We invite authors of all accepted abstracts to Digital Humanities Benelux 2026 to submit a full article based on their abstracts to the DH Benelux Journal. This Open Access journal offers a platform for authors to publish work that was presented at DH Benelux conferences, given that they are sufficiently reworked to include a research hypothesis and results.
Therefore, we would now like to invite all authors of abstracts that have been accepted for DH Benelux 2026 to submit a full-length version of their DH Benelux presentation as an article for the journal’s sixth issue: DH Benelux 2026. This year, the issue’s central theme is “Digital Storytelling”. With this theme, we aim to explore how digital tools, approaches and methodologies are reshaping the ways we create, analyse, preserve and share stories across disciplines, cultures and time.
Articles can range from 4000-8000 words (including footnotes, but excluding references).
The issue will be guest-edited by Alie Lassche, Monika Barget and Tim van der Heijden.
Timeline:
Deadline for submission of extended abstracts: Friday 18 September 2026
Deadline for submission of full articles: Friday 9 October 2026
First review period: October 2026 – December 2026
Notification of acceptance: December 2026
First revision deadline: February 2027
Second review period: February-March 2027
Second revision deadline: April 2027
Final manuscript deadline: May 2027
Journal articles online: June 2027
Submissions:
Extended abstracts should include a short description of how the full article extends the accepted conference abstract, as well as the names and contact details of three potential reviewers with relevant expertise. These extended abstracts will not be reviewed but serve as a pre-submission registration to give us an idea of how many submissions to expect as well as give us time to approach reviewers. Extended abstracts are required: without an extended abstract, you cannot submit a full article.
Initial submissions of the extended abstract and full articles should be in PDF. Final versions of accepted articles must be submitted in LaTeX (see http://journal.dhbenelux.org/submission/ for submission details). Submissions should be sent to dhbjournal@gmail.com.
Contact:
For more information on the journal, please visit the journal website at http://journal.dhbenelux.org. For questions about this year’s journal issue or general questions about the journal, you can contact the editors at dhbjournal@gmail.com.
Guest editors:
- Alie Lassche (University of Antwerp)
- Monika Barget (Maastricht University)
- Tim van der Heijden (Open Universiteit)
General editors:
- Wout Dillen (SSLIS, University of Borås)
- Margherita Fantoli (Literary Theory & Cultural Studies, KU Leuven)
- Teresa Paccosi (DHLab, KNAW Humanities Cluster)
- Julia Neugarten (Radboud Institute for Culture & History, Radboud University)
- Marieke van Erp (DHLab, KNAW Humanities Cluster)