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The Icelandic Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts (Miðstöð stafrænna hugvísinda og lista) promotes the development of and access to infrastructure in #DH. DARIAH-IS/CDHA - The DARIAH National Coordinating Institution for Iceland linktr.ee/mshl_cdha

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DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· 10d

New #HTR model for 13th-c. Icelandic on Transkribus, trained on AM 519 a 4to by Alice Heeley, supervised by Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir. 📊 Stats: 5.23% CER | 65 pages | 43,110 words | 2,271 lines | 200 cycles Link to the model: app.transkribus.org/models/text/471045

Grafísk fréttamynd með fyrirsögninni „FRÉTTIR: Nýtt Transkribus líkan.“ Textinn segir frá nýju HTR-líkani fyrir 13. aldar íslensku sem birt hefur verið á Transkribus. Líkanið var þjálfað af Alice Heeley, meistaranema í íslenskum miðaldafræðum, undir leiðsögn Katrínar Lísu L. Mikaelsdóttur út frá handritinu AM 519 a 4to (c. 1280). Neðst er skjáskot af síðu líkansins á Transkribus.

Text graphic titled “NEWS: New HTR model for medieval Icelandic.” The text announces a new Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) model for 13th-century Icelandic published on Transkribus, trained by MA student Alice Heeley under the supervision of Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir on manuscript AM 519 a 4to (c. 1280). Below the announcement is a screenshot of the Transkribus model interface showing details such as a 5.23% CER, 43,110 words, and 65 training pages.

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· 10d

Our July spotlight is out! 💌 This issue is all about our new #HTR model, the first public model for medieval Icelandic on Transkribus. More info and links in comments 👇

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· 12d

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· 14d

We are at #DH2026 in Daejeon! This Friday, 31 July, @vanlinduist.bsky.social and @eirikursmari.bsky.social will present “Engaging the Fragmented Archive: A Unified Portal for Icelandic Cultural Heritage”. 🕘 14:00–15:30 KST 📍 Session S073 in Room 209–211 #DH #digitalhumanities

Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir pointing at a massive wall-mounted schedule banner for the DH2026 Conference in Daejeon, Korea. The banner outlines sessions from Monday, July 27 to Friday, July 31, 2026, with ADHO and KADH logos at the top. Katrín is pointing specifically to the cell for Thursday at 14:00-15:30, labeled "PS3 Long and Short Paper Sessions."

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· 16d

We are here and excited for #DH2026!

Registration signs for the DH2026 "Engagement" conference

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· 25d

Call for Abstracts 📢 Nordic AI Meet 2026 "AI and the Humanities" in Reykjavík, Iceland Deadline: 5 August 2026 nordicaimeet.com

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Jul 1

Two new Icelandic resources have been recently launched: Grúska is a resource base for secondary school teachers: mshl.is/gruska A new online database covering Icelandic parliamentary elections from 1874–1903 was launched by the National Archives of Iceland: heimildir.is/kjorgogn

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Jul 1

We take part in two major conferences: Next Tuesday, July 7, we host a 4-panel series on digital approaches to medieval time @ #IMC2026 On July 31, @vanlinduist.bsky.social and @eirikursmari.bsky.social present our ongoing work on a new web portal for Icelandic cultural heritage @ #DH2026

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Jul 1

Our July spotlight is out! 💌 This month we are headed to Leeds and Daejeon for #IMC2026 and #DH2026, respectively. We also celebrate the launch of two Icelandic resources, Grúska for secondary schools, and a database on parliamentary elections from 1874–1903. More info and links in comments 👇

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Jun 15

Don't get lost in time and space! We're looking forward to seeing you there!

A schedule flyer for the first session in the series, featuring a faint, translucent background of the blue and gold astronomical chart from the main poster.

Header Text: * IMC 2026 S535

Digital Approaches to Medieval Time I

Tuesday, 7 July, 11:15-12:45 BST

Maurice Keyworth Building 1.33

Presentations Listed:

"Sensory Clothing and Textiles of the Picts: Using Innovative Digital and Archaeological Approaches to Understand Lost Material Culture" by Alexandra Makin and Andrew Ghribi-King.

"From Archaeological Cetacean Remains to Data: Digital Approaches in the Interdisciplinary Study of Whale Bone Assemblages from Early Coastal Settlements in Iceland and Northern Norway" by Valerio Punzi.

