[spectre] CONF: Digital Art History V (Zagreb/online, 16-17 Oct 25)

[Andreas Broeckmann]

From: Sanja Sekelj
Date: Oct 2, 2025
Subject: CONF: Digital Art History V (Zagreb/online, 16-17 Oct 25)

Zagreb, Croatia, Oct 16–17, 2025
Registration deadline: Oct 14, 2025

Digital Art History – Methods, Practices, Epistemologies V:
Critical Approaches to Sources in (Digital) Art History.

Venue and duration: University of Zagreb University Computing Centre 
(SRCE), online, October 16–17, 2025
  Organized by the Institute of Art History in Zagreb in collaboration 
with the University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE) and 
DARIAH-HR, this year’s DAH conference centers on the epistemological, 
methodological, and political assumptions that shape how we engage with 
materials through which knowledge is constructed. The theme Critical 
Approaches to Sources in (Digital) Art History brings together forty 
scholars, independent researchers, and artists from sixteen countries 
(Austria, Brazil, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, 
Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, UK, USA). 
Over the two days of the conference, participants will examine the 
question of sources at the heart of historical and art historical 
inquiry through diverse disciplinary and methodological perspectives.
  Far from being neutral, sources are shaped by institutional, 
disciplinary, and technological contexts, and by processes of 
classification, collection, and exclusion that are historically and 
politically charged. This year’s DAH conference critically examines 
these dynamics, exploring how sources are defined, produced, and 
circulated, and how they intersect with histories of colonialism, 
gender, race, class, and labor. Alongside these debates, many 
contributions showcase digital tools—ranging from mapping and 
visualization to data mining and algorithmic critique—not just as 
technical aids but as means of rethinking the epistemological and 
political foundations of art historical research.

PROGRAM
DAY 1, October 16, 2025

9:30 – 10:00
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Ivan Marić, Director of the University of Zagreb University Computing 
Centre (SRCE)
Katarina Horvat-Levaj, Director of the Institute of Art History, Zagreb
Sanja Horvatinčić, Institute of Art History, Zagreb
Ljiljana Kolešnik, Institute of Art History, Zagreb
Sanja Sekelj, Institute of Art History, Zagreb

10:00 – 11:00
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Paul B. Jaskot (Duke University) From the Object to the System: Critical 
Art History in the Age of the Digital Humanities

11:00 – 11:15
Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:30
SESSION I: MODELLING SPACE AND MEANING IN DIGITAL ART HISTORY
Chair: Darka Bilić (Institute of Art History, Zagreb)

Filip Lovrić (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of 
Zagreb; University of Pisa): From Historic Maps to Digital Landscapes: A 
Critical Look at Cartographic Sources for Longue Durée Landscape Study

Charles van den Heuvel (University of Amsterdam), Sofia Baroncini 
(Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz): Opening Boxes: 
Contextualizing a 3D Scholarly Edition of the Restoration of the 12th 
Century Reliquary Shrine of St Servatius with Ontologies of Uncertainty

Hedren Sum (National University of Singapore), Stephen Whiteman (The 
Courtauld Institute of Art, London): Ontology as a Method to Represent 
Intertextuality and Experiential Knowledge of Cultural Landscapes (online)

12:30– 12:45
Coffee Break

12:45 – 14:00
SESSION II: QUANTIFYING PRESENCE, POSITION, AND POWER
Chair: Júlia Perczel (Hungarian University of Fine Arts; Eötvös Loránd 
University, Budapest)

Gyöngyvér Horváth (Independent researcher, Budapest): Talent versus 
Genius: a Comparative, Statistics-Based Reception History of Two 
Hungarian Graphic Artists in the Post-War Period (online)

Andrej Srakar (Institute for Economic Research, Ljubljana; School of 
Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana), Marilena Vecco 
(Burgundy Business School; Carmelle and Rémi Marcoux Chair in Arts 
Management, HEC Montréal), Petja Grafenauer (Academy of Fine Arts and 
Design, University of Ljubljana): Excavating the History of a Network: 
Finding and Modelling Patient Zero in Two Large Arts Networks

Weixuan Li (Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society; University 
of Amsterdam): A Spatial Approach to Understanding Artistic Innovation: 
Painters’ Location Choices and the Market Development in Amsterdam

14:00 – 15:00
Lunch Break

15:00 – 16:15
SESSION III: DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES FOR THE HUMANITIES
Chair: Irena Šimić (Institute of Art History, Zagreb)

Draženko Celjak (University of Zagreb University Computing Centre) : 
What Does Data Say? How can Humanists Use Data Services and Infrastructures?

