Call for Proposals: Global Digital Humanities Symposium

DH has been a key site for interrogating narratives about disruption, connection, virtuality, surveillance, algorithmic bias, data and resistance, the digital divide, and digital accountabilities. In this moment, shaped by a global pandemic and climate crisis, these narratives and conversations are as urgent as ever.

Focused on these issues, they invite work at the intersections of critical DH; race and ethnicity; feminism, intersectionality, and gender; and anti-colonial and postcolonial frameworks. Scholarship that works across borders with a focus on transnational partnerships and globally accessible data is especially welcome.

Digital humanities scholarship continues to be driven by work at the intersections of a range of distinct disciplines and an ethical commitment to preserve and broaden access to cultural materials.

Eligible Topics

• This year they especially anticipate and welcome presentations on the following topics:
  • Digital humanities, the environment, and the climate crisis
  • Issues of healthcare and the digital humanities
  • Global DH during a global pandemic
• They are always interested to hear about the following topics:
  • Indigeneity – anywhere in the world – and the digital
  • Surveillance, censorship, and/or data privacy in a global context
  • Productive failure; failure as a part of DH praxis
  • Cultural heritage in a range of contexts, particularly non-Western
  • Open data, open access, and data preservation as resistance
  • How identity categories and their intersections, shape digital humanities work
  • Global digital pedagogies and emerging technologies
  • Equity and inclusion in digital access
  • Digital humanities, postcolonialism, and anti-colonialism
  • Borders, migration, and/or diaspora and their connection to the digital
  • Multilingualism and the digital
  • Global research dialogues and collaborations
  • Scholarly communication and knowledge production in a global context
  • Virtual worlds and digital storytelling

Presentation Formats

• 5-minute lightning talk (250-300 word proposal)
• 15-minute presentation (250-300 word proposal)
• 90-minute panel (100-word proposal describing the panel as a whole, plus 100-word description for each presentation within the panel)
• 60-minute Workshop (250-300 word proposal)
• Project showcase (250-300 word proposal)
  • There will be a session similar to a poster presentation fair, in which presenters will share their work with small groups or individuals. Rather than a set presentation length, this project showcase will enable one-on-one feedback and ask presenters to share about their work in a more conversational and extemporaneous way.

They also encourage proposals for non-traditional formats for virtual presentations, performances, readings, or workshops, particularly those that utilize the tools and/or the experimental and collaborative ethos of DH. They invite any and all re-imaginings of what a virtual conference presentation can be.