Paul Fyfe
@pfyfe.bsky.social
Professor at NC State University. Wandering between worlds of C19th British lit, comparative media studies, critical data literacies. Book *Digital Victorians* https://www.sup.org/books/literary-studies-and-literature/digital-victorians
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Paul Fyfe
@pfyfe.bsky.social
· Oct 29
Digital Victorians | Stanford University Press
Perhaps no period better clarifies our current crisis of digital information than the nineteenth century. Self-aware about its own epochal telecommunications changes and awash in a flood of print, the...
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Today is publication day for my book DIGITAL VICTORIANS, part of @stanfordpress.bsky.social 's excellent series in Text Technologies www.sup.org/books/litera... (use code FYFE20 for a discount!)
"Abandoned and failed projects, ca. 1998-2025: an incomplete, chronological list" -- worth your time, from Adam Smyth, who lists all the stuff he dropped or which didn't work adamsmyth.substack.com/p/abandoned-...
Abandoned and failed projects, ca. 1998-2025: an incomplete, chronological list
[This is an updated version of the original from 2021.]
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November 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"Abandoned and failed projects, ca. 1998-2025: an incomplete, chronological list" -- worth your time, from Adam Smyth, who lists all the stuff he dropped or which didn't work adamsmyth.substack.com/p/abandoned-...
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I did a talk on just how deep the overlaps are between Frankenstein and AI last year! m.youtube.com/watch?v=fmF1...
October 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I did a talk on just how deep the overlaps are between Frankenstein and AI last year! m.youtube.com/watch?v=fmF1...
Gave students an assignment to rewrite a snippet of Hard Times as, instead, a "condition of America" novel circa 2025. The winner: a scene from a school board meeting in "Woketown."
an older woman with blue hair and red glasses says absolutely perfect
Alt: Me appreciatively grading a student's essay
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October 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Gave students an assignment to rewrite a snippet of Hard Times as, instead, a "condition of America" novel circa 2025. The winner: a scene from a school board meeting in "Woketown."
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*Action without Hope: Victorian Literature after Climate Collapse* is out today! The official release got pushed back due to an issue w the art, & despite being mostly about literature it's very visual.
So to celebrate its full entry into the world, a thread of some of my favorite images from it:
So to celebrate its full entry into the world, a thread of some of my favorite images from it:
Action without Hope
A study of how writers from the early phases of our prolonged climate emergency used aesthetic strategies to redefine the category of action. What does it feel like to live helplessly in a world that ...
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June 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
*Action without Hope: Victorian Literature after Climate Collapse* is out today! The official release got pushed back due to an issue w the art, & despite being mostly about literature it's very visual.
So to celebrate its full entry into the world, a thread of some of my favorite images from it:
So to celebrate its full entry into the world, a thread of some of my favorite images from it:
Privacy is not about something to hide. And invasions of privacy are about power, not uncovering hidden things. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
May 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Privacy is not about something to hide. And invasions of privacy are about power, not uncovering hidden things. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Filed for a preliminary injunction in our suit against the attack on NEH, & it seems our case will be looked at alongside the Authors Guild suit. Both approaches are vital, & they're different from each other. Will keep you posted. Plz help with donation to Pave the Way www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...
Donate to Funds That Support Particular Activities
MLA funds help defray the cost of convention travel for graduate students and underemployed members, support advocacy on behalf of contingent faculty members, promote the study and teaching of languag...
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May 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Donated. Contribute a little if you can.
A scene straight out of Calvin Kasulke's *Several People Are Typing* -- the best novel written on Slack
Thanks Microsoft Teams for that not-at-all-chilling message 😧
May 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A scene straight out of Calvin Kasulke's *Several People Are Typing* -- the best novel written on Slack
"How Are Students Using AI?" @anetv.bsky.social bringing the data to the ongoing convo aiandhowweteach.substack.com/p/how-are-st...
How Are Students Using AI?
A W. W. Norton newsletter with Annette Vee, offering insights and ideas for building AI literacy.
aiandhowweteach.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"How Are Students Using AI?" @anetv.bsky.social bringing the data to the ongoing convo aiandhowweteach.substack.com/p/how-are-st...
Supposed to give a pedagogy talk next week about AI and I might just scroll Bluesky with the audience
May 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Supposed to give a pedagogy talk next week about AI and I might just scroll Bluesky with the audience
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Great to see this op-ed by UNC System President Peter Hans on WHY the federal government funds research through competitive grants. #HigherEd
Hans: Research as a patriotic bargain - Public Ed Works
By Peter Hans President, University of North Carolina System RALEIGH (May 1, 2025) – For more than 70 years, federal funding for university research has been a patriotic bargain and a core driver of n...
