UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre
@uvichcmc.bsky.social
HCMC develops digital projects in collaboration with researchers and instructors from UVic's Faculty of Humanities.
In honour of Remembrance Day, we’re highlighting the Canadian Great War Project, a searchable database dedicated to those who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force from 1914-1919. The site has collected records of 648,376 people so far, promoting awareness of Canada’s participation in WWI.
Home :: Canadian Great War Project
canadiangreatwarproject.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
In honour of Remembrance Day, we’re highlighting the Canadian Great War Project, a searchable database dedicated to those who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force from 1914-1919. The site has collected records of 648,376 people so far, promoting awareness of Canada’s participation in WWI.
The HCMC is proud to contribute to the important work being done by the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society. Read more about it here:
Victoria monument to honour uprooted Japanese Canadians
A 300-foot-long wall will be etched with the names of more than 22,000 Japanese Canadians who were forcibly removed from the West Coast and sent to internment camps during the Second World War.
www.timescolonist.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The HCMC is proud to contribute to the important work being done by the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society. Read more about it here:
🎉 Our very own Martin Holmes reached 30 years of service at UVic! His brilliance and expertise are invaluable to not just UVic and the HCMC, but to the whole field of digital humanities. Congratulations on your achievement, Martin!
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@uvichumanities.bsky.social
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@uvichumanities.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🎉 Our very own Martin Holmes reached 30 years of service at UVic! His brilliance and expertise are invaluable to not just UVic and the HCMC, but to the whole field of digital humanities. Congratulations on your achievement, Martin!
@uvic.ca
@uvichumanities.bsky.social
@uvic.ca
@uvichumanities.bsky.social
🎉 The HCMC is thrilled that the Endings Project has won the TEI 2025 Community Prize, with the project described as "one of the most significant contributions to scholarly digital publishing of the last decade." More info at the link below!
tei-c.org/news/2025/10...
tei-c.org/news/2025/10...
2025 Winners of the Rahtz Prize and Community Prize
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October 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🎉 The HCMC is thrilled that the Endings Project has won the TEI 2025 Community Prize, with the project described as "one of the most significant contributions to scholarly digital publishing of the last decade." More info at the link below!
tei-c.org/news/2025/10...
tei-c.org/news/2025/10...
We're excited to announce that the UVic Environmental Humanities Collective website has been published at ehco.uvic.ca. If you're interested in learning more about environmental humanities or about UVic faculty working in that field, check it out!
Environmental Humanities Collective
ehco.uvic.ca
October 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We're excited to announce that the UVic Environmental Humanities Collective website has been published at ehco.uvic.ca. If you're interested in learning more about environmental humanities or about UVic faculty working in that field, check it out!
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The Technical Council of @teiconsortium.bsky.social discussing the issues raised by #TEI community prior to the #tei2025 conference @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social. Thank you to the excellent local organisers for accommodating the Technical Council and organising such a wonderful conference.
September 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The Technical Council of @teiconsortium.bsky.social discussing the issues raised by #TEI community prior to the #tei2025 conference @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social. Thank you to the excellent local organisers for accommodating the Technical Council and organising such a wonderful conference.
Talks during day 1 of the Kula: Library Futures Academy launch were inspiring. Looking forward to day 2!
📖 UVic Libraries is launching Kula: Library Futures Academy—the world’s first library-based innovation hub.
🎤 Join us Sept 15–16 for panels on Truth, Knowledge & Society with authors, archivists, & artists.
🎟️ Early bird tix: www.eventbrite.ca/e/kula-acade...
🎤 Join us Sept 15–16 for panels on Truth, Knowledge & Society with authors, archivists, & artists.
🎟️ Early bird tix: www.eventbrite.ca/e/kula-acade...
Kula Academy Launch: Symposium on Truth, Knowledge, & Society
Join us for engaging discussions with internationally renowned thinkers about the future of democratic societies.
www.eventbrite.ca
September 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Talks during day 1 of the Kula: Library Futures Academy launch were inspiring. Looking forward to day 2!
