DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
@dhssfau.bsky.social
Department Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @fau.de. Website: https://www.dhss.phil.fau.de/. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dhss_fau/ Newsletter: https://www.dhss.phil.fau.de/dhss-newsletter/
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Good news everyone!
Dr. Mila Oiva @mila-oiva.bsky.social
our former postdoctoral senior research fellow at @cudanlab.bsky.social in #Estonia, has been appointed #professor in Digital Humanities at FAU @dhssfau.bsky.social.
Congrats to Mila & my home state of #Bavaria! 🎉
Dr. Mila Oiva @mila-oiva.bsky.social
our former postdoctoral senior research fellow at @cudanlab.bsky.social in #Estonia, has been appointed #professor in Digital Humanities at FAU @dhssfau.bsky.social.
Congrats to Mila & my home state of #Bavaria! 🎉
Today, I appointed Mila Oiva (University of Turku, Finland) to a Professorship in Digital Humanities at FAU, focusing on images and objects.
She studies audiovisual heritage, especially historical newsreels (e.g., Soviet Novosti Dnya and Estonian newsreels).
Welcome to FAU, Mila.
She studies audiovisual heritage, especially historical newsreels (e.g., Soviet Novosti Dnya and Estonian newsreels).
Welcome to FAU, Mila.
January 29, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Good news everyone!
Dr. Mila Oiva @mila-oiva.bsky.social
our former postdoctoral senior research fellow at @cudanlab.bsky.social in #Estonia, has been appointed #professor in Digital Humanities at FAU @dhssfau.bsky.social.
Congrats to Mila & my home state of #Bavaria! 🎉
Dr. Mila Oiva @mila-oiva.bsky.social
our former postdoctoral senior research fellow at @cudanlab.bsky.social in #Estonia, has been appointed #professor in Digital Humanities at FAU @dhssfau.bsky.social.
Congrats to Mila & my home state of #Bavaria! 🎉
🎉Congratulations to @andreaswagnr.bsky.social on starting his research stay at the University of Birmingham, funded by a DAAD research grant.
He will spend five months continuing his PhD research and organising a children’s writing competition.
More details coming soon.
He will spend five months continuing his PhD research and organising a children’s writing competition.
More details coming soon.
January 28, 2026 at 1:09 PM
🎉Congratulations to @andreaswagnr.bsky.social on starting his research stay at the University of Birmingham, funded by a DAAD research grant.
He will spend five months continuing his PhD research and organising a children’s writing competition.
More details coming soon.
He will spend five months continuing his PhD research and organising a children’s writing competition.
More details coming soon.
We are so happy to receive such good news. Welcome to the department, Professor Mila Oiva! Everyone is eager to welcome you.
Today, I appointed Mila Oiva (University of Turku, Finland) to a Professorship in Digital Humanities at FAU, focusing on images and objects.
She studies audiovisual heritage, especially historical newsreels (e.g., Soviet Novosti Dnya and Estonian newsreels).
Welcome to FAU, Mila.
She studies audiovisual heritage, especially historical newsreels (e.g., Soviet Novosti Dnya and Estonian newsreels).
Welcome to FAU, Mila.
January 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
We are so happy to receive such good news. Welcome to the department, Professor Mila Oiva! Everyone is eager to welcome you.
👩💻DH Colloquium
We are pleased to invite you to a talk by @hannaschmueck.bsky.social on "Cross-Temporal and Cross-Linguistic Discourse Patterns: From 18th-Century Historiography to Reddit Discussions of Democracy"
📍 Room 00.026, Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
🗓️ Jan 28, 2026
🕒 4–6 PM
#fau #DHSS
We are pleased to invite you to a talk by @hannaschmueck.bsky.social on "Cross-Temporal and Cross-Linguistic Discourse Patterns: From 18th-Century Historiography to Reddit Discussions of Democracy"
📍 Room 00.026, Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
🗓️ Jan 28, 2026
🕒 4–6 PM
#fau #DHSS
January 26, 2026 at 11:07 AM
👩💻DH Colloquium
We are pleased to invite you to a talk by @hannaschmueck.bsky.social on "Cross-Temporal and Cross-Linguistic Discourse Patterns: From 18th-Century Historiography to Reddit Discussions of Democracy"
📍 Room 00.026, Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
🗓️ Jan 28, 2026
🕒 4–6 PM
#fau #DHSS
We are pleased to invite you to a talk by @hannaschmueck.bsky.social on "Cross-Temporal and Cross-Linguistic Discourse Patterns: From 18th-Century Historiography to Reddit Discussions of Democracy"
📍 Room 00.026, Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
🗓️ Jan 28, 2026
🕒 4–6 PM
#fau #DHSS
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Last week, we had a full house for the highly anticipated lecture by Prof. David Hannah @freshwaterflows.bsky.social on water in a changing environment. The talk held in our department @dhssfau.bsky.social was rich in detail, and the audience was highly engaged.
