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We partner with humanities scholars to build software tools for research and teaching. Also at @performant@mastodon.cloud www.performantsoftware.com

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EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#CfA 📢 John W. Kluge Center Fellowships Four residential #fellowship programs at the Library of Congress for scholars using its collections and digital resources. 🏫Library of Congress (Washington, DC, USA) ⏰ 15 Sept 2026 🔗 www.loc.gov/programs/joh... #Humanities #DigitalHumanities
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Fellowships | Chairs & Fellowships | The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress | Programs | Library of Congress
The following four fellowship programs are currently accepting applications with a deadline of September 15, 2026: The Kluge Fellowship, Fellowship in Digital Studies, David B. Larson Fellowship in H...
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tenuretracker.info @tenuretracker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Universitat Hamburg (@uni-hamburg.de) is hiring: Research Associate for the Project “Automated multi-writer Handwritten Text Recognition with continual learning (HTRcl)” #phd #digitalhumanities
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EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#CfP 📢 IV Seminario italo-spagnolo di #Biblioteconomia, #Bibliografia, Scienze del Documento: "Collezioni bibliotecarie tra patrimonio, innovazione e partecipazione", SISBB 📆 28–29 Jan 2027 | 🏫Sapienza Università di Roma 💻 Online ⏰ 20 Sept 2026 🔗 www.sisbb.it/wp-content/u... #DigitalHumanities
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The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
📢AUTUMN NEWSLETTER OUT TODAY📢 This edition includes an important update on some changes to the team that impact the project's future. Those on our mailing list should have a copy in their inbox, for others see below, or DM your address to receive a pdf. #EarlyModern 🗃️ #DigitalHumanities #HTR
Page 1 of the autumn 2026 wills project newsletter. Two headlines can be see: project leader professor Jane Whittle elected to the British Academy's Fellowship'. 'Key Update: Project's legacy is secure'. Page 2 of the wills project autumn 2026 newsletter. the head lines are: national recognition for Chris and Laura's collaboration, and 'The Landmark Trust Bath Retreat'.
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Tyne Daile Sumner @tynedaile.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Please circulate far and wide to your #digitalhumanities networks. Applications due on the 25th September! 👇
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UK-Ireland DH Association @ukiedh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📅 Save the Date: 4 March 2027! @dariahie.bsky.social are hosting the first regional event at the Long Room Hub, @tcddublin.bsky.social! A day of networking & knowledge‑sharing for anyone working in #digitalarts & #digitalhumanities across Ireland. 🔗 digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/09/11/r...
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Dublin Regional Event – Save the Date! | UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association
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Digital Humanities Lab, Exeter @dhlabexeter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
To find out more about the work the DH Lab does, check out our website and blog: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/dig... digitalhumanities.exeter.ac.uk #RTI #Photogrammetry #Digitisation #3DImaging #DigitalResearch #3D #HASS #DHLab #DigitalHumanities #DH #CatsofBluesky @exeter.ac.uk
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Digital Humanities Lab, Exeter @dhlabexeter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This year the DH lab had the pleasure of collaborating with Professor @pascaleexeter.bsky.social on an exciting project exploring the staging possibilities of the Early Modern Whitefriars playhouse! #Digital #Humanities #DHLab #Interns #HASS #Internships #DigitalResearch #3D #3DPrint #3DPrinting
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pam lach @plach.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Absolutely love this approach to digital projects -- robust, dynamic projects with fully functional static versions for sustainability and longetivity. Hybrid minimal computing for the win! 👏 #ACH2026
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Jamie Folsom @jamiefolsom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Super excited to be presenting with @roopikarisam.bsky.social this morning at #ACH2026 on "Hybrid Minimal Computing"! Slides (for my part, the technical dimension) here: dh.tools/hybrid
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Hybrid Minimal Computing — ACH 2026
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Jamie Folsom @jamiefolsom.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Thrilled to be at #dhsi2026 to talk about using Performant Studio (open source #dh tools) to make a map based research website! dh.tools/maps
A slide listing the presenters of lighting talks at the DHSI 2026 aligned conference in Montréal.
