Remembering Ian Lancashire
Dear fellow digital humanists, It is with saddness that we report that Ian Lacashire died on April 3rd, 2025. Born in Winnepeg, Manitoba in 1942 he studied at the University of Manitoba and University of Toronto where he was first hired in 1967 and from which he retired a Full Professor. Ian Lancashire was instrumental in the development of humanities computing in Canada. In the 1980s he established, with support from IBM Canada, the Centre
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DH Hangouts (early risers and afternoon coffee)
We all know that the best part of conferences are those unexpected encounters with colleagues in the hallway or over a meal. Though CSDH is online this year, we’re hoping to provide some space for this to happen in the form of Early Risers Hangout (from 10 – 11 EST)
CSDH/SCHN 2020 Outstanding Contribution Award: Hear, Here London
Hear, Here London and its team are the winners of the CSDH/SCHN 2020 Outstanding Contribution Award. Hear, Here is led by Dr. Ariel Beaujot, an Associate Professor of History University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and an Associate Visiting Professor Department of History University of Western. Hear, Here London is directed by
An Online Conference: How will this work?
All presenters have been asked to upload a version of their talk to our own Humanities Commons Group, at least one week prior to their scheduled session. This version of the talk can take many forms: it could be a written draft of a paper, slides with notes, a video
Change of Venue, Change of Theme
CSDH/SCHN takes seriously the statement made by the Black Canadian Studies Association (BCSA) that an online Congress of the Humanities would be ineffectual and inappropriate, particularly as the online format would make it impossible to properly engage Congress’s theme of Bridging Divides: Confronting Colonialism and Anti-Black Racism. The CSDH/SCHN PC
CSDH / SCHN 2020 moving online
Dear CSDH-SCHN Community, As we plan for our annual meeting we are taking the recent spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) very seriously. The CSDH-SCHN Program Committee and the CSDH-SCHN Executive met this week and have decided that, for our 2020 meeting, we are going to make the move to an online
CSDH/SCHN conference peer review guidelines
The CSDH/SCHN community prides itself on being professional, courteous, and supportive. With this in mind, the CSDH/SCHN 2020 PC has prepared the following guidelines for reviewing submissions to our annual conference. Reviews should be at least 1-2 paragraphs in length and should suggest ways that the proposal could be improved.
2019 Ian Lancashire Student Promise Award: Emese Ilyefalvi
It is with great pleasure that we announce the winner of the 2019 Ian Lancashire Promise Award — the award goes to Emese Ilyefalvi for “Looking through the Hungarian verbal charm corpus.” A visiting scholar at the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta,
Call for nominations: CSDH/SCHN 2020 Outstanding Contribution Award
This award is given for an exemplary project or publication by a Canadian researcher, or a researcher at a Canadian institution, or a team based at Canadian institution. It recognizes a major contribution to the field of digital humanities, broadly conceived, by a Canadian researcher or team of researchers, or
CFP: CSDH-SCHN at Congress 2020
CSDH/SCHN Conference 2020 London ON , May 31- June 3rd, 2020 Update: The CFP has been extended until January 10th, 2020!!! (Appel en français ci-dessous.) The Canadian Society for Digital Humanities (http://csdh-schn.org/) invites scholars, practitioners, and graduate students to submit proposals for papers, panels, and digital demonstrations for its annual
Executive council update & upcoming vote
CSDH/SCHN is pleased to announce that Geoffrey Rockwell has agreed to serve as President from 2019-2022. His bio is below, as well as those who have put themselves forward for the positions Vice President English and Member-at-Large. We are still seeking a Graduate Student Representative. If you are interested please