Kat Rohrbacher
@katrohrbacher.bsky.social
Uses machine learning to study narratives. Postdoc at
the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. Previously PhD at McGill.
the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. Previously PhD at McGill.
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📰DHSS Newsletter!
We are excited to publish the first issue of the DHSS Newsletter tomorrow.
If you would like to receive it, you can subscribe here:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/dhss-newslet...
Thank you for your interest in our work at the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies at FAU.
We are excited to publish the first issue of the DHSS Newsletter tomorrow.
If you would like to receive it, you can subscribe here:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/dhss-newslet...
Thank you for your interest in our work at the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies at FAU.
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
📰DHSS Newsletter!
We are excited to publish the first issue of the DHSS Newsletter tomorrow.
If you would like to receive it, you can subscribe here:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/dhss-newslet...
Thank you for your interest in our work at the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies at FAU.
We are excited to publish the first issue of the DHSS Newsletter tomorrow.
If you would like to receive it, you can subscribe here:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/dhss-newslet...
Thank you for your interest in our work at the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies at FAU.
Heading to Hamburg to present my work on modeling fictional worlds in German-language literature in the DH lecture series, organized by the German Studies department at the University of Hamburg.
Check out the full program here:
www.zfw.uni-hamburg.de/oeffentliche...
Excited for tomorrow! 💨 🚆
Check out the full program here:
www.zfw.uni-hamburg.de/oeffentliche...
Excited for tomorrow! 💨 🚆
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Heading to Hamburg to present my work on modeling fictional worlds in German-language literature in the DH lecture series, organized by the German Studies department at the University of Hamburg.
Check out the full program here:
www.zfw.uni-hamburg.de/oeffentliche...
Excited for tomorrow! 💨 🚆
Check out the full program here:
www.zfw.uni-hamburg.de/oeffentliche...
Excited for tomorrow! 💨 🚆
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Great job opportunity at @dhssfau.bsky.social with a long-term perspective. www.jobs.fau.de/jobs/geschae...
Geschäftsführung des Departments Digital Humanities and Social Studies (m/w/d)
www.jobs.fau.de
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Great job opportunity at @dhssfau.bsky.social with a long-term perspective. www.jobs.fau.de/jobs/geschae...
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As DH grows, it’s increasingly important to publish conference papers, but there hasn’t been a clear venue for that.
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As DH grows, it’s increasingly important to publish conference papers, but there hasn’t been a clear venue for that.
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
Folks in DH working with German-language data!
Here’s a resource I put together with corpora of both fiction and non-fiction works from the Gutenberg libraries, about 5,000 books in total, including metadata on genre and author gender 📚 🧮
openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
Here’s a resource I put together with corpora of both fiction and non-fiction works from the Gutenberg libraries, about 5,000 books in total, including metadata on genre and author gender 📚 🧮
openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
de-Corp: A Corpus of German-language Fiction and Non-Fiction (1780–1930) | Journal of Open Humanities Data
openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Folks in DH working with German-language data!
Here’s a resource I put together with corpora of both fiction and non-fiction works from the Gutenberg libraries, about 5,000 books in total, including metadata on genre and author gender 📚 🧮
openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
Here’s a resource I put together with corpora of both fiction and non-fiction works from the Gutenberg libraries, about 5,000 books in total, including metadata on genre and author gender 📚 🧮
openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
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Who is doing What to Whom? Analyzing Gender Biases in Large Language Models with @katrohrbacher.bsky.social
#DHSS2025 #Languagemodels #Genderbiases
#DHSS2025 #Languagemodels #Genderbiases
September 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Who is doing What to Whom? Analyzing Gender Biases in Large Language Models with @katrohrbacher.bsky.social
#DHSS2025 #Languagemodels #Genderbiases
#DHSS2025 #Languagemodels #Genderbiases
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We are truly honoured to have Prof. Mareike Schumacher @mkschumacher.bsky.social with us, delivering her amazing talk on corpus compilation and gender-sensitive analysis.
