Performant Software Solutions
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We partner with humanities scholars to build software tools for research and teaching. Also at @performant@mastodon.cloud https://www.performantsoftware.com/
To find out more about the work the DH Lab does, check out our website and blog: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/dig... digitalhumanities.exeter.ac.uk #RTI #Photogrammetry #Digitisation #3DImaging #DigitalResearch #3D #HASS #DHLab #DigitalHumanities #DH #CatsofBluesky @exeter.ac.uk
This year the DH lab had the pleasure of collaborating with Professor @pascaleexeter.bsky.social on an exciting project exploring the staging possibilities of the Early Modern Whitefriars playhouse! #Digital #Humanities #DHLab #Interns #HASS #Internships #DigitalResearch #3D #3DPrint #3DPrinting
Absolutely love this approach to digital projects -- robust, dynamic projects with fully functional static versions for sustainability and longetivity. Hybrid minimal computing for the win! 👏 #ACH2026
Jamie Folsom@jamiefolsom.bsky.social · 2mo agoSuper excited to be presenting with @roopikarisam.bsky.social this morning at #ACH2026 on "Hybrid Minimal Computing"! Slides (for my part, the technical dimension) here: dh.tools/hybrid
Super excited to be presenting with @roopikarisam.bsky.social this morning at #ACH2026 on "Hybrid Minimal Computing"! Slides (for my part, the technical dimension) here: dh.tools/hybrid
Hybrid Minimal Computing — ACH 2026
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Thrilled to be at #dhsi2026 to talk about using Performant Studio (open source #dh tools) to make a map based research website! dh.tools/maps
Projects die. Data survives. While sustainability debates in digital humanities often focus on formats, metadata, and archives, Joudy Sido Bozan asks: who maintains the code, the website, the expertise, and the community once the funding ends? ctg.hypotheses.org/617 #DFG #DigitalHumanities
Rebecca Sutton Koeser@suttonkoeser.bsky.social · 3mo agoRecently published: article on the research that went into the 2.0 version of the Shakespeare and Company Project datasets, and the potential of the updates and additional data on member addresses and authors. doi.org/10.22148/jca... One of the first few in the newly launched JCA!
Center for Digital Humanities@princetoncdh.bsky.social · 3mo ago@princeton.edu is seeking to hire AI Postdoctoral Research Fellows affiliated with the AI Lab (@princetonainews.bsky.social) and the Center for Digital Humanities to conduct research focused on societal AI. Applications open through Jul 1! cdh.princeton.edu/news/2026/05...
Call for Applications: Funded PhD in Digital Humanities and Narrative Studies - “Sonic Narrative Approaches to Cultural Heritage – The Long Room’s Digital Twin”: dh.tcd.ie/call-for-app... Deadline: 26 June 2026 at 12:00 (GMT) #DigitalHumanities @tlrhub.bsky.social
Our Course Director has written this blog post about DHOxSS tinyurl.com/6wd8rx82 Spaces are still available across all workshops strands - but book soon as they are filling up! Register by 1 June to make the most of Early Bird rates. web.cvent.com/event/572b3a... #digitalhumanities #DHOxSS2026
What is the Digital Humanities @ Oxford Summer School?
Author: Dr Megan Gooch is Head of the Centre for Digital Scholarship at the Bodleian Libraries and Director of DHOxSS. “The best week of the year for digital humanists.”1 I have the priv…
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👉 Last days to apply! This is an excellent and rare opportunity. Very attractive funding and academic environment. Share the word! 👇 #digitalhumanities #dh #AI4culture #multimodality #multimodalAI
Center for Digital Visual Studies - Max Planck Society @UZH@dvstudies.bsky.social · 4mo ago👉 We're hiring: Up to 5 PhD Fellowships at the new International Max Planck Research School for Multimodal Digital Humanities (IMPRS-MDH), a doctoral school by the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome and the UZH, funded by the Max Planck Society. 👉 Full call: www.mdh.uzh.ch/en/opportuni...
📢 Launch of the digital Atlas In-ITALJA — please share! 🔗 in-italja.org/en/ A new #digitalhumanities platform mapping Jewish mobility and Jewish-Christian relations in Italy from the Middle Ages to 1938. Learn more about the project and the platform at the link above 👆 #JewishHistory #Mobility
Mark your programs for @the-ala.bsky.social! "Melville and Justice": tomorrow (5/21) from 1-2:20 in Salon 1 "Entirely Idle: Melvillean Leisure, Laziness, and Labor": Friday (5/22) from 4-5:20 in Kimball
The Melville Society@melville-society.bsky.social · 7mo agoIt's official! We're going to ALA! Check out our two sponsored panels: "Melville and Justice," and "Entirely Idle: Melvillean Leisure, Laziness, and Labor." See you in Chicago!
