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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

CFP: Generative Digital Humanities, a volume on AI and DH in the long-running Minnesota Debates in DH book series. To be co-edited by @zentralwerkstatt.org, @laurenfklein.bsky.social, @lnakamura.bsky.social, and myself. Deadline Nov. 1. Please share widely! dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-gen...

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CFP: Generative Digital Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities

Transforming scholarly publications into living digital works

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We research narrative fiction — but how? 📚🔍 In our new series, “Meet Our Researchers” get to know James Tauber and get a first glimpse into his PhD research. More fascinating insights and discoveries from @jtauber.com to come. ✨ youtu.be/dblAizA_IHM

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The Language of Fiction - James Tauber

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Laura Untner @luntner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Anti-Konferenz »Scheitern in den Digital Humanities« – mit Keynote von Tessa Gengnagel (@tesstess.bsky.social) und vielen spannenden, experimentellen Beiträgen 2. Oktober 2026, 10–17 Uhr, Mehringhof Berlin Kostenlose Anmeldung bis 21.9.: junge-dh-berlin-brandenburg.github.io/termine/konf...

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Katrin Rohrbacher @katrohrbacher.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New paper accepted to #EMNLP2026 main conference! We compare worldbuilding strategies in 8,000 stories across four LLMs with a human-authored baseline from Project Gutenberg, in English and German, focusing on setting and narrative space. arxiv.org/abs/2609.02482

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How LLMs Build Fictional Worlds: Setting and Narrative Space in AI-Generated Creative Storytelling

In this paper, we analyze how Large Language Models (LLMs) employ worldbuilding strategies, focusing on setting as one measurable dimension of storyworld construction. We compare 1,000 AI-generated st...

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Anastasia Glawion @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Es geht los mit einem Vortrag von Katja Mellmann zu "Ellen von der Weiden"!

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Tillmann Ohm @tillmannohm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A truly fantastic conference #dh2026 has just ended in South Korea! In the last few days, my colleagues and I have presented our recent work from @dhssfau.bsky.social: @mila-oiva.bsky.social analyzed changing […]

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Tillmann Ohm @tillmannohm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

[…] body postures in Soviet newsreels, @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social identified elements of nostalgia in right-wing social media, @katrohrbacher.bsky.social led the literal “cat out of the bag” with her presentation, and I gave a sneak-peek of my upcoming research software.

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🐈 Exciting news from #DH2026 in Daejeon! DHSS researcher @katrohrbacher.bsky.social presents “Letting the Cat Out of the Bag”: Towards the Automatic Detection of Animal Metaphors in Literary Texts. 🗓️ 30 July, 13:40–15:10 📍 Session S094, Room 108 @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social

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DH2026 | X/Twitter (@DH2026_Daejeon) @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

📘 The #DH2026 Book of Abstracts — first release — is now on Zenodo, in PDF and machine-readable XML. All accepted contributions for #DigitalHumanities 2026 in Daejeon, Korea (July 27–31). 🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno... A revised edition follows after the conference.

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Digital Humanities 2026: Book of Abstracts

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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

DHSS at #DH2026! From 27–31 July, @mila-oiva.bsky.social , @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social and @tillmannohm.bsky.social will contribute to the Digital Humanities conference in Daejeon, South Korea, together with their research collaborators.

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The Text & Language Lab at #DH2026 in South Korea! On 30 July, @katrohrbacher.bsky.social presents “Letting the Cat Out of the Bag”: Towards the Automatic Detection of Animal Metaphors in Literary Texts. 🕐 13:40–15:10 📍 S094, Room 108 🏛️ Daejeon Convention Center

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

📣 Job opportunity: We are looking for up to 5 outstanding postdoctoral or doctoral researchers in #DigitalHumanities to join us at the @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social Please share widely 🙏 ⏰ Deadline: 24 July 2026 For more info: www.fau-jobs.de/jobposting/6...

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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Excited to share this. @neel2112.bsky.social, @mariaa.bsky.social, and I analyzed 500K anonymous ChatGPT convos (shared w/ consent from WildChat) to see if people were generating fiction. We found tons of stories, fanfiction & erotica. Many users iterated on the same stories for days and weeks.

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AI FICTION IN THE WILD Neel Gupta Maria Antoniak Melanie Walsh

Some professional authors are beginning to use AI tools to help produce their fiction writing. Are readers using AI to generate fiction, too? Drawing on over 500,000 anonymized, English-language ChatGPT-user conversations (Zhao et al.), we find that more than one third of the conversations involve some form of fiction generation—including original stories, roleplay, fanfiction, and erotica. This AI-generated fiction is notably dominated by power users. We identify common fiction generation patterns and profiles among these users, including what we call infinite story demanders, who repeatedly request and revise variations of the same or similar narratives over extended periods of time. We show that users especially gravitate toward fanfiction and erotica, and that they are broadly drawn to generic forms, repetition, immediacy, and niche combinations of story elements. Our findings motivate two theoretical provocations. First, we argue that AI technologies may lead to a shift in the conventional relationship between the author and reader, potentially producing what we call a solipsistic reader-writer, who both generates and consumes fiction within a closed conversational loop, interacting with a machine rather than a human other. Second, we note that LLMs enable interactivity, play, and permutation in ways that are seemingly pleasurable for users, raising questions about where AI will fit into contemporary storytelling and entertainment ecosystems. We situate these developments within broader transformations in literature and media, including self-publishing, fanfiction, and pornography, and suggest that AI-generated fiction shares structural affinities with on-demand, personalized, and repetitive cultural forms.

