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Katarzyna Anna Kapitan @kakapitan.bsky.social · 16d

The CultureLab Kick-Off @psl-univ.bsky.social is in full swing! The day started with an opening speech by
Stéphane Verger et al.
and an opening presentation by @sobchuk.bsky.social!
Thanks to @oliviermorin.bsky.social @jbcamps.bsky.social & @floriancafiero.bsky.social for organising!

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 26d

cc @floriancafiero.bsky.social and @oliviermorin.bsky.social

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · 26d

We're officially launching the new PSL CultureLab in 10 days !
If you're interested in the research of a collective bridging Computational Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Evolution, you can check our programme (and come to our event, if you're in Paris 22 September):
psl.eu/agenda/collo...

Colloque inaugural du Grand programme de recherche CultureLab | PSL

Recherche, CultureLab inaugure ses travaux le 22 septembre 2025 au Campus Condorcet avec une journée consacrée aux sciences humaines et sociales computationnelles et à l’évolution culturelle. , Le Gra...

psl.eu

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · Jul 19

Good to know we were not alone to have a slightly schizophrenic week ^^

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Federico Pianzola @fpianz.bsky.social · Jul 17

Brain-split for many #DH2025 participants, who are also finalizing their @comphumresearch.bsky.social submissions. #CHR2025

Picture of a laptop with an Overleaf template used to write a Scientific article.

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Katarzyna Anna Kapitan @kakapitan.bsky.social · May 23

Are you in Paris on 11/06? Do you need an excuse to come to Paris in early summer solely for scholarly purposes ? Join us for plenty of #manuscriptstudies & #digitalhumanities goodies at @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social 1/2

École des chartes | PSL @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social · May 22

On June 11, discover how digital technologies are transforming the way we analyse, interpret, and teach historical texts and manuscripts. Four themed sessions on digital practices, AI tools, and more. Seminar organised by @kakapitan.bsky.social. Registration required ➡ https://lc.cx/y5g3wN

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · Mar 31

Dear potential future PhD students, do not forget to send your file, as the deadline is today !

Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · Feb 18

Are you interested in cultural transmission, medieval manuscripts or digital humanities, and want to pursue a PhD in a city bustling with intellectual and cultural life ? Come work with us !

LostMa ERC @lostma.bsky.social · Feb 18

📣 Job offers
We are recruiting two PhD students in computational philology, to work on textual transmission with a methodology blending cultural evolution models, philology and data analysis 🧪
Deadline: 31 March 2025

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · Feb 18

Are you interested in cultural transmission, medieval manuscripts or digital humanities, and want to pursue a PhD in a city bustling with intellectual and cultural life ? Come work with us !

LostMa ERC @lostma.bsky.social · Feb 18

📣 Job offers
We are recruiting two PhD students in computational philology, to work on textual transmission with a methodology blending cultural evolution models, philology and data analysis 🧪
Deadline: 31 March 2025

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · Mar 23

No problem, the extended deadline is 31st of March !

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · Mar 13

The CultureLab at PSL, Paris, is recruiting a research engineer in #dh, computational social sciences and cultural evolution.
We're looking for skills in data science, machine learning and programming.
4 years position.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/323661

Ingénieur de recherches en sciences humaines et sociales computationnelles

Project context and objectives:

euraxess.ec.europa.eu

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · Mar 7

Huge crowd in Paris manifesting for science, academic liberty, and in support of our American colleagues
(And my favorite sign)
#standupforscience

A very large crowd manifesting in Paris in support for science

A sign that says "no vaccine, no kiss" in French

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Maxim Greenberg @maxvcg.bsky.social · Mar 4

Place Jussieu at 1:30PM on Friday for the Parisians! @standupforscifr.bsky.social @sufs-paris-rp.bsky.social

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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · Mar 1

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.

Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

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Kelly Christensen @katkel.bsky.social · Feb 27

There are nearly 2000 Heurist databases hosted by @huma-num.bsky.social. To help integrate them into data pipelines / data analysis, I'm developing a #Python API client and CLI that extracts, transforms, and loads the data into a local @duckdb.org database.

lostma-erc.github.io/heurist-etl-...

Heurist ETL

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lostma-erc.github.io

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · Feb 18

Are you interested in cultural transmission, medieval manuscripts or digital humanities, and want to pursue a PhD in a city bustling with intellectual and cultural life ? Come work with us !

