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Łukasz Szulc

@lukaszszulc.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer in Digital Media & Culture at The University of Manchester and Co-Director of The Centre for Digital Humanities, Cultures and Media; queer and transnational perspectives; first generation; he/him

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Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships in Humanities | Faculty of Humanities | The University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is offering fully-funded Bicentenary PhD Studentships. One of the projects will be based in our Centre for Digital Humanities, Cultures and Media and is about 'Generative AI and Informational Crisis'. Spread the word! www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgr...

30.10.2025 15:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The next three weeks, I'll spend in Canada talking about my new research project on transnational dating cultures. I'll first visit Concordia University (5th Nov) and then the University of Toronto (13th Nov).

Concordia: www.digslab.net/events/talk-...

Toronto: dhn.utoronto.ca/event/guest-...

30.10.2025 15:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Manuscript Monday! New on our feed📲 Sad Dating Apps: Emotional Technological Determinism and Agency in Late Modernity - Łukasz Szulc, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky

27.10.2025 15:32 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
List of events for 2025-26 Environmental Digital Humanities Seminar organised by Lancaster University and University of Manchester.

List of events for 2025-26 Environmental Digital Humanities Seminar organised by Lancaster University and University of Manchester.

The 2025-26 schedule for the Lancaster-Manchester & @n8cir.bsky.social Environmental #DH Seminar is up!

Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)

Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...

#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social

22.10.2025 19:44 — 👍 18    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 3
A print grab of the Social Media + Society journal’s website presenting the article published by Łukasz Szulc entitled sad dating apps emotional technological determinism and agency in late modernity.

A print grab of the Social Media + Society journal’s website presenting the article published by Łukasz Szulc entitled sad dating apps emotional technological determinism and agency in late modernity.

Dating apps, so sad... 😢 My new article on emotional technological determinism, universalist theories of love and queer migrants dating is now out and available open access in Social Media + Society. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

27.10.2025 10:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Reunited with @norocel.bsky.social at Lund University - Department of Gender Studies. It was great to present my work in progress to the very engaged members of the amazing gender studies team. Thank you for your invitation! www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/...

11.09.2025 10:50 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🎉 We're excited to welcome Dr @lukaszszulc.bsky.social as a new theme lead for Digital Cultures at the @manchester.ac.uk!

His work explores the deeper power dynamics of digital media, focusing on gender and sexuality.

🔗 Discover more: lnkd.in/eN45PHW4

03.09.2025 15:23 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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With my students, we wrote a blog post about the use of AI in dating apps. We also critically reflect on the imaginations of digital dating futures. blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

07.07.2025 14:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This year was the second time we organised the Digital Methods Summer School with Methods@Manchester. Great group of participants and tutors from across diverse disciplines and cultures, full-day workshops and lively discussions. 😍 new.express.adobe.com/webpage/db5o...

04.07.2025 18:10 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Panel: Queer Migration & Digital Practices (Co-hosted by CERS and CIGS) Join us for this special seminar, co-hosted by CERS and CIGS, which includes two external speakers and a panel discussion.

Join us for our next School Research Seminar which will take place in-person on 12 February from 12:15pm.

Co-hosted by @cigsleeds.bsky.social and CERS, @yenerbayramoglu.bsky.social and @lukaszszulc.bsky.social will discuss queer migration and digital practices.

essl.leeds.ac.uk/sociology/ev...

07.02.2025 11:08 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Out now! The Routledge Handbook of Sexuality in East Central Europe with my chapter entitled 'Between East and West and Digital Elsewhere: Polish queer migrants making sense of Brexit'. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

03.07.2025 13:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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You can now read the introduction to our Special Issue on ‘Transnational Queer Cultures and Digital Media’, co-edited with Yener Bayramoğlu & Radhika Gajjala for Communication, Culture & Critique. ☺️ academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-...

02.09.2024 21:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What’s app got to do with it? In this short article, we explain the logic behind dating apps' premium features and the commodification of love, sex and desire. #datingapps blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

15.08.2024 15:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One week left to apply for our jobs at the University of Manchester (7th Feb)!
- Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

02.02.2024 10:04 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I wrote an extended bibliography on 'Digital Gender Diversity' for Oxford Bibliographies in Communication. It's behind the paywall but pm me if you want a free copy. www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...

23.01.2024 14:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Very excited about this book by Mathias Foit! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

03.01.2024 16:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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