The submission of contributions will be done through the ConfTool Conference Administration system, and can be accessed here: https://www.conftool.pro/dhasa2025
Please read the below for more information on the submission process and important dates.
You can submit four types of contributions:
- Long papers: Authors may submit long papers with a maximum of 8 content pages and unlimited pages for references and appendices. The final versions of accepted long papers will be granted an additional page (leading to a total of up to 9 content pages) to incorporate reviewers’ comments.
Long papers accepted for the conference will be presented in 30-minute time slots (which includes 10 minutes for questions).
- Short papers: Authors may submit short papers with a maximum of 5 content pages and unlimited pages for references and appendices. The final versions of accepted short papers will be allowed an extra page (leading to a total of up to 6 content pages) to accommodate reviewers’ comments.
Short papers accepted for the conference will be presented in 15-minute time slots (which includes 5 minutes for questions).
- Executive summaries: Authors can submit an executive summary for work in progress, limited to 1 page.
- Late breaking submissions: Authors can submit a one page late breaking submission.
Executive summaries and late breaking submissions accepted for the conference will be presented as posters during a dedicated poster presentation slot.
We particularly encourage student submissions where the first author is a student.
Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of South Africa
All accepted long and short paper submissions that are presented at the conference will be published in the DHASA Journal (JDHASA). Additionally, the executive summaries for the poster presentations will be published in a book of executive summaries before the conference.
Style Guide
- All submissions should adhere to the ACL Style Guide. The guideline can be found under Style Files.
- Please note that although we follow the ACL guidelines, the page limit for DHASA submissions differs from what is specified in those guidelines.
- Templates are available for Microsoft Word, Overleaf or LaTeX. Submissions should be submitted in PDF format. Submissions that do not adhere to the prescribed style guide will be rejected.
Limitations
A Limitations section is compulsory and should be placed at the end of the paper, before the references. The Limitations section (along with, optionally, a section for Ethical Considerations) may be up to one page and will not count toward the final page limit.
Steps to submit your contribution:
- Please register here: https://www.conftool.pro/dhasa2025
- Once registered, click on Your Submissions to submit a new contribution.
- Select and click on your contribution type to continue.
- Add the following detail:
- Information on all the authors
- Contribution details, including the title and topic best suited to your contribution.
- Up to five keywords, and
- An indication of whether students are submitting the contribution.
- Upload your file and submit, or save your submission and return at a later stage to upload your file.
- For the accepted submissions, a camera-ready version of your submission is required. Here you need to submit a PDF version of the document as well as the source files (e.g., docx, LaTeX, or zip file).
Peer Review Process
The peer review process is fully open. This means that the reviewers will see your name, and you will be able to see the reviewers’ names. This also means that you do not need to anonymise your submission.
Data Sets
Authors are encouraged to upload their dataset to the SADiLaR repository (https://repo.sadilar.org/). Guidelines for submission are available here: https://sadilar.org/en/resource-guidelines/. In case of difficulties uploading the datasets, please reach out to Benito Trollip ([email protected]).