Family trees of handwritten manuscripts can be derived from errors and innovations in copying. Stochastic models and simulations of medieval chivalric literature suggest that up to 60% of texts and 97% of manuscripts may have been lost. In PNAS Nexus: https://ow.ly/rwte50ZmvlQ

Freshly out in @pnasnexus.org: "On the transmission of texts: Written cultures as complex systems" The first major publication of project @lostma.bsky.social , where we lay down our methodology for studying the transmission, evolution or disparition of texts. /1 #science 🧪

On the transmission of texts: Written cultures as complex systems

Abstract. Knowledge of past cultures relies heavily on surviving written material. Over the centuries, texts were copied, altered, and often lost, leaving

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📣 I'm hiring! Two positions (PhD student & Postdoc) in my ERC project Macroevolution of European Literature. Let's study the cultural evolution of literature using massive data 📚📈 📍Frankfurt | Apply by August 15 Details: www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/career/jo... Please repost to help spread the word!

Out in Evolutionary Human Sciences! With @mikekestemont.bsky.social, @jbcamps.bsky.social, @remcosleiderink.bsky.social & Anne Chao New work on unseen species models for cult heritage to the question: how many stories were _shared_ between medieval French and Dutch literature? lnkd.in/exyAWtir

This call is currently open for a Humanistica-satellite event, that might interest people in computational humanities (and not only). It is supported by CultureLab and welcomes long papers as well as lightning talks and posters.

📢 CfP now open for the Computational Cultural Science Workshop (Paris, 18-19 May 2026) until 16 February. Topics of interest: *️⃣AI and cultural datasets *️⃣Theory-driven humanities research *️⃣Document-based modelling of historical and social processes *️⃣Cultural analytics 👉 c2s.sciencesconf.org

Dear Digital Humanists, you are all invited to the EADH 2026 Conference! We are meeting in September, in Kraków, Poland. Mark the important dates in your calendars: 📆 8.02: submission deadline 📆 15-19.09: the conference Read more: eadh2026.confer.uj.edu.pl ✈️ See you in Kraków?

Revisionnez la séance de séminaire de @jbcamps.bsky.social dédiée aux enjeux de la transmission textuelle dans le cadre du projet @lostma.bsky.social. À retrouver sur Vimeo !

Modelling the transmission and survival of texts and manuscripts

Résumé : Pourquoi conservons-nous certains textes anciens ou médiévaux et en avons-nous perdu d'autres ? Pourquoi conservons-nous…

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Que reste-t-il des textes médiévaux ? Pourquoi certains survivent et d’autres s’effacent ? 👉 Une séance de séminaire dédiée aux enjeux de la transmission textuelle dans le cadre du projet ERC LostMA avec @jbcamps.bsky.social Rendez-vous demain à partir de 14h Inscription 🔽

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Le séminaire du médialab accueille Jean-Baptiste Camps pour une séance sur le projet LostMA sur la transmission et la survie des anciens textes. Il analysera comment et pourquoi certains textes manusc...

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@psl-univ.bsky.social CultureLab members will be well represented @ #CHR2025 in Luxemburg this year. Computer vision, agent-based modelling and computational text analysis for cultural science are on the menu www.culturelab.psl.eu/fr/publicati...

A reminder that we are accepting submissions for a themed issue at Computational Humanities Research journal 📙 Deadline is end of February 2026!

Artjoms Šeļa@artjomshl.bsky.social · last yr.

⚡ CFP: a themed issue in Computational Humanities Research! Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting! for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social ! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The CultureLab Kick-Off @psl-univ.bsky.social is in full swing! The day started with an opening speech by Stéphane Verger et al. and an opening presentation by @sobchuk.bsky.social! Thanks to @oliviermorin.bsky.social @jbcamps.bsky.social & @floriancafiero.bsky.social for organising!

We're officially launching the new PSL CultureLab in 10 days ! If you're interested in the research of a collective bridging Computational Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Evolution, you can check our programme (and come to our event, if you're in Paris 22 September): psl.eu/agenda/collo...

Brain-split for many #DH2025 participants, who are also finalizing their @comphumresearch.bsky.social submissions. #CHR2025

Are you in Paris on 11/06? Do you need an excuse to come to Paris in early summer solely for scholarly purposes ? Join us for plenty of #manuscriptstudies & #digitalhumanities goodies at @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social 1/2

École des chartes | PSL@ecoledeschartes.bsky.social · last yr.

