Digital Art History – Methods, Practices, Epistemologies V

International conference

Digital Art History – Methods, Practices, Epistemologies V
Critical Approaches to Sources in (Digital) Art History

organized by Institute of Art History, University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE) and DARIAH-HR will be held on 16 and 17 October 2025 in Zagreb

Venue: SRCE – University Computing Centre (Josipa Marohnića 5, Zagreb)

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The fifth edition of DAH conference centers on the epistemological, methodological, and political assumptions that shape how we engage with materials through which knowledge is constructed. The theme Critical Approaches to Sources in (Digital) Art History brings together forty scholars, independent researchers, and artists from sixteen countries (Austria, Brazil, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, the United States). Over the two days of the conference, participants will examine the question of sources at the heart of historical and art historical inquiry through diverse disciplinary and methodological perspectives.

Far from being neutral, sources are shaped by institutional, disciplinary, and technological contexts, and by processes of classification, collection, and exclusion that are historically and politically charged. This year’s DAH conference critically examines these dynamics, exploring how sources are defined, produced, and circulated, and how they intersect with histories of colonialism, gender, race, class, and labor. Alongside these debates, many contributions showcase digital tools—ranging from mapping and visualization to data mining and algorithmic critique—not just as technical aids but as means of rethinking the epistemological and political foundations of art historical research.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Darka Bilić, Institute of Art History, Zagreb
Boris Čučković Berger, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Sanja Horvatinčić, Institute of Art History, Zagreb
Harald Klinke, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Ljiljana Kolešnik, Institute of Art History, Zagreb
Koraljka Kuzman Šlogar, DARIAH-HR, Institute for Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb
Ivan Marić, University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE), Zagreb
Júlia Perczel, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Nuria Rodríguez Ortega, University of Málaga
Susan Schreibman, Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Sanja Sekelj, Institute of Art History, Zagreb

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Sanja Sekelj, Institute of Art History, Zagreb
Sanja Horvatinčić, Institute of Art History, Zagreb
Irena Šimić, Institute of Art History, Zagreb
Martina Bobinac, Institute of Art History, Zagreb
Ana Ćurić, Institute of Art History, Zagreb
Amira Zubović, University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE), Zagreb
Slaven Mihaljević, University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE), Zagreb

KEYNOTE LECTURES
Paul B. Jaskot, Duke University
Chiara Bonacchi, University of Edinburgh

PARTICIPANTS
Ana Avelar, selma banich, Sofia Baroncini, Maja Bilušić, Martina Bobinac, Draženko Celjak, Emanuele Colica, Sebastiano D’Amico, Davor Davidović, Ljubo Gamulin, Petja Grafenauer, Charles van den Heuvel, Luka Hornung, Sanja Horvatinčić, Gyöngyvér Horváth, Maja Kamenar, Branimir Kolarek, Ljiljana Kolešnik, Andrew Lawler, Dominik Lengyel, Weixuan Li, Sophie Lingg, Fabio Linguanti, Filip Lovrić, Richa P. Mishra, Katarina Mohar, Júlia Perczel, Voica Pușcașiu, Helena Schmidt, Sven Sorić, Andrej Srakar, Hrvoje Stančić, Tânia Sulzbacher, Hedren Sum, Irena Šimić, Paula Špek, Alma Trauber, Marilena Vecco, Charlene Vella, Viktorie Vítů, Rok Vrabič, Stephen Whiteman

DESIGN
Petra Milički, Iva Maria Jurić

The DAH conference is free and open to all, with the option to attend in person or online. As space is limited in both the auditorium and the virtual lecture room, registration is required via the Google Forms, until October 14, 2025. Online participants will receive the access link and instructions a few days before the event.

The conference is organized within the research project of the Institute of Art History in Zagreb, “Digital network, spatial and (con)textual analysis of artistic phenomena and heritage of the 20th century” (DIGitART, 2023–2027), funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.

Contact: Sanja Horvatinčić

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