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CfP and late breaking submissions DHASA
by Menno Van Zaanen 26 Sep '25

26 Sep '25

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Call for Participation and late breaking submissions DHASA Conference and RAIL workshop 2025 https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za https://sadilar.org/en/rail-2025/ Late breaking submissions deadline: 10 October 2025 DHASA conference dates: 11 November 2025-14 November 2025 RAIL workshop date: 10 November 2025 Conference venue: CSIR ICC, Pretoria, South Africa Registration: https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za/registration/ Late breaking submission Guidelines * Late breaking submissions: Authors can submit a late breaking submission, limited to 1 page. Late breaking submissions accepted for the conference will be presented as a short presentation during a dedicated late breaking submission presentation slot. The late breaking submissions will be published in a book of abstracts before the conference. We particularly encourage student submissions where the first author is a student. All submissions should adhere to the ACL style guide: https://acl-org.github.io/ACLPUB/formatting.html Submissions should be submitted in PDF format. Submissions that do not adhere to the prescribed style guide will be rejected. Follow this link to go to the submission platform: https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za/submission/ Authors are encouraged to upload their datasets to the SADiLaR repository: https://repo.sadilar.org/. In case of difficulties uploading the datasets, please reach out to Benito Trollip (benito.trollip(a)nwu.ac.za). Important dates for late breaking submissions Submission deadline: 10 October 2025 Date of notification: 17 October 2025 Camera-ready copy deadline: 24 October 2025 Conference: 10 November 2025 – 14 November 2025 Conference venue: CSIR ICC, Pretoria, South Africa DHASA CONFERENCE Theme: The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence The Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) is pleased to announce its fifth conference, focusing on the theme The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence. In a region where the field of Digital Humanities is still relatively underdeveloped, this conference aims to address this gap and foster growth and collaboration in the field. The conference offers an opportunity for researchers interested in showcasing their work in the broad field of Digital Humanities to come together. By doing so, the conference provides a comprehensive overview of the current state-of- the-art in Digital Humanities, particularly within the Southern Africa region. As such, we welcome submissions related to Digital Humanities research conducted by individuals from Southern Africa or research focused on the geographical area of Southern Africa in the broad sense. Furthermore, the conference serves as a platform for information sharing and networking among researchers passionate about Digital Humanities. By bringing together experts working on Digital Humanities in Southern Africa or with a focus on Southern Africa, we aim to promote collaboration and facilitate further research in this dynamic field. In addition to the main conference, affiliated workshops and tutorials will be organised, providing researchers with valuable insights into novel technologies and tools. These supplementary events are designed for researchers interested in specific aspects of Digital Humanities or seeking practical information to enter or advance their knowledge in the field. The DHASA conference welcomes interdisciplinary contributions from researchers in various domains of Digital Humanities, including, but not limited to, language, literature, visual art, performance and theatre studies, media studies, music, history, sociology, psychology, language technologies, library studies, philosophy, methodologies, software and computation, AI, and more. Our goal is to cultivate an inclusive scientific community of practice within Digital Humanities. RAIL WORKSHOP Theme: Language resources in the age of large language models The sixth Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) workshop will be co-located with the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) 2025 conference at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, on 10 November 2025. The RAIL workshop is an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on African indigenous languages resources such as natural languages processing (NLP) tools, Human Language Technologies (HLT), data collections, and annotations. This workshop aims to foster a scientific community of practice that focuses on computational linguistic tools and data that are designed for or applied to the indigenous languages of Africa. Many African languages are under-resourced while only a few are considered to be somewhat better resourced. These languages often share interesting properties such as writing systems, making them different from most high-resourced languages. From a computational perspective, these languages lack enough corpora to undertake high level development of NLP and HLT tools, which in turn impedes the development of African languages in these areas. During previous workshops, it was noted that the problems and solutions presented were not only applicable to African languages but were also relevant to many other low-resource languages across the world. Because these languages share similar challenges, this workshop provides researchers with opportunities to work collaboratively on issues of language resource development and learn from each other. The RAIL workshop has several aims. First, the workshop brings together researchers who work on African indigenous languages, forming a community of practice for people working on indigenous languages. Second, the workshop aims to reveal currently unknown or unpublished existing resources (corpora, NLP tools, and applications), resulting in a better overview of the current state-of-the-art, and also allows for discussions on novel, desired resources for future research in this area. Third, it enhances sharing of knowledge on the development of low-resource languages. Finally, it enables discussions on how to improve the quality as well as availability of the resources. Organising Committees DHASA conference Aby Louw, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franco Mak, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franziska Pannach, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Ilana Wilken, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Johannes Sibeko, Nelson Mandela University Juan Steyn, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Laurette Marais, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Marissa Griesel, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Privolin Naidoo, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Sthembiso Mkhwanazi, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research RAIL workshop Rooweither Mabuya, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Muzi Matfunjwa, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Mmasibidi Setaka, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. 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CFP Reminder: Global Digital Humanities Symposium (13-17 April 2026) (Apply by 15 October) | Convocatoria notificación: Simposio Global de Humanidades Digitales (13-17 de abril de 2026) (Inscríbase antes del 15 de octubre)
by Mapes, Kristen 19 Sep '25

