ACH is thrilled to support seven regional hubs at this year’s virtual conference. Our Regional Hubs are intended to help nurture local communities as we continue growing our vast virtual one. Our selected regional hubs seek to bring people together to experience aspects of our virtual conference, thereby serving as a bridge between physical and virtual spaces.
Building DH Community in Los Angeles Regional Hub
In Los Angeles, California, there will be a watch party on November 7, 9-11:50 a.m. at the University of California, Los Angeles, which will bring together a diverse, interdisciplinary audience of librarians, faculty, students, and staff. Participants will have opportunities for in-person and hybrid conversations about the topics raised by the conference presentations and will offer a unique opportunity to connect with digital humanists across the Los Angeles area and beyond. Interested in this regional hub? Contact Dr. Cindy Nguyen at cnguyen at seis.ucla dot edu.
Midwest Regional Hub at Macalester
For digital humanists in the Midwest, Macalester College, located in St. Paul, Minnesota, will host a regional hub with an in-person watch party of conference panels and an organized field trip to the Walker Art Center on Thursday, November 7th for a free showcase of the work of Sophie Calle on questions of surveillance and the archives. Participants will receive a unique opportunity to connect with digital humanists from the Midwest and especially from Minnesota. Interested in this regional hub? Contact Dr. Aisling Quigley, DLA Librarian and Program Manager, at aquigley at macalester dot edu.
Texas Regional Hub at San Antonio
Situated in the vibrant city of San Antonio, the University of Texas at San Antonio will host a regional hub, organized collaboratively with the Digital Humanities Student Organization and the Community Engaged Digital Scholarship Hub. This regional hub will emphasize the vibrant DH community in the broader San Antonio area and will include a three-day in-person set of watch parties for keynote and selected panels, followed by discussion panels featuring local DH projects. This regional hub will focus on social justice oriented to transnational DH, multilingual practices, and community-engaged digital scholarship. Interested in this regional hub? Contact Dr. Niloufar Esmaeili at niloufar.esmaeili at my.utsa dot edu and follow them on Instagram: @utsa_dhso.
New Hampshire Regional Hub at Dartmouth (self-funded)
For digital humanists in New England, Dartmouth University is hosting a regional hub. Organized by Laura Braunstein and former ACH president Roopika Risam, this regional hub will feature a watch party of keynotes and panels followed by a dinner. Interested in this regional hub? Contact Dr. Roopika Risam at roopika dot risam at dartmouth dot edu.
Colorado Regional Hub
Along the majestic front range of the Rocky Mountains, this regional hub at the University of Colorado, Boulder will feature two unique events for digital humanists in the area: an in-person gathering for a keynote watch party, followed by a community meal, and a virtual event of lightning talks on student projects from multiple campuses, labs, and organizations. This regional hub will reflect UC Boulder’s commitment to social justice, resistance, and futures, with participants representing Chicane Studies, indigeneity, and climate justice. Interested in this regional hub? Contact info coming soon.
Cultural Analytics Regional Hub at Purdue
Located at a land-grant university in West Lafayette, Indiana, this regional hub will emphasize the “region” as a zone of emerging research and teaching. This regional hub will be organized around the exciting field known as cultural analytics and will feature an in-person watch party of keynotes and panels on cultural analytics on November 7th followed by a hybrid discussion group, a community meal, and a featured guest speaker. This hub will bring together scholars and students from various disciplines who are interested in cultural analytics methods.Interested in this regional hub? Contact Dr. Matthew Hannah at hannah8 at purdue dot edu.
Greater Boston Regional Hub at MIT
Hosted on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, this regional hub will provide a hybrid meet-up designed to strengthen networks of collaboration in the greater Boston area. The regional hub will include options for virtual participation to include participation from individuals from the broader area and is an opportunity for both digital humanists and those who are “DH curious” to learn more about DH in Boston and find new collaborators and friends. Interested in this regional hub? Contact Boston DH Hub co-chairs Kaylen Dwyer (kaylen.dwyer at tufts dot edu), Catherine Enwright (enwrighc at bc dot edu), and Ece Turnator (turnator at mit dot edu) and visit the Boston DH Hub to learn more.