SIGUL May 2026

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - NLPAICS 2026
by Ranasinghe, Tharindu 27 May '26

27 May '26

Second International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security (NLPAICS 2026) The Second International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security (NLPAICS 2026) invites researchers, practitioners, industry experts, and students to participate in this international forum dedicated to the latest advances in NLP, Artificial Intelligence, and Cyber Security. The will take place in Alicante, Spain, on 11–12 June 2026. The list of accepted papers is published at: https://nlpaics2026.gplsi.es/ . Further details about keynote speakers, and submissions are also available on the official conference website. The conference programme will be announced shortly. Researchers and attendees interested in participating are encouraged to register as soon as possible to secure the reduced rates and join the NLPAICS 2026 community. Early registration must be completed before Monday, 25 May 2026 in order to benefit from the discounted registration fees. Special fee rates are also available for participants attending NLPAICS + Summer School: “The Paradigm Shift: From Rules to Models in Natural Language Processing” (https://summer-school.gplsi.es/) that will be held from 15-17 June 2026 in Alicante. For updates and additional information, please visit the official conference website. Best Regards Organising committee, NLPAICS

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CfP: Pivotal Players: Academic reflections special issue
by Menno Van Zaanen 26 May '26

26 May '26

Dear Colleague, We are writing to invite you to contribute to a curated collection of articles titled Pivotal Players: Academic reflections on major works that have shaped research across the Arts, Humanities, and Social Science. ABOUT THE COLLECTION The collection is premised on a deceptively simple observation: while researchers regularly build on prior scholarship, we rarely pause to reflect explicitly on which works have shaped us, and how. This collection creates a dedicated space for exactly that reflection. Contributors are invited to select a publication from before 2000 that has inspired them in their own research; this may include, but is not limited to, a seminal book, article, or comparable scholarly work, and write a reflective piece examining its impact: on the field broadly, on your own intellectual and methodological development, or both. Contributions need not be uncritical. The collection welcomes honest assessments of a work's limitations, contested legacies, or the ways a field has moved beyond, or failed to move beyond, its foundational assumptions. The collection is anchored in Digital Humanities but is explicitly transdisciplinary. Given that Digital Humanities is a relatively young field, contributors are encouraged to draw on influential works from cognate disciplines, including the social sciences, humanities, media studies, information science, musicology, education, and beyond, and to articulate how those works connect to current digital scholarship. At a moment when knowledge production is accelerating, and the boundaries of the digital humanities are being actively renegotiated, this kind of reflexive scholarship helps the field understand its own genealogy, surface underrepresented intellectual lineages, and think more carefully about the assumptions embedded in foundational texts. Routledge Open Research uses a transparent, post-publication peer- review model that enables rapid publication and ongoing scholarly dialogue. The format itself, reflective, personal, and rigorous, also offers academics the rare opportunity to be truly transparent about the works that have genuinely formed their thinking. For more information about this new publication format, please contact Kristen Brida <Kristen.Brida(a)taylorandfrancis.com>. SUBMISSION DETAILS Final submission deadline (with rolling submission): 31 March 2027 Collection page and submission portal: https://routledgeopenresearch.org/collections/academic-reflections-major-wo… We would warmly welcome your contribution. If you are interested or would like to discuss a potential piece before committing, please do not hesitate to contact us directly. Janelize Morelli <Janelize.Morelli(a)nwu.ac.za> Menno Van Zaanen <Menno.VanZaanen(a)nwu.ac.za> -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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CfP Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (JDHASA)
by Menno Van Zaanen 20 May '26

20 May '26

Call for Submissions The Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (JDHASA), ISSN 3006-6492, invites innovative and exploratory contributions that push the boundaries of digital humanities research and practice, especially those engaging with emerging technologies, critical data studies, and culturally situated methodologies. We particularly encourage submissions that foreground underrepresented voices, languages, and epistemologies, or that critically examine the social, political, and ethical dimensions of digital scholarship in the Global South and beyond. Submissions that demonstrate interdisciplinary collaboration or address teaching and pedagogy in digital humanities are especially welcome. JDHASA remains committed to fostering inclusive scholarly exchange and building a vibrant community of practice. Potential topics include, but are not limited to * Digital humanities in the Global South * Artificial intelligence in humanities research * Decolonial and postcolonial approaches to digital scholarship * Infrastructure, access, and digital divides * Computational linguistics and low-resource languages * Human language technologies for African languages * Digital literary studies and text analysis * Digital storytelling and multimedia narratives * Digital arts and creative practice * Media studies in the digital age * Critical data studies and data ethics * Social media analysis and public discourse * Digital archives and preservation * Library and information science in digital contexts * Cultural heritage digitisation * Interdisciplinary methods in digital humanities * Digital pedagogy and teaching practices * DH curriculum development and programme design * Digital mapping and spatial humanities * Community-based and participatory digital projects Contributions may include research articles, case studies, methodological interventions, project reports, book reviews (max. 2 pages), and reflective essays. Research articles may be submitted as short papers, e.g. for work in progress (max. 8 pages), or long papers (max. 20 pages). Articles should follow the ACL style guidelines (https://2023.aclweb.org/calls/style_and_formatting/). Prospective authors should ensure that submissions align with the journal’s open-access ethos and undergo rigorous peer review. Please consult the journal guidelines for formatting and submission details (https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa/about/submissions#authorGuideli… ), and watch for announcements of upcoming special issues that highlight timely and emerging themes. JDHASA aims to release at least two issues annually. Submission deadline for the first issue of 2026 is the 30th of June, 2026, but rolling submissions are accepted throughout the year. The cut-off date for the second issue is the 31st of December 2026. Link to the journal website and submission system: http://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa/ Contact: journal(a)digitalhumanities.org.za About JDHASA The Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (JDHASA), ISSN 3006-6492, is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that publishes research from DHASA members and the wider scholarly community, with a focus on Digital Humanities in the Global South. Its scope spans areas such as computational linguistics and literary studies, digital arts, media, technology criticism, and information and archive studies, among others. Established alongside DHASA in 2016, the journal supports an interdisciplinary network of scholars and aims to foster a “methodological commons” while encouraging dialogue and critical reflection on teaching and research in the field. -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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