Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
Professor Digital Humanities, University of Helsinki. Early modern studies; intellectual history; PI of Helsinki Computational History Group
Computer science
29%
Art
15%
Saturated by Commerce: A Computational Analysis of Eighteenth-Century British Political Discourse
John Pocock, Istvan Hont, and scholars of the Scottish Enlightenment have profoundly shaped how historians understand eighteenth-century debates about commerce and ‘commercial society’. Their influ...
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New COMHIS article, led by doctoral researcher Iiro Tiihonen, "Saturated by Commerce: A Computational Analysis of Eighteenth-Century British Political Discourse" published in History of European Ideas doi.org/10.1080/0191...
Reposted by Mikko Tolonen
Vacancy: Content Engineer
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract (2 years) Hours: Full time (37.5 hours); part time considered at minimum of 0.6 FTE We are a busy and friendly research department within the Humanities Division…
voltaire.ox.ac.uk
📣 Come work with us! #18C 📣
This one is for the #DH crowd!
We seek a Content Engineer to assist in maintaining and developing the digital resources of the Voltaire Foundation.
More information and application process on our website:
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/va...
This one is for the #DH crowd!
We seek a Content Engineer to assist in maintaining and developing the digital resources of the Voltaire Foundation.
More information and application process on our website:
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/va...
Digital Humanities Research Seminar | Digital Humanities | University of Helsinki
Information about Helsinki Digital Humanities Research Seminar
www.helsinki.fi
New year, same great Helsinki DH seminar!
We are back next Thursday (22 January 2026), same time, same place.
For details and the spring schedule, visit:
👉 www.helsinki.fi/en/digital-h...
We are back next Thursday (22 January 2026), same time, same place.
For details and the spring schedule, visit:
👉 www.helsinki.fi/en/digital-h...
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🎉 New for 2026: Oxford University Voltaire (OV) from the Voltaire Foundation.
Gain access to the leading scholarly edition of Voltaire's complete works in one digital resource, designed for researchers and built for libraries.
Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/LUP-OV
@voltaire.ox.ac.uk
Gain access to the leading scholarly edition of Voltaire's complete works in one digital resource, designed for researchers and built for libraries.
Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/LUP-OV
@voltaire.ox.ac.uk
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Dec 19
Enlightenment Histories
It has long been understood that histories were central to the Era of the Enlightenment. Enlightenment histories not only broke new scholarly ground, but they also circulated widely with an expanding ...
www.degruyterbrill.com
Enlightenment Histories by de Gruyter is now officially out (whole book Open Access via publisher's website): www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Dec 19
Linguistic Diversity and Digital Humanities | Master’s programme | University of Helsinki
Study at the University of Helsinki and get an understanding of the nature and diversity of human language and cognition.
www.helsinki.fi
Thinking about an MA in Digital Humanities or related fields (Language Technology, Cognitive Science, Phonetics, General Linguistics)?
Applications to LINGDIG MA programme at @helsinki.fi are open 2–16 January.
Programme: www.helsinki.fi/en/degree-pr...
DH track: www.helsinki.fi/en/digital-h...
Applications to LINGDIG MA programme at @helsinki.fi are open 2–16 January.
Programme: www.helsinki.fi/en/degree-pr...
DH track: www.helsinki.fi/en/digital-h...
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Dec 10
A Recap of the HELDIG Summit: “Celebrating Eero Hyvönen and the Future of Digital Humanities” from 4 December 2025: blogs.helsinki.fi/heldig-summi...
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Conference "In and Out of the Canon in Intellectual History" | Centre for Intellectual History | University of Helsinki
Exciting news - Helsinki Centre for Intellectual History is organising a conference! When? In exactly one week!
www.helsinki.fi
Next week we are hosting the “In and Out of the Canon in Intellectual History” conference at the University of Helsinki!
If you are curious about the canon, non-canon, or anything in between, feel free to drop by and listen in.
Programme + details:
www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
If you are curious about the canon, non-canon, or anything in between, feel free to drop by and listen in.
Programme + details:
www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Project MUSE - A Quantitative and Comparative Approach to Royalist and Whig Sources in Hume’s <i>History of England</i>
muse.jhu.edu
Our article in Hume Studies is out: “A Quantitative and Comparative Approach to Royalist and Whig Sources in Hume’s History of England” → muse.jhu.edu/pub/108/arti...
Relevant also to bridge the gap between quantitative and qualitative methods in the humanities.
Relevant also to bridge the gap between quantitative and qualitative methods in the humanities.
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Good news, Enlightenment Histories by de Gruyter, edited by yours truly together with Marc Hanvelt and Mark Spencer, has just been published. Google seems to give access to the ebook for free (at least atm, red tab on the upper left-hand corner following the link) books.google.fi/books?hl=en&...
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Nov 26
In and Out of the Canon in Intellectual History | Centre for Intellectual History | University of Helsinki
The Helsinki Centre for Intellectual History devotes its 2025 conference to exploring the question of being in and out of the canon of intellectual history. We welcome proposals for panels and individ...
www.helsinki.fi
The Helsinki Centre for Intellectual History 2025 conference asks what it means to be in and out of the canon in intellectual history.
