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Call for Proposals

The Digital Humanities Utah Executive Committee invites proposals for presentations at DHU9 at Utah Tech University that will be held on February 21-22, 2025. Proposals are due on November 15, 2024, and should be submitted HERE.

General CFP

We invite submissions for paper presentations, complete panels, roundtable discussions, or hands-on workshops related to any aspect of Digital Humanities research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Computational and digital approaches to humanistic research
  • Humanistic examinations of the computational and the digital
  • DH pedagogy
  • Digital librarianship
  • DH tools and infrastructures
  • Physical computing
  • Digital publishing
  • Public scholarship
  • AI tools and methods
  • Digital rhetorics
  • Digital literacy

Friday Morning AI Workshop

Included in DHU9, we will be hosting a special workshop on Artificial Intelligence on Friday morning (Feb. 21 from 9am to 12pm).

Timeline

  • Proposals due: November 15, 2024
  • Applicants notified: December 15, 2024

Proposal Formats

We welcome proposals in the following formats (see below for details):

  • Paper Presentations
  • Complete Panels
  • Roundtables
  • Hands-on Workshops
  • Posters (particularly from undergraduate and graduate students)
Standalone Papers

Papers should be 15 minutes long and will be organized into three-paper sessions. Please submit an abstract of 250–500 words.

Complete Panels

Complete panels should feature three 15-minute presentations on a related topic. Please prepare a proposal of 500–1000 words that includes a description of the panel topic and, as part of that word count, at least 100 words on each of the three presentations.

Roundtables

Roundtables should feature three or more speakers, each of whom will deliver remarks in five minutes or less and then discuss with one another and the audience for 60 minutes. Please prepare a proposal of 500–1000 words, with a description of the roundtable’s topic and what the different speakers will discuss.

Hands-on Workshops

Workshops will last 60 minutes and should provide hands-on instruction in a DH tool or methodology. They may be led by an individual or a team. Please prepare a proposal of 500–1000 words, including a description of the workshop’s purpose and a sketch of the workshop’s curriculum.

Posters

To submit a poster to the poster session, please describe your DH project in 100-300 words. If your project is artistic in nature, we encourage you to submit a poster. We welcome poster proposals from all scholars, including graduate and undergraduate students.