Dr. Spencer D. C. Keralis
@hauntologist.bsky.social
Scholar of the past, present, and future of the book. Head of Digital Scholarship Services and Co-Director of the Center for Digital and Publich Humanities at UMKC. Crazy cat lady, half-assed foodie.
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Hey look, a book! Much appreciation to @hauntologist.bsky.social for pulling this thing over the finish line!!!!!!!! @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social and I have a manifesto on DH projects we are proud of!
DH+BH: An Interdisciplinary Collection on Digital Humanities and Book History
| Publishing Without Walls
iopn.library.illinois.edu
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hey look, a book! Much appreciation to @hauntologist.bsky.social for pulling this thing over the finish line!!!!!!!! @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social and I have a manifesto on DH projects we are proud of!
I'm so pleased to share that the book I co-edited with @caitcoker.bsky.social is now published! DH+BH is an open access collection of 8 essays exploring the intersections between digital humanities and history of the book.
iopn.library.illinois.edu/books/pww/ca...
iopn.library.illinois.edu/books/pww/ca...
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I'm so pleased to share that the book I co-edited with @caitcoker.bsky.social is now published! DH+BH is an open access collection of 8 essays exploring the intersections between digital humanities and history of the book.
iopn.library.illinois.edu/books/pww/ca...
iopn.library.illinois.edu/books/pww/ca...
Last Call! Submissions for #Academizines special issue close 9/15! journals.library.unt.edu/index.php/un...
CFP: Academizines!
| Unbound: A Journal of Digital Scholarship
journals.library.unt.edu
September 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Last Call! Submissions for #Academizines special issue close 9/15! journals.library.unt.edu/index.php/un...
Excited to return to #FestivalOfMonsters at @ucscmonsters.bsky.social in October with @samlangsdale.bsky.social and @passableghost.bsky.social. Our panel, Monstrous Transformations: Bodies, Gender, and the Disruption of the Social Self, is all about body horror, ecological collapse, and St. Vincent.
August 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Excited to return to #FestivalOfMonsters at @ucscmonsters.bsky.social in October with @samlangsdale.bsky.social and @passableghost.bsky.social. Our panel, Monstrous Transformations: Bodies, Gender, and the Disruption of the Social Self, is all about body horror, ecological collapse, and St. Vincent.
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My first ever completed Zine idea! "Why GenAI Sucks and You Should Not Use It" with 20 sources cited on the inside page. Thanks to all the researchers and journalists for the hard work I built from!
The scanned zine to print your own and all the references can be found at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI
The scanned zine to print your own and all the references can be found at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI
June 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
My first ever completed Zine idea! "Why GenAI Sucks and You Should Not Use It" with 20 sources cited on the inside page. Thanks to all the researchers and journalists for the hard work I built from!
The scanned zine to print your own and all the references can be found at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI
The scanned zine to print your own and all the references can be found at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI
CFP: Academizines! This special issue invites contributors from across the disciplines to share their research and creative scholarship in zine form. journals.library.unt.edu/index.php/un...
August 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
CFP: Academizines! This special issue invites contributors from across the disciplines to share their research and creative scholarship in zine form. journals.library.unt.edu/index.php/un...
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Receipts: impact.ach.org
You can use this @ach.bsky.social created tool to look up the impact of DOGE cuts to NEH funding for your state and congressional district! Then call/email/tag your reps to help us SAVE THE NEH. #savetheneh
You can use this @ach.bsky.social created tool to look up the impact of DOGE cuts to NEH funding for your state and congressional district! Then call/email/tag your reps to help us SAVE THE NEH. #savetheneh
NEH Grants 2025
NEH Grants 2025
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April 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Receipts: impact.ach.org
You can use this @ach.bsky.social created tool to look up the impact of DOGE cuts to NEH funding for your state and congressional district! Then call/email/tag your reps to help us SAVE THE NEH. #savetheneh
You can use this @ach.bsky.social created tool to look up the impact of DOGE cuts to NEH funding for your state and congressional district! Then call/email/tag your reps to help us SAVE THE NEH. #savetheneh
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Considering recent news about the NEH and IMLS, we are extending the deadline to submit proposals for ACH 2025 to April 14th. Read more at:
ACH 2025 CFP
Submit a proposal: ACH 2025 Conftool
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April 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Considering recent news about the NEH and IMLS, we are extending the deadline to submit proposals for ACH 2025 to April 14th. Read more at:
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Join us Wed, April 9th at 8am PT / 11am ET to contact your elected officials to advocate for the NEH and IMLS. We will provide links, talking points, messages, and scripts, including resources from colleagues such as the @humanitiesall.bsky.social. Register now:
Support the NEH: Virtual Direct Action Hour – ACH Membership
Help spread the word
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April 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join us Wed, April 9th at 8am PT / 11am ET to contact your elected officials to advocate for the NEH and IMLS. We will provide links, talking points, messages, and scripts, including resources from colleagues such as the @humanitiesall.bsky.social. Register now:
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If you are feeling discouraged, powerless, or terrified, it is so tempting to retreat into solitude, but you need to be in community right now. Come out tomorrow if you possibly can. handsoff2025.com
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
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April 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If you are feeling discouraged, powerless, or terrified, it is so tempting to retreat into solitude, but you need to be in community right now. Come out tomorrow if you possibly can. handsoff2025.com
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The AHA has released a statement condemning the evisceration of the National Endowment for the Humanities. “This frontal attack on the nation’s public culture is unpatriotic, anti-American, and unjustified.” 🗃️
Historians Defend the National Endowment for the Humanities and American Public Culture - AHA
The AHA has released a statement condemning the evisceration of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
www.historians.org
April 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The AHA has released a statement condemning the evisceration of the National Endowment for the Humanities. “This frontal attack on the nation’s public culture is unpatriotic, anti-American, and unjustified.” 🗃️
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Higher education in the U.S. is facing some of the sharpest attacks in its history. Join us on Friday, 4/11 at 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET for this rapid-response workshop, designed to give you the tools you need to write and pitch an op-ed. All are welcome. Register now:
ACH Op-Ed Workshop – ACH Membership
Help spread the word
members.ach.org
April 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Higher education in the U.S. is facing some of the sharpest attacks in its history. Join us on Friday, 4/11 at 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET for this rapid-response workshop, designed to give you the tools you need to write and pitch an op-ed. All are welcome. Register now:
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If your NEH grant has been terminated, tell the NHA through their form here 👇
The National Humanities Alliance is preparing a lawsuit. Please report your grant details here:
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Notify NHA about grant terminations!
