Reposted by Sarah BullNatalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 20hIf you're casting about for amusement in London on the evening of Friday 20 November, I'm giving a talk at KCL on mushrooms and social reproduction. They've got a bit of security at the building, so if you're not at KCL but would like to go, contact aaron.rosenberg at kcl dot ac dot uk 17314
Reposted by Sarah BullDan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 19hIn 2012, I stood on a stage with Anne Carson as a volunteer grad student to help her perform BRACKO, an adaptation of Sappho, where my job was to say the word "bracket" every time there was a bracket, which was more than two hundred times 20667114
Reposted by Sarah BullSarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Y’all! This was an intense piece to edit—so much learning and such a complicated book. I loved it! Curious about Tonson’s Caesar? About printing books with plates? Books with elaborate patronages to procure? Go read! 📜 091
Reposted by Sarah BullMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 06/10/2026It's arrived!! I gave this book everything I had and I hope there's something in here for you. It's not officially out until 10/20, but @yalepress.bsky.social seems to be shipping orders now. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 3864895
Reposted by Sarah BullMary Fissell @maryfissell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Delighted to share that the British version of my book is now out in paperback! hurstpublishers.com/book/abortion/ Thanks, @hurstpublishers.bsky.social, still LOVE that cover. 03914
Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I've gone on a bit of a Lost Arts Press reading bender over the past couple of weeks. The print books are beautifully made, and Christopher Schwarz's American Peasant (which, like all of his books, he also released as a fully OA PDF) might just be the most moving book I've read in a long time.lostartpress.comAmerican Peasant (signed by the author)by Christopher Schwarz Note: This book is available as a free pdf download. Simply click here (you won't have to register or even give up your email). Just click and the book will begin to download. T... 1102
Reposted by Sarah BullSHARP News @sharpnews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026📢 OPPORTUNITY WITH SHARP NEWS We are looking for TWO PEOPLE to take responsibility of the SHARP News Book Reviews section for a 3-year term starting in 2027. See the full call for applicants: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20... #BookHistory #BookReviews 079
Reposted by Sarah BullAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026the expert literary science, expert data analysis, and even more expert deep investigative reporting in this piece powerfully dispel PEN's insidious mythology of the publishing industry this jewish author is thankful for the research 03711
Reposted by Sarah BullTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You know good and damn well we want to see this fluffy little big head! Awwww. 1040034
Reposted by Sarah BullMeredith Martin @mmvty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Have a smallish piece of new research at the intersection of humanities & machine learning or cultural analytics to share? Pitch it to @lbmcgrath.bsky.social, the special features editor of @culturalanalytics.bsky.social! 13226
Reposted by Sarah BullRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 01/10/2026Does anyone here have a favorite in-class exercise for helping students consider how algorithms work? Ideally this is completely non-computational—I just want them to try to think procedurally about how they would need to transform data—ideally historical/texty data—step by step 4178
Reposted by Sarah BullShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"The Department of Information Studies seeks a scholar specializing in Media Archival Studies whose research and teaching address historical and contemporary media-making contexts, media formats, and the information systems that support their preservation, management, and use."recruit.apo.ucla.eduAssistant Professor of Information Studies (Tenure-Track), Specializing in Media Archival StudiesUniversity of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now! 05942
Reposted by Sarah BullRuth Ahnert @ruthahnert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026DH friends. Anyone have ideas for publication venues for outcomes of smaller bits of exploratory work? We have some fun outcomes but probably don’t want to spend time working them into something big; but feel they are interesting to the community. I know I’m forgetting something obvious! 71815
Reposted by Sarah BullAnna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sending you some inspiration to stand by your ideas in the face of criticism 0165
Reposted by Sarah BullDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So much of our higher ed/training stuff seems to envision 18-24 yo getting their first job and then just...that's it, end of thought process. Training people - in fact forcing people - to only have the option of manual/physical work & not having a "what to do if you get old/injuried" plan is cruel. 3191
Reposted by Sarah BullWhitney Trettien @whitneytrettien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026At the MoMA today for THE SURREALIST BOOK, a fabulous new exhibit by Jodi Hauptman & Starr Figura. Ft. artists' books from the Zell collection, spanning surrealism to the present. I wrote the catalogue's epilogue on artsy bookmaking & "new" media. It was fun. Come see these gorgeous books.moma.orgThe Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors | MoMAExhibition. Oct 4, 2026–Jan 23, 2027. A book bound with shards of shattered glass. A manifesto enshrined in polished metal. Love poems seamlessly merging with solarized photographs. For artists and wr... 1155
Reposted by Sarah BullSophie Weinberg @sophie-rose-reads.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Putting out a #bookhistory bat signal: does anyone have any resources on the history+production of ink balls/ball leathers? Finding it difficult to locate sources on preparing sheepskin for non-leather, non-parchment purposes… 61314
Reposted by Sarah BullMatthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026CFP: 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...dhdebates.gc.cuny.eduCFP: Generative Digital Humanities | Debates in the Digital HumanitiesTransforming scholarly publications into living digital works 56561
Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Writing is writing different versions of the same fucking sentence over and over and over and over and over 1180
