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Kate Topham

@tophkat.bsky.social

Digital Scholarship Specialist @ UMich Library cats | choir | cookies | cataloging is racist she/her

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just going to say here, I think I've said this before, a 'historically accurate' version of the Odyssey is not possible because the Odyssey does not take place in a historical setting - it takes place in a fantastical pastiche of four centuries, mixed in with gods and monsters.

Watcher Guru@watcher.guru · 2w ago

JUST IN: Elon Musk says Grok will make a "full-length movie" of The Odyssey that is "historically accurate" by the end of this year.

Roxane Gay@roxanegay.bsky.social · last mo.

This birthright ruling is why I just refuse to tolerate all the Democrat garment rending over NY voters choosing progressive candidates. They are incapable of governing in this moment. The politics of appeasement and centrism gets us to a 5-4 decision on the constitutional question.

Kate Topham@tophkat.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join us on the livestream! go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh

Global Digital Humanities Symposium - 14 April 2026 Part 2

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Global DH Symposium@globaldhsymposium.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our last speaker of the day is Cindy Anh Nguyen for the Keynote on Interpretive Digital Humanities: Multivocal Meaning Making between Computation and Culture. #MSUDH #DH

Kate Topham@tophkat.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We are LIVE! Join us on the livestream --> go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh #MSUGlobalDH

MSU College of Arts & Letters

The Arts & Humanities in Action Explore News → Attend Events → Discover Programs → Explore News Attend Events Discover Programs Research Studying How COVID Pandemic is Affecting Language Change News MSU COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) Information faculty Examining the Power…

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Global DH Symposium@globaldhsymposium.bsky.social · 4mo ago

TODAY is the first day of #msuglobaldh 2026 In Person Michigan State University Main Library, Green Room (4th Floor, West)! Keynote from Rayvon Fuché today! Posters and Reception at @msumuseum.bsky.social! Going to be a wonderful day!

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’m no lawyer but I find it interesting that Christian conversion therapy practitioners have the right to tell kids they aren’t trans but those kids’ teachers apparently don’t have the right to say they are trans and people on the internet may not have the right to affirm them being trans either

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her)@moudhy.bsky.social · 5mo ago

There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends. It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.

Photo of a cuneiform tablet fragment shaped a bit like an irregular diamond. It preserves nearly 20 incomplete lines of text separated by a horizontal ruling
Kate Topham@tophkat.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Register by 27 March! Join us at #MSUGlobalDH: app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve... #DH #DigitalHumanities

Oxford Abstracts Delegate Registration

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Global DH Symposium@globaldhsymposium.bsky.social · 8mo ago

✨Registration is now OPEN for our Symposium!✨ Join us for a new three-part experience: one day at MSU (USA), one day at UDEM (México), plus two virtual days. Browse our comprehensive program and discover our keynote speakers on our website. Don't miss this opportunity to join a global community!

Amanda Wyatt! Visconti@literaturegeek.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This was a needed exhibit, in place for over 15 years. Removed this past month. It included Oney Judge's story, a woman enslaved (& stalked after escape) by President George Washington. (Image = exhibit art panel; photo taken by William Fischer, Jr., 2017)

Photo of a former National Park Service exhibit panel, a gorgeous large square in a watercolor and pen style of Oney Judge, a young Black seamstress in the late 1700s, with a harbor and ships in the background. The title is "I am free now" in a calligraphic script, followed by two paragraphs of information: "Oney Judge's strong desire for freedom drove the 22-year-old enslaved seamstress to flee the President's House on May 21, 1796. With the help of friends of African descent, she found passage to New Hampshire, where she married, raised a family, and lived to old age. "Whilst they were packing up to go to Virginia, I was packing to go, I didn't know where; for I knew that if I went back to Virginia, I should never get my liberty. I had friends among the colored people of Philadelphia, had my things carried there beforehand, and left Washington's house while they were eating dinner."
Amanda Wyatt! Visconti@literaturegeek.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A zine documenting the National Park Service’s “Life Under Slavery at George Washington House” exhibit—removed by the government January 22, 2026 in an act of censorship (zinebakery.com/bakeshop/cen...)

Wiki Education@wikieducation.bsky.social · 9mo ago

In today's blog post, Wiki Education's "Wikidata Will" explores his recent discussion with panelists Samie Konet, Crystal Yragui, and Kate Topham @tophkat.bsky.social about libraries, their collections, and Wikidata — check out the webinar recap here: wp.me/p4LBez-tf4

Supercharging Cultural Institution Collections with Wikidata

Why is linked data important? How do Wikidata and library collections work together? What does a Wikidata project look like? To answer these questions and more (and to celebrate Wikidata’s birthday…

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