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Un recordatorio sobre esta convocatoria abierta: ¡regístrate para la sesión informativa del lunes 12 de enero a las 15:00-16:00 h (hora del Reino Unido) si te interesa! #humanidadesdigitales

08.01.2026 16:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A reminder about this open call - please register for information session which takes place on Monday January 12th at 15.00-16.00 PM (UK time) if interested! #humanidadesdigitales

08.01.2026 16:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarship Programme (K-FRA) King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarships support candidates with Spanish nationality for full-time doctoral study in Digital Humanities at King's College London.

Beca completa de Doctorado en #HumanidadesDigitales en @KingsCollegeLon
La beca King’s–Fundación Ramón Areces ofrece matrícula completa, estipendio (£22.780/año) para Investigadores/as de nacionalidad española).
📅Fecha límite: 13 feb 2026
tinyurl.com/mr3dsh3h

18.12.2025 12:12 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarship Programme (K-FRA) King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarships support candidates with Spanish nationality for full-time doctoral study in Digital Humanities at King's College London.

🎓🇪🇸 Fully funded PhD in Digital Humanities at King’s College London
The King’s–Ramón Areces Foundation scholarship supports Spanish nationals with full tuition, an annual stipend (£22,780), and research funding.
📅 Deadline: 13 February 2026
#PhDFunding #DigitalHumanities
www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

18.12.2025 12:04 👍 14 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 3
Screenshot of page 52 University of Minnesota Press Spring 2026 catalog, showing the book cover, description, and contributor names of the new book in the Debates in DH series (ed. Alan Liu, Urszula Pawlicka-Deger, and James Smithies) titled _Critical Infrastructrure Studies and Digital Humanities_. The text of the description reads as follows:

How digital humanities can shape and be shaped by the infrastructures that sustain our world.

_Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities_ reimagines the digital humanities (DH) through the expanding field of critical infrastructure studies. Featuring voices from around the globe, this volume explores how DH builds on and extends theories and technologies of infrastructure that affect society, culture, and knowledge in different national and regional contexts. Examining DH’s own infrastructural genealogy, the contributors offer readers critical reflections and bold visions for the future as they address issues of environmentalism, decolonization, Indigenous sovereignty, multilingualism, labor justice, feminism, national development, and beyond from a variety of disciplinary perspectives embedded in concrete digital systems. Including innovative “infrastructure manifests,” the essays in this book illuminate how DH can both study and shape the systems that sustain culture, scholarship, and connection....

Screenshot of page 52 University of Minnesota Press Spring 2026 catalog, showing the book cover, description, and contributor names of the new book in the Debates in DH series (ed. Alan Liu, Urszula Pawlicka-Deger, and James Smithies) titled _Critical Infrastructrure Studies and Digital Humanities_. The text of the description reads as follows: How digital humanities can shape and be shaped by the infrastructures that sustain our world. _Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities_ reimagines the digital humanities (DH) through the expanding field of critical infrastructure studies. Featuring voices from around the globe, this volume explores how DH builds on and extends theories and technologies of infrastructure that affect society, culture, and knowledge in different national and regional contexts. Examining DH’s own infrastructural genealogy, the contributors offer readers critical reflections and bold visions for the future as they address issues of environmentalism, decolonization, Indigenous sovereignty, multilingualism, labor justice, feminism, national development, and beyond from a variety of disciplinary perspectives embedded in concrete digital systems. Including innovative “infrastructure manifests,” the essays in this book illuminate how DH can both study and shape the systems that sustain culture, scholarship, and connection....

U Minnesota Press's Spring 26 catalog, listing our new Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities (in Debates in DH series), eds. Alan Liu, Urszula Pawlicka-Deger, @jamessmithies.bsky.social): z.umn.edu/spring26. Table of contents: www.upress.umn.edu/978151791608... @uminnpress.bsky.social

04.12.2025 21:34 👍 51 🔁 25 💬 1 📌 3
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⛔ Second statement in one week #saveleicesterml #saveleicesterlanguages

Following last week’s formal letter to the University of Nottingham, AHGBI has now issued a second statement—this time to the University of Leicester—regarding the proposed closure of its Department of Modern Languages.

