Digital Humanities Congress 2024
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University of Sheffield, 4th and 5th September 2024
The University of Sheffield’s Digital Humanities Institute is delighted to announce that its two-day conference will be held in Sheffield on 4th and 5th September 2024.
This will be a physical conference.
The Digital Humanities Congress is a conference held in Sheffield every two years. Its purpose is to promote the sharing of knowledge, ideas and techniques within the digital humanities.
Digital humanities is understood by Sheffield to mean the use of technology within arts, heritage and humanities research as both a method of inquiry and a means of dissemination. As such, proposals related to all disciplines within the arts, humanities and heritage domains are welcome.
The conference will take place at the University’s refurbished conference facility, The Edge.
Keynote Speakers
- Professor Melissa Terras (Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage at the University of Edinburgh).
- Professor Simon Mahony (Professor Emeritus of Digital Humanities at UCL).
- Paola Marchionni (Head of Engagement, Content & Discovery at Jisc) and Peter Findlay (Subject Matter Expert – Digital Scholarship, Content & Discovery at Jisc).
Attendees might be interested to know that the day before our conference (3rd September) there will be the DARIAH UK workshop at the University of Leeds’ Digital Creativity and Cultures Hub, which is a short train journey from Sheffield.
Registration
- Speaker rate: £150
- Delegate rate: £195
- Student rate: £150
Registration includes full attendance of the conference for two days, including all lunches and refreshments. Registration for partial attendance is not available.
The Speaker Rate is reserved for those who have been accepted onto the conference programme. The Student Rate is reserved for delegates who are currently registered on a degree programme at a higher education institution in the UK or elsewhere.
Accommodation is not included in the registration fee and should be booked separately. Please see below for recommendations.
All enquiries should be sent to: dhi-conference@sheffield.ac.uk
Conference Dinner
The conference dinner will be held on Thursday 5th September. This is an additional, optional cost of £45 which you select when booking your conference registration. The dinner will include vegan options.
Please note that if you do not select the conference dinner when booking your registration you will be unable to attend the dinner. We are unable to accept bookings during the conference.
Accommodation
The conference will be held at The Edge in Endcliffe Village, which is located here.
A range of accommodation is available at different price ranges within the vicinity of the conference. Please book accommodation with the hotel directly. We recommend that you book early.
Nearby hotels include:
- Halifax Hall Hotel – A University hotel on the same site as the conference venue.
- Jonas Hotel – A University hotel on the same site as the conference venue.
- The Florentine – About 15 minutes walk from the conference venue. Also a very nice gastro pub.
- Brocco on the Park – About 10 minutes walk from the conference venue. Located next to beautiful parkland and at the beginning of a road (A625 / Ecclesall Road) that has numerous pubs and restaurants.
- The Rutland Hotel – About 15 minutes walk from the conference venue and 5 minutes walk from pubs and bars in the student area of Broomhill (A57 / Whitham Road).
- Premier Inn (St Mary’s Gate) – At the end of a road (A625 / Ecclesall Road)that has numerous pubs and restaurants. About 30 minutes walk or a 10 minutes taxi ride to the conference venue. There is also an Ibis Budget next door.
- Booking.com — For all the rest!
Publication
All contributors will be invited to submit their paper for online open access publication by the Digital Humanities Institute.