UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre
LightNews LightNews
banner
uvichcmc.bsky.social
UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre
@uvichcmc.bsky.social
320 followers 84 following 55 posts
HCMC develops digital projects in collaboration with researchers and instructors from UVic's Faculty of Humanities.
Posts Replies Media Videos
uvichcmc.bsky.social
🗝️ We're pleased to announce a new release of the Servitengasse website. This important project maps the Jewish residents and business owners of one street in Vienna in 1938, visually recording how the Holocaust affected the trajectories of their lives. Follow the link to explore the website and map:
Servitengasse
hcmc.uvic.ca
January 27, 2026 at 12:11 AM
uvichcmc.bsky.social
#HumanitiesWeek is back from Feb 3-11!

Lots of interesting events lined up examining how the development of AI technologies intersects with culture, society, ethics, and human rights.

Find more information and register for events at the link below:
Humanities Week - Home
Humanities Week at the University of Victoria
hcmc.uvic.ca
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
uvichcmc.bsky.social
A new edition of Megan Lukaniec's (@ulaval.ca) Wendat Dictionary (Onkwendahchondiahkwa’) was just released. The dictionary is available in English and French, and can be viewed in different ways depending on the user’s needs and level of familiarity with the language. Check it out at the link below!
Dictionnaire de la langue wendat / Wendat Dictionary
hcmc.uvic.ca
December 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Reposted by UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre
uvichumanities.bsky.social
According to @theglobeandmail.com, the latest book from Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross (@uvichistory.bsky.social) is "essential reading."

Read the review: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

@uvicscholcom.bsky.social
Challenging Exile is essential reading for history buffs
The book tells the story of Japanese Canadians who were deported to Japan after the end of the Second World War
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
uvichcmc.bsky.social
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
uvichcmc.bsky.social
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
uvichcmc.bsky.social
🎉 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
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
uvichcmc.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...
2025 Winners of the Rahtz Prize and Community Prize
tei-c.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
uvichcmc.bsky.social
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
Reposted by UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre
trishaoconnor88.bsky.social
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
uvichcmc.bsky.social
Talks during day 1 of the Kula: Library Futures Academy launch were inspiring. Looking forward to day 2!
uvic.ca University of Victoria @uvic.ca · Jul 21
📖 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...
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
uvichcmc.bsky.social
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
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
Reposted by UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre
lcottegnies.bsky.social
The Douai Shakespeare Manuscript Project is finally out in its final version!!
Thank you to a brilliant team at LEMDO
bsky.app/profile/uvic...
uvichcmc.bsky.social UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre @uvichcmc.bsky.social · Apr 3
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
Facsimile of the first page of Twelfth Night from the MS 787, used by kind permission of the Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Douai. There is a light blue triangle over the top left of the page with text reading: The Douai Shakespeare Manuscript Project
July 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Reposted by UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre
marielsj.bsky.social
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
Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry
dvpp.uvic.ca
July 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reposted by UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre
marielsj.bsky.social
- *Once a Week* had gorgeously illustrated monthly poems ("January", "February", etc.) creating a multi-authored and multi-illustrated series

#RSVP2025
Once a Week (magazine) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Reposted by UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre
uvichumanities.bsky.social
@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-...
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
Reposted by UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre
lemdo-uvic.bsky.social
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
uvichcmc.bsky.social
📣 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!
Poster for Dr. Sarah Neville's talk. Text reads: Renaissance herbals—sixteenth and seventeenth century printed guides to plants, herbs, and trees, sometimes beautifully illustrated—were among the best-sellers in their time. Yet, the most popular of these books were the least likely to survive readers, making them paradoxically obscure. This talk will explore the phenomenon of the English herbal, showing how botanical knowledge in print came to be seen as a valuable commodity that early modern readers were eager to buy. Dr. Neville is jointly appointed in English and in Theatre, Film, and Media Arts at Ohio State University. She specializes in early modern English literature, bibliography, theories of textuality, and Shakespeare in performance, chiefly examining the ways that authority is negotiated in print, digital and live media. She is an Assistant Editor of the New Oxford Shakespeare (2016-17), Co-Coordinating editor of the Digital Renaissance Editions and the New Internet Shakespeare Editions, and General Textual Editor for Linked Early Modern Drama Online. Neville’s latest book, Early Modern Herbals and the Book Trade: English Stationers and the Commodification of Botany (Cambridge, 2022), demonstrates the ways that printers and booksellers of herbals enabled the construction of scientific and medical authority in early modern England. She is currently editing 2 Henry VI for the Arden Shakespeare. UVic’s Public Lectures Series features accomplished individuals from a vast array of academic and research endeavours. As host of this lecture series, UVic continues its commitment to making a vital impact on people, places, and the planet. For disability accommodation call 250-721-6271
March 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
uvichcmc.bsky.social
HCMC will be closed February 17 for Family Day.

We will be open again starting February 18 for the rest of reading week. 📚📚
February 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Reposted by UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre
uvic.ca
The University of Victoria is officially on Bluesky! What better way to kick things off than with George, our widely adored (though unofficial) mascot.
George, the University of Victoria resident peacock, sits perched on a concrete wall.
February 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Reposted by UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre
uvichumanities.bsky.social
#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...
The Unessay Competition
Express your research with complete freedom of form.
events.uvic.ca
February 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
uvichcmc.bsky.social
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
February 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reposted by UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre
uvichumanities.bsky.social
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...
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
uvichcmc.bsky.social
HCMC is closed today due to the winter weather conditions. ☃️❄️
February 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
uvichcmc.bsky.social
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