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Digital Humanities for German-speaking countries will be held on the 23rd-27th February 2026 at the University of Vienna, Austria. The Conference theme is “Not only text, not only data”.
The DHd 2026 Call for Papers is open and invites researchers to submit contributions to interdisciplinary research that combines the humanities with computational methods and digital technologies, including but not limited to:
- Use of digital tools and resources to study humanities disciplines, including history, literature, art, and cultural studies
- Exploration of the impact of technology on humanities research and teaching
- Best practices around programming and software development in the humanities
- Reuse and adaptation of existing datasets and algorithms for new research directions
- Studies concerning the replicability of previously obtained research results
- Sustainability and preservation of both data and research processes; how does data stewardship engage with algorithms?
- Current and developing best practices for work with non-textual as well as textual digital cultural heritage
- (Not) reinventing the wheel: what to do about pre-processing scripts
- Data Studies and the transferability of data and algorithms across disciplines
- Libraries as mediators of heterogeneous data and/or software tools in DH: enabling access, integration, and reuse beyond text- and data-centric approaches
- Photogrammetry and modelling of cultural heritage spaces
- Soundscapes, music, and audio in the digital humanities
- Multimedia and game studies for the humanities
- Ethics and sustainability of LLMs
The main languages of exchange in the DHd community are German and English. Proposals can be submitted in German or English. We encourage all participants to hold their presentations at the conference in German, but contributions in English are also welcome.
The following formats can be submitted:
- Presentations, including position papers on theory, meta-reflections on digital humanities practices, presentation of methods or tools, computer-supported analysis or interpretation of humanities themes, or other appropriate work within the digital humanities (submission of at least 1500, maximum 2000 words)
- Presentations in the Doctoral Consortium (submission of at least 500, maximum 750 words)
- Posters (submission of at least 500, maximum 750 words)
- Half-day or full-day workshops prior to the main conference (submission of at least 1200, maximum 1500 words).
The deadline for proposals is the 1st August 2025.
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