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Chris Warren
@chriswarren.info
Head of English/Prof. of English & History@Carnegie Mellon. Knowledge-monger: clandestine print, weird data, book history, computational humanities, political thought. Author, Literature & the Law of Nations. 6 Degrees of Francis Bacon. Humanities for all.
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 2w agoI look forward to all the reports & coverage about all of the internal problems & mistakes of all of these other institutions, in the same way that universities are constantly blamed (& blaming themselves) for “declining trust.” “Compared to what?” news.gallup.com/poll/712436/...
Drop your crime-fighting Catholics 📸: Kenneth Spencer Research Library (blogs.lib.ku.edu/spencer/tag/...)
![expurgated copy of Opere del die vino poeta Danthe [Divina Commedia]. Venice: Bernardino Stagnino, 1512.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uxu7i3t4zi4t6aztimyks6rp/bafkreieoxre7mrd62gxhskufh6c5j5siilkatose7akfjpl3rdporfxzya)
Matthew L Reznicek@drreznicek.bsky.social · 2w agoDrop your crime-fighting Catholics
As if from a holy wind, this new book appeared in my fb feed. Imagine my disappointment when it turned out the real title of the book was **God’s Arsenal**
The MIT Data + Feminism Lab is hiring a one year postdoc! We are working with Andrea Parker (GA Tech) and Brooke Foucault-Welles (Northeastern) on a project related to youth as co-designers of civic technologies to support neighborhood community wellness. careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
Postdoctoral Associate
MIT - Postdoctoral Associate - Cambridge MA 02139
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2/ Infographic from Corrarino's @justsecurity.org essay.⤵️ As American as International Law www.justsecurity.org/145416/as-am...
"Independence may be the theme of the day, but even a simple backyard barbecue relies at almost every turn on international law." Another eye-opening essay by @corrarino.bsky.social. A wonderful and necessary read. www.justsecurity.org/145416/as-am... 1/🧵
As American as International Law
A Fourth of July barbecue demonstrates how international law shapes daily life, and where that architecture is under strain.
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Applications for this 2-year postdoc at @cmu.edu are starting to be reviewed now, so don't delay! Please spread the news to your local #DH networks. One of the people you'll be working with is me :) I am excited to meet this new colleague and collaborate on computational humanities in Pittsburgh!
Katie McDonough@kmcdono.bsky.social · last mo.Job! Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Humanities & Publishing at Carnegie Mellon - cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CMU/de...
This should concern all of us. What is your institution doing to preserve collective memory?
Josh Shepperd@joshshepperd.bsky.social · 2mo agoAI has started blocking the Wayback Machine from chronicling the web. Considering that nearly 40% of websites disappear after 10 years, this will enforce a giant loss in collective memory.
postdoctoral fellow in computational humanities and publishing: CMU cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Humanities and Publishing - CMU Libraries and CMU Press - UEIS
The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries and Carnegie Mellon University Press invite applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Humanities and Publishing. This is an exciting opportun...
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Many thanks to Ed Simon and the amazing Pittsburgh Review of Books @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social for the invitation to share some thoughts on how networks reveal what @theguardian.com's ranked list obscures pghrev.com/networking-t...
Networking the Guardian 100 - Pittsburgh Review of Books
In an unfamiliar city, I rarely walk into an empty restaurant. How good could the food be if nobody eats there? At least a crowded restaurant's one that many
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Many thanks to Ed Simon and the amazing Pittsburgh Review of Books @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social for the invitation to share some thoughts on how networks reveal what @theguardian.com's ranked list obscures pghrev.com/networking-t...
Networking the Guardian 100 - Pittsburgh Review of Books
In an unfamiliar city, I rarely walk into an empty restaurant. How good could the food be if nobody eats there? At least a crowded restaurant's one that many
pghrev.com
This is a fascinating study. And @marlabroadfoot.bsky.social covered it in a deep dive into 'biocodicology' for @nature.com in April! Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How DNA forensics is transforming studies of ancient manuscripts
Scientists are exposing the biological information hidden in ancient parchments without leaving a mark.
nature.com
Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 3mo agoMedieval Manuscripts Reveal Hidden Animal DNA Archive www.medievalists.net/2026/05/medi...
The Guardian published a list of top 100 novels as voted on by various authors and critics. I turned it into a network to foreground literary tastes and tastemakers. chriswarren.info/novels-worth...
684 Novels Worth Arguing About
The Guardian called it a Top 100. But 172 voters named 684 books. Explore the full list and the communities of readers behind it.
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In case you missed it, here's my extraction and initial analysis of the Guardian Best 100 Novels dataset. jtauber.github.io/guardian-nov... and also check out chriswarren.info/novels-worth... from @chrisvvarren.bsky.social
Guardian 100 Best Novels (2026) — Voting Data
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The Guardian published a list of top 100 novels as voted on by various authors and critics. I turned it into a network to foreground literary tastes and tastemakers. chriswarren.info/novels-worth...
684 Novels Worth Arguing About
The Guardian called it a Top 100. But 172 voters named 684 books. Explore the full list and the communities of readers behind it.
chriswarren.info
of course I wanted to understand that Guardian top 100 list as a network
Postdoc in Digital Humanities at WashU in St. Louis. Deadline is May 1. Also, St. Louis is wonderful. apply.interfolio.com/185361
📢 CfP for #CHR2027 is out! Submissions on all aspects of computational humanities research welcome; all details available here: 2027.computational-humanities-research.org/cfp/ And yes, CHR2027 will take place a little later than usual. So you *could* start later… but we suggest starting now!
In nationally televised address, Melania asks people to stop looking at aerial photos of Barbra Streisand's house.
Forensics, cryptography, anonymity, stylometry, $$ - what a ride
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4mo agoBitcoin’s founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, has remained hidden for 17 years. A trail of clues — and a year of digging by our reporter, John Carreyrou — led us to a 55-year-old computer scientist in El Salvador named Adam Back.
(1/2) Delighted to announce that both I and my AI Humanities Lab co-PI Gabi Kirilloff have accepted positions as Assistant Professor of Computational Humanities at Carnegie Mellon's English dept starting Fall 26!
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I'm looking forward to visiting Carnegie Mellon University this week. I'll be giving a talk on 3/26 at noon at the AI Institute for Social Decision Making. For people in Pittsburgh, here's the link: events.cmu.edu/ai-sdm/event... I don't know if there will be an option for virtual streaming.
AI-SDM Seminar Series: Melanie Mitchell
Investigating Abstract Reasoning in Humans and Machines Join us for our biweekly seminar series! Lunch is provided for in-person attendees! Ple...
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I’m speaking in person tomorrow at CMU! “Language Models as Cultural Technologies: Case Studies in Storytelling and Poetry” And today at the University of Pittsburgh! “Language Models and the Culture of Science: Adoption, Homogenization, and Policy”
hard to think of a better way to troll early modernists than to claim "400 years ago it never would have occurred to anybody to be introspective" 🤣
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5mo agoBillionaire Marc Andreessen says he has "zero" introspection, and that the idea itself is a modern invention.
It's been a war crime for over four centuries. doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
Henry V, Anachronism, and the History of International Law
Abstract. Historians, literary scholars, and international lawyers interested in the early modern period have all grappled with the problem of anachronism,
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Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 5mo agoHegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies." No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.