Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 39, No. 154.
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Date: 2025-10-03 16:09:18+00:00
From: Mia <mia.ridge@gmail.com>
Subject: DH2026 Call for Proposals
Dear Humanist readers,
Some information from the DH2026 organisers is below. The full Call for
Proposals is available at https://dh2026.adho.org/cfp/
Cheers,
Mia
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DH2026 Call for Proposals
The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites submissions
for its annual conference, DH2026, to be held in Daejeon, South Korea, from
July 27 to 31, 2026.
Conference Theme: "Engagement"
Our theme, “Engagement,” highlights our commitment to fostering meaningful
connections—both among diverse communities and between humans and emerging
technologies. It emphasizes vibrancy in community interactions and critical
reflection on technologies such as “Artificial Intelligence” and their
responsible applications. The increasing prominence of generative AI
technologies—including large language models, multimodal systems, and
computer vision models—invites fresh perspectives and re-examinations of
practices across the digital humanities, from data analysis and modeling to
heritage studies and beyond. This conference embraces both established
areas of digital humanities and emerging approaches, encouraging
discussions that critically and practically examine these technological
developments and consider their impacts within the communities and contexts
they shape.
The three sub-themes outlined on https://dh2026.adho.org/cfp/ are intended
as illustrative examples to guide proposals, rather than as strict
limitations on the scope of contributions.
Conference Formats
Proposals may be submitted for the following formats:
- Long papers (Abstracts should be 1250-1500 words): Suited for
substantial, completed, and previously unpublished research; reports on
developing significant new methodologies or digital resources; and/or
rigorous theoretical, speculative, or critical discussions. Presentations
are typically 20 minutes.
- Short papers (Abstracts should be 750-1000 words): Appropriate for
reporting on experiments, work in progress, and newly conceived tools or
software in early stages of development. Presentations are typically 10
minutes.
- Posters (Abstracts should be 500-750 words): For presenting work on
any relevant topic, or offering demonstrations of projects, tools, artwork,
creative visualizations, and software in various stages of development.
- Pre-conference Workshops or Mini-conferences: See Below
- Note that ADHO no longer accepts panel proposals.
Pre-conference Formats
- Workshops are intensive introductions to specific techniques,
software packages, or theoretical approaches. Workshops last half a day and
can be held in person or online. Proposals should include an agenda
(focusing on learning outcomes, target audience, and instructor expertise).
The abstract should be 1000 words.
- Mini-conferences are day-long gatherings that do not fit the
workshop format. For example, a mini-conference could be a THATCamp,
hackathon, maker faire, or a series of events at a local venue. The
abstract should be 1000 words.
Note on Review Expectations
As an interdisciplinary and international conference, scholars come to DH
from a wide range of disciplinary and cultural contexts. As a result, it is
not uncommon for there to be some degree of confusion regarding the
expectations for submissions. Proposals for the DH conference are expected
to be “abstracts” of the presentation to be given, with different formats
offered for work at different stages of completeness.
Please note that, for all submission types, authors are expected to include
a literature review (with citations) in order to situate the work within
the relevant disciplinary context and ground the scholarly contribution of
the work. In addition, for long papers, while authors can submit proposals
on work nearing completion, the research should be sufficiently completed
for authors to speak to major findings and the scholarly significance of
the results in their proposals. Work where the outcomes are still
anticipated are better suited for the short paper or poster formats.
Important Dates
- Submissions Accepted From: October 8, 2025, 00:00 AM KST
- Deadline for Submissions: December 8, 2025, 11:59 PM KST
- Notification of Acceptances: mid-February, 2026 [TBA]
- Registration Open: mid-February, 2026 [TBA]
Submission Portal
Proposals must be submitted via ConfTool: https://www.conftool.pro/dh2026/
<https://www.conftool.pro/dh2026/>
Hybrid Conference Model
DH2026 is planned as a hybrid conference. Accepted authors will be asked
their preference to attend in-person or online for scheduling purposes. We
aim to facilitate meaningful participation for both in-person and remote
attendees.
Review Process and Criteria
Submissions will undergo a double anonymous (blind) review process. Thus,
authors’ and reviewers’ identities will not be disclosed. This also means
that submissions should not contain any information which would serve to
identify the authors.
Reviewers will assess proposals based on ADHO’s established criteria
<https://adho.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ADHO-DH-Conference-Evaluation-criteria.pdf>
as follows
- [1, 20%] Does the submission include a sufficient description of the
current state of knowledge and best practices in the area(s) relevant to
the work, and is that description backed up by useful references?
- [2a, 20%] Does the work described in the submission go beyond the
current state of knowledge and best practices in the areas(s) relevant to
the work? This may concern method, approach, application domain, or
findings.
- [2b, 20%, workshops] Does the submission describe the contents of the
workshop (topics, issues, methods, tools) in sufficient detail for readers
to understand what will be taught?
- [3a, 20%] Does the submission describe its approach or method with
sufficient detail for readers to understand what was done and why it was
done, within the limitations of the abstract format?
- [3b, 20%, workshops] Does the submission describe its didactical
approach, the materials to be used, and the progression of topics over the
course of the workshop with sufficient detail for readers to understand how
the workshop will be taught?
- [4, 15%] Does the submission support diversity, in the sense that it
describes work that increases the range of topics, approaches and
perspectives presented at the DH conference, and/or does it give adequate
recognition to a broad range of relevant scholarly work, including by
members of disadvantaged or under-represented groups?
- Please read the ADHO blog post on the review criteria
<https://adho.org/2023/12/18/a-brief-explanation-of-the-revised-adho-
conference-review-criteria/>,
especially the discussion on ADHO’s understanding of “diversity”
- [5, 15%] Is the submission well-structured and clearly written in a
way that supports readers in understanding the submission?
Contact
For inquiries, please visit the conference website (https://dh2026.adho.org/)
or contact kadh2026@gmail.com .
We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Daejeon!
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