Digital Scholarship at Oxford
@discoxford.bsky.social
An initiative to support and enhance humanities research through the use of innovative digital methods.
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Hello Bluesky! We’re Digital Scholarship @ Oxford, and we’ll be sharing news about our work, communities, and upcoming events and opportunities for anyone interested in digital scholarship and digital humanities!
There are still some spaces available to join the Symposium in Computer Vision and the Humanities next week, at the MFO! For programme and registration see digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/sympos...
Symposium in Computer Vision and the Humanities
Visual Geometry Group, Digital Scholarship at Oxford, Maison Francaise
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There are still some spaces available to join the Symposium in Computer Vision and the Humanities next week, at the MFO! For programme and registration see digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/sympos...
This week’s digital scholarship lunchtime lecture features the TEXTCOURT project, which uses digital methods to explore early modern Chinese court drama. Register to join online or in-person on Wednesday 12th November -
Did Lord Macartney see a Spouting Whale or Dragon-Carp in 1793? Digitising and Unlocking Early Modern Chinese Court Drama
Free event. Registration required. Please follow the registration link below to attend.
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This week’s digital scholarship lunchtime lecture features the TEXTCOURT project, which uses digital methods to explore early modern Chinese court drama. Register to join online or in-person on Wednesday 12th November -
There are still spaces available for this session next week - sign up now to come along!
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Video Game Preservation: Practices and Approaches
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November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
There are still spaces available for this session next week - sign up now to come along!
Just a nudge to our double-excursion into thinking about digital humanities today:
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Just a nudge to our double-excursion into thinking about digital humanities today:
Join us at our first Critical Digital Humanities discussion, where we will explore @goran-gaber.bsky.social's recent paper Mind the gap: On archival politics and historical theory in the digital age.
More & registration: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/critic...
#digitalhumanities
More & registration: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/critic...
#digitalhumanities
Critical Digital Humanities
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Join us at our first Critical Digital Humanities discussion, where we will explore @goran-gaber.bsky.social's recent paper Mind the gap: On archival politics and historical theory in the digital age.
More & registration: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/critic...
#digitalhumanities
More & registration: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/critic...
#digitalhumanities
Michael Christopher Brown, Haley Morris-Cafiero, & Stéphanie Hubert, in a panel chaired by Sam McGuire.
The subject: Photography and truth in times of AI.
Join us at @mfoxford.bsky.social at 3pm today, 4 November.
Registration: photooxford.org/events/photo...
#photography #AI #truth
The subject: Photography and truth in times of AI.
Join us at @mfoxford.bsky.social at 3pm today, 4 November.
Registration: photooxford.org/events/photo...
#photography #AI #truth
Press the Shutter, Type the Prompt: Photography, truth & AI — Photo Oxford
Maison Française d’Oxford Tuesday, 4 November
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November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Michael Christopher Brown, Haley Morris-Cafiero, & Stéphanie Hubert, in a panel chaired by Sam McGuire.
The subject: Photography and truth in times of AI.
Join us at @mfoxford.bsky.social at 3pm today, 4 November.
Registration: photooxford.org/events/photo...
#photography #AI #truth
The subject: Photography and truth in times of AI.
Join us at @mfoxford.bsky.social at 3pm today, 4 November.
Registration: photooxford.org/events/photo...
#photography #AI #truth
What is photography when images can be created in a moment? What is 'truth?' What is 'real?'
At a historic moment in photography, join our conversation on photography and truth in times of AI. 3pm, 4 November, Maison Française d'Oxford (@mfoxford.bsky.social).
photooxford.org/events/photo...
At a historic moment in photography, join our conversation on photography and truth in times of AI. 3pm, 4 November, Maison Française d'Oxford (@mfoxford.bsky.social).
photooxford.org/events/photo...
Press the Shutter, Type the Prompt: Photography, truth & AI — Photo Oxford
Maison Française d’Oxford Tuesday, 4 November
photooxford.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
What is photography when images can be created in a moment? What is 'truth?' What is 'real?'
At a historic moment in photography, join our conversation on photography and truth in times of AI. 3pm, 4 November, Maison Française d'Oxford (@mfoxford.bsky.social).
photooxford.org/events/photo...
At a historic moment in photography, join our conversation on photography and truth in times of AI. 3pm, 4 November, Maison Française d'Oxford (@mfoxford.bsky.social).
photooxford.org/events/photo...
The next Bodleian Student Editions session will run on 11th November – it’s a great opportunity for students to learn about editing and transcribing early modern letters. Spaces are still available - find out more & sign up: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...
