Svenja Guhr
@guhrs.bsky.social
Computational Literary Studies
Postdoc at @berkeleyischool.bsky.social
Founding member of @fortextlab.bsky.social
Visiting Scholar @stanfordlitlab.bsky.social
Editorial Ass. @jcls-io.bsky.social
Website: svenjaguhr.github.io
Postdoc at @berkeleyischool.bsky.social
Founding member of @fortextlab.bsky.social
Visiting Scholar @stanfordlitlab.bsky.social
Editorial Ass. @jcls-io.bsky.social
Website: svenjaguhr.github.io
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Read Alaska Native authors!
Thirty Days of Alaska Native Books: Day 1
With all of the books about/taking place in Alaska out there, it can be hard to identify which are actually written not only by Alaskans, but by Alaska Native authors. So I’ll be highlighting one A…
verastarbard.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Read Alaska Native authors!
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This week, we announce another article from #JCLS 4 (1):
Gilad Aviel Jacobson, @itaymm.bsky.social, and Yael Dekel. “From Readers to Data: #Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science” (10.48694/jcls.4169).
Check it out at: jcls.io/issue/118/in... #CLS #CCLS25 #CitizenScience
Gilad Aviel Jacobson, @itaymm.bsky.social, and Yael Dekel. “From Readers to Data: #Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science” (10.48694/jcls.4169).
Check it out at: jcls.io/issue/118/in... #CLS #CCLS25 #CitizenScience
From Readers to Data. Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science
We examine uncertainty in computational literary citizen science by analysing The Hebrew Novel Project, a large-scale initiative collecting reader interpretations of Hebrew novels. While citizen scien...
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This week, we announce another article from #JCLS 4 (1):
Gilad Aviel Jacobson, @itaymm.bsky.social, and Yael Dekel. “From Readers to Data: #Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science” (10.48694/jcls.4169).
Check it out at: jcls.io/issue/118/in... #CLS #CCLS25 #CitizenScience
Gilad Aviel Jacobson, @itaymm.bsky.social, and Yael Dekel. “From Readers to Data: #Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science” (10.48694/jcls.4169).
Check it out at: jcls.io/issue/118/in... #CLS #CCLS25 #CitizenScience
Reposted by Svenja Guhr
New paper out! Our Hebrew Novel Project started as a citizen science effort to collect data on thousands of novels. We quickly realized - surprise, surprise : ) - that reading is complex.
This week, we announce another article from #JCLS 4 (1):
Gilad Aviel Jacobson, @itaymm.bsky.social, and Yael Dekel. “From Readers to Data: #Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science” (10.48694/jcls.4169).
Check it out at: jcls.io/issue/118/in... #CLS #CCLS25 #CitizenScience
Gilad Aviel Jacobson, @itaymm.bsky.social, and Yael Dekel. “From Readers to Data: #Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science” (10.48694/jcls.4169).
Check it out at: jcls.io/issue/118/in... #CLS #CCLS25 #CitizenScience
From Readers to Data. Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science
We examine uncertainty in computational literary citizen science by analysing The Hebrew Novel Project, a large-scale initiative collecting reader interpretations of Hebrew novels. While citizen scien...
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New paper out! Our Hebrew Novel Project started as a citizen science effort to collect data on thousands of novels. We quickly realized - surprise, surprise : ) - that reading is complex.
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Just in time for #Halloween, my article on the uncanny in #Plautus’ “Ghost Play” is now available open access on Zenodo:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Find out how the scheming slave Tranio creates the perfect haunted house on stage to scare his master and... (1/2)
#ClassicsBluesky #RomanComedy
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Find out how the scheming slave Tranio creates the perfect haunted house on stage to scare his master and... (1/2)
#ClassicsBluesky #RomanComedy
a black and white cartoon of mickey mouse sitting on a set of stairs with a skeleton in the background .
