Digital Humanities

Middle voice in the diachrony of Ancient Greek: a quantitative (and qualitative!) approach [May 11 @ 5pmBST, online]

Middle voice in the diachrony of Ancient Greek: a quantitative (and qualitative!) approach

The eighth talk of the Data in Historical Linguistics Seminar Series will take place remotely on Monday 11th May 2026 at 5pm BST. Federico Viglino (Guglielmo Marconi University, Italy) will be presenting on “Middle voice in the diachrony of Ancient Greek: a quantitative (and qualitative!) approach”. 

Registration for this talk will close at midnight on Friday 8th May and the link for this can be accessed here: https://forms.gle/ioQ7qbspf9ebc19J7 

Participants will receive a Microsoft Teams link via email on the morning of the talk. 

The abstract for this talk can be found at this page.

The programme and registration links for all talks in the series can be found on our website: 

2026 Programme

This seminar series is run by Andrea Farina (King’s College London) and Dr Mathilde Bru and is aimed at PhD students and early career researchers. The purpose of this seminar series is to bring together researchers working on historical linguistics with a quantitative approach, and to discuss current avenues of research in this topic. We hope that these seminars will nurture international collaboration and establish academic ties among researchers working on similar topics in this field.

Artificial Intelligence and the Next Frontiers of Digital History: From Algorithmic Reading to Autonomous Agents [May 19 @3pm BST, online]

The seminar series organised by the Computational Humanities research group at the Department of Digital Humanities of King’s College London (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/computational-humanities-research-group) will feature another seminar.
– 19 May 2026 3pmBST
– Javier Cha (The University of Hong Kong)
– Title: Artificial Intelligence and the Next Frontiers of Digital History: From Algorithmic Reading to Autonomous Agents
To receive the link to join, please register at https://forms.office.com/e/gZrrpypLzN by 12 May 2026.

See the event’s page (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/artificial-intelligence-and-the-next-frontiers-of-digital-history-from-algorithmic-reading-to-autonomous-agents) for abstract and bio.

DARIAH-IE Announces 2026 Bursary Recipients to Attend DARIAH Annual Event in Rome

Original project artwork by Diaa Lagan bursary recipient

DARIAH-IE Announces 2026 Bursary Recipients to Attend DARIAH Annual Event in Rome

[Image above by Diaa Lagan, Bursary Recipient]

Four Early Career Researchers from Ireland selected to participate in DARIAH Annual event

DARIAH-IE is delighted to announce the four recipients of its 2026 Early Career Researcher Bursary Scheme, which will support emerging Irish scholars to attend the DARIAH Annual Event, taking place in Rome, Italy from 26–29 May 2026. The theme of this year’s event is: Digital Arts and Humanities With and For Society: Building Infrastructures of Engagement.

This bursary initiative reflects DARIAH-IE’s ongoing commitment to fostering the development of Ireland’s digital arts and humanities communities by providing emerging scholars with invaluable opportunities for international networking and professional growth.

The DARIAH Annual Event brings together researchers, technologists, and cultural heritage professionals from across Europe for presentations, poster sessions, workshops, and networking opportunities that enable engagement with the latest developments in digital research methods, tools, and resources for the digitally-enabled arts and humanities.

Building on the success of last year’s programme, which supported four Irish researchers to attend the DARIAH Annual Event in Göttingen, Germany, this year’s bursary scheme will once again enable early career scholars to participate fully in this prestigious event. Following the conference, bursary recipients will be invited to contribute a short media piece — such as a blog post or interview — to be published on dariah.ie.

Meet the 2026 Bursary Recipients

Diaa Lagan

Diaa Lagan is a multidisciplinary artist and PhD candidate in a joint programme between the Department of Media Studies at Maynooth University and IADT, funded by the Elevate Programme (co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the ERDF Southern, Eastern and Midland Regional Programme 2021–27). His practice engages metaphorical narratives grounded in mythology and history. His doctoral research, Decolonial Counter-Mapping in Extended Reality, examines how immersive technologies — including virtual reality and mixed-media installation — function as practice-based worldbuilding methods that challenge dominant Western epistemologies of representation, spatial knowledge, and narrative.

Ellen Scally

Ellen Scally recently graduated with a PhD from the Department of Film & Screen Media at University College Cork, where she was also a graduate of the MA in Film & Screen Media. Her doctoral research concerned the history of amateur film and cine-culture in Ireland, and her interests span Irish cinema history, amateur film practice, community cinema, and the audio-visual archive. Her PhD was awarded an Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship and, in 2025, she was a fellow at the Centre for Advanced Internet Studies in Bochum, Germany. Ellen is also a co-organiser of Haunted Futures, an annual interdisciplinary conference at University College Cork.