Bodleian Student Editions
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The next Bodleian Student Editions session will run on 11th November – it’s a great opportunity for students to learn about editing and transcribing early modern letters. Spaces are still available - find out more & sign up: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...
Join our next Bodleian Bytes session, where Catherine Conisbee will talk about the digital methods used to explore crowdsourced collections. Online, on 5th November, organised by the Centre for Digital Scholarship @bodleian.ox.ac.uk - sign up at digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Join our next Bodleian Bytes session, where Catherine Conisbee will talk about the digital methods used to explore crowdsourced collections. Online, on 5th November, organised by the Centre for Digital Scholarship @bodleian.ox.ac.uk - sign up at digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...
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Great to see my research project @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @batecollection.bsky.social featured alongside brilliant work by colleagues and students!
@oxhumanities.bsky.social @discoxford.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
Great to see my research project @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @batecollection.bsky.social featured alongside brilliant work by colleagues and students!
@oxhumanities.bsky.social @discoxford.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
[#AnOxfordDiary]
Great to see my research project @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @batecollection.bsky.social featured alongside brilliant work by colleagues and students!
@oxhumanities.bsky.social @discoxford.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
Great to see my research project @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @batecollection.bsky.social featured alongside brilliant work by colleagues and students!
@oxhumanities.bsky.social @discoxford.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
An exciting new event announcement - on 26th November we're holding an interactive session where participants will learn about digital collections and accessibility - to find out more and register please see: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/co-cre...
Co-Creating Accessible Digital Futures
Digital Scholarship at Oxford
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
An exciting new event announcement - on 26th November we're holding an interactive session where participants will learn about digital collections and accessibility - to find out more and register please see: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/co-cre...
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Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Video Game Preservation: Practices and Approaches
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Our new term card has arrived - and you can check out the digital version here: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/disc-events (image from Kowatagitsune, Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Japan. d. 20/1-2)
October 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Our new term card has arrived - and you can check out the digital version here: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/disc-events (image from Kowatagitsune, Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Japan. d. 20/1-2)
The next Bodleian Student Editions session will run on 23rd October – it’s a great opportunity for students to learn about editing and transcribing early modern letters. Spaces are still available - find out more & sign up: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...
Bodleian Student Editions
Would you like to contribute to the discovery of new research materials in the Bodleian’s manuscript collections? And to learn something about editing early modern letters and approaches to digital…
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The next Bodleian Student Editions session will run on 23rd October – it’s a great opportunity for students to learn about editing and transcribing early modern letters. Spaces are still available - find out more & sign up: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...
Our next Digital Scholarship coffee morning will be on Tues 21st October: Jack Orchard @jarona7.bsky.social will talk about games & historical emotional states, Gothic literature & horror games, & French Revolutionary paranoia in games. Find out more: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/digita...
Digital Scholarship coffee morning - 21st October
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Our next Digital Scholarship coffee morning will be on Tues 21st October: Jack Orchard @jarona7.bsky.social will talk about games & historical emotional states, Gothic literature & horror games, & French Revolutionary paranoia in games. Find out more: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/digita...
We've got lots of exciting events coming up over the next term - take a look at our events listing page to find out what's going on!
Events from the Digital Scholarship Community @Oxford
Supported by the Strategic Research Fund
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We've got lots of exciting events coming up over the next term - take a look at our events listing page to find out what's going on!
📖 New article: Goran Gaber (Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow and DiSc Fellow has a new article titled Mind the Gap. On archival politics and historical theory in the digital age:
Mind the Gap. On archival politics and historical theory in the digital age
Modern archival scholarship and practice are strikingly absent from contemporary historical theory. Given the archive’s enduring importance for history and its long-thematized political aspects, th...
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
📖 New article: Goran Gaber (Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow and DiSc Fellow has a new article titled Mind the Gap. On archival politics and historical theory in the digital age:
On 25th Sept, the Humanities & Data Science Turing special interest group will discuss their work and showcase new pathways for collaboration. Find out more about this hybrid event, hosted by the Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/networ...
Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration
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September 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
On 25th Sept, the Humanities & Data Science Turing special interest group will discuss their work and showcase new pathways for collaboration. Find out more about this hybrid event, hosted by the Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/networ...
