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Amanda Wasielewski @amandawasielewski.com · 13d

My contribution with Matti La Mela (@matti-lamela.bsky.social) — ”What is Digital Humanities and what’s it doing in the department of ALM (Archives, Libraries, and Museums)”

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Amanda Wasielewski @amandawasielewski.com · 13d

Soon to be released (Oct 9): this gorgeous pink anthology

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Matti La Mela @matti-lamela.bsky.social · 13d

Wow, looks very nice. And thanks Amanda, it was
really great working on this with you!

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Matti La Mela @matti-lamela.bsky.social · 14d

Call for Papers: DHNB 2026: Lost in Abundance – Encounters with the Non-Canonical (Aarhus 9-13/3/2026). Submission DL 15 October. Note also the (now) traditional doctoral consortium with bursaries!
dhnb.eu/conferences/... @dhnb.bsky.social #DH #digitalhumanities

DHNB 2026 – DHNB

dhnb.eu

Matti La Mela @matti-lamela.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations to CultureLab @psl-univ.bsky.social. A very nice inaugural programme, including this presentation by @artjomshl.bsky.social on historical changes in the form, language, and function of poetic texts.

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Matti La Mela @matti-lamela.bsky.social · 26d

Looking forward to presenting at the #MetSem seminar 16/10: "Transnational and translational innovation: ML/AI for digitising and analysing historical patents and their language." This stems from my work as an @ieadeparis.bsky.social fellow and at uphg.se

Flora Chanvril @florachanvril.bsky.social · 27d

#MetSem

🗓️ RV le 16/10 à partir de 14h30

Présentation sur le thème du machine learning et des sources historiques par @matti-lamela.bsky.social

+ d'infos & ins° ⤵️
metsem.hypotheses.org/2056

cc @scpo-research.bsky.social @cevipof.bsky.social @medialab-scpo.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social

MetSem #53 – Transnational and translational innovation: ML/AI for digitising and analysing historical patents and their language (Matti La Mela, chercheur-résident 2025-2026 de l’IEA de Paris / Unive...

La 53ème séance du MetSem aura lieu le jeudi 16 octobre 2025 à 14h30. Nous y accueillerons Matti La Mela pour une séance intitulée “Transnational and translational innovation: ML/AI for digitising and...

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Merisa Martinez @merisamartinez.bsky.social · May 28

❗Today is the last day to nominate yourself for the upcoming EADH Executive Committee elections❗If you were a member of an AIUCD/DHNB/DHD/CZADH/EADH by 25 April, are interested in running & need help finding 2 members to support your nomination, please be in touch ASAP with [email protected]!

Merisa Martinez @merisamartinez.bsky.social · May 21

Are you a member of EADH/one of our AOs? Do you want to shape how we support our community, how we lobby for DH research funding, how we distribute grants, how we publish? Then pls nominate yourself to serve on Executive Committee by 28 May! We encourage both new and experienced members to nominate!

Merisa Martinez @merisamartinez.bsky.social · May 21

EADH seeks to elect 4 new members to the Executive Committee. We encourage direct members & members of AOs (DHNB, CzADH, AIUCD, DhD) to self-nominate for these positions to better represent EADH/AO joint missions. Can nominate yourself or others until 28 May 2025!

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DARIAH-FI @dariahfi.bsky.social · May 28

LetterSampo Finland is launched. The portal contains information on 1.3 million letters from the period of the Grand Duchy of Finland (1809-1917) aggregated from 17 cultural heritage organizations. LetterSampo allows to find letters, perform analyses and create visualizations kirjesampo.fi/en/

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Merisa Martinez @merisamartinez.bsky.social · Apr 22

EADH seeks to elect 4 new members to the Executive Committee. We encourage direct members & members of AOs (DHNB, CzADH, AIUCD, DhD) to self-nominate for these positions to better rep EADH/AO joint missions. To vote/nominate, must be member in good standing by 25 April (Friday!) eadh.org/membership

Membership | EADH - The European Association for Digital Humanities

Become a direct member of the EADH or join one of its Associate Organizations. EADH's membership fees will be set at €34/£29/$45. Direct membership of the EADH can also be combined with a subscription...

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European Association for Digital Humanities (EADH) @eadhorg.bsky.social · Apr 7

🌐 Join us for the EADH Online Community Meeting!

Let’s reconnect, share updates, and explore exciting opportunities.

📅 When: Friday, 11 April 2025
⏰ Time: 10:00 BST | 11:00 CEST | 12:00 EEST

📝 Register now: lnkd.in/d2XEg4F8
🌍 More info: eadh.org

Looking forward to shaping the future with you! 🚀

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Matti La Mela @matti-lamela.bsky.social · Mar 21

Great archives, and yes you're right, Savonlinna's market square is the best.

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Matti La Mela @matti-lamela.bsky.social · Mar 14

Bravo! Enjoy the weekend :)

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Alie Lassche @alielassche.bsky.social · Mar 13

We’ve got a #postdoc opening in #computationalhistory! 📜🖥️

Come join our team at the Center for Humanities Computing at Aarhus University and dive into the Danish Golden Age (1750–1930).

