27. Feb. 2026
CALLS
Workshop Digital Approaches to Restorations and Philology: New Challenges in Music, Dance and Theatre, German Historical Institute, Rome, Italy (11th-12th May 2026)
Link: https://application.dhi-roma.it/Jobs/Detail/ccce9d83-60d9-4102-b62a-a9f9de126f4a
AI through History, History through AI" – 8th Conference on Digital Humanities and Digital History, Luxembourg (15th – 16th June 2026) Deadline: 01.03.2026
Link: https://www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news/cfp-ai-through-history-history-through-ai/
Paris–Rome Fellowship in Digital Art History 2026/27; Deadline for applications: March 15, 2026
Link: https://www.biblhertz.it/3773078/260206_Paris_Rome-Fellowship-in-Digital-Art-History-2026_27
FUNDING
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) – Open Call: Fund Your Network
The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) is a funding body that creates research networks known as COST Actions. COST funding is designed to complement national research budgets and is dedicated solely to collaborative activities such as workshops, conferences, working group meetings, training schools, short term scientific missions, and dissemination and communication efforts. Open Call: Fund Your Network – Deadline: Spring 2026
Link: https://www.cost.eu/
PROJECTS
ECHOLOT – European Cultural Heritage Optimised Linked Open
In January 2026 the NFDI4Culture co-applicant institution Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), together with 14 international partner institutions, launched the EU‑funded ECHOLOT (European Cultural Heritage Optimised Linked Open Tools) project, which supports the development and adoption of the Cultural Heritage Cloud (ECCCH). ECHOLOT delivers an open‑source suite that uses AI‑enhanced workflows to curate, enrich and interlink cultural‑heritage data across Europe. The project runs from January 2026 to December 2028. More information about the project will follow soon.
Link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101233096
Online Competence Centre in 3D for Cultural Heritage (3D-4CH)
The EU co funded Online Competence Centre for 3 D Cultural Heritage (3D 4CH) brings together partners from the European Union. Its core objectives are to (i) provide open source tools and best practice guidelines for large scale digitisation, (ii) deliver a pan European training programme for curators, conservators and educators, and (iii) enable cross border collaborations such as virtual exhibitions and immersive learning environments.
Link: https://www.3d4ch-competencecentre.eu/en/tools/
PUBLICATIONS
European Commission: Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, Common European data space for cultural heritage – Strategy 2025-2030, 2025
Link: https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2759/9497280
EOSC Association. (2026). EOSC Federation Handbook (2.0) [Computer software]. EOSC Association.
Link: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18454649
Hoyt, C. T. et al. (2026). Section Concept for establishing a section within the association German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) – Section International Engagement. Zenodo.
Link: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18459748
CONFERENCES / EVENTS
ECHOES Annual Event – Second annual event in Poznań, Poland (public event 18th March 2026)
Link: https://www.echoes-eccch.eu/save-the-date-second-annual-event-in-poznan-poland/
23rd European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2026) in Dubrovnik, Croatia (10th-14th May 2026)
Link: https://2026.eswc-conferences.org/
DARIAH Annual Event 2026, Rome, Italy, (26th – 29th May 2026)
Link: https://annualevent.dariah.eu/
2026 IIIF Annual Conference & Showcase, Amsterdam, The Hague, Leiden, Netherlands (1st-4th June 2026)
Link: https://conference2026.iiif.io/
GLAM Labs Futures, Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (25th-26th June 2026)
Link: https://www.glamlabs.io/events/glam-labs-futures-26
IAML 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece (28th June – 3rd July 2026)
Link: https://iaml2026.gr/
