fortext lab
@fortextlab.bsky.social
Computational Literary Studies und Computational Narratology #DH #DigitalHumanities
Directed by @evelyngius.bsky.social, TU Darmstadt
More information about our lab: https://fortext.org/en/
Annotation Software CATMA: https://catma.de, @catma.bsky.social
Directed by @evelyngius.bsky.social, TU Darmstadt
More information about our lab: https://fortext.org/en/
Annotation Software CATMA: https://catma.de, @catma.bsky.social
Last week, Steffi from our forTEXT team attended the final “Fokus Portale” workshop in Hamburg, hosted by Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre - reflecting on the past funding phase of our forTEXT journal and annotation software @catma.bsky.social. (1/4)
January 29, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Last week, Steffi from our forTEXT team attended the final “Fokus Portale” workshop in Hamburg, hosted by Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre - reflecting on the past funding phase of our forTEXT journal and annotation software @catma.bsky.social. (1/4)
The importance of community building and exchange can't be overstated. To quote the unnamed: "The best ideas are had when drinking a beer [or an organic, unsweetened and alcohol-free hot apple-cinnamon drink] together!" We did just that over an Indian dinner and a visit to the Xmas Market. (4/5)
January 12, 2026 at 12:38 PM
The importance of community building and exchange can't be overstated. To quote the unnamed: "The best ideas are had when drinking a beer [or an organic, unsweetened and alcohol-free hot apple-cinnamon drink] together!" We did just that over an Indian dinner and a visit to the Xmas Market. (4/5)
A few weeks ago, we hosted a small one-and-a-half day workshop here in Darmstadt for research software engineers. A prior workshop with the same participants had taken place at University of Bielefeld in spring. The primary topic this time was (software) project management. #DHTech #RSE (1/5)
January 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
They will show how LLMs can be used to systematically analyze how literary histories depict objects and perspectives across three canonical German literary-history works — revealing recurring patterns in what gets included and how it is framed. (5/6)
December 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
They will show how LLMs can be used to systematically analyze how literary histories depict objects and perspectives across three canonical German literary-history works — revealing recurring patterns in what gets included and how it is framed. (5/6)
Using a newly released corpus of 10,000 verb-class annotations, they will demonstrate how verb semantics can illuminate genre patterns and thematic structures in German-language fiction.
Session: LLMs and Content Mining (11:00 - 12:30, December 11) (3/6)
Session: LLMs and Content Mining (11:00 - 12:30, December 11) (3/6)
December 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Using a newly released corpus of 10,000 verb-class annotations, they will demonstrate how verb semantics can illuminate genre patterns and thematic structures in German-language fiction.
Session: LLMs and Content Mining (11:00 - 12:30, December 11) (3/6)
Session: LLMs and Content Mining (11:00 - 12:30, December 11) (3/6)
What happens when colleagues from archives, libraries, and the humanities come together to talk about metadata? A wonderfully inspiring workshop "Metadaten in den Humanities" with great people and great conversations at the Zentralbibliothek Zürich! #metadata #CLS #Humanities (1/4)
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
What happens when colleagues from archives, libraries, and the humanities come together to talk about metadata? A wonderfully inspiring workshop "Metadaten in den Humanities" with great people and great conversations at the Zentralbibliothek Zürich! #metadata #CLS #Humanities (1/4)
Last week, we held a small but intensive workshop in Darmstadt on how literary history and computation can go together. The talks either adapted traditional literary concepts for computational analysis or introduced new digital approaches. (1/3)
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Last week, we held a small but intensive workshop in Darmstadt on how literary history and computation can go together. The talks either adapted traditional literary concepts for computational analysis or introduced new digital approaches. (1/3)
📢 Reminder – The forTEXT journal's Open Call is still live! We’re looking for German-language teaching concepts on text annotation in higher education. Deadline: Oct 31 👉 journal.fortext.org/site/cfp/ (1/3)
October 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
📢 Reminder – The forTEXT journal's Open Call is still live! We’re looking for German-language teaching concepts on text annotation in higher education. Deadline: Oct 31 👉 journal.fortext.org/site/cfp/ (1/3)
