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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I'm collecting cool things that happened on my birthday, and this one is a really nice addition!

Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I have become allergic to the word 'genuinely', and it is getting worse. Earlier, I thought it was all AI-generated, which is quite unpleasant as it is. But what's even worse is that I think some people have now started to genuinely, unironically, use 'genuinely' in their emails. Whyyy.

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Here we go again, VFS Global appointment tomorrow. I hope this experience goes better than what I had a year ago...

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Dot Porter @leoba.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Do you use digitized medieval manuscripts in any capacity? Do you have opinions about the metadata that describes them? We want to hear from you! Please take a moment to fill out our very short survey. Please repost and share with anyone you know who might be interested! forms.gle/sBPXAnoRhwe1...

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Digitized Medieval Manuscripts: Metadata Preferences

A brief survey about what metadata formats people prefer to go along with their digitized medieval manuscripts. The results of this survey will be used to consider what metadata we make available thro...

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

What do they say? I'm in this picture and I don't like it?

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

So I went to see That Classics-Related Movie this week, and now I'm reading all the takes instead of doing my actual work --

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's great to have online access to scholarship, but it seems some universities think that spending money on e-versions replaces buying physical volumes... and sometimes I just want to be able to move about in an actual book without triple-authentication, each chapter being a separate PDF, and such.

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I have had such productive exchanges, including major grant writing, with colleagues from Exeter. If you have not already done so, consider signing this petition for theology and religious studies (docs.google.com/document/d/1.... ) and for the humanities (c.org/JFDSQr2WYV).

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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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LECTIO Institute @lectio-institute.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

V LECTIO Interdisciplinary Summer School “Translations in the Premodern and Early Modern World” 8-9 September 2026, Old Abbey of Kortenberg. Masterclasses, research pitches, and a lot of conversations across disciplines! Program and registration (until 30 June): www.kuleuven.be/lectio/event...

A banner with a white background and an image of the Abbey of Kortenberg as an illustration, as well as the logos of LECTIO Institute and KU Leuven. The text reads: "Translations in the Premodern and Early Modern World. V LECTIO Interdisciplinary Summer School. 8-9 September 2026, Oude Abdij Kortenberg. 8 masterclasses - 7 disciplines - 3 main topics: material dimensions of translation, translation techniques and methods, and translators and interpreters in their societies. Register by 30 June at [link].

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

...and once again, I find myself removing a "the author seems not to be a native speaker" from the otherwise helpful review *sigh*

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Can one admit that they don't know what 'operationalization' means? (Asking for a friend. Obviously.)

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I am obliged to repost this hedgehog every time it comes across my feed. I don't make the rules.

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Thank you to the @tetraseminar.bsky.social organisers and everyone who came to listen to my paper! It was the most well-organised online seminar I've given, and great to have plenty of time for discussion.

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I look forward to talking about corrections! As I was preparing the paper and looked through my old notes, it turned out that this was the very first topic I tried to tackle at the beginning of my DPhil — back then I thought I could cover all its aspects in a couple of pages...

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This is what I needed to become a successful LinkedIn academic!

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This is great to see. We should be able to read in more languages, not less, and we should be able to publish in more languages, not just English.

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The application period for the Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon 2026 (#DHH26) is now open (until 14 April). Apply now & spread the word: heldig.fi/dhh26

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Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon 2026 #DHH26 | Digital Humanities | University of Helsinki

Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon #DHH26 | 20.–29.5.2026

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Tiny terracotta aryballos (oil flask) in the form of a hedgehog. East Greek from Naucratis, Egypt, 550 BC. British Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small clay aryballos (oil flask) in the form of a hedgehog. It has a rounded, squat body with a long pointed snout. At the top of the body is a small spout for filling with oil. Sculpted details include eyes and ears ears. The light tan surface is painted with dark spots representing the hedgehog’s spines. It measures 4.8 cm in length and 3 cm in height. Dated circa 550 BC. From Naucratis, Egypt.

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

In further extremely boring fights with Outlook, I figured out that while "categories" are easy to manage but hard to use in the desktop app, the opposite is true for the mobile. Lesson 1: If you can avoid Outlook, do so. Lesson 2: If you are stuck with it (like I am), try different clients/apps.

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I do lots of things that are challenging and cool (like coordinating large funding applications, for instance), but the writing group is my favourite initiative. It's small, it's cheap, it doesn't bring funding or visibility, but it has its own real impact. (Cheesy, I know, but that's how I feel!)

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Took me forever to add my Google Calendar (private) to my Outlook App (work), but without syncing all 100500 emails that sit in the Gmail account. Finally, I succeeded (by trying it on the web version, no idea why). But... now all my Google events appear double. *Faut pas chercher à comprendre*.

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

"Your books have turned your life upside down" ἀντέστροφέν σου τὸν βίον τὰ βιβλία #Theognetus

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Presenting today in Liège www.mondesanciens.uliege.be/cms/c_128000...

