DARIAH Annual Event 2026
Rome, Italy. May 26–29, 2026
Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 11th May 2026, 06:47:29pm CEST
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Agenda Overview |
| Date: Tuesday, 26/May/2026 | |
| 8:30am - 9:30am | Welcome coffee Location: Foyer |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | JRC Meeting (Internal) Location: Aula Bisconti Session Chair: Georgios Artopoulos, The Cyprus Institute |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | Digital Humanities Course Registry WG Meeting Location: Aula Radiciotti Session Chair: Anna Woldrich, Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) Session Chair: Iulianna Van der Lek, CLARIN Session Chair: María Goicoechea, University Complutense of Madrid |
| 9:30am - 1:00pm | NCC Meeting (Internal) Location: Aula Magna Session Chair: Richard Zijdeman, IISG Session Chair: Rita Gautschy, DaSCH, University of Basel Session Chair: Walter Scholger, CLARIAH-AT |
| 9:30am - 1:00pm | Digital Numismatics WG Meeting Location: Aula Casini (Aula 15) Session Chair: David Wigg-Wolf, Goethe universtiy Frankfurt | Leicester University Session Chair: Rahel C. Ackermann, Swiss Inventory of Coin Finds |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Morning coffee break Location: Foyer |
| 11:00am - 4:00pm | ECHOES Workshop (Internal) Location: Aula C3 Session Chair: Agiatis Benardou, DARIAH-EU |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Bibliographical Data WG Meeting Location: Aula Bisconti Session Chair: Tomasz Umerle, PCSS (Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center); DARIAH-PL Session Chair: Vojtěch Malínek, Institute of Czech Literature, Czech Academy of Sciences |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | #dariahTeach WG Meeting Location: Aula Radiciotti Session Chair: Marianne Huang, Aarhus University Session Chair: Monika Renate Barget, Maastricht University |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Theatralia WG Meeting Location: Sala Professori (Stanza 106) Session Chair: Anamarija Žugić Borić, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research Session Chair: Cécile CHANTRAINE BRAILLON, La Rochelle Université Invite only Working Group meeting. |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Digital Methods and Practices Observatory WG Meeting Location: Sala Interdipartimentale (Stanza 107) Session Chair: Costis Dallas, Vilnius University Session Chair: Maciej Maryl, Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Lunch break Location: Foyer |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Community Engagement WG Meeting Location: Aula Bisconti Session Chair: Joan Murphy, Trinity College Dublin Session Chair: Michael Kurzmeier, DARIAH-EU |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | DARIAH Library WG Meeting Location: Aula Radiciotti Session Chair: Martin Lhotak, Library of the Czech Academy of Sciences Session Chair: Nanette Rissler-Pipka, Max Weber Foundation |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Research Data Management WG Meeting Location: Aula Casini (Aula 15) Session Chair: Francesco Gelati, University of Hamburg |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Afternoon coffee break Location: Foyer |
| 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Plenary | Opening & Annual Event Theme Round Table Location: Aula Magna Session Chair: Susan Schreibman, Maastricht University Round table "Digital Arts and Humanities With and For Society: Building Infrastructures of Engagement"
Participants: Jenny Bergenmar, Marianne Huang, Sanita Reinsone |
| 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Welcome Reception Location: Foyer |
| Date: Wednesday, 27/May/2026 | |
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Welcome coffee Location: Foyer |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Panel | Collaborative cartographic infrastructures: public engagement and spatial humanities Location: Aula Magna Session Chair: Christophe Verbruggen, Ghent University |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | DARIAH 101 Location: Aula A An introductory session offering an overview of DARIAH, its mission, structure, and key activities. The session is especially aimed at newcomers and first-time participants, and highlights how to engage with DARIAH communities, services and resources. |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Topic: New models of collaboration across academia, memory institutions, and society Location: Aula Bisconti Session Chair: Adeline JOFFRES, MSH Val de Loire / CNRS |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | DARIAH South East European Regional Hub Meeting Location: Aula C3 |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Morning coffee break Location: Foyer |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Plenary | DARIAH-IT Showcase Location: Aula Magna Session Chair: Emiliano Degl'Innocenti, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Speakers:
Salvatore Capasso - CNR DSU Director Giuseppe Magnifico - CNR DG Michele Mazzola - MUR (Ministry of University and Research) Mauro Bertelletti - MUR (Ministry of University and Research) |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Lunch break Location: Foyer |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Panel | Joining the Dots in South-East Europe: Building the DARIAH-SEE Regional Hub as an Infrastructure of Engagement Location: Aula Magna Session Chair: Vojko Gorjanc, DARIAH-Si Session Chair: Lana Šehović, Music academy, University of sarajevo |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Topic: Wikidata and Linked Open Data Location: Aula A Session Chair: Sally Chambers, DARIAH-EU |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Topic: Co-creation, citizen science, public and participatory humanities, and community-driven, engaged scholarship Location: Aula Bisconti Session Chair: Sanita Reinsone, University of Latvia |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Afternoon coffee break Location: Foyer |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Poster and Demo Session Location: Foyer |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | Panel | CHRONICA: From Digital Silos to Societal Resilience – An AI-Enabled Infrastructure for Community Cultural Heritage Engagement Location: Aula Magna Session Chair: Miguel Torrens, University of Toronto |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | Topic: Intercultural and transnational perspectives on public digital humanities Location: Aula A Session Chair: Eiríkur Smári Sigurðarson, University of Iceland |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | Topic: From Speech to Symbols: AI Systems Transforming Cultural Knowledge Location: Aula Bisconti Session Chair: German Rigau, University of the Basque Country |
