*Global Digital Humanities Symposium*

March 26-27, 2020

Michigan State University

msuglobaldh.org

*Call for Proposals*

*Deadline: November 1*

Proposal form http://www.msuglobaldh.org/submit-a-proposal/

The conference planning committee works to provide a welcoming space for all at the event. When considering whether to apply to present, we work to mitigate funding concerns as much as possible.

- Funding bursaries for travel are available to all symposium presenters. - Registration is free, and food is provided throughout the event (see the schedule http://www.msuglobaldh.org/schedule/). Dietary restrictions and needs are taken into account in ordering food. There are always vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options available. - There are free or low-cost accommodation options. We run a home stay program, and housing in MSU’s dormitories is available for $50/night (minimum 3 night stay). Find out more on the accommodation page http://www.msuglobaldh.org/accommodation/. - While parking is not free by default, we will have a number of parking vouchers available. - There are several available places on the schedule for virtual presentations for speakers unable to travel to Michigan State University.

The conference keynote presentations will come from *Carrie Heitman* https://www.unl.edu/anthropology/carrie-heitman, whose work includes the Chaco Research Archive http://www.chacoarchive.org/cra/ and work on digital indigeneity, and from *Miguel Escobar Varela* http://miguelescobar.com/, whose work includes digital theatre projects as well as biometric study of Javanese dance https://villaorlado.github.io/dance/html/index.html.

*Read the full Call for Proposals* http://www.msuglobaldh.org/cfp

This symposium, which will include a mixture of presentation types, welcomes 300-word proposals, particularly on the following themes and topics by *Friday, November 1, midnight in your timezone:*

- Critical cultural studies and analytics - Cultural heritage in a range of contexts, particularly non-Western - DH as socially engaged humanities and/or as a social movement - Open data, open access, and data preservation as resistance, especially in a postcolonial context - How identity categories, and their intersections, shape digital humanities work - Global research dialogues and collaborations within the digital humanities community - Indigeneity – anywhere in the world – and the digital - Digital humanities, postcolonialism, and neocolonialism - Global digital pedagogies - Borders, migration, and/or diaspora and their connection to the digital - Digital and global languages and literatures - Digital humanities, the environment, and climate change - Innovative and emergent technologies across institutions, languages, and economies - Scholarly communication and knowledge production in a global context - Surveillance and/or data privacy issues in a global context - Productive failure

*Presentation Formats:*

- 5-minute lightning talk - 15-minute presentation - 90-minute workshop - 90-minute panel - Poster presentation - There will be a limited number of slots available for 15-minute virtual presentations

Please note that we conduct an anonymous review process, so please refrain from identifying your institution or identity in your proposal.

*Submit a proposal here http://www.msuglobaldh.org/submit-a-proposal/*

*Notifications of acceptance will be given by December 9, 2019*

Kristen Mapes Assistant Director of Digital Humanities College of Arts and Letters Michigan State University kristenmapes.com kmapes@msu.edu kmapes86@gmail.com