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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

AI-teh seminar #4: On Oct 5, K. Kruusmaa, AI Alignment Lead (EKI) will be speaking about how LLM-s are both the instruments and the objects of humanities research, yet they behave differently in every language and culture. This talk is about the values, attitudes and cultural knowledge models carry.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Meet our new researcher, Laura Ivaska! Laura is working at DigiTS on the project Computational Literary Stylistics: The Style of an Author-Translator. Her research interests include indirect translation, translation history, and computational approaches to translated texts. Welcome aboard, Laura! 🔆

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

CALL FOR COURSE AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS for the 38th ESSLLI, held in Tartu in Aug '27 - apply with an idea by Oct 1! Likely no heatwaves & the 🍷Tartu wine and food festival, 🎶old town festival Sumin and 🎥 open-air movie festival Tartuff taking place in Aug. Join us: 2027.esslli.eu/calls/call-f...

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Applications are now open! Join the DigiTS team as a Junior Researcher. As a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Tartu, you will be provided a monthly salary of €2,100, ambitious colleagues, an international atmosphere and flexible working arrangements. Read more: digits.ut.ee/join-the-team/

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For many Polish academics, UT holds a special place in the imagination. “It’s a university of history- in the 19th century, there were lots of Poles- incl. some very important scholars- studying here after universities in Warsaw & Vilnius were closed down." Read more: tinyurl.com/maciejintartu

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Language, literature and discovery: researching digital humanities at the University of Tartu

Maciej Eder is a Visiting Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Tartu. Inspired by Tartu’s historic academic past, Maciej is helping to build an international research centre dedicated ...

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Already on Monday, Sep 7, we look forward to seeing you at the DigiTS AI-teh seminar on Zoom! Prof. Nina Tahmasebi will introduce the pipeline for computational modeling of semantic change and the state-of-the-art in terms of modeling and evaluation. Read more and register at: digits.ut.ee/ai-teh/

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We are looking for a PhD student to join our team at the University of Tartu! 🔌Research topic: Linguistic Annotation with LLMs 🔌Application period: September 15-30 🔌Additional information: ut.ee/en/content/p... (under Linguistics)

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The DigiTS AI-teh seminar is continuing in September, starting with a presentation by Prof. N. Tahmasebi! Register here: tinyurl.com/digitsAI-teh

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

@botondszemes.bsky.social's new paper is now available in Neohelicon! The paper offers a new interpretation of Nobel Prize winner Krasznahorkai’s novels, conceptualizing doors as active participants in the network of human and non-human relations that constitute the author’s fictional universe.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#ESSLLI2026 is currently taking place, bringing together hundreds of students of language, logic and information in Prague. Our PhD students, Bhumika and Sofia are there to make the most of it. "ESSLLI is an intellectual challenge, in the best possible way," they share. Next year in Tartu!

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Our PI, Prof. Maciej Eder, presented his keynote speech, Computational Stylistics in Action, at #DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea last week. See what they did with the required equipment to win the Antonio Zampolli prize! computationalstylistics.github.io/presentation...

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

OPEN CALL: We are happy to announce we will be hosting the annual European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information in Tartu in August 2027! Submit your proposal at easychair.org/cfp/ESSLLI27 by October this year. We hope to see you in Tartu! Photo: Mana Kaasik

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

If you missed A. Karjus's brilliant presentation on AI in Research last month, you can now watch it on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daef... The AI-teh seminar series continues in September.

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AI-teh seminar 08.06.26. Andres Karjus- AI in Research: from Annotators to Assistants and Agents

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Last week, DigiTS celebrated the end of the semester in the beautiful Estonian countryside. Despite some rain, it was a pleasure to discover old manor houses, bike through the forest, enjoy the seaside and play some chess at the Rakvere Castle.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🗓️ June 8 ⏰ 16:00-17:30 EEST 📍Ülikooli 18-139 & Zoom AI-teh seminar #2: today, @andreskarjus.bsky.social, UT Associate Professor of Computational Social Science will be speaking on AI in Research: from Annotators to Assistants and Agents. Join us in Tartu or via Zoom: lnkd.in/eTAfAcbE

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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

#CCLS2026: First talk of the conference is "Contrasting Verbal Prominence and Network Centrality. A Typology of Dramatic #Characters" by @botondszemes.bsky.social, examining different dimensions of character prominence in plays. #DraCor #Shakespeare #JCLS Preprint: doi.org/10.26083/tud...

