The Global Digital Humanities Symposium invites proposals for its 12th annual event, taking place both virtually and in person May 2027. The Call for Proposals is open until November 18th, 2026. The organizers especially welcome submissions on the following topics:
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Multilingualism and language justice in DH
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Indigenous led DH work and community engaged collaborations in DH
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Globally situated human-AI collaboration and critique in DH
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DH approaches to the study of the environment and considerations of environmental justice in DH infrastructure and practice
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Relational, distributed, and/or creative frameworks and practices in global digital pedagogy
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Public and community-engaged DH
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Digital historical research and archives
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Minimal, material, and sustainable approaches to DH
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Surveillance, censorship, and/or data privacy in global contexts
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Open data, open access, and data preservation as resistance
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Borders, migration, and diasporas with an emphasis on the effects of warfare and conflict
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Feminist and queer perspectives in DH
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Disability justice and accessibility
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DH methods in interdisciplinary and cross-regional research
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Digital storytelling and artistic representations in digital spaces
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Computational literary studies
The schedule of events will be as follows:
- 10 May (Monday) – In-Person Symposium at Michigan State University (in English)
- 12-13 May (Wednesday-Thursday) – Virtual Symposium (in English, Spanish, and French)
- 15 May (Saturday) – In-Person Symposium at the University of Guelph (in English and French)
- Mid-May, Post Symposium – DH@Guelph Summer Workshops
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