What a wonderful way to conclude the final day of our school!
#DHSS2025 #DigitalHumanities
What a wonderful way to conclude the final day of our school!
#DHSS2025 #DigitalHumanities
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We are truly honoured to have Prof. Mareike Schumacher @mkschumacher.bsky.social with us, delivering her amazing talk on corpus compilation and gender-sensitive analysis.
What a wonderful way to conclude the final day of our school!
#DHSS2025 #DigitalHumanities
What a wonderful way to conclude the final day of our school!
#DHSS2025 #DigitalHumanities
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Registration is closed, planes are booked, and preparations are in their final stage.
Check out the full program and stay tuned!
Check out the full program and stay tuned!
September 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Registration is closed, planes are booked, and preparations are in their final stage.
Check out the full program and stay tuned!
Check out the full program and stay tuned!
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Great to the schedule for the #DHSS2025 summer school out! An amazing programme is waiting for our participants ☺️
#DataGenderSociety #DH #DigitalHumanities
go.fau.de/1cadb
#DataGenderSociety #DH #DigitalHumanities
go.fau.de/1cadb
Digital Humanities Summer School 2025: Data, gender and society
If you are attending the FAU Innovation Days (view details), you have the opportunity to register for the keynote talks. Mo 22 – Fri 26 September 2025 The DHSS2025 summer school offers expert-led…
go.fau.de
September 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Great to the schedule for the #DHSS2025 summer school out! An amazing programme is waiting for our participants ☺️
#DataGenderSociety #DH #DigitalHumanities
go.fau.de/1cadb
#DataGenderSociety #DH #DigitalHumanities
go.fau.de/1cadb
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📢 CFP: JCA Ten-Year Anniversary Issue
The Journal of Cultural Analytics turns 10! We're marking the moment with a special issue reflecting on a decade of studying culture at scale—and imagining what comes next.
📅 Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2025
culturalanalytics.org/post/3316-cf...
The Journal of Cultural Analytics turns 10! We're marking the moment with a special issue reflecting on a decade of studying culture at scale—and imagining what comes next.
📅 Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2025
culturalanalytics.org/post/3316-cf...
CFP Ten-Year Anniversary Issue: Reflections on a Decade of Seeing the Forest and the Trees | Published by Journal of Cultural Analytics
Ten-Year Anniversary Issue: Reflections on a Decade of Seeing the Forest and the Trees
culturalanalytics.org
July 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
📢 CFP: JCA Ten-Year Anniversary Issue
The Journal of Cultural Analytics turns 10! We're marking the moment with a special issue reflecting on a decade of studying culture at scale—and imagining what comes next.
📅 Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2025
culturalanalytics.org/post/3316-cf...
The Journal of Cultural Analytics turns 10! We're marking the moment with a special issue reflecting on a decade of studying culture at scale—and imagining what comes next.
📅 Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2025
culturalanalytics.org/post/3316-cf...
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Last chance to join our #DHSS25 #DataGenderSociety summer school in September! Registration closes today!⏰️
☀️Just 5 Days left to register for #DHSS25 Summer School!
Don't miss you chance for an amazing opportunity to level-up your DH skills this summer in Erlangen.
👉 www.dhss.phil.fau.de/digital-huma...
Don't miss you chance for an amazing opportunity to level-up your DH skills this summer in Erlangen.
👉 www.dhss.phil.fau.de/digital-huma...
Digital Humanities Summer School 2025: Data, gender and society
You can now apply for a travel bursary of up to 500 EUR to attend the DHSS Summer School. Mo 22 – Fri 26 September 2025 The DHSS2025 summer school offers expert-led training in DH tools and methods.
www.dhss.phil.fau.de
July 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Last chance to join our #DHSS25 #DataGenderSociety summer school in September! Registration closes today!⏰️
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Enroll in our summer school soon!🙂 You can expect:
✅️Expert lectures
✅️Keynotes from leading DH scholars
✅️Hands-on sessions on tools and methods
✅️5-minute participant presentations on your own research
✅️Visual abstracts workshop on a topic of your choice
We look forward to meeting you in September!
