Hélène Rey
@helenerey.bsky.social
🏺 Archaeology & Cultural Studies researcher, with a touch of Digital Humanities | King's College London & UCL IoA alumna
🔎 Researching cultural interactions in Mongol Eurasia (focus Syriac Christianity)
💼 Middle East Project Manager
📚 Lifelong learning
🔎 Researching cultural interactions in Mongol Eurasia (focus Syriac Christianity)
💼 Middle East Project Manager
📚 Lifelong learning
Pinned
🎉 My abstract was accepted for the 14th Symposium Syriacum in Bucharest 🇷🇴
I'll be presenting on how Turco-Mongol communities adapted East Syriac Christianity in 13th-14th century Central Eurasia - looking at archaeological evidence of identity formation along the Silk Roads
#mongolsky #medievalsky
I'll be presenting on how Turco-Mongol communities adapted East Syriac Christianity in 13th-14th century Central Eurasia - looking at archaeological evidence of identity formation along the Silk Roads
#mongolsky #medievalsky
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A reminder that our 2026 season of free online seminars gets under way on Friday, Janaury 30, with "Traders and Produce in Early Modern Orkney".
Trade in Early Modern Orkney kicks off 2026 seminar season
A reminder that our 2026 season of free online seminars gets under way on Friday, Janaury 30, with "Traders and Produce in Early Modern Orkney".
archaeologyorkney.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:57 PM
A reminder that our 2026 season of free online seminars gets under way on Friday, Janaury 30, with "Traders and Produce in Early Modern Orkney".
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Digitization & cataloging is complete for one manuscript (CAB 00001) in the collection of the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Baṣrah, Iraq: a book of funeral liturgies in Syriac, copied in 1883 CE.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hWpyL3
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hWpyL3
January 26, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Digitization & cataloging is complete for one manuscript (CAB 00001) in the collection of the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Baṣrah, Iraq: a book of funeral liturgies in Syriac, copied in 1883 CE.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hWpyL3
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hWpyL3
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In-person, Edinburgh, UK:
I need 1 more person to enrol by tomorrow morning! Thank you!
adulteducationedinburgh.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
adulteducationedinburgh.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
January 22, 2026 at 5:12 PM
In-person, Edinburgh, UK:
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New Open Access book co-edited by Prof Michelle Alexander, this multidisciplinary study dives into the frontier landscapes of medieval Spain and Southern France 🇪🇸🇫🇷. Features isotopic analyses from Michelle & Maite García-Collado via York’s BioArCh labs! 🧪 www.jstor.org/stable/jj.36...
January 20, 2026 at 2:16 PM
New Open Access book co-edited by Prof Michelle Alexander, this multidisciplinary study dives into the frontier landscapes of medieval Spain and Southern France 🇪🇸🇫🇷. Features isotopic analyses from Michelle & Maite García-Collado via York’s BioArCh labs! 🧪 www.jstor.org/stable/jj.36...
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"We are building a comprehensive Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Knowledge Graph. Its goal is to connect fragmented SSH data (across disciplines, repositories, and formats) to make research outputs easier to discover, understand, and reuse."
GRAPHIA webinar:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
GRAPHIA webinar:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Why a Knowledge Graph for SSH? Concrete Use Cases with GRAPHIA. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
This session offers an accessible introduction to the GRAPHIA knowledge graph. Through concrete use cases, participants will explore graph databases and discover how these technologies can relate to t...
us02web.zoom.us
January 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
"We are building a comprehensive Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Knowledge Graph. Its goal is to connect fragmented SSH data (across disciplines, repositories, and formats) to make research outputs easier to discover, understand, and reuse."
GRAPHIA webinar:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
GRAPHIA webinar:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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📫 Our January #newsletter is out!
✨ Featuring recent DO posts, our 'AI and Digital Humanities' conference proceedings, and announcements.
🔗 tinyurl.com/do-Jan26
✨ Featuring recent DO posts, our 'AI and Digital Humanities' conference proceedings, and announcements.
🔗 tinyurl.com/do-Jan26
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
📫 Our January #newsletter is out!
✨ Featuring recent DO posts, our 'AI and Digital Humanities' conference proceedings, and announcements.
🔗 tinyurl.com/do-Jan26
✨ Featuring recent DO posts, our 'AI and Digital Humanities' conference proceedings, and announcements.
🔗 tinyurl.com/do-Jan26
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Skills in UX/UI Design, Coding Web/Application Development, Systems Integration +/or Database Mgmt?
Join us in York (UK) to:
- Experiment with real museum data and problems
- Collaborate with a small, focused group of people
- Influence the future of collections use knowledge
Link in Alt Text 👇
Join us in York (UK) to:
- Experiment with real museum data and problems
- Collaborate with a small, focused group of people
- Influence the future of collections use knowledge
Link in Alt Text 👇
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Skills in UX/UI Design, Coding Web/Application Development, Systems Integration +/or Database Mgmt?
