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Joe Williams

@joewilliamshistory.bsky.social

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PhD history researcher (University of Coimbra), censorship and propaganda in Portugal in the 1930s. Learning a lot about digital humanities. Freelance translator. Bon vivant. https://independent.academia.edu/joewilliams71 www.joewilliamstranslation.com

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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 8d

My latest publication "Censorship and Sacralisation of Politics in the Portuguese Press during the Spanish Civil War," is now available in the "First View of issue 87 of Ler História:
Enjoy!

#history #censorship #EstadoNovo #Salazarism

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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · Sep 5

This unwelcome synchronicity means that I'll be eating a lot of sausage and chips while working on the final edits.

Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm delighted to announce that my article "Censorship and Sacralisation of Politics in the Portuguese Press during the Spanish Civil War," has been accepted for publication by Ler História (QI).

I'm less pleased to announce that my freezer has stopped working.

#History #Censorship #EstadoNovo

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Center for Digital Humanities @princetoncdh.bsky.social · Jul 18

Have a lot of character flaws—in your scanned documents, that is? CDH Senior Thesis Prize winner James Zhang ’25 can help! Read our Q&A with James on the limitations of #OCR, using #LVLMs to analyze visual elements, and building his open-source tool #MetaScribe. 🏆

Award-Winning Project Explores Optical Document Recognition (ODR) in Princeton Prosody Archive

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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thanks, Monica! It was such a pleasure to talk to you both about this wonderful book. It really was one of the most compelling original things I've read in a long time.

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Monica Cure @monicacure.bsky.social · Jul 29

Liliana Corobca and I gave an interview to @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social at Trafika Europe Radio on The Censor's Notebook (@sevenstories.bsky.social/@sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social), with a reading starting at 5:10. Always love introducing this ingenious book to new readers!

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Trafika Europe Radio - Trafika Europe

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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · Jul 19

Here's a write-up of my keynote from #DH2025, since academic publishing is slow and this was written for right now. roopikarisam.com/talks-cat/dh...

Slide with title Digital Humanities for a World Unmade, blue background with stylized images of a Dutch windmill, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Hagia Sofia, Big Ben, and the Singaporean lion.

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our conference has kicked off! We were welcomed by History Lab's Chair @thomascryer.bsky.social, Director of @ihr.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social, and Professor Neil Forbes from Coventry University who is delivering his keynote speech 👨‍🏫

Don't forget that you can join us online! 💻

Photograph of Professor Neil Forbes delivering his keynote speech titled about the twentieth century after the First World War.

Photograph of History Lab conference programmes and Royal Historical Society bookmarks, leaflets and badges.

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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · Jul 23

Here's my first academic article published in the Revista Portuguesa da História, examining the uses of history in Salazarist Portugal:
www.academia.edu/142935704/_Year_X_of_the_National_Revolution_Salazarist_palingenetic_myth_in_the_Di%C3%A1rio_da_Manh%C3%A3
@ucoimbra.bsky.social #portuguesehistory

"Year X of the National Revolution" -Salazarist palingenetic myth in the Diário da Manhã

This paper contributes to the debate surrounding the extent to which Salazarism constituted a fascist ideology by analysing the discourses in an edition of the Diário da Manhã-official organ of the Na...

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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · Jul 22

I can't quite put my finger on it, but something doesn't seem quite right here...
#OCR #digitalhumanities #DH2025 #textualanalysis

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