Canonicity is central to literary studies, and most researchers have some intuition about which authors or texts are canonical. But how can we measure canonicity in a truly systematic manner? A new article by @agneshilger.bsky.social, @janaeckardt.bsky.social and me tries to theorize this question.

Taking a Step Back: Theoretical Fundamentals of Canonicity and Its Empirical Reconstruction

Abstract. Canonicity is central to literary studies. Even if scholars are not explicitly concerned with it, canonicity shapes their selection of texts and authors—and that, in turn, may reinforce the ...

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📢 Prae-Doc-Stelle (30h, 3 Jahre) am Institut für Germanistik der Uni Wien im FWF-Projekt »Mind the Gap: Theory-driven Operationalization in Computational Literary Studies«. Thema: literaturwiss. Konzepte für computergestützte Verfahren messbar machen – Fallbeispiel dt. Kurzgeschichte nach 1945 […]

Excited to be heading to #DH2026 in Daejeon! Looking forward to presenting our study on canonicity, gender, and time periods together with @agneshilger.bsky.social and @janaeckardt.bsky.social. See you there!

our new paper with @plechac.bsky.social puts thousands of poems across languages in one shared space of poetic form! we use sequence alignment on rhyme schemes to investigate 'fixed forms' and all things between: not only 'sonnets', but 'sonnet-like' things. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Gemeinsam mit Marie Flüh und Mareike Schumacher reden wir in unserer neuen Folge über die Dramen Karoline von Günderrodes und über die Grenzen und Möglichkeiten digitaler Literaturwissenschaft. Hört euch die neue Folge an und schreibt uns gerne einen Kommentar! Den Link findet ihr in der Bio.

„Was geht“ eigentlich alles, wenn Literaturwissenschaftler:innen interpretieren, rezensieren, Innovation markieren, populäre Gegenstände untersuchen, ... – und warum? Freue mich sehr auf eine Tagung nächste Woche in Göttingen, bei der die literaturwissenschaftliche Praxis kritisch reflektiert wird:

Am 2. Oktober gibt es in Berlin eine 'Anti-Konferenz', auf der ihr diese Geschichten erzählen könnt, veranstaltet von luntner.bsky.social u.a. vom Netzwerk junge DH Berlin-Brandenburg. CfP ist (nur) noch bis 12.7. offen: junge-dh-berlin-brandenburg.github.io/CfP_Anti-Kon... #DigitalHumanities

Die neue Folge des KDMF-Podcasts ist heute erschienen! 🎧 Herzlichen Dank an Marie Flüh und @mkschumacher.bsky.social für das tolle Interview. linktr.ee/kdmfpodcast

Let the mapping begin! #MappingtheCanon

Some days ago my dissertation was finally published 📚✨ if you're into early modern drama, computational literary studies, or cultural evolution, this little book might have something for you. Read it for free here: www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7... cc @transcript-verlag.bsky.social #DH #CLS

Very excited about a very special event: in two weeks, some of the most interesting quantitative work on the literary canon and canon formation comes together in Darmstadt 🧵

Call for Papers DHd2027 https://dhd-blog.org/?p=23831

Colleagues from all over the world, please think about the combination DH2027 in Ireland + CCLS 2027 in the Netherlands. They're only a few days apart. @uniofgalway.bsky.social @rug.nl

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#CCLS2027 goes @rug.nl !!! @fpianz.eurosky.social and his team are looking forward to welcoming you to the beautiful city of Groningen.

The poster award 🏆 of #CCLS2026 goes to Hiba Ghannam (Tel Aviv University) for her poster „Beyond Heroes and Villains: Mapping Fairytale Characters Across Palestinian and Grimm Traditions“ Check out the digital version of the poster: zenodo.org/records/2036...

Had a great time presenting our poster "A Canonicity Score for Your Corpus" at #CCLS2026 with @agneshilger.bsky.social and @mertenkroencke.bsky.social (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...). Thanks to the organizers from @dhpotsdam.bsky.social for a wonderful conference!