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From: Landecker Digital Memory Lab <LandeckerDig...@sussex.ac.uk>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2026 2:35 PM
Subject: News from Landecker Digital Memory Lab
Dear Landecker Digital Memory Lab colleague,
Happy New Year!
We start 2026 by sharing news from the Landecker Digital Memory Lab, including upcoming opportunities which you can be involved in.
Launch of the Digital Memory Database
Our flagship resource, the Digital Memory Database launches on 27 January. This major resource is a collection of international digital Holocaust memory practice, designed to enable its users to learn from past projects, help shape future strategies, spark ideas and avoid duplication.
Register for early access to the Digital Memory Database.
It contains a wealth of multimedia content such as video walkthroughs of digital Holocaust memory projects including those that use Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, gaming technology and apps, since the 1990s, as well as interviews with those involved in
their creation, data visualisation tools and spaces to curate tailored content.
Join us for the official launch event, online, on Wednesday 4 February 17:00 to 18:15 GMT (18:00-19:15 CET; 12:00-13:15 EST). The event is free to attend, but registration is required.
Find out more and register.
Check your time zone here: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
Dialogues II and Live Online Event
The second series in our Digital Memory Dialogues has now launched. This dialogue focuses on
finding a 'North Star' for using AI in Holocaust memory and has been guest edited by Dr Mykola
Makhortykh and Maryna Sydorova (University of Bern) with contributors from colleagues at Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, the AI and Cultural Heritage Lab, UCLA, Yad Vashem, and University of Zurich.
Read the provocation for Dialogues II and look out for responses published each Wednesday over the next four weeks. The series culminates in an online live event to which we invite you to attend on 12 February 16:00-18:00 GMT (17:00-19:00 CET/ 11:00-13:00
EST) – we encourage your engagement in the discussion!
Register your free place.
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Design Sprints in Serbia, Germany and the UK
We are pleased to announce that 2026 is the kick-off year for our design sprints. These 5-day intensive, themed programmes bring together 20-30 professionals to create prototypes to solve key issues in digital Holocaust
memory.
Working with partners across Australia, Europe and Brazil, we will be running 8 of these events up until 2029.
The 2026 design sprints are:
- ‘Making Visible and Connecting Sites of Non-Commemoration’, 4-8 May 2026, Novi Sad, Serbia
- ‘Sustainable approaches to Digital Holocaust Memory: Reusing, Remixing, and Recirculating Volumetric Testimony Recordings’, 31 August - 4 September 2026, Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Germany
- 'Interspatial: Globally Connecting Sites Through Poignant Memorial Dates', 7-11 September 2026, National Holocaust Museum, UK
These are open to:
- Holocaust-related heritage and education organisations
- Creative and tech industries
- A broad range of academic disciplines (arts and humanities, social sciences, and computer sciences)
Find out more and apply to attend a design sprint.
Application deadlines:
Novi Sad: 20th February
Babelsberg and National Holocaust Museum: 31st March
We look forward to welcoming you to our events and discussions in the year ahead.
Very best wishes,
The Landecker Digital Memory Lab team
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