The Baltic Digital Humanities Forum Calls for Participation

19 Dec, 2023

Digital humanities researchers, practitioners and developers are invited to participate in the Baltic DH Forum scheduled for April 25–26, 2024 in Riga!

Dates: April 25–26, 2024
Location: National Library of Latvia, Riga
Participation Fee: None
Deadline for Applications: January 25, 2024
Event Website: http://www.digitalhumanities.lv/baltic-dh-forum-2024

Digital humanities have become a solid part of the research landscapes in the Baltic countries. Over the recent decades, this transformation has been evident through the vibrant and enthusiastic DH communities, the emergence of new research groups and centers, and the increasing presence of digital humanities courses and programs in higher education. This marks the right time for the digital humanities communities of the three Baltic States to come together, to look at how and in what directions DH has developed in our countries, to reflect on what is relevant today and to project what lies ahead in the near future.

The Baltic DH Forum spans two days, with the first day hosting sessions by speakers from Baltic DH communities and European infrastructures. The second day focuses on networking, presenting DH projects, digital tools, and educational initiatives, complemented by workshops on collaborative projects and fundraising strategies.

Apply now for participation in the Baltic DH Forum's "Demonstration and Networking Session" on the second day here by submitting a 200–250-word abstract in one of 3 categories – DH resource or tool, a Research Project, or an Educational initiative. Submissions across diverse areas related to digital humanities are encouraged!

The Baltic DH Forum is a collaborative effort organized in partnership with DARIAH-EU and CLARIN ERIC, led by the program committee comprised of researchers from all three Baltic countries. The event is financially supported by the Language Technology Initiative, funded by the European Union and the National Development Plan and the project "Towards Development of Open and FAIR Digital Humanities Ecosystem in Latvia" (VPP-IZM-DH-2022/1-0002) funded by the Latvian Council of Science.

Contact information: [email protected]

Third digitalhumanities.lv seminar

6 Dec, 2023

On 13 December at 12.00 the third digitalhumanities.lv seminar "DARIAH Campus: What's in it for You!" by dr. Vicky Garnett will be held on the Zoom platform. The seminar is organised in cooperation with ClarinLV and DARIAH EU.

The event will be moderated by Haralds Matulis, Digital Humanities Researcher at ILFA.

Working language - English.

Pre-registration for the event is required:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkfuCurTgoGNE0PYACrAdB8VKDr4zknarp

Meeting ID: 819 9963 3225

Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email with an active Zoom link to attend the event.

About what to expect at this seminar:

In this presentation, Vicky Garnett, DARIAH-EU's Training and Education Officer, will discuss the broad landscape of online learning and training provision for Digital Humanities. She will then focus specifically on DARIAH Campus, and how this meets the needs of various user-types across the European Digital Arts and Humanities community.

About Vicky Garnett: she is the Training and Education Officer for DARIAH-EU, the European digital research infrastructure for the arts and humanities. Within her role, Vicky manages the DARIAH Campus platform, as well as participating in projects such as EOSC-Futures and CLS-Infra. Her previous roles include developing, editing and managing the PARTHENOS Training Suite and the training content within it as part of the PARTHENOS-EU project, and evaluating user needs as part of the Europeana-Cloud project. She also ran the one-off 3-day 'International Spatial Humanities Camp' (iSHCamp) workshop in 2018, and is currently a co-chair in the UK/Ireland Digital Humanities Association 'Protecting the Investigator in Traumatic Research Areas" community interest group. Vicky has both a PhD and an MPhil in Linguistics, both from Trinity College Dublin, and a BA Hons in English Language and Linguistics from Lancaster University: a mono-disciplined background that, in her own words, shows "either a life-long passion for the subject, or a complete lack of imagination!".