Lauren Tilton
@nolauren.bsky.social
DH Prof @URichmond. Exploring computer vision and visual culture. Ideas for the Association for Computers & the Humanities @ach.bsky.social and Computational Humanities Research Journal? Please share!
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Lauren Tilton
@nolauren.bsky.social
· Jun 2
"The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Budget proposes to terminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and provides $38 million to conduct an orderly shutdown of the Agency." bit.ly/4kEnEPo
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The NEH and @neh-odh.bsky.social is fundamental to making the US the global leader in new knowledge and innovation. The return on investment has been enormous and far outperformed the actual dollar amount. And this cut won’t even do anything to alleviate the national debt!
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This is great, I’d just add:
1. Another challenge is lack of serious engagement from AI researchers with humanities scholars.
2. This new work makes it sound like it just takes some finetuning to get big improvements.
bsky.app/profile/tuhi...
1. Another challenge is lack of serious engagement from AI researchers with humanities scholars.
2. This new work makes it sound like it just takes some finetuning to get big improvements.
bsky.app/profile/tuhi...
🚨New paper on AI & copyright
Authors have sued LLM companies for using books w/o permission for model training.
Courts however need empirical evidence of market harm. Our preregistered study exactly addresses this gap.
Joint work w Jane Ginsburg from Columbia Law and @dhillonp.bsky.social 1/n🧵
Authors have sued LLM companies for using books w/o permission for model training.
Courts however need empirical evidence of market harm. Our preregistered study exactly addresses this gap.
Joint work w Jane Ginsburg from Columbia Law and @dhillonp.bsky.social 1/n🧵
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is great, I’d just add:
1. Another challenge is lack of serious engagement from AI researchers with humanities scholars.
2. This new work makes it sound like it just takes some finetuning to get big improvements.
bsky.app/profile/tuhi...
1. Another challenge is lack of serious engagement from AI researchers with humanities scholars.
2. This new work makes it sound like it just takes some finetuning to get big improvements.
bsky.app/profile/tuhi...
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In ‘Whose News?' we analyse @britishlibrary.bsky.social's 19th c. newspaper collections using 3 OPEN ACCESS DATASETS which we also publish to encourage reproducible research with historical British newspaper collections as data... 2/7
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In ‘Whose News?' we analyse @britishlibrary.bsky.social's 19th c. newspaper collections using 3 OPEN ACCESS DATASETS which we also publish to encourage reproducible research with historical British newspaper collections as data... 2/7
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!Stop Press! Article on bias in digitised newspaper collections: ’Whose News’, in the new journal of @comphumresearch.bsky.social by Kaspar Beelen, @jonhistorian61.bsky.social, @kmcdono.bsky.social and me. See blog for summary & 🧵 1/7
Article doi.org/10.1017/chr....
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#dh #c19 🗃️
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Blog is.gd/2IFc30
#dh #c19 🗃️
Whose news? Critical methods for assessing bias in large historical datasets | Computational Humanities Research | Cambridge Core
Whose news? Critical methods for assessing bias in large historical datasets - Volume 1
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November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
!Stop Press! Article on bias in digitised newspaper collections: ’Whose News’, in the new journal of @comphumresearch.bsky.social by Kaspar Beelen, @jonhistorian61.bsky.social, @kmcdono.bsky.social and me. See blog for summary & 🧵 1/7
Article doi.org/10.1017/chr....
Blog is.gd/2IFc30
#dh #c19 🗃️
Article doi.org/10.1017/chr....
Blog is.gd/2IFc30
#dh #c19 🗃️
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This paper was long in the making; many thanks to editors @nolauren.bsky.social, Kristoffer Nielbo and @folgertk.bsky.social as well as @pfyfe.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @ukri.org @theturing.bsky.social and @britishlibrary.bsky.social
Blog: is.gd/2IFc30
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Blog: is.gd/2IFc30
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GitHub - Living-with-machines/whose_news: Code for the CHR paper "Whose News? Critical methods for assessing bias and missingness in large historical datasets"
Code for the CHR paper "Whose News? Critical methods for assessing bias and missingness in large historical datasets" - Living-with-machines/whose_news
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November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This paper was long in the making; many thanks to editors @nolauren.bsky.social, Kristoffer Nielbo and @folgertk.bsky.social as well as @pfyfe.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @ukri.org @theturing.bsky.social and @britishlibrary.bsky.social
Blog: is.gd/2IFc30
Article: doi.org/10.1017/chr....
7/7 end🧵
Blog: is.gd/2IFc30
Article: doi.org/10.1017/chr....
7/7 end🧵
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Job alert!
@ischoolui.bsky.social is hiring in 4 areas this year
Early literacies: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Information behavior/HCI/UX: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Information, Culture & Society: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Open IS: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
@ischoolui.bsky.social is hiring in 4 areas this year
Early literacies: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Information behavior/HCI/UX: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Information, Culture & Society: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Open IS: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Job alert!
