📢 The #CHR2025 proceedings are out! 97 papers, ~1600 pages of computational humanities 🔥 Now published via the new Anthology of Computers and the Humanities, with DOIs for every paper. 🔗 anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0... And don’t forget: registration closes tomorrow (20 Nov)!

🗓️ The #CHR2025 programme is online! Browse what’s on the menu here: 2025.computational-humanities-research.org/programme/ Proceedings are coming soon as well. Don’t forget: registration closes on 20 November! #computationalhumanitiesresearch

Look at our lovely autumn/winter @ihr.bsky.social Digital History seminar schedule, including talks from @bamcshane.bsky.social @jeroenputtevils.bsky.social @rubenros.bsky.social @thomassmits.bsky.social @melvinwevers.bsky.social and more! #dhist

📢 Don’t miss the first articles from CHR’s themed issue, Expanding the Toolkit: Large Language Models in Humanities Research! Read the issue #openaccess here: 📚 cup.org/4lvH2Ow #computationalhumanities #CHR @comphumresearch.bsky.social @nolauren.bsky.social @folgertk.bsky.social

The submission deadline for #CHR2025 is fast approaching! Authors, you have until Friday, 18 July, to submit your short and long papers, lightning talk abstracts, and workshop ideas. ⚠️ Please note: there will be NO extension of this deadline. 🔗 2025.computational-humanities-research.org/cfp/

⚡ CFP: a themed issue in Computational Humanities Research! Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting! for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social ! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In an age of failing economies and a neofascist backlash, what we need is Marxism. To free ourselves from our technofeudal overlords, we must think like Karl Marx. The corporations are asset-stripping our brains, but we can take back control. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We are looking for a host for #CHR2026! Read the Call for Bids on our website, and submit your proposal by November, 10. computational-humanities-research.org/hosting/

What impact is AI having on jobs in the tech industry? I've been collecting stories from tech workers—from engineers at giants like Google to content mods at TikTok to coders at small startups—to find out. Here, in their words, is how AI is transforming, degrading, and yes, replacing their jobs.

Both funny and scary idea in this paper that authors might insert hidden text into their papers instructing LLM peer reviewers to say how great the paper is and recommend acceptance. arxiv.org/html/2412.01...

While you share that arXiv preprint that does not say what you think it does, I'll just leave this peer-reviewed Nature paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are proud to have @miguelev.bsky.social (@cssh-nus.bsky.social, National University of Singapore) and Els Lefever (LT3 Language and Translation Technology, Ghent University) as keynote speakers at our CHR2025 conference in December. More: 2025.computational-humanities-research.org/news/keynote...

Come do a PhD or postdoc with us! Generously ERC funded salaries, at the intersection of computational social science/humanities/DH, corpus linguistics, ML/AI, sustainability studies. Deadline 15th May (if interested but that's too short, or in the process of graduating, talk to me) Topics&links👇

It was a real pleasure to chat with Jack Tame on Q+A about why now is the time to think seriously about reducing our reliance on US tech companies and what to make of Elon Musk’s alliance with Donald Trump. He hosts a great programme and I was really happy to be invited on.

🚨 Our Call for Papers is out! 🚨 We continue our tradition of providing a dedicated platform for presenting computational work that bridges formal methods and traditional inquiry in the arts and humanities. Check out the website for all details: 2025.computational-humanities-research.org/cfp/

We've got news! The new CHR website is live - your go-to place for all things CHR: computational-humanities-research.org Also, welcome to @lucy3.bsky.social (Proceedings Officer) and @jbrottrager.bsky.social (Early Career Representative), our new board members!

Goedzo Wat ze ook nu al kunnen doen: niet meer alle Kamerstukken in Microsoft Word-format aanbieden. Er zijn genoeg open standaarden die prima werken, en het scheelt nog belastinggeld ook

We zien steeds meer door AI gegenereerd beeld om ons heen, maar hoe bevooroordeeld zijn de achterliggende AI-systemen? @nanne.bsky.social, @melvinwevers.bsky.social en Eftychia Stamkou gaan dat samen met partners uit de culturele sector onderzoeken: www.uva.nl/shared-conte...