📅 15–17 December 2025
📍 University of Helsinki
🗂️ Conference schedule now available:
www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
📅 15–17 December 2025
📍 University of Helsinki
🗂️ Conference schedule now available:
www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Smart companies will collaborate with researchers on these issues on our way towards better data. Of course it means finding new business models but that has been on the cards for past few decades. Should not come as a surprise to anyone. Maybe we should engage more with Proquest as well.
Reposted by Charles West
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Opening the black box of EEBO
Abstract. Digital archives that cover extended historical periods can create a misleading impression of comprehensiveness while in truth providing access t
academic.oup.com
Great news! This is out: Opening the black box of EEBO academic.oup.com/dsh/advance-...
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Nov 6
HELDIG DIGITAL HUMANITIES SUMMIT 2025
blogs.helsinki.fi
HELDIG Summit 2025, Thu 4 Dec 2025. Opportunity for academic and cultural heritage communities to exchange ideas. This year’s Summit celebrates Professor Eero Hyvönen, former director of HELDIG. Register early, places are limited: blogs.helsinki.fi/heldig-summit/
Voltaire Foundation
@voltaire.ox.ac.uk
· Oct 24
Opportunity: Director of the Voltaire Foundation
We are seeking a Director to lead the Voltaire Foundation, to succeed Professor Nicholas Cronk, and warmly invite applications. The Voltaire Foundation, originally established thanks to the…
www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk
📣📣📣 Opportunity: Director of the Voltaire Foundation 📣📣📣
We are seeking a Director to lead the Voltaire Foundation, to succeed Professor Nicholas Cronk, and warmly invite applications.
www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/op...
We are seeking a Director to lead the Voltaire Foundation, to succeed Professor Nicholas Cronk, and warmly invite applications.
www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/op...
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Apply for the HCAS-RJ Fellowship | Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies | University of Helsinki
The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS) invites applications for one HCAS-RJ Fellow to be hired for a fixed term from August 15 2026 to August 14 2027.
www.helsinki.fi
Great chance for researchers affiliated to a Swedish university to get a one-year scholarship to HCAS in Nordic Fellowship Program, funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond: www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-...
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Interfaces des Lumières. (Dé)constructions numériques d’un héritage
Ce colloque a pour but d’étudier l’apport de la numérisation des corpus et des recherches en humanités numériques à la réflexion sur le statut des Lumières en tant qu’objet patrimonial, à la refonte d...
lettres.sorbonne-universite.fr
Here you go: lettres.sorbonne-universite.fr/evenements/i...
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Sorbonne Paris. @glennroe.bsky.social & Encyclopedie everything at Enlightenment Interfaces conference.
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Oct 7
great! Drop a note before
and we have a cup of coffee and talk about Mandeville.
and we have a cup of coffee and talk about Mandeville.
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Oct 7
Alumni of the Month: Anat Pick and Mikko Tolonen | Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies | University of Helsinki
The October 2025 edition of the HCAS Alumni Gallery
www.helsinki.fi
Honoured to be featured as the HCAS Alumni of the Month — the best place in Finnish academia www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-...
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Oct 2
Enlightenment Histories
It has long been understood that histories were central to the Era of the Enlightenment. Enlightenment histories not only broke new scholarly ground, but they also circulated widely with an expanding ...
www.degruyterbrill.com
Coming out this year: Enlightenment Histories by de Gruyer / Brill. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Sep 4
ESR Ángela Gómez speaks on CASCADE’s third reunion in Helsinki
It was Tuesday, August 19th, 2025, and we were travelling to the third CASCADE MSCA Doctoral Network training camp. This time around, it was taking us to Helsinki, and the trip to the airport reminded...
www.horizoncascade.net
Nice blog on our CASCADE camp in Helsinki last month! www.horizoncascade.net/esr-angela-g...
Reposted by Mikko Tolonen
Voltaire Foundation
@voltaire.ox.ac.uk
· Jul 24
Call for Papers - Voltaire in the Baltic World: Circulations, Receptions, Legacies
5-6 March 2026, University of Tartu, Estonia In connection with an upcoming exhibition on Voltaire at the University of Tartu’s Museum of Art, and in collaboration with the Voltaire Foundation…
www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk
Call for Papers – Voltaire in the Baltic World: Circulations, Receptions, Legacies
Our colleague Sophie Turner is organising this exciting conference in Tarttu, Estonia, next year, which the Voltaire Foundation is supporting.
www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/ca...
Our colleague Sophie Turner is organising this exciting conference in Tarttu, Estonia, next year, which the Voltaire Foundation is supporting.
www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/ca...
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Jul 18
@tolonen.bsky.social at open language data panel at #DH2025: researchers have to prioritize the research questions. Scalability, expressed as interoperability, standards, data sharing are infrastructure tasks. Data publications, data releases should not be byproducts but actual outputs.
Thanks everyone at our panel at #dh2025 & especially the organizers!
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@tolonen.bsky.social at open language data panel at #DH2025: researchers have to prioritize the research questions. Scalability, expressed as interoperability, standards, data sharing are infrastructure tasks. Data publications, data releases should not be byproducts but actual outputs.
Mikko Tolonen
@tolonen.bsky.social
· Jul 17
Strong representation of CASCADE and MECANO at #DH2025. Both of our Marie Curie Training Networks have a paper in the same session by early career researchers! Well done! www.conftool.pro/dh2025/index...