ALT: a black and white cartoon of mickey mouse sitting on a set of stairs with a skeleton in the background .
media.tenor.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Just in time for #Halloween, my article on the uncanny in #Plautus’ “Ghost Play” is now available open access on Zenodo:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Find out how the scheming slave Tranio creates the perfect haunted house on stage to scare his master and... (1/2)
#ClassicsBluesky #RomanComedy
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Find out how the scheming slave Tranio creates the perfect haunted house on stage to scare his master and... (1/2)
#ClassicsBluesky #RomanComedy
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My paper "A Powerful Hades Is an Unpopular Dude. Dynamics of Power and Agency in Hades/Persephone Fanfiction" jcls.io/article/id/4... is now published with @jcls-io.bsky.social. Thanks so much to the editors and peer reviewers who made this possible. I am proud as a peacock! 🦚
A Powerful Hades Is an Unpopular Dude. Dynamics of Power and Agency in Hades/Persephone Fanfiction
This paper employs Riveter (Antoniak et al. 2023) to analyze the dynamics of power and agency between the characters of Persephone and Hades in 482 short works of fanfiction (369,809 words total) abou...
jcls.io
October 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
My paper "A Powerful Hades Is an Unpopular Dude. Dynamics of Power and Agency in Hades/Persephone Fanfiction" jcls.io/article/id/4... is now published with @jcls-io.bsky.social. Thanks so much to the editors and peer reviewers who made this possible. I am proud as a peacock! 🦚
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Furthermore, while #Hades' power correlates negatively with #StoryPopularity, #Persephone's agency correlates positively with it, leading to the fittingly playful title, 'A Powerful Hades Is an Unpopular Dude'.
October 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Furthermore, while #Hades' power correlates negatively with #StoryPopularity, #Persephone's agency correlates positively with it, leading to the fittingly playful title, 'A Powerful Hades Is an Unpopular Dude'.
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On average: Persephone shows higher power, while Hades exhibits higher agency — revealing shifting dynamics in myth reinterpretation. ⚖️
A fascinating look at #gender, #power & classical reception through #NLP and #fanfiction. ✨
A fascinating look at #gender, #power & classical reception through #NLP and #fanfiction. ✨
October 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
On average: Persephone shows higher power, while Hades exhibits higher agency — revealing shifting dynamics in myth reinterpretation. ⚖️
A fascinating look at #gender, #power & classical reception through #NLP and #fanfiction. ✨
A fascinating look at #gender, #power & classical reception through #NLP and #fanfiction. ✨
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@julianeugarten.bsky.social explores #power and #agency in fanfiction retellings of the #Persephone and #Hades myth — using #Riveter (by @mariaa.bsky.social et al. 2023), the study analyzes 482 #fanfiction stories to measure how Persephone and Hades are portrayed.
October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
@julianeugarten.bsky.social explores #power and #agency in fanfiction retellings of the #Persephone and #Hades myth — using #Riveter (by @mariaa.bsky.social et al. 2023), the study analyzes 482 #fanfiction stories to measure how Persephone and Hades are portrayed.
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Open Data & Code can be found archived on doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#DigitalHumanities #CulturalAnalytics #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CCLS2025 #CLS #JCLS
#DigitalHumanities #CulturalAnalytics #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CCLS2025 #CLS #JCLS
julianeugarten/CCLS2025: Finalized CCLS paper code
Code and derived data for a paper submitted to CCLS2025.
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Open Data & Code can be found archived on doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#DigitalHumanities #CulturalAnalytics #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CCLS2025 #CLS #JCLS
#DigitalHumanities #CulturalAnalytics #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CCLS2025 #CLS #JCLS
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We're thrilled to announce the 3rd article from JCLS 4 (1): @julianeugarten.bsky.social “A Powerful Hades Is an Unpopular Dude. Dynamics of Power and Agency in Hades/Persephone Fanfiction” (10.48694/jcls.4208). #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CLS #JCLS #DigitalHumanities #CCLS25
A Powerful Hades Is an Unpopular Dude. Dynamics of Power and Agency in Hades/Persephone Fanfiction
This paper employs Riveter (Antoniak et al. 2023) to analyze the dynamics of power and agency between the characters of Persephone and Hades in 482 short works of fanfiction (369,809 words total) abou...
jcls.io
October 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We're thrilled to announce the 3rd article from JCLS 4 (1): @julianeugarten.bsky.social “A Powerful Hades Is an Unpopular Dude. Dynamics of Power and Agency in Hades/Persephone Fanfiction” (10.48694/jcls.4208). #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CLS #JCLS #DigitalHumanities #CCLS25
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Folks in DH working with German-language data!
