This network is concerned with using digital technologies to study the past. It has a particular emphasis on the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial History but all IT-based approaches are welcome. The network welcomes papers that are concerned with digital sources, methodologies and applied scholarship.
Call for Papers
Spatial & Digital History network
European Social Science History Conference 2020
18 – 21 March 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands
Deadline: 15 April 2019
The Spatial & Digital History network welcomes papers on all aspects of the use of new technologies to study the past. These include:
- History and computing
- Digital history and digital humanities
- Historical GIS (geographic information systems)
- Spatial humanities
Themes of particular relevance include – but are not limited to – the following:
- Urban history
- Historical demography
- Textual analysis and other qualitative sources
- Network analysis
- European data infrastructure and integration
- Crowdsourcing historical data
- 3D modelling of history and heritage
- Histories of health and mortality
- Transport history
- Rural and environmental history
- Religious history
- The creation, curation and dissemination of humanities digital resources
- The future of digital history
- Big data and born-digital data
Please propose individual papers or panel sessions (up to four papers) at: https://esshc.socialhistory.org/propose-paper
Please note: The Spatial & Digital History network will not accept proposals for all-male panels. We encourage speakers from a diverse range of backgrounds.
For more information on the ESSHC’s Spatial & Digital History network:
https://esshc.socialhistory.org/networks/spatial-and-digital-history
For more information on the conference: esshc.iisg.amsterdam
Please contact the network chairs with any queries:
Douglas Brown, Kingston University, UK: doug.brown@kingston.ac.uk(link sends e-mail)
Douwe Zeldenrust, Meertens Institute, Amsterdam: douwe.zeldenrust@meertens.knaw.nl(link sends e-mail)
Ivo Zandhuis, Ivo Zandhuis Research & Consultancy, Netherlands: ivo@zandhuis.nl(link sends e-mail)
Michał Gochna, Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History Polish Academy of Sciences: mgochna@wp.pl(link sends e-mail)
We look forward to seeing you in Leiden.