25.11.2025 08:18 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
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AHGBI, led by Professor Sarah Wright, opposes the University of Nottingham’s move to suspend—and effectively close—all Modern Languages degrees. SRUK/CERU, led by Dr Carlos Soler Montes, has also raised concerns.

AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration.

#SaveNottinghamLanguages

22.11.2025 09:41 👍 27 🔁 19 💬 3 📌 1
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Arts & Humanities Doctoral School launches new studentships programme | King's College London Over 30 Doctoral studentship places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities at King’s.

🌟 We have launched a suite of new doctoral studentships through our new Doctoral School 🌟

Over 30 places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities.

More details and how to apply 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu...

@komldsp.bsky.social @adaptai.bsky.social

21.11.2025 13:56 👍 20 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 2

📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture Education (online programmes)

📔 Contract: Full-time, fixed term
🗓 Apply by: 26 October 2025

Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

#DigitalHumanities #AcademicJobs #Hiring

14.10.2025 14:19 👍 4 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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📣 Open Call: Share Your Content on the #OpenMethods Blog!

Have you come across some interesting content or methodology on Digital Arts & Humanities you would like to share? Have you published exciting content or contributed to inspiring venues? Get in touch!

ℹ️ openmethods.dariah.eu/open-call/

09.10.2025 09:04 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Computational Humanities Education (Academic Education Pathway).

📔 Contract: Full-time, indefinite contract
🗓 Apply by: 25 August 2025

Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

#DigitalHumanities #AcademicJobs #Hiring

14.08.2025 09:46 👍 11 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 2
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CFP: #HKADH2026 will be hosted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (23-25 January 2026).

Keynote speakers: Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and Andrew Piper ‪‪@andrewpiper.bsky.social‬.

Submission deadline: 31 August.

2026.hkadh.org/callforpapers/

#HKADH

17.07.2025 14:03 👍 17 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 2

📢 Public service announcement: if you were part of the #DH2025 / @dh2025 crowd, now is the time to become part of the #DH2026 crowd as well by following @dh2026daejeon !

19.07.2025 09:40 👍 15 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0
Transnational connections and barriers in DH: a UK-Chinese case study This report presents the findings of a comparative study of the digital humanitieslandscapes in the UK and China, based on a literature review and 45 in-depth interviewswith academics, funders, policy...

Great to see so many old/new faces at the #DH2025 conference in Lisbon.
Busy one this time: #Multilingual Manifesto; paper on Transnational evaluation; presenting 'Transnational Connections & Barriers in #DigitalHumanities: a UK-China Case study' report- zenodo.org/records/1603...

22.07.2025 14:09 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Would you like to know more about multilingual DH? want to develop infrastructures to meet the realities of researchers working in other-than-English languages in DH? Register to the next Friday Frontiers Webinar "Multilingual DH & its Users" before April 11th 👇

01.04.2025 12:48 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Digital Humanities Intersections (DHI) DHI, an open-access peer-reviewed journal by KSHIP, IIT Indore, explores multilingual digital humanities with AI, GIS, and digital archiving.

Excited to attend (virtually) launch of the new #DigitalHumanities Intersections (DHI) journal: "an open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to multilingual and interdisciplinary research in Digital Humanities"
dhi.iiti.ac.in/index.php/dh...
Submission Deadline for 1st issue June 5, 2025

04.04.2025 12:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Open Call for Volunteers and Editors to join OpenMethods Metablog The OpenMethods platform is intentionally interdisciplinary and multilingual, aiming to showcase the richness of DH discourses as they take shape in different regional, national and language commun…

OpenMethods Metablog relaunched with Call for new Volunteers & Editors: openmethods.dariah.eu/open-call-fo... An excellent European open science initiative celebrating #DigitalHumanities methods. OpenMethods is Multilingual/would be great to see people from new languages & geographies involved too!

01.04.2025 10:59 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Everything Is Awful, But Maybe We Can Change Things: Digital Humanities in Times of Crisis King’s Public Lecture in Digital Humanities delivered by Professor Roopika Risam, Dartmouth College.

