@simonmahony.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Digital Humanities, Department of Information Studies, University College London (UCL). Visiting Professor at the Department of Information Management, Peking University. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uczcsbm
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...
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The Pelagios Networkβs People Activity are holding a Sample Data Gathering Sprint
29 July, 12 - 1pm, Online via Zoom (register for link)
Organisers: Gabriel Bodard (London) and Jun Ogawa (Tokyo)
https://ics.sas.ac.uk/events/linked-open-data-people-data-gathering-sprint
CFP: #HKADH2026 will be hosted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (23-25 January 2026).
Keynote speakers: Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and Andrew Piper βͺβͺ@andrewpiper.bsky.socialβ¬.
Submission deadline: 31 August.
2026.hkadh.org/callforpapers/
#HKADH
The amazing Dan Pett has been at it again. Using @aboutgeo.bsky.social liiive.now Dan explains how to DIY your own IIIF: add image to cms, create manifest, put manifest into Rainer's magic, download annotations, paste text into cms, manifest recreates. Try it yourself! museologi.st/blog/iiif-di...
17.07.2025 10:26 β π 15 π 8 π¬ 0 π 2The NEW DHQ website is now live! New features include enhanced search, smart article recommendations, and improved accessibility. Visit us now at: dhq.digitalhumanities.org
P.S. Old links will automatically redirect to the new site but donβt forget to update your bookmarks!
β EOI: Closing Soon β The UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association is seeking 3 new members to join their governing collective. To find out more about UK-IE DHA and their governance plans check out buff.ly/SpmqYXv and submit your Expression of Interest by July 11th π buff.ly/XibwZJw
08.07.2025 09:21 β π 4 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0Sorry that I can't be there this year! Too much travelling!
16.06.2025 11:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very much looking forward to this timely and important lecture from @roopikarisam.bsky.social next week.
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Are you a PhD student interested in learning more about digital collections and resources at the British Library? Come along and meet curators and learn more on May 23 https://events.bl.uk/events/not-just-books-digital-collections-and-resources
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#CallforPapers: "Digital Humanities - Transforming Knowledge Through Advanced Computing"
π May 28, 2025
π Γvora, Portugal
β‘οΈ More information: indico.hpc.uevora.pt/event/168/pa...
A new issue of IJHAC: A Journal of Digital Humanities is out! Volume 19.1 brings 5 articles, one on geocomputation, one on machine learning, another on distant reading, and two more on corpora analysis. And a book review. Check it out on the link
www.euppublishing.com/toc/ijhac/19/1
My new piece in @theguardian.com
Techno-optimism is human pessimism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A photo of Simon Mahony in conference uniform.
I've just realised that alt-text is a thing here, which is great. I'll try to do better in the future!
26.02.2025 17:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Is the talk online or only in-person?
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Nominations are now open for the 2025 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History, the annual prize that celebrates the best of digital history. Submit your work or work you love published since January 2024. Deadline for submissions is 30 May. ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/12/the-... #dhist
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This place looks like the other place did 10 years ago!
19.02.2025 10:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Greeting old friends and (hopefully) making new ones here where the sky is blue. Live long and prosper!
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