@ischoolui.bsky.social is hiring in 4 areas this year
Early literacies: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Information behavior/HCI/UX: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Information, Culture & Society: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Open IS: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
@ischoolui.bsky.social is hiring in 4 areas this year
Early literacies: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Information behavior/HCI/UX: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Information, Culture & Society: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Open IS: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Thank you Zef Segal for this review! “a meticulously curated critical tool kit. The sheer variation of its contributions—natural language processing, GIS, generative AI, network analysis—is impressive, but the book’s true value lies in its persistent, unifying demand for critical self-reflection.”
New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:
Check out Zef Segal( @batescollege.bsky.social)’s review of @nolauren.bsky.social, @dmimno.bsky.social, & Jessica Marie Johnson’s edited vol. _Computational Humanities_, pub 2024 @uminnpress.bsky.social
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
Check out Zef Segal( @batescollege.bsky.social)’s review of @nolauren.bsky.social, @dmimno.bsky.social, & Jessica Marie Johnson’s edited vol. _Computational Humanities_, pub 2024 @uminnpress.bsky.social
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thank you Zef Segal for this review! “a meticulously curated critical tool kit. The sheer variation of its contributions—natural language processing, GIS, generative AI, network analysis—is impressive, but the book’s true value lies in its persistent, unifying demand for critical self-reflection.”
A delight to be a part of this special issue with @justinwigard.bsky.social !
📺 In this article, Lauren Tilton and Justin Wigard revisit published work and explore forthcoming research to demonstrate computational formalist studies of history, culture, and context in visual media. @nolauren.bsky.social @justinwigard.bsky.social
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
Seeing Formalism or Formal Viewing: Computational Formalism for the Analysis of Visual Media Forms and Contexts | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Lauren Tilton, Justin Wigard. In this article, the authors revisit published work and explore forthcoming research to demonstrate computational formalist studies of history, culture, and context in...
culturalanalytics.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A delight to be a part of this special issue with @justinwigard.bsky.social !
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🔮 Digital pranks have earned a reputation for platform-based popularity. But how prominent are such pranks amongst other “viral” genres? And what might they reveal about viral video as cultural form? Read through Tess McNulty's article to find out!
culturalanalytics.org/article/1436...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1436...
Pranks and the Viral Canon: On Top-Creator Content from YouTube to TikTok | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Tess McNulty. Digital pranks have earned a reputation for platform-based popularity. But how prominent are such pranks amongst other “viral” genres? And what might they reveal about viral video as ...
culturalanalytics.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🔮 Digital pranks have earned a reputation for platform-based popularity. But how prominent are such pranks amongst other “viral” genres? And what might they reveal about viral video as cultural form? Read through Tess McNulty's article to find out!
culturalanalytics.org/article/1436...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1436...
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📙 Ryan Heuser's "Generative Aesthetics: On formal stuckness in AI verse" examines "the formal and aesthetic patterns of AI-generated poems through a series of computational experiments." @heuser.bsky.social
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 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
📙 Ryan Heuser's "Generative Aesthetics: On formal stuckness in AI verse" examines "the formal and aesthetic patterns of AI-generated poems through a series of computational experiments." @heuser.bsky.social
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
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🎉 We're excited to share the second half of our Special Issue "Computation and Form, Reconsidered"! 🟧
October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🎉 We're excited to share the second half of our Special Issue "Computation and Form, Reconsidered"! 🟧
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📺 In this article, Lauren Tilton and Justin Wigard revisit published work and explore forthcoming research to demonstrate computational formalist studies of history, culture, and context in visual media. @nolauren.bsky.social @justinwigard.bsky.social
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
Seeing Formalism or Formal Viewing: Computational Formalism for the Analysis of Visual Media Forms and Contexts | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Lauren Tilton, Justin Wigard. In this article, the authors revisit published work and explore forthcoming research to demonstrate computational formalist studies of history, culture, and context in...
culturalanalytics.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
📺 In this article, Lauren Tilton and Justin Wigard revisit published work and explore forthcoming research to demonstrate computational formalist studies of history, culture, and context in visual media. @nolauren.bsky.social @justinwigard.bsky.social
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
A delight to host @kmcdono.bsky.social for her workshop and talk on AI, maps, and the humanities!
September 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A delight to host @kmcdono.bsky.social for her workshop and talk on AI, maps, and the humanities!
An honor to be a part of the Colloque CRIHN 2025 en l’honneur de Stéfan Sinclair. A warm welcome from Dean
Frédéric Bouchard and Michael Sinatra. Now a great talk by Servanne Monjour on the death of digital literature and the archive.
www.crihn.org/nouvelles/20...
Frédéric Bouchard and Michael Sinatra. Now a great talk by Servanne Monjour on the death of digital literature and the archive.
www.crihn.org/nouvelles/20...
September 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
An honor to be a part of the Colloque CRIHN 2025 en l’honneur de Stéfan Sinclair. A warm welcome from Dean
Frédéric Bouchard and Michael Sinatra. Now a great talk by Servanne Monjour on the death of digital literature and the archive.
www.crihn.org/nouvelles/20...
Frédéric Bouchard and Michael Sinatra. Now a great talk by Servanne Monjour on the death of digital literature and the archive.
www.crihn.org/nouvelles/20...
