The 8th Baltic Summer School of Digital Humanities Opens on 3 August

On 3 August, the 8th Baltic Summer School of Digital Humanities (BSSDH 2026) opens at the National Library of Latvia, bringing together researchers, students, and cultural heritage professionals until 7 August to explore the latest digital methods for analysing cultural data. This year's theme is Cultural Data Analytics and Meaning.

The Summer School's open lectures will be available online free of charge, with no prior registration required. The lectures will be livestreamed on the National Library of Latvia's Facebook and YouTube channels.

Open Lecture Programme

3 August – Aldis Ērglis
Beyond the Canvas: Multimodal Interpretation of Art Masterpieces via Google Nano Banana 2

4 August – Tessa Gengnagel
Computer as Archive, Computer as Agent: Tracing the Evolution of the Digital Humanities from the 1960s to an Uncertain Future

5 August – Róbert Péter
Decoding 18th-century British Masonic Print Culture: Press Trends, Publication Networks, and Constitutional Authorship Attribution

6 August – Sonja Dorfbauer & Simon Mayer
Structured Data Approaches to Historical Collections: Methods and Insights

The full programme is available at:
https://digitalhumanities.lv/en/bssdh/2026/

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The Baltic Summer School of Digital Humanities is organised by the National Library of Latvia, the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Latvia, and the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia. The event is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia and the project University of Latvia and Institutes in the European Research Area – Excellence in Research and Cooperation (No. 1.1.1.5/3/25/I/011).