Guang Yang

Guang Yang is an MA student in Digital Arts and Humanities at University College Cork. His research applies multimodal computational methods to historical botanical works, focusing on the visual and material structures of illustrated knowledge. His poster, “Phyto-Vision: A Reproducible Workflow for the Computational Excavation of Global Botanical Iconography,” has been accepted for presentation at the DARIAH Annual Event 2026. His work examines how botanical images shaped the circulation and organisation of knowledge across global traditions, developing computational workflows using computer vision, vision–language models, and visual analytics to analyse large collections of digitised illustrations.

Vicky Bouche

Vicky Bouche is a PhD candidate in the School of Education at Trinity College Dublin, where her research centres on how Generative AI-supported feedback can enhance student-teacher relationships in multilingual and multicultural classrooms. With a background as a secondary school French and Spanish teacher, she holds a Professional Master of Education and a Master’s in French Language and Literature. Her research engages with Second Language Acquisition, educational technology, and inclusive curriculum design, guided by the conviction that “technology is most powerful when it brings people closer to learning—and to each other.”

About DARIAH-IE

DARIAH-IE is the Irish national node of DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities), a pan-European research infrastructure supporting digital research across the arts and humanities. DARIAH-IE supports Irish researchers to connect with a European network of expertise, tools, and resources. For more information, visit dariah.ie.

About the DARIAH Annual Event 2026

The DARIAH Annual Event is the flagship gathering of the DARIAH community, bringing together researchers, technologists, and cultural heritage professionals from across Europe and beyond. The 2026 event takes place in Rome, Italy, from 26–29 May, under the theme Digital Arts and Humanities With and For Society: Building Infrastructures of Engagement. For more information, visit the DARIAH website.

Music and Digital Humanities [Mondays @ 16:00 CEST]

🎼 💡 Music and Digital Humanities

The Distinguished Lecture Series ‘Music and Digital Humanities’ at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna invites leading international experts in diverse aspects of DH to share their perspectives with the interested audience.

📅 Monday, weekly from 5 p.m.
📍 onsite at the mdw Campus and online via Zoom
🌐 https://iwk.mdw.ac.at/music-dh/

The series is aimed at a broad, non-technical audience. It provides a varied overview of the history and current state of DH as it applies to music, its philosophical underpinnings and societal implications, and is expected to yield insights into relevant methodologies, technologies, infrastructures, and applications working with humanities datasets.

More information, the Zoom link and the (tentative) programme is available at:
👉 https://iwk.mdw.ac.at/music-dh/

Program preview

The lectures take place from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM (Vienna).

March 2, 2026 — Anna E. Kijas , Lilly Music Library, Tufts University

March 9, 2026 — Chanda VanderHart and David M. Weigl , mdw

March 16, 2026 — Frauke Jürgensen , mdw

March 23, 2026 — Andrew Hankinson , RISM Digital

April 13, 2026 — Mark Gotham , King’s College London

April 27, 2026 — Alíz Horváth , Central European University 

May 4, 2026 — Frans Wiering , Utrecht University

11 May 2026 — Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller , Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Venue: K0101, mdw-Campus)

May 18, 2026     — David De Roure , University of Oxford

June 1, 2026 — Christof Weiß , JMU Würzburg

June 8, 2026 — Announcement to follow

June 22, 2026 — Panel: Digital Editions

June 29, 2026 — Announcement to follow

An Interactive Tool for Interpretable Semantic Change Analysis via Definition-Aligned Embedding Spaces [April 13 @17:00 BST, online]

An Interactive Tool for Interpretable Semantic Change Analysis via Definition-Aligned Embedding Spaces

The sixth talk of the Data in Historical Linguistics Seminar Series will take place remotely on Monday 13th April 2026 at 5pm BST. Roksana Goworek (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom) will be presenting on “An Interactive Tool for Interpretable Semantic Change Analysis via Definition-Aligned Embedding Spaces” in an interactive session.

Registration for this talk will close at midnight on Friday 10th April and the link for this can be accessed here: https://forms.gle/mBmDUufrgskRtHPB6 

Participants will receive a Microsoft Teams link via email on the morning of the talk. 

The abstract for this talk can be found at this page.

The programme and registration links for all talks in the series can be found on our website: 

https://datainhistoricallinguistics.wordpress.com/2026-programme/

This seminar series is run by Andrea Farina (King’s College London) and Dr Mathilde Bru and is aimed at PhD students and early career researchers. The purpose of this seminar series is to bring together researchers working on historical linguistics with a quantitative approach, and to discuss current avenues of research in this topic. We hope that these seminars will nurture international collaboration and establish academic ties among researchers working on similar topics in this field.

