We are delighted to announce the first keynote speakers for Computational Humanities Research 2027 (CHR2027).

The keynote programme reflects CHR’s commitment to bringing together internationally recognised researchers whose work advances computational approaches to the humanities while fostering dialogue across disciplines. Further keynote speakers and lecture details will be announced in due course.

Katherine McDonough

Lancaster University (UK)

Katherine McDonough is a historian and digital humanist whose research explores the intersections of environmental history, digital history, and the history of climate and environmental knowledge. Her work combines computational methods with historical inquiry to investigate long-term environmental change, textual archives, and the circulation of knowledge across time and space.

She has led and contributed to numerous international projects in environmental humanities and digital scholarship, and is widely recognised for advancing computational approaches to historical research while maintaining a strong commitment to critical and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Fotis Jannidis

University of Würzburg (Germany)

Fotis Jannidis is Professor of Modern German Literary History and Computer Philology at the University of Würzburg and one of the leading figures in computational literary studies and digital humanities.

His research spans computational philology, stylometry, text modelling, authorship attribution, and the methodological foundations of computational humanities. Over the past two decades, he has played a central role in shaping digital humanities research in Europe, combining rigorous computational methods with literary scholarship and critical reflection on the use of artificial intelligence in humanities research.

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Additional keynote speakers, lecture titles, abstracts, and programme information will be announced over the coming months.

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