19 Sep '25

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear colleagues, The 11th Global Digital Humanities Symposium call for proposals is open! For the first time, the Symposium is collaborating with multiple host institutions and taking place across three modalities: in-person at Michigan State University in the United States, virtually on Zoom, and in-person at Universidad de Monterrey in Mexico. This partnership represents a new era of international collaboration for the Symposium while maintaining the tradition of hosting both virtual and in-person events and the connection to our original home at Michigan State University. The 2026 Symposium will take place 13-17 April. Michigan State University will begin the Symposium with an in-person day on Monday, 13 April. Tuesday and Wednesday, 14 April and 15th will be held virtually on Zoom. Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) will host an in-person Symposium on Friday, 17 April in conjunction with the INQUORUM conference<https://www.udem.edu.mx/es/INQUORUM>, which will take place the following week. All Global DH Symposium events will be livestreamed per presenter permission. The CFP is available in English and Spanish (links below). Proposals and presentations are welcome in either English or Spanish for the virtual event, and in English for the in-person events. During the virtual Symposium, we will support live interpretation of presentations, as well as live English captions. Application deadline: Wednesday, 15 October 2025, midnight in your timezone Full CFP - English - https://msuglobaldh.org/call-for-proposals-english/ Full CFP - Español - https://msuglobaldh.org/call-for-proposals-espagnol/ This year, we especially anticipate and welcome presentations on the following topics, and we are especially interested in hearing about specific practical and theoretical examples from the Global Majority<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_majority> context: * Minimal, material, and sustainable approaches to DH * Global AI practices, opportunities, and challenges in DH * Resilience and collaboration in the face of global crises * Student-centered frameworks and practices in global digital pedagogy Free registration for the Symposium will open in December 2025. Find out more, including information about past Symposia, at https://msuglobaldh.org/. Sincerely, The Global DH Symposium Planning Committee -- Estimados/as colegas: El comité organizador del Simposio Global de Humanidades Digitales tiene el placer de anunciar las fechas y sedes del 11º Simposio anual así como de abrir la convocatoria de propuestas. Por primera vez, el Simposio está formado por una colaboración de múltiples instituciones anfitrionas y será ofrecido en tres modalidades: Presencial en la Universidad Estatal de Michigan (MSU, Estados Unidos), virtualmente por Zoom y presencial en la Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM, México). Esta alianza marca una nueva etapa en la colaboración internacional para el Simposio, manteniendo la tradición de organizar eventos tanto virtuales como presenciales y en conexión con su sede original, la Universidad Estatal de Michigan. El Simposio de 2026 se celebrará del 13 al 17 de abril. La Universidad Estatal de Michigan (MSU) comenzará el Simposio con una jornada presencial el lunes 13 de abril. El martes 14 y miércoles 15 de abril se celebrarán virtualmente por Zoom. La Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) organizará un Simposio presencial el viernes 17 de abril, junto con la conferencia INQUORUM<https://www.udem.edu.mx/es/INQUORUM>, que se llevará a cabo la semana siguiente. Todos los eventos del Simposio Global de Humanidades Digitales se transmitirán en vivo con la autorización de los/las ponentes. La convocatoria ya está disponible en inglés y español (enlaces a continuación). Se aceptan propuestas y presentaciones en inglés o español para el evento virtual y en inglés para los eventos presenciales. Durante el simposio virtual, se ofrecerá interpretación en vivo de las presentaciones, así como subtítulos en inglés. Fecha límite para enviar su propuesta: miércoles 15 de octubre de 2025, a la medianoche de su zona horaria. Convocatoria completa en inglés https://msuglobaldh.org/call-for-proposals-english/ Convocatoria completa en español https://msuglobaldh.org/call-for-proposals-espanol/ Este año, esperamos con interés presentaciones sobre los siguientes temas y nos interesa especialmente conocer ejemplos prácticos y teóricos específicos de la Mayoría Global: * Acercamientos minimal, materiales y sostenibles a las HD * Prácticas, oportunidades y desafíos globales de la IA en HD * Resiliencia y colaboración frente a las crisis globales * Marcos y prácticas centrados en los estudiantes en la pedagogía digital global La inscripción gratuita para el Simposio se abrirá en diciembre de 2025. Para más información, incluyendo información sobre Simposios anteriores, visite https://msuglobaldh.org/ Un saludo cordial, El Comité Organizador del Simposio Global de Humanidades Digitales Kristen Mapes Global DH Sympoisum, Co-Chair Interim Director of Digital Humanities, College of Arts & Letters Michigan State University East Lansing, MI kmapes(a)msu.edu<mailto:kmapes@msu.edu> she/her