Bursary Announcement – UK-IE Digital Humanities Association [Deadline 13 April]

UK-IE Digital Humanities Association’s 2026 Annual Event Bursary announcement

We are pleased to announce that our Annual Event Bursary Applications are now open!  The deadline for these applications is 13 April 2026. We plan to award between 8 to 10 bursaries of up to £350 to support in-person attendance at the Annual Event. Bursaries are accompanied by a registration fee waiver.

Bursaries are intended to support those who do not have support from their institution or employer, a grant or other funding source. This includes those who do not have access to funding from their organisation to support attendance at the Annual Event. The bursary can be used to cover costs related to travel, accommodation, subsistence, childcare and caring responsibilities, other accessibility costs, or anything else that would facilitate the recipient’s attendance at the event. 

Applicants do not have to deliver a paper to be eligible for a bursary. 

Our aim is to encourage participation from colleagues that face additional barriers attending such events, so bursaries are open to the following groups:

  • Postgraduate students enrolled in a degree course (masters or doctoral). Preference will be given to students enrolled in Irish or UK institutions.
  • Early Career: our understanding of early career aims to be as inclusive as possible to reflect careers in different sectors. Examples of early career include: 
  • Those who are within eight years of finishing their professional training or degree program.  
  • Those who are within six years of their professional appointment (the first full or part time paid employment contract). 
  • These periods exclude any career break, for example (but not limited) due to: family care; health reasons; reasons related to COVID-19 such as home schooling or increased teaching load.
  • Those who have recently changed career paths into a role aligned with the digital humanities / digital scholarship.
  • Preference will be given to those who are not employed on permanent contracts.
  • Precariously employed: those people who are working without a permanent contract or who are not currently affiliated with an organisation or institution (e.g. independent scholars). This includes those on fixed-term contracts. 

For full details and how to apply, please refer to the guidance here: https://digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/03/23/2026-annual-event-bursary-announcement/.

DARIAH Digital Arts and Humanities Training and Summer School Small Grants 2026 [Call closes April 16]

DARIAH Digital Arts and Humanities Training and Summer School Small Grants 2026

DARIAH invites applications for small grants supporting in-person summer schools and intensive training events in the Digital Arts and Humanities (DAH) that will take place in 2026. This programme aims to strengthen training opportunities, expand digital skills in the arts and humanities, and support collaboration across research, education, and cultural heritage communities.

Objectives

  • Promote methodological innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration;
  • Support digital skills development for researchers, early stage researchers, and cultural heritage professionals;
  • Encourage inclusive and geographically diverse participation;
  • Foster knowledge sharing within the DAH community.

Information on Funding

The total allocated to this call is €10,000. Typical grant range: €2,000 – €5,000 per event. Funding may support instructor travel, participant bursaries, teaching materials, technical infrastructure, and organisational expenses related to the event. However, proposals that privilege participant bursaries (travel, accommodation, and daily expenses) will be considered more highly. 

Matched funding involving other funding sources is possible.

Eligible Activities

  • Summer schools or training schools
  • Intensive workshops
  • Hackathons with a strong training component 
  • Method-focused training events

Events should normally last between 3–10 days and include hands-on digital arts and humanities training.

Eligibility

Applications may be submitted by universities, research institutions, cultural heritage institutions (libraries, archives, museums), or a consortium of partner organisations. The lead institution must be part of a DARIAH national consortium in a DARIAH member state, with the event taking place at the lead institution. For a list of eligible institutions please see the members and partners page on the DARIAH website. Alternatively, non-consortium  institutions in DARIAH member states can be lead institutions, but with the written consent of the DARIAH National Representative of their country. Inquiries about the scheme can be made to funding@dariah.eu.

Selection Criteria

Applications will be assessed based on training quality, relevance to the DARIAH impact, inclusivity and accessibility, and organisational feasibility.

Acknowledgement

DARIAH’s support should be acknowledged in event communications and on any other materials.

Reporting

Grant recipients must submit a short report after the event no later than four weeks after the end of the event, summarizing participation, outcomes, and links to training materials where available. Successful applicants will receive 60% of the funding upon signature of a grant agreement between DARIAH and the lead institution, and 40% upon submission of the report. Reports that are submitted after four weeks of the event may not receive the remainder of the funding.

Deadline

Applications must be submitted by 16 April  2026 at 17:00 CEST*.

