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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 5d

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A guest post by @rmostern.bsky.social on the integration of #digitalhumanities in one's research

"What does it mean to assert that a project represents scholarship in the digital humanities?"
check it out 👇

#tbt #dhinpractice

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Quantitative Scholarship as “Low Tech” Digital Humanities

This is a guest post by Ruth Mostern, University of Pittsburgh@ruthmostern Like all terms for disciplines and methodologies, the digital humanities, a label that has been in use since the early yea…

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World History Association @thewha.bsky.social · 29d

The WHA is excited to announce the Call for Papers for our next conference in Incheon, Korea, June 25-27, 2026. Find the full CFP and submission information on our conference website: thewha.org/conferences/... [Image: Incheon Grand Bridge, by Cameron Henderson via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0]

A photograph of the Incheon Grand Bridge with the cityscape in the background

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Sep 11

We are so excited about the @thewha.bsky.social conference in Incheon Korea next June! If you are interested in any aspect of teaching and research about the transnational and global human past, you should submit a paper or panel proposal and come join us! #worldhistory thewha.org/conferences/...

WHA Korea 2026

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Aug 20

I just read an op-ed in the New York Times by @dwallacewells.bsky.social that introduced me to the term "charismatic megatraumas." So good, wow.

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National Humanities Center @natlhumanities.bsky.social · Jul 24

The National Humanities Center welcomes fellowship applications from scholars engaged in the study of China in the Ming dynasty or of regions and periods connected to the Ming dynasty. Applications are due October 2, 2025. #AsianStudies cc: @asianstudies.org

Opportunities for Scholars Studying Ming Dynasty China and Its World | National Humanities Center

The NHC welcomes fellowship applications from scholars engaged in the study of China and its world, during and adjacent to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

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Till Grallert @tillgrallert.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 16

Dear colleagues at #dh2025 and members of @adho, I would deeply appreciate an official stance from our professional association(s) towards the #scholasticide and wilful destruction of material and immaterial cultural heritage of predominantly Arabic-speaking societies committed by Israel in […]

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jul 7

Congratulations to all the superstar @whcpitt.bsky.social Digital Atlas interns! Check out the project portal, which includes 82 projects spanning eight years of student work.

Pitt World History Center @whcpitt.bsky.social · Jul 7

The Center's spring Digital Atlas Design Interns completed some awesome projects about a topic in the global past using ArcGIS StoryMaps! 🗺️

Check them out here: www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/news/spring-...

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Spring 2025 Digital Atlas Design Projects are Published! | World History Center | University of Pittsburgh

Undergraduate interns have completed their final projects for the Spring 2025 Digital Design Atlas Internship! Throughout the semester each intern performed historical research on a topic having to do...

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jul 7

Boosting my Digital Data Specialist position at the Institute for Spatial History Innovation. Applications due this week!

Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jun 11

📣Job Klaxon! A good #DH #spatialhistory position at the University of Pittsburgh with me and the @whgazetteer.org at the fab new (doesn't even have a website yet) Institute for Spatial History Innovation (ISHI).

World Historical Gazetteer @whgazetteer.org · Jun 11

Want to work with the WHG team? The Institute for Spatial History Innovation @ Pitt is hiring a full-time Research Associate to be the Digital Data Specialist & Managing Editor of World Historical Gazetteer!

Learn more & apply by July 11: bit.ly/4kAknki

@rmostern.bsky.social @docuracy.co.uk

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jul 6

Friends who are members of the American Historical Association (or wish to join), please vote by July 15 for the slate that is committed to democratizing our profession and holding itself accountable to the membership during these perilous times.

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jul 3

I am hearing news today about website content coming down.

DrSinBin @drsinbin.bsky.social · Jul 3

UGH.

Pitt shuts down DEI office, launches new department amid federal pressure share.google/EFOCbLOgkKqO...

Pitt shuts down DEI office, launches new department amid federal pressure

The University of Pittsburgh has officially closed its Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — replacing it with a newly formed Office of Institutional Engagement and Well-Being.

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jun 30

Fixed! The problem was my URL shortener.

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jun 30

Here is a good link. The site is fine. My URL shortener caused some problem: www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/grant-c...

Grant cancellations impact far more than the researchers involved

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jun 30

The Pitt University Times profiled me as someone whose grant got cancelled. I talked about what @nehgov.bsky.social @altnehgov.altgov.info @neh-odh.bsky.social @nehafge3403.bsky.social means for my research, for the humanities, and for institutions in Pittsburgh; and my student who fled the US.

