Tara A
@byzantini.st
Historian, computer geek. Prof of Digital Humanities, University of Vienna. PI of @r11.eu project. Special needs parent twice over. Book: https://brill.com/display/title/33878
The morning after the massive heatwave has broken and I could swear that even the people of Vienna are going to break out in song.
WHYYYYYYYY is there still not an English (or German) translation of Yahya of Antioch?! It makes it so hard to give this to students, and it's such a good source.
My kid made a video for her illustration class about her condition and wants you all to watch it! youtube.com/watch?v=VZNX...
I found out I'm intersex
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⏳ Nur noch wenige Tage bis zum Start der DHd 2026 am Montag. Wir bereiten noch alles vor, auch die Konferenztaschen Bis bald in Wien! 😊 ---- ⏳Only a few days to go until DHd 2026 starts on Monday. We’re still preparing everything, including the conference bags See you soon in Vienna! 😊 #dhd2026
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Programm – DHd 2026
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And what a fine workshop it was!
Our PI @tla.bsky.social and George Bruseker (TAKIN.solutions) presented PWRo, a reusable ontology developed for the RELEVEN database to model power, authority and social relations in historical prosopography, at the 2nd Prosopon Workshop in Munich last week.
A meal almost but not entirely unlike Thanksgiving dinner. I can’t decide whether to brave my substitute for cranberry sauce.
As their time on the project comes to an end, Katalin and Márton look back on their experiences and reflect on their key achievements. Read it here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...
Blog Post #42: Katalin Prajda & Márton Rózsa
As their time on the project comes to an end, Katalin and Márton look back on their experiences and reflect on their key achievements.
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We're hiring! @univie.ac.at is seeking a TT Assistant Professor in the Psychology of Digitalization. If your work is about automation, AI, or immersive technology (e.g., VR) in the context of work and organizations (broadly defined), we’d love to hear from you. 👇
Time was, you contributed to an edited collection or resource and got a free copy of the thing. Now you get three months of free access to the online version. Somehow it's just not the same...
When “no” means “yes”: Why AI chatbots can’t process Persian social etiquette - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/w...
When “no” means “yes”: Why AI chatbots can’t process Persian social etiquette
New study examines how a helpful AI response could become a cultural disaster in Iran.
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I managed to get all the way to this many years old before having to go through my prose and murder Oxford commas to conform to a stylesheet. It hurts.
Possibly the biggest roadblock to my uptake of #AI assistants is the fact that I have always been terrible at delegating.
I thought the whole point of agreeing to do book reviews was getting a free physical copy?
It’s like I’m at the beginning of a game of Animal Crossing. What to do…?
Everyone is very welcome - we have a really exciting paper line-up!
📣Join us for the RELEVEN Conference: "Re-evaluating the Eleventh Century: Movements, Connections, and Perspectives" 🗓️ 3–5 Sept 2025 |📍 University of Vienna (Hybrid) Exploring new digital tools and historical insights from the 11th century. 🗒️More info + program: releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...
In her latest blog post, @tla.bsky.social reflects on a summer of RELEVEN highlights, including PhD defences, conference talks at IMC Leeds, and the preparations for our closing conference on 3-5 September 👀 Read her reflections here 👇 releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...
Blog Post #39: Tara Andrews
In her latest blog post, Tara reflects on a summer of RELEVEN highlights, including PhD defences, conference talks at IMC Leeds, and the preparations for our closing conference on 3-5 September.
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📣 Last Call – nur noch heute bis 23:59 Uhr MESZ!
📣 Call for Papers für DHd Konferenz 2026, 23.–27. Februar @univie.ac.at 🧭 Thema: „Nicht nur Text, nicht nur Daten“ Wie verändert digitale Modellierung geisteswissenschaftliche Erkenntnisprozesse? Fokus: materielle Kultur, Code, Interfaces, KI etc 📝 Bis 1.8.2025: dhd2026.digitalhumanities.de #DHd2026
Get your abstract in by tomorrow and join us in Vienna in February!
📣 Call for Papers für DHd Konferenz 2026, 23.–27. Februar @univie.ac.at 🧭 Thema: „Nicht nur Text, nicht nur Daten“ Wie verändert digitale Modellierung geisteswissenschaftliche Erkenntnisprozesse? Fokus: materielle Kultur, Code, Interfaces, KI etc 📝 Bis 1.8.2025: dhd2026.digitalhumanities.de #DHd2026
This slide is basically showing the genesis of the whole project!
Final highlight: our P.I. @tla.bsky.social gave a talk in the "From Medieval Sources to Big Data" panel titled: "That's just, like, your opinion, man": Historical Consensus and Disagreement as Structured Data. (and yes, that's a Big Lebowski quote 😄)
Well, I guess this is the last time I publish in a #DH conference special issue in DSH. This is a stupid exclusion.
Today's fresh academic hell is having to sit through a customer service online chat in order to be able to release an accepted paper for publication without having to pay many thousands of pounds. #latestagecapitalism
I knew we weren’t immune, but it sucks to see that we aren’t immune. 😢 #graz
VIS4DH is back at @ieeevis.bsky.social, November 2025 in Vienna! Find the Call for Papers here, focusing on the Visualization of Conflict and Peace: vis4dh.dbvis.de/cfp/