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May 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Great to see this op-ed by UNC System President Peter Hans on WHY the federal government funds research through competitive grants. #HigherEd
"Victorian Studies: Who Cares?" Come to the Victorians Institute 2025 conference at Furman University in Greenville, SC this Sept 14-15. CFP deadline now May 31. Please submit and share! vi2025.wordpress.com
Victorian Studies: Who Cares?
The 2025 conference of the Victorians Institute
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April 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"Victorian Studies: Who Cares?" Come to the Victorians Institute 2025 conference at Furman University in Greenville, SC this Sept 14-15. CFP deadline now May 31. Please submit and share! vi2025.wordpress.com
Oregon State U is accepting proposals, aimed at developing public-facing writing, for four public humanities fellowships on "Trust in the Age of Generative AI" (apply by 4/25) prax.oregonstate.edu/residencies/...
Public Humanities Fellowship | PRAx
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April 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Oregon State U is accepting proposals, aimed at developing public-facing writing, for four public humanities fellowships on "Trust in the Age of Generative AI" (apply by 4/25) prax.oregonstate.edu/residencies/...
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"Democracy demands wisdom & vision in its citizens. It must therefore foster & support a form of education, & access to the arts & the humanities, designed to make people of all backgrounds & wherever located masters of their technology & not its unthinking servants." www.neh.gov/about/histor...
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-209)
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April 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Democracy demands wisdom & vision in its citizens. It must therefore foster & support a form of education, & access to the arts & the humanities, designed to make people of all backgrounds & wherever located masters of their technology & not its unthinking servants." www.neh.gov/about/histor...
Feels awkward in the timeline, but I'll be talking about how scholarly fields depend on hidden infrastructures, uncelebrated knowledge workers, and government investments that, until like yesterday, have been so vital.
Don't forget to join us this Friday, April 11 to celebrate @pfyfe.bsky.social's new book, Digital Victorians! Registration is still open, and, as always, absolutely free and open to everyone! See you there! #RSVPDigiEvents
Launching Digital Victorians with Paul Fyfe – RSVP
Join us April 11 to celebrate Paul Fyfe's new monograph, Digital Victorians: From Nineteenth-Century Media to Digital Humanities (2024)!
rs4vp.org
April 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Feels awkward in the timeline, but I'll be talking about how scholarly fields depend on hidden infrastructures, uncelebrated knowledge workers, and government investments that, until like yesterday, have been so vital.
Grateful to Bluesky and these folks for rapidly sharing info. Our NEH AI center grant was affected, and Jason's bsky thread has now made it all the way to our dean, vice chancellor, and provost, now starting to fight back.
A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
April 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Grateful to Bluesky and these folks for rapidly sharing info. Our NEH AI center grant was affected, and Jason's bsky thread has now made it all the way to our dean, vice chancellor, and provost, now starting to fight back.
It’s not just the Ivies. They cancelled visas for two international students at NC State. No consult with the university, no explanation, no process. internationalservices.ncsu.edu/announcements/
Announcements
internationalservices.ncsu.edu
April 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It’s not just the Ivies. They cancelled visas for two international students at NC State. No consult with the university, no explanation, no process. internationalservices.ncsu.edu/announcements/
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🚀 Join the #RSVPDigiEvent team April 11 celebrate the publication of /Digital Victorians/ with @pfyfe.bsky.social! We'll convene at our usual time (as we will have all caught up to spring by then) at 8am PT/ 11am ET /4pm UK / 5pm. rs4vp.org/launching-di...
Launching Digital Victorians with Paul Fyfe – RSVP
Join us April 11 to celebrate Paul Fyfe's new monograph, Digital Victorians: From Nineteenth-Century Media to Digital Humanities (2024)!
rs4vp.org
March 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🚀 Join the #RSVPDigiEvent team April 11 celebrate the publication of /Digital Victorians/ with @pfyfe.bsky.social! We'll convene at our usual time (as we will have all caught up to spring by then) at 8am PT/ 11am ET /4pm UK / 5pm. rs4vp.org/launching-di...
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(4/4)... Support the ALA's campaign to save the IMLS: www.ala.org/advocacy/sho...
Support to AAM's campaign to save the IMLS: www.aam-us.org/2025/03/17/u...