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DH colloquium Vincent Hiribarren 17 September
by Menno Van Zaanen 08 Sep '25

08 Sep '25

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Join us for an engaging presentation with Vincent Hiribarren as he explores "History 2.0," a new undergraduate History module introduced at King’s College London in 2024/25. The speaker will reflect on the challenges of teaching digital history as a historian of Africa, where resources and projects are often limited. Register here: https://bit.ly/4p3Z3Xo -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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Call for Participation DHASA Conference and RAIL workshop 2025
by Menno Van Zaanen 05 Sep '25

05 Sep '25

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Call for Participation DHASA Conference and RAIL workshop 2025 https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za https://sadilar.org/en/rail-2025/ DHASA conference dates: 11 November 2025-14 November 2025 RAIL workshop date: 10 November 2025 Conference venue: CSIR ICC, Pretoria, South Africa Registration: https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za/registration/ DHASA CONFERENCE Theme: The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence The Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) is pleased to announce its fifth conference, focusing on the theme The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence. In a region where the field of Digital Humanities is still relatively underdeveloped, this conference aims to address this gap and foster growth and collaboration in the field. The conference offers an opportunity for researchers interested in showcasing their work in the broad field of Digital Humanities to come together. By doing so, the conference provides a comprehensive overview of the current state-of- the-art in Digital Humanities, particularly within the Southern Africa region. As such, we welcome submissions related to Digital Humanities research conducted by individuals from Southern Africa or research focused on the geographical area of Southern Africa in the broad sense. Furthermore, the conference serves as a platform for information sharing and networking among researchers passionate about Digital Humanities. By bringing together experts working on Digital Humanities in Southern Africa or with a focus on Southern Africa, we aim to promote collaboration and facilitate further research in this dynamic field. In addition to the main conference, affiliated workshops and tutorials will be organised, providing researchers with valuable insights into novel technologies and tools. These supplementary events are designed for researchers interested in specific aspects of Digital Humanities or seeking practical information to enter or advance their knowledge in the field. The DHASA conference welcomes interdisciplinary contributions from researchers in various domains of Digital Humanities, including, but not limited to, language, literature, visual art, performance and theatre studies, media studies, music, history, sociology, psychology, language technologies, library studies, philosophy, methodologies, software and computation, AI, and more. Our goal is to cultivate an inclusive scientific community of practice within Digital Humanities. RAIL WORKSHOP Them: Language resources in the age of large language models The sixth Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) workshop will be co-located with the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) 2025 conference at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, on 10 November 2025. The RAIL workshop is an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on African indigenous languages resources such as natural languages processing (NLP) tools, Human Language Technologies (HLT), data collections, and annotations. This workshop aims to foster a scientific community of practice that focuses on computational linguistic tools and data that are designed for or applied to the indigenous languages of Africa. Many African languages are under-resourced while only a few are considered to be somewhat better resourced. These languages often share interesting properties such as writing systems, making them different from most high-resourced languages. From a computational perspective, these languages lack enough corpora to undertake high level development of NLP and HLT tools, which in turn impedes the development of African languages in these areas. During previous workshops, it was noted that the problems and solutions presented were not only applicable to African languages but were also relevant to many other low-resource languages across the world. Because these languages share similar challenges, this workshop provides researchers with opportunities to work collaboratively on issues of language resource development and learn from each other. The RAIL workshop has several aims. First, the workshop brings together researchers who work on African indigenous languages, forming a community of practice for people working on indigenous languages. Second, the workshop aims to reveal currently unknown or unpublished existing resources (corpora, NLP tools, and applications), resulting in a better overview of the current state-of-the-art, and also allows for discussions on novel, desired resources for future research in this area. Third, it enhances sharing of knowledge on the development of low-resource languages. Finally, it enables discussions on how to improve the quality as well as availability of the resources. Organising Committees DHASA conference Aby Louw, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Andiswa Bukula, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Avi Moodley, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franco Mak, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franziska Pannach, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Ilana Wilken, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Johannes Sibeko, Nelson Mandela University Juan Steyn, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Laurette Marais, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Marissa Griesel, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Privolin Naidoo, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Sthembiso Mkhwanazi, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research RAIL workshop Rooweither Mabuya, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Muzi Matfunjwa, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Mmasibidi Setaka, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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CFP Open: Global Digital Humanities Symposium (13-17 April 2026) (Apply by 15 October) | Convocatoria abierta: Simposio Global de Humanidades Digitales (13-17 de abril de 2026) (Inscríbase antes del 15 de octubre)
by Mapes, Kristen 21 Aug '25

