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Mike Kestemont
@mikekestemont.bsky.social
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Professor of Computational Humanities at the University of Antwerp. I work on cultural ecology and medieval literature. I love cooking outdoors. Brussels based. Python.

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Digital Humanities Potsdam @dhpotsdam.bsky.social · Jul 15
Stylo got the Zampolli prize for outstanding output in #DigitalHumanities 🏆 Congrats to Maciej Eder, @mikekestemont.bsky.social, Jan Rybicki, Joanna Byszuk, and all involved with the Computational Stylistics Group!👏 Prev. recipients were Voyant Tools, TEI, R. Siemens, C. Gaffield
#DH2025 #stylometry

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Christof Schöch @christof.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · Jul 15
Awesome and well-deserved! ADHO's 2026 Zampolli Prize goes to stylo and the Computational Stylistics group!!!

Learn more about the group and about stylo on their website: https://computationalstylistics.github.io/

#dh2025 @adho #zampolli #stylo #DigitalHumanities

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Jul 11
Did you ever buy a real print by J. Gutenberg through sheer luck? We did! Well, sort of... Read more about this incredible adventure in a wonderful @rebpaf.bsky.social blog post by Nicky Voorneveld: rebpaf.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/e... Many thx to @pieterbeullens.bsky.social for his expertise! 📚📖🔍
Experimenting in the Book Trade: From the Late 15th Century to 2025
Nicky Voorneveld, Universtiy of Antwerp The project of my fellow Antwerp REBPAF’er Marika Fox has been looking at auctions, specifically at what determines the value of rare books at auctions. This…
rebpaf.wordpress.com

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Jul 11
Curious about the fascinating Catholicon print? We recommend recent papers by @farleypkatz.bsky.social, advancing credible evidence that Needham's slugs theory must be false... This has serious implications for the dating and attribution of the print! TBC. independent.academia.edu/FarleyKatz
Farley Katz - Profile on Academia.edu
Farley P. Katz (Berkeley ‘71, Columbia Law ‘77) collects medieval manuscript fragments, sixteenth century printing, fossils (mostly Texas ammonites and…
independent.academia.edu

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Computational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · Jun 26
We are looking for a host for #CHR2026! Read the Call for Bids on our website, and submit your proposal by November, 10.

computational-humanities-research.org/hosting/

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Computational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · Jun 12
We are proud to have @miguelev.bsky.social (@cssh-nus.bsky.social, National University of Singapore) and Els Lefever (LT3 Language and Translation Technology, Ghent University) as keynote speakers at our CHR2025 conference in December. More: 2025.computational-humanities-research.org/news/keynote...

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Trismegistos @trismegistostm.bsky.social · May 26
In the earlier keynote, @mikekestemont.bsky.social presented an eco-computational approach to estimate the number of forgotten authors in the (ancient) Greek cultural production. He showed how he used a (bio)statistical model, filled with #TM (Authors/Works) numbers to calculate a minimum figure!

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École des chartes | PSL @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social · May 22
On June 11, discover how digital technologies are transforming the way we analyse, interpret, and teach historical texts and manuscripts. Four themed sessions on digital practices, AI tools, and more. Seminar organised by @kakapitan.bsky.social. Registration required ➡ https://lc.cx/y5g3wN

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · May 18
Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse.

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Katarzyna Anna Kapitan @kakapitan.bsky.social · May 13
2-yrs full-time #postdoc position in #digitalhumanities and #oldnorse in Paris at @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social open for applications - there were some issues with the pdf circular, so I published the text on my blog. Please circulate widely.
www.kakapitan.com/post/postdoc...
Postdoctoral Opportunity in Digital Humanities & Old Norse
I am pleased to share with you a new employment opportunity in the field of digital humanities, with a particular focus on computational philology and Old Norse studies, as part of my current project ...
www.kakapitan.com

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · May 9
Lees meer over het interuniversitaire liedproject waarbinnen dit doctoraatstraject kadert, o.m. in samenwerking met de prachtige Alamire Foundation: www.alamirefoundation.org/en/research/...

De financiering komt van FWO-Vlaanderen 🙏
New Perspectives on Medieval and Renaissance Courtly Song - Alamire Foundation
www.alamirefoundation.org

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · May 9
We hebben een aantrekkelijke vacature voor een doctoraatsstudent computationele letterkunde in ons team aan de @uantwerpen.be

Hou je van middeleeuwen, liederen en code? Zeker solliciteren!

