South Tangerang, FAH News Online – On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, the Faculty of Adab and Humanities, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, officially hosted an international event entitled the 2nd International Conference on Digital Humanities (ICODH) 2026. The conference began with Salman, serving as the Master of Ceremony, officially opening the event and handing it over to Nurul as the host and moderator. Nurul then opened the conference with greetings and warmly welcomed the distinguished guests and keynote speakers in attendance, including Dr. Ade Abdul, Dean of the Faculty of Adab and Humanities, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta; Prof. Dr. Asif Saifuddin Jahar, Rector of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta; Prof. Dr. Ahmad Sunawari Long from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; Dr. Faridh Madsen from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; Associate Prof. Ali Hamid Al-Farsi from Asharkia University, Oman; Prof. Daniel Haque, also referred to as Prof. Danielle Haque, from Minnesota State University, USA; Dr. Patala Muhammad Patala from Zagazig, Egypt; and Dr. Priya Faidya from Punjab University, India, along with several speakers from Indonesia. During the introduction session, Nurul also informed the audience that Prof. Nawshad Ali was unable to attend due to being affected by a volcanic eruption, which required him to transit through Hong Kong before returning to India. Nurul then invited Ade Abdul to deliver his official remarks.

In his address, Ade Abdul expressed his appreciation and gratitude to all participants and reaffirmed the faculty's commitment to advancing digital humanities. He explained that Digital Humanities is not merely about using technology, but rather about utilizing technology in critical, ethical, and responsible ways to strengthen research, preserve cultural heritage, and expand access to knowledge across geographical boundaries. This includes artificial intelligence (AI), digital archives and libraries, computational linguistics, and digital data management. Ade Abdul also reported that ICODH 2026 was attended by 106 presenters, comprising 84 participants from UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta and 22 participants from various institutions in Indonesia and abroad, including the University of Algiers in Algeria, Aligarh Muslim University in India, and Yarmouk University in Jordan.

The conference continued with a keynote session delivered by Prof. Danielle Haque from Minnesota State University, Mankato, through a presentation entitled “Whose Corpus?” In her presentation, she explored fundamental questions concerning who selects, describes, and accesses digital archives. She also presented collaborative work with the Hijabi Librarians community concerning the representation of Muslims in children's literature, highlighting the fact that only approximately two percent of children's books in the United States in 2024 featured Muslim representation. She argued that while digitization can broaden access, it can also potentially concentrate decision-making power. Therefore, she proposed three important commitments: describe the corpus, treat error as evidence, and build for people nearest the material.

The next presentation was delivered by Prof. Muhammad Farhan from UIN, who provided an in-depth discussion of digital dialect and digital life, with particular emphasis on the phenomenon of neologisms within online communities. He also highlighted the active role of Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, and Generation Alpha, born between 2013 and 2025 or 2026, in driving the development of digital language today.

Writers: Nadhira Sonja Isinbayeva, Khilda Aqila Sepiani

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