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Humanist Archives: May 8, 2025, 7:20 a.m. Humanist 39.3 - events: teaching the past; audio-visual hackathon; cfp: role of the humanities (Pretoria)

				
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    [1]    From: Chiara Palladino <chiarapalladino1@gmail.com>
           Subject: Seminar Announcement: Ancient Egypt Reimagined: Teaching about the Past Through Digital Humanities (49)

    [2]    From: Mila Oiva <milaoiv@utu.fi>
           Subject: Audiovisual Hack-a-thon “Exploring Methods and Data through Inclusive Collaboration” (42)

    [3]    From: Menno Van Zaanen <Menno.VanZaanen@nwu.ac.za>
           Subject: Second call for papers DHASA Conference 2025 (159)


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        Date: 2025-05-07 17:00:00+00:00
        From: Chiara Palladino <chiarapalladino1@gmail.com>
        Subject: Seminar Announcement: Ancient Egypt Reimagined: Teaching about the Past Through Digital Humanities

Join us for this upcoming event at the Material Digital Humanities seminars
2025:

Ancient Egypt Reimagined: Teaching about the Past Through Digital
Humanities

Speaker: Rita Lucarelli (Berkeley)
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 17:00–18:15 BST. Online Only. 

In this lecture, the role of applying DH methods in courses on the ancient
Egyptian funerary art and religion will be outlined and discussed also in
the light of the most recent use of AI in the classroom and through three
main case-studies: 1. The Book of the Dead in 3D, a student-based project
for the 3D visualization of ancient Egyptian coffins; 2. the VR app Return
to the Tomb on the digital repatriation of ancient Egyptian sarcophagus to
its tomb, developed by an international team of digital scholars and
Egyptologists (UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz. The University of Bonn, Virginia
Tech); 3. MELC 110: Digital Humanities and Egyptology, an undergraduate
course at the University of California, Berkeley.

The Material Digital Humanities seminar is organised by Gabriel Bodard
(Digital Humanities Research Hub, University of London, UK) and Chiara
Palladino (Department of Classics, Furman University, USA) in 2025. This
seminar series will present a range of discussions around materiality and
the research possibilities offered by digital methods and approaches.
Beyond just the value of digitization and computational research to the
study of material culture, we are especially interested in theoretical and
digital approaches to the question of materiality itself. We do not
restrict ourselves to any period of history or academic discipline, but
want to encourage interdisciplinarity and collaborative work, and the
valuable exchange of ideas enabled by cross-pollination of languages, areas
of history, geography and cultures.

All welcome

This event is free to attend, but booking is required. It will be held
online with details about how to join the virtual event being circulated
via email to registered attendees 24 hours in advance.

https://www.sas.ac.uk/digital-humanities-research-hub/events/ancient-egypt-
reimagined-teaching-about-past-through-digital-humanities


Chiara Palladino, PhD
Associate Professor of Classics
Chair, Ancient Greek and Roman Studies
Shi Institute Faculty Affiliate
Office: Furman Hall 128A
Furman University

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        Date: 2025-05-07 11:54:41+00:00
        From: Mila Oiva <milaoiv@utu.fi>
        Subject: Audiovisual Hack-a-thon “Exploring Methods and Data through Inclusive Collaboration”

Dear Colleague,


Are you interested in exploring audiovisual data and collections from a
computational humanities perspective?

Or perhaps you have data or research questions related to audiovisual media and
want to know if/how to approach them computationally? Or are you a researcher
with experience in methods such as computer vision, machine learning, or data
visualisation, and want to apply your skills to audiovisual projects? Or maybe
you are a curious student who wants to learn more about this growing area of
research.

If any of the above sounds like you, consider joining our Audiovisual Hack-a-
thon “Exploring Methods and Data through Inclusive Collaboration” that will take
place on July 15, 2025 at the DH2025<https://dh2025.adho.org/> conference in
Lisbon.

What: a half-day session of collaborative work, discussion, and exchange, built
around practical hands-on mini-challenges.

Who: anyone with experience or interest in applying computational methods to
moving image collections.

When: July 15, 2025

For more information, see: https://sculptingtime.github.io/DH2025/

Please note that it is necessary to register to the DH2025
conference<https://dh2025.adho.org/conference-registration/> in order to attend
the hack-a-thon.


Best regards,

Mila Oiva
Nanne van Noord
Daniel Chávez Heras
Peter Broadwell
Terézia Porubčanská
Christian Olesen
Johan Malmstedt

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        Date: 2025-05-07 11:34:40+00:00
        From: Menno Van Zaanen <Menno.VanZaanen@nwu.ac.za>
        Subject: Second call for papers DHASA Conference 2025

Second call for papers DHASA Conference 2025
https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za

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@nwu.ac.za).


Important dates

Submission deadline: 14 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@nwu.ac.za
Professor in Digital Humanities
South African Centre for Digital Language Resources
https://www.sadilar.org


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