Call for Proposals
March 19-20, 2026 New Britain, CT
The fourth Connecticut Digital Humanities Conference<https://ctdh.io/> (CTDH) will take place on March 19-20, 2026 at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT. We seek participation from a broad range of digital humanities practitioners, including participants from higher education, community and cultural organizations, K-12 education, state and local government, and the general public.
CTDH endeavors to bring together a network of DH practitioners committed to advancing collaborative work in digital humanities research and pedagogy across the New England region. CTDH provides individuals with an opportunity to learn new techniques and skills, hear about their colleagues’ DH projects, and become part of a vibrant and diverse community of teachers, learners, and practitioners. CTDH is an excellent opportunity for getting feedback, developing skills, or sharing your work with other colleagues from across New England. While we encourage projects with a Connecticut focus, the conference is not limited to Connecticut-based projects or practitioners. For 2026, we especially welcome proposals that address digital humanities in diverse contexts, including museums, libraries, and archives; community organizing and activism; and public education.
We invite contributions from faculty researchers, unaffiliated scholars, librarians, museum professionals, technologists, undergraduate and graduate students, K-12 teachers, and community groups. We encourage those submitting proposals to consider formats beyond the traditional 20-minute paper, such as roundtables, multi-speaker panels, lightning talks, posters, and digital demonstrations. Proposals should be less than 300 words in length and should describe the proposed topic, session format, and names and affiliations of participants.
Proposals are due January 26, 2026. Proposals may be submitted via this Google Form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEN3uRfqoGfS7Y8XTENs_qL8J0bjFhyoGX2l98hKVhHKATJw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=113465124705808841387>. Presenters will be notified of acceptance by early February. More information can be found on the CTDH website<https://ctdh.io/>. If you have questions, please contact Brian Matzke at bmatzke@ccsu.edu<mailto:bmatzke@ccsu.edu>.
The CTDH conference is free for all participants.
We are also pleased to announce that our keynote speaker this year will be Roopika Risam. Roopika Risam is an Associate Professor of Film & Media Studies and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College, where she co-directs the Creative and Critical Data Studio within the Digital Humanities and Social Engagement Cluster. Her work brings together digital humanities, postcolonial studies, and critical data studies, with a focus on race, empire, and the politics of knowledge production.
She is the author of New Digital Worlds: Postcolonial Digital Humanities in Theory, Praxis, and Pedagogy (Northwestern UP, 2019) and founding co-editor of Reviews in Digital Humanities. She has edited multiple volumes, including The Digital Black Atlantic (Debates in Digital Humanities Series, University of Minnesota Press, 2021) and Anti-Racist Community Engagement: Principles and Practices (Stylus, 2023). Risam also directs the Pan-African Data Project. Her forthcoming book, Data Empire: The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate (HarperCollins, 2026), offers an 11,000-year global history of data as a technology of governance. For more, please visit https://roopikarisam.com<https://roopikarisam.com/>.
We look forward to seeing you in March!
Sharon Clapp
AI and Digital Projects Librarian, Elihu Burritt Library
sclapp_at_ccsu.edu
860-832-2059
Book a meeting with me (AI, OER, LSC160, Student or Faculty consultation, Miscellaneous Discussion)<https://outlook.office.com/book/SharonClappDigitalResourcesLibrarianBookings@my.ccsu.edu/?ismsaljsauthenabled>
Received on Fri Jan 16 2026 - 13:01:07 EST