Events

ScholarTHON [2/3 Dec, Programme Announcement]

ScholarTHON: Organising Knowledge

The programme is out for ScholarTHON: Organising Knowledge, a free two-day research event at Cardiff University on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 December 2026.

ScholarTHON adapts the hackathon for arts and humanities research. You bring a research question and work on it in a small group with an embedded Research Software Engineer. This time we look at how humanities knowledge is organised: ontologies, metadata, graph thinking, OpenRefine and Linked Open Data. Whether these are skills you already have or ones you’d like to pick up, the two days will help you turn a research question into a model of the knowledge behind it that others can link and reuse.

Day One covers knowledge representation, ontologies and graph thinking for humanities data, and Day Two has a roundtable on infrastructure for digital arts and humanities.

Practical details:

  • Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 December, Cardiff University
  • Free, and no coding experience needed
  • Open to researchers at every career stage, librarians, archivists, curators, Wikimedians and other GLAM professionals
  • Up to five £200 bursaries for travel, accommodation, childcare and other costs
  • The winning team receives ten hours of dedicated collaboration with a Research Software Engineer to take its ideas further

📚 Programme: https://blog.humanities.org.uk/2026/11/10/frame-model-connect-whats-on-at-scholarthon-in-cardiff/

📝 Register by Wednesday 18 November: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/two-day-scholarthon-on-organising-knowledge-tickets-2003759118463

Questions: giovanna.dimartino@anthro.ox.ac.uk

EOSC.ie Mid-Term Workshop [26 November, Dublin and online]

EOSC.ie Mid-Term Workshop

The EOSC.ie project has reached its midpoint and we would like to invite you to join us for the EOSC.ie Mid-Term Workshop on Thursday 26 November 2026.

This workshop will bring together project partners, advisory board members and stakeholders from across the Irish research community to review progress to date, discuss emerging outputs and help shape priorities for the remainder of the project.

Through a combination of project showcases, guest presentations, interactive polling and collaborative World Café discussions, participants will have an opportunity to contribute feedback on:

  • Technical architecture proposals
  • Governance and funding models
  • Implementation priorities and roadmap
  • Stakeholder communications and key messages

The workshop will also include an update from EOSC Gravity on developments within the EOSC Federation and what federation means in practice for participating countries and services. 

Event Details

Date: Thursday 26 November 2026
Time: 11:00-15:15 (registration from 10:30)
Location: Atrium Board Room, One North Dock, D01 V8Y6
Format: Primarily in-person, with online participation available for morning sessions (11:00-13:00)

Register

In-person attendance:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/i6ZQNNkJD1

Online attendance:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rnJJBM90Ks

We welcome participation from researchers, research support professionals, data stewards, infrastructure providers, institutional representatives and anyone with an interest in EOSC and Open Science.

We hope you can join us and contribute to shaping Ireland’s future participation in the European Open Science Cloud.

Creative Commons – AI, Copyright and the Commons [Nov 17th @15:00 UTC, online]

CC301: AI, Copyright and the Commons

As artificial intelligence transforms how knowledge is created, shared, and reused, leaders and members of the open movement are at a crossroad that will define the future of access to knowledge and shared creativity.

Many see two options:

  1. A free-for-all, where anything shared openly is fair game for AI training
  2. Closing up, where content is locked away to keep it out of AI systems

Both put the commons at risk: a free-for-all leaves creators without agency over how their work is used, and closing up takes agency from everyone else, cutting off what open sharing was meant to serve.

The application of copyright law to AI training is complex. Around the world, there are exceptions and limitations to copyright that give latitude to AI training, but laws vary significantly by jurisdiction. Since CC licenses are copyright licenses, it follows that the application of CC licenses to AI training is similarly complicated.

Hear the latest thoughts about the relationship between AI, copyright, and the existing CC licenses and legal tools. Then, learn about the latest developments in our CC Signals project: a framework to give people more ways to express when and how their data is used in AI systems. The goal is to sustain open sharing by supporting meaningful choice and reciprocity, so those who benefit from shared knowledge also contribute to the commons. We plan to allow time for discussion and Q&A.

More info: https://creativecommons.org/event/creative-commons-301-ai-copyright-and-the-commons/

Introduction to Data Stewardship [UCC MicroCred, Jan-Mar 2027, Bursary Call Open]

Introduction to Data Stewardship

UCC is delighted to announce that applications are now open for the second delivery of DH5001: Introduction to Data Stewardship, a 5-credit NFQ Level 9 micro-credential offered by Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network in partnership with University College Cork.

