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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 1h

This semester in Text & Language: 🧙 Digital Tolkien 🐍 Applying Python for Digital Humanities and Social Studies 🗺️ GIS und Geodatenanalyse 📚 Vertiefung in die DH Explore texts, language, programming and computational methods in WiSe 2026/27. Full overview: www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2026/10/07/e...

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We're delighted to announce that Dr. Katrin Rohrbacher @katrohrbacher.bsky.social has received an FAU Emerging Talents Initiative grant for her project, Nature in Motion: A Computational Study of Environmental Representation in Travel Writing. @fau.de @michamahlberg.bsky.social @dhssfau.bsky.social

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

💡 FlexiConc Tutorial 1 is here! We explore the basic FlexiConc functinality, including Random Sort, linguistic annotation, Sentence Transformers, and the analysis tree. 🔗 Explore CLiC yourself: clic-fiction.com More FlexiConc tutorials coming soon!

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FlexiConc in CLiC: Tutorial 1

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James K. Tauber @jtauber.com · 28/09/2026

This wonderful book of Tolkien scholarship (available for free as PDF) is now available. I was honoured to be invited to write the foreword. www.livrosabertos.abcd.usp.br/portaldelivr...

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Down from the door where it began: 70 years of the Lord of the Rings | Portal de Livros Abertos da USP

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our new research paper by Katrin Rohrbacher @katrohrbacher.bsky.social, Björn Nieth, Emmanuelle Salin , Bjoern Eskofier, and Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social, in a nutshell, accepted at #EMNLP2026 Read the full paper here: arxiv.org/pdf/2609.02482

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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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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

At day #3 @andreaswagnr.bsky.social is bringing geo data to our course on concordance reading at the Computational Linguistics Fall School at UTN Nuremberg #digitalhumanities #corpuslinguistics with a corpus from @idsmannheim.bsky.social

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

That's day 1 done - at the Computational Linguistics Fall School 2026 at UTN Nuremberg

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🎓 The Computational Linguistics Fall School 2026 starts next week at the University of Technology Nuremberg! From 21–25 September, the first course week brings together computational linguistics, NLP and corpus linguistics.

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Humboldt-Stiftung @humboldt-foundation.de · 14/09/2026

🎂🥂🎈🪩🎉 Happy Birthday, Alexander von Humboldt – a visionary who understood that science knows no borders. At a time when the world feels increasingly divided, his belief in interconnectedness is more relevant than ever.

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Nathan Dykes @nfdykes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My dissertation is online: doi.org/10.25593/ope... It presents TILDe (Traceable Interpretation through Linguistic Description), a meta-framework for corpus-assisted discourse studies. The starting point: which patterns you find in a discourse depends on how you enter the corpus.

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Congratulations to the organizers on delivering such an outstanding conference. @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social

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mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The poster session at #DH2026 was full of delicious snacks *and* hope for the future of digital humanities. Yay! A random selection of the last four poster photos I took

Poster: from information to metaphor - tracking photographs in Chinese wartime magazines

Poster: MigraAnno, creating a topic-specific corpus from a large newspaper collection

Poster: Open tool registries! Resolving the directory paradox with Wikidata

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I have to follow #DH2026 in Daejeon from the distance. But what a great conference @kadhsocial.bsky.social Our field rocks!

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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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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

DHSS at #DH2026 in #Daejeon! On 30 July, our colleague @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social will present “Nostalgia in alt-right social media: Truth Social” together with Mykola Makhortykh from the University of Bern. 🕘 09:00–10:30 📍 Session S101, Room 204–205 #DigitalHumanities #FAU

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Can you identify a famous book from just five words? 👀 In our latest episode of #CLiC mit Janno, Janno explores how #keywords can reveal what makes a text unique. Discover how comparisons with reference #corpora and #statistical analysis help uncover hidden patterns in #literature.

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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Moments of joy, relaxation, connection, and togetherness. 🌞 Our summer party was not only a wonderful time to celebrate together, but also a heartfelt opportunity to say goodbye to some of our colleagues as they leave the department to begin new journeys. (1/2)

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

⏳ Still time to apply - the deadline for applications is this Friday, 24 July

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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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Sophia Jochem @sophiajochem.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Let's go #Dickenssociety2026 🥳

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We are so delighted and proud to celebrate our colleague Nathan Dykes @nfdykes.bsky.social on successfully defending his PhD thesis today at the DHSS Department! 🎉 Here are a few smiles, photos, and highlights from this special day. Congratulations, Nathan—we wish you every success in the future! 🥂

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Recapping our Text & Language Lab highlights from #CADS2026 at Lancaster: transdisciplinary corpus linguistics, parliamentary quotation, Austen fanfiction, waterscapes, and multimodal video-game narratives. Proud of the team and grateful for the inspiring conversations. ✨

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Before Dr. Hanna’s lecture at the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies @dhssfau.bsky.social, we had this brief interview with her. The computational discourse analysis, the focus of her lecture, and her experiences of academic life in the UK and Germany. youtu.be/lLXBtGwHji8?...

