We are pleased to announce that SSHOC’s activities in 2026 will be led by newly elected Sally Chambers (from DARIAH ERIC – Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) as Chair, and Vania Virgili (from E-RIHS ERIC – European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science) as Vice-Chair. This decision was taken by the SSHOC Governing Board during their meeting
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SSHOC Announces New 2026 Leadership
Susan Schreibman awarded Ángel David Nieves Book Award (Edited Collection)
Susan Schreibman, DARIAH Director and Professor of Digital Art and Culture in Maastricht University, was awarded the Ángel David Nieves Book Award (Edited Collection) by the American Studies Association. The prize is awarded yearly for the best digital or public humanities project on city and regional planning history. Susan received the prize for her book Feminist
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Digital integrated strategies to safeguard and reuse historic construction technologies in abandoned historic settlements
This post highlights activities and results of the project Enabling city dwellers to better understand and valorise intangible and built heritage together: Digital tools and practices ran by the ARCHETIPO Working Group (WG) between 2023 to 2025. The project leaders were Elena Gigliarelli and Georgios Artopoulos, chairs of the ARCHETIPO WG. This project was funded by the Working
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ECHOES Cascading Grants Programme – Second Call on Engagement and Collaboration
What is the ECCCH? The ECCCH is a new EU-funded digital platform connecting Cultural Heritage Institutions (CHIs) across Europe, including museums, archives, libraries, researchers, and conservators. It offers shared infrastructure, advanced tools (AI, 3D, annotation), and a collaborative space to digitise, preserve, and showcase cultural heritage. Why join? Collaborate across disciplines and bordersManage, and share
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Launch of the DARIAH South-East European Regional Hub
On October 22nd, 2025 the DARIAH South-East European (SEE) Regional Hub officially launched, during an event at the Vučedol Culture Museum in Osijek, Croatia. The launch was organised on the side of the Digital Humanities and Heritage conference, an annual international conference run by DARIAH-HR. The SEE Hub is the first DARIAH Regional Hub launched.
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DARIAH publishes the CoARA Progress Report and Action Plan for the years 2025-2027
DARIAH ERIC has released its CoARA Progress Report and Action Plan for 2025–2027, reaffirming its commitment to advancing responsible and inclusive research assessment in the arts and humanities. Since becoming a founding member of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) in November 2022, DARIAH has been an active voice in Europe’s research assessment reform
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OpenMethods metablog: From a DARIAH Core Service to a DARIAH-IT Community Service
What is OpenMethods? OpenMethods is a metablog highlighting curated content about Digital Humanities Methods and Tools, an important area currently underrepresented in the DH peer-reviewed literature especially, but not exclusively, from a European perspective. With over 250 posts contributed by committed Volunteer Editors, OpenMethods metablog gives accessibility and visibility of scholarly conversations on digital methods.
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We Need You! Looking for ECHOES Cascading Grant Evaluators for Call 1: Data!
We are currently looking for 15 evaluators to support the peer review of the top 25 applications of the ECHOES Cascading Grants Programme Call 1 on Data. The ECHOES Cascading Grants Programme provides funding for consortia led by Cultural Heritage Institutions (CHIs) to engage with the Cultural Heritage Cloud. The Cascading Grants programme supports up to 50 projects
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Important steps towards the digital transformation of performing arts
This post highlights activities and results of the project Navigating through Digital Knowledge Models ran by the THEATRALIA Working Group (WG) between 2023 to 2025. The project leaders were Pr. Cécile Chantraine Braillon (WG Chair, La Rochelle Université) and Dr. Anamarija Žugić Borić (WG Chair, DARIAH-HR). This project was funded by the Working Groups Funding
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A Glimpse into the OSCARS Composability and AAI Workshop at CERN
This post is republished from the OSCARS website. We are thrilled to share with you the successful culmination of our recent internal and international Composability and Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure (AAI) workshop at CERN focusing on two key areas: reviewing the progress of composability development and deployment in the OSCARS project and exploring potential collaboration with the AARC
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