Here’s a resource I put together with corpora of both fiction and non-fiction works from the Gutenberg libraries, about 5,000 books in total, including metadata on genre and author gender 📚 🧮
openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
Here’s a resource I put together with corpora of both fiction and non-fiction works from the Gutenberg libraries, about 5,000 books in total, including metadata on genre and author gender 📚 🧮
openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
de-Corp: A Corpus of German-language Fiction and Non-Fiction (1780–1930) | Journal of Open Humanities Data
openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Folks in DH working with German-language data!
Here’s a resource I put together with corpora of both fiction and non-fiction works from the Gutenberg libraries, about 5,000 books in total, including metadata on genre and author gender 📚 🧮
openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
Here’s a resource I put together with corpora of both fiction and non-fiction works from the Gutenberg libraries, about 5,000 books in total, including metadata on genre and author gender 📚 🧮
openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
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We're looking for further use cases of #Janeway in conjunction with #LaTeX-based workflows (e.g. #Overleaf).
Are you working with #OJS or LaTeX-based workflows in #DOA and would like to share your experience with us?
@evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy #JCLS
Are you working with #OJS or LaTeX-based workflows in #DOA and would like to share your experience with us?
@evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy #JCLS
October 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We're looking for further use cases of #Janeway in conjunction with #LaTeX-based workflows (e.g. #Overleaf).
Are you working with #OJS or LaTeX-based workflows in #DOA and would like to share your experience with us?
@evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy #JCLS
Are you working with #OJS or LaTeX-based workflows in #DOA and would like to share your experience with us?
@evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy #JCLS
Are stories machines that make us feel? Yuri Bizzoni rethinks #SentimentAnalysis in #CLS in his talk at Atelier: "Narratologie et humanités numériques", ENS Paris/Sorbonne nouvelle
October 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Are stories machines that make us feel? Yuri Bizzoni rethinks #SentimentAnalysis in #CLS in his talk at Atelier: "Narratologie et humanités numériques", ENS Paris/Sorbonne nouvelle
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We're thrilled to see our publication out this week! 🥳
#JCLS is such a great place to publish our project results.
Many thanks to the editorial team for the quick publication process and for the great discussion at #CCLS2025!
--> #Code&Data can be found here:
github.com/literarylab/...
#JCLS is such a great place to publish our project results.
Many thanks to the editorial team for the quick publication process and for the great discussion at #CCLS2025!
--> #Code&Data can be found here:
github.com/literarylab/...
September 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM
We're thrilled to see our publication out this week! 🥳
#JCLS is such a great place to publish our project results.
Many thanks to the editorial team for the quick publication process and for the great discussion at #CCLS2025!
--> #Code&Data can be found here:
github.com/literarylab/...
#JCLS is such a great place to publish our project results.
Many thanks to the editorial team for the quick publication process and for the great discussion at #CCLS2025!
--> #Code&Data can be found here:
github.com/literarylab/...
Exciting to see my publication with @stanfordlitlab.bsky.social in #JCLS 4(1)! It's been such a great journey discovering #DomesticSpace in 19th-Century #English-language #fiction and presenting our results at #CCLS2025. 🏡🚢🏙️🌉
#CLS meets #spatial analysis! 🏡
"Making #BERT Feel at Home. Modelling #DomesticSpace in #19th-Century British and Irish #Fiction" by @guhrs.bsky.social, J. Monaco, @alexsherman.bsky.social, @mattgwr.bsky.social and M. Algee-Hewitt is now live at #JCLS 4(1). 10.48694/jcls.4164 #transformer
"Making #BERT Feel at Home. Modelling #DomesticSpace in #19th-Century British and Irish #Fiction" by @guhrs.bsky.social, J. Monaco, @alexsherman.bsky.social, @mattgwr.bsky.social and M. Algee-Hewitt is now live at #JCLS 4(1). 10.48694/jcls.4164 #transformer
September 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Exciting to see my publication with @stanfordlitlab.bsky.social in #JCLS 4(1)! It's been such a great journey discovering #DomesticSpace in 19th-Century #English-language #fiction and presenting our results at #CCLS2025. 🏡🚢🏙️🌉
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✍️ Mark your calendars - here are the important dates:
🏰 CCLS26 takes place from 28-29, 2026, at the @unipotsdam.bsky.social, Germany;
🗓️ Deadline for submissions: January 8, 2026;
🔜 Submissions open: starting November 3, 2025.