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We are launching a new hybrid seminar series, in which we invite colleagues from the humanities and social sciences to present how they use AI in their research. The seminars are practically oriented demonstrations of instances of implementing AI at any stage of research. More: digits.ut.ee/ai-teh/

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

DigiTS promotes a good work-pasta balance for all its employees. 🍝

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Looking forward to seeing you in Tartu or on Zoom later today to discuss academic publishing in transition, multilingual and open scholarshop and the evolving role of AI in research and knowledge production. More information and registration: digits.ut.ee/events/

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

On April 22, we are organising a seminar on publication strategies with presentations by @artjomshl.bsky.social, Institute of Czech Literature, and Alan C. Arce & F. Forghan-Parast from the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab @uvic.ca. Join in Tartu or via Zoom at 18:00-19.30 EEST! digits.ut.ee/events

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A special issue of Economies is now accepting submissions! The editors, incl. @thiagodoliveira.bsky.social welcome papers providing new evidence on the role of climate risks, geopolitical uncertainty & macroeconomic policies in shaping resilient economic systems. www.mdpi.com/journal/econ...

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

On May 6-8, we are organising a workshop on Network Analysis in the Humanities. Registration is now open! Speakers include M. Romanello from University of Zurich & M. Eder, B. Szemes & T. D. Oliveira from the DigiTS team at University of Tartu. See more: digits.ut.ee/network-anal...

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The #DH2026 keynote speakers have been announced and we are happy to share the DigiTS PI Maciej Eder, winner of the 2026 Antonio Zampolli Prize has been selected as one of the main speakers. See you in South Korea! 🎉

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Today, we are participating at the Faculty's Career Day! You'll find us in the lobby of Lossi 3, until 14.30. We are introducing our DH minor, the DigiTS project and internships opportunities. After the event, Prof. Maciej Eder will be giving an overview of the project at 15 (Lossi 3-207). Welcome!

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Our Researcher in Digital Humanities, Thiago Dumont Oliveira has published a paper investigating the changing nature of French drama between 1700-1900. Results indicate the topical distribution of French drama changed profoundly after the French Revolution. Read more: arxiv.org/abs/2602.00588

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Our Researcher in Digital Humanities, @botondszemes.bsky.social spoke about Central European literary memory as reflected in Wikipedia and the possible use of LLMs in cleaning Wikidata query results on a workshop Vienna on January 23rd, focusing on Wikipedia, Wikidata, and literary studies.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Ever wonder if there's a specific “language” to Disinformation? The DigiTS reading group discussed N. Lebbernegg's, @jamoeberl.bsky.social & co's “Do You Speak Disinformation?” which explores how explainable machine learning can be used to spot deceptive news articles based on style & structure.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

What is ETIS, how are publications classified, where to find information about funding opportunities and how to avoid predatory journals? Our week started off with learning! See the slides by UT Grant Office's K. Lauk at sisu.ut.ee/wp-content/u.... All DigiTS materials are available on our website.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

What a year! Wishing everyone a beautiful end of the year and a joyful 2026! Picture: Prof. Liina Lindström being awarded 💫 'Project of the Year' for DigiTS at the UT Faculty of Arts and Humanities Christmas party. Photo: Kaimar T. Tamm.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

DigiTS has been selected as the Project of the Year 2025 by the University of Tartu Faculty of Arts and Humanities! 🎉 Thank you for the recognition- it’s wonderful to see our impact reaching beyond our own Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Last week, our centre hosted the seminar Large Language Models and the Estonian Language: the State of the Art, followed by a fruitful roundtable discussion with local experts. All slides of the presentations are now accessible at our website: digits.ut.ee/events/.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

November may be Estonia's gloomiest month but going to a bog + culture hunt is never a bad idea. 🚶Pictures from the team's first day trip to Southern Estonia last week- Meenikunno bog + Värska Farm Museum, where we enjoyed learning about Seto culture and got the chance to hear Seto leelo singing.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

