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PNAS Nexus @pnasnexus.org · 10/07/2026

Family trees of handwritten manuscripts can be derived from errors and innovations in copying. Stochastic models and simulations of medieval chivalric literature suggest that up to 60% of texts and 97% of manuscripts may have been lost. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/rwte50ZmvlQ

Page from the Chanson d’Aspremont, a version of the Legend of Roland. Shelfmark: Lansdowne 782.
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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Freshly out in @pnasnexus.org: "On the transmission of texts: Written cultures as complex systems" The first major publication of project @lostma.bsky.social , where we lay down our methodology for studying the transmission, evolution or disparition of texts. /1 #science 🧪

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On the transmission of texts: Written cultures as complex systems

Abstract. Knowledge of past cultures relies heavily on surviving written material. Over the centuries, texts were copied, altered, and often lost, leaving

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Oleg Sobchuk 🇺🇦 @sobchuk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

📣 I'm hiring! Two positions (PhD student & Postdoc) in my ERC project Macroevolution of European Literature. Let's study the cultural evolution of literature using massive data 📚📈 📍Frankfurt | Apply by August 15 Details: www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/career/jo... Please repost to help spread the word!

Job announcement of two positions at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt: postdoc (Macroevolution of European Literature) and PhD student (Computational Literary Studies). Successful candidates will be affiliated with the research group Cultural Evolution of the Arts.

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Folgert Karsdorp @folgertk.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Out in Evolutionary Human Sciences! With @mikekestemont.bsky.social, @jbcamps.bsky.social, @remcosleiderink.bsky.social & Anne Chao New work on unseen species models for cult heritage to the question: how many stories were _shared_ between medieval French and Dutch literature? lnkd.in/exyAWtir

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This call is currently open for a Humanistica-satellite event, that might interest people in computational humanities (and not only). It is supported by CultureLab and welcomes long papers as well as lightning talks and posters.

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EADH 2026 in Kraków @eadh2026krakow.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Dear Digital Humanists, you are all invited to the EADH 2026 Conference! We are meeting in September, in Kraków, Poland. Mark the important dates in your calendars: 📆 8.02: submission deadline 📆 15-19.09: the conference Read more: eadh2026.confer.uj.edu.pl ✈️ See you in Kraków?

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EADH 2026 - Jagiellońskie Centrum Humanistyki Cyfrowej

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Sciences Po médialab @medialab-scpo.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Que reste-t-il des textes médiévaux ? Pourquoi certains survivent et d’autres s’effacent ? 👉 Une séance de séminaire dédiée aux enjeux de la transmission textuelle dans le cadre du projet ERC LostMA avec @jbcamps.bsky.social Rendez-vous demain à partir de 14h 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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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

@psl-univ.bsky.social CultureLab members will be well represented @ #CHR2025 in Luxemburg this year. Computer vision, agent-based modelling and computational text analysis for cultural science are on the menu www.culturelab.psl.eu/fr/publicati...

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Participation à CHR2025 - Grands Programmes de Recherche-Culture Lab

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Artjoms Šeļa @artjomshl.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

A reminder that we are accepting submissions for a themed issue at Computational Humanities Research journal 📙 Deadline is end of February 2026!

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Katarzyna Anna Kapitan @kakapitan.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The CultureLab Kick-Off @psl-univ.bsky.social is in full swing! The day started with an opening speech by Stéphane Verger et al. and an opening presentation by @sobchuk.bsky.social! Thanks to @oliviermorin.bsky.social @jbcamps.bsky.social & @floriancafiero.bsky.social for organising!

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

We're officially launching the new PSL CultureLab in 10 days ! If you're interested in the research of a collective bridging Computational Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Evolution, you can check our programme (and come to our event, if you're in Paris 22 September): psl.eu/agenda/collo...

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Colloque inaugural du Grand programme de recherche CultureLab | PSL

Recherche, CultureLab inaugure ses travaux le 22 septembre 2025 au Campus Condorcet avec une journée consacrée aux sciences humaines et sociales computationnelles et à l’évolution culturelle. , Le Gra...