21 Aug '25

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear colleagues, The Global Digital Humanities Symposium Planning Committee is delighted to announce the dates and locations for the 11th annual Symposium and to open the call for proposals. For the first time, the Symposium is collaborating with multiple host institutions and taking place across three modalities: in-person at Michigan State University in the United States, virtually on Zoom, and in-person at Universidad de Monterrey in Mexico. This partnership represents a new era of international collaboration for the Symposium while maintaining the tradition of hosting both virtual and in-person events and the connection to our original home at Michigan State University. The 2026 Symposium will take place 13-17 April. Michigan State University will begin the Symposium with an in-person day on Monday, 13 April. Tuesday and Wednesday, 14 April and 15th will be held virtually on Zoom. Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) will host an in-person Symposium on Friday, 17 April in conjunction with the INQUORUM conference<https://www.udem.edu.mx/es/INQUORUM>, which will take place the following week. All Global DH Symposium events will be livestreamed per presenter permission. The CFP is now available in English and Spanish (links below). Proposals and presentations are welcome in either English or Spanish for the virtual event, and in English for the in-person events. During the virtual Symposium, we will support live interpretation of presentations, as well as live English captions. Application deadline: Wednesday, 15 October 2025, midnight in your timezone Full CFP - English - https://msuglobaldh.org/call-for-proposals-english/ Full CFP - Español - https://msuglobaldh.org/call-for-proposals-espagnol/ This year, we especially anticipate and welcome presentations on the following topics, and we are especially interested in hearing about specific practical and theoretical examples from the Global Majority<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_majority> context: * Minimal, material, and sustainable approaches to DH * Global AI practices, opportunities, and challenges in DH * Resilience and collaboration in the face of global crises * Student-centered frameworks and practices in global digital pedagogy Free registration for the Symposium will open in December 2025. Find out more, including information about past Symposia, at https://msuglobaldh.org/. Sincerely, The Global DH Symposium Planning Committee --- Estimados/as colegas: El comité organizador del Simposio Global de Humanidades Digitales tiene el placer de anunciar las fechas y sedes del 11º Simposio anual así como de abrir la convocatoria de propuestas. Por primera vez, el Simposio está formado por una colaboración de múltiples instituciones anfitrionas y será ofrecido en tres modalidades: Presencial en la Universidad Estatal de Michigan (MSU, Estados Unidos), virtualmente por Zoom y presencial en la Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM, México). Esta alianza marca una nueva etapa en la colaboración internacional para el Simposio, manteniendo la tradición de organizar eventos tanto virtuales como presenciales y en conexión con su sede original, la Universidad Estatal de Michigan. El Simposio de 2026 se celebrará del 13 al 17 de abril. La Universidad Estatal de Michigan (MSU) comenzará el Simposio con una jornada presencial el lunes 13 de abril. El martes y miércoles 14 y 15 de abril se celebrarán virtualmente por Zoom. La Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) organizará un Simposio presencial el viernes 17 de abril, en conjunto con la conferencia INQUORUM<https://www.udem.edu.mx/es/INQUORUM>, que se llevará a cabo la semana siguiente. Todos los eventos del Simposio Global de Humanidades Digitales se transmitirán en vivo con la autorización de los/las ponentes. La convocatoria ya está disponible en inglés y español (enlaces a continuación). Se aceptan propuestas y presentaciones en inglés o español para el evento virtual y en inglés para los eventos presenciales. Durante el simposio virtual, se ofrecerá interpretación en vivo de las presentaciones, así como subtítulos en inglés. Fecha límite para enviar su propuesta: miércoles 15 de octubre de 2025, a la medianoche de su zona horaria. Convocatoria completa en inglés https://msuglobaldh.org/call-for-proposals-english/ Convocatoria completa en español https://msuglobaldh.org/call-for-proposals-espagnol/ Este año, esperamos con interés presentaciones sobre los siguientes temas y nos interesa especialmente conocer ejemplos prácticos y teóricos específicos de la Mayoría Global: * Acercamientos minimal, materiales y sostenibles a las HD * Prácticas, oportunidades y desafíos globales de la IA en HD * Resiliencia y colaboración frente a las crisis globales * Marcos y prácticas centrados en los estudiantes en la pedagogía digital global La inscripción gratuita para el Simposio se abrirá en diciembre de 2025. Para más información, incluyendo información sobre Simposios anteriores, visite https://msuglobaldh.org/ Un saludo cordial, El Comité Organizador del Simposio Global de Humanidades Digitales Kristen Mapes Global DH Symposium, Co-Chair Interim Director of Digital Humanities, College of Arts & Letters Michigan State University East Lansing, MI kmapes(a)msu.edu<mailto:kmapes@msu.edu> she/her