As part of the program, @hanshatzel.bsky.social, @evelyngius.bsky.social & @haimostiemer.bsky.social presented our current work on the PLANS project — including analyses based on our full dataset on modeling Plot Units. Our @narrativesimtask.bsky.social also sparked lively discussion! (3/4)
October 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
As part of the program, @hanshatzel.bsky.social, @evelyngius.bsky.social & @haimostiemer.bsky.social presented our current work on the PLANS project — including analyses based on our full dataset on modeling Plot Units. Our @narrativesimtask.bsky.social also sparked lively discussion! (3/4)
At this week’s closing meeting of the DFG Priority Programme Computational Literary Studies at @uni-wuerzburg.de, 19 talks were presented and discussed over 4 days with more than 40 participants. An inspiring week full of exchange and ideas! #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CLS #DH (1/4)
October 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
At this week’s closing meeting of the DFG Priority Programme Computational Literary Studies at @uni-wuerzburg.de, 19 talks were presented and discussed over 4 days with more than 40 participants. An inspiring week full of exchange and ideas! #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CLS #DH (1/4)
In the evenings we strolled around the old town of Fulda and had dinner together. And the last point of order always had to be a round of Bananagrams! From now on a must for all future team retreats! (4/4)
September 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In the evenings we strolled around the old town of Fulda and had dinner together. And the last point of order always had to be a round of Bananagrams! From now on a must for all future team retreats! (4/4)
The second day was also dedicated to talking about a grant proposal to come. We brainstormed claims, impact and outputs we would like to see covered in the project. (3/4)
September 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The second day was also dedicated to talking about a grant proposal to come. We brainstormed claims, impact and outputs we would like to see covered in the project. (3/4)
Everyday started with a quick check-in to warm up (see an example below), followed by either project discussions or planning sessions. Twice a year we review the projects and tasks of the last six months and make a preliminary plan for the next six. (2/4)
September 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Everyday started with a quick check-in to warm up (see an example below), followed by either project discussions or planning sessions. Twice a year we review the projects and tasks of the last six months and make a preliminary plan for the next six. (2/4)
Last week we got together for our yearly lab retreat! For 2,5 days we planned, discussed and brainstormed together, tucked away in a monastery (no joke) in beautiful Fulda. (1/4)
September 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Last week we got together for our yearly lab retreat! For 2,5 days we planned, discussed and brainstormed together, tucked away in a monastery (no joke) in beautiful Fulda. (1/4)
At #Germanistentag 2025's panel "Network as Method", @haimostiemer.bsky.social presented the ChiA project, developed at @fortextlab.bsky.social in collaboration with @evelyngius.bsky.social. #germanistik #CLS #fortextlab @tu-braunschweig.de (1/5)
September 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
At #Germanistentag 2025's panel "Network as Method", @haimostiemer.bsky.social presented the ChiA project, developed at @fortextlab.bsky.social in collaboration with @evelyngius.bsky.social. #germanistik #CLS #fortextlab @tu-braunschweig.de (1/5)
They have presented projects on Computational Literary Studies, Knowledge Representation and Computational Social Science. A small part of the first day was also dedicated to a look back on ten years of the CRETA community, including a sneak peek at the development of the CRETA logo! (3/4)
September 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
They have presented projects on Computational Literary Studies, Knowledge Representation and Computational Social Science. A small part of the first day was also dedicated to a look back on ten years of the CRETA community, including a sneak peek at the development of the CRETA logo! (3/4)
The CRETA-Werkstatt took place at University of Stuttgart's lovely Eulenhof. Most of the time was dedicated to discussing current projects and collecting informal feedback. At the heart of the CRETA-Werkstatt, however, lies the presentation of the dissertation projects of the CRETA coachees. (2/4)
September 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The CRETA-Werkstatt took place at University of Stuttgart's lovely Eulenhof. Most of the time was dedicated to discussing current projects and collecting informal feedback. At the heart of the CRETA-Werkstatt, however, lies the presentation of the dissertation projects of the CRETA coachees. (2/4)
