Digital
Humanities in Portugal: building bridges and breaking barriers
in the digital age
Presentation
Discussion about the role of the Humanities in academia and
society has a long history. The confluence of this debate with
the changes brought about by digital technology is not new
either: one cannot speak of "new technologies" for the
Humanities when many researchers turned to digital methods at
least four decades ago, in disciplines as diverse as
Linguistics, History or Literary Studies. However, the impact of
the recent discourse linked to Digital Humanities has led to
interesting developments in research in the Humanities. Indeed,
networks amongst researchers have been boosted in a way never
seen before, bridges between the Humanities and other Sciences
have been built, and disciplinary barriers within the Humanities
have been broken. The Conference “Digital Humanities in
Portugal” aims precisely to stimulate these intersections,
opening up a forum for discussion and sharing of research
results or ongoing projects in this field of knowledge. Although
one of the aims of the conference is to bring together
researchers working in Portugal or on Portuguese subjects, we
welcome contributions from other geographical areas and on other
subjects. It is also our aim to showcase Digital Humanities
projects from Europe and elsewhere, and thus foster mutual
knowledge and network development.
General themes
The Conference “Digital Humanities in Portugal” calls
for papers or posters that demonstrate or discuss the potential
of Digital Humanities for interdisciplinarity in the Humanities
and with other fields of knowledge, as well as for the
production of more accessible and open knowledge. Papers will be
organized into six thematic sections:
- Space: Exploration of geo-referenced data in the Humanities
- Corpora: Collecting, annotating, and searching large
volumes of textual information
- Virtual worlds: Recreation and exploration of human
environments (present and past)
- Digital edition and preservation: Digital critical editions
and heritage preservation
- Visualizations: Building visual interpretations of data in
the Humanities
- Tools: Presentation and discussion of software applied to
the Humanities
Keynote Speakers:
Organizing Committee:
Daniel Alves, IHC e FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Rita Marquilhas, CLUL, Universidade de Lisboa
Manuel Portela, CLP, Universidade de Coimbra
Dália Guerreiro, CIDEHUS, Universidade de Évora
Scientific Committee:
Amélia Polónia, Universidade do Porto
Daniel Gomes, Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional
Diana Santos, Universidade de Oslo
Helena Barbas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
José Luís Borbinha, Instituto Superior Técnico
Luís Espinha da Silveira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Manuela Martins, Universidade do Minho
Maria Isabel Rocha Roque, Universidade Europeia
Maria Manuel Borges, Universidade de Coimbra
Pedro Rangel Henriques, Universidade do Minho
Call for
papers
The Organizing
Committee calls for the submission of paper (15 minutes) or poster
proposals to the Conference “Digital Humanities in Portugal”,
which will take place at the School of Social and Human Sciences
at NOVA-New University of Lisbon, on October 8-9, 2015. Proposals
must be registered and uploaded through the EasyChair conference
system,
until March
31, 2015 (NEW DATE), (
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hdpt2015).
After signing up, authors must enter their name, contact details
and institutional affiliation, as well as title, abstract (min.
400 / max. 500 words) and keywords (max. 5) for the proposal. All
proposals will undergo blind peer review and authors will be
notified of the results by May 15, 2015. Papers and posters must
be submitted in Portuguese or English. The publication of selected
papers from the conference in a peer-reviewed scientific journal
is scheduled for the summer of 2016. The Organizing Committee can
be contacted via the email
congressohdpt@gmail.com.
PhD students
bursaries: The Organizing Committee is delighted to announce 4
bursaries to give PhD students the opportunity to attend our
‘Digital Humanities in Portugal’ conference. These bursaries are
sponsored by the research centers involved in the organization.
Each bursary will cover the costs of
conference
attendance, including conference fees, as well as travel and
accommodation expenses up to 250 euros. The bursaries will be
awarded by the Organizing Committee to the four paper proposals by
PhD students with the highest review score.
Registration
- Registration
with paper or poster until May 30, 2015 (40€)
- General
registration until July 31, 2015 (40€)
- Registration
of students until July 31, 2015 (10€)
- General
registration after July 31, 2015 (70€)
- Registration
of students after July 31, 2015 (20€)
Registration and payment details:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-humanities-in-portugal-building-bridges-and-breaking-barriers-in-the-digital-age-tickets-15943774258
Payment must be made by bank transfer using the following details,
Bank transfer details:
Bank: IGCP – Instituto de Gestão da Tesouraria e do Crédito Público,
I.P.;
Address: Av. da República, 57 – 6º, 1050-189, Lisboa;
NIB: 0781 011200000006399 80
IBAN: PT50 0781 011200000006399 80
SWIFT: IGCPPTPL
And the proof of bank transfer must be sent to the conference email:
congressohdpt@gmail.com
PhD students bursaries
The Organizing Committee is delighted to announce 4 bursaries
to give PhD students the opportunity to attend our ‘Digital
Humanities in Portugal’ conference. These bursaries are
sponsored by the research centers involved in the organization.
Each bursary will cover the costs of conference attendance,
including conference fees, as well as travel and accommodation
expenses up to 250 euros. The bursaries will be awarded by the
Organizing Committee to the four paper proposals by PhD students
with the highest review score.
Further
information
Institutional
support
Fundação para
a Ciência e a Tecnologia