Author: Joan Murphy

(re)Imagining the future for Digital Arts and Humanities in Ireland [4th March, 2027, Save the Date]

📌 Save the date for a DARIAH-IE Networking Day hosting the UK-IE Digital Humanities Association’s Regional Meeting

📆 March 4th, 2027 | 📍 Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin  | 🕰️ 10:30 – 16:00

Save the date for a national event bringing together practitioners, researchers and academics working in digital arts and digital humanities across Ireland.

Hosted by DARIAH-IE, Ireland’s national node of DARIAH the pan-European Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities, the day will also see the first meeting of the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association (UK-IE DHA) Regional Event Series.

This jointly organised event will bring together a broad range of stakeholders, reflecting the strength of collaboration between the DARIAH-IE infrastructure and the UK-IE DH Association.

The day is designed to:

  • Introduce the affordances of engagement with DARIAH-IE and the UK-IE DHA
  • Provide the opportunity to talk to – and hear from – colleagues across the island
  • Share knowledge across HEIs
  • Encourage participation in and engagement across DARIAH Working Groups and UK-IE DHA Community Interest Groups
  • Invite discussions on training needs, collaborations and events

Whether you are new to digital arts and humanities or already active in the field, this is a chance to connect with colleagues from across the island and help shape the future of both DARIAH-IE and the UK-IE DHA.

Full programme and registration details to follow, provisional timelines below:

  • October 20th, 2026 – Call for Papers and Provocations opens
  • November 27th, 2026 – CfP closes
  • December – Programme announced
  • January 11th, 2026 – Registration opens
  • February 11th, 2026 – Registration closes

A bursary call will also be announced in the coming months.

Keep an eye on our Event page for more info

For queries contact joan.y.murphy@tcd.ie or uk-ie.digitalhumanities@sas.ac.uk 

EOSC.ie launches Service Provider Survey [Closes 12 Oct]

EOSC Ireland launches a Service Provider Readiness Survey to map the national research service landscape.

Please complete this survey if you run any research services.

Purpose: The data gathered will help us accurately understand the preparations needed for future EOSC Ireland service onboarding to make them discoverable and accessible. It will also guide the approach to subsequent deeper layers of technical service integrations which may be needed across areas such as login (AAI), metadata standards, and protocols to make services interoperable.

Full info on scoping and survey context are available on the survey form. We also strongly encourage you to forward this email directly to relevant colleagues and contacts operating research services across different scientific domains to ensure we get a full and comprehensive picture.

Survey Details & Deadlines:

Follow-on Service Provider Readiness Workshop:

We will run a follow-on workshop via MS Teams on Monday, 19 October, 10:00–12:00 IST. Please join us and share this invitation with other relevant service providers.

Support

Questions and support on the survey or workshop can be sent to responsible EOSC Ireland project member: gavin.farrell@ul.ie

THIRST: the societal and environmental costs of AI data centre expansion [18 Sept, Galway, in-person]

THIRST: the societal and environmental costs of AI data centre expansion

1–2pm, September 18th, 2026

Studio 3, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Dr. Kat Austen in conversation with Fiona McGarry, introduction by Dr. Paul O’Neill

AI data centres are being built at an accelerating rate around the globe, their demands for water and energy raising concern. At the same time, AI agents are becoming embedded in search engines, operating systems, software and even in the infrastructure for critical services. Through long-term artistic research, Kat Austen explores the systemic impact of AI expansion, both on and offline. Since 2025, Austen has worked with Paul O’Neill to explore global perspectives on AI data centre expansions. In conversation with Fiona McGarry (Journalism & Media), Austen will present research into the landscape changes at a data centre construction site in Asia, and the resonances that this shares with similar sites around the world.

Dr. Kat Austen is a recipient of the Visiting Fellowship Scheme at University of Galway’s College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Celtic Studies, in collaboration with Dr. Paul O’Neill (Huston School of Film & Digital Media).

Register here: https://ti.to/creative-tech/ai-data-centres-kat-austen

Europeana Foundation – citation survey [Closes 18th Sept]

Europeana Foundation – citation survey

At the Europeana Foundation, we are keen to facilitate the access and reuse of the data we make available via Europeana.eu and via our APIs.

We have recently focused on data citation.

We would greatly appreciate your response to a quick survey to better understand how data is cited and reused in academia and research: https://survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/m6D6VU

Your input will be crucial in helping us support research workflows through the development of tools and services in the common European data space for cultural heritage.

n addition to informing technical improvements, your response may help us define recommendations and good practices for the cultural heritage sector.

The survey contains a maximum of 16 questions and should take around 10 minutes to complete.

Please share your input by Friday, 18 September!

Link to the survey:

https://survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/m6D6VU

E-RIHS information webinar [14 Sept, 11 CEST, online]

European Research Infra for Heritage Science (E-RIHS) – introductory webinar

Monday, 14 September, from 11:00 to 12:00 CEST.

If you are considering requesting access to E-RIHS services but still have questions about the process, or if you know colleagues who might be interested, we warmly encourage you to join the webinar and share the invitation with them.

During the webinar, we will introduce the E-RIHS Catalogue of Services, explain the proposal selection process, and leave plenty of time for a Q&A session, during which the Helpdesk team will be happy to answer your questions directly.

See here for further information: https://www.e-rihs.eu/join-the-e-rihs-info-webinar/

You can also check out www.e-rihs.eu and follow us on our LinkedIn and Facebook channels.