We are collecting information about current grants that have been canceled since March 31st, 2025.
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April 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
If your NEH grant has been terminated, tell the NHA through their form here 👇
I love contributor copy day! Happy to be included in this hefty collection! My work with @spotvin.bsky.social and @emgrumbach.bsky.social has been such a wonderful journey!
January 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I love contributor copy day! Happy to be included in this hefty collection! My work with @spotvin.bsky.social and @emgrumbach.bsky.social has been such a wonderful journey!
I'm excited to share some new work at this event. dcsco-op.org/into-the-arc... Registration is open. Please join us and share widely!
April 11, 2024 at 3:40 PM
I'm excited to share some new work at this event. dcsco-op.org/into-the-arc... Registration is open. Please join us and share widely!
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It feels very joyful to have my first post here be about how @spotvin.bsky.social @hauntologist.bsky.social and I are closing our trilogy of articles (ten years in active collab!) with a call to mend, to re-center and recognize the human in our dh infrastructures. I <3 my brilliant friends.
March 22, 2024 at 8:52 PM
It feels very joyful to have my first post here be about how @spotvin.bsky.social @hauntologist.bsky.social and I are closing our trilogy of articles (ten years in active collab!) with a call to mend, to re-center and recognize the human in our dh infrastructures. I <3 my brilliant friends.
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Eos have also published a piece on how to cite indigenous oral knowledge, an important read 🧪⚒️ https://eos.org/articles/academic-citations-evolve-to-include-indigenous-oral-teachings
Academic Citations Evolve to Include Indigenous Oral Teachings - Eos
A librarian has developed citation templates for oral teachings shared by members of Indigenous communities.
eos.org
August 17, 2023 at 7:23 PM
Eos have also published a piece on how to cite indigenous oral knowledge, an important read 🧪⚒️ https://eos.org/articles/academic-citations-evolve-to-include-indigenous-oral-teachings
CFP: The Journal of Somaesthetics special issue Queering the Soma. Article Deadline: January 21, 2024. https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/JOS/announcement/view/204
August 18, 2023 at 3:33 PM
CFP: The Journal of Somaesthetics special issue Queering the Soma. Article Deadline: January 21, 2024. https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/JOS/announcement/view/204
Join us September 9 for a book talk with Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis, editors of the Vernon Press collection Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/star-wars-essays-exploring-a-galaxy-far-far-away-book-launch-tickets-697433320837
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/star-wars-essays-exploring-a-galaxy-far-far-away-book-launch-tickets-697433320837
Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away | Book Launch
Join us for a book talk with Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis, editors of the collection Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away.
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August 16, 2023 at 2:11 PM
Join us September 9 for a book talk with Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis, editors of the Vernon Press collection Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/star-wars-essays-exploring-a-galaxy-far-far-away-book-launch-tickets-697433320837
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/star-wars-essays-exploring-a-galaxy-far-far-away-book-launch-tickets-697433320837
I think we should shift the discourse away from co-authorship and toward posse cuts.
August 11, 2023 at 7:16 PM
I think we should shift the discourse away from co-authorship and toward posse cuts.
Friends! Joshua Jackson and Justin Wigard are discussing Dr. Jackson's excellent new book on exploitation in #videogame #labor tomorrow! Join us! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/who-comes-first-moving-past-passionate-exploitation-tickets-679021460467
Who Comes First: Moving Past Passionate Exploitation
Join us for a chat with Dr. Joshua Jackson (University of Derby) about his book Overcoming The Exploitation of Passion in Videogame Labor.
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August 11, 2023 at 6:07 PM
Friends! Joshua Jackson and Justin Wigard are discussing Dr. Jackson's excellent new book on exploitation in #videogame #labor tomorrow! Join us! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/who-comes-first-moving-past-passionate-exploitation-tickets-679021460467