ACH 2026

Conference Focus: Emergence/ia

ACH 2026 explores how we create and collaborate through moments of exigency in a bilingual, virtual conference. In Spanish, emergencia can mean both "emergence" and "emergency." This dual meaning serves as our starting point. While emergence/ia speaks to growth, connection, and creation, emergency/ia signals moments of urgency that demand care, response, and transformation. ACH 2026 seeks to ask: What forms of knowledge creation in the digital humanities (broadly defined) are emerging from pressing challenges across the Americas? How do digital humanists respond to emergencies through knowledge creation, while being mindful of ramifications of computing for environmental crises? What insights do themes of transnationalism and solidarity reveal across the Americas about our work and communities, and the role of emerging technology in shaping both?

ACH fosters dialogue and solidarity on equity and justice across local, transborder, and global contexts in an inclusive space. As a bilingual conference, ACH 2026 welcomes proposals and presentations in Spanish and English; we encourage presenters to decenter, complicate, and resituate the United States in their approach to the Americas. We are interested in receiving proposals from participants with a range of expertise and roles, including international workers and students, alt-ac positions, employment outside of higher education, and graduate and undergraduate students. We further invite proposals from participants who are newcomers to digital humanities.

Registration rates:

• Regular ACH or ADHO Joint Member: $55
• Student ACH or ADHO Joint Member: $25
• Contingent/un-/underemployed ACH Member: $25
• Regular Non-Member*: $95
• Student Non-Member*: $40
• Contingent/un-/underemployed Non-Member*: $40

*Non-members will receive one year of membership starting June 2026

Please note that participants will be given access to the conference program (in ConfTool) after they register. The conference program will become available May 15, 2026; anyone registering before that date will be granted access to ConfTool on May 15. For anyone registering after May 15, there may be a delay of up to 1 week between when you register and when you receive access to ConfTool. Zoom links will be shared in ConfTool closer to the conference.

Refunds will not be issued for cancellations. We are unable to issue refunds for any reason for Stripe payments.

How to Register:

1. Click the "Register Now" button below.
2. Enter your email in the "Email" field using the address you plan to use during the conference. If you're registering someone else, use their email. 
3. Select the appropriate Conference Fee by typing a "1" in the box for your registration type. Note that you can only register one person at a time. If you are registering multiple people, complete this form separately for each individual.
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Registration closes on June 17, 2026. Conference dates and registration deadlines use Central Daylight Time (CDT, UTC-5).

Bursaries

ACH offers a limited number of bursaries to support attendance by members without institutional support, including students, employed contingently, and un-/underemployed professionals. 

Bursary applicants should NOT register for the conference. Those receiving awards will be registered by a member of the conference committee. 

Please submit a bursary application by May 15, 2026, through this Google Form to be considered for an award.

Questions?

All questions should be directed to conference@ach.org.