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@mila-oiva.bsky.social
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Professor of Digital Images and Objects at DHSS / FAU

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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Another exciting workshop upcoming on VIAN and TIB-AV-ANALYTICS tools for video analysis! Don't forget to register at avindh.org/year-round-w...
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Amazing online workshop upcoming! Please register at: avindh.org/year-round-w...
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Interested in what comes out of merging STEM methods with DH? Looking forward for hosting Dr. Mikhail Tamm at DHSS soon! tinyurl.com/y33fvbya
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STEM Methods Meet Digital Humanities! Cultural Physicist Dr. Mikhail Tamm (Tallinn University) Visits DHSS | June 15–19, 2026
One of the defining strengths of Digital Humanities lies in its ability to bring together diverse disciplines to explore cultural and societal questions through computational approaches.
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
AVinDH Online Workshop Series 2026 Join us for the first session featuring Datascene (VAA1) — a research-led multimodal intelligence platform transforming audiovisual material into structured, searchable, and traceable knowledge. fau.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Exciting news from AVinDH! We’re launching an online workshop series to explore new tools and continue discussions beyond conferences. The first workshop is already this Wednesday—check it out at avindh.org/year-round-w...!
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AVinDH Online Workshop Series 2026 | AudioVisual & Digital Humanities
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Are you into AudioVisual & DH? Register in our AVinDH mini-conference at DH2026: avindh.org/workshops/20...! Organised by @justinwigard.bsky.social @dchavezheras.bsky.social @kmcdono.bsky.social @nolauren.bsky.social @taylor-arnold.bsky.social @estellegvl.bsky.social & other fantastic colleagues!
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Workshop at ADHO DH 2026, Daejeon, South Korea | AudioVisual & Digital Humanities
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Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Lancaster U History hiring 2 x 1-year posts: Lecturer in Global Environmental History - hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Lecturer in Modern British History - hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Stay tuned also for a permanent position in Late Medieval/Early Modern. #skyhistorians #envhist
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Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer in Global Environmental History
The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Global Environmental History. This is a 1.0 FTE post for 12 months starting on 1 August 2026, or as soon as pos...
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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Excellent opportunity for researchers in computational humanities and AI: a 3-year Research Fellow/Postdoctoral Researcher position in Helsinki focusing on trustworthy AI across linguistic and cultural diversity. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... Please spread the word!
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Research Fellow/Postdoctoral Researcher in trustworthy AI across linguistic and cultural diversities
Research Fellow/Postdoctoral Researcher in trustworthy AI across linguistic and cultural diversities
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🎉 Congratulations to @tillmannohm.bsky.social from the DHSS team on receiving two awards at Tallinn University! 🏆 Best Doctoral Thesis in the Field of Natural and Exact Sciences Thesis: Designing Processes and Tools to Research Similarity Spaces of Visual Collections Supervisor: Maximilian Schich
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Harald Klinke @hxxxkxxx.det.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2026
📢 CFP: Cultural Complexity and Computational Approaches (Complexhibit 2026) 📍 Málaga | 🗓️ 30 June – 2 July 2026 How can we study culture as a complex system—while staying historically grounded and critically reflective? This call brings together digital art history, #AI, and data science to […]
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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🎦 Dive into "Telegnomics, Ousiometrics, and Archetypometrics" by reading the highlights & then watching @peterdodds.bsky.social 's recorded talk! bids.berkeley.edu/news/peter-d... #CulturalAnalytics research talks are cohosted by BIDS and @berkeleyischool.bsky.social
Peter Dodds stands behind a podium with one hand gesturing, with a slide from his presentation projected on a large screen on the wall.
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Marianna Gracheva @mariannagracheva.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
@nfdykes.bsky.social I have to say the five-star-scale-rated Anthropocene got my attention!
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Colleagues at DIGHT-net project are organising a super interesting summer school at @utu.fi in August! dight-net.tlu.ee/call-for-par... The lineup looks really good @heidihakkarainen.bsky.social @hansalmi.bsky.social
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Call for Participation: Theorising Digital Cultural Heritage: A DIGHT-Net PhD Summer School - DIGHT-Net
University of Turku 24–26 August 2026 1 ECTS We invite applications from PhD students and other early-career researchers to take part in the DIGHT-Net summer school on theorising digital cultural heri...
