The Digital Humanities Laboratory at the University of Warsaw is now welcoming submission of abstracts for the conference ‘Digital Humanities Centres: Experiences and Perspectives’. The conference will take place in Warsaw, 8-9^th of December 2016. The keynote speakers will be Frédéric Kaplan, Gerhard Lauer, Jan Christoph Meister and Susan Schreibman.

The conference will be an opportunity to share experiences and reflect on the perspectives of DH institutions. The consideration of different aspects of DH centres activities from various points of view will hopefully enable participants to come with new ideas and solutions useful in their day-to-day work.  The main theme of the conference is the institutional context of DH research. In particular, topics will include:

institutional and organizational structures;

institutional strategies and policies;

science management;

funding schemes;

collaboration with business and industry;

collaboration with cultural institutions;

international collaboration on an institutional level;

infrastructure and e-infrastructure;

dissemination and PR activities.

 

Each presentation will last 15 minutes, followed by 5-minute discussion. Accepted contributions will be arranged in thematic sessions. The language of the conference is English.

Presentation abstracts, not exceeding 500 words, should be submitted by 23rd September 2016 to conference@lach.edu.pl. They will be reviewed by the Organizing Committee by 3rd October 2016.

 

Important dates

Abstract submission deadline                   23rd September 2016

Speaker notification                                      3rd October 2016

Registration deadline                                   11th November 2016

Conference fee deadline                            25th November 2016

 

Contact

Digital Humanities Laboratory

University of Warsaw

http://dhlabs2016.lach.edu.pl/

conference@lach.edu.pl

Best regards,

Aleksandra Tokarska