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DH colloquium 20 August 2025 @ 10:00 (SAST)
by Menno Van Zaanen 29 Jul '25

29 Jul '25

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Join us for a lively discussion on transforming the Islam West Africa collection with large language models with Frédérick Madore. This talk will explore how large language models (LLMs) can transform vast collections into more navigable resources through practical applications. 20 August 2025 @ 10:00 (SAST) Online Register here: https://bit.ly/44Rmg71 -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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Unicode Technical Workshop Nov 11-13, Mountain View, Calif
by dwanders＠sonic.net 28 Jul '25

28 Jul '25

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear DHers, The third Unicode Technical Workshop (UTW) will take place this year in Mountain View, California, from Nov. 11-13. Presentations on script and character encoding topics, rendering, fonts and keyboards - especially for lesser-used scripts and languages - are encouraged. The UTW is a great opportunity to meet those implementing scripts and characters and to discuss issues you or your project may be facing. The abstract submission process is very light and this year there is a discount for academics. Presentations are in-person only. The deadline for presentation submissions is Thursday, 31 July. The meeting this year will have one day devoted to tutorials. Presentation submission page: Call for Submissions<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqX0F4KpOuPPA5cPHUDrbltbs9Mqdr-Di…> Registration page: Register Now<https://unicode.org/events/utw-reg.html>! General information is appended below (from https://unicode.org/events/): Description Join us for three days of community building around the Unicode technology that makes software work for billions of people. Expect three days of workshops, seminars, free-form discussions, and lightning talks centered around i18n libraries, locale data frameworks, globalization tooling, localization pipelines, input methods, and text rendering. Network with the developers and users to help shape the future of Unicode technology. This event will focus on building more connections within the internationalization community. Expect to come away with deeper knowledge on how to solve tough problems in the i18n and l10n space and how to engineer products that work better for global users. GILT professionals, especially those who build or use Unicode technologies, are encouraged to attend and to host sessions. To encourage maximum collaboration amongst the attendees, this is an in-person-only event. Resources Call for submissions: For those interested in participating in and contributing to the event, the call for submissions is now open. If you work on Unicode internationalization technologies or use Unicode internationalization technologies in your work, we want to hear from you. You can register your interest in contributing using the following link: Call for Submissions<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqX0F4KpOuPPA5cPHUDrbltbs9Mqdr-Di…> Register Now<https://unicode.org/events/utw-reg.html>! To find out more details about the Unicode Technology Workshop, including location details, visit: https://www.unicode.org/events/utw/. If you are interested in Unicode news and other upcoming events, please sign up for our newsletter<https://www.unicode.org/consortium/general-contact-signup.html>. Please feel free to circulate this to anyone who may be interested. With best wishes, Debbie Anderson