"Unfolding Time Online: Digital Interaction with and Presentation of Medieval Concertina-fold Almanacs" by Sarah Griffin.

A schedule flyer for the second session in the series, using the same faint, translucent background of the astronomical chart.

Header Text: * IMC 2026 S635

Digital Approaches to Medieval Time II

Tuesday, 7 July, 11:15-12:45 BST

Maurice Keyworth Building 1.33

Presentations Listed:

"Are we there yet? Physical and Temporal Length of Domestic Routes in the Íslendingasögur" by Cassidy Croci.

"(Ground) Truth or Dare? Benchmarking a New HTR-Model for 13th-Century Icelandic" by Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir.

"Encoding Double Legitimacy: A Database-Driven Reading of French Royal Inauguration through Text, Image, and Space" by Jia Fangzhou.

A schedule flyer for the third session in the series, using the same faint, translucent background of the astronomical chart.

Header Text: * IMC 2026 S735

Digital Approaches to Medieval Time III

Tuesday, 7 July, 14:15-15:45 BST

Maurice Keyworth Building 1.33

Presentations Listed:

"How Medieval Categories Were Timed: Eternity, Perpetuity, Iteration in Latin Semantic Spaces" by Evgeniya Shelina.

"Towards the Development of Translingual Semantic Matching in Pre-Modern Languages" by Thomas Leek.

"Tracing Text Reuse with Machine Learning" by Martin Roček.

A schedule flyer for the fourth and final session in the series, using the same faint, translucent background of the astronomical chart.

Header Text: * IMC 2026 S835

Digital Approaches to Medieval Time IV

Tuesday, 7 July, 16:30-18:00 BST

Maurice Keyworth Building 1.33

Presentations Listed:

"Digital Palaeography in Action: Training a Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) Model for Roma, Archivio Apostolico Vaticano, Reg. Vat. 291" by Maria Filimonova.

supernat_dataframe.groupby("emotion").plot(): "Mapping Emotions of the Supernatural in Old Norse" by Felix Lummer.

"Synchronic Script Variation: Digital Palaeographical Approaches to the Skirlaw Mortuary Roll" by Hanting Niu.

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Jun 15

Heading to Leeds next month? Join our four-panel digital humanities strand at #IMC2026: The Endless Scroll: Digital Approaches to Medieval Time 📅 Tuesday, 7 July, 9:00-18:00 BST 📍 Maurice Keyworth Building 1.33 Session details in comments 👇 #medievalsky #dh

An event flyer for a series of academic sessions titled "THE ENDLESS SCROLL: Digital Approaches to Medieval Time I-IV" at the International Medieval Congress.

The top half features a cropped, circular, medieval-style astronomical or astrological chart in shades of blue and gold. The chart contains multiple concentric rings filled with numbers, binary code (0s and 1s), terms like "artificial intelligence," "metadata," "digital reconstruction," and "digital editions," alongside traditional illustrations of zodiac figures.

Event Details Text: * International Medieval Congress

Tuesday, 7 July 2026

09:00-18:00 BST

Maurice Keyworth Building 1.33

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Jun 1

Our June spotlight is out! 💌 Things are slowing down at the centre over the summer, but we are as busy as ever travelling, hosting, and attending events. Thjs month is all about @antidote-network.bsky.social who just wrapped up their joint training week in Bratislava. Links in comments 👇

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· May 5

For our final #LunchwithDH Lecture Series talk before the summer break, we welcome Paola Peratello, École nationale des chartes – PSL, Paris "From Script to Data: Automating the Reading of Old Swedish Texts" 📅 Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 12:00 GMT 📍 Háskólatorg 300 and live on YouTube @MSHLIceland

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· May 1

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 👇

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Apr 29

#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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Apr 21

#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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Apr 14

#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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Apr 9

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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Apr 7

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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Apr 1

#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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Mar 25

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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Mar 12

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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Mar 12

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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Mar 12

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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Mar 12

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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Mar 11

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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Feb 27

#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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Feb 7

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

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Feb 3

We are at UTmessan! Create 3D models from real objects, discover objects from the Viking Age in VR, explore Sarpur, Iceland‘s cultural-historical database, and much more! 📍 Silfurberg, Harpa 🗓️ February 7, 11–16 🆓 Free entry 🔗 utmessan.is/taeknidagur

DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts@mshl-cdha· Feb 3

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 👇