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dehypotheses @dehypotheses.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Projects die. Data survives. While sustainability debates in digital humanities often focus on formats, metadata, and archives, Joudy Sido Bozan asks: who maintains the code, the website, the expertise, and the community once the funding ends? ctg.hypotheses.org/617 #DFG #DigitalHumanities
Data Survives, Projects Die: Rethinking Sustainability in Digital Humanities
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Performant Software Solutions @performant.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies at TCD @langslitscultures.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Call for Applications: Funded PhD in Digital Humanities and Narrative Studies - “Sonic Narrative Approaches to Cultural Heritage – The Long Room’s Digital Twin”: dh.tcd.ie/call-for-app... Deadline: 26 June 2026 at 12:00 (GMT) #DigitalHumanities @tlrhub.bsky.social
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dhoxss.bsky.social @dhoxss.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Our Course Director has written this blog post about DHOxSS tinyurl.com/6wd8rx82 Spaces are still available across all workshops strands - but book soon as they are filling up! Register by 1 June to make the most of Early Bird rates. web.cvent.com/event/572b3a... #digitalhumanities #DHOxSS2026
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What is the Digital Humanities @ Oxford Summer School?
Author: Dr Megan Gooch is Head of the Centre for Digital Scholarship at the Bodleian Libraries and Director of DHOxSS. “The best week of the year for digital humanists.”1  I have the priv…
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Center for Digital Visual Studies - Max Planck Society @UZH @dvstudies.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
👉 Last days to apply! This is an excellent and rare opportunity. Very attractive funding and academic environment. Share the word! 👇 #digitalhumanities #dh #AI4culture #multimodality #multimodalAI
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EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
📢 Launch of the digital Atlas In-ITALJA — please share! 🔗 in-italja.org/en/ A new #digitalhumanities platform mapping Jewish mobility and Jewish-Christian relations in Italy from the Middle Ages to 1938. Learn more about the project and the platform at the link above 👆 #JewishHistory #Mobility
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The Melville Society @melville-society.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Mark your programs for @the-ala.bsky.social! "Melville and Justice": tomorrow (5/21) from 1-2:20 in Salon 1 "Entirely Idle: Melvillean Leisure, Laziness, and Labor": Friday (5/22) from 4-5:20 in Kimball
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NAVSA @navsa.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Event: "South Africa, 1904" A Collaboration Between RSVP and NAVSA's Empire and Colonialism Caucus navsa.org/News/13634217
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🗃️ Women’s Screen Work in Archives Made Visible @womensscreenwork.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Lucie Mingmei writes: "I am the Research IT Developer in the Research IT team based in the Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Exeter. As part of the WSWIA team, I work on the design and development of the project’s WordPress web interface, which is used for blogging and (1/8)
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Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage @apprecovery.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Join us in Houston for the ACH 2026 regional hub hosted by USLDH at Arte Público Press (keynote watch party, guided tour, and conversation on digital humanities, archives & community-centered work). June 24, 12–2 PM. Spaces limited: bit.ly/tx_ach_hub #usLdh #digitalhumanities @ach.bsky.social
Event flyer. Left side includes newspaper with drawing of a woman wearing a hat, an archival newspaper, and a colorized engraving of a man and a woman. Text includes information about the event: The US Latino Digital Humanities Center (USLDH) at Arte Público Press in Houston, Texas, hosts a regional hub of the 2026 Association for Computers and the Humanities conference. This gathering brings together faculty, students, archivists and community members for an in-person program centered on dialogue, collaboration and archival practice. *Live ACH conference keynote watch party featuring Dr. Laura Gonzales’s keynote, "Community, Participation and Transborder Technology Design" *Discussion on ethical, community-centered digital humanities *Conversations on Latino archival recovery and cultural preservation *Showcase of USLDH digital humanities projects *Guided tour of Arte Público Press *Sandwich lunch will be provided Arte Público Press is located at the University of Houston's Technology Bridge Annex, 4902 Gulf Freeway, Building 19 (next to Houston Rags). Pay-to-park options are available in our lot. Free parking is available on Schlumberger St. Spaces are limited. RSVP at: https://bit.ly/tx_ach_hub
