DH2024 Conference Report: Reinvented Responsibly (With Memes)

This report covers the activities of the Program Committee (PC) and Local Organizers (LOs) for the ADHO DH conference in August 2024 hosted by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia.

The PC Co-Chairs were Jajwalya Karajgikar and Andrew Janco, who were appointed in April 2023. The full PC additionally consisted of Tully Barnett, Alex Wermer-Colan, Nadezhda Povroznik, Kyle Dase, Arjun Ghosh, Rooweither Mabuya, Jan Horstmann, Daniel Alves, Peter Stokes, Chifumi Nishioka, Wonhee Cho, Adán Lerma, and Richard Tzong-Han Tsai.

a woman in red walks down the street, with text labeling her "public report"; a man and a woman are holding hands, the man labeled "DH2024 organizers" is checking out the woman in red while while the woman who holds his hand looks outraged and is labeled "ADHO report" The LO Chair was Jessica Otis and the LO team additionally consisted of Bridget Bukovich, Donna Baker, Kristin Jacobsen, Alison Langford, Amanda Madden, and Luz Mueller.

The conference was largely a success, with significant positive feedback from attendees, especially with regards to the innovative and hybrid elements of the conference.

Download a PDF of the Public Final Report here (and enjoy the memes)!