News, events and opportunities in digital and experimental Humanities | | | | | | Huminfra Newsletter – Issue #7 – 2025 | | Welcome to the first Huminfra newsletter of the autumn!
We are looking forward to an exciting semester with many inspiring events, not least the Huminfra conference, HiC 2025, which will take place in Stockholm in November. Now that summer is over, this newsletter includes reminders and a wide selection of activities in digital and experimental humanities, both in Sweden and internationally via DARIAH-SE. We hope you find something that sparks your interest! | Huminfra Conference HiC 2025 – Deadline for submissions 12 September
On 12–13 November, 2025, Huminfra is organising its second conference with the aim to showcase the variety of infrastructural tools, resources and initiatives aimed at supporting digital and experimental research in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Law as well as offer opportunities to greet old friends and research pals and find new ones. The conference will be held at Stockholm University main campus (Frescati). We invite submissions that cover any aspect of research infrastructure components for digital or experimental human science such as digital humanities, experimental humanities; computational social sciences or legal research, etc. Read more about topics of interest, types of contributions, and other practical info on the Conference webpage. We look forward to your submission! | Participate in a national survey on digital needs and practices
| | | | Huminfra invites you to take part in a national survey on digital needs and practices. Your input will guide the future development of Huminfra and DARIAH Sweden (DARIAH-SE), ensuring these infrastructures provide the most relevant support for researchers. Find the survey here | Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Programme to Lund in Data Science of Human Multimodal Communication (MULTICOM) | | | | The European Commission has granted funding for a new International Joint Master’s Programme entitled Data Science of Human Multimodal Communication (MULTICOM) over 6 years. The programme is led by the universities of Murcia, Lund and Erlangen-Nürnberg, and also has industrial and academic partners. The programme aims to train students to analyse complex human communication—speech, gestures, gaze, facial expressions, etc.—using cutting-edge data science tools combined with theories of language, cognition, and culture. The Centre for Languages and Literature hosts the MA programme in Lund but the Lund University Humanities Lab's resources will play a key role in this development. Read more here | New publicationAI and Image
Critical Perspectives on the Application of Technology on Art and Cultural Heritage Anna Foka and Jan von Bonsdorff Find out more | | | | News from Språkbanken Text | Tutorials on how to use Språkbanken Text's resources and toolsDuring the autumn, Språkbanken Text is offering researchers, teachers, students and other interested parties the opportunity to attend a tutorial session to learn more about how to use SBX's resources and tools. The first session will take place in Gothenburg on Monday 8 September at 13:15. If you are interested in participating in upcoming tutorials, please register here. | | | Språkbanken Text at Gothenburg Book FairOn Thursday, 25 September, from 11:00 to 11:45, Språkbanken Text staff will be at the University of Gothenburg's stand at Bokmässan/Gothenburg Book Fair. The programme item will focus on Språkbanken's 50th anniversary. Title: Språkbanken som resurs för undervisning. AI, integritet och inlärarspråk. Panel discussion: Elena Volodina and Julia Prentice. | | | Application submitted for cluster of excellence for groundbreaking technologyAn application has been submitted to the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) for a cluster of excellence for groundbreaking technology entitled ‘Hybrid Intelligence for Competent Decision-Making’. The network includes representatives from Stockholm University, RISE, AI Sweden, and the University of Gothenburg. The application is the first step in a ‘three-step rocket’ if approved. | | | Argumentation and agreement – Annotating and evaluating Swedish corpora for argumentation miningAnna Lindahl, Department of Swedish, Multilingualism, Language Technology, is defending her thesis with the title: 'Argumentation and agreement – Annotating and evaluating Swedish corpora
for argumentation mining' on 7 October at 13:15. Find out more | | | DARIAH Annual Event in Göttingen The DARIAH-EU Annual Event 2025 took place in Göttingen, Germany, from June 17th-20th 2025. The topic of this year’s event was The Past. Hosted at Göttingen State and University Library (SUB Göttingen), this event brought together 270 researchers, academics, archaeologists and more from the DARIAH community and beyond in a vibrant and lively setting to network and exchange. Read a summary of the event here or a reflective blog post here
| Francesco Gelati is appointed Chair of the Transformations Scientific CommitteeFrancesco Gelati has been recently appointed Chair of the Scientific Committee of Transformations: A DARIAH Journal. Transformations is a multilingual journal created in 2024 by DARIAH ERIC, dedicated to providing a trusted, non-commercial platform for documenting various methodological and research activities in arts and humanities, including data gathering and processing, annotation and modeling, analysis and interpretation. Read the announcement here