Great research, great colleagues, and a pretty nice city too 😊

🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational History - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Center for Humanities Computing Aarhus, Aarhus University

international.au.dk

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Matti La Mela @matti-lamela.bsky.social · Mar 6

Our paper "MLLM-Assisted Information Extraction from Historical Documents" presented soon by Yunting Xie. doi.org/10.5617/dhnb... Another interesting session at DHNB 2025, this time with presentations about AI, visualisation and language. #DHNB2025 #DH #digitalhistory

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Matti La Mela @matti-lamela.bsky.social · Mar 4

Paper topics include e.g.: digital scholarly editing of Imperial Diet Records of the Holy Roman Empire, use of Latin and English in the Finnish Parliament, and conceptual historical studies on AI, Democracy, Terrorism. Many thanks to everyone who contributed!

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Matti La Mela @matti-lamela.bsky.social · Mar 4

Fresh research on parliamentary history: Digital Parliamentary Data (DiPaDA 2024) workshop proceedings published

journals.uio.no/dhnbpub/issu...

#digitalhistory #DH #parliaments

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2025): Digital Parliamentary Data in Action (DiPaDA 2024) workshop | Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications

journals.uio.no

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Matti La Mela @matti-lamela.bsky.social · Mar 4

Fascinating days ahead at DHNB 2025 in Tartu! Today's pre-conference programme includes a DH in Higher Edu workshop and a doctoral consortium about ongoing PhD work. Many of us from ALM and CDHU speaking at the conference.

Proceedings: journals.uio.no/dhnbpub/index

BoA: dhnb.eu/conferences/...

DHNB 2025 – DHNB

dhnb.eu

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · Jan 22

Call for book chapter proposals: Critical Approaches to Automated Text Recognition. Edited by me, Paul Gooding, @semames.bsky.social & @jnockels.bsky.social. Proposals on any critical topic relating to automated and advanced text recognition (including OCR, HTR, etc) are welcome by 31st March 25.

2025 Call for Chapter Submissions: Critical Approaches to Automated Text Recognition

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit to a collection of essays tentatively entitled Critical Approaches to Automated Text Recognition, to be edited by Melissa Terras, Paul Goodi…

melissaterras.org

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Anu Lahtinen @anulah.bsky.social · Jan 14

Post doc -poolin haku avoinna 1.–31.1.2025

Säätiöt ja rahastot ry:n jäsensäätiöiden perustama apurahavaranto. Poolin myöntämät apurahat on tarkoitettu Suomesta vähintään yhden lukuvuoden ajaksi ulkomaille lähteville, hiljattain väitelleille tutkijoille.

acadsci.fi/apurahat-ja-...

Post doc -poolin haku avoinna 1.–31.1.2025 - Tiedeakatemia

Poolin myöntämät apurahat on tarkoitettu vähintään yhden lukuvuoden ajaksi ulkomaille lähteville, hiljattain väitelleille tutkijoille.

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Henri Hannula @henrimhannula.bsky.social · Dec 19

Historioitsijakollegat, hakekaa!

Päätoimittaja, Kelan historiateos

ura.kela.fi

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · Dec 11

Two tenure-track positions in AI at the School of Information Sciences, UIUC. Artificial intelligence is broadly construed here to include AI policy, governance, ethics, AI for cultural heritage, &c. Review of applications will start Jan 6th. Please RT and share! #MLSky #NeurIPS

Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Artificial Intelligence-School of Information Sciences

The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois invites applications from qualified individuals for 100% full-time Tenure-Track Facul...

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jarielo.bsky.social @jarielo.bsky.social · Dec 6

Uusi kirjamme koskien Suomen talouskriisejä, kannattaa tutustua! www.gaudeamus.fi/teos/ankarat...
#talous #kriisit #suomi

Ankarat ajat - Gaudeamus

Ankarat ajat -teoksessa nimekäs kirjoittajakunta tarkastelee suomalaisten talouskriisien historiaa. Tilaa kirja Gaudeamuksen verkkokaupasta.

www.gaudeamus.fi

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Matti La Mela @matti-lamela.bsky.social · Oct 16

Our new paper (OA) on historical patent families: how to construct them and apply them in studying value and identifying key technologies of the past. doi.org/10.1016/j.ee... #econhist #patents #innovation

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Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries @dhnb.bsky.social · Oct 5

📍 DHNB2025 has a new Doctoral Consortium track! Here, doctoral students can present their ongoing studies, and get mentored by more experienced scholars.

DHNB will provide up to six bursaries to cover reasonable travel and accommodation costs (up to 500€) for participating.

DHNB 2025 – DHNB

dhnb.eu

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Matti La Mela @matti-lamela.bsky.social · Oct 2

Call for papers: DHNB2025 conference 'Digital Dreams and Practices' (5-7/03/2025, Tartu, Estonia)
dhnb.eu/conferences/...

Note the Doctoral Consortium track for doctoral students to get feedback on their work in #digitalhumanities. Bursaries available.

DHNB 2025 – DHNB

dhnb.eu

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