DigiTS weekly reading club has kicked off! 🎭 On the 1st meeting, our DH researcher Botond Szemes's recent paper on comp. approaches to Shakeaspeare was discussed. Interestingly, his analysis suggested lexicon-based and LLM-based approaches produce similar sentiment arcs for Shakespeare’s plays.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Registration for the event Large Language Models and the Estonian Language: the State of the Art still open until 15.11. Join in person or via Zoom! The event will be opened by Prof. Maciej Eder, followed by experts from the Institute of the Estonian Language & UT Institute of Computer Science.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Welcome to DigiTS, Thiago Dumont Oliveira! Thiago's research bridges computational linguistics, network analysis, intellectual history and cultural history. He is currently investigating the evolution of Italian, French and German libretti in the 17th and 18th centuries using NLP techniques.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

On Nov 19 at 14-16 (EET), DigiTS is organising a hybrid seminar on LLM-s and the Estonian language, focussing on how Estonian language data are currently being collected for AI development & what strategies are used to assess quality and create benchmarking frameworks. digihum.ut.ee/en/news/semi...

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Seminar on large language models and the Estonian language on November 19

On November 19 from 14:00 to 16:00, the University of Tartu Centre for Digital Humanities will host an English-language seminar titled Large Language Models and the Estonian Language: the State of the...

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Meet Kristiina Vaik (PhD in Linguistics),Researcher in Digital Humanities since this month!🔌Her work centers on corpus & computational linguistics and NLP, with particular interest in text classification and Web corpora. Before UT, she worked as data scientist at TEXTA, local language tech start-up.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Autumn at DigiTS 2/2: meetings with Lit. museum & Cybernetica to provide input for the new HumLab; MEDAL conference; meeting with ERC grantholder L. Kanger and upcoming participation at ERC info event. In Nov, we'll also be hosting an event on Estonian language technologists' involvement in LLMs!

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Autumn at DigiTS 1/2: lectures, 🍁 walks, meetings. When work starts to feel overwhelming, it’s good to go on a hike, but if even the colours of trail markers remind you of the project's logo, it's time to accept fate. 😝 By the end of next week, our entire team will be complete. Above excited!

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

On Oct 1, we were joined by Botond Szemes (PhD in Literary Studies). His research explores computational approaches to literature, including stylometry, quantitative drama analysis and network theory, as well as the role of statistical methods and data visualization in knowledge production. Welcome!

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

On Oct 9-10, a conference on Data-Driven Approaches to Linguistics is taking place in Tartu! Today, J. Wilbur is presenting his recent work on Pite Sámi and 3 of our new people- S. Kriuchkova, B. Szemes and B. Bhattacharyya are presenting their 📈 research posters. More info at medal.ut.ee! Welcome!

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Welcome aboard, Sofia Kriuchkova! Sofia is a Junior Researcher interested in grammar, language variation, sociolinguistics, and gender studies in linguistics. Her dissertation focuses on differences in the language use of Estonian-speaking men and women.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Last week, we participated at our institute's 🔎 Research Day. Prof. L. Lindström gave students and colleagues an overview of DigiTS and talked about opportunities offered. Each year, we aim to hire 2 humanities/computer science students 👫to provide valuable experience to future academics.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Happy to have hosted Erika Iwasaki and Kayoko Kawai from Tokyo National Museum who told us about DH initiatives in Japan and showed us their digital collections. We discussed popularising DH in Japan and Estonia, talked about our centre and future plans- and how AI might change it all.

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

We're happy to welcome Bhumika Bhattacharyya from Kolkata, India to our team! The new Junior Researcher is focused on computational linguistics and digital humanities, with particular interest in low-resource Indic languages, hate speech detection, and content moderation. Tere tulemast!, Bhumika!

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DigiTS @digitsut.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

New semester is approaching! Several of our centre's courses have been renewed, such as Data Science and Digital Humanities! 10 lecturers from various disciplines will be teaching, using datasets from archaeology, literature, political science, etc. 🤖 Registrer now: tinyurl.com/digihumdata 🤖

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