| Iceland joins DARIAH as full member!The General Assembly of the DARIAH ERIC recently voted unanimously to accept Iceland’s application for full membership in the Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities. “We value the unique perspectives and expertise that the Icelandic Digital Humanities communities bring, and really look forward to our collaboration" said Dr. Agiatis Benardou, President of the DARIAH Board of Directors. Read more about Iceland’s DH landscape here | What's onEvents and educational opportunities organised by the Huminfra nodes and collaborative partners | 3 September Humlab Talk: Algorithmic Transparency, Platform Regulation, and Emerging AI LegislationIn this talk Maria Eriksson, who works as a Senior Researcher at the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT), will share her experience working at the JRC and providing scientific expertise and advise to the implementation of the EU AI Act and Digital Services Act: two EU regulations that pioneer efforts to regulate online platforms, algorithmic systems, and artificial intelligence. @Hybrid: Humlab & online via Zoom 13:15 - 15:00 Find out more here | 4 September Humlab Talk: Humour scandals and humour literacy in the digital worldIn this talk, Liisi Laineste will give examples of politically incorrect humor (trigger warning!) and discuss them in the light of the contemporary context of cancel culture. The diverse reactions to humour are exceedingly discussed in social media, making this the forum where ideas about humour are formulated and challenged. It is clear that humor cannot be muzzled, because it is like a dragon from fairy tales: the more heads you chop off, the more grow in its place. @Hybrid: Humlab & online via Zoom Find out more here | 16–17 September Nordic Archives Days 2025The Nordic Archives Days is the only international meeting place for the entire field of archives, information and documentation management in the entire Nordic region. The Nordic Archives Days is organized every third year in cooperation between the national archives in the Nordic countries. There is also an offer of Digital participation. The main theme of the conference is the importance of archives in society. @Oslo, Norway Find out more here | 24 September AI literacy workshopIn connection with the Big Data Conference 2025, you are invited to take part in this workshop, which will cover various topics aimed at providing participants with a foundational understanding of artificial intelligence. The overall goal of the workshop is to demystify AI, empower participants with essential knowledge and skills, and foster critical thinking about the opportunities and challenges related to artificial intelligence. @Linnaeus University, Kalmar
13:00–16:00 Find out more here | 1 October Workshop: European AI Act: Transparency Before, Inside, and After the AI Black BoxFollowing on from the successful workshops on Regulating High Risk AI in the EU (2023), and Compliance and Enforcement (2024), AI Lund's fika-to-fika workshops returns to the AI Act with a focus on legal aspects related to “transparency”. @Hybrid: Lund & online via Zoom
9:00–15:30 Find out more here | 2 October Save the date: Humanities infrastructures at Humlab dayYou are warmly invited to a Humanities infrastructures at Humlab day. The goal of the event is to increase awareness and encourage broader use of infrastructures, especially within humanities and social science research. The following infrastructures will be presented: InfraVis, Huminfra, Swedigarc, Språkbanken Clarin and Riksdagsdebatter.se.
@Humlab, Umeå University Find out more here | 14–16 oktober Digikult 2025Digikult är ett forum för digitalt kulturarv i praktiken – här samlas representanter från arkiv, bibliotek, museer och kulturmiljö för att dela idéer, projekt och lösningar samt utforska teknik och kulturarv i samverkan. Här får du ta del av allt från avancerade AI-applikationer och immersiva tekniker till småskaliga insatser som ökar tillgängligheten och skapar engagemang hos allmänheten. @Hybrid: Västerås & online Läs mer här | 16 oktober Workshop: Hitta teman och ämnen i stora textsamlingarUnder denna workshop kommer vi att utforska hur ämnesmodellering kan användas för att identifiera och sammanfatta teman i stora textmängder – en metod som sparar tid och ger nya insikter i ditt material. @Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö
9:00–12:00 Läs mer här | 21 October AI for Image Collections: A hands-on workshop with CLIPtopicDiscover how AI can help explore large cultural heritage image collections – especially those lacking metadata. In this online workshop, we’ll test out CLIPtopic, a method for multimodal topic modelling. The workshop is primarily designed for researchers and heritage professionals, but all are welcome – no programming skills required. The language of the workshop (Swedish or English) will be decided based on participants, with the possibility to mix as needed. Organised by KBLab within the framework of Huminfra. @Online via Zoom
10:00–12:00 Save-the-date: Sign-up info coming soon via KB’s website. Questions: kblabb@kb.se
| 12–13 November Huminfra Conference – HiC 2025Huminfra is organising its second conference with the aim to showcase the variety of infrastructural tools, resources and initiatives aimed at supporting digital and experimental research in the humanities as well as offer opportunities to greet old friends and research pals and find new ones. @Stockholm University – Frescati Find out more here | 20 november Workshop: Samla information från hemsidorUnder denna workshop får du lära dig grunderna i web scraping – en metod för att automatisera insamling av information från nätet – och vi visar hur du enkelt kan använda verktyget Octoparse för att sätta det i praktiken. @Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö
9:00–12:00 Läs mer här | 11 december Workshop: Samla data via nätetHur kan vi snabbt och effektivt samla in information från olika arkiv, repositorier och databaser utan att behöva göra det manuellt? Under denna workshop får du lära dig grunderna i att använda API:er – ett kraftfullt verktyg som gör det möjligt för program att kommunicera och dela information med varandra. @Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö
9:00–12:00 Läs mer här | | | | | |