Begeleiding met @remcosleiderink.bsky.social

www.uantwerpen.be/nl/jobs/vaca...
Doctoraatsbursaal computationele letterkunde binnen het interuniversitaire onderzoeksproject "New perspectives on medieval and renaissance courtly song" | Universiteit Antwerpen
YUFE vacature
www.uantwerpen.be

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Apr 18
But all the fun we had! I hope the fragment finds a nice new home.

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Pieter Beullens @pieterbeullens.bsky.social · Apr 1
FitMA is hiring! We are looking for a motivated PhD-candidate in medieval Latin philosophy to join our team @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social! Deadline for applications: 24 April
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD-candidate (4 years) for the project ‘Fluidity in the Medieval Aristotle. Readers and Readings of the Greek-Latin Translations’ (FitMA)
Interested in Greek-Latin translations of Aristotle?
www.kuleuven.be

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Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social · Mar 25
Join me for AI and Image Analysis at ESU DH 2025 in Besançon, France in July! The one week course will introduce AI methods such as object detection and MLLMs for analyzing images such as art, manuscripts, photography, and film. More details here: esudh.github.io

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Mar 23
With spring in the country, tomatoes were sown again in our house in Kraainem, including San Marzano, Lancelot and Marmande. Hopefully we will get better weather this year 🤞🍅🙏

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sharonmleon.bsky.social @sharonmleon.bsky.social · Mar 17
Without IMLS, there would be no Omeka and there would be no Zotero. Write to your representatives to defend IMLS today.

www.6floors.org/bracket/2025...
Seeds of Innovation: Defending IMLS – [bracket]
www.6floors.org

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Jean-Baptiste Camps @jbcamps.bsky.social · Mar 13
The CultureLab at PSL, Paris, is recruiting a research engineer in #dh, computational social sciences and cultural evolution.
We're looking for skills in data science, machine learning and programming.
4 years position.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/323661
Ingénieur de recherches en sciences humaines et sociales computationnelles
Project context and objectives:
euraxess.ec.europa.eu

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Mar 11
Thx for your generosity! I normally work with something like GEXF, but any raw data I can import into Gephi would be great!

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Mar 11
Looks awesome! I have to teach a session on Gephi for philologists soon in Antwerp: any chance you could share the data files for one of these beautiful networks already? (With proper attribution and reference to the book of course!)

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Marc van Oostendorp @fonolog.bsky.social · Feb 28
Science is imperfect, yet it remains our most reliable path to knowledge—and a great project of human collaboration.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
www.nature.com

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LostMa ERC @lostma.bsky.social · Feb 18
📣 Job offers
We are recruiting two PhD students in computational philology, to work on textual transmission with a methodology blending cultural evolution models, philology and data analysis 🧪
Deadline: 31 March 2025
The job advertisement, in png format page 2 page 3

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Feb 17
No fancy computational stuff; just plain old medieval Dutch philology! Let me know if you want access to the article. Our edition is still available open access: hbsr.mvn.huygens.knaw.nl
MVN Heber-Serrurecodex
hbsr.mvn.huygens.knaw.nl

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Feb 17
Through a contextualized reading, I argue that the manuscript has captured its maker coming to terms with the schismatic unrest in his 14th c. monastic community.
MVN Heber-Serrurecodex
hbsr.mvn.huygens.knaw.nl

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Feb 17
Were some medieval books only meant to be read by their very own makers? In my latest article (Quaerendo 2024), I argue that Ghent, UL, 1374 was indeed such a private manuscript:
doi.org/10.1163/1570...

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Zez Vaz @zezvaz.bsky.social · Feb 16
Thank you so much to all the new followers! I’ve been impressed by the spread of this cartoon and how much it resonated with people especially in the U.S.! I hope to keep inspiring you all with future cartoons.

It’s a pleasure to have you all on-board!
#politicalcartoonist #cybertruckman #zezvaz

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Feb 10
@bpavlekloebl.bsky.social
Could I reach out via DM or email with some newbie questions about Roman coins? 🙏

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Feb 10
awesome, thx!

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Feb 10
Dear friends, do I know anyone here who has experience in (digital) numismatics, in particular coin finds from Roman Antiquity? (Please repost if you might know someone!)

Thx for any pointers.

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Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Jan 29
In rainy Berlin for a lecture tonight at the Digital History Chair of the Humboldt University. As always, lots of unseen species on the menu, lost cultural diversity and my naughty great-great-auntie from 19th century Brussels. You can drop by by or follow online: