iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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methods@manchester @methodsmcr.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

🎥 Watch our brilliant course leads introduce the Digital Methods Summer School at @manchester.ac.uk and give an insight into the range of digital approaches participants will explore @lukaszszulc.bsky.social @draamattheis.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?si=ceE...

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2026 SS Digital Methods taster

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This year’s CreaTech Network series launched on Thursday with ‘Creativity + AI: Entertainment’, presented by Digital Futures with Creative Manchester and TIC Manchester Join us for the second event, 'Creativity + AI: Cultural Heritage' on Thurs 30 April. More info: ow.ly/U3nI50Yo18b

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Zine exchange party at Social Refuge in Manchester for our module on Feminist and Queer Perspectives on Digital Media, with Caroline Leicht. www.manchester.ac.uk/study/underg...

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

What’s app got to do with it? 💘 Premium love in times of emotional capitalism. From the archives @lsemedia.bsky.social, @lukaszszulc.bsky.social & co-authors explain how dating apps bring capitalism into the process of finding love. Read more 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202... Image: Shutterstock

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Amazing two fully funded PhD studentships for projects on Queer and Trans Healthcare and Creativity at the University of Manchester! www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I'm excited to chair the discussion with Prof Mirca Madianou on 'How do AI and digital innovation practices harm refugees and crisis-affected people'. It’ll take place in one week (Wed, 4 February, 4:00-5:30pm) at the University of Manchester. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/technocolo...

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Next week online! digitalgood.net/opening_up_a...

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Jess Walmsley, my PhD student co-supervised with Luca Scholz, just published a great review of 'Abolitionist intimacies: Queer and trans migrants against the deportation state' by Eithne Luibhéid. Congrats, Jess! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Abolitionist intimacies: queer and trans migrants against the deportation state

Published in Ethnic and Racial Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 19/01/2026

CFP: Transnational Queer and Feminist Archives This collection seeks to publish work demonstrating transnational strategies for preserving queer and feminist activist archives. Abstracts due: 30 March 17:00 PST Learn more: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🗃️ (no affiliation)

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With apologies for cross posting, please find below the CFP for the proposed collection, Transnational Queer and Feminist Archives. Abstracts Due Monday March 30, 17:00 PST Please send abstract and 1...

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

You can support the QueerMuzeum Warszawa by donating money using this link: pomagam.pl/en/waedpb

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

The University of Manchester is offering fully-funded Bicentenary PhD Studentships. One of the projects will be based in our Centre for Digital Humanities, Cultures and Media and is about 'Generative AI and Informational Crisis'. Spread the word! www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships in Humanities | Faculty of Humanities | The University of Manchester

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

The next three weeks, I'll spend in Canada talking about my new research project on transnational dating cultures. I'll first visit Concordia University (5th Nov) and then the University of Toronto (13th Nov). Concordia: www.digslab.net/events/talk-... Toronto: dhn.utoronto.ca/event/guest-...

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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Manuscript Monday! New on our feed📲 Sad Dating Apps: Emotional Technological Determinism and Agency in Late Modernity - Łukasz Szulc, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky

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Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The 2025-26 schedule for the Lancaster-Manchester & @n8cir.bsky.social Environmental #DH Seminar is up! Next: @ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online) Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even... #envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social

List of events for 2025-26 Environmental Digital Humanities Seminar organised by Lancaster University and University of Manchester.

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Dating apps, so sad... 😢 My new article on emotional technological determinism, universalist theories of love and queer migrants dating is now out and available open access in Social Media + Society. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A print grab of the Social Media + Society journal’s website presenting the article published by Łukasz Szulc entitled sad dating apps emotional technological determinism and agency in late modernity.

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Reunited with @norocel.bsky.social at Lund University - Department of Gender Studies. It was great to present my work in progress to the very engaged members of the amazing gender studies team. Thank you for your invitation! www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/...

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Digital Futures @digitaluom.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

🎉 We're excited to welcome Dr @lukaszszulc.bsky.social as a new theme lead for Digital Cultures at the @manchester.ac.uk! His work explores the deeper power dynamics of digital media, focusing on gender and sexuality. 🔗 Discover more: lnkd.in/eN45PHW4

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

With my students, we wrote a blog post about the use of AI in dating apps. We also critically reflect on the imaginations of digital dating futures. blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

This year was the second time we organised the Digital Methods Summer School with Methods@Manchester. Great group of participants and tutors from across diverse disciplines and cultures, full-day workshops and lively discussions. 😍 new.express.adobe.com/webpage/db5o...

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Out now! The Routledge Handbook of Sexuality in East Central Europe with my chapter entitled 'Between East and West and Digital Elsewhere: Polish queer migrants making sense of Brexit'. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

You can now read the introduction to our Special Issue on ‘Transnational Queer Cultures and Digital Media’, co-edited with Yener Bayramoğlu & Radhika Gajjala for Communication, Culture & Critique. ☺️ academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-...

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

What’s app got to do with it? In this short article, we explain the logic behind dating apps' premium features and the commodification of love, sex and desire. #datingapps blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

One week left to apply for our jobs at the University of Manchester (7th Feb)! - Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

I wrote an extended bibliography on 'Digital Gender Diversity' for Oxford Bibliographies in Communication. It's behind the paywall but pm me if you want a free copy. www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...

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Łukasz Szulc @lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Very excited about this book by Mathias Foit! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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