Nebraska Forum on Digital Humanities 2026 Schedule

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Thursday, April 16

Morning - Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Ubuntu Room

8:30 -
9:00 a.m.		Check in 
9:00 -
9:30 a.m.		Welcome 
9:30 -
10:45 a.m.

Panel #1: Holocaust Memory in the Digital Age

  • Ben Lee, University of Washington
    AI & the Future of Holocaust Memory: Reflections, Provocations, Refusals 
  • Ari Kohen, University of Nebraska 
    “The past is not detached from the present”: Studying the Impact of Personal Narratives on Holocaust Education
10:45 -
11:00 a.m.		Break
11:00 a.m. -
12:15 p.m.

Panel #2: Visualizations and Testimony

  • Hollie Marquess, Fort Hays State University
  • Amber Nickell, Fort Hays State University
    Intertwined: The Complexities of Mapping Holocaust Testimonies for the American Midwest

 

Afternoon - Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Ubuntu Room

1:15 -
2:15 p.m.

Panel #3: Analogue to Digital

  • Alberto Giordano, Texas State University
    Analog to Digital: Visualizing the Stages of the Holocaust through Geography
  • Anika Walke, Carnegie Mellon University
    Digitization, Interdisciplinarity, and the Archive of Experience: Reflections on the Holocaust Ghettos Project 
2:15 -
2:30 p.m.		Break
2:30 -
4:00 p.m.

Panel #4: Student Approaches to Digital Holocaust Memory

Student Project Flash Session

4:00 -
7:00 p.m.		Break
7:00 p.m.

Harris Center for Judaic Studies' Henry and Gretl Wald Holocaust Lecture 

Keynote speaker – Professor Nils Roemer, University of Texas-Dallas
Mapping Catastrophe: From Maps to Digital Interfaces
Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Unity Room (212)

Friday, April 17, 2026

Morning - Andrews Hall, Bailey Library

9:00 -
10:45 a.m.

Workshop: Exploring the Digital Memory Database

Victoria Richardson-Walden, Director of the Landecker Digital Memory Lab, Sussex University, Online
Critical Engagement with Digital Technologies Relating to Holocaust Memory, Space, and Place 

10:45 -
11:00 a.m.		Break
11:00 a.m. -
12:00 p.m.		Summative Scholar Roundtable and Discussion with community participants

 

Afternoon - Andrews Hall, Bailey Library

12:00 -
2:00 p.m.		Lunch and CDRH Reception
With a soft launch of the new NE Stories of Nebraska online interface
2:00 -
3:00 p.m.		Private Workshop Group Session with Forum Scholars
About book proceedings

Department Co-Sponsors

Harris Center for Judaic Studies

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities

Supporters

Department of Communication Studies

Department of History

Department of Political Science

Department of Teacher, Learning, and Teacher Education (College of Education and Human Sciences)

Forsythe Family Program on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs

Office of Research and Innovation