Midwest – Macalester College

St. Paul, Minnesota

Having withstood the terrors of Operation Metro Surge, the Twin Cities is uniquely positioned to host this year's conference, which focuses on emergence/ia. Macalester College is located in St. Paul, Minnesota, and began the Spring semester in a state of emergency, with faculty, staff, students, and community neighbors covertly engaging in activism of various kinds, including patrolling, striking, and establishing mutual aid channels. The semester demanded particular and continued attention to care. Digital services proved critical to this work but also limited communication in other ways, posing dilemmas related to privacy and security. As a regional hub, we aim to offer a safe community space for viewing this year's ACH conference. We also will have an opportunity to hear from students who created digital stories for this year's Project Pericles National Civic Story Lab. Three students partnered with local organizations (the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Lake Street Council, and Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions) to ethically document the histories of communities impacted by oppressive immigration enforcement.

Contact: Dr. Aisling Quigley, DLA Librarian and Program Manager — aquigley@macalester.edu

Mid-Atlantic – University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We invite students, faculty, and all other interested digital scholarship practitioners to join us at the University of Pennsylvania's Van Pelt Library for the mid-Atlantic "Philadelphia-region" ACH 2026 regional hub. Hosted in partnership between Penn Libraries' Research Data and Digital Scholarship Department, the Price Lab for Digital Humanities, the Princeton University Center for Digital Humanities, and Temple University's Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio, this hub will be a space to jointly watch and respond to the ACH 2026 conference in a local, collegial setting. We warmly welcome attendees from the numerous colleges and universities in the greater Philadelphia region and especially invite practitioners from non-university settings — museums, galleries, libraries, and other cultural institutions — to join us for robust discussion.

Please be aware that while the joint watch-party is free and open to all, individual attendees may wish to register for the main ACH 2026 conference separately to take full advantage of all conference events.

Register: library.upenn.edu/events/ach-2026-regional-hub — Questions: Cynthia Heider — heider@upenn.edu

Texas – Arte Público Press / US Latino Digital Humanities Center

Houston, Texas

Located in Houston, Texas, this regional hub hosted by the US Latino Digital Humanities Center (USLDH) at Arte Público Press will bring together faculty, students, archivists, and community members for an in-person keynote watch party, tour, and discussion. The event will include a keynote watch party from the main ACH conference, followed by a guided tour of Arte Público Press showcasing USLDH digital projects and demonstrating how the center trains students to work with cultural data using ethical, community-centered methodologies. The program will extend the conference theme of Emergence/ia into a localized space, connecting digital humanities to US Latino archival recovery and community preservation. Situated in one of the largest and most diverse Latino metropolitan areas in the United States, the hub will highlight bilingual data, community archival materials, and partnerships with local educators and cultural organizations.

Spots are limited. Contact: Dr. Lorena Gauthereau — lgauthereau@uh.edu

SoCal Gathering – UC Irvine

Irvine, California

Join us virtually or on campus at the University of California, Irvine, on Monday, June 29th, for a post-conference discussion of what we are inspired by and have learned from the ACH 2026 sessions, keynote, and creative presentations. This facilitated discussion will be followed by a community-building sharing of what's happening on our respective campuses now and what we imagine for the future, with time for connecting with potential collaborators and exchanging information. Organized by UCI's Digital Humanities Exchange.

Register via the interest form.

Florida / Southeast – University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

Hosted in Gainesville, Florida, the University of Florida's Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere will convene an in-person regional hub for digital humanists across Florida and the Southeast. Taking place in UF's newly opened Digital Humanities Lab, this hub will feature watch parties for ACH 2026 keynotes and panels, alongside facilitated discussions and informal networking. Programming will highlight emerging work in public and environmental humanities, multilingual scholarship, and community-engaged digital practice, with particular attention to students and early-career scholars. This regional hub offers a welcoming space to link regional DH communities with the broader ACH virtual conference.

Contact: Dr. Clarissa Carr, CHPS Digital Scholarship Specialist — clcarrdi@ufl.edu