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Isabella Lewis @irvlewis.bsky.social · 19h
On Saturday, 7 November, I will be running a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon around the theme of Byzantine women & genderqueer saints. I hope that this workshop will help to improve the coverage of women and LGBTQ+ history on Wikipedia. To attend, follow this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wiki-edit-...
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Wiki Edit-a-Thon: Byzantine Women & Genderqueer Saints
An in-person edit-a-thon that aims to improve the coverage of Byzantine women & genderqueer saints on Wikipedia. No prior experience needed.
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚨The deadline is approaching, do not forget to send your abstracts!
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📜Call for Papers - Digital Practices and Medieval Data IMC 2027, 5-8 July 2027 Digital Medievalist invites proposals for IMC 2027 in Leeds at the intersection of digital and medieval studies, from digital editing to machine learning. ⏰ Deadline: 20 Sept. 2026 ➡️ Full call: tinyurl.com/y8hhzusf
Flyer for IMC 2027 call for papaer
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📣CfP: Words in Space: HTR, Computer Vision, and the Spatial Dimensions of Language and Script The conference explores the metrology of signs and words through an interdisciplinary approach. 📍Aubervilliers (France) 📅14 Dec. 2026 🚨Submission deadline: 10 sept. 2026 ▶️ tinyurl.com/yp4u6p4d
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Words in Space: HTR, Computer Vision, and the Spatial Dimensions of Language and Script - Sciencesconf.org
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A moment of heartfelt gratitude! ❤️ This month marks an milestone for Digital Medievalist. We want to take a moment to celebrate three Executive Board members who completed their mandates : @luiseborek.bsky.social , @stewartbrookes.bsky.social, and Tobias Hodel. We’ll miss having you here!
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
10 Open-Access Medieval Studies Articles Published in July 2026 www.medievalists.net/2026/08/medi... #medievalstudies #openaccess
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10 Open-Access Medieval Studies Articles Published in July 2026 - Medievalists.net
Discover ten open-access medieval studies articles published in July 2026, covering the Voynich Manuscript, King Arthur, bear-bating, archaeology and more.
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
What a productive week at the #IMC2026 for Digital Medievalist! First, our sessions brought together specialists for a full day dedicated to the current landscape of Digital Medieval Studies. The talks featured rich cross-domain dialogue, ranging from Chinese letter analysis to CER evaluation.
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📣 Voynich alert! 'Singulion Structure and the Voynich Manuscript', by Colin Layfield and Lisa Fagin Davis Our latest article from the Digital Medievalist Journal: 🔗 tinyurl.com/45hsw3an @lisafdavis.bsky.social #medievalsky #DigitalHumanities
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Singulion Structure and the Voynich Manuscript
Introduction The enduring mystery of the Voynich Manuscript (a.k.a. Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library MS 408) lies with its illustrations, certainly, but also with its text, ...
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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
📣 New Palaeography Pages 📣 Some documents in our digital corpus carry distinctive scribal features worth a closer look - and we’ve now built dedicated pages spelling out exactly what makes them interesting, right down to the line and the letter... 1/2
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
📜 Joining the #IMC2026 in Leeds? Digital Medievalist is proud to sponsor a lineup of sessions, round tables, and workshops with from 7-11 July. Discover how large language models, spectral imaging, and linked data are transforming medieval scholarship. Full schedule below ⬇️. 1/10
A flyer for the International Medieval Congress From 6 to 9 July 2026 in Leeds, with a the special thematic Temporalities. The flyer shows medieval objects, medals and illuminations over a red background.
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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
On the 25th June we're holding a talk from a visiting fellow introducing Augmented Reading, a framework that enables close(r) reading at scale. Lunch will be provided, and to find out more and register see: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/augmen...
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Augmented Reading: Retrieval, Context, and Interpretation across Literary and Archival Materials
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UK-Ireland DH Association @ukiedh.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is your reminder that our Pilot Small Grants Scheme closes TOMORROW!! Get your applications in while you still can! #DH #DigitalHeritage #ECRs
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🚨 Job alert: Research Fellow, Project ‘Strange Geographies: Spatial Imaginaries of Medieval Britain’ You will carry out desk and archive-based research into manuscripts and preparing materials for web publication. 📆 Deadline: July 7th 📍Uni. of Southampton, UK ▶️ To apply: tinyurl.com/48bebudb
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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow: AHRC Project ‘Strange Geographies: Spatial Imaginaries of Medieval Britain’
The University of Southampton is seeking to appoint a post-doctoral Research Fellow for 30 months (with the possibility of extension). The Fellow will support the AHRC-Funded project 'Strange Geograph...