When Humanities Meets Supercomputing: High Performance Computing for 
Everyone
- Branimir Kolarek (Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb), Ljubo Gamulin 
(Croatian Conservation Institute, Zagreb), Davor Davidović (Ruđer 
Boković Institute, Zagreb): Applying Advanced Computational 
Infrastructure in Creating High-Resolution 3D Model of the Small 
Fountain of Onofrio
- Hrvoje Stančić (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University 
of Zagreb): Computational Archival Science, or How Can Archives Use 
Supercomputers to Train AI

16:15 – 16:30
Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:10
SESSION IV: REASSEMBLING THE ART-HISTORICAL RECORD
Chair: Martina Bobinac (Institute of Art History, Zagreb)

Voica Pușcașiu (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca): From Handwritten 
Ledgers to Digital Insights: The Petranu Archive

Katarina Mohar (ZRC SAZU – France Stele Institute of Art History, 
Ljubljana; University of Maribor), Rok Vrabič (Faculty of Mechanical 
Engineering, University of Ljubljana): Writing the Image: Captioning as 
a Source in Fine-Tuning Diffusion Models for Art History

Sofia Baroncini (Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz), Weixuan 
Li (Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society; University of 
Amsterdam): When but not Where: Considerations on the 
Underrepresentation of the Place of Creation in Art Datasets

Viktorie Vítů (Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of 
Sciences, Prague): Scaling Photomechanical Reproductions: Images in 
Periodicals and Automated Data Collection

DAY 2, October 17, 2025

09:30 – 10:30
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Chiara Bonacchi (University of Edinburgh) Bias, Injustice, and Repairs 
in the Digital Heritage Landscape

10:30 – 10:45
Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:20
SESSION V: CRITICAL DIGITAL METHODS IN HERITAGE AND MEMORY STUDIES
Chair: Ivana Haničar Buljan (Institute of Art History, Zagreb)

Maja Kamenar, Maja Bilušić, Luka Hornung (Institute of Art History, 
Zagreb): Application of GIS in the Architectural Department of the 
Institute of Art History

Irena Šimić (Institute of Art History, Zagreb): From Dust to Open 
Access: Reflexive Epistemology and the Conscious Role of Actors in Built 
Heritage Digitization

Sanja Horvatinčić (Institute of Art History, Zagreb): Critical 
Cartography and Contested Heritage: Digital Mapping in Post-Socialist Space

Ljiljana Kolešnik (Institute of Art History, Zagreb): Mapping Social 
Dynamics of the Postwar Yugoslav Housing Practices. The Application of 
VANIS Information System at the ERC project Housing.YU

12:20 – 12:35
Coffee Break

12:35 – 13:50
SESSION VI: DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTIONS AND VISUALIZATIONS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
Chair: Ana Plosnić Škarić (Institute of Art History, Zagreb)

Charlene Vella, Sebastiano D’Amico, Emanuele Colica, Fabio Linguanti 
(University of Malta): Reconstructing St Anne’s Church, Fort St Angelo, 
Malta: A Digital and Geophysical Approach to its Architectural Evolution

Paula Špek (Friends of Heritage Association, Croatia): Partial Sources, 
Digital Methods and the Issues of Monument Interpretation: The Study of 
the Late Gothic Church of St John the Baptist in Kloštar Ivanić

Dominik Lengyel (BTU Brandenburg University of Technology 
Cottbus-Senftenberg): Virtual Photography as a Method for Historical 
Narratives Based on Incomplete Sources

13:50 – 14:50
Lunch Break

14:50 – 16:05
SESSION VII: ETHICS, REPRESENTATION, AND HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY
Chair: Sanja Horvatinčić (Institute of Art History, Zagreb)

Andrew Lawler (Independent researcher, Belgrade): ‘A Prolific Author’: 
Archival Biases in Attribution of NOB Memorials to Creators in Bosnia & 
Herzegovina

selma banich (Freelance performance artist, Zagreb), Martina Bobinac 
(Institute of Art History, Zagreb), Alma Trauber (Striegl City Gallery, 
Sisak), Sven Sorić (Freelance graphic designer, Zagreb): Digital 
Cartography of the Sisak Children’s Camp as a Methodological and Ethical 
Framework for Curatorial-Research Work

Richa P. Mishra (Institute of Technology, Nirma University): Reimagining 
Sources and Retelling Narratives of Tribal Heritage in India: A Digital 
Humanities Initiative

16:05 – 16:20
Coffee Break

16:20 – 17:35
SESSION VIII: ETHICS, CONTROL, AND CURATION IN THE DIGITAL SPHERE
Chair: Sanja Sekelj (Institute of Art History, Zagreb)

Ana Avelar (University of Brasília), Tânia Sulzbacher (Academia de 
Curadoria, University of Brasília): AI-Assisted Curating: From the 
Expository Metaphor to Curatorial Metamorphosis (online)

Helena Schmidt (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna): From Analog Archives to 
Digital Disruptions: Copyright, Transformation and the In/Justice of 
Digital Images

Sophie Lingg (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna): Questionable Standards of a 
Community. Social Media Posts, Stories and Images, Social Media, New 
Forms of Censorship and Gender-Based Violence

17:35 – 17:50
Coffee Break

17:50 – 18:20
Closing Remarks by Júlia Perczel (Hungarian University of Fine Arts; 
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) and Final Discussion

The DAH conference is free and open to all, with the option to attend in 
person or online. As space is limited in both the auditorium and the 
virtual lecture room, registration is required via the Google Form 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-rQx-SiJUDMGEGf9_gIOV24OqQHgpAKE8n0S1Db7lYvxCVw/viewform?usp=header), 
until October 14, 2025. Online participants will receive the access link 
and instructions a few days before the event.

The conference is organized within the research project of the Institute 
of Art History in Zagreb, “Digital network, spatial and (con)textual 
analysis of artistic phenomena and heritage of the 20th century” 
(DIGitART, 2023–2027), funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.


Reference / Quellennachweis:
CONF: Digital Art History V (Zagreb/online, 16-17 Oct 25). In: 
ArtHist.net, Oct 2, 2025. <https://arthist.net/archive/50771>.