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

At #CADS2026 @andreaswagnr.bsky.social explains the concept of the waterscape and how to study socionatural relations in a corpus of fiction

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Meredith Martin @mmvty.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Please share! Please apply! @culturalanalytics.bsky.social cdh.princeton.edu/opportunitie...

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Anastasia Glawion @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This week already! Looking forward to the event organized by Judith Brottrager in lovely Darmstadt 😍

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We are delighted to welcome James Tauber @jtauber.com as a PhD candidate in the Text and Language Lab, led by Prof. Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social in the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies @dhssfau.bsky.social.

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

📄 Discover the latest publication by Dr. Katrin Rohrbacher (@katrohrbacher.bsky.social). openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....

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Katrin Rohrbacher @katrohrbacher.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

New-ish article out in JOHD exploring the challenges of feeding bibliographic metadata from a literary corpus back into Wikidata -- bots, reconciliation tools, and ontological rabbit holes included. 🐇 doi.org/10.5334/johd... #DigitalHumanities #Wikidata

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Bridging the Gaps: Integrating Bibliographic Metadata Into Wikidata for Literary Corpora | Journal of Open Humanities Data

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

What’s a corpus? And what is concordance analysis? 👀📚 In this first episode of our short tutorial series, we break it down and show you how to explore huge text collections using CLiC. ✨ Try it yourself with the free CLiC web tool at clic-fiction.com

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Today marks International Book Day, books are dear to us, and we’d like to share some book recommendations with you. #internationalbookday #internationalbookday2026 #book #textandlanguage #digitlahumanities

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Sabine Lang @sabinelang.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Ich freue mich schon sehr auf den Workshop, der sich speziell an Studierende richtet und Teil eines interdisziplinären Forschungsprojektes ist! Bitte weiter teilen! #digitalhumanities #provenienzforschung

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

We’re excited to share that @katrohrbacher.bsky.social and @michamahlberg.bsky.social , from the @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social , will be presenting at the 8th Annual COMPTEXT Conference 2026. Talk: Modeling Embodiment in Narratives 📍 University of Birmingham, UK 📅 April 24 🕒 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Das Digital Humanities Kolloquium findet dieses Sommersemester wieder statt! Nächster Vortrag von Dr. Sabine Lang zum Thema „Unfertigkeit als besondere Chance für die DH“. 22. April 2026, 16:00–18:00 Uhr Raum 00.026 (Seminarraum 3), Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen Keine Anmeldung erforderlich!

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Laura Untner @luntner.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Die Website meines Dissertationsprojekts, Sappho Digital, wurde in der Kategorie »DH Dataset or Model« für den Digital Humanities Award 2025 nominiert – darüber freue ich mich sehr. Abstimmen ist hier möglich: forms.gle/FvWp3NYs8hv1... Weitere Informationen zum Projekt: sappho-digital.com

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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Applications are open for the MA Digital Humanities program. An interdisciplinary Master’s program combining humanities research with digital methods. 📅 Deadline: 15 July Learn more: www.dhss.phil.fau.de/education/ma... #DigitalHumanities #DHSS #FAU #gradschool #HumanitiesAndTech

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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Outgoing talk by @katrohrbacher.bsky.social at Bielefeld University. 13 January 2026, 10:00–12:00 Hybrid, Lecture Hall X-E1-201 and Zoom Measuring Narrative Space: A Computational Study of German and English Prose Fiction Details and Zoom access: www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2026/01/09/o...

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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

📰DHSS Newsletter! We are excited to publish the first issue of the DHSS Newsletter tomorrow. If you would like to receive it, you can subscribe here: www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/dhss-newslet... Thank you for your interest in our work at the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies at FAU.

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Katrin Rohrbacher @katrohrbacher.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Heading to Hamburg to present my work on modeling fictional worlds in German-language literature in the DH lecture series, organized by the German Studies department at the University of Hamburg. Check out the full program here: www.zfw.uni-hamburg.de/oeffentliche... Excited for tomorrow! 💨 🚆

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Stephanie Evert @schtepf.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Great job opportunity at @dhssfau.bsky.social with a long-term perspective. www.jobs.fau.de/jobs/geschae...

