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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Call for Talks & Posters for HELDIG Summit 2026 is now open! A great opportunity for anyone working with digital humanities to present their work, share ideas and discuss current questions with the community in Helsinki: www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-... Please spread the word as well!

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Call for talks and posters: HELDIG Summit 2026 Methodological encounters | Digital Humanities | University of Helsinki

We are gathering speakers and poster proposals for the next HELDIG Summit that aims to provide a snapshot of digital research in SSH today. To bring about discussion, we are planning three themes: dig...

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Don't forget to apply for our DH lecturer position in Helsinki. DL midnight today, so still plenty time to get your applications in!

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today was COMHIS development day. Autumn in Helsinki, things rolling nicely forward. Remember to apply for the open lecturer position if you want a chance to work with us!

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Helsinki DH seminar continues today with Ángela Gómez (KU Leuven): Tracing PROGRESS: A diachronic lexical semantic approach to conceptual change in eighteenth-century Britain. For the Autumn seminar see: www.helsinki.fi/en/digital-h...

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We are hiring! Permanent position for a University Lecturer in Digital Humanities at the University of Helsinki. The application period is open and closes on 3 October 2026: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... Please read the job description carefully and feel free to spread the word widely.

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University Lecturer in Digital Humanities

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Our article “Translation Mining: An AI-Driven Taxonomy of Eighteenth-Century Anglo-French Translation Practices” is out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... We map translations between ECCO and Gallica at paragraph level (500k titles), offer a data-driven taxonomy, and release the data + demo. OA.

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Translation mining: An AI-driven taxonomy of eighteenth-century Anglo-French translation practices

This paper introduces the concept of “translation mining”, a cross-lingual embedding approach that bridges close reading and large-scale quantitative analysis of historical translations. Focusing o...

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Positive news continue! Our project application "Interpreting Early Modern Intellectual Networks and Texts: an Interdisciplinary Approach (IMPRINT)" has been granted funding by the Research Council of Finland.

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Great news, please share widely: the Faculty of Humanities, University of Helsinki will open a permanent university lecturer position in Digital Humanities in Autumn 2026. Teaching-focused, future-facing methods role, linked to LingDig, HELDIG and SSH-wide methods teaching. More details in August.

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

FIN-CLARIAH Summer Meeting in Joensuu will be open on Zoom — because in Finland we take SSH research infrastructure seriously, and being a Finn is a state of mind. Ruth Ahnert gives the keynote tomorrow. Programme: sites.google.com/view/fin-cla...

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FIN-CLARIAH Summer 2026

Welcome to Joensuu!

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

All that I am entitled to reveal are the morning session songs (#DHH26 karaoke slack channel, Wednesday 27 May at 8:30): Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times The Doors - Break on Through Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song The Doors - Light My Fire Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused The Doors - The End

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

the mystery shall remain a mystery...

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

First interim presentations at #dhh26 ongoing. We have groups on poetry, crimes, parliaments, books and profits; pretty much all you need in a digital humanities hackathon!

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Less than a week until #DHH26 hackathon! Everyone is welcome to the public presentations on 29 May: 👉 www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-... In the meantime, explore this spring’s project course work on 18th-century human–animal relationship and symbolism in heraldry: 👉 blogs.helsinki.fi/dh-project-c...

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Presentation of #DHH26 Hackathon projects on 29rd May 2026 | Digital Humanities | University of Helsinki

Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon is organized on 20 – 29 May 2026 at the University of Helsinki. The event brings together students and researchers of humanities, social sciences and computer sci...

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Annual field trip day for COMHIS. This is our hiking group, more people joined for lunch and museum tour at Tarvaspää. Even weather was on our side! Good times.

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Really happy about COMHIS. Papers soon out on “Translation Mining” & “Meaning Matching” (huge efforts). Also a step from text reuse to image reuse, that paper is published in DHQ: dhq.digitalhumanities.org/vol/19/4/000... More to follow. 2026 will be a good year for computational history in HEL.

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DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: Image Reuse in Eighteenth-Century Book History: Large-Scale Data-Driven Study of Headpiece Ornament Variants

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

the position is for 4 years (not 3)! So, even better for those applying outside Finland!

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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

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Vera Mikkilä @veramikkila.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Hallitus lanseerasi kehysriihessä ennennäkemättömän kuvion. 20M€ tutkijoiden itse hankkimasta EU-rahasta lasketaan lain mukaiseksi t&k-lisärahoitukseksi ja valtion omia panostuksia vähennetään saman verran. Järjestelmätasolla tällainen ajattelu luo käsittämättömän anti-insentiivin.

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Reminder: Everyone is welcome to a seminar on Computational Methods & Intellectual History at Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (Fabianinkatu 24 A, 3rd floor) this Thursday 23 April at 16:15-19:00 (no online option). Background paper: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/epub/10.... (ch 12)

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Helsinki DH Research Seminar this Thursday Sanna Supponen (UH): “Combining metadata of intact manuscripts with fragmentary manuscripts in one repository: a case example of Swedish scholarly literature”. For online participation and more information: www.helsinki.fi/en/digital-h...

