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Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social · Aug 15

My department @kingsdh.bsky.social is organising a really exciting conference in June 2026 on the significance of the digital, very broadly intended, in our contemporary age. The deadline for the submission of abstracts and panel proposals is on 30/9/2025 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/digit...

Digital Humanities Today: Critical Inquiry with and about the Digital

From the 23-26 June 2026, the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London will host an international conference exploring the evolving role of Digital Humanities in a world increasingly ...

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Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social · Aug 15

Sorry it is really just a reproduction of the IKEA PS 1995 Clock, which is now back on sale

Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social · Aug 15

It's great to see that IKEA in Oxford Circus has installed a large reproduction of the Doomsday Clock at its entrance. This serves as a reminder to visitors that we are theoretically less than 2 minutes away from a potential nuclear catastrophe that could endanger all of humanity.

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Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · Aug 14

📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Computational Humanities Education (Academic Education Pathway).

📔 Contract: Full-time, indefinite contract
🗓 Apply by: 25 August 2025

Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

#DigitalHumanities #AcademicJobs #Hiring

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Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social · Jun 29

I’ll be co-leading an amazing workshop tomorrow at #digra2025 on Game Engine Cultures. We explore the implications of the widespread use of videogame engines in visual culture. Join us if you are in Malta (and are into this sort of things) digraconference2025.org/calls-worksh...

DiGRA 2025 - Malta

The Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) conference is an international academic conference dedicated to the study of digital games and related phenomena. DiGRA is a global organization that pro...

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minor compositions @minorcompositions.bsky.social · Jun 27

Now available for advance ordering and/or free download…
Feral Class - Marc Garrett
Untamed, Unheard, Unstoppable… a moving memoir about being a working-class artist… Art on the Margins, Life Without Permission
www.minorcompositions.info?p=1561
@mgarrett.bsky.social

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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · Jun 23

Over the last year, your colleagues, comrades and friends at KCL have been harassed for defending Palestinian rights, upholding academic freedom and union activism. THIS is why we are balloting members NOW. But what exactly has been happening?

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Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social · Jun 17

Curated by @danielnielsen.bsky.social‬ ‪@afrontiercity.bsky.social‬ and Anne Mette Thorhauge

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Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social · Jun 17

Looking forward to the ICA post-conference Labour and Play in the Platform Society in Prague tomorrow. I will discuss my new project on the impact of videogame engines such as Unity and Unreal on creative workers in the UK gameproductionstudies.fsv.cuni.cz/2025/06/04/l... ‪

Labor and Play in Platform Society | Prague Game Production Studies Group

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Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social · Jun 7

5 Sì
#referendum
#8e9giugno

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 5

Italy’s citizenship referendum could make the country fairer. It's a miracle it's happening at all | Jamie Mackay

For decades, the state has been tightening its rules so that fewer and fewer are eligible. This is a chance for Italians to change the narrative, writes Jamie Mackay

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Daniel Vella @danielvella.bsky.social · Mar 13

Details and calls for all eighteen DiGRA 2025 workshops are up on the website! digraconference2025.org/calls-worksh...

DiGRA 2025 - Malta

The Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) conference is an international academic conference dedicated to the study of digital games and related phenomena. DiGRA is a global organization that pro...

digraconference2025.org

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Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social · May 7

I was really impressed by the level of critique and analysis at the World Through AI exhibition at Jeu de Paume in Paris. In particular the work calculatingempires.net by Vladan Joler and @katecrawford.bsky.social is absolutely worth the trip!

Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500

Explore how technical and social structures co-evolved over five centuries in this large-scale research visualization.

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Poppy Wilde @poppywilde.bsky.social · Apr 23

Very cool looking PhD studentship in gaming and sustainability at Uni of Salford here, working with @cultsociologist.bsky.social and Tom Brock. Interested to see the outcomes of this one! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMU434/p... #PhD #studentship #funding #GameStudies #EcoGames

PhD Studentship on Gaming & Sustainability at University of Salford

Discover a PhD Studentship: PhD Studentship on Gaming & Sustainability Explore more PhD opportunities and apply today!

