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Luca Giovannini @lucagiovannini.bsky.social · Sep 8

#tb to last week's #DraCorSummit — grateful to all presenters, attendees, and organisers for a week full of inspiring exchanges on computational drama analysis ✨ @dracor.org @dhpotsdam.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

DraCor @dracor.org · Sep 3

We're kicking off the Workshop on Computational Drama Analysis at #DraCorSummit 2025 @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social!

Exciting line-up of 11 presentations, full programme here:
summit.dracor.org/computationa...

The 195-page conference reader was uploaded to Zenodo:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#DraCor

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Digital Humanities Potsdam @dhpotsdam.bsky.social · Sep 4

Shakespeare is beaten by a student assistant! 😲
The 3rd World Championship in #battleoftheplays (formerly #dramenquartett) took place at the #DraCorSummit. 20 participants competed in intense matches – after a thrilling finale, Tabeer Khilji of @unipotsdam.bsky.social took the cup home! 🏆 🎉 #dracor

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Digital Humanities Potsdam @dhpotsdam.bsky.social · Sep 2

Luca @lucagiovannini.bsky.social presenting the English Drama Corpus within #DraCor — and showing what can be built on top of it with the DraCor API: in this case, a map of all locations mentioned in 435 English plays (1550s–1700s)
#DraCorSummit
dracor.org/eng

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Frank Fischer @umblaetterer.bsky.social · Sep 1

Wonderful keynote by Clarisse Bardiot (@univrennes2.bsky.social) at #DraCorSummit on turning theatre programmes into structured data with ontologies + LLMs opening new horizons for Performing Arts Analytics, from micro to macro history.

#DraCor @juliajbeine.bsky.social

Title slide of the keynote presentation.

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DraCor @dracor.org · Sep 1

✨ We're kicking off the #DraCorSummit 2025 in Berlin today!

5 days of digital drama analysis, enhancing #DraCor, and celebrating #OpenScience with participants from around the world at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.

Programme:
summit.dracor.org

@temporal-communities.de @unipotsdam.bsky.social

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DraCor @dracor.org · Jul 22

We're very happy to welcome Clarisse Bardiot (@univrennes2.bsky.social) as our keynote speaker at the #DraCor Summit! Join us on Mon, 1 Sep 2025, 18:00 @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.

summit.dracor.org/opening_keyn...

Remember to register for the Summit (it's free).

summit.dracor.org/registration

Picture of the keynote speaker of the upcoming DraCor Summit, Clarisse Bardiot. Source for the picture is her personal website clarissebardiot.info.

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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · Jul 18

What are the key components of a #play? 🎭
#DH2025: @lucagiovannini.bsky.social takes us on a tour through centuries of thinking from #Aristotle’s #Poetics, through Russian formalism, to modern literary theory and unpacks the question offering a fresh perspective.
#drama #operationalization #CLS

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Svenja Guhr @guhrs.bsky.social · Jul 15

@lucagiovannini.bsky.social and I are ready for day 2 at #DH2025! ☀️
So good to see colleagues from all around the world 🗺️

Who else is at the mini conference “The Times they are a-changing”?

Svenja Guhr and Luca Giovannini in front of DH2025 poster

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DraCor @dracor.org · Jul 14

💫 We just rolled out a new #DraCor release featuring significant improvements to the API, Frontend, and Schema.

Full update here:
weltliteratur.net/dracor-platf...

#DigitalHumanities #DH2025

Screenshot of the dracor.org frontpage from 14 July 2025.

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Luca Giovannini @lucagiovannini.bsky.social · Jul 6

Waiting for you all at #CCLS2026 in Potsdam! 🌞

JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · Jul 4

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

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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · Jul 3

#CCLS2025 is about to start. @peertrilcke.bsky.social opens the probably "hottest conference of the year". We're ready for hot research on #ComputationalLiteraryStudies.

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AIUCD @aiucd.bsky.social · Jun 11

Poster Madness in corso! #aiucd2025

Slide di un progetto presentato nella poster session

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Luca Giovannini @lucagiovannini.bsky.social · Jun 12

🏟️ Our contribution to #AIUCD2025: a prototype for a "Little Atlas of Early Modern English Drama"

Demo: atlas-emed.github.io
Paper: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

with @andreaswagnr.bsky.social

@aiucd.bsky.social
@dhpotsdam.bsky.social @dracor.org

A Little Atlas of Early Modern English Drama

Website displaying locations in plays from EngDraCor

atlas-emed.github.io

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DraCor @dracor.org · Jun 6

Registration is now open for the #DraCor Summit in Berlin, 1–5 September 2025!

summit.dracor.org

Discover a varied programme feat. workshops, lectures, discussion rounds, and hackathon sessions.

