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DARIAH-IE August Digest

A micro-newsletter for August 2026

We don’t issue a newsletter in July or August but here’s a digest of upcoming CfPs, Events and Workshops of interest to keep you going !

Calls for Papers 

Call for Papers: Entangled Histories Seminar Series 2026–2027 — “Borders and Sustainability: Human and Natural Resources across Time and Space” 

Date: Online seminar series, 2026–2027 |   Location: Online 

A new cycle of the Entangled Histories seminar series seeks abstracts on medieval and pre-modern history through a digital lens, covering digital philology, manuscript studies, human-animal relations, folklore, and Indigenous perspectives, all viewed through the theme of borders and environmental sustainability. Proposals (250–300 word abstract, bio, affiliation) are for roughly 30-minute online presentations, with a possible publication opportunity in a special issue or edited volume with a major academic publisher. 

More info: https://sites.google.com/view/entangledhistories/home 

Deadline: 31 August 2026

Call for Expressions of Interest: Special Issues of Digital Comparative Literature (ICLA-DCL) 

Date: Publication-based; first pieces expected from Autumn 2027 

The ICLA’s Digital Comparative Literature research committee invites short (max. 4,000 words) or long (max. 8,000 words) articles at the intersection of comparative literary studies and digital humanities: distant reading, digital archives, data visualisation for literature, electronic literature, and AI or machine translation for literary analysis. Accepted pieces will be placed with one of several partner comparative-literature journals. Submit a 500-word abstract plus a short biographical note. 

More info: https://icla-dcl.quarto.pub/info/news/2026/ICLA-DCL-journals-cfp.html 

Deadline: 7 September 2026 

Call for Abstracts: Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics 2027 (QDLCA27) 

Date: Conference: 14–15 January 2027   |   Location: King’s College London, Strand Campus, London 

The second edition of QDLCA brings together researchers using quantitative and computational methods to study how language changes over time and how those shifts relate to broader cultural dynamics. Keynote speakers are Prof Dirk Geeraerts (KU Leuven) and Dr Stefania De Gaetano-Ortlieb (Saarland University). The conference invites 20-minute presentation proposals, submitted as an anonymised 400-word abstract in .docx format, on computational or cross-linguistic approaches to diachronic change. 

More info: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/quantitative-diachronic-linguistics-and-cultural-analytics-2027-qdlca27 

Deadline: 13 September 2026, 23:59 BST 

Call for Papers: Oral Archives Journal, Volume 4 (2028) 

Date: Publication: Volume 4, 2028   |   Location: N/A — online submission 

The open-access, peer-reviewed Oral Archives Journal, published by Firenze University Press and USiena Press in collaboration with CLARIN-IT, is now accepting submissions for its fourth volume. The journal covers all aspects of oral archives, from creation to preservation, transcription, ethics, and reuse. Manuscripts of 30,000–50,000 characters are accepted in English, Italian, or French, alongside a 150-word English abstract, prepared for blind peer review. 

More info: https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/oarj/index 

Deadline: 15 January 2027 

Conferences & Events 

Computational Humanities Seminar: “Knowledge-Guided Prompt Engineering for Explainable Bias Detection and Mitigation in Museum Exhibition Texts” 

Date: 2 September 2026   |   Location: Online

Mahnoush Pourhosseini Akbarie (Sapienza University of Rome / King’s College London) presents a human-in-the-loop framework combining expert annotation with knowledge-guided LLM prompting to detect and mitigate interpretive bias, gender, cultural, and algorithmic, in museum exhibition texts, and to generate bias-mitigated rewrites while preserving historical meaning. Part of the King’s College London Department of Digital Humanities’ Computational Humanities seminar series; register in advance to receive the online joining link. 

More info: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/computational-humanities-research-group 

Deadline: Register by 28 August 2026 

Computational Humanities Seminar: “The Laudisi Observatory: a computational pipeline for framing and agenda dynamics in French continuous news” 

Date: 9 September 2026   |   Location: Online

Yann De Boisvilliers (Paris-Dauphine / EHESS, PSL University) presents the Laudisi Observatory, a computational pipeline for tracking framing and agenda-setting dynamics in French rolling news coverage. Part of the same King’s College London Digital Humanities seminar series as the 2 September session, this talk explores how computational methods can surface patterns in how continuous news frames issues over time. Register in advance to receive the online joining link. 

More info: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-laudisi-observatory-a-computational-pipeline-for-framing-and-agenda-dynamics-in-french-continuous-news 

Deadline: Register by 1 September 2026 

ONB Labs Symposium: “Collections as Data – Biases as Data” 

Date: 9–10 November 2026   |   Location: Oratorium of the Austrian National Library, Josefsplatz 1, Vienna 

The fourth ONB Labs Symposium brings together GLAM and Labs practitioners to address bias in cultural heritage data, spanning gender, cultural, and algorithmic bias in collection, digitisation, and AI use, through presentation sessions, research reports, project presentations, and a panel discussion on mitigation practices. Free to attend but places are limited; a detailed programme and registration will follow on the ONB Labs website. Attendees can also catch the CLARIAH-AT Roadshow beforehand. 

