As one ADHO’s constituent organizations and sponsor of DH2023 the Association for Digital Humanities in the German Speaking Areas (DHd) congratulates all recipients of ADHO-Travel bursaries for DH2023 at Graz (Austria). To promote these bursaries and to encourage applications in coming years DHd has asked recipients from the German speaking areas to write individually short blog posts about their experiences.

These posts are part of the series (German and English):

• Christoph Sander DH2023 ADHO Conference Bursary Award
• Julian Häußler Eindrücke von der DH2023 – Austausch und Inspiration
• Ruth Sanders Bericht von der DH2023 Graz (ADHO-Travel Awards)

Enjoy reading and consider applying for ADHO-travel bursaries for DH2024 (Washington)!

Also DHd-offers travel bursaries for its annual conference and (new) independent travel bursaries.

Als eine der ADHO-Mitgliedsorganisationen und Sponsor der DH2023 gratuliert der Verein
Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd) allen Empfänger*innen der ADHO-Reisestipendien für die DH2023 in Graz (Österreich). Um die Stipendien bekannter zu machen und um Bewerbungen in den kommenden Jahren zu fördern, hat der DHd die Stipendiat*innen aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum gebeten, jeweils einen kurzen Blogbeitrag über ihre Erfahrungen zu schreiben. Dieser Beitrag ist Teil der Serie.

Mit großzügiger Unterstützung durch eines der Reisestipendien reiste ich von Darmstadt nach Graz, um an der DH2023 teilzunehmen – meiner ersten ADHO-Jahreskonferenz. Ich begann meine Konferenzwoche bei strahlendem Wetter mit einem Workshop über Werkzeuge und Strategien zur Datenvisualisierung, bevor ich am Dienstagabend an der Eröffnungskeynote und dem Empfang teilnahm. Im Innenhof des Messegeländes genossen wir einen schönen Sommerabend und die Gelegenheit, Freunde wiederzutreffen und neue Kontakte zu knüpfen.

Höhepunkte des Mittwochs, des ersten „richtigen“ Konferenztages, waren eine Session zu Literaturwissenschaft, meinem Arbeitsschwerpunkt, und ein langer Spaziergang durch die Postergalerie. Am Donnerstag konnte ich mir einige spannende Vorträge über Natural Language Processing und Sprachmodelle anhören, bevor ich in der letzten Session des Tages einen eigenen Vortrag halten durfte – mein erster Vortrag überhaupt auf einer Konferenz. Nach dem erfolgreichen Vortrag konnte ich zusammen mit allen anderen Empfänger*innen der Reisestipendien beim Konferenzdinner im Restaurant auf dem Schlossberg feiern.

Am Freitag gab es weitere Sessions zu Literaturwissenschaft, die ich nutzen konnte, um mich weiter mit Kolleg*innen aus nah und fern auszutauschen. Ich habe viel Inspirationen und neue Denkanstöße zu aktuell verwendeten Methoden und derzeit diskutierten Themen mitgenommen und verlasse diese DH-Konferenz motiviert und stolz auf meine erste Präsentation. Ich bin auch sehr dankbar für all die Menschen, die ich treffen und wieder treffen konnte, und ich freue mich darauf, in Zukunft mit einigen von ihnen zusammenzuarbeiten. Die Organisation und der Veranstaltungsort der Konferenz waren ausgezeichnet, auch in den Pausen wurden wir gut versorgt. Ich möchte mich bei den Unterstützer*innen der Reisestipendien bedanken und kann allen Early Career Researchers nur empfehlen, sich zu bewerben. Ich freue mich schon auf die nächsten DH-Konferenzen in Washington D.C. und Lissabon!

As one ADHO’s constituent organizations and sponsor of DH2023 the Association for Digital Humanities in the German Speaking Areas (DHd) congratulates all recipients of ADHO-Travel bursaries  for DH2023 at Graz (Austria). To promote these bursaries and to encourage applications in coming years DHd has asked recipients from the German speaking areas to write individually short blog posts about their experiences. This post is part of the series. 

The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations Annual Conference (ADHO) in Graz was an enlightening experience for me. I had the privilege of presenting our collaborative project, „Magnetic Margins: A Census and Reader Annotations Database,“ alongside my colleagues, Alessandro Adamou (Digital Humanities Lab at the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome) and Hassan el Hajj (Research IT at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin). Our panel was thoughtfully curated and expertly moderated, making our participation all the more rewarding.

While Alessandro was present in Graz, Hassan and I participated online as I was located in the US at the time and traveling all the way to Graz seemed somewhat over the top. I nevertheless applied for one of the ADHO’s travel grants, but  in order to be reimbursed only for the conference fees – EUR 165 instead of up to EUR 850, being the regular lump sum for travel costs. At the time of the conference, I myself had a fellowship with the Linda Hall Library at Kansas City that could not cover participation fees. To my great delight, it was no problem for ADHO to be flexible and pragmatic in this respect. 

The virtual format of the conference proved to be highly effective. Despite being in a North American time zone, I could seamlessly join the sessions via webinars. The ease of accessing live streams and recorded sessions meant I never missed any critical discussions or intriguing talks. Our presentation on “Magnetic Margins” was a culmination of collaborative efforts and research. Alessandro, Hassan, and I had worked diligently to develop a comprehensive census and reader annotations database, making use of cutting-edge digital humanities methodologies. Alessandro’s presence in Graz allowed for a smooth and seamless delivery of the presentation. Hassan and I were able to contribute effectively through the virtual medium, which was testament to the ADHO’s seamless integration of online participants.