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · Apr 23

My new collaboration with art magazine The Bunker Magazine is about videogames being modified, reinterpreted, hijacked, about videogames being toys. My last feature article discusses queering through modding, plundercore, machinima and virtual photography. [article in English]

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Digital Futures Institute @ King's College London @kings-dfi.bsky.social · Apr 15

👏 Meet our eleven new Digital Futures Institute Fellows!

Congratulations @lboungr.bsky.social, Rowan Boyson, Mark Cote, Amrita Dhillon, Alex Gould, Elisabeth Kelan, @niccoloridi.bsky.social, Gabriele Salciute Civiliene, Astrid Van den Bossche, @jamiewoodcock.bsky.social & @lorenzoz.bsky.social 🔽

Digital Futures Institute announces eleven new Fellows for 2025-26

Eleven interdisciplinary projects awarded Fellowships from the Digital Futures Institute for the 2025-26 cohort.

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Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · Apr 16

📚 Join us at King’s College London on 21 May for the launch of Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal, a book by @disconetwork.bsky.social exploring the possibilities that technoskepticism can create.

📍 Strand Campus and online, 17:30
🔗 Sign up: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/techn...

Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal

The Department of Digital Humanities and the Centre for Digital Culture at King’s College London are delighted to host the launch of the DISCO Network’s Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refus...

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Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social · Apr 5

Temo di no, purtroppo

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Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social · Apr 4

On Thursday 10th I'll be speaking at the University of Westminster as part of the Virtual Realisms lecture series organised by Tadej Vindis and Teodora Alata. I'll talk about my current research on videogames and the (post-)Anthropocene www.westminster.ac.uk/events/paolo...

Paolo Ruffino: Gaming the Post-Anthropocene

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · Apr 1

ICYMI: King’s College London is hiring 20 open-ended posts at L/SL level (Asst/Assoc Prof level) in AI + any subject. (Yes, that includes critical studies.) It’s 3 years of 80% “protected” research time, then 2 years to the standard requirements for an open-ended post. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/role/ki...

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Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social · Apr 1

Still a few days left to send us your abstract to the Game Engine Cultures workshop at DiGRA2025

Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social · Mar 12

Glad to announce the Game Engine Cultures workshop at DiGRA2025. Curated by Paolo Ruffino, Matteo Bittanti and Valentino Catricalà. Please send your abstract by April 4th. Workshop date: June 30th at the University of Malta drive.google.com/file/d/1A5pP...

Game Engine Cultures DiGRA2025 workshop CfP.pdf

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Mar 14

Postgraduate scholarships at King's College London Faculty for Arts & Humanities for Black, Asian, and minority home students. Please share with those who might be interested. www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

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IOCOSE @iocose.bsky.social · Mar 12

A brilliant text by @therourke.net published on the occasion of our solo exhibition at @aksiomaorg.bsky.social in 2021. It predicts our present condition: we now live in a universe populated by deepfake Elon Musks who are everywhere, all the time.

Daniel Rourke 🌪️ @therourke.net · Mar 7

I wrote this at a very different time in the Elon Musk, attention\edgelord storyarc; when Gen AI's ascension was not yet certain. & yet I think it still points to the chaos of our moment, marked by these two phenomena aksioma.org/daniel-rourk... hattip @aksiomaorg.bsky.social & @iocose.bsky.social

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Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social · Mar 12

Glad to announce the Game Engine Cultures workshop at DiGRA2025. Curated by Paolo Ruffino, Matteo Bittanti and Valentino Catricalà. Please send your abstract by April 4th. Workshop date: June 30th at the University of Malta drive.google.com/file/d/1A5pP...

Game Engine Cultures DiGRA2025 workshop CfP.pdf

drive.google.com

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Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · Mar 4

Registration now open for the online townhall launch of Intelligent Systems for Screen Archives (ISSA): bit.ly/439e41h. Join us on 6 March to learn about our plans for #AI in screen heritage. Speakers from @kingsdh.bsky.social @kingsdigitallab.bsky.social @FilmArchivesUK @BFI #film #TV #archives

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Garry Crawford @cultsociologist.bsky.social · Feb 19

Come do a fully funded PhD with me & Tom Brock on gaming & sustainability (please share). www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLX765/p...

PhD Studentship on Gaming and Sustainability at University of Salford

Apply for a PhD Studentship on Gaming and Sustainability. Discover a wide range of PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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