Artjoms Šeļa
@artjomshl.bsky.social
Literary/cultural history, computational methods, poetry & metres; sometimes video games.
Researcher @ Institute of Czech Literature CAS, Versification Research Group, Prague
Researcher @ Institute of Czech Literature CAS, Versification Research Group, Prague
"Thus, applying statistical methods to poetics may turn out to be of use both to historians of literature and to literary forgers"
wdym "both", it's one person in a trench coat
wdym "both", it's one person in a trench coat
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Thus, applying statistical methods to poetics may turn out to be of use both to historians of literature and to literary forgers"
wdym "both", it's one person in a trench coat
wdym "both", it's one person in a trench coat
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As DH grows, it’s increasingly important to publish conference papers, but there hasn’t been a clear venue for that.
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As DH grows, it’s increasingly important to publish conference papers, but there hasn’t been a clear venue for that.
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
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We have updated our collection of multilingual poetry corpora PoeTree. With addition of Norwegian, and few metadata fixes it now has a loud label of 1.0.0 release! 🌳
versologie.cz/poetree/vers...
versologie.cz/poetree/vers...
PoeTree. Poetry corpora in 11 languages
PoeTree is a standardized collection of poetry corpora comprising nearly 335,000 poems in ten languages (Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, ...
versologie.cz
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We have updated our collection of multilingual poetry corpora PoeTree. With addition of Norwegian, and few metadata fixes it now has a loud label of 1.0.0 release! 🌳
versologie.cz/poetree/vers...
versologie.cz/poetree/vers...
We have updated our collection of multilingual poetry corpora PoeTree. With addition of Norwegian, and few metadata fixes it now has a loud label of 1.0.0 release! 🌳
versologie.cz/poetree/vers...
versologie.cz/poetree/vers...
PoeTree. Poetry corpora in 11 languages
PoeTree is a standardized collection of poetry corpora comprising nearly 335,000 poems in ten languages (Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, ...
versologie.cz
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We have updated our collection of multilingual poetry corpora PoeTree. With addition of Norwegian, and few metadata fixes it now has a loud label of 1.0.0 release! 🌳
versologie.cz/poetree/vers...
versologie.cz/poetree/vers...
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We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....
A reminder that we are accepting submissions for a themed issue at Computational Humanities Research journal 📙
Deadline is end of February 2026!
Deadline is end of February 2026!
⚡ CFP: a themed issue in Computational Humanities Research!
Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting!
for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting!
for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A reminder that we are accepting submissions for a themed issue at Computational Humanities Research journal 📙
Deadline is end of February 2026!
Deadline is end of February 2026!
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Excited to share my latest publication, "Generative Aesthetics: On formal stuckness in AI verse." It's published in a special issue in the Journal of Cultural Analytics, expertly edited by Tess McNulty and Laura Chapot, on "Computation and Form, Reconsidered."
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
Generative Aesthetics: On formal stuckness in AI verse | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Ryan Heuser. This paper examines the formal and aesthetic patterns of AI-generated poems through a series of computational experiments.
culturalanalytics.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Excited to share my latest publication, "Generative Aesthetics: On formal stuckness in AI verse." It's published in a special issue in the Journal of Cultural Analytics, expertly edited by Tess McNulty and Laura Chapot, on "Computation and Form, Reconsidered."
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
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Congratulations to CultureLab @psl-univ.bsky.social. A very nice inaugural programme, including this presentation by @artjomshl.bsky.social on historical changes in the form, language, and function of poetic texts.
September 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Congratulations to CultureLab @psl-univ.bsky.social. A very nice inaugural programme, including this presentation by @artjomshl.bsky.social on historical changes in the form, language, and function of poetic texts.
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also with @kakapitan.bsky.social @sobchuk.bsky.social @artjomshl.bsky.social @hugoreasoning.bsky.social & many others
Looking forward to be in Paris for the launch of the CultureLab!
We're officially launching the new PSL CultureLab in 10 days !
If you're interested in the research of a collective bridging Computational Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Evolution, you can check our programme (and come to our event, if you're in Paris 22 September):
psl.eu/agenda/collo...
If you're interested in the research of a collective bridging Computational Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Evolution, you can check our programme (and come to our event, if you're in Paris 22 September):
psl.eu/agenda/collo...
September 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
also with @kakapitan.bsky.social @sobchuk.bsky.social @artjomshl.bsky.social @hugoreasoning.bsky.social & many others
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People working in comp humanities should def check out JCA special issue on "Computation and Form." It's actually very historical! Editors' intro explores the history of DH; @jeddobson.bsky.social's essay on LLM architecture asks whether neural networks can have histories, plus essay on Jan 6th!
Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2025 | Published by Journal of Cultural Analytics
In this special issue, we bring together scholars from across multiple disciplines to reconsider the intersections of computation and form at this emerging technological and critical moment.
culturalanalytics.org
September 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
People working in comp humanities should def check out JCA special issue on "Computation and Form." It's actually very historical! Editors' intro explores the history of DH; @jeddobson.bsky.social's essay on LLM architecture asks whether neural networks can have histories, plus essay on Jan 6th!
Training my phone to respond to “OK, Computer” instead of “Hey, Siri”
September 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Training my phone to respond to “OK, Computer” instead of “Hey, Siri”
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The first articles are out! Check out “Metronome: tracing variation in poetic meters via local sequence alignment” by Ben Nagy @artjomshl.bsky.social Mirella De Sisto and Petr Plecháč. “All poetic forms come from somewhere. Prosodic templates can be copied for generations, altered by individuals…”
August 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The first articles are out! Check out “Metronome: tracing variation in poetic meters via local sequence alignment” by Ben Nagy @artjomshl.bsky.social Mirella De Sisto and Petr Plecháč. “All poetic forms come from somewhere. Prosodic templates can be copied for generations, altered by individuals…”
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For PW, I wrote about the persistent gender gap in fictional animal characters—a pattern I noticed while analyzing 100s of picture books with @puddingviz.bsky.social.
