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Ruth Ahnert
@ruthahnert.bsky.social
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Digital humanist; literary historian; early modernist; collaborator; feminist; parent; FEA. Queen Mary University of London: & The Alan Turing Institute, UK. She/her
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Ruth Ahnert @ruthahnert.bsky.social · Nov 11
Hi to new followers, a bit about me: I’m an early modernist by training but I have worked more and more on collaborative digital humanities projects in recent years. Here’s a thread of a few things I’ve published recently.
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kmcdono.bsky.social
Join us next week on Nov 12, 12pm UK time, online to hear from @ehameeteman.bsky.social on "Reimagining Desalination through Digital Archives" at the Lancaster-Manchester Environmental DH Seminar.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reimaginin...

#envhum #dh
Reimagining Desalination through Digital Archives
Join us for a discussion with Elizabeth Hameetman (TU Berlin)​
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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ryancordell.org
It’s very much a prototype but I have to share a preview of the interface @djevans.bsky.social is working on for our Viral Texts data—it maps reprinting data back onto the newspaper page, allowing users to browse what reprints appeared together on each page—with links back to full reprint clusters
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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ryancordell.org
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...
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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timhitchcock.bsky.social
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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ryancordell.org
Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here

Please share!
Humanities Librarian - (African American Studies and English Literature)
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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riacheyne.bsky.social
This looks like a really cool new journal: an "online and open-access platform for speculating about possible futures [...] encourages creative and interdisciplinary collaboration and non-traditional forms of knowledge production" #OpenAccess and no publication fees 👍
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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adamwithbooks.bsky.social
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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October 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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kmcdono.bsky.social
Coming up this Thursday, an excellent event about AI & cultural heritage research org by @amsichani.bsky.social & @braiduk.bsky.social. Reg still open! Featuring fab speakers incl @ruthahnert.bsky.social @noramcgregorbl.bsky.social @jnockels.bsky.social @danielvanstrien.bsky.social & more
November 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social
What most people don’t understand about successful grant writing is that it’s not about learning a template, it’s about learning a *genre*. There are expectations in place, but there’s also room for creativity. And that’s what I’m teaching in this workshop:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1FxR...
The Fundamentals of Academic Grant Writing: 4-week workshop starting Thursday 13 November 2025
DATES/SCHEDULE: Thursday 13 November 2025 4-6pm CET / 3-5pm GMT / 10am-12pm EST / 7-9am PST Thursday 20 November 2025 4-6pm CET / 3-5pm GMT / 10am-12pm EST / 7-9am PST Thursday 4 December 2025 4-6...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
ruthahnert.bsky.social
Very proud of our book and experiment on open peer review. And grateful to all who have contributed!
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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kmcdono.bsky.social
Registration now open for the Lancaster-Manchester Environmental Digital Humanities seminar on 12 Nov at 12pm (UK time) with @ehameeteman.bsky.social!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reimaginin...

#envhist #envhum #skystorians #histstm
October 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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This also arrived today, to distract me from other reading. And thank you, @samuelmoore.org, for the kind acknowledgement at the start. It sounds as though I will enjoy this intellectual provocation.
A copy of Samuel A Moore's Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons
October 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social
There is 1 free ‘scholarship’ spot on this course, so please do share the info with any grad students, ECRs, and unaffiliated or precariously employed academics you know!
15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · 18d
I’m offering a 4-week workshop on ‘The Fundamentals of Academic Grant-Writing’, beginning Thursday 13 Nov! More information is available via the sign-up form here (please share widely!):

docs.google.com/forms/d/1FxR...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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ryancordell.org
There’s nothing I love more than learning a material culture origin to a common word/phrase—little linguistic skeuomorphs—so just imagine my delight reading about the "tapered or wedge-shaped bars" that added spaces into linotype text

literal SPACE BARS y’all! babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=um...
October 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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heatherfro.bsky.social
Job: Postdoctoral Research Associate (Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOZ947/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems) at The University of Edinburgh
Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explor...
www.jobs.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
ruthahnert.bsky.social
Again for the morning crowd. These two new chapters of our book are made available in draft because we’re experimenting with Open Review. Please share your thoughts! These chapters are about methods for assessing data representativeness, and ….
October 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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illdottore.bsky.social
This fellowship changed the trajectory of my career and my time on its committees is the most worthwhile professional service I have ever done. Please apply and help us spread the word
rarebookschool.bsky.social Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · Oct 1
The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) at RBS invites applicants to its 2025 cohort of Junior Fellows.

Applications are due 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.

For details about this & other RBS scholarships & fellowships, visit tinyurl.com/Apply-SoFCB-2025
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October 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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A preprint/author's original version of my review of @elikaortega.bsky.social's Binding Media.

Posted under OUP's self-archiving policy academic.oup.com/pages/self_a...

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Review of Binding Media by Élika Ortega
A review of Ortega's Binding Media. My conclusion is that Ortega's terminology—"binding media"—is a useful phrase that should enter the critical lexicon. It gives us the means through which to conside...
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October 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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aubreyhirsch.bsky.social
Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
October 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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kmcdono.bsky.social
Wow, exciting to see this new application of MapReader with historical Danish series maps!
October 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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kmcdono.bsky.social
During this period of open peer review of the Living w/Machines book, 2 new chapters are available:

1. MapReader - a deep cut on the epistemological shift it offers for computational map studies

2. Environmental Scan - a method for digital source criticism at scale

#skystorians #dh #maps #histstm
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
ruthahnert.bsky.social
Hey! We have two new draft chapters of the Living with Machines book up online for your delectation! One on Mapreader and one on the Environmental Scan. read.uolpress.co.uk/projects/liv...
Living with Machines | University of London Press
*Living With Machines* is a data-driven history of the coming of the machine age in Britain in the long nineteenth century. Featuring an innovative open access edition enhanced with interactive maps, ...
read.uolpress.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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royalhistsoc.org
Now open: call for the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.

Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v

#Skystorians
Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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scottbot.bsky.social
The next Historical Network Research conference will be held in Turin, Italy in July 2026, and submissions are now open.

Proposals due December 1. Bursaries available for early career scholars.

This year's theme is "Networks and their Sources." See you there!

hnr2026.sciencesconf.org
HNR2026: The Historical Network Research Conference 2026 (Turin, Italy) - Sciencesconf.org
Call for Papers – Historical Network Research Conference 2026
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October 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM