Study Day 2026
Introduction
Gradually and consistently, the DARIAH-CH Study Day has become the annual meeting of the Swiss digital arts and humanities community.
In 2026, the DARIAH-CH consortium organizes its fifth edition at the University of Geneva on 1 December.
The theme of this years' edition is:
AI in Digital Humanities for Teaching, Research and Data Management
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the practices, methods, and infrastructures of Digital Humanities. From generative AI and large language models to automated processing and analysis of texts, images, audio, and cultural heritage collections, AI technologies are opening new possibilities for research, teaching, and data harvest and management, while also raising important methodological, epistemological, legal, and ethical questions.
Objectives of the Study Day
The event has several objectives:
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to present ongoing projects and experiments involving AI in Digital Humanities;
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to discuss how AI tools are transforming research practices and scholarly workflows;
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to explore pedagogical uses of AI in higher education and Digital Humanities training;
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to examine challenges related to research data quality, governance, interoperability, and sustainability
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to foster interdisciplinary dialogue between academic, technical, and heritage communities;
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to identify good practices and critical frameworks for responsible and transparent uses of AI. Particular attention will be paid to critical and reflexive perspectives on AI, including issues of transparency, reproducibility, algorithmic bias, data sovereignty, copyright, open infrastructures, and environmental sustainability.
Programme overview
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Keynote contribution about AI in Digital Humanities
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Live demo about how to train a model
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Contributions from the community
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Poster session
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Public conference at the Bibliothèque de Genève (BGE) by Isabella di Lenardo (EPFL)
Target audience
PhD students and researchers in digital humanities, media and digital history, cultural heritage studies, and cultural heritage professionals - archivists, museum professionals - and the broader public in Switzerland.
Call for contributions
A Call for contributions will be open early September.
Participation
Participation to the event is free. We offer coffee breaks and lunch, and kindly ask participants and their institutions to cover for the travel costs.
Location
Université de Genève
Organising committee:
Béatrice Joyeux-Prunnel (UNIGE)
Cristina Grisot (DARIAH-CH)