Recently, I have been awarded a grant from the UvA's Responsible Digital Transformations Programme. Together with Nanne van Noord en Eftychia Stamkou. Together with a postdoc we will examine the Visual Imaginaries of GenAI concerning Gender. More info here: rdt.uva.nl/research/res...

Zhivar Sourati, Farzan Karimi-Malekabadi, Meltem Ozcan, Colin McDaniel, Alireza Ziabari, Jackson Trager, Ala Tak, Meng Chen, Fred Morstatter, Morteza Dehghani The Shrinking Landscape of Linguistic Diversity in the Age of Large Language Models https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.11266

Nieuw en schandalig dieptepunt in de Nederlandse houding ten opzichte van de mensenrechten van Palestijnen en iedereen die zich daarover uitspreekt. Een agressieve en lasterlijke pro-Israëlische lobby heeft met behulp van o.a. de VVD, de uitnodiging van Albanese laten intrekken.

After publishing our conference proceedings with CEUR for 5 years, we need a new venue. 🚨 How do we ensure that the CHR proceedings remain free, accessible, and interdisciplinary? 🖥️ Join the discussion and share your thoughts here: discourse.computational-humanities-research.org/t/call-for-i...

Fining big tech might look like we are holding them accountable but it doesn't leave a dent at all as this great post from @proton.me shows: proton.me/blog/big-tec...

Biden warns of an oligarchy taking shape, of a tech industrial complex. He also just signed an executive order to lease federal lands to tech companies to build more data centers for AI. That tech oligarchy is already here, and Dems are still enabling it. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-tech-o...

Ik ben vooral benieuwd hoe dit debat en argumentatie veranderde in de twintigste eeuw. Met begeleider @melvinwevers.bsky.social onderzocht ik daarom specialisering zoals die zichtbaar is in het spreken van politici.

CHR Board Openings: Early Career Rep & Proceedings Officer positions available. Please help us shape the future of computational humanities research. Apply by Feb 21, 2025. Details: 2024.computational-humanities-research.org/announcement...

New favourite razor

The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. Why do they hate it so much?

Time to get rid of our silly and expensive dependence on Microsoft systems.

"Our single best hope is a cooperative streaming platform owned by labels and musicians. Let’s reclaim music from the technocrats. They have not proven themselves worthy of our trust" #SpotiGate

The past we study is shaped by what survived - but what about everything that didn't? The CHR journal wants your work on measuring, understanding, and accounting for missing data. Deadline has been extended to Jan 31, 2025. Guest-edited by @zoeleblanc.bsky.social and @mikekestemont.bsky.social

🎥 Sneak Peek: Lauren Klein at #CHR2024 Don’t miss @laurenfklein.bsky.social’s keynote speech titled "When Theory Leads: Towards a Humanities-Forward Model of Computational Research" at 9 o’clock this morning! 🕘

Microsoft Teams is trash and any company that uses it has no commitment to real collaboration or operational work flow, only penny pinching and cost saving.

Even though musically quite dissimilar, the synths in Kendrick Lamar's Man at the Garden reminded me of the great soundtrack of Bloodsport by Paul Hertzog. This is also one of the best 80s martial arts movies montages, the best of course being Rocky IV. youtu.be/GUABDC1B1_s?...

🎉 Final Call for Registrations! 🚀 The #CHR2024 Conference is just around the corner, and registration is closing soon! 📅 Registration Deadline: November 25 (local time) 📍 Event Dates: December 4-6 🌐 Register Here: events.au.dk/chr2024/

That moment when you recorded a lecture but don't want to check if the recording is okay because counting the number of times I said "um" is not my type of computational humanities.

📊 Proud to share upcoming #CHR2024 paper with @rubenros.bsky.social showing how Dutch post-war parliamentary debates became increasingly specialized. Using network analysis & topic modeling, we found that as debates got deeper, they also became narrower 🧵1/2

This looks amazing, I am sorry not to be there in person, but keep an eye out for our poster: 2024.computational-humanities-research.org/papers/paper... #CHR2024

My review of "Digitised Newspapers – A New Eldorado for Historians?" in Media History www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....