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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 15h

Looks like you summon your code with your grimoire 🤭

Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm giving @martin.rocek.dev a headache with lots of requests for Translucens, but soon we'll have a bunch of QoL improvements for you. Personally love the binarizarion preview. Super useful for preparing our ground truth for the HTR Winter School!

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Viking and Medieval Norse Studies Programme @oldnorse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The Centre for Medieval Studies invites you to a lecture by Alice Raw entitled "Pleasure-as-Method. Reading Sources for Women's Sexuality in Later Medieval England" 📍 Edda Auditorium 📅 15 October, 16:30-17:30 midaldastofa.hi.is/is

Promotional banner for the next lecture at Miðaldastofa, University of Iceland. The text announces Alice Raw’s lecture, “Pleasure-as-Method: Reading Sources for Women’s Sexuality in Later Medieval England,” on 15 October 2026 at 16:30 in Edda Auditorium (E-103). A portrait of the speaker appears on the right.

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Martin Roček @martin.rocek.dev · 09/10/2026

We've been busy developing Translucens with @vanlinduist.bsky.social! Soon you'll be able to try the updated interface with tool categories, and a new tool that brings faint, erased text back into view. It's also much faster now.

Screenshot of the Translucens interface, with Folio 2 (recto) of manuscript AM 194 8vo open in a before-and-after slider. The left half of the page shows the original colour photograph: dark, uneven parchment with a crease and a small tear, and hard-to-read gothic script. The right half shows the grayscale version, where the lighting is evened out and the lines of handwritten text stand out sharply against a white background. On the left, a sidebar lists Folio 1 (one recto image, no verso) and Folio 2 (recto and verso images). On the right, the Capture correction panel has "Even out lighting" switched on. "Denoise capture" and "Widen colour range" are off, and their sliders for denoise strength, denoise mix, colour stretch and tonal stretch are dimmed. View tabs at the bottom read Colour, Grayscale, Alignment, Mask: Ink and Mask: Ghost.

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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I feel so seen by every post in this thread 👇

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DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts @mshl-cdha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#LunchwithDH Lecture Series Rita Gautschy, DaSCH / University of Basel "Exploring the Potential of IIIF 3D for Digital Arts and Humanities" 📅 Tuesday, 13 October 2026, 12:00 GMT 📍 Oddi 206 & live on Youtube

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Martin Roček @martin.rocek.dev · 04/10/2026

I’m spending an unhealthy amount of time on this, but it’s so fun! 😅 I’ve added circles showing how the shock traveled across land and sea.

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HI Student Conference on the Medieval North @histudentcon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hear ye, hear ye! We bring good news today - the 16th Háskóli Íslands Student Conference on the Medieval North will be held on April 19-21, 2027, both in Reykjavík and online. This year’s theme is Between Worlds. More information and submissions here: histudentconference.wordpress.com #medievalsky

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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yeah meanwhile I was peacefully sleeping through this one but cool to play with it 😂

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Viking and Medieval Norse Studies Programme @oldnorse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tomorrow - Open hybrid lecture in Archaeology 🏛️ Prof. David Griffiths (University of Oxford & UHI) "The 'Southern Route' and hidden histories of the Viking Age in the North Atlantic." 📆 1 October 2026, 17-18 UTC 📍 Oddi 206 & Zoom More info, Zoom link and abstract below

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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A plea for more dialogue between traditional philology and DH. Yes, DH researchers need to do a better job of explaining our methods, tools and their uses outside our bubble. But openness has to go both ways. We also need a willingness to talk to us before judging what technology can and cannot do.

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Natalie Hopwood @nrhopwood.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Reminder to all Old Norse PGRs and ECRs! The next NECRON event is happening NEXT WEEK! Hope to see many of you there 🌟

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DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts @mshl-cdha.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

DEADLINE EXTENDED 📢 Call for Applications: Winter School - Unfolding Data Through Art - 27–30 October 2026, Reykjavík, Iceland How do data processing, architecture, and dataset curation shape AI outputs in artistic research and digital humanities? Deadline: 25 September mshl.is/en/unfolding...

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DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts @mshl-cdha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There is still time to apply to our Winter School on digital arts, time-based media, intelligent instruments and creative uses of AI!

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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Amazing opportunity to spend 2 weeks learning semantic web technologies and the creation of LOD, named entities (NLP, NER) via authority files and the use of GIS and IIIF. It's great fun! If you have students at one of the partner institutions, pass this on to them 😊

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Kathy Harris @triproftri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Struck by colleagues' work at this conf re use of computational tools, but still seems they're using texts already available, which are primarily canonical -- bc they are readily available in digital forms #dh tools are cool, but are we making a diff in DH by using them only on canonical materials?