Join us in York (UK) to:
- Experiment with real museum data and problems
- Collaborate with a small, focused group of people
- Influence the future of collections use knowledge
Link in Alt Text 👇
Join us in York (UK) to:
- Experiment with real museum data and problems
- Collaborate with a small, focused group of people
- Influence the future of collections use knowledge
Link in Alt Text 👇
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Back at work this week and I wanted to share something that's actually a cool history post and not just, like, anti-imperialist rage. This is a Buddhist 'dharani' amulet found in a tomb at Chang'an (modern Xi'an) in northern China. It was *printed* (probably by monks) circa 650-670 CE.
January 7, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Back at work this week and I wanted to share something that's actually a cool history post and not just, like, anti-imperialist rage. This is a Buddhist 'dharani' amulet found in a tomb at Chang'an (modern Xi'an) in northern China. It was *printed* (probably by monks) circa 650-670 CE.
The congress theme is "Peace and Dialogue for the Preservation of Literary & Material Heritage" - deeply relevant work!
Can’t wait to meet colleagues and exploring how we understand intercultural encounters in the medieval world.
🤩 Hope to see you there!
🔗 symposium-syriacum-2026-bucharest.com
Can’t wait to meet colleagues and exploring how we understand intercultural encounters in the medieval world.
🤩 Hope to see you there!
🔗 symposium-syriacum-2026-bucharest.com
About the congress - Symposium Syriacum Bucharest
About the congress
symposium-syriacum-2026-bucharest.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The congress theme is "Peace and Dialogue for the Preservation of Literary & Material Heritage" - deeply relevant work!
Can’t wait to meet colleagues and exploring how we understand intercultural encounters in the medieval world.
🤩 Hope to see you there!
🔗 symposium-syriacum-2026-bucharest.com
Can’t wait to meet colleagues and exploring how we understand intercultural encounters in the medieval world.
🤩 Hope to see you there!
🔗 symposium-syriacum-2026-bucharest.com
🎉 My abstract was accepted for the 14th Symposium Syriacum in Bucharest 🇷🇴
I'll be presenting on how Turco-Mongol communities adapted East Syriac Christianity in 13th-14th century Central Eurasia - looking at archaeological evidence of identity formation along the Silk Roads
#mongolsky #medievalsky
I'll be presenting on how Turco-Mongol communities adapted East Syriac Christianity in 13th-14th century Central Eurasia - looking at archaeological evidence of identity formation along the Silk Roads
#mongolsky #medievalsky
January 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
🎉 My abstract was accepted for the 14th Symposium Syriacum in Bucharest 🇷🇴
I'll be presenting on how Turco-Mongol communities adapted East Syriac Christianity in 13th-14th century Central Eurasia - looking at archaeological evidence of identity formation along the Silk Roads
#mongolsky #medievalsky
I'll be presenting on how Turco-Mongol communities adapted East Syriac Christianity in 13th-14th century Central Eurasia - looking at archaeological evidence of identity formation along the Silk Roads
#mongolsky #medievalsky
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#BookSky: this year’s Winter Lecture Series begins on January 28 at 11 a.m. (CT). Join HMML staff Wayne Torborg, Dr. Catherine Walsh, and John Meyerhofer as they discuss “The Extraordinary, Ordinary Work of Building a Digital Library.”
Register for this free, virtual program at hmml.org/events.
Register for this free, virtual program at hmml.org/events.
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
#BookSky: this year’s Winter Lecture Series begins on January 28 at 11 a.m. (CT). Join HMML staff Wayne Torborg, Dr. Catherine Walsh, and John Meyerhofer as they discuss “The Extraordinary, Ordinary Work of Building a Digital Library.”
Register for this free, virtual program at hmml.org/events.
Register for this free, virtual program at hmml.org/events.
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The @ucl.ac.uk -led CAAL project has reached an important agreement with Kazakhstan to establish a unified digital platform for the historical & cultural heritage of Central Asian countries.
Read more here:
📲 bit.ly/45h72I1
#LocalAndGlobal
Read more here:
📲 bit.ly/45h72I1
#LocalAndGlobal
Creation of a Central Asian Cultural Heritage Digital Platform
The UCL-led CAAL project has reached an important agreement with Kazakhstan to establish a unified digital platform for the historical and cultural heritage of Central Asian countries.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The @ucl.ac.uk -led CAAL project has reached an important agreement with Kazakhstan to establish a unified digital platform for the historical & cultural heritage of Central Asian countries.
