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Rachele Sprugnoli
@rsprugnoli.bsky.social
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Computational linguist and digital humanist.
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Two papers accepted at #clicit2026!

- Understanding Social Workers' Well-being through Sentiment Analysis
- Metaphors of Domestic Violence in the Italian Political Discourse: Annotation and Experiments with the ViolMeta Dataset

See you in Palermo! @ailc-nlp.bsky.social
July 21, 2026 at 10:27 AM
rsprugnoli.bsky.social
‼️Sono aperte le iscrizioni alla laurea magistrale in "Linguistic Computing" dell'Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore: www.unicatt.it/corsi/magist...
@Unicatt
youtu.be/K23WlWXATMs?...
July 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
rsprugnoli.bsky.social
I’m looking forward to being in Naples in a few days as an invited speaker at the 2026 NooJ International Conference:
nooj2026.sciencescall.org
June 22, 2026 at 5:25 PM
rsprugnoli.bsky.social
Yestarday at the University of Pisa for the summer school “Digital Tools for Humanists”; beautiful location with great historical surroundings! #digitalhumanities
May 28, 2026 at 10:37 AM
rsprugnoli.bsky.social
Thank you to all #LT4HALA2026 participants! The proceedings are online: lrec-conf.org/proceedings/...
#LREC2026
May 13, 2026 at 9:57 AM
rsprugnoli.bsky.social
Presentazione del libro "Che cos’è una lingua inventata" di Davide Astori (Carocci Editore).
📍 Partecipazione in presenza: Via Necchi, 9 (Milano) - Aula 329
💻 Partecipazione online: teams.microsoft.com/meet/3697233...
📅 14/05/2026, ore 15:30
May 7, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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digitsut.bsky.social
We are launching a new hybrid seminar series, in which we invite colleagues from the humanities and social sciences to present how they use AI in their research. The seminars are practically oriented demonstrations of instances of implementing AI at any stage of research. More: digits.ut.ee/ai-teh/
April 30, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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mmvty.bsky.social
At long last! A new 19thC dataset at the NCDC! The brilliant @sarahebull.bsky.social with some racy & fascinating work: c19datacollective.com/data/adverti...
Advertising Pornography, 1822-1870 | Nineteenth-Century Data Collective
"Advertising Pornography" is a package of two complementary datasets derived from advertising material issued by major figures in the early Victorian pornography trade, including William Dugdale, Edwa...
c19datacollective.com
April 26, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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mellymeldubs.bsky.social
Postdoc in Digital Humanities at WashU in St. Louis. Deadline is May 1.

Also, St. Louis is wonderful.

apply.interfolio.com/185361
Screenshot of Interfolio position that reads: "Postdoctoral Fellowship, Digital Humanities - Department of Comparative Literature & Thought, Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis - Danforth Campus: School of Arts & Sciences: Comparative Literature Location St. Louis, MO Open Date Apr 24, 2026 Deadline May 01, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time Description The Department of Comparative Literature and Thought at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral teaching fellowship in digital humanities. The fellowship period will run from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2028, with the possibility of a one-year extension. In addition to pursuing their own research agenda, the postdoctoral fellow will teach the equivalent of four courses per year and is expected to participate fully in the thriving DH community on campus. Teaching responsibilities will include at least one regular course each Fall and Spring semester. Additional teaching responsibilities may include additional semester-long lab courses or a series of several short-term workshops. Fellows are expected to be in residence during the entire fellowship period, apart from research-related travel. Fellows will receive a salary of $64,380 per year, plus Washington University postdoctoral benefits and a $2,500 annual research/travel stipend."
April 26, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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drannaclark.bsky.social
Death by Shakespeare
Causes of 74 deaths in Shakespeare's plays
#ShakespeareDay
April 23, 2026 at 5:15 AM
rsprugnoli.bsky.social
The program of #LT4HALA2026 is online: circse.github.io/LT4HALA/2026...
The workshop, organized in the context of #LREC2026, has almost 100 registered participants: it’s so great to see so many researchers interested in #NLProc for ancient and historical languages!
See you in Palma!
April 21, 2026 at 9:46 AM
rsprugnoli.bsky.social
Domani pomeriggio e martedì terrò un seminario in due parti su Voyant per il Dipartimento LILEC (Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Moderne) dell'Università di Bologna!

Maggiori informazioni e link qui: site.unibo.it/laboratorio-...
April 19, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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ach.bsky.social
Registration is open for ACH 2026, taking place virtually June 24–26! This year's theme centers transnationalism and solidarity in the Americas, with bilingual participation in English and Spanish. Register now: ach2026.ach.org
ach2026
24–26 June 2026, Virtual Conference
ach2026.ach.org
April 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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histoftech.bsky.social
Enormously looking forward to this event on April 21 at 6:30pm ET (online!) with the amazing @emilymbender.bsky.social
and @alexhanna.bsky.social talking about their new book, The AI Con.

Register here:

virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The AI Con (with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Prof. Emily M. Bender and Dr. Alex Hanna will discuss their new book, The AI Con.
virginia.zoom.us
April 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
rsprugnoli.bsky.social
📣 Free workshop organized by Eleonora Litta and Matteo Pellegrini: "LINKING MORPHOLOGY AND SEMANTICS - Meaning in Word Formation Resources".

