Why do some word combinations sound natural, while others feel slightly “off”? In this second episode, we explore collocations—the typical word pairings that shape how language feels natural to us. Using CLiC, we show how such patterns can be identified and explored in real texts.

🌍💧 On this Earth Day: A scientific statement from Prof. David M. Hannah (@freshwaterflows.bsky.social) on water in a changing environment. It presents a brief overview of how environmental change is influencing our water cycles, highlighting key challenges and the urgent need for action.

You can find more details on our webpage: www.dhss.phil.fau.de/2026/03/30/o... or connect directly with Andreas Wagner (@andreaswagnr.bsky.social).

Our Writing competition has officially launched! Head over to our web-page for more information. www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/our-future-o...

On World Water Day, we just announced “Our Future, Our Water, Our Stories.” 🌍💧 Calling all young storytellers! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fgp...

Exciting things are in the works—stay tuned 👀

Bonjour from Paris 🇫🇷 @andreaswagnr.bsky.social is currently at UNESCO, taking part in the UNESCO World Day for Glaciers and World Water Day 💧❄️ Stay tuned, more exciting announcements coming on World Water Day! 👀💧 #WorldWaterDay #UNESCO #WaterScience #DigitalHumanities #Research #Paris

Visiting the #LondonBookFair to listen to @climate-fiction.bsky.social talking about narrative futures. Especially looking for opportunities to connect to #DigitalHumanities.

📚 World Book Day in the UK is special with CLiC We celebrate with you by inviting you to explore and read some of the most famous novels in the English literary canon with CLiC, which you can access freely at clic-fiction.com. #WorldBookDay #DigitalHumanities #Clic #CorpusLinguistics 📖

Applications are open for the MA Digital Humanities program. An interdisciplinary Master’s program combining humanities research with digital methods. 📅 Deadline: 15 July Learn more: www.dhss.phil.fau.de/education/ma... #DigitalHumanities #DHSS #FAU #gradschool #HumanitiesAndTech

On my way to the #FluidEnvironments & #SpatialHumanities workshop @lancasteruni.bsky.social. Working on the teaching materials for our upcoming #StoryWritingCompetition #OurFuture #OurWater #OurStories #OurFWS by @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social and #BISCA. Stay tuned!

I’ve arrived @unibirmingham.bsky.social and am already settling in at #BISCA! The past two weeks have been filled with meeting absolutely lovely and inspiring people. I’m excited for the next five months working on topics around #language and #water.

Leaving the building of @dhssfau.bsky.social for the last time… for the next five months. I‘m joining Prof. David Hannah at the #BISCA in Birmingham for my #DAAD funded research stay until July. I‘ll be hosting children‘s writing competitions and continuing my research on narratives of water.

Water in a Changing Environment: Too much, too little, too hot Professor David M. Hannah (UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences) speaks at DHSS about how water quantity and quality respond to climate and other drivers of change. 📅 14 Jan 2026| ⏰ 12:30–14:00 📍 Nürnberger Straße 74, Room 00.013 #fau #DHSS

💧🌡️ Water in a Changing Environment: Too Much, Too Little, Too Hot 🎤 Prof. David M. Hannah (UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences, Univ. of Birmingham) 📅 14.01.2026 | ⏰ 12:30–14:00 📍 Nürnbergerstraße 74, Erlangen (Room 00.013) @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social #WaterScience #ClimateChange #Sustainability

The Text and Language Research Group, led by @michamahlberg.bsky.social, has just revealed its newly designed in-house logo! Created to reflect our identity in the DH, @dhssfau.bsky.social More about the design in the description of our one-minute reveal film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol8q...

Excited to share that I’ve received a #DAAD scholarship for a research stay at the University of Birmingham next year! Grateful for this opportunity and looking forward to an inspiring time at the Birmingham Institute for Sustainability and Climate Action. #UniversityOfBirmingham #BISCA

Throwback to the amazing Digital Humanities School! 🎓✨ So many great moments, people, and ideas, here are a few highlights from the end of September! #DigitalHumanities #Text&Language #Highlights #Throwback #AcademicLife www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BJ9...

What does it mean to ‘stay’ in a place, and how can sound capture that experience? 🎧 Dr. Dominik Kremer and @andreaswagnr.bsky.social guided us through Tracing Qualities of Stay, exploring voice recordings tied to place and presence. #DHSS2025 #SoundStudies #Linguistics #PlaceAndSpace

Thank you everyone for coming to the #GermanischeNationalmuseum today (despite some serious train delays and rain). I enjoyed it so much and it makes me miss working as a tour guide #dhss2025 @dhssfau.bsky.social

Eight now in our Summer School on Data, Gender and Society @nfdykes.bsky.social is introducing hands on examples of concordance analysis with flexiconc. #DHSS2025

We can’t wait to welcome our great keynote speakers at next week’s Summer School! Find out more details about their sessions on our website. @annafoka.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @mkschumacher.bsky.social #DHSS2025 #DigitialHumanities

Great to the schedule for the #DHSS2025 summer school out! An amazing programme is waiting for our participants ☺️ #DataGenderSociety #DH #DigitalHumanities go.fau.de/1cadb

