Please note that the deadline for submissions has now been extended to Friday 27 February 2026.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Second Workshop on Holocaust Testimonies as Language Resources (HTRes-2026), pre-conference workshop W53 at LREC2026
Date: 11 May 2026 (afternoon) Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain Workshop web page: https://www.clarin.eu/HTRes2026 Submission Deadline: 27 February 2026 Submission link: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/HTRes2026/
Holocaust testimonies serve as a bridge between survivors and history’s darkest chapters, providing a connection to the profound experiences of the past. Testimonies stand as the primary source of information that describes the Holocaust, offering first-hand accounts and personal narratives of those who experienced it. The majority of testimonies are captured in an oral format, as survivors vividly explain and share their personal experiences and observations from that time period. Transforming Holocaust testimonies into a machine-processable digital format can be a difficult task owing to the unstructured nature of the text. The creation of accessible, comprehensive, and well-annotated Holocaust testimony collections is of paramount importance to our society. These collections empower researchers and historians to validate the accuracy of socially and historically significant information, enabling them to share critical insights and trends derived from these data.
The primary objective of this workshop is to explore how various theories, techniques, and tools from corpus linguistics, natural language processing, and digital humanities can contribute to the examination, analysis, dissemination, and preservation of Holocaust testimonies and other Holocaust-related documents.
The workshop is supported by CLARIN and EHRI.
Please find full details of the call for papers at the workshop web page at https://www.clarin.eu/HTRes2026. The main conference website is at https://lrec2026.info/ .
IMPORTANT DATES
Final date for paper submission: extended to 27 February 2026 Notification of Acceptance: 11 March 2026 Camera-ready version submission: 30 March 2026 Workshop date: 11 May 2026
To contact the organisers, please email holocausttlr@gmail.com
From Martin Wynne on behalf of the organizing committee.