Reposted by Sarah BullCarlisle Yingst @ceyingst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026things have been a bit chaotic lately, and i've been away from social media for a while, but as the clouds are parting a bit, i'm glad to share this catalogue that i recently worked on for a show at the National Mining Museum Scotland -- i think my first ever publication in the form of a book! 1141
Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#bookhistory #histmed 18th Century Literatures job at the University of Alberta! Particular interest in candidates with expertise in Critical Race/Ethnicity Studies; Disability Studies; Environmental Humanities; History of Science/Medicine; and Print Culture/ Book History.iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.comAssistant Professor (tenure-track), Global 18th -Century LiteraturesLocation - This role is in-person at North Campus Edmonton. The Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in Global 18th-C... 02022
Reposted by Sarah BullMatthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Of course to a large extent the problem is “AI,” but it’s hard to read something like this and not come away thinking there are other problems, not strictly technical, and not limited to any one institution. 43310
Reposted by Sarah BullDr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I can highly recommend applying for the Rare Books School M.C. Lang Fellowship! It was a boon to my teaching, helped me develop a new area of our curriculum, provided funding for my teaching development. Feel free to DM me if you're interested! 02914
Reposted by Sarah BullMeredith Martin @mmvty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026arxiv.org/abs/2510.08831 updated version of our article from last year @wouterhaverals.bsky.social and I updated the title & experiments. Check out this strengthened version, esp. if you are thinking abt cultural evaluation & benchmarks. @arnicas.bsky.social @dmimno.bsky.social @mariaa.bsky.socialarxiv.orgThe human-authorship halo: attribution bias in literary style evaluation by humans and AIAs AI writing tools become widespread, we need to understand how both humans and machines evaluate literary style, a domain where objective standards are elusive and judgments are inherently subjectiv... 02511
Reposted by Sarah BullLisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Gorgeous recipe book to start the day. #HistMed #Warwickshire 1203
Reposted by Sarah BullRachel Hope Cleves @rachelcleves.bsky.social · 17/09/2026History of sexuality question for everyone/anyone: Which flawed source base do you think more accurately represents actual sexual practices in a given time and place? Its legal codes or its pornography? 9144
Reposted by Sarah BullBrandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Embedded Pedagogies is out! Available freely online through @openbookpublish.bsky.social and for purchase in a variety of different formats. It's a tough time to teach, and it's easy to feel helpless. In this book I argue for an expansive view of teaching and the work it can do in the world. 157535
Reposted by Sarah BullVictorian Studies Association of Western Canada @vsawc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We're really looking forward to seeing your proposals for the VSAWC and VISAWUS joint May 7-8 2027 conference on VICTORIAN BORDERS in Vancouver, Canada — due November 1! Visit vsawc.org/events/ for details and send em in, folks! 065
Reposted by Sarah BullMatthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“No longer are words written and read solely by and for humans. Instead, text has become something more like a fossil fuel, a consumable for machines as much or more than a communicative medium for people.” 0204
Reposted by Sarah BullMatthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026For the morning crowd, this gift link should work. 25118
Reposted by Sarah BullAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026best manifestoes by artists speaking to other artists? especially those that exhort artists to make art differently than the manifestee's contemporaries? 10175
Reposted by Sarah BullDr. Donna J. Drucker @histofsex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026For a little about what we _do_ know about the history of #contraception, have a look at this interview. #histsex #histmed 1148
Reposted by Sarah BullLeslie Howsam @lesliehowsam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Toronto #bookhistory , with a bonus on the city’s laneway culture. 0166
Reposted by Sarah BullMatthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 15/09/2026For @projectsyndicate.bsky.social, I wrote about why text—as a category of production—is no longer for us. Also, there’s a Ghostbusters reference. (This *should* be a gift link but you may need to manually verify your humanity, thus proving the point.) www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/tex...project-syndicate.orgWhen Words Are No Longer for UsMatthew Kirschenbaum announces the arrival of the “textpocalypse,” and considers what it will mean for liberal societies. 22910
Reposted by Sarah BullClaire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 12/09/2026One of the theses that is emerging as I write this book on Great Man history is that modern elites, who are provably attracted to it, view themselves not just as potential Great Men but as the *last* Great Men - not just as powerful but as the final form of power. Which should scare us. 1232086
Reposted by Sarah BullNathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026YES! however a slight counterpoint might be like this morning, when you get one for a person whose name *seemingly resembles your own*, & the AI describes something that is not your book at all, but something you could only dream of doing 3112
Reposted by Sarah BullMatthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Programs situated in and funded by medical schools [...] mostly [aim] at improving physician empathy rather than at shaping and expanding medicine's ways of knowing" 082
Reposted by Sarah BullMeredith Martin @mmvty.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It was a pleasure to help the author with this article and so serendipitous that @mellymeldubs.bsky.social was in town when we were in touch. Secret help from an incredible & stealth Princeton librarian also got @hathitrust.bsky.social in the convo, finally. 23912
Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I spent a good part of the weekend looking into taking up woodworking. Again. 5140
Reposted by Sarah BullDeidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 06/07/2026#BookHistory, #PaperRecycling 2426