Our May spotlight is out! 💌 We received a grant of 50 million ISK for two projects during the Infrastructure Fund allocation last week, launched two new #DH tools and look forward to attending the @dariaheu.bsky.social Annual Event 2026! Links in comments 👇

Translucens, our tool with @vanlinduist.bsky.social, is finally live! You can try to remove any bleed-through from any manuscript images. translucens.humanities.tools If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask us! #digitalhumanities #translucens

#LunchwithDH Lecture Series Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson, Reykjavík University "Experiencing another time and place in 3D: The Historical Postal Route project" 📅 Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 12:00 GMT 📍 ONLINE on YouTube @MSHLIceland

📢 Late Call - #IMC2026 Tired of doomscrolling? We are looking for one more #DH paper for our session "The Endless Scroll: Digital Approaches to Medieval Time, II" at the IMC Leeds 2026, organised by @mshl-cdha.bsky.social imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2026/pre... #CfP #medievalsky

📣 We're hiring! DARIAH-ERIC is seeking a (Digital) Learning Designer to enhance its expertise in training, digital pedagogy and capacity building. 🔜 Deadline: 8 May ➡️ More: www.dariah.eu/2026/04/15/j...

TOMORROW - 🎥🔴 Sigríður Regina Sigurþórsdóttir, University of Iceland & National Gallery "Time Based Media Art and Archival Research" www.youtube.com/live/M5PBo-1... More about the Lunch with Digital Humanities lecture series: mshl.is/vidburdir/lunch-with-dh

#LunchwithDH Lecture Series Sigríður Regína Sigurþórsdóttir, University of Iceland & National Gallery "Variability, Iterability, Re-presentation: Time Based Media Art and Archival Research at the National Gallery of Iceland" 📅 Tuesday, 28 April, 12:00 GMT 📍 Háskólatorg 300 & YouTube @MSHLIceland

TOMORROW - 🎥🔴 Timothy Liam Waters, The Ohio State University "Virtual Vikings: A Case of Identity Formation and Techno-Skepticism in the Digital Vernacular" www.youtube.com/live/-pdDizg... More about the Lunch with Digital Humanities lecture series: mshl.is/vidburdir/lunch-with-dh

What does it take for research data to travel across disciplines, languages, and borders? This webinar will explore how interoperability & semantic artefacts can transform the way research data is shared, reused, & scaled  📅 12 May 11:00 CEST 🔸 Read more: www.atrium-research.eu/events/atriu...

Við minnum á ársfundinn okkar sem verður núna á föstudaginn kl. 13:00 til 15:30 í fyrirlestrarsal Þjóðminjasafnisins. Öll velkomin!

#LunchwithDH Lecture Series Timothy Liam Waters (@liamh2os.bsky.social), The Ohio State University "Virtual Vikings: A Case of Identity Formation and Techno-Skepticism in the Digital Vernacular" 📅 Tuesday, 14 April 2026, ‼️ 14:00 GMT 📍 ONLINE on YouTube @MSHLIceland

Last update for a week (as I'm heading to Canada). Added tooltips for each tool so you can get a better grasp of how to use it. And an additional demonstration of the new measurement tool – you can manually calibrate it so you can get real dimensions. #IIIF #DigitalHumanities #Manu

Last week, we brought together students, local institutions and international researchers for our multiplier event on digitalization of historical texts and digital pipelines at the University of Iceland. mshl.is/vidburdir/antidote-multiplier 🧵

Missið ekki af erindi Eydísar á morgun! - 🎥🔴 Eydís Huld Magnúsdóttir, Tiro, ehf.: "Fjársjóðsleit með máltækni" www.youtube.com/live/bojVEkmn9Gk

Ársfundur MSHL: Málið og vélin 📍 Þjóðminjasafn Íslands 🕐 17. apríl kl. 13–15:30 Við bjóðum ykkur velkomin á ársfund! Farið verður yfir starf ársins og boðið upp á 4 erindi um fjölbreyttar hliðar stafrænna hugvísinda & lista með áherslu á tungumálið og notkun gervigreindar. mshl.is/vidburdir/ar...

The 'Digital Statues' project (Einar Jónsson Museum & EFLA Consulting engineers) found a way to bring #DigitalTwins of artefacts to the classroom 🤓 Find out more this #TrainingTuesday by watching this convenient lunch-break length talk from Þröstur Thor Bragason! ➡️ campus.dariah.eu/resource/pos...

