I love it when a plan comes together… The @snsf_ch has approved my Scientific Exchanges proposal “Models and Narratives: Computational and Historical Thinking in Dialogue,” so I now look forward to spending 6 months in #Brussels working on the theory and epistemology of #ComputationalHistory with @sdevaleriola and his team.
Registration is now open for our 2026 Annual Event, taking place on 15–16 June at the University of Southampton and online.
The theme for this year’s event is 🍃 Sustainability🍃 , explored in its broadest sense: from sustaining digital infrastructures and research teams to addressing digital preservation, ethical computing, climate justice, and wider social justice concerns in digital cultural heritage.
Registration fees:
• £35 for standard in‑person attendance
• £20 for students and unwaged attendees
• Free for online participation
The programme brings together colleagues from across sectors to reflect on sustainable methods, practices, and futures for digital humanities.
Register & find out more: https://digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026-annual-event/
How to read thousands of newspaper articles?
Three researchers at Herder-Institut Marburg used #TopicModeling to analyse over 7,000 articles in Latvian diaspora newspapers. They uncovered a remarkable archive of how displaced communities maintained identity across decades and continents - and found that topic modeling is a serendipitous technology...
RE: https://mastodon.acm.org/@mxp/116022427362651937
▶︎ Reminder: we’ve got an open #PhD position in #ComputationalHumanities; deadline: April 20, 2026. (Knowledge of French required.)
▷ Rappel: nous avons un poste d’assistant·e diplômé·e (= doctorant·e) en #HumanitiésComputationnelles à repourvoir. Délai de candidature: 20 avril 2026.
To be honest, I was a bit stressed about potential last-minute issues, but in the end, yesterday’s workshop on “Structure and Interpretation: Towards Computational Historiographical Modeling” went smoothly.
Thanks again to our keynote speaker Manfred Thaller and our invited speakers: @sdevaleriola, @feichtimo, @resonanzfilter, Sébastien Poublanc, and @ChristianWachter.
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And the final input for today is by @sdevaleriola on “The Question of Proof in History.”
We continue after the lunch break with a statement by @resonanzfilter on “Ideologies of Knowledge Work: Cold War Computing in the GDR.”
The first input statement of the second round is by @ChristianWachter: “Structuring Data is an Interpretative Act.”
The second input statement is by Sébastien Poublanc: “Characterizing Historical Data to Produce True ‘Historian's Data’.”
Michael Piotrowski
UK-Ireland DH Association
de.hypotheses
Svenja Guhr