Theme

DH2026 adopts “Engagement” as its central theme, highlighting our commitment to cultivating meaningful connections—both among diverse communities and between humans and emerging technologies. It calls for vibrant intellectual exchange and critical reflection on rapidly evolving technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, foregrounding their responsible and context-aware applications within the digital humanities.

The growing prominence of generative AI—including large language models, multimodal systems, and computer vision—invites fresh examination of long-standing practices and emerging methodologies across the field. Set in South Korea, where enduring cultural heritage meets cutting-edge digital innovation, DH2026 offers a timely venue to consider how technological developments shape knowledge production, cultural memory, and scholarly expression on a global scale.

Rather than prescribing fixed directions, the conference encourages diverse contributions that critically and practically engage with these transformations—addressing epistemological and methodological questions raised by computation, AI, and digital research infrastructures, while remaining attentive to the varied communities and contexts in which the digital humanities take shape.