DH Benelux 2027 will be held July 7–9, 2027, at the Université libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, with pre-conference workshops on July 6. The theme, “Where Is Digital Humanities?”, asks where DH does its work after LLMs: with whom, on what terms, and at what cost. The call is organized around three axes: DH’s disciplinary identity, its credibility with publics such as citizen scientists and heritage volunteers, and its place in a research lifecycle shaped by generative AI, including that AI’s environmental costs. Several suggested topics speak directly to library and archives work. These include cultural heritage institutions as research partners, digital archives and long-term preservation, reproducibility and citation when models are versioned or deprecated, and crowdsourcing and participatory annotation. The conference accepts proposals in English for oral presentations, lightning talks, posters, demos, panels, and workshops. All submissions are anonymized and go through double-blind review. Presentations must be in person, since no online option is planned. Proposals are due December 7, 2026. Full details are in the call for papers.
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