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Federico Pianzola @fpianz.eurosky.social · 17/07/2025

Brain-split for many #DH2025 participants, who are also finalizing their @comphumresearch.bsky.social submissions. #CHR2025

Picture of a laptop with an Overleaf template used to write a Scientific article.

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Katarzyna Anna Kapitan @kakapitan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Are you in Paris on 11/06? Do you need an excuse to come to Paris in early summer solely for scholarly purposes ? Join us for plenty of #manuscriptstudies & #digitalhumanities goodies at @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social 1/2

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Dear potential future PhD students, do not forget to send your file, as the deadline is today !

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Are you interested in cultural transmission, medieval manuscripts or digital humanities, and want to pursue a PhD in a city bustling with intellectual and cultural life ? Come work with us !

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The CultureLab at PSL, Paris, is recruiting a research engineer in #dh, computational social sciences and cultural evolution. We're looking for skills in data science, machine learning and programming. 4 years position. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/323661

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Ingénieur de recherches en sciences humaines et sociales computationnelles

Project context and objectives:

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Huge crowd in Paris manifesting for science, academic liberty, and in support of our American colleagues (And my favorite sign) #standupforscience

A very large crowd manifesting in Paris in support for science

A sign that says "no vaccine, no kiss" in French

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Maxim Greenberg @maxvcg.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Place Jussieu at 1:30PM on Friday for the Parisians! @standupforscifr.bsky.social @sufs-paris-rp.bsky.social

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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

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Kelly Christensen @katkel.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

There are nearly 2000 Heurist databases hosted by @huma-num.bsky.social. To help integrate them into data pipelines / data analysis, I'm developing a #Python API client and CLI that extracts, transforms, and loads the data into a local @duckdb.org database. lostma-erc.github.io/heurist-etl-...

Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Are you interested in cultural transmission, medieval manuscripts or digital humanities, and want to pursue a PhD in a city bustling with intellectual and cultural life ? Come work with us !

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École des chartes | PSL @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

[#Vidéo] 🎬 (Re)voir «La #stylométrie sur les traces de Chrétien de Troyes», conférence de @floriancafiero.bsky.social, @jbcamps.bsky.social et Benedetta Salvati ➡ lc.cx/Hx5lpy

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LostMa ERC @lostma.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Current state of affairs on OpenStemmata, before some big updates. Old French and Middle High German are clear winners, but with your help, some of the runners up may just join the leading pack #medievalsky

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Short non-academic communication: I intend to run Paris half-marathon in support of France Parrainages, an association that helps children in need Whether you want to support them, or help making me suffer through 21kms (with a smile on my lips) semi-paris.dossards-solidaires.org/fundraisers/...

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Un Semi-Marathon pour les enfants : Votre don peut changer des vies

Chers amis, famille et supporters, Je suis ravi de vous annoncer que je participerai au Semi-Marathon de Paris 2025 ! Mais cette course n’est pas seulement un défi sportif pour moi. J’ai décidé de cou...

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LostMa ERC @lostma.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

☑ Logo ☑ Website (lostma-erc.github.io) ☑ Bluesky account ☐ Stickers The LostMa ERC project is kicking off its 2nd year with a new look. Next up... stickers!

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ERC Research Project, 2024-2029

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Very happy that our research made it to the short list, and congratulations to the winners and our fellow participants !

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Artjoms Šeļa @artjomshl.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

the launch of the Computational Humanities Research Journal is a major talking point at #CHR2024. promises to play a central role in the community, clearly moving in a very important open niche. fair winds to her and her editors! @folgertk.bsky.social @nolauren.bsky.social +Kristoffer Nielbo ⛵

colorful front page of Computational Humanities Research Journal , published by Cambridge University Press
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Computational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Our proceedings are out! 🚨 They include no less than 78 papers that reflect the diverse and innovative research happening within the Computational Humanities. Take a dive here: ceur-ws.org/Vol-3834/

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CEUR-WS.org/Vol-3834 - Computational Humanities Research 2024

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Pireh @pireh.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Le 29/11, au séminaire du Pireh, nous recevrons @jbcamps.bsky.social qui viendra présenter le projet LostMA, visant à comprendre la déperdition des textes et des manuscrits médiévaux. Rdv à 9h30, à la Sorbonne ou sur Zoom. Lien et programme : recherche-pireh.pantheonsorbonne.fr/recherches/s...