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
5 days left to apply for PhD and Postdoc positions in a cool project about herbaria, plants and digitization!🌿😎 Postdoc: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/9... PhD: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c... More info: cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1... #Jobs #HPBio #HistSci #DigitalHumanities #PhilSci
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DigiLab, Institute for Medieval Research, ÖAW @digilab-imafo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A new book on HTR! Check it out, it is open access. #htr #atr #digitalhumanities
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Performant Software Solutions @performant.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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NAVSA @navsa.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
CFP: Victorians Institute Conference 2026 (Abstract Deadline: 6/1/26) navsa.org/News/13631599
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pam lach @plach.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
📣There's still time to sign up for a #ACH2026 low-cost, virtual #DigitalHumanities Workshop! 1) DH Pedagogy Studio: Creative and Critical Assignment Design 2) Get Started Preserving your Web Content and Data 3) Envisioning DH at your Teaching-Focused Institution ach2026.ach.org/en/workshops/
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Pre-Conference Workshops
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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This is a fantastic opportunity! ⬇️ #DigitalHumanities #DHJobs #Archives #ArchiveJobs
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Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz @nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If you are at @kzooicms.bsky.social don't miss the @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social roundtable Session 258 - New Possibilities and Directions in #DigitalMedievalStudies on Thur 3.30pm + reception. All welcome to talk about #DigitalHumanities and #MedievalStudies! #ICMS icms.confex.com/icms/2026/me...
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New Possibilities and Directions in Digital Medieval Studies (A Roundtable)
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Jenny McHugh @jmmchugh.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Come one come all! 📢 #digitalhumanities #digitalculture #digitalheritage
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Alexa Alice Joubin @profjoubin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Let us restore joy of learning, but first let us become strangers to ourselves. Education and work have become joylessly transactional. @profjoubin.bsky.social argues that estrangement can be a cognitive and affective intervention. youtu.be/GtlPSHKla94 #criticalAI #digitalhumanities #Shakespeare
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The Joy of Estrangement in the Era of AI: Distinguished Lecture, Case Western Reserve University
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UK-Ireland DH Association @ukiedh.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Thanks to all that have registered so far! We've just released in-person tickets to all delegates - join us if you can. We're excited to welcome you to @unisouthampton.bsky.social ! #digitalhumanities #DH #computationalhumanities
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Gates Cambridge @gatescambridge.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Scholar-Elect Ayobami Adebayo talks about being a writer and literary judge and about her PhD in #DigitalHumanities - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/h... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @clarehallcambridge.bsky.social
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How digital magazines have influenced African literary networks - Gates Cambridge
Ayobami Adebayo talks about being a writer and literary judge and about her PhD in Digital Humanities.
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Performant Software Solutions @performant.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Laura Morealle and Nick Laiacona will be holding a workshop “From Digitized Manuscript to Digital Edition” at this week’s 2026 International Congress on Medieval Studies. #DigitalHumanities #TextEncoding #DHWorkshop
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The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
📢 NEW PROJECT BLOG POST 📢 Something a bit different from our 'Will of the Month' posts... 📜 Our Principal Investigator, Jane Whittle, explains the different ways we can approach and work with 30,000 will transcriptions 🧵1/3 #EarlyModern @uoearchhist.bsky.social sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
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What to do with 30,000 wills? Three Approaches
Jane Whittle, Wills Project Principal Investigator The wills project has now successfully transcribed more than 30,000 early modern wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, with at least 5000 f...
