Gerben Zaagsma defines digital history as historically grounded research and dissemination enabled by digital tools and methods, emphasizing its methodological and epistemological dimensions, particularly the need for digital source, algorithmic, and interface criticism. He highlights core challenges: integrating digital literacy into history education from the undergraduate level, preserving the historical depth of digital methods by reclaiming forgotten traditions—especially non-Anglophone and pre-2000s developments—and avoiding disciplinary silos by ensuring digital history contributes meaningfully to broader historical scholarship. He underscores the importance of collaboration, multilingual engagement, and critical reflection on how digital tools shape historical knowledge, advocating for a more inclusive, historically aware, and integrative approach to the field.
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