As research becomes increasingly data intensive and as funders place greater emphasis on research data management, FAIR data practices and open research, there is a growing need for professionals with data stewardship expertise. This microcredential provides a practical introduction to these areas and supports the development of skills that are increasingly valued across research, higher education and other areas. 

Feedback from our first cohort was overwhelmingly positive, highlighting the relevance and value of the course for those working with research data. You can read Margaret Irons reflections on the programme in this LibFocus blog: Developing RDM expertise: A Librarian’s Review of the Introduction to Data Stewardship Micro-Credential

The programme is suitable:

  • Researchers and research support staff
  • Librarians and information professionals
  • Data stewards and data managers
  • Technical and IT professionals supporting research
  • Research administrators and compliance staff
  • Postgraduate students seeking specialist research data management skills

Course Details

  • Start Date: 11 January 2027
  • Duration: 13 weeks
  • Delivery: Hybrid (online and in-person)
  • In-person workshop: 12 January 2027, UCC campus
  • Credits: 5 ECTS
  • NFQ Level: 9

Bursary Opportunities

Through Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network, three bursary places are available for eligible applicants. These bursaries are intended to support individuals who wish to develop their expertise in data stewardship and contribute to strengthening national capacity in research data management and stewardship.

Closing date for bursary applications: 20 November 2026

Further information on eligibility and condition of the bursary scheme is available here: Bursary Details 2027

For more information and to apply follow the instructions and information on the DH5001 – Microcredential . For instructions on how to use the UCC Apply platform use this link.

You will find more general information about the course and the bursary scheme on Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could share this opportunity with colleagues, researchers, postgraduate students, and professional staff who may be interested in developing their knowledge and skills in research data stewardship.

If you have any questions, please contact researchdata@ucc.ie. 

Stage to Data project announces seminar series [online and in person, Paris]

The Arts and Cultural Data

This seminar explores the challenges and applications of this field for the study of the arts and cultural data. It is part of the European ERC project From Stage to Data, led by Clarisse Bardiot, and brings together two rapidly developing fields: digital art history and culture analytics.

The Arts and Digital Humanities seminar has three objectives: to explore the foundations of the digital humanities and their applications to the arts, particularly the performing arts; to analyze the scientific and ethical challenges of using digital data in research; and to introduce participants to the latest work in the field through presentations by recognized researchers. The program brings together specialists in the digital arts and humanities with historians, philosophers and researchers in the humanities whose work directly informs our discussions. Each year, an artist is also invited to present a practice related to digital technology.

The seminar is aimed at Master’s and PhD students, as well as artists and cultural professionals. No previous experience in data analysis is required. The sessions, which last two hours and are sometimes held in English, take place both in person and online (via Zoom). The presentation (lasting approximately one hour) is followed by a discussion and then a social gathering.

The sessions will be recorded and made available on the From Stage to Data website and YouTube channel: https://stage-to-data.huma-num.fr

The full program is available at the following address: https://stage-to-data.huma-num.fr/en/events/arts&HN/

19/10 – Andreas Aristidou, University of Cyprus, CYENS Center of Excellence

Performing Arts in the Digital Age: Capture, Analysis, Visualization, and Interaction with XR Technologies

02/11 – Peter Broadwell & Michael Rau, Stanford University

Reworking Similarity and Consensus in Pose-Based Analyzes of Theater Recordings

23/11 – Nick Crossley, University of Manchester

Investigating Event Networks

07/12 – Pantelis Michelakis, Director of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama

Patterns of Performance: Computational Audiovisual Analysis and the Transformation of Theater Historiography

18/01 – Lise Jaillant, Loughborough University

Pressing Matters: Artificial intelligence, natural history, and co-creation using cultural data

01 / 02 – Ulla Kallenbach, University of Bergen & Anna Lawaetz, Royal Danish Library

The theatrical gaze and digital humanities: text, performance, archives

22/02 – Johanna Drucker, UCLA

Affective, Experiential, and other Non-Standard Metrics for Visualization in the Humanities

15/03 – Nicola Carboni, University of Illinois

From Pixels to Context: knowledge graphs for visual objects

05/04 – Pierre Couprie, University of Évry Paris-Saclay

The musicologist’s digital laboratory: from instrumented listening to multimodal analysis environments