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Deadline extension RAIL workshop and DHASA conference
by Menno Van Zaanen 28 Jul '25

28 Jul '25

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Deadline extension: Due to several requests, we have decided to extend the deadlines for both the DHASA 2025 conference and the co-located RAIL workshop. NEW DEADLINE: 4 August 2025 DHASA Conference dates: 10-14 November 2025 RAIL Workshop date: 10 November 2025 Venue: CSIR International Convention Centre. The sixth RAIL workshop website: https://sadilar.org/rail-2025/ DHASA website: https://digitalhumanities.org.za/ DHASA conference information (RAIL information follows below): Theme: The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence The Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) is pleased to announce its fifth conference, focusing on the theme The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence. In a region where the field of Digital Humanities is still relatively underdeveloped, this conference aims to address this gap and foster growth and collaboration in the field. The conference offers an opportunity for researchers interested in showcasing their work in the broad field of Digital Humanities to come together. By doing so, the conference provides a comprehensive overview of the current state-of- the-art in Digital Humanities, particularly within the Southern Africa region. As such, we welcome submissions related to Digital Humanities research conducted by individuals from Southern Africa or research focused on the geographical area of Southern Africa in the broad sense. Furthermore, the conference serves as a platform for information sharing and networking among researchers passionate about Digital Humanities. By bringing together experts working on Digital Humanities in Southern Africa or with a focus on Southern Africa, we aim to promote collaboration and facilitate further research in this dynamic field. In addition to the main conference, affiliated workshops and tutorials will be organised, providing researchers with valuable insights into novel technologies and tools. These supplementary events are designed for researchers interested in specific aspects of Digital Humanities or seeking practical information to enter or advance their knowledge in the field. The DHASA conference welcomes interdisciplinary contributions from researchers in various domains of Digital Humanities, including, but not limited to, language, literature, visual art, performance and theatre studies, media studies, music, history, sociology, psychology, language technologies, library studies, philosophy, methodologies, software and computation, AI, and more. Our goal is to cultivate an inclusive scientific community of practice within Digital Humanities. RAIL 2025 Workshop information: The sixth Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) workshop will be co-located with the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) 2025 conference at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, on 10 November 2025. The RAIL workshop is an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on African indigenous languages resources such as natural languages processing (NLP) tools, Human Language Technologies (HLT), data collections, and annotations. This workshop aims to foster a scientific community of practice that focuses on computational linguistic tools and data that are designed for or applied to the indigenous languages of Africa. Many African languages are under- resourced while only a few are considered to be somewhat better resourced. These languages often share interesting properties such as writing systems, making them different from most high-resourced languages. From a computational perspective, these languages lack enough corpora to undertake high level development of NLP and HLT tools, which in turn impedes the development of African languages in these areas. During previous workshops, it was noted that the problems and solutions presented were not only applicable to African languages but were also relevant to many other low-resource languages across the world. Because these languages share similar challenges, this workshop provides researchers with opportunities to work collaboratively on issues of language resource development and learn from each other.The RAIL workshop has several aims. First, the workshop brings together researchers who work on African indigenous languages, forming a community of practice for people working on indigenous languages. Second, the workshop aims to reveal currently unknown or unpublished existing resources (corpora, NLP tools, and applications), resulting in a better overview of the current state-of-the-art, and also allows for