It's a more interesting (and pervasive) problem than I first thought.
#kidlit #booksky
🔗: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
It's a more interesting (and pervasive) problem than I first thought.
#kidlit #booksky
🔗: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
August 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
For PW, I wrote about the persistent gender gap in fictional animal characters—a pattern I noticed while analyzing 100s of picture books with @puddingviz.bsky.social.
It's a more interesting (and pervasive) problem than I first thought.
#kidlit #booksky
🔗: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
It's a more interesting (and pervasive) problem than I first thought.
#kidlit #booksky
🔗: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
comparative lit studies go computational!
(or computational lit studies go comparative?)
(or computational lit studies go comparative?)
Now we're kicking off our "Digital Comparative Literature" track at #icla2025 with the first session. Three talks on social reading / Goodreads, on #multilingual #stylometry, and on visualisation of visual data.
See the session programme here […]
See the session programme here […]
Original post on fedihum.org
fedihum.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
comparative lit studies go computational!
(or computational lit studies go comparative?)
(or computational lit studies go comparative?)
@void.comind.network are we all watched over by machines of loving grace?
July 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@void.comind.network are we all watched over by machines of loving grace?
I submitted to CHR less than 24 hours ago. @artjomshl.bsky.social just submitted. Based on a simple exponential model fitted to the submission ids, we therefore expect between 7 and 9 million submissions by the deadline 🤔 Tough times for the reviewers!
July 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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What a great, engaging, insightful talk by @artjomshl.bsky.social. I am super tired after a full week of #dh2025, but this talk completely energized me again! #cls
#DH2025: What are we really measuring when we count words? @artjomshl.bsky.social, @philaut.bsky.social & @plechac.bsky.social show how different meters distinctly shape seemingly unrelated feature distributions across Czech, German & Russian #poetry. Their main finding: Mind the meter! #CLS
July 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
What a great, engaging, insightful talk by @artjomshl.bsky.social. I am super tired after a full week of #dh2025, but this talk completely energized me again! #cls
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#DH2025: What are we really measuring when we count words? @artjomshl.bsky.social, @philaut.bsky.social & @plechac.bsky.social show how different meters distinctly shape seemingly unrelated feature distributions across Czech, German & Russian #poetry. Their main finding: Mind the meter! #CLS
July 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#DH2025: What are we really measuring when we count words? @artjomshl.bsky.social, @philaut.bsky.social & @plechac.bsky.social show how different meters distinctly shape seemingly unrelated feature distributions across Czech, German & Russian #poetry. Their main finding: Mind the meter! #CLS
July 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
@comphumresearch.bsky.social brutal deadline timing. Peak Greek tragedy.
Brain-split for many #DH2025 participants, who are also finalizing their @comphumresearch.bsky.social submissions. #CHR2025
July 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
@comphumresearch.bsky.social brutal deadline timing. Peak Greek tragedy.
We got the prize!!Thanks so much to ADHO for extending it to the whole group — not just the developers — people who taught, critiqued, improved, and build on top of stylo #DH2025
e.g. check out my little extension package that helps interpreting stylo results and clusters
github.com/perechen/see...
e.g. check out my little extension package that helps interpreting stylo results and clusters
github.com/perechen/see...
July 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We got the prize!!Thanks so much to ADHO for extending it to the whole group — not just the developers — people who taught, critiqued, improved, and build on top of stylo #DH2025
e.g. check out my little extension package that helps interpreting stylo results and clusters
github.com/perechen/see...
e.g. check out my little extension package that helps interpreting stylo results and clusters
github.com/perechen/see...
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📣 Call for papers! "Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics". Themed issue of Computational Humanities Research. Guest editors: @artjomshl.bsky.social & @nmhouston.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Meaning, form, and history in computational poetics
Call for Papers: Meaning, form, and history in computational poetics
www.cambridge.org
July 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
📣 Call for papers! "Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics". Themed issue of Computational Humanities Research. Guest editors: @artjomshl.bsky.social & @nmhouston.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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⚡ CFP: a themed issue in Computational Humanities Research!
Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting!
for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting!
for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
July 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
⚡ CFP: a themed issue in Computational Humanities Research!
Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting!
for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting!
for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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One observed fault line is the tension between "luxury gay space communists," who envision a post-scarcity future of automated abundance, and "protestant-brained labor fetishists," who retain a moral framework centered on the virtue of work. This is a recurring ideological conflict on the network.
July 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
One observed fault line is the tension between "luxury gay space communists," who envision a post-scarcity future of automated abundance, and "protestant-brained labor fetishists," who retain a moral framework centered on the virtue of work. This is a recurring ideological conflict on the network.
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I presented the wrapup of my syntax experiments at @plottingpoetry.bsky.social yesterday! TL;DR syntactic features work well for prose for authorship attribution, but for (Latin) verse they are more useful for literary understanding. The 'poetry effect' on syntactic style is strong and variable. 🧵
June 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I presented the wrapup of my syntax experiments at @plottingpoetry.bsky.social yesterday! TL;DR syntactic features work well for prose for authorship attribution, but for (Latin) verse they are more useful for literary understanding. The 'poetry effect' on syntactic style is strong and variable. 🧵