[Digital Literary Annotation Newslist] Digital Literary Annotation Newsletter No. 92 (Half Year 2 2026)

Wed Jul 1 12:07:02 CEST 2026

DIGITAL LITERARY ANNOTATION NEWSLETTER NO. 92 (HALF YEAR 2 2026)

-------------------------

TEASYS – NEWS

As temperatures soar across Europe, and laptops roar in dismay, why  
not give yours a rest with a light scroll through our newsletter,  
perhaps with a glass of something cool for yourself? The coming months  
bring a range of opportunities in the field of digital editing and  
annotation. For our part, we are pleased to announce that the  
Annotating Literature mentors Marina Kirillova and Ilea Rahn will be  
presenting a poster at the conference “Weltliteratur im Medienwandel”,  
taking place in Mainz, Germany, from September 15 to 18, 2026 (see the  
call for papers here[1]). The conference aims to bring together  
discourses on world literature and literature in its media contexts.  
The Annotating Literature team will discuss collaborative digital  
annotation as an opportunity for teaching comparative literature. Do  
come and see Marina and Ilea if you attend!

-------------------------

The Annotated Web Edition Directory[2] is looking forward to your  
suggestions. We are always on the look-out for new entries to add to  
the list. Feel free to recommend literary digital editions that  
include explanatory annotation (of the social or the editorial kind),  
web platforms, tools and applications that enable the user to  
(collaboratively) annotate texts. Please use the corresponding form on  
our webpage. We thank you for your help.

-------------------------

CALLS FOR PAPERS

The Veranstaltung vom Netzwerk junge Digital Humanities  
Berlin-Brandenburg, in co-operation with the Netzwerk Digitale  
Geisteswissenschaften Potsdam and the DHd Empowerment working group,  
is organising an “anti-conference” “SCHEITERN IN DEN DIGITAL  
HUMANITIES”, taking place in Berlin on October 2, 2026. The conference  
aims to highlight methodological problems and failed approaches in the  
Digital Humanities as a productive part of research, providing a space  
where uncertainties and difficulties can be openly discussed and  
reflected on. The call for proposals[3] of non-traditional  
contributions such as lightning talks, mini-workshops, or experimental  
formats is open until JULY 12.

Proposals are invited for the workshop “EINSATZ VON KI IN DEN  
HISTORISCH ARBEITENDEN GEISTES- UND SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN”, taking  
place in Regensburg, Germany, from November 5 to 6, 2026 (deadline  
JULY 31). The aim of the workshop is for researchers who have already  
taken their first steps with generative AI tools in projects within  
the historical humanities and social sciences to present their methods  
and, where applicable, their (preliminary) results for discussion. See  
the full call here[4].

Users and developers of WissKI, a free and open virtual research  
environment for managing scholarly data, are invited to submit  
proposals of presentations and workshops for the 8. WISSKI  
ANWENDER*INNENTREFFEN, taking place in Nuremberg, Germany, from  
October 20 to 21, 2026 (deadline AUGUST 31). A preliminary program[5]  
is already available online. The full call can be found here[6].

The next DHD ANNUAL CONFERENCE is taking place in Marburg, Germany,  
from March 1 to 5, 2027. The conference theme is “Mind the Gap!  
Knowledge, Uncertainty, and Responsibility”, with “gaps” – whether  
missing metadata, gaps in knowledge, or infrastructural inequalities –  
understood not solely as deficits, but also as productive spaces for  
interpretation and critique. DHd 2027 invites participants to discuss  
these areas of tension together and to develop perspectives on  
responsible, reflective, and sustainable digital knowledge production.  
The call for proposals[7] of presentations, panels, posters, and  
workshops is open until AUGUST 1, 2026.

The 63. JAHRESTAGUNG DES LEIBNIZ-INSTITUTS FüR DEUTSCHE SPRACHE (IDS),  
taking place in Mannheim, Germany, from March 9 to 11, 2027 is  
accepting proposals for the methods fair until SEPTEMBER 15. The theme  
of the conference is “Sprache und Literatur”, with the aim of  
exploring phenomena of literary language from the perspective of  
linguistic questions and methods. The focus of the methods fair is  
practical and centres on resources, methods, and tools, ideally  
demonstrated through short application studies. See the full call  
here[8].

