# Event Details - **Event Name**: The Why and How of Digital Multimodal Scholarship - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 01:30 pm – Fri, 13 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm - **Event Description**: A series of panels/presentations demystifying digital project development, publishing, and preservation.About this EventThe Why and How of Digital Multimodal ScholarshipThis event will take place in-person at The Old Fellows Dining Room, Hilde Besse Building, , University of Oxford on Wed-Fri, 11-13 Feb 2026.Hosted by the EMPTINESS project and co-organised by Stanford University Press, this series of panels/presentations aims to demystify digital project development, publishing, and preservation. While the traditional print book has and will continue to advance scholarly communication, it is becoming increasingly more useful to present scholarly arguments in a multimodal framework. Digital publications allow authors to frame their arguments within and alongside the data, media, and multi-linear pathways that best represent and exemplify those arguments. The sessions will present insights into the various aspects of digital publishing, from making the decision to go digital and securing funding and partnerships, to working with a publisher and ensuring a project’s longevity.The event will be of particular interest to Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities researchers and publishers as well as digital technicians/research software engineers interested in digital preservation pathways and web archiving.Attendence is free, but places are limited. See Agenda below for the topics, dates/times, and details of each session.Registration is by day. If you wish to attend the whole event, please register separately for each day. We look forward to seeing you there!Presenters/panellistsDace Dzenovska, PI, EMPTINESS project / Associate Professor in the Anthropology of Migration, University of Oxford / lead author of Living Emptiness: Power, Place, and Meaning-making from the Baltic to the Russian Far East (forthcoming, Stanford University Press, 2026)Jasmine Mulliken, Digital Program Manager, Stanford University PressAllison Levy, Director, Brown University Digital PublicationsMax Saunders, Interdisciplinary Professor of Modern Literature and Culture, University of Birmingham, co-author of (Stanford University Press, 2023)Alisa Lebow, Professor of Screen Media, University of Sussex, author of (Stanford University Press, 2018)Shahzad Bashir, Dean of the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, author of (MIT Press, 2022)Tom Bevan, Head of Design & Production, MeThree, web developer of Living Emptiness: Power, Place, and Meaning-making from the Baltic to the Russian Far East (forthcoming, Stanford University Press, 2026) https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/44208890-f86a-11f0-b5db-bf22a0ebdfc2-rimg-w1200-h190-dcffffff-gmir.jpg Wed, 11 Feb 2026?: 01:30 PM - 03:00 PMWhy Go Digital? (panel)Info: Moderator: Allison Levy I Panellists: Dace Dzenovska, Max Saunders, Alisa Lebow, Shahzad Bashir I In this conversational panel, authors who have published digital projects with Stanford and MIT University Presses will discuss why they chose to go digital rather than pursue traditional book publication pathways. They’ll cover topics ranging from multimodality and audience reach, to tenure/promotion and longevity. Q&A will follow.?: 03:30 PM - 05:00 PMDigital InfrastructuresInfo: Presenters: Jasmine Mulliken, Dace Dzenovska with Tom Bevan, Allison Levy I This series of presentations will introduce attendees to some examples of digital publications and the modalities and platforms they employ; offer insights and experiences on acquiring grant funding for digital projects, and outline the kinds of support and relationships that underpin successful digital project development. Q&A will follow each of the three presentations.Thurs, 12 Feb 2026?: 02:00 PM - 03:30 PMWorking with a PublisherInfo: Presenters: Allison Levy, Jasmine Mulliken I From drafting text and preparing multimedia assets, to writing a proposal and identifying potential publishers, to managing expectations for peer review, contracts, and production, the digital publishing trajectory consists of a series of efforts and milestones that together inform a final product that is equal in value and legitimacy to a traditional book. This session aims to help authors navigate the process and convey to supporters and stakeholders the scholarly rigor and innovative practices inherent in digital publications.Fri, 13 Feb 2026?: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PMEnsuring LongevityInfo: Presenter: Jasmine Mulliken I While books enjoy long-established archiving and preservation methods, digital projects are distinguished by their ephemerality in the face of changing and evolving technologies. This presentation will explore three pathways for mitigating the seeming fragility of digital projects and provide insight and guidance on how the digital can persist as reliably as print in the scholarly record. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oxford/the-why-and-how-of-digital-multimodal-scholarship/100001980554778658 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Oxford - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: St Antony's College - **lat**: 51.763484 - **long**: -1.263037 - **full address**: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: The Why and How of Digital Multimodal Scholarship - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/dbbf106d36d34c5a1a14c2a52302d1df10f4eaf16b5a3723c0af7a4c4f71cb57-rimg-w1200-h800-dcfefefe-gmir.jpg?v=1769230775 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is The Why and How of Digital Multimodal Scholarship being held? - **A:** The Why and How of Digital Multimodal Scholarship takes place on Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 01:30 pm to Fri, 13 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm at St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing The Why and How of Digital Multimodal Scholarship? - **A:** The Why and How of Digital Multimodal Scholarship is organized by EMPTINESS project. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "The Why and How of Digital Multimodal Scholarship", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/dbbf106d36d34c5a1a14c2a52302d1df10f4eaf16b5a3723c0af7a4c4f71cb57-rimg-w1200-h800-dcfefefe-gmir.jpg?v=1769230775", "startDate": "2026-02-11", "endDate": "2026-02-13", "url": "https://allevents.in/oxford/the-why-and-how-of-digital-multimodal-scholarship/100001980554778658", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "St Antony's College", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "62 Woodstock Road", "postalCode": "OX2 6JF", "addressLocality": "Oxford", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "51.763484", "longitude": "-1.263037" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "A series of panels/presentations demystifying digital project development, publishing, and preservation.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "2026-02-13", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/oxford/the-why-and-how-of-digital-multimodal-scholarship/100001980554778658" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "url": "https://allevents.in/oxford/the-why-and-how-of-digital-multimodal-scholarship/100001980554778658", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "EMPTINESS project", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/emptiness-project/27392490" } ] } ] ```