Call for Proposals – English

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Digital Humanities (DH) at Michigan State University (MSU) is proud and thrilled to celebrate the 11th Global DH Symposium with a combination of virtual and in-person events over the course of 13-17 April 2026.* This year, GlobalDH is partnering with the Universidad de Monterrey in México (UDEM) to hold an in-person portion of the symposium within their interdisciplinary INQUORUM event series.

We invite work at the intersections of critical DH, that engages with anti-colonial and post-colonial frameworks, that supports feminist and anti-racist praxis, and that crosses political and disciplinary borders. We define the term “humanities” expansively to open up space for a range of issues that encourages interdisciplinary understandings of the humanities

*The in-person symposium at MSU 13 April and at UDEM 17 April will be in English. The virtual symposium 14-15 April supports presentation and attendance in English and Spanish through live interpretation.

This Symposium, which will include a mixture of presentation types, welcomes proposals by the end of the day Wednesday, 15 October 2025 midnight in your timezone.

This year, we especially anticipate and welcome presentations on the following topics, and we are especially interested in hearing about specific practical and theoretical examples from the Global Majority context:

• Minimal, material, and sustainable approaches to DH
• Global AI practices, opportunities, and challenges in DH
• Resilience and collaboration in the face of global crises
• Student-centered frameworks and practices in global digital pedagogy

We are always interested to hear about the following topics, and their connections to the digital, as reflected in global research conversations and ethical DH practices across disciplines:

• Public and community-engaged digital humanities
• Indigeneity, anti-colonialism, and digital cultural heritage
• Digital humanities approaches to climate and healthcare
• Surveillance, censorship, and/or data privacy in a global context 
• Disability justice and accessibility
• Open data, open access, and data preservation as resistance
• Feminist and queer perspectives in DH
• Borders, migration, and diasporas with an emphasis on the effects of warfare and conflict 
• Multilingualism and language justice
• DH methods in interdisciplinary and cross-regional research

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Presentation Formats

Virtual

Presentation language options: Spanish, English

7-min lightning talk

Proposal: 250-300 words

Dynamic, hyper-focused talks designed to provoke questions. No more than 2 speakers may present, but the number of listed authors is unlimited.

Presentation text and slides must be submitted to conference organizers 2 weeks in advance of the Symposium for language interpreters’ preparation.

15-min presentation

Proposal: 250-300 words

Engaging talks that take a deep dive into a topic, method, or project. This may include reports on experimental, developing, or completed projects as well as critical and/or theoretical discussions.

Presentation text and slides must be submitted to conference organizers 2 weeks in advance of the Symposium for language interpreters’ preparation

60-min panel

Proposal: 100 words describing the panel as a whole, plus 100 words for each presentation in the panel.

A pre-composed set of 3-5 presentations on a unified topic or theme. Panelists must leave at least 10 minutes for Q&A with the audience, but may structure the rest of their time as they like.

Presentation text and slides must be submitted to conference organizers 2 weeks in advance of the Symposium for language interpreters’ preparation.

Project showcase

(Not live streamed) – we especially encourage and welcome artists

Proposal: 250-300 words

The Project Showcase is a session similar to a poster presentation fair, in which presenters share their work with small groups or individuals. These presentations are best suited for discussing concrete projects at any phase in their development, rather than for introducing theoretical frameworks or critiques.

Presenters will record a 5-7 minute presentation and submit it at least a week before the conference. The recordings will be shared with attendees ahead of time and also played at the beginning of each project showcase section. The project showcase aims at generative discussion and feedback in small groups in a conversational way over the course of 30 minutes.

In-Person

Presentation language: English (Posters at UDEM are welcome in English or Spanish)

7-min lightning talk

Proposal: 250-300 words

Dynamic, hyper-focused talks designed to provoke questions and follow up discussion. Lightning talk presenters will have 7 minutes to speak to the group as a whole, then the conference will break into smaller groups for each presenter to hear feedback, answer questions, and share further details.

15-min presentation

Proposal: 250-300 words

Engaging talks that take a deep dive into a topic, method, or project. This may include reports on experimental, developing, or completed projects as well as critical and/or theoretical discussions.

60-min panel

Proposal: 100 words describing the panel as a whole, plus 100 words for each presentation in the panel.

A pre-composed set of 3 presentations on a unified topic or theme. Panelists must leave at least 10 minutes for Q&A with the audience, but may structure the rest of their time as they like.

Posters

(Not live streamed)

Proposal: 250-300 words

Presenters will share their work with small groups or individuals. Rather than a set presentation length, the presenters will be asked to submit a poster ahead of time for printing. This presentation will enable one-on-one feedback and ask presenters to share about their work in a more conversational way over the course of one hour. There will be multiple poster presentations concurring in the same space.

The Global Digital Humanities Symposium will conduct an open review process. Names and institutional affiliations of submitters will be shared with reviewers, and names and affiliations of reviewers will be shared with submitters along with a comment on their submission. 

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Travel Funding Support

Travel Funding

Presenters accepted for the in-person Symposium are eligible to apply for travel funds up to $400 USD. There are four awards each for travel to the in-person Symposium at MSU and the in-person Symposium at UDEM. Receipts will be required for reimbursement.

Priority will be given to those traveling internationally to attend the event, to students and scholars without adequate funding otherwise, and those who did not receive Symposium travel funding to present at the 2024 or 2025 Symposium.

These competitive travel funds are awarded on the basis of need. The application for receiving funds will open upon acceptance to the Symposium in early December 2025. The application form will ask presenters about their travel itinerary and expenses.

Lodging Support

For the in-person Symposium at MSU, additional support is also available to cover 2 nights of accommodation at Owen Hall, a dormitory residence hall on the MSU campus. Applicants can request accommodation in Owen hall using the travel funding application form.

Last but not least, the Global DH Symposium provides  food and snacks during the in-person days at Michigan State University (including breakfast, lunch, and dinner on 13 April) and at Universidad de Monterrey (breakfast and lunch on 17 April).