LostMa ERC @lostma.bsky.social · Feb 18

📣 Job offers
We are recruiting two PhD students in computational philology, to work on textual transmission with a methodology blending cultural evolution models, philology and data analysis 🧪
Deadline: 31 March 2025

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Mason Youngblood @masonyoungblood.bsky.social · Feb 8

5-yr position in computational humanities with @oliviermorin.bsky.social and @jbcamps.bsky.social in Paris! Original deadline has passed but search is ongoing. Details here: cognition.ens.fr/en/job/junio...

Offers: Junior Excellence Chairs in Computational Humanities (five years) at PSL university (Paris) - CultureLab team | DEC Département d'études cognitives

Postdoc : Position

cognition.ens.fr

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École des chartes | PSL @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social · Feb 5

[#Vidéo] 🎬 (Re)voir «La #stylométrie sur les traces de Chrétien de Troyes», conférence de @floriancafiero.bsky.social, @jbcamps.bsky.social et Benedetta Salvati ➡ lc.cx/Hx5lpy

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LostMa ERC @lostma.bsky.social · Feb 3

Current state of affairs on OpenStemmata, before some big updates. Old French and Middle High German are clear winners, but with your help, some of the runners up may just join the leading pack
#medievalsky

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · Jan 27

Short non-academic communication: I intend to run Paris half-marathon in support of France Parrainages, an association that helps children in need

Whether you want to support them, or help making me suffer through 21kms (with a smile on my lips)

semi-paris.dossards-solidaires.org/fundraisers/...

Un Semi-Marathon pour les enfants : Votre don peut changer des vies

Chers amis, famille et supporters, Je suis ravi de vous annoncer que je participerai au Semi-Marathon de Paris 2025 ! Mais cette course n’est pas seulement un défi sportif pour moi. J’ai décidé de cou...

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LostMa ERC @lostma.bsky.social · Jan 21

☑ Logo
☑ Website (lostma-erc.github.io)
☑ Bluesky account
☐ Stickers

The LostMa ERC project is kicking off its 2nd year with a new look. Next up... stickers!

LostMa

ERC Research Project, 2024-2029

lostma-erc.github.io

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · Dec 11

Very happy that our research made it to the short list, and congratulations to the winners and our fellow participants !

Computational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · Dec 11

And a shout-out to the runner ups of the Best Long Paper Award:

🎖"Textual Transmission without Borders" by Matthias Gille Levenson, Lucence Ing and @jbcamps.bsky.social

🎖"Tracing the Development of the Virtual Particle Concept Using Semantic Change Detection" by Michael Zichert and Adrian Wüthrich

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Artjoms Šeļa @artjomshl.bsky.social · Dec 4

the launch of the Computational Humanities Research Journal is a major talking point at #CHR2024. promises to play a central role in the community, clearly moving in a very important open niche.

fair winds to her and her editors! @folgertk.bsky.social @nolauren.bsky.social +Kristoffer Nielbo ⛵

colorful front page of Computational Humanities Research Journal , published by Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/computational-humanities-research

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Computational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · Nov 20

Our proceedings are out! 🚨 They include no less than 78 papers that reflect the diverse and innovative research happening within the Computational Humanities. Take a dive here: ceur-ws.org/Vol-3834/

CEUR-WS.org/Vol-3834 - Computational Humanities Research 2024

ceur-ws.org

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Pireh @pireh.bsky.social · Nov 20

Le 29/11, au séminaire du Pireh, nous recevrons @jbcamps.bsky.social qui viendra présenter le projet LostMA, visant à comprendre la déperdition des textes et des manuscrits médiévaux.

Rdv à 9h30, à la Sorbonne ou sur Zoom.
Lien et programme : recherche-pireh.pantheonsorbonne.fr/recherches/s...

Extrait d'une photo du manuscrit Londres, British Library, Additional 21971. Le manuscrit est éclairé à la lampe de Wood et révèle quelques lignes qui restent difficiles à lire.

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · Oct 24

Nous sommes désormais plus de 10 millions sur Bluesky, et j’étais n°1 479 827 !

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1 479 827, Jean-Baptiste Camps ‪@jbcamps.bsky.social‬, joined on 12 oct. 2023"

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