The call for papers for the hybrid conference “BEYOND BORDERS. FUTURES  
OF DIGITISED HISTORICAL MEDIA COLLECTIONS FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING”,  
taking place in Lausanne, Switzerland, from January 28 to 29, 2027, is  
open until 30 SEPTEMBER, 2026. The organisers invite submissions of  
original research, experimental methods, reusable resources (e.g.  
datasets, models, teaching materials) but also critical reflections  
and desiderata. Contributions from scholars who do not themselves work  
computationally but whose work can constructively critique, inspire,  
and inform the further advancement of data-driven approaches to the  
study of historical media are explicitly welcomed. See the full call  
here[9].

-------------------------

UPCOMING EVENTS

Registration for TEI 2026, the annual conference of the Text Encoding  
Initiative, taking place in Vancouver, Canada, from AUGUST 10 TO 14,  
2026, is now open here[10]. The conference provides an opportunity for  
a diverse and international group of researchers to advance text  
encoding practices, demonstrate new tools, pose questions across  
disciplines, learn from each other, and train the next generation of  
scholars in the principles and practices of text encoding. The full  
overview and schedule can be found at the conference website by  
following the link above.

The biennial UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD DIGITAL HUMANITIES CONGRESS will  
take place from SEPTEMBER 2 TO 3, 2026. The purpose of the congress is  
to promote the sharing of knowledge, ideas, and techniques within the  
digital humanities. Keynote speakers and the registration link can be  
found at the congress website here[11].

The final programme for the TRANSKRIBUS USER CONFERENCE, taking place  
in Passau from SEPTEMBER 21 TO 23, 2026, is now available here[12].  
This conference explores how cutting-edge AI technology is  
transforming our ability to unlock historical documents and preserve  
cultural heritage for future generations. This year's theme “Not all  
AI is Created Equal” focuses on the race between general-purpose AI  
and specialised models for handwritten text recognition, including,  
but not limited to, Transkribus.

A three-day hands-on research event co-organised by the IMPRESSO  
PROJECT and the BIBLIOTHèQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE will take place at  
the BnF in Paris from OCTOBER 28 TO 30, 2026. This datathon brings  
together an international group of researchers curious about the  
computational analysis of historical media collections across  
languages and modalities. Participants will work in small teams on  
self-defined research questions, drawing on BnF's collections and  
Impresso resources. See the registration form here[13] for further  
details.

-------------------------

WEBINARS

The next virtual EDIARUM.MEETUP, hosted by the Text+ consortium and  
the ediarum team at the Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der  
Wissenschaften (BBAW), takes place on JULY 13, 2026, from 11am to  
12:30pm (CET). Martina Gödel and Johannes Ioannu (BBAW) will present  
the module ediarum.ANTIQUITY, which tailors ediarum’s digital working  
environment to the needs of editions of texts from antiquity. See the  
project website here[14] for more information and the Meet link.

-------------------------

STUDY PROGRAMMES AND SUMMER SCHOOLS

The Marburg Centre for Digital Culture and Infrastructure will be  
holding two online information sessions on the MA CULTURAL DATA  
STUDIES on JULY 7, 2026, from 4 to 4:30pm, and JULY 17, from 12:00 to  
12:30pm. The MA Cultural Data Studies is aimed at graduates of the  
humanities and social sciences who wish to explore the challenges and  
opportunities of digitalisation. The information session will provide  
an overview of the program and details about the application process  
and course structure. The Zoom link can be found at the University of  
Marburg website here[15].

-------------------------

JOBS AND FUNDING

The MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FüR RECHTSGESCHICHTE UND RECHTSTHEORIE in  
Frankfurt am Main is seeking a RESEARCHER IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES (E 13  
TVöD, FULL TIME, 3 YEARS) to work on the project “Normative Knowledge  
in the Praxis of the Congregation of the Council: The Production of  
Normative Categories and Models for the Post-Tridentine World” under  
the direction of Prof. Dr. Benedetta Albani, beginning October 1,  
2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The deadline for applications  
is JULY 7. Details and a link to the application portal can be found  
at the Max Planck website here[16].

Researchers in the historical humanities planning to test innovative  
methods for handling (digital) historical research data may wish to  
apply for funding from the 4MEMORY INCUBATOR FUNDS (deadline JULY 27,  
2026). Individual projects can apply for funding of up to €50,000 for  
a period of 10 months in the calendar year 2027. Please refer to  
the call for proposals[17] for complete details regarding requirements  
and application procedures.