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Geschäftsführung des Departments Digital Humanities and Social Studies (m/w/d)

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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

As DH grows, it’s increasingly important to publish conference papers, but there hasn’t been a clear venue for that. So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more. Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort! bit.ly/ach-anthology

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Introducing the Anthology for Computers and the Humanities

Taylor Arnold, Maria Antoniak, Miguel Escobar Varela, Marie Puren, Mila Oiva , Amanda Regan, Lauren Tilton, and Melanie Walsh

1 Data Science and Statistics, University of Richmond, U.S.A.
2 Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.A.
3 Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
4 Laboratoire de Recherche de l'EPITA, Paris, France
5 History and Archaeology, University of Turku, Finland
6 History and Geography, Clemson University, U.S.A.
7 Rhetoric and Communication Studies, University of Richmond, U.S.A.
8 Information School, University of Washington, U.S.A.

Permanent Link: https://doi.org/10.63744/HHsQG7hNWyxG

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Katrin Rohrbacher @katrohrbacher.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Folks in DH working with German-language data! Here’s a resource I put together with corpora of both fiction and non-fiction works from the Gutenberg libraries, about 5,000 books in total, including metadata on genre and author gender 📚 🧮 openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....

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de-Corp: A Corpus of German-language Fiction and Non-Fiction (1780–1930) | Journal of Open Humanities Data

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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Who is doing What to Whom? Analyzing Gender Biases in Large Language Models with @katrohrbacher.bsky.social #DHSS2025 #Languagemodels #Genderbiases

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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

We are truly honoured to have Prof. Mareike Schumacher @mkschumacher.bsky.social with us, delivering her amazing talk on corpus compilation and gender-sensitive analysis. What a wonderful way to conclude the final day of our school! #DHSS2025 #DigitalHumanities

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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Registration is closed, planes are booked, and preparations are in their final stage. Check out the full program and stay tuned!

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Journal of Cultural Analytics @culturalanalytics.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

📢 CFP: JCA Ten-Year Anniversary Issue The Journal of Cultural Analytics turns 10! We're marking the moment with a special issue reflecting on a decade of studying culture at scale—and imagining what comes next. 📅 Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2025 culturalanalytics.org/post/3316-cf...

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CFP Ten-Year Anniversary Issue: Reflections on a Decade of Seeing the Forest and the Trees | Published by Journal of Cultural Analytics

Ten-Year Anniversary Issue: Reflections on a Decade of Seeing the Forest and the Trees

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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Last chance to join our #DHSS25 #DataGenderSociety summer school in September! Registration closes today!⏰️

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Marianna Gracheva @mariannagracheva.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Enroll in our summer school soon!🙂 You can expect: ✅️Expert lectures ✅️Keynotes from leading DH scholars ✅️Hands-on sessions on tools and methods ✅️5-minute participant presentations on your own research ✅️Visual abstracts workshop on a topic of your choice We look forward to meeting you in September!

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Artjoms Šeļa @artjomshl.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

⚡ CFP: a themed issue in Computational Humanities Research! Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting! for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social ! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Call for Papers @ CHR: Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics

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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Not had enough of #CCLS2025 yet? Next year is already our fifth anniversary! Get excited for #CCLS2026 in Potsdam! @dhpotsdam.bsky.social 🥳 #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CLS #DH #LiteraryComputing

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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

It's already the last talk of #CCLS2025 😱 Yuri Bizzoni, @pascaleispunk.bsky.social, Kristoffer L. Nielbo: Encoding Imagism? Measuring Literary Imageability, Visuality and Concreteness via Multimodal Word Embeddings (doi.org/10.26083/tup...) #Measuring #LiteraryImageability #WordEmbeddings

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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

The last session of #CCLS2025 is about to start with a talk by Julia Havrylash, @christofs.bsky.social: Exploring Measures of Distinctiveness. An Evaluation Using Synthetic Texts (doi.org/10.26083/tup...) #Distinctiveness #SyntheticTexts #Evaluation

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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

The third talk is by @andrewpiper.bsky.social: Towards a Moral History of the Novel Using Large Language Models (doi.org/10.26083/tup...) #CCLS2025 #Moral #LLMs

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Katrin Rohrbacher @katrohrbacher.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Had a great time presenting my research today at #CCLS2025! It was wonderful to engage with such a lively community.

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Anastasia Glawion @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

We are excited to make noise for “The times they are a-changin’” in Digital Humanities: a mini-conference on the temporal dimension of data! ⏱️ The miniconference will be held on July 15th as part of the pre-conference workshops of #DH2025 📍 Location: B203 🕘 Time: 9:00 – 15:15 @dhssfau.bsky.social

The picture shows the program of the miniconference on time series data in DH which will be held in Lisbon on July 15th.

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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

☀️ Kraków is welcoming #CLSinfra and #CCLS2025 with full summer charm: sunshine, blue skies, and just the right breeze for #CLS discussions. Whether you're joining on-site or tuning in online: it's a bright week for #ComputationalLiteraryStudies!

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Marianna Gracheva @mariannagracheva.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

It's official!! Welcome, @lanthony.bsky.social!🙂

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