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Visualizing Holocaust Memory through the Digital Humanities: Testimony, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, and Ethical Challenges
April 16-17, 2026
Novel integrations that reveal the complex layers of Holocaust history will be introduced and discussed with our scholars during this Forum. How has the interpretation of Holocaust content shifted in the digital age? How might big data provide visualization that was not previously attainable? In what ways are ethical boundaries blurred or sharpened as researchers and developers leverage their disciplines within Holocaust-related scholarship via digital expressions?
Forum Sessions
Thursday, April 16
9:00 AM - 12:45 PM and 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
UNL Jackie Gaughan Center
Ubuntu Room
Friday, April 17
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Andrews Hall
UNL Bailey Library
The Henry & Gretl Wald Lecture on the Holocaust
Thursday, April 16
7:00 PM
Jackie Gaughan Center Ubuntu Room
Keynote Speaker
Nils Roemer, University of Texas-Dallas
Dean of the Harry W. Bass School of the Arts, Humanities, and Technology
Invited Speakers
The Forum will feature senior and early-career scholars working on broadly defined topics in Holocaust memory and historiography. Our invited speakers this year include:
- Nils Roemer, University of Texas-Dallas, KEYNOTE, Digital Studies of the Holocaust Project -New Ways to Remember Victims of the Holocaust
- 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
- Victoria Richardson-Walden, Director of the Landecker Digital Memory Lab, Sussex University, Critical Engagement with Digital Technologies Relating to Holocaust Memory, Space, and Place
- Ben Lee, University of Washington, AI & the Future of Holocaust Memory: Reflections, Provocations, Refusals
- Amber Nickell, Fort Hays State University, Intertwined: The Complexities of Mapping Holocaust Testimonies for the American Midwest
- Hollie Marquess, Fort Hays State University, Intertwined: The Complexities of Mapping Holocaust Testimonies for the American Midwest
About the Nebraska Forum on Digital Humanities
The Nebraska Forum on Digital Humanities is a regular event hosted by the CDRH since 2006. Though it has taken different forms over the years, it has maintained its focus on highlighting the diverse intellectual activity of the digital humanities field. This year, we are co-hosting the event with the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies.
Visit our page on past Nebraska Forum on Digital Humanities events.