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Heidi Jauhiainen

@heidijauhiainen.bsky.social
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Egyptologist working on building digital tools for the study and production of hieroglyphic /ancient texts. University of Helsinki. Finnish Egyptological Society.

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Antiikintutkimuksen verkosto (Ave) @antiikintutkimus.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Turun yliopiston humanistinen aikakausmedia Soihtu käsittelee uusimmassa numerossaan antiikin roomalaisia juhlia! @utu.fi
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Yhtä juhlaa: katsaus antiikin juhliin
Juhlat ovat aina olleet tärkeä osa ihmisten elämää kaikissa kulttuureissa. Ne tuovat ihmiset yhteen iloitsemaan esimerkiksi erilaisista saavutuksista ja uusista elämänvaiheista. Juhlat rytmittävät ark...
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Please support the petition against the planned #closure of #Archaeology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Archaeology has been a part of Humboldt-Universität academic tradition for almost 200 years, so closing it would break a long-standing research tradition weact.campact.de/petitions/sc...
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Schließung des Instituts für Archäologie an der HU-Berlin
Die Archäologie gehört seit fast 200 Jahren zur wissenschaftlichen Tradition der Humboldt-Universität. Ihre Schließung bedeutet den Abbruch einer gewachsenen Forschungstradition und eine dauerhafte Sc...
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Suomen Egyptologinen Seura @egyptologinenseura.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Tervetuloa tammikuun kuukausikokoukseen ensi tiistaina 27.1.2026 klo 17.15 Tieteiden talon Cedercreutz-salissa (505). FT Heidi Jauhiainen esitelmöi aiheesta "Maailman vanhin papyrus ja pyramidinrakentajat: uutta tietoa vanhan valtakunnan ajalta". Myös Zoom www.egyptologinenseura.fi/kokoukset/
Egyptian pyramids and people
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Dr Ellie Bennett @drelliebennett.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Interested in ancient Western Asian masculinities? Remember to submit your abstracts by the 15th of December to take part in the workshop 'Shaping Men, Shaping Worlds: Masculinities in Ancient Western Asia'! t.ly/Dm3qN #History
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Shaping Men, Shaping Worlds: Masculinities in Ancient Western Asia | Ancient Near Eastern Empires | University of Helsinki
Hybrid workshop at the University of Helsinki on 27-28 August, 2026
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Lena Tambs @lenatambs.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
📢 The 4th instalment of our 'Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School' is coming up! Apply by 14 December, and join us in #Helsinki, June 2026! More information at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg... @anee-helsinki.bsky.social @helsinki.fi
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Apply to the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School 2026 | Ancient Near Eastern Empires | University of Helsinki
In 2026, the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School will return to Helsinki, Finland. The fourth edition of the summer school will be hosted at the University of Helsinki with contac...
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Heidi Jauhiainen @heidijauhiainen.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Our data paper on the Prosobab networks is now online. Of course #openaccess with the very efficient @up_johd: doi.org/10.5334/johd... #babylonia #1milleniumBC #SNA #mesopotamia
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Social Networks of Prosobab | Journal of Open Humanities Data
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Troels Pank Arbøll @panktroels.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
I am looking to fill a postdoctoral position on my research project Understanding Epidemics in Ancient Mesopotamia for a Near or Middle Eastern Archaeologist for 26 months on full time from February 2026. Deadline is 16th of November. Read more and apply through employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho....
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Postdoctoral position in Archaeology: Understanding Epidemics in Ancient Mesopotamia
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Lena Tambs @lenatambs.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Join us for another (hybrid) AMME Seminar this Thursday (23.10.25, at 16:15-18:00 EEST)! Session theme: Writing History in the Ancient World Speakers: - Johannes Bach - Jasmin Lukkari Abstracts & more info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg... @helsinki.fi @anee-helsinki.bsky.social #AMMEseminar
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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Great chance for researchers affiliated to a Swedish university to get a one-year scholarship to HCAS in Nordic Fellowship Program, funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond: www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-...
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Apply for the HCAS-RJ Fellowship | Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies | University of Helsinki
The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS) invites applications for one HCAS-RJ Fellow to be hired for a fixed term from August 15 2026 to August 14 2027.
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Lena Tambs @lenatambs.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Join us for another (hybrid) AMME Seminar this Thursday (25.09.25), 16:15-18:00 EEST)! Session theme: Science and the Social Lives of Ancient Materials Speakers: - Takehiro Miki - Marta Lorenzon More info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg... @helsinki.fi @anee-helsinki.bsky.social #AMMEseminar
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Tommi Jauhiainen @tosaja.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
On Tuesday, Research Council of Finland granted me Academy research fellow funding for four years to continue my core research in a project called ”Unseen Languages in Language Identification”: tiedejatutkimus.fi/fi/results/f...
