The Anthropocene is widely used without fixed definition. In this Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Perspective article the authors identify 1952, marked by a sharp increase in plutonium from nuclear tests, as a key point for defining the Anthropocene. go.nature.com/4i0IdFX 🌍

Cuneiform was invented in Iraq. A new open-access overview of the world's largest cuneiform catalogue, co-authored by @epp.cdli.network at @ads-update.bsky.social, is out in Arabic in an Iraqi journal, for the people whose heritage it is. Read more in our news story: www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...

This is very cool (and important!)

🚨 ARR is recruiting extra emergency reviewers and emergency Area Chairs (ACs) for this cycle. Emergency Reviewer Registration: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... Emergency AC Registration: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... Thank you for helping support the ARR review process. #ARR #ACL #NLProc

The project is also hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Assyriology). Deadline 2nd April. Main focus: prepare critical editions, translations, linguistic annotations and glossary records for Sumerian and Akkadian texts of different genres, but mostly literary. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

Dr Émilie Pagé-Perron @epp.cdli.network is leading the new "Towards Universal Access to Cuneiform Heritage" project! It aims to transform access to cuneiform heritage through innovative digital tools and multilingual outreach, hosted at @ads-update.bsky.social www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...

We are pleased to share this blog post by @epp.cdli.network recounting the recent ATRIUM workshop at @ads-update.bsky.social on workflows and demonstrators 🏺 🔸 Read more: atrium-research.eu/news/blog-po...

I spent last week in Iraq with Hayder Aqeel, Jaafar Jotheri & @runeisforr.bsky.social presenting our project CDLI-ACT, translating the interface for the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative: cdli.earth/postings/225

Flying to Iraq in January ☺️🇮🇶

#Entomologendag Comparative morpholoy of the larval stage of Cholevinae by Lars Willighagen @nev-entomologie.bsky.social

ATRIUM invites contributions to the session "Towards Adaptation: Environmental Sustainability in Archaeological Workflows" at TAG 2025 at University of York 15-17 December. More information: www.ariadne-research-infrastructure.eu/2025/07/15/t... The Call closes on 1st August. #ATRIUM-EU

Finally, the long-awaited CDLI primer is available on Mar Shiprim online. Check it out here: iaassyriology.com/the-cuneifor...

We’re working to make the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI cdli.earth) website easier to use for Arabic, Farsi, and Turkish speakers. Donate: opencollective.com/cdli/project... #rai70 #cuneiform #cultural-heritage #mesopotamia

The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI cdli.earth) would not be what it is without the generous support of the @neh-odh.bsky.social and its Digital Humanities Division. #ThanksBrett @brettbobley.bsky.social !

@copticscript.bsky.social@copticscript.bsky.social · last yr.

We wouldn't be here if it weren't for @brettbobley.bsky.social 's forward-thinking, strategic-thinking, in founding @neh-odh.bsky.social #ThanksBrett

In Amsterdam for #dhbenelux2025 and got the privilege.to catch up in person with #cdli lead dev @larswillighagen.bsky.social 😁

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European Funding: Insights on international collaboration & funding success

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Not a great time to be looking for DH jobs but add me to the list of people looking for work. I’m also available for Python / Django development more generally.

World Bollard Association™️@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 2y ago

💛WIN A BOLLARD💛 The most popular competition in the history of social media is back. It's the prize you've all been waiting for. Repost and follow to be in with a chance of winning this gorgeous Monoscape Bridgeford Smooth Grey Concrete Bollard worth £252.42. #WorldBollardAssociation

🏺 Join us in shaping the future of digital heritage preservation! We are advertising two fantastic new roles: Systems Officer and Database Developer! 👉To find out more visit the University of York jobs page or visit: https://buff.ly/3PG2FxW 📣 The deadline is 4th February

#Jobalert! I am looking for a #postdoc to join my team in Warsaw for 2 years. The project focuses on Material Religion in #Mesopotamia. You'll be working with Rafał Solecki, two research assistants, and me. The application deadline is coming up soon: 14 Jan wnhs.uksw.edu.pl/.../employme...

I think I found number 5 (cdli.ucla.edu/P543425), can you find the others?

LB 3619 (unpublished) (P543425)

Label or tag bulla excavated in Lagaba (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in De Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leide...

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NINO Leiden@nino-leiden.bsky.social · 2y ago

44 objects from our Böhl Collection are part of this permanent display on thousands of years and millions of square kilometres of history. Over the next weeks, we will highlight the items from our collection.

Open call for PhD scholarships (fully funded) at my department, possible subject areas include Assyriology, West Asian Archaeology, Egyptology, Modern Middle Eastern Studies (one is earmarked for Turkish studies) and many more! employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

PhD scholarships at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen

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Cultural Heritage Cloud Launch Event, Brussels & online 12-13th Dec 2024 Registration open: forms.office.com/e/v02Rr1mE3k #echoes-eccch

Some exciting news! I'm really delighted to have been nominated by Current Archaeology for #ArcaheologistoftheYear. Voting is open until 10 Feb, but do it now, before you forget 😀

Internet Archaeology@intarcheditor.bsky.social · 2y ago

Have you cast your vote in the annual Current Archaeology awards? archaeology.co.uk/awards/archa... Our very own @juliandrichards.bsky.social has been nominated in the Archaeologist Of The Year category.

If you are a researcher in the #humanities or #social-sciences, especially if you are based in Northern or Eastern Europe, please fill in our survey and help us achieve a better representativity in the results. Thank you! atrium-research.eu/news/survey-...

Survey Participants Needed!

Facilitating access to digital research infrastructures and advancing frontier knowledge in the arts and humanities - across disciplines, languages and media.

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Lebanon to me is kindness and warmth. It’s a cathedral’s rebuilt bell tower next to a towering minaret. It’s Muslims, Christians, Druze, and more who celebrate and mourn together. It’s my mother’s country, so to me it is many things pinned together with love.

If there is one thing you could change on the #Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative web interface (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de) what would it be?

Save the Date! "Generative AI and Prompt Engineering" Workshop by dhcraft.org organized by the Austrian Center for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage www.oeaw.ac.at/acdh/newseve...

In case you missed it, here is the CDLI newsletter with Updates from July to October cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/postings/218

CDLI Newsletter 2024/2: September 2024

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CAA session on digital research workflows for archaeology atrium-research.eu/news/caa-202... Deadline extended to November 24 #archaeology

CAA 2025: Call for Papers for ATRIUM Session

Facilitating access to digital research infrastructures and advancing frontier knowledge in the arts and humanities - across disciplines, languages and media.

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