jcls.io/site/dates/
🏰 CCLS26 takes place from 28-29, 2026, at the @unipotsdam.bsky.social, Germany;
🗓️ Deadline for submissions: January 8, 2026;
🔜 Submissions open: starting November 3, 2025.
jcls.io/site/dates/
Important Dates
jcls.io
September 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
✍️ Mark your calendars - here are the important dates:
🏰 CCLS26 takes place from 28-29, 2026, at the @unipotsdam.bsky.social, Germany;
🗓️ Deadline for submissions: January 8, 2026;
🔜 Submissions open: starting November 3, 2025.
jcls.io/site/dates/
🏰 CCLS26 takes place from 28-29, 2026, at the @unipotsdam.bsky.social, Germany;
🗓️ Deadline for submissions: January 8, 2026;
🔜 Submissions open: starting November 3, 2025.
jcls.io/site/dates/
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🗓️ We are thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for the conference+journal track of the 5th annual Conference of Computational Literary Studies, May 28-29, 2026, in #Potsdam, #Germany! #CCLS26 #CfP
Submit your article by January 8, 2026, and be part of our big 5-year jubilee edition! 🥳🥳🥳
Submit your article by January 8, 2026, and be part of our big 5-year jubilee edition! 🥳🥳🥳
Call for Papers
jcls.io
September 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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The UC Berkeley School of Information is hiring an assistant professor in the broad field of Information--including areas of info seeking/retrieval, digital humanities, cultural analytics, info viz, & philosophy of information (among others). Deadline Nov 1! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05014
Assistant Professor - Information - School of Information
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The UC Berkeley School of Information is hiring an assistant professor in the broad field of Information--including areas of info seeking/retrieval, digital humanities, cultural analytics, info viz, & philosophy of information (among others). Deadline Nov 1! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05014
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Journal of Computational Literary Studies has the most beautiful journal design — and such a great team behind it! Happy and honoured to be published here: bsky.app/profile/jcls... Many thanks to everyone involved! 💙
How do literary communities actually form?
@maria-lev.bsky.social analyzes the networks of collaboration and aesthetic affinity that are documented through cultural events — e.g. readings, book launches, festivals. These real-world networks often remain invisible in text-based literary history.
@maria-lev.bsky.social analyzes the networks of collaboration and aesthetic affinity that are documented through cultural events — e.g. readings, book launches, festivals. These real-world networks often remain invisible in text-based literary history.
September 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Journal of Computational Literary Studies has the most beautiful journal design — and such a great team behind it! Happy and honoured to be published here: bsky.app/profile/jcls... Many thanks to everyone involved! 💙
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🚨 News alert!
Want to publish a #CLS journal article in < 8 months with #double-blind #PeerReview, a preprint at the conference, open peer review, code review, and beautiful design?
We're excited to announce that the first article from this year's JCLS conference track has just been published! 🚀
Want to publish a #CLS journal article in < 8 months with #double-blind #PeerReview, a preprint at the conference, open peer review, code review, and beautiful design?
We're excited to announce that the first article from this year's JCLS conference track has just been published! 🚀
September 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚨 News alert!
Want to publish a #CLS journal article in < 8 months with #double-blind #PeerReview, a preprint at the conference, open peer review, code review, and beautiful design?