Good research needs strong scientific communities! That's why earlier this week, fortext lab members @evelyngius.bsky.social, Stefanie Messner and @julianhaeussler.bsky.social attended the CRETA-Werkstatt. A gathering of the Centre for Reflected Text Analysis (@cretaverein.bsky.social). (1/4)
September 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Good research needs strong scientific communities! That's why earlier this week, fortext lab members @evelyngius.bsky.social, Stefanie Messner and @julianhaeussler.bsky.social attended the CRETA-Werkstatt. A gathering of the Centre for Reflected Text Analysis (@cretaverein.bsky.social). (1/4)
We are in the university campus quiz category. Who knows where the PLANS project met yesterday? In PLANS we explore text phenomena relevant for action and tackle CLS challenges like segmentation. #fortext #CLS #DigitalHumanities #DH #CompLit (1/3)
September 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We are in the university campus quiz category. Who knows where the PLANS project met yesterday? In PLANS we explore text phenomena relevant for action and tackle CLS challenges like segmentation. #fortext #CLS #DigitalHumanities #DH #CompLit (1/3)
We’ve recently started sharing teaching concepts in the forTEXT issue “Text Annotation in Higher Education.” Now we’re on the lookout for more German-language perspectives on how it’s taught, practiced, and conceptualized. Our call for papers is open again 👉 journal.fortext.org/site/cfp (1/3)
August 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We’ve recently started sharing teaching concepts in the forTEXT issue “Text Annotation in Higher Education.” Now we’re on the lookout for more German-language perspectives on how it’s taught, practiced, and conceptualized. Our call for papers is open again 👉 journal.fortext.org/site/cfp (1/3)
The narratological study of fairy tales has a long tradition - and it continues to offer fascinating insights today. This semester we explored them computationally with students, focusing on how characters shape narrative structures. #DigitalHumanities #DHinTeaching #AcademicTeaching #DHMakes (1/4)
August 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The narratological study of fairy tales has a long tradition - and it continues to offer fascinating insights today. This semester we explored them computationally with students, focusing on how characters shape narrative structures. #DigitalHumanities #DHinTeaching #AcademicTeaching #DHMakes (1/4)
🎉 We’re excited to kick things off! We’re launching SemEval-2026 Task 4: Narrative Story Similarity and Narrative Representation Learning. This is a joint effort by @hanshatzel.bsky.social (University of Hamburg) and the fortext lab, as part of the PLANS project, in collaboration with Toloka AI.
August 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🎉 We’re excited to kick things off! We’re launching SemEval-2026 Task 4: Narrative Story Similarity and Narrative Representation Learning. This is a joint effort by @hanshatzel.bsky.social (University of Hamburg) and the fortext lab, as part of the PLANS project, in collaboration with Toloka AI.
Last week @fortextlab.bsky.social members @evelyngius.bsky.social and @julianhaeussler.bsky.social, as well as fortext lab alum @guhrs.bsky.social, spend two intense and insightful days at #CCLS2025 in beautiful Krakow, Poland. Looking forward to the future of #CLS! @jcls-io.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Last week @fortextlab.bsky.social members @evelyngius.bsky.social and @julianhaeussler.bsky.social, as well as fortext lab alum @guhrs.bsky.social, spend two intense and insightful days at #CCLS2025 in beautiful Krakow, Poland. Looking forward to the future of #CLS! @jcls-io.bsky.social
We are very excited to announce the publication of our forTEXT issue on text annotation in higher education. It brings together tried-and-tested, reusable teaching concepts in German centred on the method of text annotation in the humanities. 👉 www.fortext-hefte.de (1/4)
June 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are very excited to announce the publication of our forTEXT issue on text annotation in higher education. It brings together tried-and-tested, reusable teaching concepts in German centred on the method of text annotation in the humanities. 👉 www.fortext-hefte.de (1/4)
We’re looking forward to welcoming @dbamman.bsky.social to Darmstadt in early June! During his week at the fortext lab, we’ll exchange ideas, workshop our projects, and dive into shared interests in computational analysis. (1/3)
May 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We’re looking forward to welcoming @dbamman.bsky.social to Darmstadt in early June! During his week at the fortext lab, we’ll exchange ideas, workshop our projects, and dive into shared interests in computational analysis. (1/3)