Fyrirlestraröð Stafræn hugvísindi í hádegismat #LunchwithDH Eydís Huld Magnúsdóttir, Tiro ehf. "Fjársjóðsleit með máltækni" 📅 Þriðjudaginn, 14. apríl 2026, kl. 12:00 GMT 📍 Veröld VHV-208 & á YouTube @MSHLIceland

Excited to be speaking for the Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts in Iceland as part of Lunch with Digital Humanities. I’ll be presenting on AI-generated “Vikings,” authenticity, and how online communities decide what counts as real. Livestream available—join if you can.

Thursday, 9 April 16:30 Edda Auditorium Miðaldastofa Háskóla Íslands — The University of Iceland Centre for Medieval Studies Ondřej Tichý, Charles University "Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online: The Story of a Dictionary and its Digitization" midaldastofa.hi.is

Thursday, 9 April 16:30 Edda Auditorium Miðaldastofa Háskóla Íslands — The University of Iceland Centre for Medieval Studies Ondřej Tichý, Charles University "Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online: The Story of a Dictionary and its Digitization" midaldastofa.hi.is

⚠️ CANCELLED 🟠🌬 Alas, the weather had other plans. Due to the orange weather alert, we are postponing tomorrow's talk. We will share the new date and post updates soon. Stay safe and warm!

TOMORROW - 🎥🔴 Ondřej Tichý, Charles University "Benchmarking Large Language Models for Digital Humanities Research" youtube.com/live/mXziJjv9bL8?feature=shared More about the Lunch with Digital Humanities lecture series: mshl.is/vidburdir/lunch-with-dh

#LunchwithDH Lecture Series Ondřej Tichý, Charles University "Benchmarking Large Language Models for Digital Humanities Research" 📅 Tuesday, 7 April 2026, 12:00 GMT 📍 Veröld VHV-208 & LIVE on YouTube @MSHLIceland

Our April spotlight is out! 💌 It’s been a busy month with new grants and two new staff members joining the team. We’re also hosting plenty of exciting events, including our Annual Event, four new talks in our #LwDH series, and an @antidote-network.bsky.social multiplier event. Link in comments 👇

Missið ekki af erindi Trausta á morgun! - 🎥🔴 Trausti Dagsson, Árnastofnun: "Ísmús: víðfeðmur vefur þjóðsagna, tónlistar og radda fortíðarinnar" youtube.com/live/niF1OcT...

Just received the news that we got a grant from the Student Innovation Fund at Rannís to continue our work on #HTR models for medieval Icelandic. My talented MA student will be working on it over the summer. We're excited! island.is/s/rannis/frett/uthlutun-ur-nyskoepunarsjodi-namsmanna-2026

Fyrirlestraröð Stafræn hugvísindi í hádegismat #LunchwithDH Trausti Dagsson, Stofnun Árna Magnússonar "Ísmús: víðfeðmur vefur þjóðsagna, tónlistar og radda fortíðarinnar " 📅 Þriðjudaginn, 31. mars 2026, kl. 12:00 GMT 📍 Veröld VHV-208 & á YouTube @MSHLIceland

What started as a normal breakfast talk with @martin.rocek.dev about illegible text is turning into an actual app and it's so cool! The idea is to isolate ink show-through from recto/verso scans to make both folios more legible. translucens.humanities.tools

💻🤝 Applications are open for the Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon 2026 (#DHH26)! Collaborate, innovate & work across disciplines in one of DH's most exciting annual events. 🔜 Deadline: 14 April 2026 ➡️ Read more here: www.dariah.eu/2026/03/18/h...

Missið ekki af erindi Eiríks Smára á morgun! - 🎥🔴 Eiríkur Smári Sigurðarson, Háskóli Íslands "Tengjum allt við allt" youtube.com/live/NREAlT2...

Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir (@vanlinduist.bsky.social), Alice Heeley and Martin Roček (@martin.rocek.dev) Mind the Gap: Where HTR Models Excel and Fail in Old Icelandic Transcriptions 📍 Árnagarður 303 📅 March 14, 13:00 hugvis.hi.is/is/velraenn-textalestur-stada-og-horfur-fyrir-islensku

Hinrik Hafsteinsson og Margét Jóna Gísladóttir Illum geymir, ef aldrei nýtur - Ljóslestur prentaðra bóka í Málheild Síðara Alda 📍 Árnagarði 303 📅 14. mars, kl. 13:30 hugvis.hi.is/is/velraenn-textalestur-stada-og-horfur-fyrir-islensku

We are hosting a session at Hugvísindaþing! 📍 Árnagarður 303 📅 March 14, 13:00 Machine Reading of Icelandic Texts – Status and Prospects How can we utilise the latest technology in OCR and HTR to digitise Icelandic cultural heritage? About the session: tinyurl.com/5cjz2fuf