We're excited to announce that the first article from this year's JCLS conference track has just been published! 🚀
Want to publish a #CLS journal article in < 8 months with #double-blind #PeerReview, a preprint at the conference, open peer review, code review, and beautiful design?
We're excited to announce that the first article from this year's JCLS conference track has just been published! 🚀
Reposted by Svenja Guhr
- Methodology & results on JCLS 4(1): doi.org/10.48694/jcl...
A model for studying cultural communities far beyond St. Petersburg.
#DigitalHumanities #CulturalNetworkAnalysis #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CCLS2025 #CLS #JCLS
A model for studying cultural communities far beyond St. Petersburg.
#DigitalHumanities #CulturalNetworkAnalysis #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CCLS2025 #CLS #JCLS
September 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
- Methodology & results on JCLS 4(1): doi.org/10.48694/jcl...
A model for studying cultural communities far beyond St. Petersburg.
#DigitalHumanities #CulturalNetworkAnalysis #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CCLS2025 #CLS #JCLS
A model for studying cultural communities far beyond St. Petersburg.
#DigitalHumanities #CulturalNetworkAnalysis #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CCLS2025 #CLS #JCLS
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Open Data & Code
- Dataset (15k+ events) on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1375...
- Processing pipeline & analysis tools on GitHub: github.com/mary-lev/lit...
- Dataset (15k+ events) on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1375...
- Processing pipeline & analysis tools on GitHub: github.com/mary-lev/lit...
Literary Events in Saint Petersburg (1999-2019) from SPbLitGuide Newsletters
This dataset contains detailed entries of cultural and literary events in Saint Petersburg from May 1999 to October 2019, as documented in the SPbLitGuide newsletters. The original newsletter, created...
zenodo.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Open Data & Code
- Dataset (15k+ events) on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1375...
- Processing pipeline & analysis tools on GitHub: github.com/mary-lev/lit...
- Dataset (15k+ events) on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1375...
- Processing pipeline & analysis tools on GitHub: github.com/mary-lev/lit...
Reposted by Svenja Guhr
How do literary communities actually form?
@maria-lev.bsky.social analyzes the networks of collaboration and aesthetic affinity that are documented through cultural events — e.g. readings, book launches, festivals. These real-world networks often remain invisible in text-based literary history.
@maria-lev.bsky.social analyzes the networks of collaboration and aesthetic affinity that are documented through cultural events — e.g. readings, book launches, festivals. These real-world networks often remain invisible in text-based literary history.
September 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
How do literary communities actually form?
@maria-lev.bsky.social analyzes the networks of collaboration and aesthetic affinity that are documented through cultural events — e.g. readings, book launches, festivals. These real-world networks often remain invisible in text-based literary history.
@maria-lev.bsky.social analyzes the networks of collaboration and aesthetic affinity that are documented through cultural events — e.g. readings, book launches, festivals. These real-world networks often remain invisible in text-based literary history.
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The study maps 20 years of literary life in St. Petersburg (1999–2019) analyzing events as community-structuring mechanisms.
📊 15,012 events · 11,777 participants · 862 venues · over 100,000 attendance records
📊 15,012 events · 11,777 participants · 862 venues · over 100,000 attendance records
September 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The study maps 20 years of literary life in St. Petersburg (1999–2019) analyzing events as community-structuring mechanisms.
📊 15,012 events · 11,777 participants · 862 venues · over 100,000 attendance records
📊 15,012 events · 11,777 participants · 862 venues · over 100,000 attendance records
Reposted by Svenja Guhr
@maria-lev.bsky.social’s "Computational Analysis of Literary Communities. Event-Based Social Network Study of St. Petersburg 1999-2019" is now live in the "Journal of Computational Literary Studies" 4(1)
👉 doi.org/10.48694/jcl...
👉 doi.org/10.48694/jcl...
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@maria-lev.bsky.social’s "Computational Analysis of Literary Communities. Event-Based Social Network Study of St. Petersburg 1999-2019" is now live in the "Journal of Computational Literary Studies" 4(1)
👉 doi.org/10.48694/jcl...
👉 doi.org/10.48694/jcl...