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So excited to be going to the University of Richmond in a couple of weeks to talk about maps, AI, and humanities research. Thank you @nolauren.bsky.social & @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for hosting me :)
calendar.richmond.edu/page.html?ev...
calendar.richmond.edu/page.html?ev...
Maps and the Horizons of AI in the Humanities
Join the Humanities Center for a conversation on AI with Katherine McDonough.
AI is changing the role of maps as sources in humanities research. From images, we can create new data about map content....
calendar.richmond.edu
September 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
So excited to be going to the University of Richmond in a couple of weeks to talk about maps, AI, and humanities research. Thank you @nolauren.bsky.social & @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for hosting me :)
calendar.richmond.edu/page.html?ev...
calendar.richmond.edu/page.html?ev...
Study media studies and emerging technologies? 📣 Join us at Richmond! 📣 Areas of focus might include but are not limited to algorithms, AI, infrastructure, extended reality, information science, platform studies, and game studies. Please help speed the word!
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies
The University of Richmond Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Media Studies. The appointment will begin...
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August 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Study media studies and emerging technologies? 📣 Join us at Richmond! 📣 Areas of focus might include but are not limited to algorithms, AI, infrastructure, extended reality, information science, platform studies, and game studies. Please help speed the word!
And we feature software papers! Check out @suttonkoeser.bsky.social
Julia Damerow, Robert Casties, Cole Crawford exciting work on working with dates in computational humanities!
Julia Damerow, Robert Casties, Cole Crawford exciting work on working with dates in computational humanities!
August 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
And we feature software papers! Check out @suttonkoeser.bsky.social
Julia Damerow, Robert Casties, Cole Crawford exciting work on working with dates in computational humanities!
Julia Damerow, Robert Casties, Cole Crawford exciting work on working with dates in computational humanities!
Check out Jannis Klähn, Janos Borst-Graetz, @manuelburghardt.bsky.social work on LLMs and German data! “In this study, we perform a comprehensive evaluation of sentiment classification for German language data using three different approaches…”
August 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Check out Jannis Klähn, Janos Borst-Graetz, @manuelburghardt.bsky.social work on LLMs and German data! “In this study, we perform a comprehensive evaluation of sentiment classification for German language data using three different approaches…”
Check out Rebecca Hicke @dmimno.bsky.social piece on LLMs! “Language models have the ability to identify the characteristics of much shorter literary passages than was thought feasible with traditional stylometry. We evaluate authorship and genre detection for a new corpus of literary novels…”
August 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Check out Rebecca Hicke @dmimno.bsky.social piece on LLMs! “Language models have the ability to identify the characteristics of much shorter literary passages than was thought feasible with traditional stylometry. We evaluate authorship and genre detection for a new corpus of literary novels…”
And our first themed issue - Missing Data in the Humanities - articles are coming out! Check out Jan Maliszewski registered report! “While the indirect evidence suggests that already in the early scholastic period the literary production based on records of oral teaching (so-called reportationes)…”
August 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
And our first themed issue - Missing Data in the Humanities - articles are coming out! Check out Jan Maliszewski registered report! “While the indirect evidence suggests that already in the early scholastic period the literary production based on records of oral teaching (so-called reportationes)…”
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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Job posting: The Smithsonian's Archives of American Art is hiring a head of digital operations and strategy. Closing date: 09-03-25; Salary $142,488 to - $185,234/yr (GS14); On-site, Washington, DC
Supervisory IT Program Manager
<p>The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located within the Archives of American...
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August 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Job posting: The Smithsonian's Archives of American Art is hiring a head of digital operations and strategy. Closing date: 09-03-25; Salary $142,488 to - $185,234/yr (GS14); On-site, Washington, DC
Looking forward to the year ahead supporting the global DH community with @kmapesy.bsky.social. Thank you Michael Sinatra and @djakacki.bsky.social for all your work over the past years!
Thank you to Michael Sinatra & Diane Jakacki for their inspiring leadership at ADHO. We are grateful for your guidance and support.
A very warm welcome Lauren Tilton as COB President & Kristen Mapes as EB Chair – excited for the future of global #DigitalHumanities! 🎉 #NewLeadership #ADHO
A very warm welcome Lauren Tilton as COB President & Kristen Mapes as EB Chair – excited for the future of global #DigitalHumanities! 🎉 #NewLeadership #ADHO
August 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Looking forward to the year ahead supporting the global DH community with @kmapesy.bsky.social. Thank you Michael Sinatra and @djakacki.bsky.social for all your work over the past years!
Looking back on a great week at ESU Digital Humanities Summer School in Besançon. It was a delight to engage on the topic of AI and Images with this awesome group!
August 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Looking back on a great week at ESU Digital Humanities Summer School in Besançon. It was a delight to engage on the topic of AI and Images with this awesome group!
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“As has been the case with other technologies, historians will find distinctive ways to work with generative AI. The need for history and history education will not disappear.” bit.ly/3UNLkWu
Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education
These 14 foundational principles are meant to assist educators and administrators in crafting AI policies suited to local circumstances and the specific needs of students.
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August 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“As has been the case with other technologies, historians will find distinctive ways to work with generative AI. The need for history and history education will not disappear.” bit.ly/3UNLkWu