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Tutustu rahoituspäätöksen tietoihin tiedejatutkimus.fi-palvelussa.
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Panehsy and Tarenu @thebantomb16.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Great opportunity to work at NVIC in Cairo with lovely people! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
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University Lecturer in Egyptology & Archaeology in Cairo
University Lecturer in Egyptology & Archaeology in CairoThe Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo is seeking a University Lecturer/Assistant Director in Egyptology & Archaeology (0,5 fte). Are you a ...
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ANEE Helsinki @anee-helsinki.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
UPDATE: Remote participation is possible for the upcoming workshop on the origins of Emesal, June 25. Join us from anywhere via Zoom! helsinki.zoom.us/j/69440740797 Learn more about this event here: The Origins of Emesal Workshop www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Tablet from Sippar, Sumerian Emesal hymn. (Image: The Trustees of the British Museum CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 )
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Alice Stevenson @alicestevenson.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
“The last three to four months has been the biggest flood of antiquities trafficking I have ever seen, from any country, ever.” ://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/08/looted-from-syria-sold-on-facebook-antiquities-smuggling-surges-after-fall-of-assad?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Looted from Syria, sold on Facebook: antiquities smuggling surges after fall of Assad
Collapse of once-feared security apparatus, coupled with widespread poverty, has triggered a gold rush
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Ambra Ferrari @ambrafer.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Big changes to the ERC funding schemes! Note the new eligibility criteria from 2027 on: 📌 Starting Grant: 0-10 y post-PhD 📌 Consolidator Grant: 5-15 y post-PhD erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
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Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes
With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...
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Dr Micòl Di Teodoro @micsim.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
#Egyptology
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Temporary position as Senior lecturer in Archaelology with a focus on Egyptian archaeology and cultural history - Uppsala University
Temporary position as Senior lecturer in Archaelology with a focus on Egyptian archaeology and cultural history, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of A...
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Christopher W. Jones @cwjones.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Next provenance question: Is there any way to verify if a specific artifact was once a part of the Foroughi Collection? Are there any comprehensive catalogs or databases available?
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Dr. Shana Zaia @shanazaia.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Are you curious about ancient #Assyrian or #Mesopotamian religions? Thanks to the Assyrian Cultural Foundation's Assyrian Renaissance lecture series, you can check out my thoughts on the topic here: youtu.be/vC9AbeNEU1I?... #Assyriology #Ancient #History
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Assyrian Renaissance: The Religion of Assyria - Dr. Shana Zaia
YouTube video by Assyrian Cultural Foundation
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Christopher W. Jones @cwjones.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Provenance researchers, does anyone have any information on the Austrian art collector Alfred Antonin Juritzky-Warberg (1887-1961)? (sometimes called "Prince Jurisky" or "Juva") Specifically, did he collect ancient art in any quantity and from which sources?
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ANEE Helsinki @anee-helsinki.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The Origins of Emesal Join us for a workshop exploring the origins of Emesal, a variant of Sumerian. This event brings together experts from digital, linguistic, philological, and archaeological disciplines to unravel the mysteries of Emesal. www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg... #Emesal #Sumerian
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The Origins of Emesal Workshop in June | Ancient Near Eastern Empires | University of Helsinki
It is commonly agreed that the first Emesal texts originate from the second millennium while Sumerian ceased to be a vernacular around 2000 BC. This leads to the somewhat paradoxical situation that a ...
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Antiikintutkimuksen verkosto (Ave) @antiikintutkimus.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The Finnish Network for the Study of the Ancient World supports colleagues at Macquarie University.
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Petition in support of Ancient History and Archaeology at Macquarie University – Antiikintutkimuksen verkosto (Ave)
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dr. meg smith @megsmith.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Dissolution of the Office of Digital Humanities is confirmed. #DigitalHumanities
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Grant Application HT-308154
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This is to inform you that NEH Grant Application
HT-308154 for project "Null Results: Dealing with Failure in the Digital Humanities" has been withdrawn by the NEH.
Thank you so much for applying to the NEH's Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities. Unfortunately, all the programs under the Office of Digital Humanities have been cancelled. So we are unable to review your proposal and have marked it as Withdrawn by Agency in our system. I realize that writing a proposal takes a long time and I'm so sorry we can't fund your excellent work anymore.