@temporal-communities.de @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @unipotsdam.bsky.social @dhpotsdam.bsky.social

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Luca Giovannini @lucagiovannini.bsky.social · May 6

⚠️ Deadline extension: please submit your abstracts (500w) until 13.05.2025!
#DraCorSummit2025 @dracor.org

Luca Giovannini @lucagiovannini.bsky.social · Mar 28

⚠️ 2. Workshop on #Computational #Drama #Analysis (Berlin, 03.09.25), as part of the #DraCorSummit2025
👉🏻 CfP: summit.dracor.org/cfp-drama-an...
🗓️ Deadline: 06.05.25
👥 @dhpotsdam.bsky.social @dracor.org @danja.bsky.social

CfP: Drama Analysis Workshop

DraCor Summit

summit.dracor.org

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Digital Humanities Potsdam @dhpotsdam.bsky.social · May 2

🚀 Deadline approaching: please submit your abstracts (up to 500 words) by Tuesday, May 6!

Luca Giovannini @lucagiovannini.bsky.social · Mar 28

⚠️ 2. Workshop on #Computational #Drama #Analysis (Berlin, 03.09.25), as part of the #DraCorSummit2025
👉🏻 CfP: summit.dracor.org/cfp-drama-an...
🗓️ Deadline: 06.05.25
👥 @dhpotsdam.bsky.social @dracor.org @danja.bsky.social

CfP: Drama Analysis Workshop

DraCor Summit

summit.dracor.org

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Luca Giovannini @lucagiovannini.bsky.social · Apr 28

Happy to be presenting today within the lecture series of the #Rostock Working Group for #Digital #Humanities:

www.germanistik.uni-rostock.de/forschung/di...

Investigating the Evolution of Early Modern European Drama with Digital Methods

Luca Giovannini (Universität Potsdam)

www.germanistik.uni-rostock.de

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Digital Humanities Potsdam @dhpotsdam.bsky.social · Apr 15

Throwback to the first edition of the #Potsdam #DH Spring School "Text as Data" — here's the wrap-up: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/digital-h...

@dhssfau.bsky.social @dinaraamirovna.bsky.social @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social @danja.bsky.social @lucagiovannini.bsky.social

Digital Humanities Spring School in Potsdam

www.uni-potsdam.de

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Digital Humanities Potsdam @dhpotsdam.bsky.social · Apr 4

We cannot believe these 5 days are over 😭 The ‘Text as data’ #DHSpringSchool has reached its end, but the spring continues to blossom — and so do #DigitalHumanities 🌸🌸🌸

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Anastasia Glawion @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social · Mar 31

I'll be reporting from Potsdam this week where the Spring School "Text As Data" is about to start! #TextAsDataSchool

We've put together a lovely program for our participants: www.uni-potsdam.de/de/digital-h...

The Spring school is organized by
@dhpotsdam.bsky.social & @dhssfau.bsky.social

Program

www.uni-potsdam.de

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Digital Humanities Potsdam @dhpotsdam.bsky.social · Mar 29

👀 Sneak peek alert!

Our „Text as Data“ #DHSpringSchool merch just landed in Potsdam – fresh stickers & mugs ready to go! ☕✨
Only a few more days until we kick off on Monday – we can't wait to welcome all the participants and teachers💙
#DigitalHumanities #DH2025
www.uni-potsdam.de/de/digital-h...
📦👇

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Luca Giovannini @lucagiovannini.bsky.social · Mar 28

⚠️ 2. Workshop on #Computational #Drama #Analysis (Berlin, 03.09.25), as part of the #DraCorSummit2025
👉🏻 CfP: summit.dracor.org/cfp-drama-an...
🗓️ Deadline: 06.05.25
👥 @dhpotsdam.bsky.social @dracor.org @danja.bsky.social

CfP: Drama Analysis Workshop

DraCor Summit

summit.dracor.org

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DraCor @dracor.org · Mar 18

Join us for the #DraCor Summit in Berlin, 1–4 September 2025.

summit.dracor.org

From corpus building to latest advances in digital drama analysis.

CfPs open until 6 May 2025. General registration opening in due time.

@temporal-communities.de @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @dhpotsdam.bsky.social

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Luca Giovannini @lucagiovannini.bsky.social · Mar 14

...and thanks in particular to my supervisors @peertrilcke.bsky.social @roccocoronato.bsky.social for their support during these three years! #digitalhumanities

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Luca Giovannini @lucagiovannini.bsky.social · Mar 14

On Monday I defended my doctoral dissertation — afaik, the first ever in computational literary studies at @unipotsdam.bsky.social. Such a great day! 🌻 Thanks to everyone involved!

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