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Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz @nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Thanks for everyone who already signed up to this fab event! Today, 10 June, is the last day for official registrations! If you find that you want to join us for #DMSI2026 at @imc-leeds.bsky.social after today, do please get in touch with us at dmsi.hello [at] gmail.com and we'll do our best!
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
📜Call for Papers: The JOHD is accepting submissions on Digital Resources for the Languages in Ireland & Britain. Seeking data/discussion papers on under-resourced, regional, historical & sign languages. ℹ️ Contact @meganbushnell.bsky.social ▶️ Full call: tinyurl.com/ytn6nxke
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Digital Resources for the Languages in Ireland and Britain | Journal of Open Humanities Data
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🚨Last chance to join us for the DMSI 2026 at the @imc-leeds.bsky.social. Gain hands-on experience in #digital methods adapted to medieval texts and images. 📆Jul 10 2026 📍Leeds, UK ▶️ tinyurl.com/5cm6ymn7 And if you have already registered for the IMC, you can still add DMSI to your registration.
Flyer advertising the DMSI 2026 at Leeds IMC.
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
📜Call for paper: Reconsidering Fabliaux through the Lens of Digital Humanities, 17-19 June (Lyon, France) 📚abstract 250–300 words (Fren. or Engl.) 📆Deadline: 31 Dec. 26 📩Send your abstract to corinne.pierreville@univ-lyon3.fr 🔗 More about the Fabliaux project: tinyurl.com/89tnx6xe
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Fabliaux
Le projet consiste en la création d’un corpus numérique de fabliaux français du Moyen Âge, au format XML-TEI, pérenne et interrogeable, hébergé sur la Base de Français Médiéval afin de favoriser les r...
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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Hey medievalists! Do you have a recent digital project you want reviewed in Speculum? Please send in nominations for recent projects on the following themes/methodologies : Women & gender Law/legal cultures Maps & mapping For more info, see the call for projects www.themedievalacademyblog.org
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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Wonderful blog from the @notredame.bsky.social Medieval Institute on our Deeds of the Guild of Saint Anne collaboration with @rialibrary.bsky.social + @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social 😀 👉 www.virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/g... medieval.nd.edu/news-events/... @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social
Homepage of the Medieval Institute's Research Blog: Research Blog: “Gold among the Ashes: The Deeds of the Guild of St. Anne” showing the Irish Historic Towns Atlas of medieval Dublin.Map of Medieval Dublin, from Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 11 Dublin, part I, to 1610 by H.B. Clarke (Dublin, 2002)
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
📣 Are you interested in the intersection of Machine Learning and Medieval Studies? We're excited to announce a LATE CALL for our upcoming session, "Digital Medieval Studies: Machine Learning, Model Development, and Applications", as part of the IMC Leeds 2026. 📆 8 Jul 26 ▶️ tinyurl.com/3vdm8n8y
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
📣If you plan on attending ICMS Kalamazoo or IMC Leeds, there are still some few seats remaining for the Digital Medieval Studies Institute. Join us for hands-on sessions with Digital Methods for Medieval Data! #medievalsky #digitalhumanities #DMSI
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Dot Porter @leoba.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Folks! I'm teaching a one-day workshop for DMSI in Leeds. If you're already planning to attend the conference, consider sticking around for one more day to learn all about Manuscript Materiality in a Digital World. We'll look at manuscripts from Leeds' collections and then we'll talk digital!
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James Cummings @jamescummings.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
#medieval #medievalsky #dh #digitalHumanities #digitalmedieval @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social
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Christof S. 🇪🇺 @christof.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/03/2026
The Digital Humanities Awards 2025 are open for voting!! Check out all the nominated resources here: dhawards.org/dhawards2025/voting And remember to vote before April 17, 2026! #DigitalHumanities #Awards #Vote #Projects #Visualisation #Resource #DH_for_fun #DHAwards
Screenshot of the start page of the "Digital Humanities Awards".