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

yes, good observation, the book itself is naturally an engagement with the article (and everything that comes with it) 50+ years down the line. Lot of work went into it as well, not least by @adrianblau.bsky.social

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Computational Methods for Intellectual History 📅 Thu 23 April, 16:00–18:00 📍 HCAS Common Room, Fabianinkatu 24 A (3rd floor) Speakers: Yann Ryan (Leiden) & Mikko Tolonen (Helsinki) 📖 Background (ch. 12): www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/epub/10.... All welcome.

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

New paper from COMHIS group just out at EACL: “Detecting Latin in Historical Books with Large Language Models: A Multimodal Benchmark”. aclanthology.org/2026.eacl-lo... A collaboration across our CASCADE and MECANO Marie Curie Training networks. More to follow.

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Detecting Latin in Historical Books with Large Language Models: A Multimodal Benchmark

Yu Wu, Ke Shu, Jonas Fischer, Lidia Pivovarova, David Rosson, Eetu Mäkelä, Mikko Tolonen. Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (V...

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Helsinki DH Seminar continues this Thursday (26th March) w/ Jonas Fischer (UH): “What quoting Horace tells us about intellectual thought in the 18th century". More info: www.helsinki.fi/en/digital-h...

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The application period for the Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon 2026 (#DHH26) is now open (until 14 April). Apply now & spread the word: heldig.fi/dhh26

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Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon 2026 #DHH26 | Digital Humanities | University of Helsinki

Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon #DHH26 | 20.–29.5.2026

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Nice moment at the end of the volume: in his concluding response, Skinner finishes by quoting our line that “refraining from participating in shaping the future of our field [intellectual history] would be unwise.” Let's hope some less prominent traditional humanists also get the point.

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Our chapter with Yann Ryan on “Computational Methods in Intellectual History” in a book on Quentin Skinner’s Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas and Beyond edited by Adrian Blau is now available open access: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/epub/10....

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Helsinki DH Seminar continues this Thursday (12th March) with Ke Shu (UH): “Identifying essay-length reprinting across eighteenth-century books and newspapers: A case study of David Hume". Ke will join in person. Participation is possible also online: www.helsinki.fi/en/digital-h...

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Helsinki Digital Humanities Research Seminar continues this Thursday (26th Feb) at 16:15 with a talk by David Rosson: “Vibe coding for digital humanities: visualising variations in eighteenth-century multi-edition publications". www.helsinki.fi/en/digital-h...

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Helsinki DH Seminar continues this Thursday with Yu Wu (UH) on "Beyond Text Reuse in 18th-century Reception: Evaluating Semantic Search through the Case of Locke”. For online participation and where to find us at Metsätalo, please visit: www.helsinki.fi/en/digital-h... All welcome!

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

New COMHIS article in DHQ out for preview (issue in April): Image Reuse in Eighteenth-Century Book History: Large-Scale Data-Driven Study of Headpiece Ornament Variants dhq.digitalhumanities.org/vol/19/4/000...

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DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: Image Reuse in Eighteenth-Century Book History: Large-Scale Data-Driven Study of Headpiece Ornament Variants

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 16/01/2026

📣 Come work with us! #18C 📣 This one is for the #DH crowd! We seek a Content Engineer to assist in maintaining and developing the digital resources of the Voltaire Foundation. More information and application process on our website: voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/va...

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Vacancy: Content Engineer

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract (2 years) Hours: Full time (37.5 hours); part time considered at minimum of 0.6 FTE We are a busy and friendly research department within the Humanities Division…

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🎉 New for 2026: Oxford University Voltaire (OV) from the Voltaire Foundation. Gain access to the leading scholarly edition of Voltaire's complete works in one digital resource, designed for researchers and built for libraries. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/LUP-OV @voltaire.ox.ac.uk

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

New year, same great Helsinki DH seminar! We are back next Thursday (22 January 2026), same time, same place. For details and the spring schedule, visit: 👉 www.helsinki.fi/en/digital-h...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 19/12/2025

Applications welcome by 9 January!

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Thinking about an MA in Digital Humanities or related fields (Language Technology, Cognitive Science, Phonetics, General Linguistics)? Applications to LINGDIG MA programme at @helsinki.fi are open 2–16 January. Programme: www.helsinki.fi/en/degree-pr... DH track: www.helsinki.fi/en/digital-h...

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Linguistic Diversity and Digital Humanities | Master’s programme | University of Helsinki

Study at the University of Helsinki and get an understanding of the nature and diversity of human language and cognition.

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

A Recap of the HELDIG Summit: “Celebrating Eero Hyvönen and the Future of Digital Humanities” from 4 December 2025: blogs.helsinki.fi/heldig-summi...

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Next week we are hosting the “In and Out of the Canon in Intellectual History” conference at the University of Helsinki! If you are curious about the canon, non-canon, or anything in between, feel free to drop by and listen in. Programme + details: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...

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Conference "In and Out of the Canon in Intellectual History" | Centre for Intellectual History | University of Helsinki

Exciting news - Helsinki Centre for Intellectual History is organising a conference! When? In exactly one week!

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Our article in Hume Studies is out: “A Quantitative and Comparative Approach to Royalist and Whig Sources in Hume’s History of England” → muse.jhu.edu/pub/108/arti... Relevant also to bridge the gap between quantitative and qualitative methods in the humanities.

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Project MUSE - A Quantitative and Comparative Approach to Royalist and Whig Sources in Hume’s <i>History of England</i>

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