Although I missed the opportunity for in-person networking, the virtual setting offered a range of networking tools. ADHO’s digital platforms facilitated communication among participants, allowing us to engage in meaningful conversations and connect with fellow researchers. The ADHO Annual Conference 2023 in Graz was a resounding success, leaving a lasting impression on me. I look forward to future opportunities to participate in ADHO conferences and continue contributing to the thriving community of digital humanities scholars.

Registration for the Baltic Summer School of Digital Humanities 2023 is open

Students, researchers, and GLAM professionals are welcome to enrol in the Baltic Summer School of Digital Humanities: Discourse Analysis and Digital Literary Studies, which will be held on 25-28 July 2023 at the National Library of Latvia (NLL) and Online.

The Baltic Summer School of Digital Humanities is an international intensive continuing education programme that provides the opportunity to researchers, educators, and students of humanities and social sciences, as well as archive, library and museum professionals to master various digital research skills, from data wrangling and analysis to visualisation.

In 2023, the school is organised for the fifth time and provides the opportunity to learn the basics of data analysis and visualisation with Python programming language, master web harvesting skills, and learn to use Tableau and Gephi platforms for visualisation. Particular areas of interest this year are discourse analysis, digital literary studies, audiobooks, and DH infrastructures. The full programme can be viewed on the website Digital Humanities in Latvia.

The school is organised as a hybrid event on-site and remotely. The fee for completing the full course is EUR 30 for both on-site and online participants; keynote lectures will be accessible for free and streamed on the NLL’s Facebook and YouTube channels. The working language is English.

Registration form for the summer school is available here:

http://www.digitalhumanities.lv/bssdh/2023/registration

The Baltic Summer School of Digital Humanities is organised in cooperation with the National Library of Latvia, the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia, and the University of Latvia. The programme is supported by the project “Towards Development of Open and FAIR Digital Humanities Ecosystem in Latvia” (No. VPP-IZM-DH-2022/1-0002), which is implemented within the framework of the National Research Programme “Digital Humanities” and funded by the Latvian Council of Science of the Ministry of Education and Science.

For more information contact:

Anda Baklāne
National Library of Latvia
Head of Digital Research Services
E-mail: dh@lnb.lv
http://www.digitalhumanities.lv/bssdh

It was a busy week Graz, Austria, from 9th-15th July as the international community of Digital Humanities scholars gathered at the University of Graz and Messe Congress Graz for the 2023 Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) Annual Conference #DH2023! The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Collaboration as Opportunity’, and we left feeling inspired by all the potential opportunities for collaboration and research outlined throughout the week.

Several pre-conference workshops took place on 9th, 10th, and 11th July, including an Intavia workshop entitled “Smashing the Silos! The Future of Cultural Heritage Information and Visualization” which was designed to reflect on novel developments and challenges in the field of cultural heritage information and visualization. An OpenMethods workshop entitled “Amplifying Unheard Voices in Digital Humanities: an OpenMethods Edit-a-thon” took place which invited Digital Humanists to explore the OpenMethods metablog as an innovative publication forum to strengthen the representation of traditionally underrepresented languages.

Our President of the Board of Directors, Toma Tasovac, and Anne Baillot fulfilled their roles as Programme Committee Chairs of #DH2023, and DARIAH shared a booth with CLARIN-ERIC in the breakout space, where we discussed what role DARIAH plays as European Research Infrastructure Consortium for the DH community, how to join its activities or how to use its services, such as DARIAH Campus and SSH Open Marketplace with conference participants. 

The opening keynote address was delivered by Professor Sarah Kenderdine (DARIAH Scientific Board member) and was entitled “Two-Fold Revolutions: Computational Museology in the Age of Experience” and covered panoramas and stereoscopic photos, Shaw’s virtual museum (1989), and on to the future with digital twins, text-to-image generators, and deepfakes.

DARIAH was well represented across the week: DARIAH Director Agiatis Bernardou chaired and presented several sessions, former Directors Jennifer Edmond and Frank Fischer also spoke, chaired and presented posters during the Thursday evening poster session, while the Bibliographical Data DARIAH-EU Working Group presented their recent findings in a panel entitled “Fostering Collaboration to Enable Bibliodata-driven Research in the Humanities”. Training and Education Officer Vicky Garnett chaired the Thursday morning panel on “Collaboration”, while European Project Officer Laure Barbot led the Tuesday pre-conference workshop entitled “Creating a DH workflow in the SSH Open Marketplace”.

The closing keynote address was delivered by Claire Fernandez (European Digital Rights) “Contesting Power in the Digital Age: The Role of Civil Society in Europe” and prompted a stimulating discussion during the Q&A before the conference’s closing remarks, in which the fantastic organising committee, hosts, and volunteers who made #DH2023 possible were thanked with a standing ovation.

Despite the busyness of the week, we were fortunate to find time for the Conference Banquet at Schlossberg which treated us to some beautiful sunset views of Graz, and we also enjoyed delicious vegan ice cream to counteract the high temperatures throughout the week. We left the week with an immensely positive sense of the opportunities afforded by collaboration and communication between DH scholars and beyond, and are already looking forward to #DH2024, which will be held in Washington DC, with the theme of “Reinvention & Responsibility” from August 6-9th, 2024!