Event: "South Africa, 1904" A Collaboration Between RSVP and NAVSA's Empire and Colonialism Caucus navsa.org/News/13634217
Lucie Mingmei writes: "I am the Research IT Developer in the Research IT team based in the Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Exeter. As part of the WSWIA team, I work on the design and development of the project’s WordPress web interface, which is used for blogging and (1/8)
Join us in Houston for the ACH 2026 regional hub hosted by USLDH at Arte Público Press (keynote watch party, guided tour, and conversation on digital humanities, archives & community-centered work). June 24, 12–2 PM. Spaces limited: bit.ly/tx_ach_hub #usLdh #digitalhumanities @ach.bsky.social
5 days left to apply for PhD and Postdoc positions in a cool project about herbaria, plants and digitization!🌿😎 Postdoc: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/9... PhD: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c... More info: cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1... #Jobs #HPBio #HistSci #DigitalHumanities #PhilSci
RUB History & Philosophy of Science@roto-rub.bsky.social · 3mo agoInterested in herbaria, plants and digitization? Come work with us! 3 PhD & Postdoc Positions in History & Phil. of Biology & Digital Humanities! #ERC Project BOTLEG; @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Deadline: 25 May '26 #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio #EnvHist #DigitalHumanities #AcademicSky #PhDSky Details below 👇
Center for Digital Humanities@princetoncdh.bsky.social · 3mo agoRanging from computational text analysis to the development of language technologies and digital reconstructions of historical places, meet our four inaugural CDH Affiliate Labs! Affiliation recognizes rigorous, innovative work at the intersection of humanities and computation at @princeton.edu.
📣There's still time to sign up for a #ACH2026 low-cost, virtual #DigitalHumanities Workshop! 1) DH Pedagogy Studio: Creative and Critical Assignment Design 2) Get Started Preserving your Web Content and Data 3) Envisioning DH at your Teaching-Focused Institution ach2026.ach.org/en/workshops/
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This is a fantastic opportunity! ⬇️ #DigitalHumanities #DHJobs #Archives #ArchiveJobs
Digital Humanities Lab, Exeter @dhlabexeter.bsky.social · 3mo ago📢 JOB ALERT! The DH Lab is hiring a GBP Digital Humanities Assistant Technician 🎓 Open to recent grads 🛠️ Training in photogrammetry, RTI, A/V & 3D printing 🏛️ Great foundation for Heritage, Archives, or Research admin careers 📅 Apply by 4 June 2026! 👇Apply here careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/84...
If you are at @kzooicms.bsky.social don't miss the @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social roundtable Session 258 - New Possibilities and Directions in #DigitalMedievalStudies on Thur 3.30pm + reception. All welcome to talk about #DigitalHumanities and #MedievalStudies! #ICMS icms.confex.com/icms/2026/me...
New Possibilities and Directions in Digital Medieval Studies (A Roundtable)
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Come one come all! 📢 #digitalhumanities #digitalculture #digitalheritage
UK-Ireland DH Association@ukiedh.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe last of our big announcements (maybe the best?)... applications are now open for new Community Interest Groups! Want to build a DH community around a shared interest or issue? We’re looking for up to 5 new groups. 🗓 Deadline: 29 June 2026 👉 digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/05/14/c... #DH
Let us restore joy of learning, but first let us become strangers to ourselves. Education and work have become joylessly transactional. @profjoubin.bsky.social argues that estrangement can be a cognitive and affective intervention. youtu.be/GtlPSHKla94 #criticalAI #digitalhumanities #Shakespeare
The Joy of Estrangement in the Era of AI: Distinguished Lecture, Case Western Reserve University
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Thanks to all that have registered so far! We've just released in-person tickets to all delegates - join us if you can. We're excited to welcome you to @unisouthampton.bsky.social ! #digitalhumanities #DH #computationalhumanities
UK-Ireland DH Association@ukiedh.bsky.social · 4mo agoRegistration is open for our 2026 Annual Event (15–16 June, University of Southampton and online). This year’s theme is 🥬 Sustainability 🥬. In‑person fees £35 (£20 students and unwaged); online is free. Register & find out more: digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026-annual-... #DH #Sustainability
Scholar-Elect Ayobami Adebayo talks about being a writer and literary judge and about her PhD in #DigitalHumanities - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/h... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @clarehallcambridge.bsky.social
How digital magazines have influenced African literary networks - Gates Cambridge
Ayobami Adebayo talks about being a writer and literary judge and about her PhD in Digital Humanities.
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Laura Morealle and Nick Laiacona will be holding a workshop “From Digitized Manuscript to Digital Edition” at this week’s 2026 International Congress on Medieval Studies. #DigitalHumanities #TextEncoding #DHWorkshop
📢 NEW PROJECT BLOG POST 📢 Something a bit different from our 'Will of the Month' posts... 📜 Our Principal Investigator, Jane Whittle, explains the different ways we can approach and work with 30,000 will transcriptions 🧵1/3 #EarlyModern @uoearchhist.bsky.social sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
What to do with 30,000 wills? Three Approaches
Jane Whittle, Wills Project Principal Investigator The wills project has now successfully transcribed more than 30,000 early modern wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, with at least 5000 f...
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Generic avatars don’t work for cultural apps. For our latest UI project, we used classical fragments for user profiles, turning onboarding into an interaction withart history. See the design: matinee.icu #UXDesign #DigitalHumanities