Read more here:
📲 bit.ly/45h72I1
#LocalAndGlobal
Read more here:
📲 bit.ly/45h72I1
#LocalAndGlobal
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📣 MAHSA & MAEASaM host CAA-UK 25!
Last week we welcomed a record number of delegates to Cambridge for the CAA-UK conference on computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology. (1/2) @rebecca-roberts.bsky.social
Last week we welcomed a record number of delegates to Cambridge for the CAA-UK conference on computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology. (1/2) @rebecca-roberts.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
📣 MAHSA & MAEASaM host CAA-UK 25!
Last week we welcomed a record number of delegates to Cambridge for the CAA-UK conference on computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology. (1/2) @rebecca-roberts.bsky.social
Last week we welcomed a record number of delegates to Cambridge for the CAA-UK conference on computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology. (1/2) @rebecca-roberts.bsky.social
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TODAY 16:15 CET HYBRID @bbaw.bsky.social + ZOOM: “Three Perspectives on the Potentials and Limits of Digital Archaeology“ with Raffaele Rizzo / Salent, Michele Pirro Leo / Rom and Vincenzo Ria / Rom. Info to join: digital-classicist.bbaw.de/programme/pr... #digiclass
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
TODAY 16:15 CET HYBRID @bbaw.bsky.social + ZOOM: “Three Perspectives on the Potentials and Limits of Digital Archaeology“ with Raffaele Rizzo / Salent, Michele Pirro Leo / Rom and Vincenzo Ria / Rom. Info to join: digital-classicist.bbaw.de/programme/pr... #digiclass
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A collaborative archaeological team, including @ucl.ac.uk researchers, has found the earliest evidence of early humans intentionally making fire, nearly 350,000 years earlier than previously thought.
📲 bit.ly/4pS0Wq9
#FocusFriday #LocalAndGlobal
📲 bit.ly/4pS0Wq9
#FocusFriday #LocalAndGlobal
December 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A collaborative archaeological team, including @ucl.ac.uk researchers, has found the earliest evidence of early humans intentionally making fire, nearly 350,000 years earlier than previously thought.
📲 bit.ly/4pS0Wq9
#FocusFriday #LocalAndGlobal
📲 bit.ly/4pS0Wq9
#FocusFriday #LocalAndGlobal
Blown away by the quality of the papers at #CAAUK2025 today!
Some favourites:
- Simulating Late Muisca Geopolitical Patterns @ehmalatesta.bsky.social
- Exploring AI for Archaeological Record Digitisation @alientalks.bsky.social
Many foods for thoughts! Next stop: @caaint.bsky.social in Vienna
Some favourites:
- Simulating Late Muisca Geopolitical Patterns @ehmalatesta.bsky.social
- Exploring AI for Archaeological Record Digitisation @alientalks.bsky.social
Many foods for thoughts! Next stop: @caaint.bsky.social in Vienna
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Blown away by the quality of the papers at #CAAUK2025 today!
Some favourites:
- Simulating Late Muisca Geopolitical Patterns @ehmalatesta.bsky.social
- Exploring AI for Archaeological Record Digitisation @alientalks.bsky.social
Many foods for thoughts! Next stop: @caaint.bsky.social in Vienna
Some favourites:
- Simulating Late Muisca Geopolitical Patterns @ehmalatesta.bsky.social
- Exploring AI for Archaeological Record Digitisation @alientalks.bsky.social
Many foods for thoughts! Next stop: @caaint.bsky.social in Vienna
Merci pour tout le travail qui se cache derrière ce calendrier!
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Merci pour tout le travail qui se cache derrière ce calendrier!
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Good Morning - it's Day 2 of #CAAUK2025!
Today we’re diving into modelling the past and exploring new digital horizons — grab a coffee and join us for Session 3 at 09:30 ☕
#DigitalArchaeology #CAAUK
Today we’re diving into modelling the past and exploring new digital horizons — grab a coffee and join us for Session 3 at 09:30 ☕
#DigitalArchaeology #CAAUK
December 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Good Morning - it's Day 2 of #CAAUK2025!
Today we’re diving into modelling the past and exploring new digital horizons — grab a coffee and join us for Session 3 at 09:30 ☕
#DigitalArchaeology #CAAUK
Today we’re diving into modelling the past and exploring new digital horizons — grab a coffee and join us for Session 3 at 09:30 ☕
#DigitalArchaeology #CAAUK
If you want to learn more about the people around Chinggis Khan, follow this very insightful thread! You even get to brush up on your French 😄 #mongolsky
📣📆🎁
Cette année, en guise de calendrier de l'avent mongol, ce sera chaque jour, du 1er au 24, un personnage lié à l'histoire de Chinggis Khan et à son essor.