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DigiLab, Institute for Medieval Research, ÖAW @digilab-imafo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Last chance to register for our Winter School: HTR of Historical Sources. Every Friday from 2nd October to 27th November, online and for Old Icelandic there will also be an in-person workshop. indico.global/event/18567/

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Winter School: HTR of Historical Sources, 2026

The use of AI for reading historical sources (known as Automated or Handwritten Text Recognition) is becoming an expected and necessary part of many DH projects. Nevertheless, there are still many cha...

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Viking and Medieval Norse Studies Programme @oldnorse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Centre for Medieval Studies invites you to a lecture by Kathrin Chlench-Priber entitled "Runes, Medicine, and the Devil: The Storage of Secret Knowledge in a Late Medieval Pharmacopoeia (Prague, Národní knihovná, XXIII.F.129)" 📍 Edda Auditorium 📅 15 September, 16:30-17:30 midaldastofa.hi.is/is

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Miðaldastofa Háskóla Íslands | Miðaldastofa Háskóla Íslands

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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I am immensely proud of Alice Heeley and Ben Homminga, two new graduates of the @oldnorse.bsky.social MA study programme, and the first two students I had the pleasure to supervise. Both theses are great contributions to Old Icelandic (digital) palaeography, scribal culture and HTR, do read them!

MA thesis in Medieval Icelandic Studies at the University of Iceland - Benjamin Homminga: Scribal variation in AM 194 8vo: An analysis of six orthographic ad palaeographic features

MA thesis in Viking and Medieval Norse Studies at the University of Iceland - Alice Heeley: Limitations of Handwritten Text Recognition on the Old Norse-Icelandic Manuscript Collection

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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📜Call for Papers - Digital Practices and Medieval Data IMC 2027, 5-8 July 2027 Digital Medievalist invites proposals for IMC 2027 in Leeds at the intersection of digital and medieval studies, from digital editing to machine learning. ⏰ Deadline: 20 Sept. 2026 ➡️ Full call: tinyurl.com/y8hhzusf

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Viking and Medieval Norse Studies Programme @oldnorse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Six students in Medieval Icelandic Studies and Viking and Medieval Norse Studies defend their Master's theses today from 13:00–16:00 in Edda 209. Warmest congratulations to all of our presenters on reaching this milestone and on a job well done! Links to the theses and abstracts in 🧵

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DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts @mshl-cdha.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ONWARDS AND OUTWARDS! Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries @dhnb.bsky.social online seminar The seminar gives a retrospective on 10 years of DHNB conferences and an invitation to #DHNB2027 in Umeå 🗓️ 24 September 2026 📍Zoom, registration link below dhnb.eu/about-dhnb/o...

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ONWARDS AND OUTWARDS! DHNB CELEBRATES 10 YEARS – DHNB

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DigiLab, Institute for Medieval Research, ÖAW @digilab-imafo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We extended the application deadline for Winter School: HTR of Historical Sources to 15th September 2026. This year, all sessions will be virtual, and we have added several new languages! Check out our Indico website in the comments.

Cream-coloured promotional banner titled "Winter School: HTR of Historical Sources 2026", with "2026" in large red type. Three text blocks list the working groups — Carolingian Latin, Late Medieval Latin, Early Modern German, Byzantine Greek, Syriac, Church Slavonic and Old Icelandic — the venue and schedule (2 October to 27 November 2026, virtual sessions from 2pm to 5pm), and the application deadline of 15 September 2026. At the right, a red-and-black line drawing shows a haloed medieval scribe in a red cap reading an open book, with a bird perched on his shoulder.

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DARIAH-EU @dariaheu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

How do data processing, architecture, and dataset curation shape AI outputs in artistic research and digital humanities? 🎓 Winter School - Unfolding Data Through Art 🗓️ 27–30 October 2026, Reykjavík, Iceland ⏰ Application Deadline: 21 September 2026 Learn more & apply here: mshl.is/en/unfolding...

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Unfolding Data Through Art - MSHL

A four-day winter school on artistic and digital humanities research methods and curation for digital data 27-30 October – Reykjavík, Iceland. Applications close 21 September. APPLY HERE When artists ...