Extrait d'une photo du manuscrit Londres, British Library, Additional 21971. Le manuscrit est éclairé à la lampe de Wood et révèle quelques lignes qui restent difficiles à lire.

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Nous sommes désormais plus de 10 millions sur Bluesky, et j’étais n°1 479 827 !

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1 479 827, Jean-Baptiste Camps ‪@jbcamps.bsky.social‬, joined on 12 oct. 2023"

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

Very glad to welcome Federico Boschetti from Venice DPH as Translitterae invited professor with the @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social this month! First lecture today at 16h, rue de Richelieu, on Linguistic resources for semi-automatic HTR correction More info: www.translitterae.psl.eu/federico-bos...

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Federico BOSCHETTI – Translitteræ

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Thibault Clérice @ponteineptique.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

We are very happy to publicly release the CATMuS Medieval dataset on @huggingface.bsky.social : huggingface.co/datasets/CAT... This dataset is unique in the space of HTR, as it includes more 160 000 lines of ground truth in 10 languages over 9 centuries (8-16 CE) in Latin scripts over 208 docs.

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Tried the Scholar word cloud. Neat ! shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/sc...

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Kelly Christensen @katkel.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

Getting pumped for a new digital humanities project, LostMa, which will do very cool things with a massive corpus of French medieval fables, legends, and songs. I peeked where the word “music” comes up in some texts (s/o “Roman de Fauvel”) and I can’t wait to get lost in medieval French 😅 👩‍💻

Screenshot of a computer terminal showing the results of a “grep” command that finds lines in a bunch of text files that have the word “musiqu” (music)

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

So true, also occurs when responding to students or colleague requests for advice !

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

And what a great job you all did ! Congrats and respect 🎩 !

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

Man, is it hard to choose which #CHR2023 session to attend !

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

Hmmm, I really should visit some more Eastern European countries !

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Patricia O'Connor @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

The "Seeing beyond the flames: philology and artificial intelligence in the service of burned manuscripts" colloquium @Ecoledeschartes is well underway. The first presentation by Ariane Pinche is a wonderful introduction to HTR technology. #medievalmanuscripts #digitalhumanities

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Artjoms Šeļa @artjomshl.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Proceedings of Computational Humanities Research 2023 are out! 830 pages 😱 ceur-ws.org/Vol-3558/ Impossible without heroic help from @folgertk.bsky.social

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CEUR-WS.org/Vol-3558 - Computational Humanities Research Conference 2023

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

I must be getting somewhat older than I thought, because it is the second time in two days that I have been asked to do something reflecting back on my career 😅

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

🚨 last days to apply (deadline 15 Nov.) ! The ERC project LostMA is recruiting: 1. a post-doc in #complexity science for 2 years (renewable for 2 more); 2. a data-architect and curator for 4 years. Menu: medieval manuscripts, evolutionary models & data analysis at a scale rarely attempted!

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Artjoms Šeļa @artjomshl.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

We released an updated programme of the upcoming Computational Humanities Research conference in Paris 2023.computational-humanities-research.org/programme/ Together with a pre-conference workshop on AI and literary studies, this promises to be an exciting December week! workshop-llms4cls.github.io

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Last year, Florian Cafiero and I were asked by David D. Kirkpatrick to give a stylometric expertise on Who was behind the so-called «Qdrops», at the source of the Qanon conspiracy theory. We were one of two teams whose results were then published in the @nytimes.com .

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Alix Chagué 🌈 @alix-tz.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

Now that I am on bluesky, let me take you again on a threaded tour of HTR-United (#HTR_United), a project founded and led by @ponteineptique.bsky.social and I since September 2021. Its main goal is to facilitate finding and sharing open datasets to train HTR and OCR models! htr-united.github.io

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HTR-United

HTR-United is a catalog and an ecosystem for sharing and finding ground truth for optical character or handwritten text recognition (OCR/HTR).

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