📢 Our second #DHSS25 keynote is Mareike Schumacher! Don't miss her talk "Corpus Compilation and Gender-Sensitive Analysis" as part of our #DataGenderSociety summer school this September! #DigitalHumanities #DH

Im am so happy being part of the Text and Language Lab @dhssfau.bsky.social and working with all those lovely people. #digitalhumanities

🎥 A glimpse from our Digital Humanities Training Day, where our upcoming Summer School keynote speaker @gavinbrookes.bsky.social delivered a thought-provoking talk on "Corpus Linguistics, Generative AI, and Discourses of Dementia." Join us this summer for more inspiring sessions like this! #DHSS25

📣 Keynote Speaker Announcement #DHSS25 We’re pleased to announce our third keynote speaker: @gavinbrookes.bsky.social 🎤 Title: Corpus linguistics for gender and language research: Key concepts and critical reflections 🗓️ 22–26 September 2025 🔗 www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/summer-school #dhss25

We are looking for an administrative assistant to join our team @dhssfau.bsky.social Working in an international context, we are looking for people who can operate in both German & English. Full-time, initially fixed-term, but with a long-term perspective! www.jobs.fau.de/jobs/teamass...

During our DHSS Summer School 2025 we're visiting the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg for an exciting workshop hosted by @sabinelang.bsky.social. On the way there, we're thrilled to collect real-world, multimodal mobility data using our own app, #SpaceLog.

Digital Humanities Summer School Waiting List now open!!! Sign up now! #DHSS #FAU #dhss25

🚨 Exciting workshop alert! Join us this September at the DHSS Summer School 2025: Data, Gender and Society for: “Open Culture: Modelling the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Wikidata” with @sabinelang.bsky.social 🏛️ 📅 Details: 🔗 www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/summer-school #Wikidata #DHSS2025

Big reveal 🥁 Here is the second keynote speaker for our #DHSS25 summer school (22 - 26 Sept 2025) Prof. Mareike Schumacher @mkschumacher.bsky.social will talk about " #Corpus compilation and gender-sensitive analysis" Join us @fau.de in September! & don't forget to apply for a travel bursary

The wait is over☀️ Registration for #DHSS25 Summer School is officially OPEN! Experience expert-led lectures and practical, hands-on learning using advanced DH tools. Don't miss out - spots are limited and filling up fast ⏳ 👉Secure your place now: go.fau.de/1bihf #DataGenderSociety #FAU #DHSS

Stay tunes for this brilliant MA project of @jannoreincke.bsky.social at our department @dhssfau.bsky.social. If you are also interested in #DigitalHumanities, #GameStudies and #environment come and join us at our MA. Deadline is the 16th of July. Apply now! www.dhss.phil.fau.de/2025/06/10/n...

🏟️ 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

Here @dhssfau.bsky.social we use our #SpaceLog App to collect geodata and multimodal data in outdoor environments. If you are interested in learning more about applications of #DigitalHumanities come and join us! Applications for MA in Digital Humanities are open until July 15 go.fau.de/1bige

Our first #DHSS2025 SummerSchool will take place this September @dhssfau.bsky.social on #DataGenderSociety. Pre-registration is now open! Come and join us.

Join our team @dhssfau.bsky.social @fau.de 2 full professorships in #DigitalHumanities ‼️ Professor in #DH with focus on #HCI ‼️ Professor in #DH with focus on #Place&Space ⏰ Deadline: 2 June 2025 www.fau.eu/people/worki... @fauphil.bsky.social

Meet our next guest and mark your calendars! Dr. Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social from the University of Richmond will give a talk on "Distant Viewing: AI in Theory and Practice" in our DH Colloquium on May 28! www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2025/05/02/t...

📢Coming Up in the #DHKolloquium📢 📆Wed, 21 May 2025 👩‍🎓Svenja Guhr 💬Literary Soundscapes – Operationalization and Analysis Don't miss this quick message from our next speaker: @guhrs.bsky.social Her website: Svenjaguhr.github.io Hope to see you there!✨ 👉 go.fau.de/1bibi @fau.de #FAU #DHSS #DH

🎉 I'm absolutely delighted to welcome @katrohrbacher.bsky.social to the #Text&Language Group of @dhssfau.bsky.social @fau.de Katrin joins us from McGill University. She is an expert in #culturalanalytics and #NLP. #Digitalhumanities #DH #storytelling www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2025/04/02/n...

Day 2 at the #TextAsData Spring School from @dhpotsdam.bsky.social and @dhssfau.bsky.social

⏰ ten days to submit to our mini-conference! 👩‍💻 temporal dimensions of data 🗓️ July 15, Lisbon Portugal 🔗 go.fau.de/1bhba #DH2025 #digitalhumanities #timeseries

Listened to the first talk at #TextAsDataSchool from @michamahlberg.bsky.social from @dhssfau.bsky.social about Corpus linguistics and climate stories.

This week I am in Potsdam at the #TextAsDataSchool listening to many great talks and taking part in Workshops.