✅️Expert lectures
✅️Keynotes from leading DH scholars
✅️Hands-on sessions on tools and methods
✅️5-minute participant presentations on your own research
✅️Visual abstracts workshop on a topic of your choice
We look forward to meeting you in September!
⏳ Only 10 days left to sign up for our #DHSS25 Summer School!
Seize this unique chance to enhance your Digital Humanities skills and enjoy insightful discussions on the theme #DataGenderSociety ☀️
👉 Secure your spot now: go.fau.de/1c-ac
#FAU #DigitalHumanities
Seize this unique chance to enhance your Digital Humanities skills and enjoy insightful discussions on the theme #DataGenderSociety ☀️
👉 Secure your spot now: go.fau.de/1c-ac
#FAU #DigitalHumanities
July 9, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Enroll in our summer school soon!🙂 You can expect:
✅️Expert lectures
✅️Keynotes from leading DH scholars
✅️Hands-on sessions on tools and methods
✅️5-minute participant presentations on your own research
✅️Visual abstracts workshop on a topic of your choice
We look forward to meeting you in September!
✅️Expert lectures
✅️Keynotes from leading DH scholars
✅️Hands-on sessions on tools and methods
✅️5-minute participant presentations on your own research
✅️Visual abstracts workshop on a topic of your choice
We look forward to meeting you in September!
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⚡ CFP: a themed issue in Computational Humanities Research!
Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting!
for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting!
for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
July 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
⚡ CFP: a themed issue in Computational Humanities Research!
Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting!
for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting!
for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Not had enough of #CCLS2025 yet? Next year is already our fifth anniversary! Get excited for #CCLS2026 in Potsdam! @dhpotsdam.bsky.social 🥳
#ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CLS #DH #LiteraryComputing
#ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CLS #DH #LiteraryComputing
July 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Not had enough of #CCLS2025 yet? Next year is already our fifth anniversary! Get excited for #CCLS2026 in Potsdam! @dhpotsdam.bsky.social 🥳
#ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CLS #DH #LiteraryComputing
#ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CLS #DH #LiteraryComputing
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It's already the last talk of #CCLS2025 😱
Yuri Bizzoni, @pascaleispunk.bsky.social, Kristoffer L. Nielbo: Encoding Imagism? Measuring Literary Imageability, Visuality and Concreteness via Multimodal Word Embeddings (doi.org/10.26083/tup...)
#Measuring #LiteraryImageability #WordEmbeddings
Yuri Bizzoni, @pascaleispunk.bsky.social, Kristoffer L. Nielbo: Encoding Imagism? Measuring Literary Imageability, Visuality and Concreteness via Multimodal Word Embeddings (doi.org/10.26083/tup...)
#Measuring #LiteraryImageability #WordEmbeddings
July 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It's already the last talk of #CCLS2025 😱
Yuri Bizzoni, @pascaleispunk.bsky.social, Kristoffer L. Nielbo: Encoding Imagism? Measuring Literary Imageability, Visuality and Concreteness via Multimodal Word Embeddings (doi.org/10.26083/tup...)
#Measuring #LiteraryImageability #WordEmbeddings
Yuri Bizzoni, @pascaleispunk.bsky.social, Kristoffer L. Nielbo: Encoding Imagism? Measuring Literary Imageability, Visuality and Concreteness via Multimodal Word Embeddings (doi.org/10.26083/tup...)
#Measuring #LiteraryImageability #WordEmbeddings
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The last session of #CCLS2025 is about to start with a talk by Julia Havrylash, @christofs.bsky.social: Exploring Measures of Distinctiveness. An Evaluation Using Synthetic Texts (doi.org/10.26083/tup...)