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Computational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
📢 CfP for #CHR2027 is out! Submissions on all aspects of computational humanities research welcome; all details available here: 2027.computational-humanities-research.org/cfp/ And yes, CHR2027 will take place a little later than usual. So you *could* start later… but we suggest starting now!
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Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
🥳 _Advertising Pornography, 1822-1870_ is now available on Nineteenth Century Data Collective! This is a package of two complementary datasets derived from advertising material issued by major figures in the early Victorian pornography trade. One draws on sales catalogues, one on periodical ads +
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Advertising Pornography, 1822-1870 | Nineteenth-Century Data Collective
"Advertising Pornography" is a package of two complementary datasets derived from advertising material issued by major figures in the early Victorian pornography trade, including William Dugdale, Edwa...
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🔍 Einladung zum partizipativen Ideenworkshop: Verborgene Geschichten. Multiperspektivische Lücken in der Provenienzforschung. 🗓 9. Juni 2026 🕓 16:00–17:00 Uhr 📍 Nürnberger Str. 74, Erlangen (Raum 01.015) 👥 Begrenzte Teilnehmerzahl 📧 Anmeldung: sab.lang@fau.de @sabinelang.bsky.social #fau #dhss
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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Oh, so exciting! Both books are off to the printer: Multimodality. A Hands-On Guide, together with John Bateman and @thiip.bsky.social. Arguing with Multiple Semiotic Modes, together with Hartmut Stöckl and Assimakis Tseronis. To be published in June!
Book covers for Multimodality. A Hands-On Guide and Arguing with Multiple Semiotic Modes - both to be published with de Gruyter in June!
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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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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Thank you for joining us!
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Delphine Grass @delphinegrass.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
📣 Still thinking about submitting? You still have time! 🌍 Conference: ‘Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation’ (AHRC/BRAID). New deadline: 30 April Join us for a rich, interdisciplinary conversation! #AcademicSky #envhum #ethology #translation #AI tinyurl.com/yhjzjyvz
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CfP Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation Lancaster University, UK 1-2 October 2026 Conference funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and BRAID Abstract subm…
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Marianna Gracheva @mariannagracheva.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Had such a wonderful time at #AACL (American Association of #corpuslinguistics) at the University of Florida last week--the warmest conference in every sense ☺️ Huge thanks to the organizers and especially @steffiwulff.bsky.social P.S. No pictures can do justice to that gorgeous campus!
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The new book “Digital Modernity. Why We Need to Think Historically About the Digital Age” by James Smithies goes on top of my reading list www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon... !
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Digital Modernity | Why We Need to Think Historically About the Digita
This is the first systematic theorization of digital modernity, arguing that the digital age cannot be understood apart from the long historical arc of
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Today my colleague @tillmannohm.bsky.social and I will start teaching our very first joint course Analysing Digital Images as part of the @dhssfau.bsky.social! We will cover interconnections of digitality and visual culture, and how all that can be studied in today's world. I'm excited!
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Every time I prepare for a new course, I’m amazed by how much you actually LEARN when you think about how to TEACH something. I’m excited to launch my ‘Digital Objects and Society’ course—and to learn even more alongside my students!
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Together with colleagues at @dhssfau.bsky.social we are preparing the start of the semester! What an exciting lineup of courses -- I would love to attend all of them! www.dhss.phil.fau.de/2026/03/23/s...
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Summer Semester 2026: Course Overview
The Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS) programme at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg offers a wide range of courses for the Summer Semester 2026 across both Bachelor’s and Master’s levels.
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Anastasia Glawion @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Have you heard about our newsletter? 💌 Subscribe here to get info on future events, including lectures, workshops, conferences, and summer schools hosted by the DHSS: www.dhss.phil.fau.de/dhss-newslet... @dhssfau.bsky.social
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DHSS Newsletter
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
How can mixed-skill classrooms be designed effectively? This workshop discusses practical approaches in Digital Humanities teaching. 🎤 @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social , Junior Professor of Digital Literary Studies and Methods at DHSS @grk2806.bsky.social 📅 April 7, 18:00–19:30 (zoom) #FAU
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It's exciting to see my introduction on a language that I don't really speak (yet)! 😅 Happy to have joined @dhssfau.bsky.social ! www.fau.de/2026/03/news...