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Lena Tambs @lenatambs.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Check out the latest #openaccess article from my Zenon project⤵️ doi.org/10.1515/opar... Published in the #OpenArchaelogy special issue on 'Network Perspectives in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East', edited by M.G. Micale, H. Dawson & A. Lahelma @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
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WORK-IT @workit-hki.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
🎉 We are excited to announce our new blog series, WORK-ing Thoughts, where we’ll bring you insights from our researchers as they share their unique perspectives, research journeys, and methodologies. 📅 The first post launches next week! #workit #ERCAdG #universityofhelsinki #blog
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Koneen Säätiö @koneensaatio.fi · 20/03/2025
Kone Foundation aims to strengthen research cooperation between the global South and North by launching a new programme to support Global South researchers' visits to the @hcas.bsky.social The invitational fellowship programme is intended for researchers in the social sciences and humanities.
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Kone Foundation supports Global South researchers' visits to the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies - Kone Foundation
Kone Foundation supports Global South researchers' visits to the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS) by launching a new programme.
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Lena Tambs @lenatambs.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Behold the 📢 #CfP for the next #ConnectedPast event ⤵️ and at connectedpast.net. Submit your abstract by 15 March 2025, and join us in beautiful #Coimbra in September! #ConnectedPast2025 Organised by Joel Santos, Tânia Casimiro, Ricardo Costeira da Silva, and Carlos Faísca.
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Understanding Women in Mesopotamia: Interview with Dr. Saana Svärd - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrjY...
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Understanding Women in Mesopotamia: Interview with Dr. Saana Svärd
YouTube video by Digital Hammurabi
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Paula Gheorghiade @paulageorgiade.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
@martalorenzon.bsky.social and I are running a fun session at this years' WAC-10 in Darwin Australia! Share widely with anyone who might be interested! #architecture #builtenvironment #networks
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Dr Summer Rose Austin @summeraustin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Wow...checking my notes 🧐 and yup, we aren't in the 1920s anymore so why is @thetimes.com still using these types of colonial tropes "hunting for lost pharaohs" and "Brit makes find of the century" and the completely inappropriate images of unwrapped human remains www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
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Hunting Egypt’s lost pharaoh: Briton makes ‘find of the century’
Staircase carved into an Egyptian cliff leads to what could be the most significant discovery since the tomb of Tutankhamun
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Jenny Cromwell / Papyrus Stories @jennycromwell.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
⚠️job alert⚠️ Four year postdoc in Bergen, Norway on ancient studies and religion. Find full details about the position at the link below. The deadline is 17th March www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Studies at the University of Bergen (275792) | University of Bergen
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Studies at the University of Bergen (275792), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Monday, March 17, 2025
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Marta Lorenzon @martalorenzon.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Did you know that ancient mud bricks hold the secrets of civilizations long gone? These humble materials built cities thousands of years ago, preserving snapshots of daily life. They’re proof that innovation doesn’t need to be complex to change the world. #Archaeology #History #MudBrick
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Christopher W. Jones @cwjones.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
A good summary by Seth Sanders in ASOR Today about the origins of the alphabet: anetoday.org/sanders-inve...
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Who Really Invented the Alphabet? - The Ancient Near East Today
Who really invented the alphabet? Although we are still uncertain about precisely where the world’s most influential communication system came from, we know more than we did 20 years ago.
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Julia Budka @jubudka.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
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"Was im Sudan passiert, übersteigt unsere Vorstellungskraft"
Die Zahl der Menschen, die auf lebensrettende Unterstützung angewiesen sind, hat sich innerhalb weniger Jahre fast vervierfacht. Christof Johnen vom DRK berichtet über die Hürden seiner Arbeit - und d...
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Lena Tambs @lenatambs.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Join us for the next (hybrid) #AMMEseminar – on approaches into ancient labor - Tuesday 17.12.24! Speakers: - Ville Vuolanto - Jason Silverman Abstracts & more info at: helsinki.fi/en/researchg... @helsinkiuni.bsky.social
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AMME Seminar 17.12.24: ‘Approaches into Ancient Labor’ | Ancient Near Eastern Empires | University of Helsinki
The final Ancient and Medieval Middle East (AMME) seminar of the autumn semester is around the corner. The session is organised in hybrid fashion at University of Helsinki and online, on Tuesday 17 De...
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Chasing Aphrodite @chasingaphrodite.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The UN “calls upon actors in the art market—including auction houses, museums, art dealers, and collectors—to take a proactive stance in ensuring the provenance of cultural objects…” the demand side of the illicit trade has often been overlooked. theantiquitiescoalition.org/acs-deborah-...
