  The advent of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies has
revolutionized research, with significant implications for Digital Humanities
(DH), a field inherently intertwined with technological progress. This article
investigates how digital humanities scholars adopt, practice, as well as
critically evaluate, GenAI technologies such as ChatGPT in the research
process. Drawing on 76 responses collected from an international survey study,
we explored digital humanities scholars' rationale for GenAI adoption in
research, identified specific use cases and practices of using GenAI to support
various DH research tasks, and analyzed scholars' collective perceptions of
GenAI's benefits, risks, and impact on DH research. The survey results suggest
that DH research communities hold divisive sentiments towards the value of
GenAI in DH scholarship, whereas the actual usage diversifies among individuals
and across research tasks. Our survey-based analysis has the potential to serve
as a basis for further empirical research on the impact of GenAI on the
evolution of DH scholarship.
