DHNow on break!
The DHNow team is taking vacation this week, and will return next Wednesday September 9!
Author: Colleen Nugent
Resource: Enrichir ses données avec le processus de réconciliation d’OpenRefine
Editors’ Summary: In “Enrichir ses données avec le processus de réconciliation d’OpenRefine,” a French-language tutorial published in Programming Historian, Pascal Martinolli provides a tutorial on using OpenRefine to enrich a set of research data with other linked data from external sources such as Wikidata. OpenRefine can be used for a process called “reconciliation” or “alignment” […]
Report: From language patterns to digital possibilities: Tanja Gaustad’s Journey in computational linguistics
Across South Africa, women in science and research are helping shape a more inclusive digital future, one in which our languages, knowledge and communities are represented. Their contributions may take many forms, but together they are helping ensure that technological progress leaves no language behind. For Tanja Gaustad, a fascination with language patterns sparked a […]
DHNow Newsletter, August 26, 2026
This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow’s Editor. Our Editors’ Choices this week include an essay describing an AI-assisted workflow for organizing archival images and an article discussing the tensions between incorporating AI into the classroom and maintaining traditional standards. We have also included CFPs, announcements, reports, resources, and tools, including a French-language […]
Editors’ Choice: AI in the Archive: Saving Time by Turning Photos into Structured Metadata
Editors’ Summary: This post details a workflow to use AI to assist with archival research. The author, a PhD candidate in history, discusses returning from a trip to the archives with hundreds of cell phone images of documents and struggling to organize them. He describes his method of using Zotero and Claude to organize these […]
Conference: AI and History Conference 2026
The AI and History Conference 2026, October 15–16, 2026 at Johns Hopkins University, is a practitioner-focused convening for historians at all career stages who are working with, teaching, or trying to evaluate AI and computational methods in their research and institutions. This event is anchored squarely in historical practice: its organizing questions are what AI […]
Tool: CB-Essay
CB-Essay is a platform for publishing long-form, multi-modal essays and monographs. Built on CollectionBuilder, the framework features longform content (connected essays, books, etc.) in front, with CollectionBuilder in the back supporting media embeds and customizations. See full post.
Report: Connections, ideas and renewed hope: reflections from Wikimania Paris 2026
From 21–25 July 2026, Wikimedians from around the world gathered in Paris for Wikimania 2026, the annual conference celebrating the people, projects and communities behind the Wikimedia movement. This year, we supported our largest-ever contingent of staff, trustees and volunteers to attend. For some, it was their first experience while for others, it was an […]
Weekly Highlight: HD Lab
HD LAB is a research space in Digital Humanities in Argentina that combines the organizational and collaborative model of a laboratory with the Humanities. Their projects are intended for multiple audiences, inside and outside academia, understanding Digital Humanities through Minimal Computing and the principles of Open Science. They offer courses on digital humanities methods, a […]
Announcement: Zotero 10
We’re excited to announce Zotero 10, which adds a host of powerful new features for searching and managing your library, a major improvement to Read Aloud, and a new Reading Mode for PDFs. See full post.