Huminfra Conference (HiC 2024)



Venue: Gothenburg, Sweden - University of Gothenburg, Humanisten.
Visiting address: Renströmsgatan 6, Gothenburg (Room J222, Floor 2)

Dates: 10-11 January, 2024
Deadline for submissions: 9 November, 2023
Deadline for registrations: preliminary 15 December, 2023 (registration form will be available soon).

Participation is free. For registered onsite participants coffee breaks will be offered free of charge.

Description

Huminfra is a Swedish national infrastructure supporting digital and experimental research in the Humanities by providing users with a single entry point for finding existing Swedish materials and research tools, as well as developing national method courses. On January, 10-11, 2024, Huminfra is organizing its first conference with the aim to showcase the variety of infrastructural tools, resources and initiatives aimed at supporting digital and experimental research in the Humanities.

    Call for submissions

    We are pleased to invite Huminfra researchers and associated colleagues to submit presentations for the Huminfra Conference (HiC) to be held on 10-11 January, 2024 in Gothenburg. We invite two types of contributions, to be presented orally or as a demo presentation (i.e., work-in-progress or finished software, hardware technology, tools, datasets, and so forth):

    • short papers of approximately 3-6 pages (excluding references) or
    • short abstracts of approximately 300 words

    Short papers will be published through a peer-reviewed publication channel (which yet to be decided). Abstracts and short papers will be made available via the conference’s webpage. Note that there will be a follow-up call for reworking selected presentations into chapters for a planned Huminfra Handbook after the conference.

    Topics of interest

    We are soliciting contributions that cover any aspect of research infrastructure components for Digital Humanities (DH) or for experimental research in the Humanities, focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on:

    • Resources and tools aimed at DH research, including collaborative tools and platforms
    • Infrastructures (e.g., digital archives & repositories; experimental tasks)
    • Description of DH centers, networks, and related projects
    • DH expertise and expertise in experimental Humanities
    • Practical aspects of how tools/services/resources have been and can be used
    • User training and education (e.g., "how-to" tutorials)
    • Availability of tools/services/resources, and associated ethical, privacy or legal constraints
    • Funding opportunities and strategies for building and sustaining DH infrastructure
    • User involvement and/or case studies where research infrastructure components have been used
    • Emerging trends and future directions in DH infrastructure development (e.g., AI)
    • Dissemination of digital and experimental infrastructures, data, software, and/or research output in and beyond knowledge institutions
    • Demos of any of the above
    • Other, related to infrastructure, issues and challenges such as DH at the intersection of disciplines within and beyond the arts and humanities

    Author's kit

    Papers should use the Microsoft Word file (.docx), or the OpenDocument-text (.odt) or the LaTeX style and sample file templates, available here: file templates (.zip folder).

    Please submit papers in .pdf file format using EasyChair (link will be available soon). All papers should be written in English or Swedish, all submissions will be peer-reviewed, although there is no need to anonymize your submissions.

    The volume with the conference proceedings will be available online, preferably before the conference start.

      Important dates

      • 13 September 2023: First call for submissions
      • 9 November 2023: Submission deadline (abstracts and short papers)
      • 1 December 2023: Notification of acceptance
      • 18 December 2023: Camera-ready paper deadline
      • 10-11 January 2024: Conference dates

      Preliminary program committee

      • Elena Volodina, Språkbanken Text (SBX), University of Gothenburg (Chair)
      • David Alfter, Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities (GRIDH), University of Gothenburg
      • Anna Blåder, Lund University Humanities Lab (Humanistlaboratoriet), Lund university
      • Gerlof Bouma, Språkbanken Text (SBX), University of Gothenburg
      • Daniel Brodén, Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities (GRIDH), University of Gothenburg
      • Coppélie Cocq, Humlab, Umeå university
      • Jens Edlund, Språkbanken Tal (SBT), The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
      • Anna Foka, Centre for Digital Humanities (CDUH), Uppsala university
      • Markus Forsberg, Språkbanken Text (SBX), University of Gothenburg
      • Mats Fridlund, Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities (GRIDH), University of Gothenburg
      • Koraljka Golub, Digital humaniora, Linnaeus university
      • Marianne Gullberg, Lund University Humanities Lab (Humanistlaboratoriet), Lunds universitet (LU)
      • Chris Haffenden, KB-labb, National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket)
      • Christian Horn, Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities (GRIDH), University of Gothenburg
      • Olof Karsvall, Riksarkivet (SNA)
      • Dimitrios Kokkinakis, Språkbanken Text (SBX), University of Gothenburg
      • Cecilia Lindhé, Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities (GRIDH), University of Gothenburg
      • Matts Lindström, Centre for Digital Humanities (CDUH), Uppsala university
      • Gustaf Nelhans, The Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås
      • Tomas Nilson, Digital Laboratory Centre (DLC), Halmstad university
      • Harko Verhagen, Digital humanvetenskap (DHV), Stockholm university
      • Jonathan Westin, Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities (GRIDH), University of Gothenburg
      • ...
      • ...

      Organizing committee

      • Elena Volodina, Språkbanken Text (SBX), University of Gothenburg (Chair)
      • Gerlof Bouma, Språkbanken Text (SBX), University of Gothenburg
      • Markus Forsberg, Språkbanken Text (SBX), University of Gothenburg
      • Dimitrios Kokkinakis, Språkbanken Text (SBX), University of Gothenburg
      • David Alfter, Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities (GRIDH), University of Gothenburg
      • Mats Fridlund, Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities (GRIDH), University of Gothenburg
      • Christian Horn, Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities (GRIDH), University of Gothenburg
      • Jonathan Westin, Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities (GRIDH), University of Gothenburg

        Contact

        • < sb-huminfra at svenska dot gu dot se >
        Page manager: Elena Volodina
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        Last update: 2023-09-25