| 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Excursions (Optional) Participation in excursions is optional and subject to availability. Further details will follow. |
| Date: Thursday, 28/May/2026 | |
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Welcome coffee Location: Foyer |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Panel | The challenges of implementing the CARE Principles in object related research data infrastructures Location: Aula Magna Session Chair: Tolin Jojo, German Archaeological Institute |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Topic: Digital Engagement, Social Activism, and the Politics of Data Infrastructure Location: Aula A Session Chair: Jenny Bergenmar, University of Gothenburg |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Topic: Data Sovereignty and Trustworthy Infrastructures: Community-Centred Approaches to Knowledge and Technology Location: Aula Bisconti Session Chair: Richard Zijdeman, IISG |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Morning coffee break Location: Foyer |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Keynote | Andreas Fickers, “Multimodality as a means for multivocality? Transmedia storytelling and the challenges of shared authority in digital public humanities” Location: Aula Magna Session Chair: Edward Pinot Gray, DARIAH-EU / IR* Huma-Num (CNRS) |
| 12:30pm - 12:45pm | Group Photo |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Lunch break Location: Foyer |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Panel | Discussions on Participatory Harm Auditing of AI within a Cultural Heritage Context Location: Aula Magna Session Chair: Yunhyong Kim, University of Glasgow |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Topic: Connecting Heritage, Policy, and Publics: Infrastructures of Engagement and Participation Location: Aula A Session Chair: Rita Gautschy, DaSCH, University of Basel |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Topic: The role of digital archives and participatory practices in shaping collective memory and identity Location: Aula Bisconti Session Chair: Georgios Artopoulos, The Cyprus Institute |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Afternoon coffee break Location: Foyer |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Poster and Demo Session Location: Foyer |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | Panel | Connecting digital collections and research data: Museums as hubs of knowledge-production and sharing Location: Aula Magna Session Chair: Alba Irollo, Europeana Foundation |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | Topic: Implementing CARE: Designing digital infrastructures that foster trust, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility Location: Aula A Session Chair: Koraljka Kuzman Šlogar, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | Topic: Infrastructures of engagement: designing open, inclusive, collaborative, and sustainable platforms Location: Aula Bisconti Session Chair: Vicky Garnett, DARIAH-EU |
| 6:00pm - 7:00pm | JRC/WGs Participatory Workshop (Internal) Location: Sala Interdipartimentale (Stanza 107) Session Chair: Georgios Artopoulos, The Cyprus Institute |
| 7:30pm - 10:30pm | Social Dinner in Rome: Registration required Location: External Location This event needs to be registered for when registering for the Annual Event, spaces limited, last minute sign-up not possible.
All places for the social dinner have now been filled. If you would like to be added to the waiting list in case of cancellations, please complete the following form: https://forms.gle/tQnCVZv6468hr4bT8
We will then let you know should a place become available. |
| Date: Friday, 29/May/2026 | |
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Welcome coffee Location: Foyer |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | Panel | "Mistakes" Theme Location: Aula Magna This panel presents the outcomes of the projects funded under the DARIAH Theme Call 2024-2026: “Mistakes”. |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | Topic: Pedagogies of engagement and public-facing (digital) humanities education Location: Aula Bisconti Session Chair: Daniel Alves, NOVA FCSH |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | Topic: Heritage Infrastructure as critical Infrastructure – strategies to build resilient infrastructure for engagement and public good Location: Aula Radiciotti Session Chair: Aleksandra Nowak, PCSS (Poznańskie Centrum Superkomputerowo-Sieciowe) |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | DARIAH CTO/Bodies Meeting (Internal) Location: Aula C3 Session Chair: Matej Durco, ACDH-CH OEAW |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | Visual Media and Interactivity WG Meeting Location: Sala Professori (Stanza 106) Session Chair: Adeline JOFFRES, MSH Val de Loire / CNRS Session Chair: Laurent Tessier, Institut Catholique de Paris Session Chair: Xavier Granier, Institut d'Optique Graduate School - Université Paris Saclay |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Morning coffee break Location: Foyer |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Panel | How to reinforce collaboration among Wikimedia, GLAMs and Research Location: Aula Magna Session Chair: Iolanda Pensa, SUPSI University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Topic: Applied AI and Reproducible Workflows: Sustainable Infrastructures for Public Knowledge Location: Aula Bisconti Session Chair: Tugce Karatas, University of Luxembourg |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Topic: Evaluating Impact and Value in Digital Cultural Heritage: Infrastructures, Institutions, and Engagement Location: Aula Radiciotti Session Chair: Vera Moitinho de Almeida, FLUP - Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Multilingual DH WG Meeting Location: Sala Professori (Stanza 106) Session Chair: Alíz Horváth, Central European University Session Chair: Maroussia Bednarkiewicz, University of Tübingen Session Chair: Paul Joseph Spence, King's College London |
| 1:00pm - 1:30pm | Plenary | Closing Remarks Location: Aula Magna |
| 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Brown Bag Lunch (take away with you) Location: Foyer |