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dh2012 pictures

admin — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:47:15 +0000

It’s more than 2 weeks now since the DH2012 officially ended. We are still recovering from this amazing experience, but have meanwhile collected some first photo impressions. You can find the DH2012 in pictures here. Dear photographers, please come forward, in case you have any more to add!

rock ‘n’ rolling the Rickmer Rickmers

Imke — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:17:24 +0000

We hope you had as much fun at the conference banquet as the local organizing team and our student assistants did! More than 200 DH 2012 delegates enjoyed excellent food, fine drinks and the great show of Hamburg’s one and only Surf Band Skuzzlebuzz! The crowd was dancing and the party went on until past midnight – but for sure today’s sessions are as exciting as the other ones and you’ll stay awake until the closing session at 16:00.

opening live

admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:01:42 +0000

We are about to officially open the DH2012 in a few minutes. If you are not able to join us in person, you can follow along at our website. On the agenda: Welcome addresses by Ray Siemens (ADHO), Jan Christoph Meister (local host), Holger Fischer (Vice President, University of Hamburg) and the keynote speech of Claudine Moulin (University of Trier). We are excited!

dragon boating on the alster

admin — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:07:46 +0000

Participants in today’s day-long ADHO executive committee meeting had to put in an unexpected extra hour of hard work by paddling the local organizers across the Alster lake and then through 25 kms of canals in 3 dragonboats. (They should have known better though: one of Hamburg’s partner cities is Shanghai.) Luckily none of the boats capsized – so for now we can still expect the rest of the DH2012 program to go ahead as planned. Here are some first impressions: Dragonboating on the Alster – we didn’t capsize!

historical campus tour

admin — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:25:11 +0000

While walking around the campus, you might stumble right into them: cobble stones embedded in the sidewalk pavement, the so-called ‘Stolpersteine’. These monuments created by Gunter Demnig commemorate Jewish Life in the university’s neighbourhood. You can hear the full story and even more about the university’s history on the historical campus tour on Wednesday, July 18. Sign up now, because this tour is limited to only 20 participants!

We thank the historical expert of the University of Hamburg, Eckart Krause, for offering the guided free tour titled ‘Aspects of a Neighbourhood: Our University in the Former Centre of Jewish Life in Hamburg’ on Wednesday evening, July 18, 19:00.

If you want to take part, please send quickly an email to the organizing team. First come, first serve! More information can be found here.

DH 2012 sports programme

Imke — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:05:20 +0000

For those of you who would like to follow up on their sports schedule while in Hamburg we have prepared some great options for you: We can highly recommend the Alster run -Hamburg’s most famous jogging course around the outer Alster lake. If you prefer indoor sports, we have arranged free access to the Hamburg University gym and thanks to the Hochschulsport Hamburg we are able to offer Spinning, Morning Fitness and Dynamic Yoga in the morning.

frequently asked questions

Imke — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:50:52 +0000

Summer has started in Hamburg, July is coming soon, and we’ve already received numerous registrations for DH2012! In order to make planning your trip to Hamburg more comfortable, we’ve compiled the most frequently asked questions that reached us during the last weeks – concerning your registration, accommodation, tours & excursions.

come aboard!

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:26:29 +0000

Online registration for DH2012 is open! You can now register for a stimulating and exciting DH event – in addition to 200 academic papers, workshops and posters the DH 2012 offers three receptions, a conference banquet aboard a historical sailing ship and exciting tours through Hamburg and to Lübeck. The early bird rate for members is € 220, for student members € 50.

The early bird rate will be valid until 31 May. Information about conference hotels and the budget accommodation can be found here.

The pre-conference workshops and tutorials will take place on Monday, July 16 and Tuesday, July 17. The main DH2012 conference will be officially opened on Tuesday evening, sessions will be held from July 18 – July 20. See here the programme for more details.

preliminary conference programme

admin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:19:15 +0000

We’re happy to announce that the preliminary conference schedule and programme overview for the upcoming DH 2012 at Hamburg University are now available! From 16 to 20 July a total of 198 workshops, panels, papers and poster presentations have been scheduled – it’s truly bound to be a conference that lives up to its motto, “Digital Diversity – Cultures, Languages, Methods”! Registration for the conference and social events will open next week and will be announced separately. Abstracts for all scheduled events and papers will become available by May. To receive updates automatically, please join the mailing list.