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Neu an der FAU: Prof. Dr. Mila Oiva
Die FAU zählt mit über 270 Studiengängen zu den 15 größten und forschungsstärksten Universitäten Deutschlands. Über 6.000 Mitarbeitende und mehr als 39.000 Studierende prägen eine Kultur der…
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Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Join us today @cudanlab.bsky.social for a lecture & discussion with Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social on "Errors and Misconduct in Biomedical Research Images" 🦠🔬🎨 16:00-18:00 Tallinn time UTC+2 🇪🇪🇪🇺🌍 (5 hours from this post). Details & zoom: cudan.tlu.ee/events/2026-...
Portrait of Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social
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Anastasia Glawion @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Come study in Erlangen! I had a great time teaching "Data Collection in DH" this semester: from Data Feminism, modeling, and FAIR/CARE principles, to digitization standards, OCR/HCR, and a final project on fanzine digitization. This is what the MA looks like in practice! 🧠 #DigitalHumanities #DHSS
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Anastasia Glawion @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Looking forward to Friday - joining a workshop in Marburg that focuses on fan and memory studies practices! My talk will be on "Nostalgia and the imagined past in Bible fanfictions".
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Marianna Gracheva @mariannagracheva.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Special Issue on Professional Discourse out now! More about individual contributions on our page @registerstudies.bsky.social
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Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Join us this Monday, Feb 9, @cudanlab.bsky.social for a lecture & discussion with #JanneHolmén of #UppsalaUniversity on "A #History of #Diagrams" (Paleolithic to present) 16:00-18:00 Tallinn time UTC+2 🇪🇪🇪🇺🌍 15 hours from this post. Details & zoom: cudan.tlu.ee/events/2026-... #dataviz
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Some insights of our paper on measuring cultural bias: communities.springernature.com/posts/how-to...
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How to distinguish a good socialist country from a bad one
Measuring biased representation on the world
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Excited to announce that our Nature Cities paper "City representation in Soviet propaganda and geographical biases in cultural data" was published today! Thank you, Mikhail Tamm, Ksenia Mukhina, @metsmark.bsky.social and @schichmax.bsky.social ! rdcu.be/e1UvJ
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City representation in Soviet propaganda and geographical biases in cultural data
Nature Cities - Media representations depict cities in illuminating ways. This study finds that representations of cities in Soviet-era newsreels grow more than expected with city size and are...
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Anastasia Glawion @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I am so excited to have Zsofia Pilz in our colloquium on Wednesday!
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Andres Karjus @andreskarjus.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Also if that sounds interesting, come join and help us do more stuff with AI and stuff bsky.app/profile/andr...
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Andres Karjus @andreskarjus.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
New preprint out: "Machine-Assisted Grading of Nationwide School-Leaving Essay Exams with LLMs and Statistical NLP" arxiv.org/abs/2601.16314 We test LLMs on graduation essays written in a low-resource language (EST), using official rubrics &benchmarking data directly from the national exam gov body.
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Nanne van Noord @nanne.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
For the HERAtlas project at the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) we are looking for a Postdoc to combine data science, psychology, and digital history to uncover the "invisible" women of art history! More info at: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — Postdoc Quantifying Gender Inequality in Visual Art
<p><span>Are you passionate about art, gender equality, and data-driven research?</span><span> Join the HERAtlas project to uncover the "invisible" women of art history<span>.</span> We are looking for a Postdoc to combine data science, psychology, and history to reveal the structural barriers behind gender inequality in the creative industries and translate these insights into public storytelling<span>.</span></span></p>
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
My thoughts today: How could I contribute more to Wikipedia in my research and teaching activities? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Wikipedia is needed now more than ever, 25 years on
The online encyclopedia is an antidote to an increasingly poisoned information ecosystem. Researchers should help to nourish it.
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Joachim Hornegger @hornegger.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Today, I appointed Mila Oiva (University of Turku, Finland) to a Professorship in Digital Humanities at FAU, focusing on images and objects. She studies audiovisual heritage, especially historical newsreels (e.g., Soviet Novosti Dnya and Estonian newsreels). Welcome to FAU, Mila.
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mila-oiva.bsky.social @mila-oiva.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I'm thrilled to join the @dhssfau.bsky.social team at FAU as a Professor of DH with the focus on images and objects! Looking forward establishing new collaborations and to continue old ones!
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