Photos by @michamahlberg.bsky.social
Photos by @michamahlberg.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Last week, we had a full house for the highly anticipated lecture by Prof. David Hannah @freshwaterflows.bsky.social on water in a changing environment. The talk held in our department @dhssfau.bsky.social was rich in detail, and the audience was highly engaged.
Photos by @michamahlberg.bsky.social
Photos by @michamahlberg.bsky.social
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Leaving the building of @dhssfau.bsky.social for the last time… for the next five months.
I‘m joining Prof. David Hannah at the #BISCA in Birmingham for my #DAAD funded research stay until July. I‘ll be hosting children‘s writing competitions and continuing my research on narratives of water.
I‘m joining Prof. David Hannah at the #BISCA in Birmingham for my #DAAD funded research stay until July. I‘ll be hosting children‘s writing competitions and continuing my research on narratives of water.
January 22, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Leaving the building of @dhssfau.bsky.social for the last time… for the next five months.
I‘m joining Prof. David Hannah at the #BISCA in Birmingham for my #DAAD funded research stay until July. I‘ll be hosting children‘s writing competitions and continuing my research on narratives of water.
I‘m joining Prof. David Hannah at the #BISCA in Birmingham for my #DAAD funded research stay until July. I‘ll be hosting children‘s writing competitions and continuing my research on narratives of water.
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Toller Tag in Kassel! Erster Stopp war das "Archiv der deutschen Frauenbewegung", Kooperationspartner für unser Projektmodul im Studiengang Digitale Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften.
January 21, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Toller Tag in Kassel! Erster Stopp war das "Archiv der deutschen Frauenbewegung", Kooperationspartner für unser Projektmodul im Studiengang Digitale Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften.
Unfortunately, we have to cancel Katharina Leyrer's talk in our DH #Colloquium tomorrow. Instead, we will have a Master thesis presentation! #DigitalHumanities #DHSS #FAU
Digital Humanities Colloquium
Jan 21, 2026, 4–6 PM
Katharina Leyrer will speak on Value Sensitive Design and how ethical questions can be addressed in digitalisation.
Room 00.026, Seminar Room 3
Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
All interested are welcome.
#DigitalHumanities #DHSS #FAU #Colloquium
Jan 21, 2026, 4–6 PM
Katharina Leyrer will speak on Value Sensitive Design and how ethical questions can be addressed in digitalisation.
Room 00.026, Seminar Room 3
Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
All interested are welcome.
#DigitalHumanities #DHSS #FAU #Colloquium
January 20, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Unfortunately, we have to cancel Katharina Leyrer's talk in our DH #Colloquium tomorrow. Instead, we will have a Master thesis presentation! #DigitalHumanities #DHSS #FAU
Outgoing talk by @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social on Gender, Speech Acts and Power: Digital Analyses of Editorial Interventions in Fairy Tales as part of the research colloquium "Measuring the Mind" at Universität Kassel.
📍 Kurt-Wolters-Str. 5, Room 3044
🗓 January 21, 2026
⏰ 4:15–5:45 PM
📍 Kurt-Wolters-Str. 5, Room 3044
🗓 January 21, 2026
⏰ 4:15–5:45 PM
January 19, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Outgoing talk by @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social on Gender, Speech Acts and Power: Digital Analyses of Editorial Interventions in Fairy Tales as part of the research colloquium "Measuring the Mind" at Universität Kassel.
📍 Kurt-Wolters-Str. 5, Room 3044
🗓 January 21, 2026
⏰ 4:15–5:45 PM
📍 Kurt-Wolters-Str. 5, Room 3044
🗓 January 21, 2026
⏰ 4:15–5:45 PM
Digital Humanities Colloquium
Jan 21, 2026, 4–6 PM
Katharina Leyrer will speak on Value Sensitive Design and how ethical questions can be addressed in digitalisation.
Room 00.026, Seminar Room 3
Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
All interested are welcome.
#DigitalHumanities #DHSS #FAU #Colloquium
Jan 21, 2026, 4–6 PM
Katharina Leyrer will speak on Value Sensitive Design and how ethical questions can be addressed in digitalisation.
Room 00.026, Seminar Room 3
Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
All interested are welcome.
#DigitalHumanities #DHSS #FAU #Colloquium
January 19, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Digital Humanities Colloquium
Jan 21, 2026, 4–6 PM
Katharina Leyrer will speak on Value Sensitive Design and how ethical questions can be addressed in digitalisation.
