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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 4h

Join us today for this talk!

Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 10d

Watch out for the next talk by @dirkhovy.bsky.social. It approaches the question of the human condition in a digitally enriched lifeworld from a new perspective, considering the role of „AI“ in particular.

Join us on site or via Webex, 9.10.2025, 16:00 CEST.

Infos: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 10d

Watch out for the next talk by @dirkhovy.bsky.social. It approaches the question of the human condition in a digitally enriched lifeworld from a new perspective, considering the role of „AI“ in particular.

Join us on site or via Webex, 9.10.2025, 16:00 CEST.

Infos: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 14d

We kick off the new semester tomorrow with a talk by our head of lab, Christoph Purschke. Join us - on site or via Webex - to discuss the connection between language, technology and cultural regression.

Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Aug 26

We will open with a lecture by @questoph.bsky.social. It deals with how language as a symbolic form is being displaced & replaced in digitality.

„Last night of the prompts. On technology and cultural regression“

Join us on 25.09., 16:00 CEST, on site or via Webex!

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

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Katrin Becker @katrinbecker.eu · 26d

I would like to announce our upcoming conference “Algorithmic (Dis-)Orders: Law and Culture in Transition”, taking place on 22–23 September 2025 at EHESS, Paris, organized by Jean Lassègue and myself.

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University of Luxembourg @uni.lu · Aug 29

The University of Luxembourg opens 4 professor positions via the Anne Beffort Excellence Programme, boosting diversity & gender equality in academia.

AI • Theoretical CS • Mathematics • Electrical Power Quality

Apply by 20 October

#AcademicJobs #Luxembourg

Four female professor positions opened through the Anne Beffort Excellence Programme

The Anne Beffort Excellence Programme is a flagship initiative of the University of Luxembourg, dedicated to fostering excellence, diversity, and gender equality in academia. Named after Anne Beffort ...

www.uni.lu

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Aug 26

We will open with a lecture by @questoph.bsky.social. It deals with how language as a symbolic form is being displaced & replaced in digitality.

„Last night of the prompts. On technology and cultural regression“

Join us on 25.09., 16:00 CEST, on site or via Webex!

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

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Harald Klinke @harald-klinke.de · Aug 14

JOB: Lecturer in Digital Methods for the Study of Visual Cultural Data

Start: Jan 2026 | Permanent | 100% 👀
Focus: digital curation, computational analysis (CV, ML, network analysis, data ethics) of artworks, photographs, films…

#DigitalHumanities #VisualCulture #DigitalArtHistory

UZH: Lecturer Teaching

The Art History Department (Program Directorate) in collaboration of the departments of Film Studies, Archaeology, Media and Communication, and Educational Sciences of the University of Zurich is seek...

jobs.uzh.ch

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Aug 1

We know it’s early, but save the dates for the upcoming CuCo Lab Conversations! We have some fantastic speakers lined up for you, including @dirkhovy.bsky.social, Martina Heßler and @bildoperationen.bsky.social. And then there’s this guy: @questoph.bsky.social.

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

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Lingscape @lingscape.bsky.social · Jul 26

Am Donnerstag waren wir im Institut für DaF an der @lmumuenchen.bsky.social zu Gast, aus Anlass einer studentischen (!) Tagung zu Sprachlandschaften. @questoph.bsky.social durfte den Eröffnungsvortrag halten und danach tolle Projekte mit den Studis diskutieren, viele davon mit Lingscape umgesetzt.

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Lingscape @lingscape.bsky.social · Jul 14

This week, Lingscape is visiting @idsmannheim.bsky.social, where we are exchanging ideas with a growing community of language researchers who are interested in participatory approaches. In this context, @questoph.bsky.social talks about our experiences from already nine years with Lingscape.

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Jun 5

Don’t forget to join for our last talk of the semester, Friday 6/6 at 10:15 CEST! The Webex link is available in the talk info on our website!

Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · May 28

In the last edition of our talk series for this semester, @seyfert.bsky.social from Kiel will discuss the implications of technology on social relations:

A Theory of Algorithmic Sociality (TAS).

Join us on-site or online:

Friday, 6 June, 10:15 CEST.

Info: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · May 28

In the last edition of our talk series for this semester, @seyfert.bsky.social from Kiel will discuss the implications of technology on social relations:

A Theory of Algorithmic Sociality (TAS).

Join us on-site or online:

Friday, 6 June, 10:15 CEST.

Info: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · May 22

Happy to announce our upcoming book

Conspiracy as Genre. Narrative, Power, and Circulation

Edited by
@cat-tebaldi.bsky.social,
@aplum.bsky.social &
@questoph.bsky.social,

it examines conspiracy in relation to social power and authority, moving beyond either disinformation or revelation.

