Over the past few years, the development of excellent self-paced tutorials and training materials for undertaking digital scholarship and data science in libraries have proliferated online. For library professionals who are relatively new to this area however, it can be hard to know where to begin! Without knowing a little bit about the context of […]
A collection of online/open-access articles, lesson plans, and websites about the Ancient World, including accessibility and inclusivity in the ancient studies classrooms. See full post.
We want to extend our thanks and recognition to the Fall 2025 DHNow Guest Editors: Rachel Hogan, Augustine Fariola, Abirlal Mukherjee, and Lívia Clarete. Thank you so much for your contributions to DH Now! We have been fortunate to receive a significant number of Guest Editor applications since we relaunched this Spring. Due to this, […]
We are pleased to announce a two-day international conference on April 22-23, 2026 at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and at Uppsala University dedicated to examining the rapidly evolving landscape of comics. Rather than framing this transformation solely as a rupture, the conference seeks to situate it within a longer history of computational […]
The Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) is pleased to announce a special collection on Benchmarking in Digital Humanities, edited by Dr Jenny C.Y. Kwok and Dr. Liam Jianliang Gao. This collection will explore the critical role of benchmarking in advancing humanities research, highlighting how the creation of shared evaluation data and systematic comparison of […]
Early literature shows us a range of different attitudes, where animals are treated as equals, with character traits both good and bad, or as noble messengers of a god or gods rather than livestock, moving scenery, or exploitable resources. The most lavish of them all, the Aberdeen Bestiary, which dates from around 1200, was once […]
The Digital Humanities Slack is a set of informal, connected chat rooms for the digital humanities and related interests, with over 50 “channels” (chat rooms) devoted to specific topics such as DH teaching, coding, library work, and conferences. Come join us! Absolutely no DH background is needed, and we specifically have channels for supporting students […]
Catalyzing African Community Archives for Social Good (CACASG) is a collaborative project of the University of Illinois, African archivists, the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), and Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev). The project seeks to foster the preservation of African knowledge and cultural heritage, developing memory practices that enable local organizations and communities to tell their […]
The DLF Digital Library Pedagogy Working Group invites proposals for practical, adaptable teaching materials that use digital methods in music and sound contexts which will be published as part of the #DLFteach Toolkit. We welcome contributions from faculty, instructors, librarians, archivists, technologists, and community educators across musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, composition, performance, sound art, podcasting, and […]
The use of data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science techniques are becoming increasingly pervasive in daily life and research activities, attracting many scholars to adopt them in historically oriented research with promising results. However, neither data nor computational techniques are neutral tools. Historical archives and datasets are themselves the products of selective curation reflecting […]
