Call for Applications: (Re)Mediating the Past: Summer School in Digital Cultural Heritage, 27–29 August 2025

Tallinn University
27–29 August 2025

We invite applications from PhD students to participate in a three-day international summer school at Tallinn University, dedicated to the fast-evolving and interdisciplinary field of digital cultural heritage.

Under the overarching theme of memory, media, and machines, the summer school will explore how the digital condition is reshaping our understanding of cultural memory, heritage practices, and historical knowledge. Participants will critically engage with theoretical perspectives and emerging methodologies at the intersection of history, technology, and culture.

Topics include:

Digital memory and archival practices
The histories and futures of digital heritage
Digitisation, 3D modelling, and the politics of preservation
Artificial intelligence and LLMs for digital heritage
Named entity recognition (NER) and geographic information systems (GIS)
Access, reuse, and sustainability in digital heritage

The summer school aims to foster an interdisciplinary and international dialogue on the implications of digital technologies for the ways in which we construct, preserve, and engage with the past.

Lecturers

The programme features a group of internationally recognised scholars and practitioners working across media studies, archival theory, digital humanities, data science and AI-driven heritage research. Each expert will deliver a keynote lecture and facilitate a seminar or practical workshop.

Participation and application

Participants will have the opportunity to receive feedback from international experts, take part in collaborative discussions and practical seminars, and participate in outside-the-classroom activities in Tallinn.

To apply, please submit the following documents: