II Digital Humanities Conference at UAB

On 14 November, the UAB will host the 2nd Digital Humanities Conference, an event organised by the UAB-cei Digital Humanities Network (XHD). The aim of the event is to highlight the efforts and results of the University’s research teams in this emerging field. The Conference will feature presentations of around thirty digital humanities projects led by the researchers and research groups responsible for them.

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome by Rosa Maria Sebastián Pérez (Vice-Rector for Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship) and Margarita Freixas Alás (Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts)

10:15 – 10:30 Introduction to the 2nd Digital Humanities Conference 2025 by Oriol Vicente (Coordinator of the Digital Humanities Network)

10:30 – 10:45 Presentation of CLARIAH-CAT and the Master’s in Digital Humanities and Digital Heritage by Joan Antón Barceló (Coordinator of the Master’s)

10:45 – 11:45 Project presentations (12 projects)*

• Gerard Corbella López: ArxIfutur – New accessibility systems for historical documentation using computer vision and artificial intelligence
• Igor Bogdanovic Rakic: Digital Laboratory – Experiences and future
• Ana Escañuela Barradas: Digital Humanities Projects at UAB
• Albert Sierra Reguera: The Eyes of History
• Margarita Freixas Alás & Natalia Terrón: Model for a digital and hypertext edition of DRAE 1884 (e-DRAE 1884)
• Ramón Valdés Gázquez: The subject ‘Digital Philology’ in the Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish Language and Literature
• Sònia Boadas: THAL-IA – Golden Age theatrical heritage: artificial intelligence and spectral photography
• Natàlia González: Machine learning applications in prehistoric archaeology: classification and spatiotemporal modelling of archaeological data
• Joan Anton Barceló Alvarez: Computer-based visualisation of architectural cultural heritage
• David Merino Recalde: feniX-ML – Semi-automatic XML-TEI tagging for the PROLOPE Digital Library
• David Merino Recalde: Disseminating the Classics – a digital portal for Fuenteovejuna by Lope de Vega
• Silvia Altafaja: The Virtual Museum of UAB

*Project order may vary.

11:45 – 12:15 Brunch – Hall of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, below the Auditorium. Breakfast/lunch will be served with lactose-free, gluten-free and vegetarian options (for those who requested).

12:15 – 14:00 Project presentations (19 projects) *

• Marta Rial: Radio Sound Archive in Catalonia
• Emanuele Leboffe: Rethinking the critical edition of Golden Age theatre in the digital age: the case of three comedies in the Lope de Vega dramatic corpus
• Montserrat Ventura i Oller & Jaume Noguera Vila-Masana: Virtual Museum of the Tsáchila Community
• Paloma Valdivia Vizarreta: Heritage as a driver of innovation: the birth of a social and educational campus
• Clara Masriera Esquerra: Investigate.edu Open
• Patricia Rodríguez-Inés: GREANISSH (Gotriple for Raising Environmental Awareness in Social Sciences and Humanities)
• Alicia Fornes Bisquerra: Computer vision for historical documents
• Ramon Sarobe Huesca: GoDoT (Gothic Documents Transcription)
• Sara Rovira-Esteva: Description of generateSE in second languages and translation (GENERATESE-2LT)
• Matthias M. Tischler: Carolingian Culture in Septimania and Catalonia
• Gerard Corbella López: Computer vision and AI applied to cultural heritage: automatic description of historical archives and new forms of accessibility
• Estel·la Oncins: InclusiVRity
• Estel·la Oncins: ALFIE AI technology with ethical standards
• Estel·la Oncins: WEL – From written to oral texts in Easy Language: easy audio in cultural visits and video games
• Laia Cutrina Gallart: Index Magistri Cataloniae – The digital memory of Mediterranean medieval artists
• Ana Zapatero Romero: Lliv-IA
• Ana María Alarcón Jiménez: TADRI – Digital Research Infrastructure on the Spanish Civil War and Francoist repression
• Alicia Calvo Burés: EPICAT / SEFRE
• Miriam Aurea Marcial Manzola: Digital Tourist Experiences at Hotel Angelats

*Project order may vary.

14:00 – 14:30 Final conclusions and closing of the event

* Attendance at the 2nd Digital Humanities Conference is free, and no prior registration is required.