The Centre for Digital Scholarship at the Bodleian Libraries invites library professionals to take part in a survey on AI Applications in Libraries. Participation takes 10–15 minutes and responses are anonymised:
AI in Libraries - Horizon Scanning Bodleian Libraries
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The Centre for Digital Scholarship at the Bodleian Libraries invites library professionals to take part in a survey on AI Applications in Libraries. Participation takes 10–15 minutes and responses are anonymised:
Call for papers - the Emerging Digital Methodologies conference invites researchers to submit proposals for talks on digital methods in the humanities and related fields. CFP is open until 12th August!
Call for Papers – Emerging Digital Methodologies Conference – Jesus College
Since the turn of the millennium digital and computational methodologies have become increasingly prolific at the cutting edge of language and humanities research. Utilising digital techniques from…
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July 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Call for papers - the Emerging Digital Methodologies conference invites researchers to submit proposals for talks on digital methods in the humanities and related fields. CFP is open until 12th August!
Our colleagues at the @oii.ox.ac.uk are holding an exciting conference next week - Connected Life. Find out more and register to attend here! connectedlife.oii.ox.ac.uk
Connected Life | Home
The interdisciplinary conference supported by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII).
connectedlife.oii.ox.ac.uk
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Our colleagues at the @oii.ox.ac.uk are holding an exciting conference next week - Connected Life. Find out more and register to attend here! connectedlife.oii.ox.ac.uk
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One week left to apply for the #DHOxSS2025 poster competition! Share your #digitalhumanities research with other Summer School participants this year.
Apply here by 9 June: tinyurl.com/mtnakcyt
@discoxford.bsky.social
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
Apply here by 9 June: tinyurl.com/mtnakcyt
@discoxford.bsky.social
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
We're pleased to launch the #DHOXSS2025 poster competition!
Share your #digitalhumanities research at our poster session: tinyurl.com/5n7pkfc9
Apply by 9 June: tinyurl.com/mtnakcyt
@discoxford.bsky.social
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@david.deroure.org
@agneatha.bsky.social
Share your #digitalhumanities research at our poster session: tinyurl.com/5n7pkfc9
Apply by 9 June: tinyurl.com/mtnakcyt
@discoxford.bsky.social
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@david.deroure.org
@agneatha.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
One week left to apply for the #DHOxSS2025 poster competition! Share your #digitalhumanities research with other Summer School participants this year.
Apply here by 9 June: tinyurl.com/mtnakcyt
@discoxford.bsky.social
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
Apply here by 9 June: tinyurl.com/mtnakcyt
@discoxford.bsky.social
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
Apologies but we've had to cancel this session today!
Our next Digital Scholarship coffee morning will be on Tuesday 3rd June - Jack Orchard - @jarona7.bsky.social - will talk about games and historical emotional states, Gothic literature and horror games, and French Revolutionary paranoia in games. Find out more here:
Digital Scholarship coffee morning - 3rd June
Digital Scholarship at Oxford
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Apologies but we've had to cancel this session today!
Our next Digital Scholarship coffee morning will be on Tuesday 3rd June - Jack Orchard - @jarona7.bsky.social - will talk about games and historical emotional states, Gothic literature and horror games, and French Revolutionary paranoia in games. Find out more here:
Digital Scholarship coffee morning - 3rd June
Digital Scholarship at Oxford
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
May 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Our next Digital Scholarship coffee morning will be on Tuesday 3rd June - Jack Orchard - @jarona7.bsky.social - will talk about games and historical emotional states, Gothic literature and horror games, and French Revolutionary paranoia in games. Find out more here:
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Our amazing keynote speakers:
Professor Caroline Bassett (University of Cambridge)
Dr Katherine McDonough (Alan Turing Institute)
More details: tinyurl.com/2wvwrkvb
@discoxford.bsky.social
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@david.deroure.org
@agneatha.bsky.social
@uniofcam.bsky.social
Professor Caroline Bassett (University of Cambridge)
Dr Katherine McDonough (Alan Turing Institute)
More details: tinyurl.com/2wvwrkvb
@discoxford.bsky.social
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@david.deroure.org
@agneatha.bsky.social
@uniofcam.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Our amazing keynote speakers:
Professor Caroline Bassett (University of Cambridge)
Dr Katherine McDonough (Alan Turing Institute)
More details: tinyurl.com/2wvwrkvb
@discoxford.bsky.social
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@david.deroure.org
@agneatha.bsky.social
@uniofcam.bsky.social
Professor Caroline Bassett (University of Cambridge)
Dr Katherine McDonough (Alan Turing Institute)
More details: tinyurl.com/2wvwrkvb
@discoxford.bsky.social
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@david.deroure.org
@agneatha.bsky.social
@uniofcam.bsky.social