Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The CuCo Lab website got a complete design rebuild. We look more settled now, less busy, and nicely organized. Quite the opposite to how running this lab feels in real life, I‘d say. 010
Reposted by Culture & Computation LabCat-Tebaldi @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Closing lecture of the critical media studies series with @cucolab.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Culture & Computation LabCulture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026JOB OPPORTUNITY! Several postdoctoral positions are currently available as part of the ULIDE's (ulide.uni.lu) emerging Competence Hub on Digital Governance in Crisis-Affected Regions. This one will involve close collaboration with the CuCo Lab. Spread the news, join the team, do awesome things!emea3.mrted.lyPostdoctoral Researcher in Social Science 022
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026JOB OPPORTUNITY! Several postdoctoral positions are currently available as part of the ULIDE's (ulide.uni.lu) emerging Competence Hub on Digital Governance in Crisis-Affected Regions. This one will involve close collaboration with the CuCo Lab. Spread the news, join the team, do awesome things!emea3.mrted.lyPostdoctoral Researcher in Social Science 022
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Our very own Cat Tebaldi (@cat-tebaldi.bsky.social) appeared on the show Titel, Thesen, Temperamente yesterday, where she shared her expertise on Looksmaxxing. Great segment on a not so great trend.ardmediathek.dettt – titel thesen temperamente: 'Looksmaxxing' – gnadenlose Selbstoptimierung - hier anschauenLooksmaxxer – das sind Influencer, die auf TikTok, Instagram und YouTube ihren männlichen Followern die totale Selbstoptimierung predigen. Die Logik von Looksmaxxing: Schönheit als der einzige Schlüss... 031
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Great feature with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social in @wort.lu about Looksmaxxing and other toxic trends in the manosphere. @uni.lu www.wort.lu/panorama/wen...wort.luWenn Selbstoptimierung junge Männer radikalisiertDie Besessenheit, perfekt auszusehen, treibt Männer in den rechten Extremismus. Dr. Catherine Tebaldi von der Universität Luxemburg warnt vor dem gefährlichen Trend „Looksmaxxing“, der auch hierzulande angekommen ist. 021
Reposted by Culture & Computation LabCulture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 17/11/2025This week, we have another fantastic speaker lined up in our talk series, Martina Heßler from Darmstadt. She will discuss new forms of unknowingness in the context of software bugs. The talk will be in German. Join us on site or online, 20.11.2015, 16 CET Infos: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers... 002
Reposted by Culture & Computation LabCat-Tebaldi @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social · 30/10/2025New article! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... am terrible at being on mat leave but ok at writing about tradwivescambridge.orgPearl Nationalism: Tradwives and the Chronotopes of Femininity | Signs and Society | Cambridge CorePearl Nationalism: Tradwives and the Chronotopes of Femininity 094
Reposted by Culture & Computation LabChristoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Took me a while, but here it is: Discourse figures in the Luxembourg language debate (2015-2020) This is a multi-method analysis of the latest wave in the public debate on multilingualism. It focuses on the role of different social groups & recurring linguistic figures for discourse structuation.doi.org Discourse figures in the Luxembourg language debate (2015–2020) | Zeitschrift für Sprachvariation und Soziolinguistik 192
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 24/09/2025We kick off the new semester tomorrow with a talk by our head of lab, Christoph Purschke. Join us - on site or via Webex - to discuss the connection between language, technology and cultural regression. 000
Reposted by Culture & Computation LabKatrin Becker @katrinbecker.eu · 12/09/2025I would like to announce our upcoming conference “Algorithmic (Dis-)Orders: Law and Culture in Transition”, taking place on 22–23 September 2025 at EHESS, Paris, organized by Jean Lassègue and myself. 155
Reposted by Culture & Computation LabUniversity of Luxembourg @uni.lu · 29/08/2025The University of Luxembourg opens 4 professor positions via the Anne Beffort Excellence Programme, boosting diversity & gender equality in academia. AI • Theoretical CS • Mathematics • Electrical Power Quality Apply by 20 October #AcademicJobs #Luxembourguni.luFour female professor positions opened through the Anne Beffort Excellence ProgrammeThe Anne Beffort Excellence Programme is a flagship initiative of the University of Luxembourg, dedicated to fostering excellence, diversity, and gender equality in academia. Named after Anne Beffort ... 022
Reposted by Culture & Computation LabHarald Klinke @harald-klinke.de · 14/08/2025JOB: Lecturer in Digital Methods for the Study of Visual Cultural Data Start: Jan 2026 | Permanent | 100% 👀 Focus: digital curation, computational analysis (CV, ML, network analysis, data ethics) of artworks, photographs, films… #DigitalHumanities #VisualCulture #DigitalArtHistoryjobs.uzh.chUZH: Lecturer TeachingThe Art History Department (Program Directorate) in collaboration of the departments of Film Studies, Archaeology, Media and Communication, and Educational Sciences of the University of Zurich is seek... 02221
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 01/08/2025We know it’s early, but save the dates for the upcoming CuCo Lab Conversations! We have some fantastic speakers lined up for you, including @dirkhovy.bsky.social, Martina Heßler and @bildoperationen.bsky.social. And then there’s this guy: @questoph.bsky.social. cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers... 163
