Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 38, No. 39.
Department of Digital Humanities, University of Cologne
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Date: 2024-06-18 07:02:54+00:00
From: marijn Koolen <marijn.koolen@gmail.com>
Subject: Second CfP: Computational Humanities Research Conference, 4-6 December in Aarhus, Denmark
Conference: Computational Humanities Research 2024
Submission deadline: July 8, 2024
Dates: 4-6 December, 2024
Location: Aarhus, Denmark
Website: https://2024.computational-humanities-research.org
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In the arts and humanities, the use of computational, statistical, and
mathematical approaches has considerably increased in recent years. This
research is characterized by the use of formal methods and the construction
of explicit, computational models. This includes quantitative, statistical
approaches, but also more generally computational methods for processing
and analyzing data, as well as theoretical reflections on these approaches.
Despite the undeniable growth of this research area, many scholars still
struggle to find suitable research-oriented venues to present and publish
computational work that does not lose sight of traditional modes of inquiry
in the arts and humanities. This is the scholarly niche that the CHR
conference aims to fill. More precisely, the conference aims at
1. Building a community of scholars working on humanities research questions
relying on a wide range of computational and quantitative approaches to
humanities data in all its forms. We consider this community to be
complementary to the digital humanities landscape. We actively seek,
welcome, and encourage people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and
identities to join. This includes, but is not limited to, scholars from
underrepresented groups, different academic paths, and those who are
contributing novel perspectives to the computational humanities
landscape.
2. Promoting good practices through sharing “research stories”. Such good
practices may include, for instance, the publication of code and data in
order to support transparency and replication of studies; pre-registering
research design to present theoretical justification, hypotheses, and
proposed statistical analysis; or a redesign of the reviewing process for
interdisciplinary studies that rely on computational approaches to answer
questions relevant to the humanities.
### Topics of interest
We invite original research papers from a wide range of topics, including
-- but not limited to -- the following:
- Applications of statistical methods and machine learning to process,
enrich and analyse humanities data, including new media and cultural
heritage data;
- Hypothesis-driven humanities research, simulations and generative models;
- Development of new quantitative and empirical methods for humanities
research;
- Modeling bias, uncertainty, and conflicting interpretation in the
humanities;
- Evaluation methods, evaluation data sets and development of standards;
- Formal, statistical or quantitative evaluation of categorization /
periodization;
- Theoretical frameworks and epistemology for quantitative methods and
computational humanities approaches;
- Translation and transfer of methods from other disciplines, approaches to
bridge humanistic and statistical interpretations;
- Visualisation, dissemination (incl. Open science) and teaching in
computational humanities.
- Potential and challenges of AI applications to humanities research.
To gain further insight into paper topics, please also refer to the
proceedings of previous years: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2723/,
http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2989/, https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3290/,
https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3558/.
### Venue
The 2024 edition of the Computational Humanities Research conference will
be hosted by the DIGHUMLAB (https://dighumlab.org/) and
the Center for Humanities Computing, Aarhus University (https://chc.au.dk/).
The conference will be a hybrid event with an option to attend in person in
Aarhus, virtually, or a combination
of the two. More details will follow soon.
### Important dates
- Submission deadline: July 8, 2024
- Notification to authors: September, 2024
- Final papers ready: October, 2024
- Conference: December 4 - December 6, 2024
### Submission types
Long Papers: up to 5000 words (ca. 10 pages, references, abstract
and tables/illustrations excluded). Long papers report on completed,
original and unpublished results. Brevity of argument is preferred.
We welcome the use of appendices or other supplementary information.
Short Papers: up to 3000 words (ca. 6 pages, references, abstract
and tables/illustrations excluded). Short papers report on focused
contributions, and may present work in progress. Short papers are
presented either as short oral presentations or posters.
Lightning Talks: Submit an abstract of up to 750 words (excluding
references, tables and illustrations) to give a 5 minute presentation
during a lightning talks session. This format can be well suited for
reporting work in progress, introducing ideas, preliminary results, or
focused question-answer research.
Workshops: up to 1500 words. Workshops should be organised to be
more interactive than the main conference. The workshops will take place
before the conference, on 3 December. Workshop proposals should
describe:
- the aims and set up of the workshop,
- the academic background for the work,
- proposed length (e.g. half day or full day),
- an outline of the day, including the types of activities,
- the expected key outcomes,
- a short bio of each organiser or presenter, including their name,
affiliation, email address
- a plan for promoting the workshop to draw participants.
- specific requirements, including but not limited to special equipment
(e.g. audio/video), software, physical space arrangements,
- any technical knowledge, skills, or experience participants should
have prior to attending the workshop.
### Submission instructions and review process
We welcome submissions from scholars of diverse backgrounds and
particularly from under-represented groups. For submission details, see
https://2024.computational-humanities-research.org/cfp/.
Accepted full and short papers will be published as part of a CEUR-WS
proceedings.
### Questions?
Contact the organisers if you have any questions, specific requirements or
concerns:
info@computational-humanities-research.org or drop us a line on the
discourse forum (https://discourse.computational-humanities-research.org).
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