#Distinctiveness #SyntheticTexts #Evaluation
#Distinctiveness #SyntheticTexts #Evaluation
July 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The last session of #CCLS2025 is about to start with a talk by Julia Havrylash, @christofs.bsky.social: Exploring Measures of Distinctiveness. An Evaluation Using Synthetic Texts (doi.org/10.26083/tup...)
#Distinctiveness #SyntheticTexts #Evaluation
#Distinctiveness #SyntheticTexts #Evaluation
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The third talk is by @andrewpiper.bsky.social: Towards a Moral History of the Novel Using Large Language Models (doi.org/10.26083/tup...)
#CCLS2025 #Moral #LLMs
#CCLS2025 #Moral #LLMs
July 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The third talk is by @andrewpiper.bsky.social: Towards a Moral History of the Novel Using Large Language Models (doi.org/10.26083/tup...)
#CCLS2025 #Moral #LLMs
#CCLS2025 #Moral #LLMs
Had a great time presenting my research today at #CCLS2025! It was wonderful to engage with such a lively community.
The first talk of Day 2 of #CCLS2025 is by @katrohrbacher.bsky.social: Opening Worlds: Narrative Beginnings and the Role of Setting (doi.org/10.26083/tup...)
#Space #NovelOpenings #Narrative
#Space #NovelOpenings #Narrative
July 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Had a great time presenting my research today at #CCLS2025! It was wonderful to engage with such a lively community.
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We are excited to make noise for “The times they are a-changin’” in Digital Humanities: a mini-conference on the temporal dimension of data!
⏱️ The miniconference will be held on July 15th as part of the pre-conference workshops of #DH2025
📍 Location: B203
🕘 Time: 9:00 – 15:15
@dhssfau.bsky.social
⏱️ The miniconference will be held on July 15th as part of the pre-conference workshops of #DH2025
📍 Location: B203
🕘 Time: 9:00 – 15:15
@dhssfau.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We are excited to make noise for “The times they are a-changin’” in Digital Humanities: a mini-conference on the temporal dimension of data!
⏱️ The miniconference will be held on July 15th as part of the pre-conference workshops of #DH2025
📍 Location: B203
🕘 Time: 9:00 – 15:15
@dhssfau.bsky.social
⏱️ The miniconference will be held on July 15th as part of the pre-conference workshops of #DH2025
📍 Location: B203
🕘 Time: 9:00 – 15:15
@dhssfau.bsky.social
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☀️ Kraków is welcoming #CLSinfra and #CCLS2025 with full summer charm: sunshine, blue skies, and just the right breeze for #CLS discussions.
Whether you're joining on-site or tuning in online: it's a bright week for #ComputationalLiteraryStudies!
Whether you're joining on-site or tuning in online: it's a bright week for #ComputationalLiteraryStudies!
July 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
☀️ Kraków is welcoming #CLSinfra and #CCLS2025 with full summer charm: sunshine, blue skies, and just the right breeze for #CLS discussions.
Whether you're joining on-site or tuning in online: it's a bright week for #ComputationalLiteraryStudies!
Whether you're joining on-site or tuning in online: it's a bright week for #ComputationalLiteraryStudies!
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It's official!! Welcome, @lanthony.bsky.social!🙂
We are delighted that Professor @lanthony.bsky.social from the University of Waseda, Japan, is joining @dhssfau.bsky.social u.bsky.social as a visiting professor for one year.
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2025/06/30/l...
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2025/06/30/l...
Laurence Anthony Guest Professor at DHSS
Laurence Anthony Waseda University, Japan We are delighted that Professor Laurence Anthony from the University of Waseda, Japan, is joining the DHSS as a visiting professor for one year.
