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Digital Scholarship Specialist @ UMich co-chair @globaldhsymposium.bsky.social‬ cats | choir | cookies | cataloging is racist she/her

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This was a needed exhibit, in place for over 15 years. Removed this past month. It included Oney Judge's story, a woman enslaved (& stalked after escape) by President George Washington. (Image = exhibit art panel; photo taken by William Fischer, Jr., 2017)

27.01.2026 18:53 — 👍 132    🔁 62    💬 2    📌 1

Don't forget to register for @globaldhsymposium.bsky.social!

26.01.2026 14:38 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Schedule – Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2026

🚨🚨The 11th annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium program(msuglobaldh.org/schedule/) has been released and the registration(app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve...) is now open! 🥳🥳

17.12.2025 20:22 — 👍 1    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Flourish Bring data to life with Flourish. Create data visualizations and interactive content – no coding needed. Engage, inspire, and tell your best data stories with ease.

Regrettably, this might be my last time using flourish.studio to make a visualization given the new restrictions in the free version. (Seriously, no downloading in *any* form? 🙄) Taking recommendations for no-code, web-based, + free data vis tools!

03.12.2025 22:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Global DH Accepted authors 2026 A Flourish data visualization by Kate Topham

A map of our accepted authors for @globaldhsymposium.bsky.social 2026! Excited to see increased participation from Mexico and South America this year 🤩
public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

03.12.2025 22:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Supercharging Cultural Institution Collections with Wikidata Why is linked data important? How do Wikidata and library collections work together? What does a Wikidata project look like? To answer these questions and more (and to celebrate Wikidata’s birthday…

In today's blog post, Wiki Education's "Wikidata Will" explores his recent discussion with panelists Samie Konet, Crystal Yragui, and Kate Topham @tophkat.bsky.social about libraries, their collections, and Wikidata — check out the webinar recap here: wp.me/p4LBez-tf4

31.10.2025 16:22 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Join us for interesting conversations during the Wiki Education Speaker Series! Join Wiki Education as we bring together experts in Wikimedia and open knowledge for lively discussions of topics relevant to our communities. Wiki Education hosts regular, Zoom-based conversations…

Excited to be participating in @wikieducation.bsky.social's Speaker Series tomorrow! Gonna talk #Wikidata & #DataPluralism. Info here: wikiedu.org/speaker-seri...

22.10.2025 21:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🚨Last call!🚨

15.10.2025 16:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Closes THIS WEEK! Get your #MSUGlobalDH proposals in by Wednesday @ msuglobaldh.org

13.10.2025 18:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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MSU Digital Humanities Digital Humanities at Michigan State University (DH@MSU) facilitates collaborations among the digital centers, labs, programs, and projects across campus. Our community supports innovative research, s...

⏰ 9 days left to submit to #GlobalDHSymposium 2026! Do it by Oct 15th at midnight.

Not sure what to submit? Check out past presentations tinyurl.com/GlobalDHvideos or browse abstract examples in our guidelines msuglobaldh.org/proposal-guidelines-english/

Your perspective matters!

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06.10.2025 16:05 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Call for Proposals – Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2026

The Call for Proposals (CFP) for #MSUGlobalDH is now open and due the 15th of October, 2025! See more at msuglobaldh.org/call-for-pro... 1/2

27.08.2025 19:46 — 👍 6    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 2

If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
Doesn’t matter if it’s awful
Doesn’t matter if it’s nice
If it confirms your bias, check it twice!
::clap clap::

18.08.2025 06:08 — 👍 1688    🔁 661    💬 19    📌 18

As I keep saying, LLMs are designed to give you *a* answer, not *the* answer.

03.06.2025 21:11 — 👍 71    🔁 16    💬 3    📌 1

You cannot maintain American universities’ reputations while also curtailing faculty and students’ freedom of speech, annoying though it might be. People do not come to American universities to learn from the associate dean.

15.05.2025 13:56 — 👍 67    🔁 15    💬 2    📌 0
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MSU Digital Humanities Digital Humanities at Michigan State University (DH@MSU) facilitates collaborations among the digital centers, labs, programs, and projects across campus. Our community supports innovative research, s...

The recordings from the 2025 Global Digital Humanities Symposium are now available on our YouTube Channel! Watch here: www.youtube.com/@msudigitalh...

13.05.2025 18:45 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Notify NHA about grant terminations! We are collecting information about current grants that have been canceled since March 31st, 2025. If you are looking to share a story about the impact of NEH funding on your work please use this for...

The National Humanities Alliance is collecting information on canceled NEH grants to share with congressional leaders. This is legit fact finding in support of competent lobbying. If you've had your grant canceled, do let them know.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

04.04.2025 12:45 — 👍 283    🔁 254    💬 1    📌 3

Starting imminently! Join us: go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh

08.04.2025 16:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Global Digital Humanities Symposium Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

The final session of #MSUGlobalDH - the keynote 🔥State of Global DH🔥 panel with Sylvia Fernández Quintanilla, Schuyler Esprit, and Radhika Gajjala moderated by @gimenadelr.bsky.social, begins at 12:15pm Eastern! DO NOT MISS THIS - join the livestream: go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh #DigitalHumanities #DH

08.04.2025 15:50 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
Global Digital Humanities Symposium Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Delayed because I was moderating, but @globaldhsymposium.bsky.social is LIVE! Join us --> go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh #MSUGlobalDH

08.04.2025 14:37 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

So grateful for the patience and generosity of the #MSUGlobalDH community, and especially our presenters who were able to switch gears on the fly to make sure we could hear everyone's work.

08.04.2025 14:35 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Global Digital Humanities Symposium Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

#MSUGlobalDH is baaaaack! Join us 👀 go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh

07.04.2025 19:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The fact that they write “permanent modern digital records” tells us that they know absolutely nothing about digital preservation

07.04.2025 12:27 — 👍 262    🔁 67    💬 13    📌 4

Join us live! go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh #MSUGlobalDH

07.04.2025 13:41 — 👍 4    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Join us on our livestream on Monday & Tuesday at go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh! See you then 💃

04.04.2025 17:44 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Final updated map of #MSUGlobalDH participants! public.flourish.studio/visualisatio... Thanks for a wonderful week of rich conversations. Looking forward to next week when we're in person at Michigan State University!

04.04.2025 17:41 — 👍 2    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
Global Digital Humanities Symposium Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Better shortlink here: go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh

04.04.2025 16:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Looks like my shortlink got messed up. Try this! go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh #MSUGlobalDH

04.04.2025 16:49 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Miriam Peña Pimentel, Ernesto Priani Saisó & Menno Van Zaanen (moderated by Michael Sinatra) are discussing how language shapes the Global DH #MSUGlobalDH

04.04.2025 16:43 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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MSU College of Arts & Letters The Arts & Humanities in Action Explore News → Attend Events → Discover Programs → Explore News Attend Events Discover Programs Research Studying How COVID Pandemic is Affecting Language Change News MSU COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) Information faculty Examining the Power…

The final session of the virtual program of @globaldhsymposium.bsky.social starts in five minutes! Don't miss the discussion between our keynotes, Miriam Peña Pimentel, Ernesto Priani Saisó, and Menno Van Zaanen. Watch live: go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh #MSUGlobalDH #DigitalHumanities

04.04.2025 16:25 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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Global Digital Humanities Symposium Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Day 3 of #MSUGlobalDH is LIVE! Don't miss out--join us! go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh

04.04.2025 13:08 — 👍 1    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

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