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Peter T. Evans @petertevans.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
#DigitalHumanities postdoc at University of Cambridge. F/T postdoc researcher working on international collaboration to develop AI-based solutions for research on archival materials. Funding: Humanities & AI Virtual Institute (HAVI), Schmidt Sciences Foundation. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a full time post-doctoral researcher to work on an international collaboration to develop AI-based solutions for research on archival materials as part of the Humanities
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🎙 Coding Codices Podcast - Season 2 Ep.2 In this episode, our Postgraduate Committee members reflect on what it means to be an early-career digital medievalist and discuss broader questions about what #digitalhumanities /digital medievalistics means to them. ▶️ tinyurl.com/5297u3ae #medievalsky
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Series 2, Episode 2: Introduction to the New Committee (Part 1)
About this Episode Recorded 29 December 2025. Edited by Cihan Şimşek. This episode contains an introduction to Season Two of the Coding Codices Podcast and a chat with Digital Medievalist Postgradu…
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
📜 Data in Historical Linguistics Seminar Series - Seminar 6 Roksana Goworek (QMUL, UK): "An Interactive Tool for Interpretable Semantic Change Analysis via Definition-Aligned Embedding Spaces”. 📅13th Apr. 26, 5pm BST (online) ▶️Info and registration: tinyurl.com/mbsrxcwp #digitalhumanities
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Roksana Goworek, An Interactive Tool for Interpretable Semantic Change Analysis via Definition-Aligned Embedding Spaces
Data in Historical Linguistics seminar series. Monday, 13 April 2026, 5pm BST. Registration closes at 12am BST on Friday 10 April 2026. Remote: link to participate via Microsoft Teams will be sent v...
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Katarzyna Anna Kapitan @kakapitan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
#jobklaxon 10 postdocs available at @psl-univ.bsky.social in #AI. Working language: English. Btw. #digitalhumanities also happen under the AI hype these days, so get in touch and walk by this very building on your way to work. Join me in being #touristatwork #juniorProfInParis
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Katarzyna Anna Kapitan @kakapitan.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
#jobklaxon Do you want to do a PhD in #history and/or #philology and #digitalhumanities? Come to work with us in Paris at @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social 3 funded posts: www.chartes.psl.eu/gazette-char... Perhaps of interest to the @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social community.
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Appel à candidature pour les contrats doctoraux 2026
L’École nationale des chartes - PSL ouvre un appel à candidature pour financer des contrats doctoraux pour deux à trois doctorants. Dépôt des candidatures à la direction des études avant le 22 mai 202...
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
📜The event is next Wednesday, do not miss it!
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Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz @nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
So excited to have Eyal Poleg from Hidden in Plain Sight @hips-project.bsky.social to come and talk to us at DH Research Group at Leeds @dcch-leeds.bsky.social on Wed, 18 March! 😍 All welcome to the **hybrid event**. Further info and registration: dcch.leeds.ac.uk/events/new-s... #bookhistory #dh
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New Scientific Methods in Unfolding the Afterlife of Sacred Books | Digital Creativity and Cultures Hub
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Katarzyna Anna Kapitan @kakapitan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
#jobklaxon Lecturer in #digitalhumanities at @ucc.ie Salary: €42,102 - €72,452 (Scale B) / €44,169 - €68,942 (Scale A). Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (ore.ucc.ie). Maybe of interest to the @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social community!
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University College Cork Vacancies
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Andres Karjus @andreskarjus.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Come work with us! Tallinn Uni is hiring a second lecturer in DH&AI. Estonian proficiency not required, foreign applicants welcome, required phd can be in progress (expected to be completed), competitive salary+benefits, nice working environment close to the sea candidate.recrur.com/public/jobad...
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🗳️ Nomination for the DH Awards 2025 will close in a few days! Vote for you favourite (medieval) Digital Resources. #DHAwards #digitalhumanities
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The Digital Medievalist Postgraduate Committee invites you to Coding Codices Live: Medieval March - a series of beginner-friendly workshops to help you start using digital methods with medieval sources. Open to MA students, PhDs & early-career researchers. 🗓️ Register by Feb 23 🔗 lnkd.in/dbJS2YhE
Poster for "Coding Codices Live: Medieval March." Four Events in March 2026.
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UK-Ireland DH Association @ukiedh.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
⏰30 January⏰ is the deadline for the #CallForPapers for the UK-Ireland DH Association's 2026 Annual Event (15-16 June, University of Southampton & online). Theme: #Sustainability We look forward to receiving your proposals! digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026-annual-... #DigitalHumanities
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2026 Call for Proposals | UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
🚨The deadline for bursaries is tomorrow, do not miss it!
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
📅 The deadline for bursaries is in a week, so don't wait!