More info: http://labs.onb.ac.at/en/ 

Training & Workshops 

WissKI How-to-Tutorial: Linked Open Data & Semantic Modelling 

Date: 29–30 September 2026   |   Location: Online 

A free, three-module tutorial (90 minutes each, over two days) run jointly by the WiNoDa Knowledge Lab and SODa, covering the fundamentals of ontology-based research data modelling using WissKI, an open virtual research environment built on Drupal. Modules cover introductory semantic modelling, ontology modelling with Protégé, and moving from diagram to WissKI implementation. Register for one, two, or all three modules depending on prior familiarity with the topic. 

More info: https://winoda.de/en/event/wisski-bits-how-to-tutorial/ 

Opportunities 

Arts Council Digital Artist in Residence — Call for Applications 

Date: Residency dates to be confirmed with award   |   Location: Centre for Creative Technologies, University of Galway 

The Arts Council and the Centre for Creative Technologies at University of Galway are inviting mid-career and established digital artists to apply for the second year of this Digital Artist in Residence programme, part of the Arts Council’s Digital Arts Policy. The residency offers a stimulating environment and financial support, up to €18,000, to focus on digital arts practice, following a successful 2025 pilot programme. 

More info: https://artscouncil.ie/funding-opportunities/arts-council-digital-artist-in-residence-university-programme/arts-council-digital-artist-in-residence-at-university-of-galway/

Deadline: 11 September 2026, 17:30 

History and Art Journal — Call for Editors, Peer Reviewers & Copyeditors 

Date: Ongoing / rolling   |   Note: honorary, remote roles 

Following the launch of its inaugural volume, a diamond open-access, peer-reviewed annual journal deposited with the British Library and hosted via Zenodo/CERN, History and Art Journal is expanding its editorial structure and inviting scholars and heritage professionals to join as Section Editors, Peer Reviewers, or Copyeditors and Layout Designers. These are honorary roles offering editorial experience and named recognition in the journal’s permanent metadata. 

More info: https://www.historyandartjournal.org 

Other 

New Article: “Should sensitive archival images be shown? The case for applying AI to colonial archives” 

Drawing on fifteen interviews with GLAM professionals and a computer-vision test on colonial photographs from the Archives Nationales d’Outre-mer, this open-access article by Jaillant, Kidd and Zhao proposes a framework combining automated triage, human review, clear labelling of AI-generated descriptions, and consultation with source communities for handling sensitive colonial archival images responsibly. Part of the British Academy-funded GENIAC project on AI and colonial archival images. 

More info: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-026-09552-x 

Scholarly Editing, Volume 43 — New Issue Live 

The latest volume of Scholarly Editing, a small online journal focused on editorial practice and scholarly digital editing, is now live on a newly redesigned website. As always, the issue includes newly published micro-editions: small-scale digital editions of texts that have not been favoured by the established literary canon. The journal is open to hearing from anyone interested in submitting work of their own. 

More info: https://scholarlyediting.org/issues/43/ 

TaDiRAH Update — Session at EADH 2026 

Date: 16 September 2026, 9:00–10:30am   |   Location: Room 303, al. Mickiewicza 9b, Kraków (EADH 2026) 

As part of EADH 2026, a session on the continued development of TaDiRAH (Taxonomy of Digital Research Activities in the Humanities) will cover its governance, multilingual expansion, interoperability, and integration with the German data-competence centres HERMES and SODa. The presenters, Ksenia Stanicka-Brzezicka, Canan Hastik, and Marlon-Benedikt George, welcome anyone with an interest in TaDiRAH to join the discussion at the conference. 

More info: https://eadh2026.confer.uj.edu.pl/programme 

IMA Shared Island GLAM Programme [Call open]

IMA Shared Island GLAM Programme [Call open]

Just announced the Shared Island GLAM Programme – a new 5-year all-island initiative led by the Heritage Council and IMA. Funded through the Shared Island initiative, the programme aims to strengthen collaboration, visibility and public engagement across not-for-profit, collections-focused galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) in Ireland and Northern Ireland, while supporting a deeper understanding of shared cultural heritage.

Through collaborative project funding, professional development and networking opportunities, mentorship and exchange programmes, and an annual GLAM Awards programme from 2027, the initiative will strengthen relationships across the collections-focused GLAM sector, encourage knowledge-sharing and innovation, recognise excellence, and help build a stronger and more connected cultural heritage sector across the island.

This programme also includes Shared Island GLAM Project Funding, which is currently open for applications. The fund is ‘to develop and test new ideas and approaches to public engagement, co-creation and all-island collaboration’. Projects must involve collaboration between at least one eligible GLAM organisation in Ireland and one eligible GLAM organisation in Northern Ireland. It is envisaged that three to four collaborative projects will receive funding of between €10,000 and €15,000 each during this initial pilot round. 

The window for applications is open until Thursday, 03 September 2026.

Live online information sessions will be held on 29 July and 11 August.