Conspiracy as Genre

From anti-vaccine politics to aliens, this volume explores diverse critical approaches to conspiracy narratives representing them as playful stories with seriou…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Harald Klinke @harald-klinke.de · May 20

Thrilled to share that my book Cultural Data Science – An Introduction to R is finally out! A journey through digital methods, visual culture & data analysis—made for everyone exploring the intersection of humanities and code.

#DigitalHumanities #RStats

link.springer.com/book/9783031...

Cultural Data Science

This book introduces basic concepts in data science, drawing from contextual examples in art history, visual computing, cloud computing, and microservices

link.springer.com

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Katrin Becker @katrinbecker.eu · May 15

Now available open access:
my latest article exploring how blockchains and NFTs challenge legal notions of identity. www.universi.uni-siegen.de/katalog/zeit... (p. 89-102)

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · May 14

What started as a workshop in the Luxembourg Pavillon at the World Expo in Dubai has now finally taken form as an open access volume:

„The Humanities and the Rise of AI. Implications of Cultural and Societal Engineering“

More papers to follow in the next weeks and months.

The Humanities and the Rise of AI | Melusina Press

[![reviewed](https://www.melusinapress.lu/static/review_badges/editors_manuscript_pre_publication_unblinded.svg)](https://www.melusinapress.lu/projects/project-collection/eoh?collectionOrder=eoh) <br/...

www.melusinapress.lu

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Apr 24

Join us for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos on Friday morning via Webex.

Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Apr 17

Watch out for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos in our talk series. Next Friday, Jannis will be

„Exploring the online-offline nexus: meaning-making at the interfaces of physical and virtual (inter)action.“

Join us on 25 April, 10.15am (UTC+2), via this link:

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Apr 17

Watch out for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos in our talk series. Next Friday, Jannis will be

„Exploring the online-offline nexus: meaning-making at the interfaces of physical and virtual (inter)action.“

Join us on 25 April, 10.15am (UTC+2), via this link:

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

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Lingscape @lingscape.bsky.social · Mar 30

Speaking of news: When working with the app or accessing the website, you might notice some technical hiccups in the coming weeks.

We’re currently updating the technical base and moving stuff around on servers. We promise to be as quick as possible and avoid downtime as much as possible.

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Lingscape @lingscape.bsky.social · Mar 30

Look at that! Lingscape has arrived on Bluesky. It was about time…

We will use this channel mainly for news about the project but will also try and showcase some of the awesome projects hosted on our platform. And post images occasionally.

#linguistics #linguisticlandscape #citizenscience

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Christoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · Mar 20

Looking for a new challenge, e.g., teaching & researching English in a multilingual society & workplace? With a digital twist?

Then come & work with us at the Department of Humanities in Luxembourg! We’re looking for a new colleague in English linguistics (Assoc or Full Prof)!

#jobs #linguistics

Job Portal - University of Luxembourg

recruitment.uni.lu

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Cat-Tebaldi @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social · Feb 17

If you would like to know the relationship between conspiracy and bad gender ideologies please stay tuned for @cucolab.bsky.social s edited volume on just this nonsense

Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · Feb 17

During the same livestream in which he called for an end to "female leadership," Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon promoted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory.
angrywhitemen.org/2025/02/17/c...

Christian Nationalist Pastor Joel Webbon Promotes Pizzagate Conspiracy Theory

On a recent livestream, white Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon and his co-hosts were asked for their thoughts on a Trump-themed goat statue displayed at Mar-a-Lago. In response, Webbon sugg…

angrywhitemen.org

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Feb 5

The first speaker this semester is Rebekah Larsen from Copenhagen. She discusses the role of conservative rural talk radio in the US media landscape, including methodological challenges in ethnographic fieldwork.

Info & a Webex link can be found here: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Jan 24

We are happy to announce the program of our talk series „CuCo Lab Conversations“ for the upcoming semester.

All info can be found (and will be updated) here:

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

As always, talks are also streamed on Webex, so feel free to stop by.

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Jan 14

Alistair Plum will discuss generative models for Luxembourgish using a multilingual approach in his paper

„Text Generation Models for Luxembourgish with Limited Data: A Balanced Multilingual Strategy“

w/ @tharindudr.bsky.social & @questoph.bsky.social

Text Generation Models for Luxembourgish with Limited Data: A Balanced Multilingual Strategy

This paper addresses the challenges in developing language models for less-represented languages, with a focus on Luxembourgish. Despite its active development, Luxembourgish faces a digital data scar...

arxiv.org

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