#MongolAdvent #mongolsky #medievalsky
Cette année, en guise de calendrier de l'avent mongol, ce sera chaque jour, du 1er au 24, un personnage lié à l'histoire de Chinggis Khan et à son essor.
#MongolAdvent #mongolsky #medievalsky
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
If you want to learn more about the people around Chinggis Khan, follow this very insightful thread! You even get to brush up on your French 😄 #mongolsky
And many other wonderful contributions, in particular from several @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social students! Thanks to @caa-uk.bsky.social for organising and allowing for online participation — looking forward to day 2!
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
And many other wonderful contributions, in particular from several @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social students! Thanks to @caa-uk.bsky.social for organising and allowing for online participation — looking forward to day 2!
Great 1st day at #CAAUK2025!
Highlights:
👉 Intro to @archesproject.bsky.social, including a step-by-step setup by Jack Tomaney @mahsa-project.bsky.social
👉 Inspiring work by @shriyagautam.bsky.social & the #speakingarchaeologically team - incredible storytelling and #communityarchaeology work
Highlights:
👉 Intro to @archesproject.bsky.social, including a step-by-step setup by Jack Tomaney @mahsa-project.bsky.social
👉 Inspiring work by @shriyagautam.bsky.social & the #speakingarchaeologically team - incredible storytelling and #communityarchaeology work
December 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Great 1st day at #CAAUK2025!
Highlights:
👉 Intro to @archesproject.bsky.social, including a step-by-step setup by Jack Tomaney @mahsa-project.bsky.social
👉 Inspiring work by @shriyagautam.bsky.social & the #speakingarchaeologically team - incredible storytelling and #communityarchaeology work
Highlights:
👉 Intro to @archesproject.bsky.social, including a step-by-step setup by Jack Tomaney @mahsa-project.bsky.social
👉 Inspiring work by @shriyagautam.bsky.social & the #speakingarchaeologically team - incredible storytelling and #communityarchaeology work
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That’s a wrap on #CAAUK2025 Session 1!
A great set of landscape-focused papers with insights into mapping, modelling, GIS limitations, and changing landscapes across Avebury, Africa, India, Europe & Lebanon.
#DigitalArchaeology #CAAUK #Archaeology
A great set of landscape-focused papers with insights into mapping, modelling, GIS limitations, and changing landscapes across Avebury, Africa, India, Europe & Lebanon.
#DigitalArchaeology #CAAUK #Archaeology
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
That’s a wrap on #CAAUK2025 Session 1!
A great set of landscape-focused papers with insights into mapping, modelling, GIS limitations, and changing landscapes across Avebury, Africa, India, Europe & Lebanon.
#DigitalArchaeology #CAAUK #Archaeology
A great set of landscape-focused papers with insights into mapping, modelling, GIS limitations, and changing landscapes across Avebury, Africa, India, Europe & Lebanon.
#DigitalArchaeology #CAAUK #Archaeology
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CAA-UK starts next Tuesday 9th Dec! 🎉
Whether you’re joining us online or in Cambridge, we look forward to welcoming you.
Conference Programme & More at linktr.ee/caa_uk
Whether you’re joining us online or in Cambridge, we look forward to welcoming you.
Conference Programme & More at linktr.ee/caa_uk
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
CAA-UK starts next Tuesday 9th Dec! 🎉
Whether you’re joining us online or in Cambridge, we look forward to welcoming you.
Conference Programme & More at linktr.ee/caa_uk
Whether you’re joining us online or in Cambridge, we look forward to welcoming you.
Conference Programme & More at linktr.ee/caa_uk
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Thinking I may have bitten off too much ...
www.uib.no/en/nia/17912...
#digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities
www.uib.no/en/nia/17912...
#digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Thinking I may have bitten off too much ...
www.uib.no/en/nia/17912...
#digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities
www.uib.no/en/nia/17912...
#digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities
Inspiring workshop on LLMs for Content Analysis in the Digital Humanities by Prof Dr Gerold Schneider & Dr @tannonk.bsky.social at UZH's Digital Society Initiative yesterday!
Looking forward to apply the learnings to my archaeological research ⛏️🏺
#UZH #digitalarchaeology #syriacstudies #Mongolia
Looking forward to apply the learnings to my archaeological research ⛏️🏺
#UZH #digitalarchaeology #syriacstudies #Mongolia
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Inspiring workshop on LLMs for Content Analysis in the Digital Humanities by Prof Dr Gerold Schneider & Dr @tannonk.bsky.social at UZH's Digital Society Initiative yesterday!
Looking forward to apply the learnings to my archaeological research ⛏️🏺
#UZH #digitalarchaeology #syriacstudies #Mongolia
Looking forward to apply the learnings to my archaeological research ⛏️🏺
#UZH #digitalarchaeology #syriacstudies #Mongolia