Dr. Helle Strandgaard Jensen (she/her)
@sesamescholar.bsky.social
Historian, professor, mom, wife, feminist, rower.
PI of ERC-project WEB CHILD, which studies changing childhoods in the early era of the WWW across the US, South Korea, and Denmark.
Latest book: "Sesame Street. A Transnational History." (OUP, 2023).
PI of ERC-project WEB CHILD, which studies changing childhoods in the early era of the WWW across the US, South Korea, and Denmark.
Latest book: "Sesame Street. A Transnational History." (OUP, 2023).
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Hi, new people😊
I'm almost exactly what is says on the box (the bio) + spelling mistakes, so expect:
- Childhood+media history
- Sesame Street (w critical edge)
- Rowing (I'm a coach)
- My kid (soon to be teen)
- My 'Center for Digital History Aarhus' (+ dh teaching)
- Self promotion (sorry)
I'm almost exactly what is says on the box (the bio) + spelling mistakes, so expect:
- Childhood+media history
- Sesame Street (w critical edge)
- Rowing (I'm a coach)
- My kid (soon to be teen)
- My 'Center for Digital History Aarhus' (+ dh teaching)
- Self promotion (sorry)
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With the ruination of search engines, as well as the increasing uselessness of searching one's own Gmail archive due to AI "assistance," using the computer increasingly feels like experiencing dementia.
October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
With the ruination of search engines, as well as the increasing uselessness of searching one's own Gmail archive due to AI "assistance," using the computer increasingly feels like experiencing dementia.
My research project will let you fill in a form to tell us about your experience as a kid on the www from 1995 to 2005 *for free* (as soon as the ethics committee approves our questions 🤞)
My startup allows you, for one low subscription price of $49.99 per month, to use the internet as it was in 2013.
October 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My research project will let you fill in a form to tell us about your experience as a kid on the www from 1995 to 2005 *for free* (as soon as the ethics committee approves our questions 🤞)
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The call for papers for the @histchild.bsky.social 2026 conference at the University of Sheffield, 1-3 July, is now up on our website! Deadline 14 December www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi... #histchild #skystorians #histyouth
Fifth Biennial Conference | Children's History Society
University of Sheffield, 1-3 July 2026
www.histchild.org
October 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The call for papers for the @histchild.bsky.social 2026 conference at the University of Sheffield, 1-3 July, is now up on our website! Deadline 14 December www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi... #histchild #skystorians #histyouth
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Do you remember taking part in a school mock election? Can you help our Centre member Helen Sunderland out with her research? ⬇️
Did you take part in a mock election at your UK school or college between 1983 and 2001?
Share your memories for a research project on young people and democracy in modern Britain!
Write to us about your experiences here: forms.office.com/e/FNAwjfFR7f
Share your memories for a research project on young people and democracy in modern Britain!
Write to us about your experiences here: forms.office.com/e/FNAwjfFR7f
October 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Do you remember taking part in a school mock election? Can you help our Centre member Helen Sunderland out with her research? ⬇️
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Goodnight, friends.
Ursula K. Le Guin shared this bit of wisdom in her novel The Dispossessed, and tonight, I'm sharing it with you.
We may not have the wealth that our technocapitalist overlords do, but that's ok. The revolution is not for sale.
The revolution is US.
I love you.
Ursula K. Le Guin shared this bit of wisdom in her novel The Dispossessed, and tonight, I'm sharing it with you.
We may not have the wealth that our technocapitalist overlords do, but that's ok. The revolution is not for sale.
The revolution is US.
I love you.
October 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Goodnight, friends.
Ursula K. Le Guin shared this bit of wisdom in her novel The Dispossessed, and tonight, I'm sharing it with you.
We may not have the wealth that our technocapitalist overlords do, but that's ok. The revolution is not for sale.
The revolution is US.
I love you.
Ursula K. Le Guin shared this bit of wisdom in her novel The Dispossessed, and tonight, I'm sharing it with you.
We may not have the wealth that our technocapitalist overlords do, but that's ok. The revolution is not for sale.
The revolution is US.