RLUK27 Conference, Belfast, 10-12 March 2027 [CfP Open]

Research Libraries UK 2027 Conference call now open

RLUK27 Conference | Belfast | 10-12 March 2027

The Living Library, Shaped by People

💠 The RLUK27 Conference call for papers is now open. The deadline for submissions is 17:00 (GMT) on Monday 26 October 2026

🔗 Read the full CFP at https://rlukconference.com/

RLUK27 is an international conference that is open to all. We welcome submissions from all colleagues who share our commitment to reshape scholarship and the role of the research library. We look forward to hearing from a range of voices that will challenge, disrupt and inspire us.

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Research libraries are dynamic, living infrastructures of knowledge, exchange, and collective progress. A library’s life is expressed through continual evolution – in the way that they sense, respond, and evolve to the complexities of the communities and institutions that they serve.

💠 RLUK27 will explore how this ‘life’ is shaped in the research library and how this helps to sustain the foundations of a healthier, more humane society. 

The main conference themes will include, but are not limited to, the following: 

The stories we tell: How research libraries define themselves, and how they are understood by others, raises important questions about our relevance, value, and visibility. With continual social, economic, and technological shifts, is this now an opportune moment for us to tell stronger narratives around the breadth of the work that we do? Can we update outmoded perceptions, both within and outside the academy, of the purpose and value of the library as a passive support system for scholarship and research? How do we evidence our role as dynamic, strategic partners in the creation, organisation, and circulation of knowledge? And how do we show that we are an active force for economic development, cultural vitality, and social resilience?

The bridges we build: Our collections are profoundly human. In the multiplicity of the histories, voices, and perspectives they document, our collections reflect an infinite complexity of individual lives lived and collective experiences had. The library is perhaps one of the few spaces where it is possible to soberly reflect on difficult and contentious pasts, through exhibitions, oral histories, events and other programming, and through this provide a shared ground for dialogue, understanding, and reconciliation. We wish to explore the unique role research libraries can bring as stewards of knowledge and how this can contribute towards collective healing and social cohesion.

The futures we create: We are operating in a time of increasingly severe financial constraints, which can have a detrimental impact not just on our budgets, but also the morale, performance, and potential of our people too. If traditional funding structures become further constricted, is this now the time for research libraries to look to alternative sources of funds to make an increasing contribution towards financial stability? How can partnerships with external organisations and donors remain mutually beneficial whilst ensuring that libraries stay true to their core mission and values? How can philanthropic activities help libraries further innovative and specialist programmes that may sit outside our core spend? Is there a risk that non-standard funding could reshape our libraries and services in unintended ways? How can we assess and mitigate against such risks?

The technology we shape: In an era defined by rapid technological change, particularly the rise of AI and other emerging technologies, how can libraries help to shape flexible, interoperable, and future-facing knowledge infrastructures, whilst keeping human needs, values, and relationships at the centre of any infrastructural change?

The meaning we bring: Research libraries are increasingly recognised not only as centres of scholarship, but also as civic institutions that create public value and strengthen community connections. We seek to explore their evolving civic role: how they meaningfully engage communities beyond the university, support community building, and expand the reach and relevance of special and heritage collections beyond the campus. How is a growing emphasis on civic priorities reshaping library collections, spaces, and professional practices?

GenAI in Irish Libraries and Information Organisations [Survey, closes July 14th]

GenAI in Irish Libraries and Information Organisations: Readiness, Attitudes & Impact Survey

You are invited to participate in the research survey, “GenAI in Irish Libraries and Information Organisations: Readiness, Attitudes & Impact.” 

This study examines how library and information professionals in Ireland engage with Generative AI technologies, focusing on awareness, preparedness, attitudes, and current practices.

Participation is voluntary and anonymous. Responses will be used for research purposes only and reported in aggregated form. The study has received ethical approval from the UCD Human Research Ethics Committee – Humanities (Ref: 022-HS-26-LR-Havelka) and is a collaboration between UCD’s iSchool and the Western Regional Section of the Library Association of Ireland.

Your insights will help inform future research, training, and professional development related to GenAI in the Irish library and information sector. We encourage you to participate and share your response.

https://eu.surveymonkey.com/r/ireland

INFINITY Project Survey – Cultural Heritage Collections (re)use [Deadline April 30]

INFINITY Project Surveys – Cultural Heritage Collections (re)use

Do you manage or reuse cultural heritage collections in your work? Then take one of our INFINITY (https://www.dataspace-culturalheritage.eu/en/projects/infinity) project surveys to share your perspectives and contribute to the future of the digital creative economy. It will take 10 – 15 minutes to complete and the deadline for submissions is 30 April 2026.

Take the survey on collections management: https://survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/b6CAyu

The first survey aims to gather data about collections management practices and information about licensing and reuse of cultural heritage digital objects from the perspective of staff at a cultural heritage institution. If you are a cultural heritage professional working in Cultural Heritage Digital Objects (digitised or born-digital cultural heritage collections) collections management we encourage you to share your thoughts here!

Take the survey on reuse: https://survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/4oBybV

The second survey aims to understand how copyright, licensing and business practices affect real-world reuse of digital heritage, helping identify challenges and opportunities for the creative sector in Europe. If you are a professional working primarily in the creative industries and reusing Cultural Heritage Digital Objects we want to hear from you here!