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Tara A

@byzantini.st
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Historian, computer geek. Prof of Digital Humanities, University of Vienna. PI of @r11.eu project. Special needs parent twice over. Book: brill.com/display/title/33878

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Tara A @byzantini.st · 09/09/2026
I‘m definitely in this picture
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 14/08/2026
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: Teenage new-driver ignorance leading me to take a sharp curve in the road at the speed limit with cruise control on. It taught me that if you are going to total dad’s new car, do it so spectacularly that he’s just glad you’re alive
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 10/08/2026
My household genetic mutant wishes me to share her latest video with the world. Leave her a comment there if you like it! youtu.be/aTAnY6f7PYQ?...
youtu.be
Ten Myths about Intersex people
YouTube video by Your Local Genetic Mutant
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 26/07/2026
I have a lovely new handle. I wonder if my friends will notice.
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 02/07/2026
The morning after the massive heatwave has broken and I could swear that even the people of Vienna are going to break out in song.
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 10/05/2026
WHYYYYYYYY is there still not an English (or German) translation of Yahya of Antioch?! It makes it so hard to give this to students, and it's such a good source.
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 08/05/2026
My kid made a video for her illustration class about her condition and wants you all to watch it! youtube.com/watch?v=VZNX...
youtube.com
I found out I'm intersex
YouTube video by aspenedits
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 26/02/2026
I’m starting to accept that maybe this conference has been going well. #dhd2026
A photo from one end of the Festsaal of the Wiener Rathaus, with buffet tables, a ballroom floor, and conference participants enjoying themselves
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DHdKonferenz @dhdkonferenz.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
⏳ Nur noch wenige Tage bis zum Start der DHd 2026 am Montag.
 Wir bereiten noch alles vor, auch die Konferenztaschen Bis bald in Wien! 😊
 ---- ⏳Only a few days to go until DHd 2026 starts on Monday. We’re still preparing everything, including the conference bags See you soon in Vienna! 😊
 #dhd2026
Im Vordergrund befinden sich Baumwolltaschen in beige mit einem roten Schriftzug darauf (DHd 2026 Wien). Im Hintergrund ist ein großer Bildschirm mit schwarzem Hintergrund und weißer Schrift (SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!)
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 26/01/2026
<zombie>JOIN...US...</zombie>
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DHdKonferenz @dhdkonferenz.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
EN: 📢 Our program is online! All sessions, workshops, and social events are now available on our website and via ConfTool. ✨ Early-bird registration extended until January 31! 👉 Explore the program & register: dhd2026.digitalhumanities.de?page_id=548&... #dhd2026 #digitalhumanities #Vienna
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Programm – DHd 2026
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DHdKonferenz @dhdkonferenz.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
📢 Unser Programm ist online! Alle Sessions, Workshops und das Rahmenprogramm sind jetzt auf unserer Webseite und im ConfTool verfügbar. ✨ Early-Bird Registrierung verlängert bis 31. Jänner! 👉 Programm & Anmeldung: dhd2026.digitalhumanities.de?page_id=501 #dhd2026 #digitalhumanities #Wien
Dunkler Hintergrund mit rotem Schriftzug: DHd 2026 Wien, Programm, ist jetzt online
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 18/12/2025
And what a fine workshop it was!
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 27/11/2025
A meal almost but not entirely unlike Thanksgiving dinner. I can’t decide whether to brave my substitute for cranberry sauce.
A plate containing sautéed turkey breast, roasted sweet potato with cubes, and vegetable Semmelknödel. An unopened jar of cranberry / blueberry compote is next to the plate.
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RELEVEN @r11.eu · 31/10/2025
As their time on the project comes to an end, Katalin and Márton look back on their experiences and reflect on their key achievements. Read it here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...
releven.univie.ac.at
Blog Post #42: Katalin Prajda & Márton Rózsa
As their time on the project comes to an end, Katalin and Márton look back on their experiences and reflect on their key achievements.
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Robert Böhm @robertboehm.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
We're hiring! @univie.ac.at is seeking a TT Assistant Professor in the Psychology of Digitalization. If your work is about automation, AI, or immersive technology (e.g., VR) in the context of work and organizations (broadly defined), we’d love to hear from you. 👇
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 26/09/2025
Time was, you contributed to an edited collection or resource and got a free copy of the thing. Now you get three months of free access to the online version. Somehow it's just not the same...
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mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
When “no” means “yes”: Why AI chatbots can’t process Persian social etiquette - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/w...
arstechnica.com
When “no” means “yes”: Why AI chatbots can’t process Persian social etiquette
New study examines how a helpful AI response could become a cultural disaster in Iran.
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 25/09/2025
I managed to get all the way to this many years old before having to go through my prose and murder Oxford commas to conform to a stylesheet. It hurts.
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 17/09/2025
Possibly the biggest roadblock to my uptake of #AI assistants is the fact that I have always been terrible at delegating.
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 21/08/2025
I thought the whole point of agreeing to do book reviews was getting a free physical copy?
An invitation from the American Historical Review to review a book, ending with "If you accept our invitation, we will provide
access to a digital copy of the book."
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 18/08/2025
It’s like I’m at the beginning of a game of Animal Crossing. What to do…?
An empty room with white walls, bare concrete floor, a single window, radiator and dangling light bulb
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 06/08/2025
Everyone is very welcome - we have a really exciting paper line-up!
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RELEVEN @r11.eu · 04/08/2025
In her latest blog post, @tla.bsky.social reflects on a summer of RELEVEN highlights, including PhD defences, conference talks at IMC Leeds, and the preparations for our closing conference on 3-5 September 👀 Read her reflections here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...
