Jane Winters
@jfwinters.bsky.social
Professor of Digital Humanities,
School of Advanced Study, University of London. From medieval history to web archives, with some stops on the way. Own views.
School of Advanced Study, University of London. From medieval history to web archives, with some stops on the way. Own views.
At the exciting stage of choosing book cover designs!
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
At the exciting stage of choosing book cover designs!
At this point, roll on retirement with two rescue dogs.
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
At this point, roll on retirement with two rescue dogs.
The University of London is looking festive
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The University of London is looking festive
My short contribution to this brilliant edited collection is on ‘Risk, failure and the assessment of innovative research’, which focuses on how funding bodies might address and (even!) encourage risk read.uolpress.co.uk/read/316fdea... #DigitalHumanities
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
My short contribution to this brilliant edited collection is on ‘Risk, failure and the assessment of innovative research’, which focuses on how funding bodies might address and (even!) encourage risk read.uolpress.co.uk/read/316fdea... #DigitalHumanities
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📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly
@sas-news.bsky.social
@sas-news.bsky.social
Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press
Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...
uolpress.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly
@sas-news.bsky.social
@sas-news.bsky.social
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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👋 Hi Bluesky!
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
School of Advanced Study
Uniting research institutes and centres at the University of London to form the UK's national centre for the support and promotion of academic research in the humanities.
sas.ac.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
👋 Hi Bluesky!
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
A record 27-point win for Ireland over Australia. Marvellous!
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A record 27-point win for Ireland over Australia. Marvellous!
Delighted to have been one of the co-authors for an article about @ukiedh.bsky.social - ‘Enhancing research and teaching capacity through collaboration: building a UK–Ireland Digital Humanities Association’. Huge thanks to everyone whose generosity & collegiality is reflected in the work described.
Enhancing research and teaching capacity through collaboration: building a UK–Ireland Digital Humanities Association
Abstract. This article discusses the development of a Digital Humanities (DH) Association for the UK and Ireland. It explores processes for evidence gather
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November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Delighted to have been one of the co-authors for an article about @ukiedh.bsky.social - ‘Enhancing research and teaching capacity through collaboration: building a UK–Ireland Digital Humanities Association’. Huge thanks to everyone whose generosity & collegiality is reflected in the work described.
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Project StoryMachine aims to preserve, explore and provide greater access to folklore traditions in Germany and the UK, through the development of a digital infrastructure called StoryMachine storymachine.iisys.de
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Project StoryMachine aims to preserve, explore and provide greater access to folklore traditions in Germany and the UK, through the development of a digital infrastructure called StoryMachine storymachine.iisys.de
‘The British Library is our great national home of cultural workers. We go there to read and research, to learn and to grow, to write and to think, to inspire and create’.
Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith
The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
‘The British Library is our great national home of cultural workers. We go there to read and research, to learn and to grow, to write and to think, to inspire and create’.
Since it’s University Press Week #UPweek, a shout out to my amazing colleagues at University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social. They are flying the flag for open humanities publishing.
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Since it’s University Press Week #UPweek, a shout out to my amazing colleagues at University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social. They are flying the flag for open humanities publishing.
Join us online on 2 Dec for ‘Old, New, Precarious Data’, the 1st event of the 2025-6 @dh-researchhub.bsky.social seminar series on incompleteness & loss in digital cultural heritage collections. Speakers include @beatricecannelli.bsky.social, @heatherfro.bsky.social, Leontien Talboom & Amelia Acker
Old, New, Precarious Data
Old, New, Precarious Data is the first event of the 2025-2026 DHRH flagship seminar series on incompleteness and loss in digital cultural heritage collections.
www.sas.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Join us online on 2 Dec for ‘Old, New, Precarious Data’, the 1st event of the 2025-6 @dh-researchhub.bsky.social seminar series on incompleteness & loss in digital cultural heritage collections. Speakers include @beatricecannelli.bsky.social, @heatherfro.bsky.social, Leontien Talboom & Amelia Acker
You hear so much negativity about the NHS, but we had such a wonderful social worker who pulled out all the stops to let my dad go home with proper support. And on the weekend too.
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
You hear so much negativity about the NHS, but we had such a wonderful social worker who pulled out all the stops to let my dad go home with proper support. And on the weekend too.
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It's HERE: World Digital Preservation Day 2025! We're excited to kick off #WDPD2025 with our opening blog by William Kilbride, writing from #iPRES2025 in Aotearoa New Zealand, one of the first places in the world to welcome the Day👉https://buff.ly/suGDx7v Happy World Digital Preservation Day🎉
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It's HERE: World Digital Preservation Day 2025! We're excited to kick off #WDPD2025 with our opening blog by William Kilbride, writing from #iPRES2025 in Aotearoa New Zealand, one of the first places in the world to welcome the Day👉https://buff.ly/suGDx7v Happy World Digital Preservation Day🎉
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From making witch-bottles to sitting in historic ruins listening to spooky stories, 9th November is a date for your diary if you're in Herts - @herts.ac.uk & @beinghumanfest.bsky.social have teamed up to create a full programme of fun #Folklore family events. Come and join us!