The HCMC is proud to be supporting the CICR project, which addresses historical injustices in higher education settings focusing on Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ territories. They have a pop-up exhibition in the lobby of the McPherson Library until Sept 14. Come check it out!
cicr.uvic.ca
cicr.uvic.ca
Colonial Injustices and Current Realities (CICR) — University of Victoria
CICR is a transdisciplinary collaboration at UVic examining historical injustice and settler colonialism, with research methods, resources, events, and a territorial acknowledgement.
cicr.uvic.ca
September 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The HCMC is proud to be supporting the CICR project, which addresses historical injustices in higher education settings focusing on Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ territories. They have a pop-up exhibition in the lobby of the McPherson Library until Sept 14. Come check it out!
cicr.uvic.ca
cicr.uvic.ca
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The Douai Shakespeare Manuscript Project is finally out in its final version!!
Thank you to a brilliant team at LEMDO
bsky.app/profile/uvic...
Thank you to a brilliant team at LEMDO
bsky.app/profile/uvic...
Great news for those who love #manuscripts or #Shakespeare: the Douai Shakespeare Manuscript Project is now available!
This release includes editions and facsimiles of Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth.
👀: lemdo.uvic.ca/douai
📷: Douai MS 787, Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
This release includes editions and facsimiles of Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth.
👀: lemdo.uvic.ca/douai
📷: Douai MS 787, Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
July 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Douai Shakespeare Manuscript Project is finally out in its final version!!
Thank you to a brilliant team at LEMDO
bsky.app/profile/uvic...
Thank you to a brilliant team at LEMDO
bsky.app/profile/uvic...
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Next up is Alison Chapman presenting on the Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry (DVPP, based at @uvichcmc.bsky.social)
32% of all DVPP poems are overtly related to another poem
She argues that periodicals with high cultural prestige invest in networks of poems
#RSVP2025 #BookHistory
32% of all DVPP poems are overtly related to another poem
She argues that periodicals with high cultural prestige invest in networks of poems
#RSVP2025 #BookHistory
Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry
dvpp.uvic.ca
July 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Next up is Alison Chapman presenting on the Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry (DVPP, based at @uvichcmc.bsky.social)
32% of all DVPP poems are overtly related to another poem
She argues that periodicals with high cultural prestige invest in networks of poems
#RSVP2025 #BookHistory
32% of all DVPP poems are overtly related to another poem
She argues that periodicals with high cultural prestige invest in networks of poems
#RSVP2025 #BookHistory
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- *Once a Week* had gorgeously illustrated monthly poems ("January", "February", etc.) creating a multi-authored and multi-illustrated series
#RSVP2025
#RSVP2025
Once a Week (magazine) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
- *Once a Week* had gorgeously illustrated monthly poems ("January", "February", etc.) creating a multi-authored and multi-illustrated series
#RSVP2025
#RSVP2025
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@uvic.ca scholars—including @uvichcmc.bsky.social director @janellejenstad.bsky.social—are using digital tools to make science accessible through political uncertainty.
#DigitalHumanities #LibraryScience
🔗 news.uvic.ca/2025/making-...
#DigitalHumanities #LibraryScience
🔗 news.uvic.ca/2025/making-...
Making science accessible through political uncertainty - UVic News
In the digital age, data is the lifeblood of research and discovery. Too much research remains hidden behind paywalls. As the research community calls for
news.uvic.ca
June 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@uvic.ca scholars—including @uvichcmc.bsky.social director @janellejenstad.bsky.social—are using digital tools to make science accessible through political uncertainty.
#DigitalHumanities #LibraryScience
🔗 news.uvic.ca/2025/making-...
#DigitalHumanities #LibraryScience
🔗 news.uvic.ca/2025/making-...
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Linked Early Modern Drama is on Bluesky! We are housed at @uvic.ca and supported by @uvichumanities.bsky.social. #earlyModernDrama #Shakespeare #digitalEditions #editing #textEncoding
March 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Linked Early Modern Drama is on Bluesky! We are housed at @uvic.ca and supported by @uvichumanities.bsky.social. #earlyModernDrama #Shakespeare #digitalEditions #editing #textEncoding
📣 Upcoming Lansdowne public lecture! 📣
In "Renaissance Botany and the Landscapes of Early Printed Books," LEMDO General Textual Editor Dr. Sarah Neville will be speaking on English herbals of the 16th-17th C. 🌱🌿📚
Date: Monday, March 10
Time: 7 pm
Where: Clearihue Building A207
Cost: Free!
