The 15th Forum for Knowledge, Arts, and Culture in Digital Humanities will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2026.

About the Forum for Knowledge, Arts, and Culture in Digital Humanities

 Along with the rapid development of the digital and information environment in recent years, we are seeing more and more cross-disciplinary research in academic fields with an awareness of "information" and "digital". This trend is gaining momentum in higher education and research activities as well, and educational programs and course activities related to this trend are being enhanced.

　The need for opportunities for academic exchange among undergraduate and graduate students and young researchers studying in such programs under new research themes in line with the times is ever increasing.

　For this reason, the Forum for Knowledge, Arts, and Culture in Digital Humanities was established in 2011 as a place for presentation and exchange, with a focus on graduate students and young researchers interested in information and knowledge research in arts, culture, and other related fields, and 14 research meetings have been held to date.

　This meeting is positioned as a place where participants can mutually discover new research themes and methods through human exchange in different fields, and we also welcome exploratory and adventurous presentations that are slightly different from conventional conference presentations.

■ Date: March 14 (Sat), 2026,

■ Venye:
Future Plaza Conferece Room, Ritsumeikan University Osaka Ibaraki Campus
(https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/futureplaza/conferencehall/)

■ Program & presentation abstracts: Please click →here (in Japanese).

■ How to Apply for Participation: 
Please apply via the application form (https://forms.gle/rA5oVHcYv7mNNfZ48) by Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
There is no participation fee.
We are planning to hold a social gathering after the research presentation session. Information on the venue, participation fee, etc. will be announced on this page as soon as it is finalized.

Organizer: The Forum for Knowledge, Arts, and Culture in Digital Humanities

Facilitators: Ryo Akama (Ritsumeikan University), Nachi Inoue (Kindai University), Mamiko Sakata (Doshisha University), Takehiko Murakawa (Wakayama University), Ryosuke Yamanishi (Kansai University)

Co-organizers: The Kansai Division of the Art Documentation Society and the Kansai Division of the Japan Society of Information and Knowledge

In cooperation with: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University.

Inquiries: kacimeeting+2026■gmail.com (please change "■" to "@")

■ Related links:
→JSIK 情報知識学会
→Japan Art Documentation Society