The Association for Computers and the Humanities is sad to share the news of David L. Hoover’s passing on May 25, 2023. David served on the ACH Executive Board from 2005 to 2008, and as Vice-President in 2006-2007. For decades, he was among the most faithful presences at the annual DH conference (remarkably, he presented…Continue reading.

Computational research techniques such as text and data mining (TDM) hold tremendous opportunities for researchers across the disciplines, with the digital humanities at the forefront of work to build large corpora of creative works to gain better understandings into concepts such as how gender, race, and identity are shared over time. Unfortunately, legal uncertainty associated…Continue reading.

Acceptance decisions for ACH 2023 are now available. We received so many wonderful proposals—more than we could accept for our three-day virtual conference. The program committee is deeply appreciative of our community of reviewers for their careful consideration and feedback. Registration for the conference is now open. ACH has a limited number of bursaries to…Continue reading.

The Association for Computers and the Humanities is pleased to announce the results of our 2023 elections. We had a slate of nineteen stellar candidates, and we are grateful to all the digital humanities practitioners for rising to the occasion of being nominees and willing to work at this organizational level. The 2023-27 ACH Executive…Continue reading.

The ACH Nominations Committee is pleased to share the slate of nineteen nominees for the 2023 elections.  The voting period will begin on February 27 at 12:00 am (GMT-5) and continue until March 12 at 11:59 pm (GMT-5). In order to vote, you need to go to members.ach.org, click on “membership,” then on login. You’ll be…Continue reading.

At their most basic, spatial technologies offer a way to bring in useful context when researching or teaching literature. But to what end? What does it mean to digitally map a text? How might the map–a fiction itself–intersect with the study of fictional worlds? How might we countermap, using digital methods to contest dominant narratives,…Continue reading.

The Association for Computers and the Humanities seeks proposals for ACH 2023, our virtual conference, to be held June 29-July 1, 2023. We welcome a broad range of topics, with a particular emphasis on social justice in multiple contexts: anti-racist work, Indigenous studies, cultural and critical ethnic studies, intersectional feminism, postcolonial and decolonial studies, disability…Continue reading.

ACH seeks three new Executive Council Representatives to serve a 4-year term (2023-2027). Nominations are due January 15, 2023 via the very brief nomination form. What does an ACH Executive Council Representative do? As an organization, ACH regularly runs a conference, a series of mentoring events, and distributes bursaries and other awards to the community.…Continue reading.

For our session at the 2023 MLA Convention, ACH featured presentations related to the use of extended reality technologies as they pertain to research and teaching related to language, literature, and related fields. Speakers gave short presentations describing their work with XR methods. Presentation information follows. The Eyes of the Machine Are Everywhere: Surveillance Technologies…Continue reading.

Making DH Work for Us: Labor, Care, and Careers How do your digital humanities interests, experiences, and aspirations connect to careers within and beyond higher ed? The answer to that question will vary, depending on who you are and what you’d like to do with your DH knowledge. Join ACH Council representatives with a range…Continue reading.