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AC's Deborah Lehr: United Nations Takes Bold Step to Address Illicit Trade in Antiquities - Antiquities Coalition
This blog post is authored by Deborah Lehr, Chairman and Founder of the Antiquities Coalition. On December 6, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted resolution A/79/L.16, an importan...
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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
New research uses computational linguistics to map words for emotion used alongside words for body parts in cuneiform texts from 934-612 BCE. Fascinating method and findings. Where in the body did people feel or express fear, joy, pride, sadness, shame, and more? www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Embodied emotions in ancient Neo-Assyrian texts revealed by bodily mapping of emotional semantics
Neuroscience; Linguistics; History
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Dr Ellie Bennett @drelliebennett.bsky.social · 05/02/2024
Do you use networks or network analysis in research about the ancient Near East? Consider contributing to this exciting open access edited volume! We're interested in hearing about all research using networks: archaeological, socio-historical, or lexical! Deadline is 1st March 2024.
Call for Papers information
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Dr Ellie Bennett @drelliebennett.bsky.social · 12/03/2024
Applications for the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School at the University of Copenhagen are open! This is a great course for introducing digital Assyriological research (including data cleaning, GIS, Python, and networks). Deadline is 31st March. ccrs.ku.dk/education/am...
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Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School
The third Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School will take place at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
Helsinki Centre for Intellectual History is back! Join us in the Revival Bash on 5 April 2024! Purple is the color and feminism and intellectual history is the first topic of our new workshop series. Please spread the word & enjoy Women's Day! www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · 07/03/2024
🚨 I'm looking to hire a post-doctoral researcher in #digitalhumanities for my upcoming ERC-funded project on #multimodality. This is a fixed-term position for 36 months based at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Please share the announcement widely!
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Post-doctoral researcher in digital humanities
Post-doctoral researcher in digital humanities
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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · 22/02/2024
Still looking for a post-doc for my ERC project – a little over one week to go before the deadline!
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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
We are hiring a doctoral researcher for 3-4 yrs full-time in Helsinki to work on “The Presence of Classics in Early Modern Book History”. Range of possible backgrounds is wide. MECANO is a great setup & Margherita Fantoli also supervises! DL 15.3.. Spread the word! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
Scholars needing to access ESTC while the British Library interface is down have reached out. In response, we've developed a simple browser tool. It is not public due to data restrictions, but if you need it for research, please send an email. Feel free to spread the word.
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Sarah Krienen M.A. @sarah-krienen.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
Reminder to new users here: Buying ancient objects from the art market is almost always ethically questionable. Don't contribute to looting, site destruction and trafficking. Instead, advocate for museums and other collections to do proper provenance research.
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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
I'm looking to hire a post-doctoral researcher in human computation (crowdsourcing) and/or knowledge representation (graphs) for my upcoming ERC project! This position requires a background in computer science, digital humanities or a related field. Please repost or tell a friend! 🙇‍♂️
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Post-doctoral researcher in human computation and/or knowledge representation
Post-doctoral researcher in human computation and/or knowledge representation
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Heidi Jauhiainen @heidijauhiainen.bsky.social · 29/01/2024
Please, help save the teaching of classical archaeology at the University of Helsinki by signing this petition! Egyptology, Assyriology, and many other small disciplines have already been disbanded. www.adressit.com/antiikin_mat...
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Antiikin materiaalisen kulttuurin opetuksen on jatkuttava Helsingin yliopistossa
(To see the petition in English, please scroll down and click "näytä lisää".)   Antiikin materiaalisen kulttuurin opetuksen on jatkuttava Suomessa Helsingin yliopisto (HY) ai...
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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
Great News for DH Enthusiasts! Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon makes its annual orbit around the sun, returning as #DHH24 @CLARINERIC & @DARIAHeu summer school. Thus we are once again able to subsidise international participants. More soon: www.helsinki.fi/en/digital-h...
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Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social · 16/01/2024
Would you like to work alongside me at Tampere University? We’re looking for a professor (assistant, associate or full) of English linguistics! Please share widely! And apply if you’d like to spend your winters in a snow wonderland like the one in this photo :) tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
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Heidi Jauhiainen @heidijauhiainen.bsky.social · 07/01/2024
Automatic Language Identification in Texts by @tosaja.bsky.social et al. is now out.
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Automatic Language Identification in Texts
This book provides readers with a brief account of the history of language Identification and a survey of the features and methods most used in LI.
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