The KLASSIK STIFTUNG WEIMAR is seeking a DATA LIBRARIAN (E 13 TV-L,  
FULL TIME, INITIALLY LIMITED TO 2 YEARS) to support the Herzogin Anna  
Amalia Bibliothek as a data producer and supplier, beginning as soon  
as possible. The deadline for applications is JULY 26, 2026. See the  
full job posting here[18].

The ZENTRALBIBLIOTHEK ZüRICH invites researchers wishing to explore  
the library’s holdings and data using digital methods to apply for a  
WILLY BRETSCHER FELLOWSHIP by SEPTEMBER 30, 2026.  The fellowship (CHF  
4,000 per month) enables fellows to conduct research at the  
Zentralbibliothek Zürich for 3 to 12 months between April 1, 2027, and  
March 31, 2028. Projects should pursue approaches from the Digital  
Humanities, focus on the 20th century, and draw on holdings or data  
from the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Full details can be found at the  
library website here[19].

-------------------------

RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND RELEASES

PyDistintoX[20], a Python tool which helps researchers to carry out  
contrastive analyses of two text corpora, is now available on GitLab.  
PyDistintoX is aimed at digital humanists, linguists, literary  
scholars, and data analysts who want to quantitatively examine and  
visually explore differences between text collections. The tool  
calculates 16 statistical distinctiveness measures and makes lexical  
differences tangible through heatmaps and further visualisations.

The two-year project eManuSkript[21]  led by Anna Dorofeeva  
(University of Göttingen) is finished, and the resulting apps[22] are  
now available online. The aim of this collaborative project, funded by  
the Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre, was to create a suite  
of tools suitable for teaching and learning digital palaeography and  
codicology as applied to Western Latin manuscripts. The four multi-use  
apps come with supporting information packages, as well as a large  
searchable bibliography. All code and text is available on GitHub; it  
will also be archived in Zenodo and other repositories in the coming  
months.

-------------------------

Links:
------
[1]  
https://www.avl.uni-mainz.de/2025/10/21/call-for-papers-weltliteratur-im-medienwandel-xxi-tagung-der-dgavl-vom-15-9-2026-bis-18-9-2026/
[2] http://www.annotation.es.uni-tuebingen.de/?page_id=215
[3] https://junge-dh-berlin-brandenburg.github.io/CfP_Anti-Konferenz_2026.html
[4]  
https://www.uni-bamberg.de/digihist/transfer/ki-workshop-regensburg/call-for-papers/
[5]  
https://wiss-ki.eu/sites/default/files/wat26/WissKI_Anwender_innentreffen_2026-Programm.pdf
[6]  
https://wiss-ki.eu/sites/default/files/wat26/WissKI_Anwender_innentreffen_2026-Call_for_Abstracts.pdf
[7] https://digitalhumanities.de/2026/06/01/call-for-papers-dhd2027/
[8]  
https://www.ids-mannheim.de/aktuell/veranstaltungen/tagungen/jahrestagung-2027/
[9] https://impresso-project.ch/news/2026/06/22/cfp-beyond-borders.html
[10] https://tei2026.tei-c.org/registration.html
[11] https://www.dhi.ac.uk/congress
[12] https://tuc.transkribus.org/programme
[13]  
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXHBukeE577oECR0PonTfvoVAEW6AvZ-hZYnzVeTIM3ifV3A/viewform
[14] https://www.ediarum.org/meetups.html
[15]  
https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/mcdci/aktuelles/nachrichten/2026/m-a-cultural-data-studies-infoveranstaltung
[16] https://www.lhlt.mpg.de/stellenangebote
[17]  
https://4memory.de/fileadmin/files/Incubator_Funds/2027/IF2027_Ausschreibung.pdf
[18]  
https://jobs.b-ite.com/jobposting/a385d1a634872c26a331f93996f2e289b21354a01
[19] https://www.zb.uzh.ch/de/services/forschungsforderung
[20] https://gitlab.com/pydistintox/PyDistintoX
[21] https://palaeography.hypotheses.org/
[22] https://emanuskript.vercel.app/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.uni-tuebingen.de/pipermail/digital-literary-annotation/attachments/20260701/e1256dd4/attachment-0001.htm>