Conference programme "Copiste de son texte, auteur de sa copie"

Photo of the sunrise taken from a train, with the tracks and wind turbines in the background

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Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Next Wed 28 Jan I’ll be running a *free* 60-minute webinar on ‘How to Start Learning Grant Writing’ (4-5pm CET). It’s intended for grad students and ECRs in the arts/humanities planning to apply for their first big grants. Please share widely! www.eventbrite.com/e/pbp-how-to...

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PBP ‘How to Start Learning Grant Writing: A Free PhD/ECR Webinar’

This 60-minute beginners’ webinar is intended as an introduction to the process of learning how to write strong research grant proposals.

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Why do so many reviewers feel the need to assume that the author may not be a native speaker? Just say that the writing has its flaws (and list them if possible). #AcademicSky

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Jinxed that, I'm afraid. Still, maybe this will happen one day, one way or another...

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LECTIO Institute @lectio-institute.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The call for Visiting Fellowships is open! In a nutshell: 📚 Open topic (x2) or a more specific theme (x3) ⏳ 4–6 weeks in the academic year 2026–2027 💶 Non-stipendiary (alas!), but we will cover travel to/from Leuven and accommodation 📆 Apply by 6 March 2026 🔗 www.kuleuven.be/lectio/visit...

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

An opinion: (1) hybrid participation – at least passively – is a good thing for lots of reasons; (2) it is not hugely difficult to arrange, and we all should be able to handle the setting up by now; (3) those not doing the setup still need to acknowledge that it needs people and thinking through.

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Among other things, I'm preparing a suggestion to teach an MA course on ancient books, hopefully to begin next autumn. It's getting more and more real, with ECTS and exam description, so it's very exciting (and a bit scary).

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The Helsinki Centre for Intellectual History 2025 conference asks what it means to be in and out of the canon in intellectual history. 📅 15–17 December 2025 📍 University of Helsinki 🗂️ Conference schedule now available: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...

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In and Out of the Canon in Intellectual History | Centre for Intellectual History | University of Helsinki

The Helsinki Centre for Intellectual History devotes its 2025 conference to exploring the question of being in and out of the canon of intellectual history. We welcome proposals for panels and individ...

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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Picard management tip: If you're on red alert every day, then red alert means nothing.

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

A very nice volume coming from an event at LECTIO (@lectio-institute.bsky.social), also featuring my collection of thoughts on prefaces and names. Always strange (but also enjoyable) to think back to the original conference when the publication comes out.

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Matthew Scarborough 𓀀 @mattitiahu.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Just about ten years now in the making: The IE-CoR database paper has finally been published. C. Anderson, M. Scarborough, [ ... 96 further authors ... ], R. Gray & P. Heggarty. 2025. The Indo-European Cognate Relationships Dataset. Scientific Data 12:1541.

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The Indo-European Cognate Relationships dataset - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - The Indo-European Cognate Relationships dataset

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I still don't have a good way to bookmark cool things on here... so I'll just repost them instead.

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Can anyone recommend a tool for creating 'bookmarks' or saving posts on here? Or is there an obvious one which I've missed?

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Cambridge University Press - Linguistics @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org · 18/08/2025

📢 Don’t miss the first articles from CHR’s themed issue, Expanding the Toolkit: Large Language Models in Humanities Research! Read the issue #openaccess here: 📚 cup.org/4lvH2Ow #computationalhumanities #CHR @comphumresearch.bsky.social @nolauren.bsky.social @folgertk.bsky.social

Expanding the Toolkit: Large Language Models in Humanities Research. Computational Humanities Research.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

For #EpigraphyTuesday a Trier black slipped ware motto beaker bearing the Latin inscription: PARCE AQVAM ADIC MERVM - save the water, pour unmixed #wine! Trier motto beakers are frequently decorated with toasts to life and wine. From Trier, dating around 300 AD. 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

A pottery beaker featuring a broad, rounded body with a distinct shoulder, a relatively narrow neck, and a flared rim. Decorated with swirling white patterns and letters around the shoulder. The brown surface is accented by a band of small circular motifs above the letters and painted face images on opposite sides. The vase is displayed against a dark blue background on a flat surface.

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

One more point on this: dear fellow academics, when you announce conferences or events without a hybrid option [another topic...], please do so at least 1-2 months in advance. This way, those who have it a bit harder to arrange travel/visas/other things can make sure they can attend. Accessibility!

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Visa application centres are the greatest scam ever. You cannot opt out, you pay extra, and then they have a website upload system that crashes (but if you don't want to use it, you have to pay to scan your documents there). Well, at least now I don't have to travel for 2h to get to one!

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Daria Kohler @dareiadareia.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

In Köln for #papycongress2025. Already spotted three people with conference bags at the hotel breakfast and one person studying the programme.

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