Room 00.026, Seminar Room 3
Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
All interested are welcome.
#DigitalHumanities #DHSS #FAU #Colloquium
Jan 21, 2026, 4–6 PM
Katharina Leyrer will speak on Value Sensitive Design and how ethical questions can be addressed in digitalisation.
Room 00.026, Seminar Room 3
Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
All interested are welcome.
#DigitalHumanities #DHSS #FAU #Colloquium
@mariannagracheva.bsky.social will give a talk titled "The Study of Register and Functional Correspondence". The talk is part of the Oberseminar/Kolloquium series organized by LS English Linguistics and IZ CoCoLex, FAU.
🗓 19 January 2026
⏰ 16:15–17:45
📍 Room C 301, Bismarckstraße 1, Erlangen
🗓 19 January 2026
⏰ 16:15–17:45
📍 Room C 301, Bismarckstraße 1, Erlangen
January 16, 2026 at 11:16 AM
@mariannagracheva.bsky.social will give a talk titled "The Study of Register and Functional Correspondence". The talk is part of the Oberseminar/Kolloquium series organized by LS English Linguistics and IZ CoCoLex, FAU.
🗓 19 January 2026
⏰ 16:15–17:45
📍 Room C 301, Bismarckstraße 1, Erlangen
🗓 19 January 2026
⏰ 16:15–17:45
📍 Room C 301, Bismarckstraße 1, Erlangen
Water in a Changing Environment: Too much, too little, too hot
Professor David M. Hannah (UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences) speaks at DHSS about how water quantity and quality respond to climate and other drivers of change.
📅 14 Jan 2026| ⏰ 12:30–14:00
📍 Nürnberger Straße 74, Room 00.013
#fau #DHSS
Professor David M. Hannah (UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences) speaks at DHSS about how water quantity and quality respond to climate and other drivers of change.
📅 14 Jan 2026| ⏰ 12:30–14:00
📍 Nürnberger Straße 74, Room 00.013
#fau #DHSS
January 9, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Outgoing talk by @katrohrbacher.bsky.social at Bielefeld University.
13 January 2026, 10:00–12:00
Hybrid, Lecture Hall X-E1-201 and Zoom
Measuring Narrative Space: A Computational Study of German and English Prose Fiction
Details and Zoom access:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2026/01/09/o...
13 January 2026, 10:00–12:00
Hybrid, Lecture Hall X-E1-201 and Zoom
Measuring Narrative Space: A Computational Study of German and English Prose Fiction
Details and Zoom access:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2026/01/09/o...
January 9, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Outgoing talk by @katrohrbacher.bsky.social at Bielefeld University.
13 January 2026, 10:00–12:00
Hybrid, Lecture Hall X-E1-201 and Zoom
Measuring Narrative Space: A Computational Study of German and English Prose Fiction
Details and Zoom access:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2026/01/09/o...
13 January 2026, 10:00–12:00
Hybrid, Lecture Hall X-E1-201 and Zoom
Measuring Narrative Space: A Computational Study of German and English Prose Fiction
Details and Zoom access:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2026/01/09/o...
We’re kicking off the new year with a new lecture in the DHSS Colloquium today! 🎓✨
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
January 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
We’re kicking off the new year with a new lecture in the DHSS Colloquium today! 🎓✨
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
From all of us, we wish you all a happy New Year and a Merry Christmas 🎄🎅 🎆.
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
From all of us, we wish you all a happy New Year and a Merry Christmas 🎄🎅 🎆.
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I love a bit of literary tourism - visiting places I know from stories in books and films. So what a joy it was to talk to Lee Jackson about #Dickensland!
Join us for the start of the new season of #LifeandLanguage
@victorianlondon.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0aB3...
Join us for the start of the new season of #LifeandLanguage
@victorianlondon.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0aB3...
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I love a bit of literary tourism - visiting places I know from stories in books and films. So what a joy it was to talk to Lee Jackson about #Dickensland!
Join us for the start of the new season of #LifeandLanguage
@victorianlondon.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0aB3...
Join us for the start of the new season of #LifeandLanguage
@victorianlondon.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0aB3...
We have a busy colloquium lined up for you today!
The last for this year, see all there 🙂.
The last for this year, see all there 🙂.
December 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We have a busy colloquium lined up for you today!
The last for this year, see all there 🙂.
The last for this year, see all there 🙂.