Take action here: action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025?f...
#ncph #PublicHistory #PublicHistorians
Support to AAM's campaign to save the IMLS: www.aam-us.org/2025/03/17/u...
Take action here: action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025?f...
#ncph #PublicHistory #PublicHistorians
Show Up for Our Libraries
Join us and Show Up #ForOurLibraries.
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March 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
(4/4)... Support the ALA's campaign to save the IMLS: www.ala.org/advocacy/sho...
Support to AAM's campaign to save the IMLS: www.aam-us.org/2025/03/17/u...
Take action here: action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025?f...
#ncph #PublicHistory #PublicHistorians
Support to AAM's campaign to save the IMLS: www.aam-us.org/2025/03/17/u...
Take action here: action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025?f...
#ncph #PublicHistory #PublicHistorians
Unexpected outcome and actually good news: NC State appoints its next chancellor news.ncsu.edu/2025/03/18/k... an alum of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences!
Kevin Howell Named NC State’s 15th Chancellor
He succeeds Randy Woodson, who is retiring after 15 years of service.
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March 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Unexpected outcome and actually good news: NC State appoints its next chancellor news.ncsu.edu/2025/03/18/k... an alum of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences!
Super pissed that Word's new "Editor" feature gave my draft a B+. Emailing Microsoft to ask if they can bump it up to a 90.
March 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Super pissed that Word's new "Editor" feature gave my draft a B+. Emailing Microsoft to ask if they can bump it up to a 90.
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Binding Media is out!
In this book, @elikaortega.bsky.social proposes the notion of "binding media" — a practice where authors & publishers "fasten together" a codex and electronic or digital media to create literary works in the form of hybrid print-digital objects www.sup.org/books/bindin...
In this book, @elikaortega.bsky.social proposes the notion of "binding media" — a practice where authors & publishers "fasten together" a codex and electronic or digital media to create literary works in the form of hybrid print-digital objects www.sup.org/books/bindin...
March 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Binding Media is out!
In this book, @elikaortega.bsky.social proposes the notion of "binding media" — a practice where authors & publishers "fasten together" a codex and electronic or digital media to create literary works in the form of hybrid print-digital objects www.sup.org/books/bindin...
In this book, @elikaortega.bsky.social proposes the notion of "binding media" — a practice where authors & publishers "fasten together" a codex and electronic or digital media to create literary works in the form of hybrid print-digital objects www.sup.org/books/bindin...
The National Humanities Center - not yet on bksy - just opened an online store for merch. This is the first item for sale. 💪💪 energy like: Get a fellowship and find out.
March 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The National Humanities Center - not yet on bksy - just opened an online store for merch. This is the first item for sale. 💪💪 energy like: Get a fellowship and find out.
Eomer: You have no authority here! Your orders mean nothing!
Wormtongue: Oh, but this order does not come from me. It comes from the King. He signed it this morning.
Wormtongue: Oh, but this order does not come from me. It comes from the King. He signed it this morning.
February 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Eomer: You have no authority here! Your orders mean nothing!
Wormtongue: Oh, but this order does not come from me. It comes from the King. He signed it this morning.
Wormtongue: Oh, but this order does not come from me. It comes from the King. He signed it this morning.
Crucial read about the growth of big tech in defense contracting, the "efficiency" and errors of AI target identification, and the "sovereign cloud"
New investigation by @apnews.com on the IDF's use of OpenAI models in Gaza. I spoke to them regarding this first confirmation of commercial foundation models being directly used in warfare and the implications of using highly error-prone AI for life or death determinations
apnews.com/article/isra...
apnews.com/article/isra...
As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies
U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services.
apnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Crucial read about the growth of big tech in defense contracting, the "efficiency" and errors of AI target identification, and the "sovereign cloud"
OH following FL in opening higher ed to political surveillance and distributed online harassment. Disgusting. Feel awful for colleagues who’ve worked so hard against this. Worse for those affected.
They passed it. “The vote came just a day after hundreds of critics spoke out against the proposal during an hourslong hearing Tuesday.”
Ohio bill bans DEI offices & positions, ‘taking positions on “controversial” topics…,strikes by full-time faculty,’ also establishes post-tenure review, & requires all syllabi with instructor’s qualifications & contact info to be published by colleges. www.highereddive.com/news/ohio-se...
February 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
OH following FL in opening higher ed to political surveillance and distributed online harassment. Disgusting. Feel awful for colleagues who’ve worked so hard against this. Worse for those affected.