On 1 December 2025, Tallinn University’s School of Humanities will launch the DIGHT-Hub, a joint research hub for digital cultural heritage studies. The Hub is being established within the framework of the Horizon Europe Twinning project DIGHT-Net, in collaboration with the University of Bologna (UNIBO), the University of Amsterdam (UvA), and the University of Turku (UTU).

The DIGHT-Hub is envisioned as a permanent, interdisciplinary, and international research and training network at TLU, dedicated to advancing research, teaching, innovative archive practices, collaboration, and sustainability in the field of digital cultural heritage.

The event is free and open to the public, we kindly ask you to confirm your attendance here: Launch of the DIGHT-Hub Registration Form.

The launch event will begin with welcome speeches, followed by a panel discussion featuring international and local experts.

Programme
Tallinn hall (M-218), Mare Building (Uus-Sadama 5, Tallinn)

16:00 – 16:10 Welcome address
Katrin Niglas, Vice-Rector of TLU
Uku Lember, Director of the School of Humanities

16:10 – 16:40 Presentation of the DIGHT-Hub
Marek Tamm, DIGHT-Net project leader
Daniele Monticelli, Leader of the WP of Co-establishment of a Digital Cultural Heritage Research Hub

16:40 – 17:45 Roundtable “Digital Cultural Heritage in Transition: Challenges, Opportunities, Perspectives”
Participants: Eva Näripea (National Archives of Estonia), Francesco Mazzucchelli (University of Bologna), Hannu Salmi (University of Turku), Ihab Saloul (University of Amsterdam), Indrek Ibrus (Tallinn University) and Pille Runnel (Estonian National Museum).
Moderator: Merit Maran (Tallinn University)

18:00 – 21:00 Reception (A-104, Narva mnt 29)

During the reception, it will be possible to explore the exhibition “Between Paper and Pixel: The Lotman–Mints Archive in Transition”.

A video stream is available on YouTube for those unable to attend in person.

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