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Matinee.icu Agency @matinee.icu · 12/05/2026
Generic avatars don’t work for cultural apps. For our latest UI project, we used classical fragments for user profiles, turning onboarding into an interaction withart history. See the design: matinee.icu #UXDesign #DigitalHumanities
Avatar selection screen with circular classical-art thumbnails, one highlighted (colorful geisha), Continue and Skip buttons.
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Interested in herbaria, plants and digitization? Come work with us! 3 PhD & Postdoc Positions in History & Phil. of Biology & Digital Humanities! #ERC Project BOTLEG; @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Deadline: 25 May '26 #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio #EnvHist #DigitalHumanities #AcademicSky #PhDSky Details below 👇
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Ruth Ahnert @ruthahnert.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
JOB: Cambridge #digitalhumanities is advertising for a 3-year teaching associate post to teach on their fantastic MPhil. Details here: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/t...
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Now Hiring: Teaching Associate [Temporary Cover] - CDH
Cambridge Digital Humanities seeks to recruit a fixed-term Teaching Associate, to be appointed to the Faculty of English. The appointee will take up the post in September 2026 for a period of three ye...
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European Association for Digital Humanities (EADH) @eadhorg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
📢 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities (DSH) is looking for two Associate Editors to join its editorial team. 🗓️ Review of applications begins on 1 June 2026 📄 Full call: eadh.org/news/2026/05... #DH #AcademicJobs #ScholarlyPublishing #DigitalHumanities
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News and Events | EADH - The European Association for Digital Humanities
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kingsdigitallab.bsky.social @kingsdigitallab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We’re recruiting a (Senior) Research Software Engineer. We work closely with researchers, developing thoughtful, impactful digital research projects. We’re looking for someone who enjoys collaborative, applied work at the intersection of research and technology. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/145925-...
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Research Software Engineer / Senior Research Software Engineer | King's College London
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University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We're so pleased to publish Exploring Digital Cultural Heritage by Eirini Goudarouli, @amsichani.bsky.social and @jfwinters.bsky.social today🥳 Download an #OpenAccess copy, read it online via @manifoldscholar.bsky.social or buy it in print! uolpress.co.uk/book/explori... #DigitalHumanities
Book cover titled Exploring Digital Cultural Heritage: Access, Use, Value and Sustainability, with abstract textured geometric shapes in burgundy, pink and yellow on a pale background, edited by Eirini Goudarouli, Anna Maria Sichani and Jane Winters, published by University of London Press.
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Performant Software Solutions @performant.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Check out the April 2026 issue of Reviews in Digital Humanities, brought to you by Jennifer Guiliano & me! This month is an open submissions issue and we have an array (har har) of projects: Software! A database! Digital archives! Hope you enjoy. reviewsindh.pubpub.org/v7-n4 #ReviewsInDH
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Vol. 7, No. 4: April 2026 · Reviews in Digital Humanities
Vol. 7, No. 4 of Reviews in Digital Humanities, a peer-reviewed journal that facilitates scholarly evaluation of digital humanities work and its outputs, edited by Jennifer Guiliano (Indiana Universit...
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Society for Iberian Global Art @siga.spainculture.us · 27/04/2026
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS ✨ Innovative Research Tools for the Study of Sculpture 📍 M Leuven, Belgium 📅 November 26–27, 2026 ⏳ Deadline: May 16, 2026 🔗https://arthist.net/archive/51908 (1/4)
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utgermanic.bsky.social @utgermanic.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Please have a listen into the new podcast episode of "Code for Thought" by Peter Schmidt entitled "Making Data Last", which features some interview parts by Dr Thorsten Ries! #digitalhumanities #utgermanic #utaustin
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Peter T. Evans @petertevans.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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Performant Software Solutions @performant.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Performant Software Solutions @performant.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Performant Software Solutions @performant.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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