Helsinki Di­gital Hu­man­it­ies Hack­a­thon #DH­H26

Helsinki Di­gital Hu­man­it­ies Hack­a­thon #DH­H26 | 20.–29.5.2026

Join us for the Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon 2026—an intensive opportunity to collaborate, innovate and push your mental and technical boundaries. Apply now to be part of this year’s efforts.

* #DHH26 application period has started: Apply here until 14.4.2026.

* Participation to #DHH26 is free to all accepted participants. In addition, we also expect to sponsor a limited number of participants from outside Finland with flights and accommodation.

* 5 ECTS credits may be gained from participating in the hackathon for students in University of Helsinki and other universities.

Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon #DHH26 will be organised 20.–29.5.2026 as an international summer school. The event will be organized as an in-person hackathon. The event is organised by FIN-CLARIAH—particularly its DARIAH-FI component—in collaboration with HELDIG and the Department of Digital Humanities at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Helsinki, as well as Aalto University. The event is supported by CLARIN-EU, HIIT, the Helsinki Centre for Intellectual History, and Marie Curie Training Networks CASCADE & MECANO.

Ap­plic­a­tion sched­ule for #DH­H26:

* 17.3.–14.4.2026 Application period

* 27.4.2026 Registration period ends for #DHH26 for accepted participants

* 4.5. & 11.5.2026 Two #DHH26 pre-hackathon online preparatory sessions, 2 – 4 PM UTC+03:00

* 20.–29.5.2026 #DHH26 hackathon in Helsinki

The Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon is a chance to experience an interdisciplinary research project from start to finish within the span of 10 days.

For more information on this year’s hackathon, including the themes, data, team leaders, and what the hackathon was like in previous years, see: http://heldig.fi/dhh26