Delighted to be welcoming @roopikarisam.bsky.social to give the second King's Public Lecture in Digital Humanities in May: "Everything Is Awful, But Maybe We Can Change Things: Digital Humanities in Times of Crisis". Details and registration here - www.kcl.ac.uk/events/every...
@kingsdh.bsky.social

24.02.2025 22:32 👍 30 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 1

Just back from research trip to Mexico - on digital linguistic diversity, in particular relating to indigenous languages. Incredibly grateful to everyone who met with/helped me. Some points of concern but also optimism as lower resourced languages fight for 'territory' in new digital landscapes

12.02.2025 09:01 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Congratulations to my student Mariana Gomes www.linkedin.com/in/mariana-g..., who this week was been awarded a PhD for her project ‘Towards a digital representation of oral literature performance: Miranda, Northeastern Portugal, as a case study for integrated multimodal features of transmission’!

17.01.2025 21:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Comunicado Comunicado del Colectivo de Investigadores Afectados por la Convocatoria de proyectos de investigación en cooperación en el área de la inteligencia artificial Firma el comunicado Naturaleza e impor…

Preocupante noticia desde España: Comunicado del Colectivo de Investigadores Afectados por la Convocatoria de proyectos de investigación en cooperación en el área de la inteligencia artificial iacolaborativa.wordpress.com/comunicado/

14.01.2025 14:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Banner of MLO at 10 celebrations (2014-2024)

Banner of MLO at 10 celebrations (2014-2024)

Yay! Please welcome @modlangopen.bsky.social to Bluesky! 👋
@svshh.bsky.social @politonaiz.bsky.social @naswells.bsky.social @abilox.bsky.social @joannebrueton.bsky.social @benschofield.bsky.social

28.11.2024 08:46 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Important to mention that this was co-authored with @pnilsson.bsky.social + @naswells.bsky.social and that we benefited from the valuable contributions of our workshop participants

27.09.2024 15:32 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Multilingual DH in the UK and Ireland: Report and Recommendations | UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association

Multilingual DH in the UK & Ireland: Summary Report & Future Recommendations just out! digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2024/09/26/m... covers: language-inclusive spaces; #multilingual tools & resources; under-resourced languages; digital culture/theory; cross-sector work; advocacy in/beyond UK & Ireland

26.09.2024 13:32 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

KCL is offering CMA CGM scholarships for postgraduate scholars from Lebanon, which include one PhD studentship for entry next academic year, deadline in May www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy... Please contact me if you know anyone in #digitalhumanities who might be interested

20.03.2024 13:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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King's College London | jobs.ac.uk Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

Come and work for us @kingsdh.bsky.social ! 12 new jobs at the Department of #DigitalHumanities at King's College London www.kcl.ac.uk/ddh in Cultural Computation, Digital Methods, Digital Curation and Computational Creativity www.jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/lin...

29.02.2024 15:55 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Remodelling The Software Development Lifecycle (workshop 3) 'We aim to unpack and remodel the software development lifecycle (SDLC)'

Today we are hosting our 2nd forum on 'unpacking the software development life-cycle'. Following on from these sessions we are hosting 3 workshops in March (feel free to attend all or pick & choose) in which we "remodel" the life-cycle from a feminist perspective www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/remodellin...

21.02.2024 09:27 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 5
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Really happy to have this in my hands at last. Great to work with Lorella and all our wonderful authors on this www.routledge.com/Multilingual... #MultilingualDH

26.01.2024 10:02 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Quinn - I took my time, but I got here in the end!

25.01.2024 18:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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DH Inside Out - Mini-conference at DH2024 DHTech will hold a mini-conference at DH2024 themed “DH Inside Out”. Typical DH conference presentations are focussed on the research with a slight nod to the …

DHTech is organizing a mini-conference for DH2024: "DH Inside out"
Please consider submitting a talk or signing up to be a reviewer. Submissions are due March 15
dh-tech.github.io/blog/2023/12...

25.01.2024 15:53 👍 16 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0