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[1] From: Gius, Evelyn <evelyn.gius@tu-darmstadt.de>
Subject: CFP for Computational Humanities Research Conference (CHR 2027), Manchester, January 5-8 (41)
[2] From: Daniel Chavez Heras <daniel.chavez@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: Mapping Culture using Complex Networks: Entangling Science and the Humanities (62)
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Date: 2026-04-23 14:07:35+00:00
From: Gius, Evelyn <evelyn.gius@tu-darmstadt.de>
Subject: CFP for Computational Humanities Research Conference (CHR 2027), Manchester, January 5-8
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 2027 edition of the
Computational Humanities Research Conference (CHR 2027), which will take place
on 5 to 8 January 2027, at the Centre for Digital Humanities, Cultures and
Media <https://www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/>, University of
Manchester.
In recent years, the arts and humanities have seen a significant increase in the
use of computational, statistical, and mathematical approaches. This kind of
research is distinguished by its reliance on formal methods and the development
of explicit, computational models—ranging from quantitative and statistical
techniques to broader computational methods for processing and analysing data,
as well as theoretical reflections on these approaches.
The CHR conference seeks to be a venue where scholars can present and publish
computational work while maintaining a strong connection to traditional
humanities inquiry.
More specifically, the conference has two key goals:
1. Building an inclusive community of researchers who apply computational and
quantitative methods to humanities data in all its forms. We see this community
as complementary to the broader digital humanities landscape and actively
encourage participation from anyone bringing fresh perspectives to computational
humanities.
2. Promoting excellent research. This includes fostering transparency and
reproducibility through open code and data, supporting research designs that
clarify theoretical frameworks and methodologies, and better accommodating
interdisciplinary work that blends computational methods with humanities-driven
questions.
The deadline for full paper submissions is August 14, 2026. For further details,
please consult the full Call for Papers here<https://2027.computational-
humanities-research.org/cfp/>.
If you have any questions, special requirements, or concerns, feel free to reach
out to the organisers at pc@computational-humanities-
research.org<https://mailto:pc@computational-humanities-research.org/>.
Kind regards,
Kaspar Beelen, Giovanni Colavizza and Evelyn Gius (CHR2027 programme chairs)
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Date: 2026-04-23 09:36:44+00:00
From: Daniel Chavez Heras <daniel.chavez@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: Mapping Culture using Complex Networks: Entangling Science and the Humanities
Mapping Culture using Complex Networks:
Entangling Science and the Humanities
28 April 2026 16:30 to 18:00 BST
King's College London, Strand Campus and online
<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/mapping-culture-using-complex-networks-
entangling-science-and-the-humanities>
Wikipedia is one of the most remarkable collective efforts, where millions of
anonymous editors work independently to build one of the most significant
sources of knowledge humanity has ever created. Beyond the explicit knowledge
presented in its articles, a vast amount of implicit learning emerges from the
dense network of internal links connecting people, ideas, and works. This
extensive network (~173 million connections in the English version) can be
represented as a directed graph and has been used in several studies, ranging
from computing semantic relatedness to natural language processing. In this
talk, we present a mathematical approach to transform the directed network of
internal links in Wikipedia into a weighted, undirected network that reveals and
quantifies subtle connections among individuals, places, oeuvres, and ideas.
Speaker:
Gustavo Ariel Schwartz is a physicist and writer. After receiving his PhD in
Physics from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 2001, he spent two
years as a postdoctoral researcher at Chalmers University of Technology
(Sweden). He then moved to the Donostia International Physics Center (Spain) to
continue his research. Since 2008, he has been a scientist at the National
Spanish Research Council (CSIC), where he has conducted his research at the
Material Physics Centre in San Sebastián. He has published more than seventy
scientific articles. He has co-authored the theatre play, The Interview, which
premiered in San Sebastián in 2013. He also co-edited the collective work
#Nodos, in which nearly 90 scientists, writers, artists, and scholars from all
over the world explore the possibilities of transdisciplinary knowledge. The
English edition has been published by Intellect Press in the UK. In 2019, he
published Creativium, a transdisciplinary project that analyses and portrays
scientific creativity.
*Register in person (London): https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/mapping-culture-using-
complex-networks-entangling-science-and-the-humanities
*Register online: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/73e1647c-6395-4cd3-889
5-4157dddd74a5@8370cf14-16f3-4c16-b83c-724071654356
This event is organised by the Computational Humanities Research
group <https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/computational-humanities-research-group>
in the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London.
For questions, contact:
Dr Daniel Chávez Heras <https://movingpixel.net/>
Lecturer in Digital Culture and Creative Computing
Many thanks
Daniel
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Dr Daniel Chávez Heras
Lecturer in Digital Culture and Creative Computing
Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London
movingpixel.net <https://movingpixel.net/> | Creative AI Lab<https://creative-
ai.org/> | Computational Humanities
Group <https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/computational-humanities-research-group>
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