On June 11, discover how digital technologies are transforming the way we analyse, interpret, and teach historical texts and manuscripts. Four themed sessions on digital practices, AI tools, and more. Seminar organised by @kakapitan.bsky.social. Registration required ➡ https://lc.cx/y5g3wN

Dear potential future PhD students, do not forget to send your file, as the deadline is today !

Jean-Baptiste Camps@jbcamps.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you interested in cultural transmission, medieval manuscripts or digital humanities, and want to pursue a PhD in a city bustling with intellectual and cultural life ? Come work with us !

Are you interested in cultural transmission, medieval manuscripts or digital humanities, and want to pursue a PhD in a city bustling with intellectual and cultural life ? Come work with us !

LostMa ERC@lostma.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Job offers We are recruiting two PhD students in computational philology, to work on textual transmission with a methodology blending cultural evolution models, philology and data analysis 🧪 Deadline: 31 March 2025

The CultureLab at PSL, Paris, is recruiting a research engineer in #dh, computational social sciences and cultural evolution. We're looking for skills in data science, machine learning and programming. 4 years position. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/323661

Ingénieur de recherches en sciences humaines et sociales computationnelles

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Huge crowd in Paris manifesting for science, academic liberty, and in support of our American colleagues (And my favorite sign) #standupforscience

Place Jussieu at 1:30PM on Friday for the Parisians! @standupforscifr.bsky.social @sufs-paris-rp.bsky.social

Maxim Greenberg@maxvcg.bsky.social · last yr.

I'll be there in Paris! We're marching for science all over France this Friday! Come join!! 🧪💪

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

There are nearly 2000 Heurist databases hosted by @huma-num.bsky.social. To help integrate them into data pipelines / data analysis, I'm developing a #Python API client and CLI that extracts, transforms, and loads the data into a local @duckdb.org database. lostma-erc.github.io/heurist-etl-...

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Are you interested in cultural transmission, medieval manuscripts or digital humanities, and want to pursue a PhD in a city bustling with intellectual and cultural life ? Come work with us !

LostMa ERC@lostma.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Job offers We are recruiting two PhD students in computational philology, to work on textual transmission with a methodology blending cultural evolution models, philology and data analysis 🧪 Deadline: 31 March 2025

5-yr position in computational humanities with @oliviermorin.bsky.social and @jbcamps.bsky.social in Paris! Original deadline has passed but search is ongoing. Details here: cognition.ens.fr/en/job/junio...

[#Vidéo] 🎬 (Re)voir «La #stylométrie sur les traces de Chrétien de Troyes», conférence de @floriancafiero.bsky.social, @jbcamps.bsky.social et Benedetta Salvati ➡ lc.cx/Hx5lpy

Current state of affairs on OpenStemmata, before some big updates. Old French and Middle High German are clear winners, but with your help, some of the runners up may just join the leading pack #medievalsky

Short non-academic communication: I intend to run Paris half-marathon in support of France Parrainages, an association that helps children in need Whether you want to support them, or help making me suffer through 21kms (with a smile on my lips) semi-paris.dossards-solidaires.org/fundraisers/...

Un Semi-Marathon pour les enfants : Votre don peut changer des vies

Chers amis, famille et supporters, Je suis ravi de vous annoncer que je participerai au Semi-Marathon de Paris 2025 ! Mais cette course n’est pas seulement un défi sportif pour moi. J’ai décidé de cou...

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☑ Logo ☑ Website (lostma-erc.github.io) ☑ Bluesky account ☐ Stickers The LostMa ERC project is kicking off its 2nd year with a new look. Next up... stickers!

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ERC Research Project, 2024-2029

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Very happy that our research made it to the short list, and congratulations to the winners and our fellow participants !

Computational Humanities Research@comphumresearch.bsky.social · 2y ago

And a shout-out to the runner ups of the Best Long Paper Award: 🎖"Textual Transmission without Borders" by Matthias Gille Levenson, Lucence Ing and @jbcamps.bsky.social 🎖"Tracing the Development of the Virtual Particle Concept Using Semantic Change Detection" by Michael Zichert and Adrian Wüthrich

the launch of the Computational Humanities Research Journal is a major talking point at #CHR2024. promises to play a central role in the community, clearly moving in a very important open niche. fair winds to her and her editors! @folgertk.bsky.social @nolauren.bsky.social +Kristoffer Nielbo ⛵

Our proceedings are out! 🚨 They include no less than 78 papers that reflect the diverse and innovative research happening within the Computational Humanities. Take a dive here: ceur-ws.org/Vol-3834/