- 🌍 Where: Università Cattolica (Room SF.111) and online

- 🗓️ When: April 13, 2026, 10-17
March 31, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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vedph.bsky.social
We are pleased to announce the Venice Summer School in Digital and Public Humanities - #VeSSDPH 2026 which takes place at Ca' Foscari University from 6 to 10 July 2026.

Entirely taught in English. Free of charge.

➡️ Full programme and further information: www.unive.it/pag/39288/
March 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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diyclassics.bsky.social
✨ LatinCy v3.9 sm/md/lg/trf pipelines for SpaCy available ✨

- Improved tokenization and u/v norm
- New custom Latin-specific XPOS tags
- Better, more consistent lemma/morph coverage

huggingface.co/latincy/la_c...

#digiclass #nlproc
"Album" cover for the LatinCy v3.9 pipelines with "catus" from Gesner's 1551 Historia Animalium
March 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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harald-klinke.de
📢 CFP: Cultural Complexity and Computational Approaches (Complexhibit)
📍 Málaga
🗓️ 30 June – 2 July 2026

How do we study culture as a complex system—computationally, yet critically?
A call at the intersection of AI, data science, and digital art history.

🗓️ Deadline: 26.4.26

#digitalarthistory #AI
complexhibit.eu
March 26, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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sharonhoward.bsky.social
A new interactive map for @thorntonsbooks.bsky.social in #WomensHistoryMonth - I mapped all the places mentioned by Alice in Event narratives.
thornton-play-books.github.io/play-books/eve…
Mapping Alice Thornton’s Books: Events – Alice Thornton's Books
thornton-play-books.github.io
March 23, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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digitalmedievalist.bsky.social
📜 Data in Historical Linguistics Seminar Series - Seminar 6

Roksana Goworek (QMUL, UK): "An Interactive Tool for Interpretable Semantic Change Analysis via Definition-Aligned Embedding Spaces”.

📅13th Apr. 26, 5pm BST (online)
▶️Info and registration: tinyurl.com/mbsrxcwp

#digitalhumanities
Roksana Goworek, An Interactive Tool for Interpretable Semantic Change Analysis via Definition-Aligned Embedding Spaces
Data in Historical Linguistics seminar series. Monday, 13 April 2026, 5pm BST. Registration closes at 12am BST on Friday 10 April 2026. Remote: link to participate via Microsoft Teams will be sent v...
tinyurl.com
March 24, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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grigorievna1812.bsky.social
It’s official. My project with @mistralai.bsky.social and @replyai.bsky.social at the @oeaw.bsky.social to develop LLMs for ancient languages, starting with Greek, has gone public. The AI system is complete, stay tuned for the published results!
www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/oeaw...
Austrian Academy of Sciences is developing the Ancient Greek AI “Apollo” with Mistral AI and Reply
Austrian Archaeological Institute Develops Custom AI Model for Hundreds of Thousands of Ancient Papyri and Inscriptions ++ Faßmann: “AI and ancient languages are not a contradiction”
www.oeaw.ac.at
March 19, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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dh2026daejeon.bsky.social
📢 CFP: "Digital and/or Comparative Literary Studies Today" — ICLA DCL & SIG-DLS mini-conference at #DH2026!
Lightning talks + poster session on computational & comparative approaches to literature.
📅 Deadline: April 30, 2026
📍 Daejeon, South Korea
👉 icla-dcl.quarto.pub/info/news/20...
ICLA DCL mini-conference at DH2026 – Digital Comparative Literature
icla-dcl.quarto.pub
March 23, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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sarahebond.bsky.social
The new project mapping 7,000+ ancient letters is impressive: romanletters.org . The database & geolocation (although noting Pleiades rather than just AWMC would be nice) are great. But I absolutely cannot get over use of AI—however transparent—for translation.

🚨 Value human translators 🚨
AI translation transparency Modern English translations were produced using Claude (Anthropic), working from either the Latin/Greek original or an existing 19th-century English version. Translation work was guided by two internal documents: a translation guide covering late antique epistolary conventions, rhetorical register, and how to handle common formulaic phrases; and a modern voice guide specifying tone, vocabulary level, and how to avoid archaism while remaining faithful to the original. Al-generated translations are clearly marked in the interface. They are provided for accessibility and research convenience, not as authoritative scholarly translations. The original Latin or Greek is preserved alongside every translation, and 19th-century English versions are shown where available. Corrections from domain experts are welcome.
March 22, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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jiayinzhi.bsky.social
𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆? In our new #CHI2026 paper, we studied how AI assistance affects close reading poems — not just how well people interpret poems, but also the pleasure derived from close reading. closereading-ai.app
#AI #HCI #closereading #humanities #culture #poetry

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[AI and Close Reading] Can AI help us interpret culture?
AI is already becoming part of how people read cultural texts online. What does AI do for cultural interpretation? We explored this question in a randomized experiment investigating the impact of AI a...
closereading-ai.app
March 16, 2026 at 6:26 PM
rsprugnoli.bsky.social
Registration is still open for the annual Summer School in #DigitalHumanities in Pisa @Unipisa
- Application deadline: April 15, 2026
- Dates: May 25 – May 30, 2026
- Language: English
- Registration Fee: €500

www.unipi.it/didattica/co...
March 10, 2026 at 10:46 AM