DHNB conferences focus on research, education and communication in the interdisciplinary field of digital humanities in the Nordic and Baltic regions and beyond. The conference has a history of bringing together academics, researchers, students, and professionals with an interest in applying digital methods to research relevant to humanities, social sciences and arts. DHNB invites contributions from all domains of digital humanities.

Special Theme 2025

With the special theme of DHNB2025 ‘Digital Dreams and Practices’ we aim to delve into the synergy between dreams in digital humanities and their practical applications, seeking to maximize value for both academia and society at large. Our focus sharpens on the transformative potential of AI, its integration with traditional humanities, and its role in transcending academic boundaries. We invite scholars, practitioners, and societal stakeholders to explore:

(1) the integration of traditional humanities scholarship with computational techniques;

(2) the transition of digital humanities research from the ‘ivory tower’ of academic theory to societal practice;

(3) the practical applications of Artificial Intelligence.

These chosen timely sub-themes will be interpreted and placed in today’s context in three keynote speeches of the conference.

Keynote Speakers

Special Calls for Workshop Presentations (Deadline 8/1/25)

The pre-conference days host several tutorials and workshops, workgroup meetings and Doctoral Consortium. Several of workshops have their own call for papers to gather the researchers interested in specific DH-related topics:

• Tradition Archives Meet Digital Humanities 2nd workshop
• Workshop on Digital Humanities and Social Sciences/Cultural Heritage (DHSS/DHCH) in Higher Education
• Workshop on Explorations of the Dynamics of Cultural Phenomena in Text Corpora
• Workshop: Innovations and New Interactions through Digital Cultural Heritage in GLAM Sector

The schedule for pre-conference days will be published very soon.

 

Call for Papers, Panels, Posters, Demos, Workshops, Tutorials

Timeline

• 15/08/2024 CfP opens 
• 22/10/2024 CfP closes
• 22/10/2024 – 1/12/2024 CfP review period
• 15/12/2024 Notifications issued
• 15/12/2024 Registration opens
• 31/01/2025 Deadline for submitting revised full papers and abstracts
• 31/01/2025 Early bird deadline for registration
• 19/02/2025 Registration closes
• 3-4/03/2025 Pre-conference meetings, workshops, doctoral consortium, excursions
• 5-7/03/2025 Conference
• 8-9/03/2025 Post-conference blues
• 15/05/2025 Deadline for submitting papers for post-proceedings

Organizers

• Estonian Literary Museum (Mari Väina, Kadri Vider, Liisi Laineste, Olha Petrovych)
• Estonian National Museum (Pille Runnel, Agnes Aljas)
• Institute of the Estonian Language (Martin Eessalu)
• Tallinn University (Andres Karjus)
• University of Tartu (Liina Lindström, Joshua Wilbur)
• in collaboration with Estonian Society for Digital Humanities

Contact: dhnb2025@dhnb.eu

 

Program Committee

Anda Baklāne, Katrine F. Baunvig, Coppelie Cocq, Normunds Grūzītis, Olga Holownia, Ross Deans Kristensen-McLachlan, Krister Kruusmaa, Alie Lassche, Mahendra Mahey, Johan Malmstedt, Eetu Mäkelä, Kristoffer Nielbo, Mila Oiva, Krista Stinne Greve Rasmussen, Sulev Reisberg, Oleg Sobchuk, Artjom Šela, Piret Viires.

 

Practical Information

For those interested in Computational Linguistics and Language Technology there is a convenient option to visit two conferences in Estonia within one week. The Joint 25th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics and 11th Baltic Conference on Human Language Technologies NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025 takes place from March 3–4 in Tallinn, just before DHNB 2025.

 

Supporters

In March 2025, the Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries (DHNB) conference will be held in Estonia. DHNB, an associated organization of the EADH, was established to strengthen research, education, and communication in the field of Digital Humanities. The conference will bring together academics, researchers, students, librarians, archivists, curators, and museum professionals who are interested in creating and using digitized and born-digital collections as research data in the humanities, social sciences, and arts.
The conference is co-funded by the European Union and Enterprise Estonia with funding of 27 064,31 euros.