I love you.
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Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive.
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
October 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive.
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
"Do as you want. Do as you wish."
Maybe you also needed to see this message today?
Maybe you also needed to see this message today?
October 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Do as you want. Do as you wish."
Maybe you also needed to see this message today?
Maybe you also needed to see this message today?
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Goodnight, friends.
I had grandparenting duties today, so I wasn't able to join in #NoKings on the ground. But I put signs on my car and followed along with the coverage here.
Thanks to everyone who showed up and took a stand against fascism.
I love you.
I had grandparenting duties today, so I wasn't able to join in #NoKings on the ground. But I put signs on my car and followed along with the coverage here.
Thanks to everyone who showed up and took a stand against fascism.
I love you.
a group of people putting their hands together and the words together we are unbroken
Alt: a group of people putting their hands together and the words together we are unbroken
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October 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Goodnight, friends.
I had grandparenting duties today, so I wasn't able to join in #NoKings on the ground. But I put signs on my car and followed along with the coverage here.
Thanks to everyone who showed up and took a stand against fascism.
I love you.
I had grandparenting duties today, so I wasn't able to join in #NoKings on the ground. But I put signs on my car and followed along with the coverage here.
Thanks to everyone who showed up and took a stand against fascism.
I love you.
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Last week we had a *fantastic* presentation and discussion with Professor Helle Strandgaard Jensen (@sesamescholar.bsky.social) visiting from Aarhus University in Denmark! She discussed her journey as a digital historian, using AI in research, and the Web Child project -
cas.au.dk/en/erc-webch...
cas.au.dk/en/erc-webch...
WEBCHILD
cas.au.dk
October 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Last week we had a *fantastic* presentation and discussion with Professor Helle Strandgaard Jensen (@sesamescholar.bsky.social) visiting from Aarhus University in Denmark! She discussed her journey as a digital historian, using AI in research, and the Web Child project -
cas.au.dk/en/erc-webch...
cas.au.dk/en/erc-webch...
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September 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'm visiting the iSchool at the University of Illinois. Besides super interesting conversations with the brilliant folks here and the wonderful company of @anuncivilphd.bsky.social I also get to do morning runs on the prairie.
September 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I'm visiting the iSchool at the University of Illinois. Besides super interesting conversations with the brilliant folks here and the wonderful company of @anuncivilphd.bsky.social I also get to do morning runs on the prairie.
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#CfP: The II International Seminar for Emerging Historians of Education, organised by HISTEDUP, invites submissions.
Date: 24 November 2025 at the Institute of Education, University of Lisbon.
Submission deadline: 15 October 2025
Learn more: www.ische.org/g0wd
#HistEd #ECRchat
Date: 24 November 2025 at the Institute of Education, University of Lisbon.
Submission deadline: 15 October 2025
Learn more: www.ische.org/g0wd
#HistEd #ECRchat
September 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
#CfP: The II International Seminar for Emerging Historians of Education, organised by HISTEDUP, invites submissions.
Date: 24 November 2025 at the Institute of Education, University of Lisbon.
Submission deadline: 15 October 2025
Learn more: www.ische.org/g0wd
#HistEd #ECRchat
Date: 24 November 2025 at the Institute of Education, University of Lisbon.
Submission deadline: 15 October 2025
Learn more: www.ische.org/g0wd
#HistEd #ECRchat
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Reminder Fellows of @royalhistsoc.org have til 26 September to vote in upcoming Council elections! 🗳️ There's lots of great candidates & all committed to the field. Obvs ideally I'd like to be your choice 😜 But vital to vote for who you feel will represent you & profession #skystorians #academicsky
September 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Reminder Fellows of @royalhistsoc.org have til 26 September to vote in upcoming Council elections! 🗳️ There's lots of great candidates & all committed to the field. Obvs ideally I'd like to be your choice 😜 But vital to vote for who you feel will represent you & profession #skystorians #academicsky
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Join us tomorrow! @alexhanna.bsky.social and I will be celebrating the pod's 3rd birthday 🥳
September 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Join us tomorrow! @alexhanna.bsky.social and I will be celebrating the pod's 3rd birthday 🥳
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If you are thinking about applying for an ERC grant and want inspiration, I've updated my paper where I tell how I got mine.