* Should the total funding pool remain unexhausted after the initial selection round, the call will move to a rolling application process:
From April 16, 2026 17:00 CEST onwards, applications will be reviewed and granted strictly on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications must still meet all eligibility and quality requirements to be successful.This extension will remain active only until the remaining funds are fully allocated.

Apply here

Introduction to the Digital Humanities Climate Coalition Toolkit [Mar 18 @ 13:00 EDT, online]

An Introduction to the Digital Humanities Climate Coalition Toolkit

March 18, 2026 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Eastern Daylight Time

On March 18 at 1:00 PM EDT, eLabs will host a webinar that invites researchers to explore questions around the environmental impact of digital humanities work. The session draws on the approaches and resources developed by the Digital Humanities Climate Coalition (DHCC), a collaborative and cross-institutional initiative focused on understanding and minimizing the environmental impact of digital humanities research. Among their resources is a toolkit designed to help individuals and organizations make informed digital choices and support the development of more sustainable research projects.

Led by Christopher Ohge, eLabs advisory board member and a member of the DHCC, this webinar will provide guidance on how to implement the toolkit in research projects. The session will open with an introduction of the DHCC, providing background and context on the activities the coalition has supported in universities, libraries, and archives. It will then touch upon several areas in the toolkit, including:

  • Minimal Computing: explores how we can reduce the carbon footprint of our digital practices. 
  • Maximal Computing: examines computationally intensive digital tools such as Machine Learning, and offers perspectives on when these might be justifiable. 
  • Grant Writing: includes recommendations on designing (or redesigning) research projects, including Data Management Plans.
  • Working Practices: offers guidance on reducing energy consumption in your day-to-day working life, including communication and shared working, travel, and publishing and preserving data. 
  • Advocating within your Institution: offers tips on how to go beyond individual or project-level sustainability. 

The toolkit is designed to encourage researchers to adopt climate-responsible research practices. It aims to empower them to make climate-friendly technological decisions, and to support researchers who lack the practical knowledge about how to devise greener initiatives. As such, the toolkit (and this webinar) aims to raise awareness and provide practical tips on planning and management of one’s research infrastructure and data. Staff members, students and fellows will learn how to approach and improve their research design and implementation, as well as digital work more broadly.

Registration link: https://events.zoom.us/ev/ArTdA4F9q7dzkVL5cym9BdEnTAcleGdA2VPyYAry20QD7pZ9VsOY~AkYoZA_cW5R4AlLqYu717Z3ONrTU2TUEEPY0gKbTNUsBXzFzyUxocVkMbQ

Considering a Digital Humanities PhD in the UK ? Seminar [Mar 9 @ 16:30 online]

Are you considering a Digital Humanities PhD?

You may be unsure about whether to apply to a dedicated DH programme or a discipline-specific one. You may be concerned that your technical skills won’t be adequate, or that you might need to learn quickly during your studies but without support. How do you choose a supervisor in such a broad field as DH, and does their technical experience outweigh their domain knowledge?

This online seminar, co-convened by the universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh, London and Manchester, aims to discuss these questions.

🔎 What is a Digital Humanities PhD?
🗓️ Monday 9 March
🕟 16:30-18:00
📍 Zoom
💻 Register online: https://www.sas.ac.uk/digital-humanities-research-hub/events/what-digital-humanities-phd

Speakers:
Jonathan Blaney (University of Cambridge)
Gabriel Bodard (University of London)
Ryan Heuser (University of Cambridge)
Lucia Michielin (The University of Edinburgh)
Luca Scholz (The University of Manchester)

This event is organised by the Digital Humanities Research Hub at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.

Beyond The Frame: Network, Infrastructure and Vernacular in the Making of Environmental Visuals [Mar 16 @ 17:00 CET online]

Beyond The Frame: Network, Infrastructure and Vernacular in the Making of Environmental Visuals

Mar 16 @ 17:00 CET online

The Digital Humanities Network at the University of Potsdam cordially invites you to the next lecture in the ‘Code & Culture’ talk series. This semester we have a special focus on digital environmental humanities, preparing the ground for our “Environments in and as Networks” hackathon (Potsdam, 15-17.04.2026; more details and last-minute registration: https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/digital-humanities/events/environmental-digital-humanities-hackathon). 

Our guest this time is Warren Pearce (University of Sheffield), with a talk titled “Beyond The Frame: Network, Infrastructure and Vernacular in the Making of Environmental Visuals“(full abstract here). 

The lecture will take place on Monday 16 March 2026, 17:00 (CET), online via Zoom. Please register here to get the Zoom link: https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/digital-humanities/activities/code-culture-lecture-series/registration.