💧🌡️ Water in a Changing Environment: Too Much, Too Little, Too Hot
🎤 Prof. David M. Hannah (UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences, Univ. of Birmingham)
📅 14.01.2026 | ⏰ 12:30–14:00
📍 Nürnbergerstraße 74, Erlangen (Room 00.013)
@textandlanguagelab.bsky.social
#WaterScience #ClimateChange #Sustainability
🎤 Prof. David M. Hannah (UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences, Univ. of Birmingham)
📅 14.01.2026 | ⏰ 12:30–14:00
📍 Nürnbergerstraße 74, Erlangen (Room 00.013)
@textandlanguagelab.bsky.social
#WaterScience #ClimateChange #Sustainability
December 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
💧🌡️ Water in a Changing Environment: Too Much, Too Little, Too Hot
🎤 Prof. David M. Hannah (UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences, Univ. of Birmingham)
📅 14.01.2026 | ⏰ 12:30–14:00
📍 Nürnbergerstraße 74, Erlangen (Room 00.013)
@textandlanguagelab.bsky.social
#WaterScience #ClimateChange #Sustainability
🎤 Prof. David M. Hannah (UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences, Univ. of Birmingham)
📅 14.01.2026 | ⏰ 12:30–14:00
📍 Nürnbergerstraße 74, Erlangen (Room 00.013)
@textandlanguagelab.bsky.social
#WaterScience #ClimateChange #Sustainability
A new page and an exciting update from our Text and Language Lab!
The Text and Language Research Group, led by @michamahlberg.bsky.social, has just revealed its newly designed in-house logo! Created to reflect our identity in the DH, @dhssfau.bsky.social
More about the design in the description of our one-minute reveal film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol8q...
More about the design in the description of our one-minute reveal film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol8q...
Text and Language - Logo Reveal
YouTube video by Digital Humanities and Social Studies - FAU
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A new page and an exciting update from our Text and Language Lab!
Coming soon from the Text & Language Lab…
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Coming soon from the Text & Language Lab…
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I arrived in sunny Berlin and very much looking forward to our talk on creating structured data from auction catalogs #digitalhumanities @dhssfau.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I arrived in sunny Berlin and very much looking forward to our talk on creating structured data from auction catalogs #digitalhumanities @dhssfau.bsky.social
Today.
📅 Nov 26, 2025, 4–6 PM
📍 Room 00.026, Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
Anna Baryshnikova will be presenting her MA thesis:
“Genre-specific translation of Russian multiword expressions into German using LLMs.”
📅 Nov 26, 2025, 4–6 PM
📍 Room 00.026, Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
Anna Baryshnikova will be presenting her MA thesis:
“Genre-specific translation of Russian multiword expressions into German using LLMs.”
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Today.
📅 Nov 26, 2025, 4–6 PM
📍 Room 00.026, Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
Anna Baryshnikova will be presenting her MA thesis:
“Genre-specific translation of Russian multiword expressions into German using LLMs.”
📅 Nov 26, 2025, 4–6 PM
📍 Room 00.026, Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen
Anna Baryshnikova will be presenting her MA thesis:
“Genre-specific translation of Russian multiword expressions into German using LLMs.”
A lecture by @mariannagracheva.bsky.social at the Interdisciplinary Linguistic Colloquium Augsburg (ILKA).
ILKA addresses current issues in language, communication, and language culture, bringing together Romance, English, German, and computational linguistics at the University of Augsburg.
ILKA addresses current issues in language, communication, and language culture, bringing together Romance, English, German, and computational linguistics at the University of Augsburg.
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A lecture by @mariannagracheva.bsky.social at the Interdisciplinary Linguistic Colloquium Augsburg (ILKA).
ILKA addresses current issues in language, communication, and language culture, bringing together Romance, English, German, and computational linguistics at the University of Augsburg.
ILKA addresses current issues in language, communication, and language culture, bringing together Romance, English, German, and computational linguistics at the University of Augsburg.
A talk by @michamahlberg.bsky.social illuminates the interplay between AI and language and shows how strengthening digital skills also requires basic linguistic knowledge.
The talk is part of the #Bayern Innovativ event TRANSFERleben Breakfast Club in Erlangen – Strengthening Digital Skills.
The talk is part of the #Bayern Innovativ event TRANSFERleben Breakfast Club in Erlangen – Strengthening Digital Skills.
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A talk by @michamahlberg.bsky.social illuminates the interplay between AI and language and shows how strengthening digital skills also requires basic linguistic knowledge.
The talk is part of the #Bayern Innovativ event TRANSFERleben Breakfast Club in Erlangen – Strengthening Digital Skills.
The talk is part of the #Bayern Innovativ event TRANSFERleben Breakfast Club in Erlangen – Strengthening Digital Skills.