discussions on novel, desired resources for future research in this area. Third, it enhances sharing of knowledge on the development of low-resource languages. Finally, it enables discussions on how to improve the quality as well as availability of the resources.The workshop has “Language resources in the age of large language models” as its theme, but submissions on any topic related to properties of African indigenous languages (including related non- African languages) may be accepted. Submission Guidelines for both RAIL and DHASA: * Long papers: Authors may submit long papers with a maximum of 8 content pages and unlimited pages for references and appendices. The final versions of accepted long papers will be granted an additional page (leading to a total of up to 9 content pages) to incorporate reviewers’ comments. Long papers accepted for the conference will be presented in 30-minute time slots (which includes 10 minutes for questions). * Short papers: Authors may submit short papers with a maximum of 5 content pages and unlimited pages for references and appendices. The final versions of accepted short papers will be allowed an extra page (leading to a total of up to 6 content pages) to accommodate reviewers’ comments. Short papers accepted for the conference will be presented in 15-minute time slots (which includes 5 minutes for questions). * Executive summaries: Authors can submit an executive summary for work in progress, limited to 1 page. Executive summaries accepted for the conference will be presented as posters during a dedicated poster presentation slot. Steps to submit your contributions: * Please register here: https://www.conftool.pro/dhasa2025 * Once registered, click on Your Submissions to submit a new contribution. * Here you will have the option to submit a: - DHASA Long paper - DHASA Short paper - DHASA Executive summary - RAIL submission * Select and click on your contribution type to continue. * Add the following detail: - Information on all the authors - Contribution details, including the title and topic best suited to your contribution. - Up to five keywords, and - An indication of whether students are submitting the contribution. * Upload your file and submit, or save your submission and return at a later stage to upload your file. Peer Review Process The peer review process is fully open. This means that the reviewers will see your name, and you will be able to see the reviewers’ names. This also means that you do not need to anonymise your submission. Data Sets Authors are encouraged to upload their dataset to the SADiLaR repository (https://repo.sadilar.org/). Guidelines for submission are available here: https://sadilar.org/en/resource-guidelines/. In case of difficulties uploading the datasets, please reach out to Benito Trollip (benito.trollip(a)nwu.ac.za). All accepted long and short paper submissions that are presented at the conference will be published in the JDHASA journal, see https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa. In addition, the executive summaries for the poster presentations will be published in a book of executive summaries before the conference. We particularly encourage student submissions where the first author is a student. All submissions should adhere to the ACL style guide: https://acl-org.github.io/ACLPUB/formatting.html *Please note that although we follow the ACL guidelines, the page limit for DHASA submissions differs from what is specified in those guidelines. Submissions should be submitted in PDF format. Submissions that do not adhere to the prescribed style guide will be rejected. Follow this link to go to the submission platform: https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za/submission/ DHASA Organising Committee Sthembiso Mkhwanazi, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Aby Louw, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Andiswa Bukula, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Franco Mak, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Ilana Wilken, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Johannes Sibeko, Nelson Mandela University Juan Steyn, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Laurette Marais, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Marissa Griesel, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Privolin Naidoo, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research RAIL Organising Committee Rooweither Mabuya, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa Muzi Matfunjwa, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa Mmasibidi Setaka, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. 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DH colloquium 23 July 10:00 SAST
by Menno Van Zaanen 12 Jul '25