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DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts @mshl-cdha.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

📢 Call for Applications: Winter School - Unfolding Data Through Art - 27–30 October 2026, Reykjavík, Iceland How do data processing, architecture, and dataset curation shape AI outputs in artistic research and digital humanities? Deadline: 21 September mshl.is/en/unfolding... #DH #CfP

Promotional graphic for "Winter School: Unfolding Data Through Art," a four-day program on artistic and digital humanities research methods and data curation, held 27–30 October in Reykjavík, Iceland. Center photo shows an art gallery installation featuring video monitors on plinths and cameras on tripods connected by cables. Bottom text reads "Apply now!" alongside logos for MSHL and DARIAH.

Promotional graphic asking "How do dataset decisions shape AI model behaviour in art and research?" Center photo shows a close-up of a custom yellow acoustic-electronic hybrid musical instrument. Bullet points below state that over four days, participants will:

Test AI-driven acoustic instruments

Build and curate custom datasets across sound, text, and notation

Connect with artists working with digital tools

Explore digital preservation

Promotional graphic stating that no coding or musical background is required, all tools are open-source with step-by-step guidance, participation is free, and limited travel bursaries are available. Center image shows a stylized orange hand holding a blue wired sensor baton. Bottom text attributes the event as organized by MSHL, the Intelligent Instruments Lab, the Iceland University of the Arts, and the National Gallery of Iceland, supported by DARIAH.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 08/09/2026

Iceland's foreign ministry has summoned the US ambassador after President Donald Trump posted a map that seemingly showed the island as part of the United States jrnl.ie/7155998

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Iceland summons US ambassador over Trump map portraying it as part of America

On Monday, Trump posted an image to social media with a map of North America in which Iceland was among countries coloured in with the US flag.

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Martin Roček @martin.rocek.dev · 03/09/2026

Last chance to register for our second meeting of SCOOP - ATR network. If you’re interested in HTR or what comes next, definitely check it out. Keynotes will be streamed via Zoom if you can’t make it to Vienna. For more information, check our website: scoop-network.org.

Event poster on a pale mint background. Top line reads 'International Network for Automated Text Recognition of Historical Sources.' A geometric grid of dark grey and light green bars forms an abstract hashtag-like symbol, with three faint characters set in its cells: a Chinese character (行), a Latin letter 'a', and a Hebrew letter (א). Below: '2nd Exchange Meeting of SCOOP – Source Codes of the Past, September 7–9, 2026, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 29, 1090 Vienna.’

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DigiLab, Institute for Medieval Research, ÖAW @digilab-imafo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

2nd Exchange Meeting of SCOOP - ATR Network is quickly approaching! If you want to attend, you can still register. The keynotes will be also streamed via Zoom. #atr #htr bsky.app/profile/digi...

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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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Viking and Medieval Norse Studies Programme @oldnorse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

First week successfully done! ✨ Our VMN, MIS, and Erasmus students spent a day exploring Þingvellir, a site of incredible natural beauty and rich history. We toured the tectonic rift valley, the 10th-century Alþingi site at Lögberg, Öxarárfoss, and the ruins of Viking Age booths.

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Christian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Viking scholars attempting to counter misinformation about vikings:

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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Two more weeks to apply to learn HTR with us! 🥳

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DH2027 @adho-conferences.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#DH2027 is coming to Galway! ⛵️ Join us 28 June–3 July 2027 at the University of Galway for ADHO’s 37th annual conference, on the theme #Creativity. Our website is now live: dh2027.adho.org Watch this space: the CfP is coming soon. #DH2027 @adho-org.bsky.social #DigitalHumanities

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DigiLab, Institute for Medieval Research, ÖAW @digilab-imafo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Are you interested in Automated/Handwritten Text Recognition of historical sources? This September 7-9, we are organizing the 2nd Exchange Meeting of SCOOP (Sources Codes of the Past) in Vienna, bringing together researchers and developers. More information: www.scoop-network.org#programme #htr #atr

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SCOOP: Source Codes of the Past

A conference and exchange network for the international community working on Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR). Vienna, 7-9 September 2026.

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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

3D-scanning is a lot of fun and doing it for game assets even more so! 😊

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DARIAH-EU @dariaheu.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Are you new to Digital Humanities? Have you recently graduated from a DH degree&are looking to develop practical digital research skills? DARIAH-CH has the perfect training series for you! 11 online sessions from Sep2026-May 2027 free to attend! For more info ➡️ www.dariah.eu/2026/08/20/d...