October 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
From making witch-bottles to sitting in historic ruins listening to spooky stories, 9th November is a date for your diary if you're in Herts - @herts.ac.uk & @beinghumanfest.bsky.social have teamed up to create a full programme of fun #Folklore family events. Come and join us!
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
I read Grazia today for the first time in years (my sister brought it along for a hospital visit) and mainstream papers could learn a lot about support for women’s rights.
November 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I read Grazia today for the first time in years (my sister brought it along for a hospital visit) and mainstream papers could learn a lot about support for women’s rights.
Dealing with an elderly parent in hospital atm and honestly, Celebrity Traitors is a tonic.
October 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Dealing with an elderly parent in hospital atm and honestly, Celebrity Traitors is a tonic.
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Publishing next month!
Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship tackles what failure – in all its messy but immensely valuable complexity – means for the DH community.
Edited by @mjdonnay.bsky.social and @amsichani.bsky.social
Published by @uolpress.bsky.social
uolpress.co.uk/book/reframi...
Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship tackles what failure – in all its messy but immensely valuable complexity – means for the DH community.
Edited by @mjdonnay.bsky.social and @amsichani.bsky.social
Published by @uolpress.bsky.social
uolpress.co.uk/book/reframi...
Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press
Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...
uolpress.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Publishing next month!
Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship tackles what failure – in all its messy but immensely valuable complexity – means for the DH community.
Edited by @mjdonnay.bsky.social and @amsichani.bsky.social
Published by @uolpress.bsky.social
uolpress.co.uk/book/reframi...
Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship tackles what failure – in all its messy but immensely valuable complexity – means for the DH community.
Edited by @mjdonnay.bsky.social and @amsichani.bsky.social
Published by @uolpress.bsky.social
uolpress.co.uk/book/reframi...
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The UK Government Web Archive is one of the world’s largest openly accessible internet archives, with 25+ years of digital material published by the government. We were glad to join The National Archives in hosting a user workshop. Thanks to all participants! www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/webarchive/
UK Government Web Archive
We capture, preserve, and make accessible UK central government information published on the web from 1996 to present.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The UK Government Web Archive is one of the world’s largest openly accessible internet archives, with 25+ years of digital material published by the government. We were glad to join The National Archives in hosting a user workshop. Thanks to all participants! www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/webarchive/
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🪧A date for your diaries if you'd be interested in our training session, 'Revising your PhD Thesis for Publication', led by @drjoeford.bsky.social from @ilcs.bsky.social and our Publisher @emmagallon.bsky.social.
📅 Monday 8 December, 14:00–15:30
👉 www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#AcademicPublishing
📅 Monday 8 December, 14:00–15:30
👉 www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#AcademicPublishing
Revising Your PhD Thesis for Publication
www.sas.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🪧A date for your diaries if you'd be interested in our training session, 'Revising your PhD Thesis for Publication', led by @drjoeford.bsky.social from @ilcs.bsky.social and our Publisher @emmagallon.bsky.social.
📅 Monday 8 December, 14:00–15:30
👉 www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#AcademicPublishing
📅 Monday 8 December, 14:00–15:30
👉 www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#AcademicPublishing
For UK academic folk, in case you don’t know about this service, the AHRC does publish all panel outcomes, with figures for numbers of applicants, numbers of successful awards etc. There is a lag, though, so the most recent info is from January 2025.
AHRC panel outcomes and attendance
Details of the outcomes of applications and panel membership relating to the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) panel meetings.
www.ukri.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
For UK academic folk, in case you don’t know about this service, the AHRC does publish all panel outcomes, with figures for numbers of applicants, numbers of successful awards etc. There is a lag, though, so the most recent info is from January 2025.
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We are excited to be hiring for a Community and Advocacy Manager! The role, based in the Digital Humanities Research Hub at the School of Advanced Study, will lead on developing and delivering a programme of community engagement and advocacy for the Association. www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Community and Advocacy Manager, UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association:London Senate House - Hybrid
The University of London is a leading UK provider of distance and digital education internationally, offering programmes to 45,000 students in 190 countries around the world. Although proudly rooted in London, our community and impact are global.
www.jobs.london.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We are excited to be hiring for a Community and Advocacy Manager! The role, based in the Digital Humanities Research Hub at the School of Advanced Study, will lead on developing and delivering a programme of community engagement and advocacy for the Association. www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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It's 10 years since the Open Library of Humanities published its first article. Since then, OLH has published 13,000 open access scholarly articles which have been downloaded over 8 million times.
This excellent editorial by Rose looks back at that decade.
olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...
This excellent editorial by Rose looks back at that decade.
olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...
Editorial Freedom in Academic Publishing: On the First Decade of the Open Library of Humanities
This editorial commemorates the tenth anniversary of diamond open access journal publisher the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) and its flagship journal, the Open Library of Humanities journal (OLHJ)....
olh.openlibhums.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It's 10 years since the Open Library of Humanities published its first article. Since then, OLH has published 13,000 open access scholarly articles which have been downloaded over 8 million times.
This excellent editorial by Rose looks back at that decade.
olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...
This excellent editorial by Rose looks back at that decade.
olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...