dm4myth aims to bring together researchers from various disciplines who are interested in studying myths with digital tools and methods. We welcome contributions from various disciplines, such as (but not limited to) Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Religious Studies, Classical Studies/Classical Philology, Art History. The primary focus of this workshop is to explore the narrative material of mythological stories, underlying belief systems, and the multifaceted representation of characters in mythological contexts using digital methods. The full-day workshop is targeted at scholars who work on interdisciplinary research questions, which involve mythological (and derivative) topics and the application or development of computer science methods and algorithms. We welcome participants from all stages of their academic career, from (under-)graduate students to early career researchers and senior researchers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Registration time and welcome speech
9:00-9:15 Register at the CHR2024 Venue
9:15-9:30 Welcome Speech by
Paper Presentations
Chair Franziska Pannach
9:30-10:30 tbd
10.30-11:00 Coffe Break
11.00-12:00 tbd
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
Chair Bruno Sartini
13.30-14:30 tbd tbd title
Interactive Session
Chairs Franziska Pannach and Bruno Sartini
14:30-15:30 Speed-dating Event
15:30-16:00 Coffe Break
16:00-16:45 Plenary Discussion and dm4myth network kick off
16:45-17:00 Best Paper Award and wrap up
*** DEADLINE: October 1st, 2024 ***
We are excited to announce the First Workshop on Digital Methods for Mythological Research (#dm4myth) taking place on December 3rd, 2024. The workshop aims to bring together a network of researchers from various disciplines and backgrounds who are passionate about mythological narratives and their study using digital methods. This includes research efforts such as the automatic or semi-automatic analysis and modeling of mythological narratives, comparative efforts using digital tools, or the study and representation of mythological characters.
#dm4myth is co-located with Computational Humanities Research (CHR2024, Dec. 4th-6th), in Aarhus, Denmark. The workshop will consist of traditional presentations by the participants, a networking and interest group portion in the form of table discussions, and the kick-off of the #dm4myth network. We welcome contributions from various humanities disciplines, such as (but not limited to) Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Religious Studies, Classical Studies/Classical Philology, Archaeology and Art History; as well as technical approaches from Computer Scientists, including Semantic Web specialists, Computational Linguists, Academic Data Scientists, and others.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
The organizers and the programme committee will invite the authors of the best paper to extend their work into a chapter in an upcoming volume on Digital Mythological Studies.
#dm4myth aims to:
Papers should be submitted via the openreview platform.
Short Papers: 5-7 pages (excluding references)
Short papers include early-stage project results, work in progress, negative results and critical reflections/tool criticism.
Long Papers: 7-10 pages (excluding references)
Long papers include full project reports, completed research, theoretical reflections and original and unpublished results.
Submissions should be anonymised, written in English and must be formatted according to the Workshop CEUR template (instructions: here). The workshop proceedings will be published as an open access version under a Creative Commons License (CC BY 4.0) in a suitable venue (to be announced).
We welcome participants from all related disciplines and career stages. We specifically invite colleagues from under-represented communities, geographical, organizational or linguistic backgrounds and small disciplines to submit. At least one author should attend the workshop in person or virtually to present the work.
The content of the submissions should be written by human author(s), i.e. substantial contributions to the submission by artificial intelligence agents are not allowed and will result in a rejection. The application of AI-assistants is allowed only for light editing (e.g. spell-checking) of sections that are authored by humans. In the interest of good scientific practice, the organizers recommend the publication of data and code repositories under creative commons (or comparable) licenses.
All submissions under-go peer review from at least two members of the programme committee. We aim to provide at least one review each by a domain-expert and a technical expert.
Do you have questions about the workshop or would you like to join the dm4myth network? Contact the workshop organizers at f[dot]a[dot]pannach[at]rug[dot]nl or b[dot]sartini[at]lmu[dot]de