Grant cancellations impact far more than the researchers involved

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jun 24

The Institute for Spatial History Innovation (ISHI) is so new that we don't even have a website yet, but we're official! We'll be the new home for @whgazetteer.org and other work in digital methods, ethics, and projects for spatial history. Here's a little article about our work. Stay tuned!

A new Pitt center will weave history and place to build a comprehensive global atlas

The Institute of Spatial History Innovation will house an interactive database that offers historical context on more than 2 million locations worldwide.

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Shahnameh blacksmith @desirepathtarjuman.bsky.social · Jun 16

Area Studies scholars take note, a new macro regional toponym has been sighted.

Elaborate restaurant sign "CENTRAL EAST ASIAN CUISINE" with cartoony 3D/relief illustration of a man with white turban bursting out of Central Asian style naan with a donkey in front.

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jun 13

So very thrilled and honored to be spending next week with @vierth.bsky.social and other smart people at the China-Princeton Digital Humanities Workshop and introducing the spatial humanities to some fabulous participants. chinesedh2025.eas.princeton.edu

China-Princeton Digital Humanities Workshop 2025

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jun 13

#ThanksBrett from me as well.

Jennifer Serventi @jenserventi.bsky.social · Jun 13

*sigh* It's too soon, but on the day of his retirement from public service, I think that it's important to recognize the contributions of Brett Bobley to the work of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the field. #ThanksBrett for your leadership, your good cheer & your home-baked goods.

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jun 12

I don't have the grimmest story, the biggest cardboard, or the best kerning, but I made a little something for Saturday #nokings.

A colorful handmade sign on recycled cardboard reads: "I am a professor at Pitt. My grant was terminated. My student fled the US. NO KINGS."

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jun 11

📣Job Klaxon! A good #DH #spatialhistory position at the University of Pittsburgh with me and the @whgazetteer.org at the fab new (doesn't even have a website yet) Institute for Spatial History Innovation (ISHI).

World Historical Gazetteer @whgazetteer.org · Jun 11

Want to work with the WHG team? The Institute for Spatial History Innovation @ Pitt is hiring a full-time Research Associate to be the Digital Data Specialist & Managing Editor of World Historical Gazetteer!

Learn more & apply by July 11: bit.ly/4kAknki

@rmostern.bsky.social @docuracy.co.uk

Job Opportunity - Research Associate at Institute for Spatial History Innovation | World History Center | University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh's Institute for Spatial History Innovation (ISHI) is currently accepting applications for a full-time Research Associate to act as the Digital Data Specialist. The selecte...

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jun 10

Thank you @sheilaabrennan.bsky.social, @nehgov.bsky.social & @neh-odh.bsky.social: not just funders but helpful & steadfast supporters of @whgazetteer.org and so much else in our fields. The NEH selection committees I joined over the years were a source of camaraderie, the staff was the best part.

Sheila A Brennan @sheilaabrennan.bsky.social · Jun 10

Today is the last day at the NEH for me and many of my amazingly dedicated colleagues. We did our best to represent & serve the American people. To champion humanities research, teaching, public engagement, cultural heritage, infrastructure, and innovation.

Collection of stickers, flyers, business cards, and letter.

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Alt National Endowment for the Humanities @altnehgov.altgov.info · Jun 10

It is RIF separation day at NEH. More than 100 of us lose our jobs today. Our hearts are heavy and broken. None of this had to happen.

Fellow NEHers, we cross this threshold together. One we hoped would never appear.

We will continue to stand as tall as we can. 🤍

#NEH #Resist

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · Jun 5

MapReader and the Machines Reading Maps group are the best! And hello @aboutgeo.bsky.social !

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · May 28

I just did a photoshoot for a new institutional headshot. Naturally, the backdrop was a big wall map (Pitt Global Hub) and the whole time I was posing, I was thinking AND IT'S A GALL-PETERS PROJECTION!

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World Historical Gazetteer @whgazetteer.org · May 20

We have an interactive map of Equiano's astonishing travels, compiled by @rmostern.bsky.social: whgazetteer.org/collections/...

Map showing locations visited by Olaudah Equiano between 1745 and 1797.

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Ruth Mostern 🌏🌱 @rmostern.bsky.social · May 9

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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