Simon Mahony
@simonmahony.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Digital Humanities, Department of Information Studies, University College London (UCL). Visiting Professor at the Department of Information Management, Peking University.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uczcsbm
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uczcsbm
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Here's a write-up of my keynote from #DH2025, since academic publishing is slow and this was written for right now. roopikarisam.com/talks-cat/dh...
July 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Here's a write-up of my keynote from #DH2025, since academic publishing is slow and this was written for right now. roopikarisam.com/talks-cat/dh...
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The Pelagios Network’s People Activity are holding a Sample Data Gathering Sprint
29 July, 12 - 1pm, Online via Zoom (register for link)
Organisers: Gabriel Bodard (London) and Jun Ogawa (Tokyo)
https://ics.sas.ac.uk/events/linked-open-data-people-data-gathering-sprint
29 July, 12 - 1pm, Online via Zoom (register for link)
Organisers: Gabriel Bodard (London) and Jun Ogawa (Tokyo)
https://ics.sas.ac.uk/events/linked-open-data-people-data-gathering-sprint
July 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The Pelagios Network’s People Activity are holding a Sample Data Gathering Sprint
29 July, 12 - 1pm, Online via Zoom (register for link)
Organisers: Gabriel Bodard (London) and Jun Ogawa (Tokyo)
https://ics.sas.ac.uk/events/linked-open-data-people-data-gathering-sprint
29 July, 12 - 1pm, Online via Zoom (register for link)
Organisers: Gabriel Bodard (London) and Jun Ogawa (Tokyo)
https://ics.sas.ac.uk/events/linked-open-data-people-data-gathering-sprint
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CFP: #HKADH2026 will be hosted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (23-25 January 2026).
Keynote speakers: Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and Andrew Piper @andrewpiper.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 31 August.
2026.hkadh.org/callforpapers/
#HKADH
Keynote speakers: Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and Andrew Piper @andrewpiper.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 31 August.
2026.hkadh.org/callforpapers/
#HKADH
July 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
CFP: #HKADH2026 will be hosted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (23-25 January 2026).
Keynote speakers: Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and Andrew Piper @andrewpiper.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 31 August.
2026.hkadh.org/callforpapers/
#HKADH
Keynote speakers: Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and Andrew Piper @andrewpiper.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 31 August.
2026.hkadh.org/callforpapers/
#HKADH
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The amazing Dan Pett has been at it again. Using @aboutgeo.bsky.social liiive.now Dan explains how to DIY your own IIIF: add image to cms, create manifest, put manifest into Rainer's magic, download annotations, paste text into cms, manifest recreates. Try it yourself! museologi.st/blog/iiif-di...
Setting up a IIIF system
Instructions on how to set up IIIF services on AWS using Cantaloupe, Directus and S3
museologi.st
July 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The amazing Dan Pett has been at it again. Using @aboutgeo.bsky.social liiive.now Dan explains how to DIY your own IIIF: add image to cms, create manifest, put manifest into Rainer's magic, download annotations, paste text into cms, manifest recreates. Try it yourself! museologi.st/blog/iiif-di...
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The NEW DHQ website is now live! New features include enhanced search, smart article recommendations, and improved accessibility. Visit us now at: dhq.digitalhumanities.org
P.S. Old links will automatically redirect to the new site but don’t forget to update your bookmarks!
P.S. Old links will automatically redirect to the new site but don’t forget to update your bookmarks!
DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: 2025
dhq.digitalhumanities.org
July 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The NEW DHQ website is now live! New features include enhanced search, smart article recommendations, and improved accessibility. Visit us now at: dhq.digitalhumanities.org
P.S. Old links will automatically redirect to the new site but don’t forget to update your bookmarks!
P.S. Old links will automatically redirect to the new site but don’t forget to update your bookmarks!
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❗ EOI: Closing Soon ❗ The UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association is seeking 3 new members to join their governing collective. To find out more about UK-IE DHA and their governance plans check out buff.ly/SpmqYXv and submit your Expression of Interest by July 11th 📝 buff.ly/XibwZJw
July 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
❗ EOI: Closing Soon ❗ The UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association is seeking 3 new members to join their governing collective. To find out more about UK-IE DHA and their governance plans check out buff.ly/SpmqYXv and submit your Expression of Interest by July 11th 📝 buff.ly/XibwZJw
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Very much looking forward to this timely and important lecture from @roopikarisam.bsky.social next week.