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DARIAH-CH Training Series 2026–2027: Building Digital Skills for the Arts and Humanities | DARIAH

September 2026 – May 2027 | Online | Fridays | 1:30-3:00PM

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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Our international study programmes, Viking and Medieval Norse Studies & Medieval Icelandic Studies at the University of Iceland, are now also on Bluesky 🦋

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Martin Roček @martin.rocek.dev · 21/08/2026

If you want to learn more about HTR and @transkribus.bsky.social, definitely check out our Winter School! 😊

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DigiLab, Institute for Medieval Research, ÖAW @digilab-imafo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

As every year, we are organizing Winter School: HTR of Historical Sources! This time it is virtual (5 afternoons in November/October), with 7 language/script groups (2x Latin, Greek, Syriac, Church Slavonic, Icelandic, German). Call for applications: indico.global/e/htr-2026 . #htr #atr

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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Three months of research travel are over that took us to Prague, Bratislava, Leeds, Cambridge, London, Dubai, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Incheon, Daejeon, Tokyo, Helsinki and Rvk. It will take a while to get used to being back in Iceland, but I welcome the cold.

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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I am very excited that, this year, Alice Heeley and I will teach #HTR for Old Icelandic, the latest addition to the Vienna Winter School. Join us, if you can, also for the in-person days in Reykjavík in January 😊

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DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts @mshl-cdha.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

You can also find all talks from our first lecture series, Digital Humanities After Hours, in a playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Digital Humanities After Hours (2025) - YouTube

Here you can find all the talks from the Digital Humanities After Hours lecture series!

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DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts @mshl-cdha.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Watch the talks from spring 2026 here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Slide with body text reading: "This spring, 8 amazing speakers have presented their works during the lecture series. Talks that were presented in person were also streamed online, therefore everyone interested could attend regardless of location. All the lectures were recorded as well and are available on our YouTube channel!" Below is a screenshot of the YouTube playlist showing video recordings of speakers including Paola Peratello, Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson, Sigríður Regína Sigurþórsdóttir, Timothy Liam Waters, and Eydís Huld Magnúsdóttir.

Slide with text reading: "The speakers could present in either English or Icelandic, and the topics varied from explaining how certain databases work to more specific, narrow research fields of the presenters." Below are three photographs showing presenters speaking in front of digital presentation slides.

Slide with text reading: "Anyone is always warmly welcomed to attend the talks. Whether you are in academia or not, whether you are familiar with Digital Humanities or have zero knowledge about it, the talks are presented in a way accessible to the wider public." Below is a screenshot of a Zoom lecture by Liam Waters featuring a slide titled "What Is Folklore?" displaying a definition and a photograph of graffiti in a bathroom stall.

Slide with text reading: "The aim of the Lunch with Digital Humanities lecture series is to make visible the range of work taking place across institutions and disciplines within the field, as well as to bring together researchers, students and the general public. Surprisingly, not that many people are aware of such field as Digital Humanities!" Below is a screenshot of a presentation slide by Paola Peratello titled "Methodology," listing eScriptorium, SegmOnto, and Kraken against a background image of digitized medieval manuscript transcription.

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Eddie Meehan @eddiemeehan99.eurosky.social · 11/08/2026

Postdoc job alert! Early medieval charters, monastic economics and XML-TEI, starting January 2027. Come join a lovely department @livunihss.bsky.social, brilliant project team with @unituebingen.bsky.social and awesome city! #medievalsky #digitalhumanities www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSO571/p...

jobs.ac.uk

Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Liverpool

An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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DH2026 | X/Twitter (@DH2026_Daejeon) @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

One week on from Daejeon — and the videos you have been waiting for are here. #DH2026 highlights, the Opening Ceremony, the keynote lectures, and the Closing Ceremony, all in one playlist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn-5...

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[DH2026 Daejeon] Conference Highlights (11 min) | 현장 스케치 종합

YouTube video by 디지털인문학 in Korea

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Martin Roček @martin.rocek.dev · 07/08/2026

Yesterday me and @vanlinduist.bsky.social had an amazing day meeting colleagues from Otsuma Women’s University in Tokyo, teaching Transkribus and showing some of our projects - MANU and Translucens. It was a wonderful experience. Now we are enjoying bits of Tokyo before travelling back to Europe.

Martin, wearing glasses, a black t-shirt, and white sneakers, stands in a presentation room pointing toward a projected slide displaying a digitized historical manuscript page.

Katrin, wearing a patterned white top, dark pants, and red athletic shoes, gestures with her hands while presenting in front of a projector screen showing an ancient manuscript document.

A wide gravel pathway lined with dense green trees leads toward a grand wooden Torii gate, with visitors walking beneath it.

An outdoor selfie of Katrin and Martin on a sunny day, with a scenic stone arch bridge over a moat and imperial palace in the background

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