the following
email address: dhi-conference@sheffield.ac.uk
The deadline for submissions is 28th March 2024.
Further Information
For more information on how to register your attendance for this conference, please visit the link below:
Link to the Digital Humanities Congress 2024 Information Page