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu
June 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It's official!! Welcome, @lanthony.bsky.social!🙂
Interested in textual analysis, cultural data, and computational methods? There's still time to apply to our MA program in Digital Humanities @fau.de! 💥 ✨
Do you want to learn more about how to collect, analyze and visualize data? Apply now for our MA program in Digital Humanities @fau.de #DigitalHumanities
⏰ Deadline: July 15 2025
Link to registration: lnkd.in/dRZnEbVR
Please share and spread widely!
⏰ Deadline: July 15 2025
Link to registration: lnkd.in/dRZnEbVR
Please share and spread widely!
June 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Interested in textual analysis, cultural data, and computational methods? There's still time to apply to our MA program in Digital Humanities @fau.de! 💥 ✨
Here's the preprint of my paper:
doi.org/10.26083/tup...
Looking forward to the discussion in Krakow next week! #CCLS2025
doi.org/10.26083/tup...
Looking forward to the discussion in Krakow next week! #CCLS2025
June 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Here's the preprint of my paper:
doi.org/10.26083/tup...
Looking forward to the discussion in Krakow next week! #CCLS2025
doi.org/10.26083/tup...
Looking forward to the discussion in Krakow next week! #CCLS2025
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📢 The #CCLS2025 Conference Reader is out!
It includes #preprints of the 16 papers to be presented in Kraków, July 3–4.
📄 DOIs for individual papers:
jcls.io/site/ccls2025/
📒 Download the full reader:
jcls.io/media/journa...
#CLS #JCLS #LiteraryComputing #CulturalAnalytics #Conference
It includes #preprints of the 16 papers to be presented in Kraków, July 3–4.
📄 DOIs for individual papers:
jcls.io/site/ccls2025/
📒 Download the full reader:
jcls.io/media/journa...
#CLS #JCLS #LiteraryComputing #CulturalAnalytics #Conference
4th Annual Conference of Computational Literary Studies, Krakow 2025
jcls.io
June 18, 2025 at 7:18 AM
📢 The #CCLS2025 Conference Reader is out!
It includes #preprints of the 16 papers to be presented in Kraków, July 3–4.
📄 DOIs for individual papers:
jcls.io/site/ccls2025/
📒 Download the full reader:
jcls.io/media/journa...
#CLS #JCLS #LiteraryComputing #CulturalAnalytics #Conference
It includes #preprints of the 16 papers to be presented in Kraków, July 3–4.
📄 DOIs for individual papers:
jcls.io/site/ccls2025/
📒 Download the full reader:
jcls.io/media/journa...
#CLS #JCLS #LiteraryComputing #CulturalAnalytics #Conference
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Join us at @fau.de for an open lecture by Prof. Jack Halberstam (Columbia University) – leading thinker in queer & gender studies.
Topic: “Broken Windows: The Art of Demolition”
June 30, 18 h, Alter Senatssaal, Erlangen
and two more events!
More information:
www.angam.phil.fau.de/2025/05/25/r...
Topic: “Broken Windows: The Art of Demolition”
June 30, 18 h, Alter Senatssaal, Erlangen
and two more events!
More information:
www.angam.phil.fau.de/2025/05/25/r...
Researcher in Residence 2025: Jack Halberstam (Columbia University in the City of New York)
The Chair for English Cultural and Literary Studies is pleased to announce Jack Halberstam as this semester’s Researcher in Residence. The Researcher in Residence is a format designed as an…
www.angam.phil.fau.de
June 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Join us at @fau.de for an open lecture by Prof. Jack Halberstam (Columbia University) – leading thinker in queer & gender studies.
Topic: “Broken Windows: The Art of Demolition”
June 30, 18 h, Alter Senatssaal, Erlangen
and two more events!
More information:
www.angam.phil.fau.de/2025/05/25/r...
Topic: “Broken Windows: The Art of Demolition”
June 30, 18 h, Alter Senatssaal, Erlangen
and two more events!
More information:
www.angam.phil.fau.de/2025/05/25/r...