12 Jul '25

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Join us for a mind-blowing DH Colloquium on hyper-performance project management strategies for the digital humanities world! Maxi Gorynski will present "Hyper-Performance Project Management in the Digital Humanities" This workshop will explore how the Digital Humanities can do something massively valuable, appealing, and genuinely revolutionary by training students in truly high-performance management, teaching them how to secure better outcomes for organisations and more fulfilling work-lives for organisation members. It challenges the identikit ‘management’ degrees/modules that trap students in the same sub-optimal ways of thinking about how to manage complex systems. This can be done cheaply, easily, and with huge compounding returns for both students and departments. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-humanities-colloquium-featuring-maxi… -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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Deadline extension: DHASA Conference 2025
by Menno Van Zaanen 12 Jul '25

12 Jul '25

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Deadline extension: DHASA Conference 2025 https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za Due to several requests, we have decided to extend the deadlne NEW DEADLINE: 28 July 2025 Theme: The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence The Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) is pleased to announce its fifth conference, focusing on the theme The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence. In a region where the field of Digital Humanities is still relatively underdeveloped, this conference aims to address this gap and foster growth and collaboration in the field. The conference offers an opportunity for researchers interested in showcasing their work in the broad field of Digital Humanities to come together. By doing so, the conference provides a comprehensive overview of the current state-of- the-art in Digital Humanities, particularly within the Southern Africa region. As such, we welcome submissions related to Digital Humanities research conducted by individuals from Southern Africa or research focused on the geographical area of Southern Africa in the broad sense. Furthermore, the conference serves as a platform for information sharing and networking among researchers passionate about Digital Humanities. By bringing together experts working on Digital Humanities in Southern Africa or with a focus on Southern Africa, we aim to promote collaboration and facilitate further research in this dynamic field. In addition to the main conference, affiliated workshops and tutorials will be organised, providing researchers with valuable insights into novel technologies and tools. These supplementary events are designed for researchers interested in specific aspects of Digital Humanities or seeking practical information to enter or advance their knowledge in the field. The DHASA conference welcomes interdisciplinary contributions from researchers in various domains of Digital Humanities, including, but not limited to, language, literature, visual art, performance and theatre studies, media studies, music, history, sociology, psychology, language technologies, library studies, philosophy, methodologies, software and computation, AI, and more. Our goal is to cultivate an inclusive scientific community of practice within Digital Humanities. Suggested topics include the following: * The role of AI in digital humanities, the role of Digital Humanities in shaping AI, and the broader role of the humanities in both AI and DH projects; * Digital archives and the preservation of marginalised voices; * Intersectionality and the digital humanities: exploring the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, culture, and class in digital research and activism; * Activism and social change through digital media: how digital humanities tools and methodologies can be used to promote inclusion; * Engaging marginalised communities in the creation and use of digital tools, resources, and AI; * Exploring the role of digital humanities in decolonising knowledge and promoting indigenous perspectives; * The ethics of data collection and analysis in digital humanities and AI research; * The role of digital humanities and AI in promoting inclusive and equitable pedagogy; * Digital humanities and inclusion in the context of African and global perspectives and international collaborations; * Critical approaches to digital humanities and inclusion: examining the limitations and possibilities of digital tools and methodologies in promoting inclusion; and * Collaborative digital humanities projects with non-profit organisations, community groups, and cultural institutions; * Development of digital and AI tools for supporting digital humanities; * Novel utilisation of digital and AI tools for performing digital humanities research; * The role of digital humanities in the classroom: reimagining literacy and AI fluency; * Digital humanities data and project management; * The role of librarians in the digital humanities project; * Any other digital humanities-related topic that serves the Southern African community. Submission Guidelines The DHASA conference 2025 asks for three types of submissions: * Long papers: Authors may submit long papers with a maximum of 8 content pages and unlimited pages for references and appendices. The final versions of accepted long papers will be granted an additional page (leading to a total of up to 9 content pages) to incorporate reviewers' comments. Long papers accepted for the conference will be presented in 30-minute time slots (which includes 10 minutes for questions). * Short papers: Authors may submit short papers with a maximum of 5 content pages and unlimited pages for references and appendices. The final versions of accepted short papers will be allowed an extra page (leading to a total of up to 6 content pages) to accommodate reviewers' comments. Short papers accepted for the conference will be presented in 15-minute time slots (which includes 5 minutes for questions). * Executive summaries: Authors can submit an executive summary for work in progress, limited to 1 page. Executive summaries accepted for the conference will be presented as posters during a dedicated poster presentation slot. All accepted long and short paper submissions that are presented at the conference will be published in the JDHASA journal, see https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa. In addition, the executive summaries for the poster presentations will be published in a book of executive summaries before the conference. We particularly encourage student submissions where the first author is a student. All submissions should adhere to the ACL style guide: https://acl-org.github.io/ACLPUB/formatting.html Submissions should be submitted in PDF format. Submissions that do not adhere to the prescribed style guide will be rejected. Follow this link to go to the submission platform: https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za/submission/ Authors are encouraged to upload their datasets to the SADiLaR repository: https://repo.sadilar.org/. In case of difficulties uploading the datasets, please reach out to Benito Trollip (benito.trollip(a)nwu.ac.za). Important dates Submission deadline: 28 July 2025 Date of notification: 16 September 2025 Camera-ready copy deadline: 24 October 2025 Conference: 10 November 2025 - 14 November 2025 Conference venue: CSIR ICC, Pretoria, South Africa Co-located events Several co-located events are currently being prepared, including workshops and tutorials. These will be updated on the conference website. Organising Committee Aby Louw, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Andiswa Bukula, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Avi Moodley, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franco Mak, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franziska Pannach, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Ilana Wilken, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Johannes Sibeko, Nelson Mandela University Juan Steyn, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Laurette Marais, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Marissa Griesel, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Privolin Naidoo, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Sthembiso Mkhwanazi, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. 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