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Don’t forget to join for our last talk of the semester, Friday 6/6 at 10:15 CEST! The Webex link is available in the talk info on our website! 000
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Happy to announce our upcoming book Conspiracy as Genre. Narrative, Power, and Circulation Edited by @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social, @aplum.bsky.social & @questoph.bsky.social, it examines conspiracy in relation to social power and authority, moving beyond either disinformation or revelation.bloomsbury.comConspiracy as GenreFrom anti-vaccine politics to aliens, this volume explores diverse critical approaches to conspiracy narratives representing them as playful stories with seriou… 042
Reposted by Culture & Computation LabHarald Klinke @harald-klinke.de · 20/05/2025Thrilled to share that my book Cultural Data Science – An Introduction to R is finally out! A journey through digital methods, visual culture & data analysis—made for everyone exploring the intersection of humanities and code. #DigitalHumanities #RStats link.springer.com/book/9783031...link.springer.comCultural Data ScienceThis book introduces basic concepts in data science, drawing from contextual examples in art history, visual computing, cloud computing, and microservices 614635
Reposted by Culture & Computation LabKatrin Becker @katrinbecker.eu · 15/05/2025Now available open access: my latest article exploring how blockchains and NFTs challenge legal notions of identity. www.universi.uni-siegen.de/katalog/zeit... (p. 89-102) 121
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 14/05/2025What started as a workshop in the Luxembourg Pavillon at the World Expo in Dubai has now finally taken form as an open access volume: „The Humanities and the Rise of AI. Implications of Cultural and Societal Engineering“ More papers to follow in the next weeks and months.melusinapress.luThe Humanities and the Rise of AI | Melusina Press[](https://www.melusinapress.lu/projects/project-collection/eoh?collectionOrder=eoh) <br/... 031
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Join us for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos on Friday morning via Webex. 022
Reposted by Culture & Computation LabChristoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Looking for a new challenge, e.g., teaching & researching English in a multilingual society & workplace? With a digital twist? Then come & work with us at the Department of Humanities in Luxembourg! We’re looking for a new colleague in English linguistics (Assoc or Full Prof)! #jobs #linguisticsrecruitment.uni.luJob Portal - University of Luxembourg 21531
Reposted by Culture & Computation LabCat-Tebaldi @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If you would like to know the relationship between conspiracy and bad gender ideologies please stay tuned for @cucolab.bsky.social s edited volume on just this nonsense 062
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 24/01/2025We are happy to announce the program of our talk series „CuCo Lab Conversations“ for the upcoming semester. All info can be found (and will be updated) here: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers... As always, talks are also streamed on Webex, so feel free to stop by. 144
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025If you’re at #Coling25, make sure to check our two papers at the #VarDial25 workshop on Sunday. They represent some of the latest advancements in NLP for Luxembourgish. 131
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Next week we will host the last talk of the year in our series “CuCo Lab Conversations”. Our very own Ruth Reicher will discuss pre-modern literary stagings of “extreme bodies” and their relation to current narratives of influencers. [Talk in German] Info: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers... 001
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 02/12/2024This week at TLT24 in Hamburg, we’re gonna present a paper on LuxBank, the first UD treebank for Luxembourgish. We, that is: Alistair Plum, Caroline Döhmer, Emilia Milano, Anne-Marie Lutgen and Christoph Purschke Preprint via arXiv arxiv.org/abs/2411.04813arxiv.orgLuxBank: The First Universal Dependency Treebank for LuxembourgishThe Universal Dependencies (UD) project has significantly expanded linguistic coverage across 161 languages, yet Luxembourgish, a West Germanic language spoken by approximately 400,000 people, has rem... 072
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Next Friday (22 November), @leoniedejonge.bsky.social from Groningen will visit the CuCo Lab to discuss the evolution of far right ideologies in the 21st century. We’re thrilled to host her talk. You can join on site or online (via Webex): cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers... 094
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 14/09/2024Next month we will host the workshop "Mensch Metapher Maschine", organized by @questoph.bsky.social, Ralf Becker and Simon Kasper. The main topic of the workshop is the complex relationship between humans and technology, with a special focus on the role of language. Program: t1p.de/mmm2024 031
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 11/09/2024Next Friday, we will host the first speaker for this semester, @elinorcarmi.bsky.social, who will discuss strategies for citizens to resist in the datafied society. You can join online via WebEx using the link on the info page. cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers... 113
Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 03/09/2024We’re getting ready for the new semester. There’s a couple of interesting events on the menu. As part of our regular talk series „CuCo Lab Conversations“, this fall, we have a stellar lineup. You can find the program and talk details on our website. All talks will also be streamed via WebEx.cucolab.uni.luCuCo Lab Conversations | Upcoming events | Culture & Computation LabCuCo Lab Conversations talk series 122