In "Renaissance Botany and the Landscapes of Early Printed Books," LEMDO General Textual Editor Dr. Sarah Neville will be speaking on English herbals of the 16th-17th C. 🌱🌿📚
Date: Monday, March 10
Time: 7 pm
Where: Clearihue Building A207
Cost: Free!
March 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
📣 Upcoming Lansdowne public lecture! 📣
In "Renaissance Botany and the Landscapes of Early Printed Books," LEMDO General Textual Editor Dr. Sarah Neville will be speaking on English herbals of the 16th-17th C. 🌱🌿📚
Date: Monday, March 10
Time: 7 pm
Where: Clearihue Building A207
Cost: Free!
In "Renaissance Botany and the Landscapes of Early Printed Books," LEMDO General Textual Editor Dr. Sarah Neville will be speaking on English herbals of the 16th-17th C. 🌱🌿📚
Date: Monday, March 10
Time: 7 pm
Where: Clearihue Building A207
Cost: Free!
HCMC will be closed February 17 for Family Day.
We will be open again starting February 18 for the rest of reading week. 📚📚
We will be open again starting February 18 for the rest of reading week. 📚📚
February 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
HCMC will be closed February 17 for Family Day.
We will be open again starting February 18 for the rest of reading week. 📚📚
We will be open again starting February 18 for the rest of reading week. 📚📚
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The University of Victoria is officially on Bluesky! What better way to kick things off than with George, our widely adored (though unofficial) mascot.
February 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The University of Victoria is officially on Bluesky! What better way to kick things off than with George, our widely adored (though unofficial) mascot.
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#HumanitiesWeek has been a blast! We hope you'll join our final event, the annual Unessay Competition, tonight @ 6:30 PST (online). Students will share their research with complete freedom of form, and you'll get to vote on your favourite works!
Register: events.uvic.ca/humanities/e...
Register: events.uvic.ca/humanities/e...
The Unessay Competition
Express your research with complete freedom of form.
events.uvic.ca
February 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
#HumanitiesWeek has been a blast! We hope you'll join our final event, the annual Unessay Competition, tonight @ 6:30 PST (online). Students will share their research with complete freedom of form, and you'll get to vote on your favourite works!
Register: events.uvic.ca/humanities/e...
Register: events.uvic.ca/humanities/e...
HCMC developer Martin Holmes has rescued and rebuilt the British Book Trade Index (BBTI) project as a static, Endings-compliant site! 📚🧐
Check it out at hcmc.uvic.ca/project/bbti...
You can also find info about the BBTI and links to alternatives for accessing its dataset at bbti.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Check it out at hcmc.uvic.ca/project/bbti...
You can also find info about the BBTI and links to alternatives for accessing its dataset at bbti.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
February 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
HCMC developer Martin Holmes has rescued and rebuilt the British Book Trade Index (BBTI) project as a static, Endings-compliant site! 📚🧐
Check it out at hcmc.uvic.ca/project/bbti...
You can also find info about the BBTI and links to alternatives for accessing its dataset at bbti.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Check it out at hcmc.uvic.ca/project/bbti...
You can also find info about the BBTI and links to alternatives for accessing its dataset at bbti.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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A snow day doesn't need to stop you from joining the first event of #HumanitiesWeek tonight! ❄️
Join us online for a discussion with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay TONIGHT, February 4 @ 5PM PST, online over Zoom! Register to get the link: events.uvic.ca/humanities/e...
Join us online for a discussion with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay TONIGHT, February 4 @ 5PM PST, online over Zoom! Register to get the link: events.uvic.ca/humanities/e...
