Featured news from UVA's DH Center.
Critical and Creative AI: For the (Digital) Humanities Lecture Series 2026-27
The DHC has partnered with the Institute of Arts and Humanities to bring five leading scholar-practitioners to UVA this year. The workshops and lectures will create a space for critical and creative conversations around humanities AI, as well as opportunities for workshopping and making.
The program begins September 2nd, when Patricia Murrieta-Flores (TEC Monterrey) presents a workshop on machine learning in Latin American and Indigenous archives that offers practical frameworks and principles for more just, situated, and community-anchored technologies.
Applications are now open for 2027-28 Praxis Fellowships
The Praxis Program is a unique and well-known training program in the international digital humanities, offered by the UVa Library’s Scholars’ Lab. This fellowship supports a team of University of Virginia PhD students each year as they explore various aspects of digital humanities together. If you are interested in applying for next year's cohort, we would love to talk to you, and to answer any questions you have.
The fellowship comes with an award of $10,000, distributed during the fellowship year. All details can be found on the CFP page. The deadline for applications is November 1, 2026.
Digital Repatriation in the Darien: Announcing our new DAC-DHC Team Fellows
Prof. Rolando Vargas and graduate student Slenka Botello from Art History were selected for the Data Analytics Center and DH Center fellowship program to support their work with digital repatriation of artifacts created by Indigenous Guna communities in the Darien Gap.
Their work kicked off in June 2026 and will last for one year. Stay tuned for news and updates!
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