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Katarzyna Anna Kapitan @kakapitan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
When talking about #OCR / #HTR / #ATR and #OldNorse I’ve been often asked whether LLMs and VLMs aren’t going to take away “our jobs“. Well, as much I’d love them to, the #digitalhumanities hackathon last wk demonstrated that we’re nowhere near yet. @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social
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DH Awards @dhawards.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Nominations are open for DH Awards 2025. Anyone can nominate things that are #DigitalHumanities, available to voters, and updated in 2025. #DH Nominations close 2026-02-26 and the only way something gets on the ballot. You only need to nominate something once. dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
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DH Awards 2025 – Call For Nominations | Digital Humanities Awards
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
A new digital library full of manuscripts and incunabula to discover! 📜 #medievalsky #DigitalHumanities
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
📢 Applications are OPEN for #DMSI 2026! Join us for the fourth #Digital #Medieval Studies Institute in: 🇺🇸 US: 13 May (at ICMS Kalamazoo) 🇬🇧 UK: 10 July (at IMC Leeds) ⚠️ Bursary Deadline: 20 Jan 2026 ▶️ Info: US: tinyurl.com/DMSI-2026-US UK: tinyurl.com/DMSI-2026-UK Questions? 📧 dmsi.hello@gmail.com
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
🚨Phd Position in #Digital #Medieval Manuscripts Studies You will be part of an international research project, applying innovative computational methods to the study of the transmission history of the Latin Physiologus and the Bestiary. 📍Radbout University (NL) 📆15 Jan 2026 ▶️ tinyurl.com/3wtcxpfc
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PhD Position in Medieval Manuscript Studies | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a PhD Candidate in Medieval Manuscript Studies at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!
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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
This document features in the latest launch on our digital corpus - as well as in November's Document of the Month, 'A History of Two Iranian Festivals: Nawrūz and Sada' by Simone Cristoforetti: bit.ly/NawruzandSada. #digitalhumanities #medievalsky #BamiyanPapers #NewPersian
Photograph is of a document lying on a black background. The document has tears, marks and folds and has New Persian script written in black ink. There is a shelf mark on the right hand side.
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Brepols @brepols.net · 19/11/2025
The International #Bibliography of #Humanism and the #Renaissance (IBHR) has been updated. 3,022 records were added More Info: bit.ly/4o8eWKH #EarlyModern #RenaissanceSky #HumanismSky #Bibliographies #DigitalHumanities
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Sciences Po médialab @medialab-scpo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Mardi 25 novembre, @jbcamps.bsky.social présentera le projet LostMA lors du séminaire du médialab. Combinant philologie, science de la complexité et intelligence artificielle, ce projet vise à comprendre les processus évolutifs qui caractérisent la transmission textuelle. Inscription 👇
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Modelling the transmission and survival of texts and manuscripts | médialab Sciences Po
Le séminaire du médialab accueille Jean-Baptiste Camps pour une séance sur le projet LostMA sur la transmission et la survie des anciens textes. Il analysera comment et pourquoi certains textes manusc...
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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🚨Job Klaxon: The ERC project COALA (Computational Corpus Annotation for Quantitative Analysis of Latin Lexical Semantics) is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Latin Linguistics. 📍 King’s College London, UK ⌛ Duration: 3 years ⏰ Deadline: 2 December 2025 ➡️ To apply: tinyurl.com/rme6rczh
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Post-doctoral Research Associate in Latin Linguistics | King's College London
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Digital History Berlin @dighistberlin.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
📯Digital Methods in Diplomatics: At this week's #DigitalHistoryOFK, Noé Leroy applies computational stylometry to medieval diplomatic writing on the chancery of Liège. 📅 19 Nov, 16-18 Uhr (CET), online ℹ️ Abstract: dhistory.hypotheses.... #DigitalMethods #DigitalHistory #digitalHumanities
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European Association for Digital Humanities (EADH) @eadhorg.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🚨 #CfA - EADH Small Grants 2025–2026🚨 #EADH can support your #DH project — from workshops to research trips or new initiatives. 💶 Up to €1. 000 per grant | 🗓️ Deadline: 16 Nov 2025 👉 eadh.org/news/2025/09... Let’s strengthen #DigitalHumanities together!
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Call for EADH Small Grants (2025-2026) | EADH - The European Association for Digital Humanities
We are delighted to announce that the European Association of Digital Humanities (EADH)  is launching a new Small Grants funding round.
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Digital Humanities Lab, Exeter @dhlabexeter.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Check out this fascinating research from the Florence4D project that is coordinated by Prof. Fabrizio Nevola, co-director of the Exeter DH Lab, and Cambridge Co-Investigator, Dr Donal Cooper! news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... #DH #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #DHLab #Exeter #3D #Research
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Exeter researchers lead digital reconstruction of historic Italian chapel and altarpiece for international art exhibition
A beautiful altarpiece finished by a Renaissance-era master painter has been digitally reconstructed by scholars at the University of Exeter for an international exhibition. The Strozzi Altarpiece, wi...
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