It now includes the application (B1+B2), the manuscript for the presentation I gave at my interview, the slides, and the nine peer reviews.
pure.au.dk/portal/en/pu...
If you are thinking about applying for an ERC grant and want inspiration, I've updated my paper where I tell how I got mine.
It now includes the application (B1+B2), the manuscript for the presentation I gave at my interview, the slides, and the nine peer reviews.
pure.au.dk/portal/en/pu...
How I got an ERC Consolidator Grant. Idea, application, interview, and reviews.
pure.au.dk
August 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
📚💻💰📝
If you are thinking about applying for an ERC grant and want inspiration, I've updated my paper where I tell how I got mine.
It now includes the application (B1+B2), the manuscript for the presentation I gave at my interview, the slides, and the nine peer reviews.
pure.au.dk/portal/en/pu...
If you are thinking about applying for an ERC grant and want inspiration, I've updated my paper where I tell how I got mine.
It now includes the application (B1+B2), the manuscript for the presentation I gave at my interview, the slides, and the nine peer reviews.
pure.au.dk/portal/en/pu...
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Thank you to @llassabe.bsky.social for having me on her American Campus Podcast to talk about how scholarly writers can benefit from applying developmental editing skills to their own texts!
This is a quick listen & a great intro to the topic if you're new to it
www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/epis...
This is a quick listen & a great intro to the topic if you're new to it
www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/epis...
Developmental editing for scholarly writers with Laura Portwood-Stacer - American Campus Podcast
On making our academic writing a little more reader friendly.References mentioned this episode:Laura Portwood-Stacer. 2025. Make Your Manuscript Work: A Guide to Developmental Editing for Scholarly Wr...
www.buzzsprout.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thank you to @llassabe.bsky.social for having me on her American Campus Podcast to talk about how scholarly writers can benefit from applying developmental editing skills to their own texts!
This is a quick listen & a great intro to the topic if you're new to it
www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/epis...
This is a quick listen & a great intro to the topic if you're new to it
www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/epis...
📚💻💰📝
If you are thinking about applying for an ERC grant and want inspiration, I've updated my paper where I tell how I got mine.
It now includes the application (B1+B2), the manuscript for the presentation I gave at my interview, the slides, and the nine peer reviews.
pure.au.dk/portal/en/pu...
If you are thinking about applying for an ERC grant and want inspiration, I've updated my paper where I tell how I got mine.
It now includes the application (B1+B2), the manuscript for the presentation I gave at my interview, the slides, and the nine peer reviews.
pure.au.dk/portal/en/pu...
How I got an ERC Consolidator Grant. Idea, application, interview, and reviews.
pure.au.dk
August 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
📚💻💰📝
If you are thinking about applying for an ERC grant and want inspiration, I've updated my paper where I tell how I got mine.
It now includes the application (B1+B2), the manuscript for the presentation I gave at my interview, the slides, and the nine peer reviews.
pure.au.dk/portal/en/pu...
If you are thinking about applying for an ERC grant and want inspiration, I've updated my paper where I tell how I got mine.
It now includes the application (B1+B2), the manuscript for the presentation I gave at my interview, the slides, and the nine peer reviews.
pure.au.dk/portal/en/pu...
"I, Robot...you, Jane"
Thanks to the wonderful @sophieheywood.bsky.social I have rewatched Buffy S1E8 and now have another great source to how the Internet was represented in late 1990s kids/teen popculture. #ERCCoG #WEBCHILD
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robo...
Thanks to the wonderful @sophieheywood.bsky.social I have rewatched Buffy S1E8 and now have another great source to how the Internet was represented in late 1990s kids/teen popculture. #ERCCoG #WEBCHILD
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robo...
I, Robot... You, Jane - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
August 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"I, Robot...you, Jane"
Thanks to the wonderful @sophieheywood.bsky.social I have rewatched Buffy S1E8 and now have another great source to how the Internet was represented in late 1990s kids/teen popculture. #ERCCoG #WEBCHILD
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robo...