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Blog Post #39: Tara Andrews
In her latest blog post, Tara reflects on a summer of RELEVEN highlights, including PhD defences, conference talks at IMC Leeds, and the preparations for our closing conference on 3-5 September.
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DHdKonferenz @dhdkonferenz.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
📣 Last Call – nur noch heute bis 23:59 Uhr MESZ!
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 31/07/2025
Is it just me or is Zenodo getting unusable these days?
Zenodo page saying "Too many requests, please try again later"
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 31/07/2025
Get your abstract in by tomorrow and join us in Vienna in February!
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 23/07/2025
This slide is basically showing the genesis of the whole project!
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 04/07/2025
Well, I guess this is the last time I publish in a #DH conference special issue in DSH. This is a stupid exclusion.
Eligibility criteria for Austrian open access agreement with OUP. The offending passage reads: "If you are publishing your article in a Supplement, then you are not eligible to use Read and Publish funds to cover the open access charge."
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 27/06/2025
Today's fresh academic hell is having to sit through a customer service online chat in order to be able to release an accepted paper for publication without having to pay many thousands of pounds. #latestagecapitalism
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 10/06/2025
I knew we weren’t immune, but it sucks to see that we aren’t immune. 😢 #graz
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Florian Windhager @windhagr.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
VIS4DH is back at @ieeevis.bsky.social, November 2025 in Vienna! Find the Call for Papers here, focusing on the Visualization of Conflict and Peace: vis4dh.dbvis.de/cfp/
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 09/05/2025
Welp, there went my weekend! #silverborn #nevermoor
First page of the Kindle edition of Silverborn
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 23/04/2025
The death (large-scale sacrifice?) of search keyword advertising
A DuckDuckGo query for the word ‘hecatomb’ and its definition, followed by a link for Amazon offers for hecatombs
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 13/04/2025
Flying from Vienna to Amsterdam on Austrian, but really Air Baltic. Had to check to make sure it was the right flight…
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 12/04/2025
Shocking confession: I honestly have no preference about which way the toilet paper hangs.
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 09/04/2025
Serious question: are there any NEH grants that were not terminated?
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 01/04/2025
Now if LinkedIn really could get me this kind of job that would be awesome...
LinkedIn's "Suggested job searches" dialogue for me. "Professor emeritus" is highlighted.
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 01/04/2025
Digital Humanities @ Uni Wien is hiring! Ph.D. position, 4 years, seeking someone who is looking to apply machine learning methods and/or network analysis methods to find out neat things about the Middle Ages, anywhere in the world. jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at
University assistant predoctoral
University assistant predoctoral
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 18/03/2025
There are few things so heartwarming as going to look in the library catalogue for a book you edited and finding a bunch of glowing reviews you never realised were written.
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 09/02/2025
Since dealing with life and the kids' school was too stressful and crazymaking for me to arrange flu vaccines for them, guess what the 6yo has now?
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Data Science @ Uni Vienna @ds-vienna.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We're #Hiring a Scientific Coordinator #PostDoc [f/m/d] in #DataScience full-time position starting Spring 2025 @univie.ac.at be part of our team in an excellent working environment #Diversity #Equality #Inclusion #JobOpening #Vienna #DSHQ datascience.univie.ac.at/job-board/de...
University of Vienna
Data Science @ Uni Vienna
We're Hiring
Scientific Coordinator
Post Doc (f/m/d)
full-time
Application deadline 7 March 2025
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Martina Filosa @sealygirl.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Exciting news! Our special issue of Digital Medievalist, edited by Claudia Sode, Claes Neuefeind, and yours truly, is out! Eight open-access articles explore how Digital Humanities enhance sigillography. Read it here: journal.digitalmedievalist.org/collections/... ✨ @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social
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Digital Medievalist | Collection:
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Thibault Clérice @ponteineptique.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
On this note, I wish DH moved away from abstract towards full paper submission, because declaration of intentions are complicated to deal with and lead to paper with potentially unfair evaluation because it was hard to evaluate "promises" or space limited proposals.
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 03/02/2025
Finally deleted the long dormant Facebook account. #goodriddance
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 29/01/2025
I said this a few days ago in the context of GenAI, but having now (finally!) started my #dh2025 conference reviews, we need to move to full papers. It is harder and harder to rate evaluation, significance, methodology, etc. when the author has max 1500 words. (1/2)
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 27/01/2025
Follow our project here on Bluesky - as we go into the last 18 months it will be exciting!
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 22/01/2025
This is delightful. THE subject rankings for arts and humanities. I always said that MIT was an awesome place to do history.
THE ranking list for arts & humanities, top five - MIT, Cambridge, Oxford, Stanford, Harvard.
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Tara A @byzantini.st · 15/01/2025
New publication in @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social ! Wherein I talk about data structures for capturing how interpretations of Byzantine lead seals evolve. journal.digitalmedievalist.org/article/id/1...
journal.digitalmedievalist.org
Byzantine Sigillography, Linked Open Data, and the Structured Assertion Record
One of the major challenges in the creation of a digital dataset for cultural heritage objects is the question of how to capture the differing interpretations and the changing state of our knowledge a...
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RELEVEN @r11.eu · 14/01/2025
Last week @tla.bsky.social and @lewread.bsky.social participated in the 16th general conference of the Association Internationale des Etudes Arméniennes, discussing digital approaches to medieval Armenian source material.
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