The Digital Humanities series of academic conference

Academic conference

An academic conference or symposium is a conference for researchers to present and discuss their work. Together with academic or scientific journals, conferences provide an important channel for exchange of information between researchers.-Overview:Conferences are usually composed of various...

s is generally considered the most prestigious in the field of digital humanities. It is hosted by Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations

Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations

The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations, or ADHO, is a digital humanities umbrella organization formed in 2005 to coordinate the activities of the , the , and the .-History:...

 and has been held annually since 1990. It attracts hundreds of international attendees. DH 2011 took place at Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

, California, USA, and DH 2012 will be held at University of Hamburg

University of Hamburg

The University of Hamburg is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It grew out of the previous Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen and the Kolonialinstitut as well as the Akademisches Gymnasium. There are around 38,000 students as of the start of...

, Germany.

History

The first joint conference was held in 1989, at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

 --but that was the 16th annual meeting of ALLC, and the ninth annual meeting of the ACH-sponsored International Conference on Computers and the Humanities (ICCH).

Past Conferences

Year	Location	Links	Observations
1990	University of Siegen University of Siegen The University of Siegen in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, was founded in 1972. 14,100 students were enrolled at the university as of October 2010.-Faculties:University of Siegen offers in total 126 degree programmes across four faculties:... , Germany	program	June 4–9
1991	Arizona State University Arizona State University Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona... , Tempe, Arizona	program	March 17–21
1992	Oxford University, Oxford, England	program	5–9 April
1993	Georgetown University Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States... , Washington, DC	program	June 16–19
1994	Sorbonne Sorbonne The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris... , Paris, France	program	April 19–23
1995	University of California University of California The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University... , Santa Barbara, California	program	July 11–15
1996	University of Bergen University of Bergen The University of Bergen is located in Bergen, Norway. Although founded as late as 1946, academic activity had taken place at Bergen Museum as far back as 1825. The university today serves more than 14,500 students... , Norway	website	June 25–29
1997	Queen's University Queen's University Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England... , Kingston, Ontario, Canada	website	June 3–7
1998	Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary	website	July 5–10
1999	University of Virginia University of Virginia The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson... , Charlottesville, Virginia, USA	website	June 9–13
2000	University of Glasgow University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the... , Scotland, UK	website	July 21–25
2001	New York University New York University New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan... , USA	website,	June 13–16
2002	University of Tübingen, Germany	website	July 23–28
2003	University of Georgia University of Georgia The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States... , USA	website	May 29 - June 2
2004	University of Gothenburg, Sweden	website	June 11–16
2005	University of Victoria University of Victoria The University of Victoria, often referred to as UVic, is the second oldest public research university in British Columbia, Canada. It is a research intensive university located in Saanich and Oak Bay, about northeast of downtown Victoria. The University's annual enrollment is about 20,000 students... , British Columbia, Canada	website	June 15 - June 18
2006	Sorbonne Sorbonne The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris... , Paris, France	website	July 5–9
2007	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	website	June 2–8
2008	University of Oulu University of Oulu The University of Oulu is one of the largest universities in Finland, located in the city of Oulu. It was founded on July 8, 1958. The university has around 16,000 students and 3,000 staff... , Finland	website	June 25–29
2009	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C... , Maryland, USA	website	June 20–25
2010	King's College London King's College London King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and... , UK	website	July 7–10
2011	Stanford University Stanford University The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... , California, USA	website	June 19–22
2012	University of Hamburg University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It grew out of the previous Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen and the Kolonialinstitut as well as the Akademisches Gymnasium. There are around 38,000 students as of the start of... , Germany	website	July 16-22
2013	t.b.a.

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