Thanks to the wonderful @sophieheywood.bsky.social I have rewatched Buffy S1E8 and now have another great source to how the Internet was represented in late 1990s kids/teen popculture. #ERCCoG #WEBCHILD
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robo...
The comments. Read the comments!
August 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The comments. Read the comments!
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We need YOU plus your #historian and #DH friends. And really anybody who cares about our history and representing ALL OF US. Please share!
@ach.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @historians.org @oah.org @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @iassistdata.bsky.social @newamerica.org @muckrock.com
@ach.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @historians.org @oah.org @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @iassistdata.bsky.social @newamerica.org @muckrock.com
Hey #DataRescuers! Join us this Labor Day weekend to #SaveOurSigns The deadline is near and we have some priority locations. You can also connect with DRP members in NYC!
Get out, spread the word, and help us #SaveOurSigns.
Get out, spread the word, and help us #SaveOurSigns.
Save Our Signs: Let’s Get It Done
Help us finish strong with #SaveOurSigns this Labor Day. Plus, if you’re in NYC, come see us in person!
www.datarescueproject.org
August 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We need YOU plus your #historian and #DH friends. And really anybody who cares about our history and representing ALL OF US. Please share!
@ach.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @historians.org @oah.org @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @iassistdata.bsky.social @newamerica.org @muckrock.com
@ach.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @historians.org @oah.org @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @iassistdata.bsky.social @newamerica.org @muckrock.com
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Celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, 14 Oct, this year by organising your own ALD event to support women in STEM. You can do anything – a talk, a networking event, a panel discussion, yarn bombing, cream teas, silent disco, Wikipedia edit-a-thon. The options are endless!
August 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, 14 Oct, this year by organising your own ALD event to support women in STEM. You can do anything – a talk, a networking event, a panel discussion, yarn bombing, cream teas, silent disco, Wikipedia edit-a-thon. The options are endless!
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A "not in the field" question for colleagues who study higher ed: is there a concept in the literature that's something like "non-strategic opportunism" -- idiosyncratic decisions by institutions that take advantage of immediate circumstances, but are unrelated to institutional or sectoral mission?
August 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A "not in the field" question for colleagues who study higher ed: is there a concept in the literature that's something like "non-strategic opportunism" -- idiosyncratic decisions by institutions that take advantage of immediate circumstances, but are unrelated to institutional or sectoral mission?
This is *not* good.
My access to the BBC's written archives was vital for my Sesame Street book.
Without access based on my individual request, I would not have understood the beginnings of international marketing of children's television.
My access to the BBC's written archives was vital for my Sesame Street book.
Without access based on my individual request, I would not have understood the beginnings of international marketing of children's television.
“They have clearly shifted to it being a resource for BBC business priorities. The corporation no longer recognises the value that working with scholars brings, despite the fact this is an archive of how public money was spent over most of a century.” #history 📚🗃️ #BBC
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
observer.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is *not* good.
My access to the BBC's written archives was vital for my Sesame Street book.
Without access based on my individual request, I would not have understood the beginnings of international marketing of children's television.
My access to the BBC's written archives was vital for my Sesame Street book.
Without access based on my individual request, I would not have understood the beginnings of international marketing of children's television.
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I just discovered that @sesamescholar.bsky.social's "Sesame Street: A Transnational History" provided the example development notes in @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social's "Make Your Manuscript Work" (Appendix C).
While reading the notes* I feel like I'm cheating because I've already read the book.
While reading the notes* I feel like I'm cheating because I've already read the book.
Sesame Street: A Transnational History
Abstract. Sesame Street: A Transnational History tells the story of how the American show became a global brand. The book argues that because domestic prod
academic.oup.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I just discovered that @sesamescholar.bsky.social's "Sesame Street: A Transnational History" provided the example development notes in @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social's "Make Your Manuscript Work" (Appendix C).
While reading the notes* I feel like I'm cheating because I've already read the book.
While reading the notes* I feel like I'm cheating because I've already read the book.