📣 How can #DigitalHumanities help in times of crisis? Join us in less than 1 week for @roopikarisam.bsky.social's public lecture, with introductions by @stuartdunn.bsky.social @s-tanner.bsky.social
📍Hybrid event (KCL & online)
🗓️ 1 May 2025
🍷 Drinks after!
🔗 Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/every...
📍Hybrid event (KCL & online)
🗓️ 1 May 2025
🍷 Drinks after!
🔗 Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/every...
Everything Is Awful, But Maybe We Can Change Things: Digital Humanities in Times of Crisis
King’s Public Lecture in Digital Humanities delivered by Professor Roopika Risam, Dartmouth College.
www.kcl.ac.uk
April 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Very much looking forward to this timely and important lecture from @roopikarisam.bsky.social next week.
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Are you a PhD student interested in learning more about digital collections and resources at the British Library? Come along and meet curators and learn more on May 23 https://events.bl.uk/events/not-just-books-digital-collections-and-resources
Not Just Books: Digital Collections and Resources | British Library
Our Doctoral Open Days are for any PhD students interested in working with our collection during their studies. Each Open Day showcases a different area of
events.bl.uk
April 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Are you a PhD student interested in learning more about digital collections and resources at the British Library? Come along and meet curators and learn more on May 23 https://events.bl.uk/events/not-just-books-digital-collections-and-resources
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#CallforPapers: "Digital Humanities - Transforming Knowledge Through Advanced Computing"
📆 May 28, 2025
📍 Évora, Portugal
➡️ More information: indico.hpc.uevora.pt/event/168/pa...
📆 May 28, 2025
📍 Évora, Portugal
➡️ More information: indico.hpc.uevora.pt/event/168/pa...
April 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
#CallforPapers: "Digital Humanities - Transforming Knowledge Through Advanced Computing"
📆 May 28, 2025
📍 Évora, Portugal
➡️ More information: indico.hpc.uevora.pt/event/168/pa...
📆 May 28, 2025
📍 Évora, Portugal
➡️ More information: indico.hpc.uevora.pt/event/168/pa...
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A new issue of IJHAC: A Journal of Digital Humanities is out! Volume 19.1 brings 5 articles, one on geocomputation, one on machine learning, another on distant reading, and two more on corpora analysis. And a book review. Check it out on the link
www.euppublishing.com/toc/ijhac/19/1
www.euppublishing.com/toc/ijhac/19/1
International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing: Vol 19, No 1
www.euppublishing.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A new issue of IJHAC: A Journal of Digital Humanities is out! Volume 19.1 brings 5 articles, one on geocomputation, one on machine learning, another on distant reading, and two more on corpora analysis. And a book review. Check it out on the link
www.euppublishing.com/toc/ijhac/19/1
www.euppublishing.com/toc/ijhac/19/1
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My new piece in @theguardian.com
Techno-optimism is human pessimism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Techno-optimism is human pessimism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI is ‘beating’ humans at empathy and creativity. But these games are rigged | MJ Crockett
Research pitting people against AI systems gives AI an edge by asking us to perform in machine-like ways
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
My new piece in @theguardian.com
Techno-optimism is human pessimism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Techno-optimism is human pessimism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I've just realised that alt-text is a thing here, which is great. I'll try to do better in the future!
February 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I've just realised that alt-text is a thing here, which is great. I'll try to do better in the future!
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Nominations are now open for the 2025 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History, the annual prize that celebrates the best of digital history. Submit your work or work you love published since January 2024. Deadline for submissions is 30 May. ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/12/the-... #dhist
The 2025 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History - Digital History Seminar
**SUBMIT HERE BY 30 MAY** Richard Deswarte (1965-2021) was one of the founding convenors of the Digital History seminar at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), University of London, an advocate...
ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk
February 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History, the annual prize that celebrates the best of digital history. Submit your work or work you love published since January 2024. Deadline for submissions is 30 May. ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/12/the-... #dhist
Greeting old friends and (hopefully) making new ones here where the sky is blue. Live long and prosper!
February 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Greeting old friends and (hopefully) making new ones here where the sky is blue. Live long and prosper!