CFP: Digital Humanities Series – Open Book Publishers

Open Book Publishers, a peer-reviewed open access publisher, has issued a call for proposals for a book series on Digital Humanities: We are interested in experimental monographs, edited volumes and collections as well as introductory guides for non-specialists, best practices guides for practitioners and “state of the art” surveys. The Series offers digital humanists a dedicated ...

CFP: DíaHD (Día de Humanidades Digitales)

Call for participation for Día de Humanidades Digitales, taking place on June 10. Like Day of DH, DíaHD seeks to document what digital humanists do in the course of a day, with the additional aim of identifying and publicizing the work of digital humanists “from Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries or researchers from other parts ...

CFParticipation: Help With Technology Challenges at NYPL

The New York Public Library is reimagining the “public” in its name and is calling on you to “help build new tools and services that have the potential to impact libraries everywhere”. The contest is open to all, so assemble your team of librarians and hackers, and create a project in one of the following ...

CFP: British Library Labs Competition 2013

The British Library Labs has announced the details of a competition ” designed to attract scholars, explorers, trailblazers and software developers who see the potential for new and innovative research and development opportunities lurking within these immense digital collections.” Details from the site: We’re looking for people over 18 who are interested in researching and developing ...

CFP: Call for DH Commons Advisory Board

centerNet, an international network of digital humanities centers, has issued a request for nominations for Advisory Board members for its new publication, DHCommons: The Advisory Board will join Co-Lead-Editor Ryan Cordell, a Co-Lead-Editor from outside North America to be named soon, and Technical Editor Quinn Dombrowski. The Board will be drawn from centerNet’s regions and help ensure the global vision ...

CFProposals: 2013 Digital Library Federation Forum

The 2013 Digital Library Federation (DLF) Forum, to be held November 3–6, 2013 in Austin, Texas, is seeking “proposals for presentations, panel discussions, workshops, research updates, and hands-on, problem-solving sessions.” The DLF is seeking proposals that focus on the themes of digital technology design, management and assessment, data, and collaboration. Proposals should fit within the ...

CFP: Workshop on Big Humanities

A call for papers has been issued for the Workshop on Big Humanities, held in conjunction with the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, October 6-9, 2013, in Santa Clara, CA. From the CFP: The workshop will address applications of “big data” in the humanities, arts and culture, and the challenges and possibilities that such ...

CFP: Global Women Wikipedia Write-In

On ProfHacker, Adeline Koh issues a call for participation this Friday, April 26, 1-3PM EST, in the Global Women Wikipedia Write-In. From the call: Ever been disappointed by the level of Wikipedia coverage on the world outside of Europe and the United States? Consider joining in this Friday in the Global Women Wikipedia Write-in (#GWWI), ...

CFP: Archive Journal: “Publishing the Archive”

Archive Journal, an open access and peer-reviewed online journal, has issued a call for projects and essay proposals for its fourth issue under the theme, “Publishing the Archive.” This issue is guest edited by Anvil Academic, “a scholarly publisher of born-digital and born-again-digital research in the humanities.” We invite proposals that investigate the possibilities and ...

RESOURCE: Starting and Sustaining DH Centers

This past week, centerNet announced a new initiative around starting and sustaining DH Centers. A resources page, featuring “talks, articles, sample DH proposals, and other sources of information about ways to start and sustain DH centers,” has been added to the centerNet website. Additionally, a new centerNet listserv has been launched around the topic: DHCenterStartUp. ...

CFP: Digital Humanities Forum, Return to the Material, University of Kansas

The Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Kansas has issued a CFP for their 2013 Digital Humanities Forum: Return to the Material. From the CFP: We welcome proposals for 20-minute papers, posters or panel sessions on topics from your own research that focus on the relationship between the digital and ...