A Potential History of the Jewish Muslim World: in conversation with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
Can we return to worlds destroyed by colonial violence?
events.uvic.ca
February 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A snow day doesn't need to stop you from joining the first event of #HumanitiesWeek tonight! ❄️
Join us online for a discussion with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay TONIGHT, February 4 @ 5PM PST, online over Zoom! Register to get the link: events.uvic.ca/humanities/e...
Join us online for a discussion with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay TONIGHT, February 4 @ 5PM PST, online over Zoom! Register to get the link: events.uvic.ca/humanities/e...
HCMC is closed today due to the winter weather conditions. ☃️❄️
February 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
HCMC is closed today due to the winter weather conditions. ☃️❄️
HCMC is delighted to welcome Humanities Co-op student Alexandria Brooks. Based in HCMC, Alex is working for the Past Wrongs Future Choices Archives Cluster.
January 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
HCMC is delighted to welcome Humanities Co-op student Alexandria Brooks. Based in HCMC, Alex is working for the Past Wrongs Future Choices Archives Cluster.
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Looking for Canadian #research organizations and universities? Follow and share our starter packs, and let us know if you'd like to be added!
Research organizations and universities in Canada part 1
go.bsky.app/DjqbMNB
Research organizations and universities in Canada part 2
go.bsky.app/2i7Qi3E
Research organizations and universities in Canada part 1
go.bsky.app/DjqbMNB
Research organizations and universities in Canada part 2
go.bsky.app/2i7Qi3E
January 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Looking for Canadian #research organizations and universities? Follow and share our starter packs, and let us know if you'd like to be added!
Research organizations and universities in Canada part 1
go.bsky.app/DjqbMNB
Research organizations and universities in Canada part 2
go.bsky.app/2i7Qi3E
Research organizations and universities in Canada part 1
go.bsky.app/DjqbMNB
Research organizations and universities in Canada part 2
go.bsky.app/2i7Qi3E
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You're invited to join us for the 7th annual #HumanitiesWeek, featuring four events on the theme Diaspora Stories.
Explore exile and return, home and community, empire and loss, and global stories of complex identities and imperial legacies.
Details: hcmc.uvic.ca/humanitieswe...
Explore exile and return, home and community, empire and loss, and global stories of complex identities and imperial legacies.
Details: hcmc.uvic.ca/humanitieswe...
Humanities Week - Home
Humanities Week at the University of Victoria
hcmc.uvic.ca
January 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
You're invited to join us for the 7th annual #HumanitiesWeek, featuring four events on the theme Diaspora Stories.
Explore exile and return, home and community, empire and loss, and global stories of complex identities and imperial legacies.
Details: hcmc.uvic.ca/humanitieswe...
Explore exile and return, home and community, empire and loss, and global stories of complex identities and imperial legacies.
Details: hcmc.uvic.ca/humanitieswe...
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Looking back at the old year and ahead to the New Year! Here's Emma in Special Collections photographing Arthur Rackham's watercolour of "Fafner Guarding Alberich's Ring" in Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Can you spot the dragon? #fafner #alberich #arthurrackhamillustration #uvic
December 30, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Looking back at the old year and ahead to the New Year! Here's Emma in Special Collections photographing Arthur Rackham's watercolour of "Fafner Guarding Alberich's Ring" in Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Can you spot the dragon? #fafner #alberich #arthurrackhamillustration #uvic
Our winter workstation schedule:
-Dec. 16-20: Closed for Professional Development
-Dec. 23-24: Open for bookings!
-Dec. 25-Jan. 1: Closed for UVic's winter break
-Jan. 2: Open for the new semester!
-Dec. 16-20: Closed for Professional Development
-Dec. 23-24: Open for bookings!
-Dec. 25-Jan. 1: Closed for UVic's winter break
-Jan. 2: Open for the new semester!
December 10, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Our winter workstation schedule:
-Dec. 16-20: Closed for Professional Development
-Dec. 23-24: Open for bookings!
-Dec. 25-Jan. 1: Closed for UVic's winter break
-Jan. 2: Open for the new semester!
-Dec. 16-20: Closed for Professional Development
-Dec. 23-24: Open for bookings!
-Dec. 25-Jan. 1: Closed for UVic's winter break
-Jan. 2: Open for the new semester!