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Joe Williams

@joewilliamshistory.bsky.social

PhD history researcher (University of Coimbra), censorship and propaganda in Portugal in the 1930s. Learning a lot about digital humanities. Freelance translator. Bon vivant. https://independent.academia.edu/joewilliams71 www.joewilliamstranslation.com

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Thanks, Monica! It was such a pleasure to talk to you both about this wonderful book. It really was one of the most compelling original things I've read in a long time.

29.07.2025 09:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trafika Europe Radio - Trafika Europe

Liliana Corobca and I gave an interview to @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social at Trafika Europe Radio on The Censor's Notebook (@sevenstories.bsky.social/@sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social), with a reading starting at 5:10. Always love introducing this ingenious book to new readers!

bit.ly/censors-note...

29.07.2025 09:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Slide with title Digital Humanities for a World Unmade, blue background with stylized images of a Dutch windmill, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Hagia Sofia, Big Ben, and the Singaporean lion.

Slide with title Digital Humanities for a World Unmade, blue background with stylized images of a Dutch windmill, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Hagia Sofia, Big Ben, and the Singaporean lion.

Here's a write-up of my keynote from #DH2025, since academic publishing is slow and this was written for right now. roopikarisam.com/talks-cat/dh...

19.07.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 213    ๐Ÿ” 96    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
Photograph of Professor Neil Forbes delivering his keynote speech titled about the twentieth century after the First World War.

Photograph of Professor Neil Forbes delivering his keynote speech titled about the twentieth century after the First World War.

Photograph of History Lab conference programmes and Royal Historical Society bookmarks, leaflets and badges.

Photograph of History Lab conference programmes and Royal Historical Society bookmarks, leaflets and badges.

Our conference has kicked off! We were welcomed by History Lab's Chair @thomascryer.bsky.social, Director of @ihr.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social, and Professor Neil Forbes from Coventry University who is delivering his keynote speech ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ

Don't forget that you can join us online! ๐Ÿ’ป

24.07.2025 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Year X of the National Revolution" -Salazarist palingenetic myth in the Diรกrio da Manhรฃ This paper contributes to the debate surrounding the extent to which Salazarism constituted a fascist ideology by analysing the discourses in an edition of the Diรกrio da Manhรฃ-official organ of the Na...

Here's my first academic article published in the Revista Portuguesa da Histรณria, examining the uses of history in Salazarist Portugal:
www.academia.edu/142935704/_Year_X_of_the_National_Revolution_Salazarist_palingenetic_myth_in_the_Di%C3%A1rio_da_Manh%C3%A3
@ucoimbra.bsky.social #portuguesehistory

23.07.2025 08:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I can't quite put my finger on it, but something doesn't seem quite right here...
#OCR #digitalhumanities #DH2025 #textualanalysis

22.07.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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