Við erum með málstofu á Hugvísindaþingi! 📍 Í Árnagarði 303 📅 14. mars, kl. 13 Vélrænn textalestur – staða og horfur fyrir íslensku Hvernig getum við nýtt nýjustu tækni í ljóslestri (OCR) og handritalestri (HTR) til að gera íslenskan menningararf tölvutækan? Um málstofu: tinyurl.com/5cjz2fuf

Ever wanted to get started with the SSHOC Open Marketplace but didn't know where to begin? Join us for the second webinar in this 2026 training series: "Introduction to the SSHOC Open Marketplace" 🤗 📅 20th March ➡️ Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Fyrirlestraröð #LunchwithDH 🌐🧩 Eiríkur Smári Sigurðarson, MSHL, Háskóli Íslands "Tengjum allt við allt" 📅 Þriðjudaginn, 17. mars 2026, kl. 12:00 GMT 📍 Veröld VHV-208 & á YouTube @MSHLIceland

Applications close in 1 week for the ATRIUM Summer School 2026 "From Maps to Data and Data to Maps: Exploring Spatial Histories", taking place in Athens, Greece from June 29–July 2, hosted by Athens University of Economics & Business🇬🇷 🔸 Find out more & apply here: atrium-research.eu/news/call-fo...

TOMORROW: All are welcome to our #FridayFrontiers webinar! 🥳 '“Can this be done?” New research tools for studying human interaction', with speakers: Stefan Lindgren & Carolina Larsson from Lund University🎭️ ➡️ Register: www.dariah.eu/2026/02/12/f...

Starf í boði! 💾 Laust er til umsóknar, fullt starf verkefnisstjóra í gagnaumsýslu hjá GAGNÍS, varðveislusafn fyrir rannsóknargögn á Íslandi. Hlutverk gagnaþjónustunnar er að taka við gögnum til varðveislu og birtingar í opnum aðgangi eftir alþjóðlegum gæðaviðmiðum. island.is/starfatorg/x-45698

TODAY - 🎥🔴 Alexander Peter Pfaff, University of Iceland "How Many Ways Can You Say It? Measuring Language Diversity with Digital Methods" youtube.com/live/102UIXOzdz8?feature=share More about the Lunch with Digital Humanities lecture series: mshl.is/vidburdir/lunch-with-dh

Exciting news! @vanlinduist.bsky.social & @eirikursmari.bsky.social's paper “Engaging the Fragmented Archive: A Unified Portal for Icelandic Cultural Heritage” has been accepted for #DH2026 We are looking forward to sharing our work on unifying Icelandic heritage data. See you all in Daejeon!

Exciting news! @vanlinduist.bsky.social & @eirikursmari.bsky.social's paper “Engaging the Fragmented Archive: A Unified Portal for Icelandic Cultural Heritage” has been accepted for #DH2026 We are looking forward to sharing our work on unifying Icelandic heritage data. See you all in Daejeon!

What’s new in #DH Iceland? Our March spotlight is out! ✨ Our lecture series, Lunch with Digital Humanities, continues on Tuesday, and we host a session on #HTR and #OCR at the annual conference of the University of Iceland School of Humanities. Link in the comments 👇

#LunchwithDH Lecture Series 📜🐍 Alexander Peter Pfaff, University of Iceland "How Many Ways Can You Say It? Measuring Language Diversity with Digital Methods" 📅 Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 12:00 GMT 📍 Veröld VHV-208 & LIVE on YouTube @MSHLIceland

✨ Our lecture series continues this spring ✨ Join us for Lunch with Digital Humanities We invite researchers, artists & practitioners to share their work on digital culture, media, archives & more! Schedule at mshl.is/vidburdir/lunch-with-dh/ 🗓 Tuesdays, 12 GMT 📺 Live at tinyurl.com/4su9evxf

Tæknidagur UTmessunnar er í fullum gangi ✨️ Kíkið við í Hörpu!

If you’re in Iceland today, you have to stop by Harpa for UTmessan! The real magic is happening upstairs with the universities—we’re talking VR, 3D scanners, and interactive sims.The tech companies downstairs could honestly take some notes! Definitely don’t miss the @mshl-cdha.bsky.social stand.

Join us tomorrow for a fun day!

Kíkið endilega við!

Eiríkur Smári Sigurðarson @eirikursmari.bsky.social, formaður MSHL, mun flytja erindi á ráðstefnudegi UTmessunnar: „Opin gögn, opin menning: Um framtíð stafrænna hugvísinda" 🗓 6. febrúar, kl. 13 📍Harpa, Norðurljós Dagskrá: utmessan.is Útdráttur 👇