Lviv, Ukraine
22 — 24 October 2026
Deadline for submissions — 30 June 2026
Over the past few decades, digital methods have transformed the study of urban history, opening up new possibilities for discussing the city and its past. They allowed us to shift away from linear narratives and instead highlight the multilayered, complex, and intertwined nature of urban life across time and space.
The conference aims to comprehend the complexity of urban history and the cultural or social contexts within it, using digital tools, as well as to ask: how — and if at all — do digital technologies change scholarly argumentation in urban history research? Alongside with this overarching question remains: does the digital realm offer new methodological achievements — does it produce knowledge that would have been impossible in analog research?
Our approaches to digital projects about cities are as diverse as the cities themselves. However, it turns out that the digital city is more fragile than the real one: some projects have already disappeared, and digital urban history has its own history of loss. The conference also serves as a space for reflection for those who created such projects — on the experiences, decisions, and lessons of their work.
Submissions should be sent to [email protected] with the subject line “Many Digital Lives of Urban History” by June 30, 2026. Notifications regarding conference participation will be sent by July 15, 2026.
The working language of the conference will be English. The organizers can provide translation assistance to conference participants with limited knowledge of English but with interesting presentations.