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3 questions with Hanna Schmück

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andreaswagnr.bsky.social @andreaswagnr.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Wrapping up my #DAAD funded research stay in the UK this week. And what a way to end it!

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Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

And so #CADS2026 comes to an end. We had 4 plenaries, 99 papers, 18 posters and 150 delegates. Thank you from all of us to everyone who came and made it so special ❤️🩶

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Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In her opening plenary speech, @michamahlberg.bsky.social addressed the promises and challenges of transdisciplinary corpus linguistics. An inspiring way to start our conference! #CADS2026

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

Today at #CADS2026 we heard from @sallyhuntsa.bsky.social & @marialeedham.bsky.social about the mirrors, windows and sliding doors metaphor to think about young adult fiction. If you missed it, here is a blog post by them wels.open.ac.uk/research/pro...

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

In the fiction track at #CADS2026 - here is @nfdykes.bsky.social presenting our work with @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social on #janeausten and #fanfiction - the transition to the talk by @mixosaurus.bsky.social couldn’t have been better if we’d planned it

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Nathan Dykes @nfdykes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

How do LLMs perform as metadiscourse annotators? Javad Haditaghi at #cads2026 introduces a framework combining LLMs and expert validation.

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andreaswagnr.bsky.social @andreaswagnr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Today I had the great pleasure to present at #CADS2026 about #waterscapes in #fiction. This research is part of my PhD @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social of @michamahlberg.bsky.social

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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Next up in the Digital Humanities Colloquium Join us today, 4–6 PM for the talk by @ismailbarakat.bsky.social “Potential and Challenges in Research Communications” 📍 Room 00.026, Seminar Room 3 Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen We look forward to the talk and the discussion afterwards.

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Tamsin Parnell @tamsinparnell.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Really fascinating and thought-provoking plenary talk by Michaela Mahlberg at #CADS2026. Lots to think about.

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Christopher Hart @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

At #CADS2026, Michaela Mahlberg describes corpora as “evidence of human experience”. That’s a wonderful way of looking at corpora.

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Anna Marchi 🌈 @journolinguist.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Entirely engrossing plenary by the wonderful @michamahlberg.bsky.social on trandisciplinarity, wicked problems, narrative and so much more #CADS2026

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Poster session at #CADS2026: analysing multimodal narratives in video games. If you missed the fantastic work by @jannoreincke.bsky.social today there is more to come #watchthisspace

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Text and Language Lab at #CADS2026 Lancaster University! Researchers from Text and Language Lab will present a plenary lecture, conference presentations and a poster at the Corpora & Discourse International Conference 2026, Lancaster University. 📅 23–25 June 2026 📍 Lancaster University (UK)

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

We are seeing wonderful engagement at the Digital Humanities and Digital Communication Summer School at UniMoRe, which focuses on the uses—and misuses—of AI.

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Marianna Gracheva @mariannagracheva.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Had a lot of fun editing this Special Issue of @registerstudies.bsky.social with @larissagoulart.bsky.social! Our editorial "Situations of Language Use", a survey of traditional approaches to situation over the years, key recent innovations, and original contributions, is now online and open access🙂

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Situations of language use

Welcome to e-content platform of John Benjamins Publishing Company. Here you can find all of our electronic books and journals, for purchase and download or subscriber access.

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

Which word appears most often next to "heart"? And why does that barely help us at all? This episode is about collocations, context, and the tool CLiC, and why numbers alone aren't enough to understand language.

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

We are delighted to announce that Ansgar Fabri will join us as a consultant for our international storywriting competition, "Our Future, Our Water, Our Stories." Ansgar Fabri is a journalist, author, editor, and lecturer specializing in Creative Writing and German as a Foreign Language.

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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Next up in the Digital Humanities Colloquium Join us today, 4–6 PM for Yaping Qu’s MA thesis presentation: “Vase-image retrieval via pose estimation” 📍 Room 00.026, Seminar Room 3 Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen We look forward to the presentation and the discussion afterwards.

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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 · 01/06/2026

🏆 First prize announced! 🌿 The Birmingham Botanical Gardens have generously offered an annual family pass for the first-place winner of our international writing competition, Our Future, Our Water, Our Stories.

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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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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Andreas Wagner (@andreaswagnr.bsky.social) explains here to young writers how to participate in our international writing competition, Our Future, Our Water, Our Stories. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF1o...

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How to Participate in the 2026 Writing Competition – LimeSurvey Tutorial

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Welcome Nancy. We are very glad to work with you.

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andreaswagnr.bsky.social @andreaswagnr.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Join us at the 30 Years of Keyness event in Liverpool! @michamahlberg.bsky.social and I will talk about „Water keywords and digital environmental humanities“ connecting #DigitalHumanities, #Environment and #CorpusLinguistics, one of the themes of Prof. Mahlberg‘s @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social

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