Cambridge Digital Humanities
LightNews LightNews
banner
camdighum.bsky.social
Cambridge Digital Humanities
@camdighum.bsky.social
670 followers 620 following 58 posts
An interdisciplinary digital humanities research and teaching centre at the University of Cambridge.

Visit our website: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk
Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/NewsCDH
Posts Replies Media Videos
camdighum.bsky.social
Alessandro Trevisan kicked off our Methods Fellow programme this week with a brilliant workshop on LLMs and the philosophy of language 🔤

The programme continues next term with workshops on diffraction theatre, Python, IIIF, cultural heritage digitisation and more 🐍

Browse what's on: bit.ly/4oTue76
CDH Methods logo in turquoise with a ribbon of parallel lines flowing through the top right corner.
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
Our last CDH Open of the year kicks off next week!

Join us on 27 November to explore 'Technologies of Self in the Postdigital Novel' with Dr Denise Wong, Postdoctoral Researcher on Reading Post-Postmodernist Fictions of the Digital @jlugiessen.bsky.social

RSVP: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/40347/
Headshot of Denise Wong with title of paper overlaid. The abstract for the talk, which can be found at the link in the post.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
Want to be part of our brilliant MPhil and PhD in Digital Humanities cohorts next year?

Come along to our mixed subject session online today at 5pm to find out more!

Register: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/40209/
Group shot of MPhil in DIgital Humanities cohort of 2025, University of Cambridge. Group shot of PhD in Digital Humanities cohort of 2025, University of Cambridge.
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
camdighum.bsky.social
The application portal for the 2026 Cultural Heritage Data School is officially open 🥁

Join us from 13-17 April 2026 to explore the theme 'Critically Engaging Audiences with Cultural Heritage Data'.

Early bird deadline: 23 Nov
Virtual Q&A: 10 Nov

Apply online: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/c...
Collage of objects including postcards, dice, mobile phone, camera, stones positioned on a game board.
October 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
camdighum.bsky.social
LAST CHANCE TO APPLY:

🟢 Associate Professor/Professor of Digital Humanities: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/n...

🟣 Postdoctoral Research Associate (AI and Creativity): www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/r...

Applications must be submitted no later that 23:59 BST on Sunday 21 September. Get cracking!
People study in the reading rooms of Cambridge University Library. Text overlaid reads: LAST CHANCE TO APPLY.
September 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
CDH Basics are back for Cambridge staff and graduate students plus OOC-DTP students!

Join us on Tuesday afternoons to learn how to apply digital methods and use digital tools in your research.

Book sessions individually or take the whole course.

Register online:
www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/?type...
Poster featuring two participants at a desk conversing and smiling at one another with laptops in front of them.
September 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
We are delighted to share that applications for the MPhil and PhD in Digital Humanities at the University of Cambridge are now open 🥳

Join our virtual information sessions on 25 September and 24 November to find out more.

Read the full announcement: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/p...
Key dates poster featuring image of four students conversing in a Cambridge University cafe. Copyright: University of Cambridge.
September 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
Hear Lydia de Leeuw and Aintzane Márquez from @somoamsterdam.bsky.social discuss the human and environmental impacts of unbridled corporate power at our Social Data School public event.

🗓️ Tuesday 9 September, 17:30 (BST)
📍 Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site
🔗 www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/40071/
Poster with photo of protest sign that says 'planet over profit'.
August 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
Another job opportunity at CDH, commencing Spring 2026 📣

We're seeking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to collaborate on projects exploring AI and the future of creativity.

Researchers in DH and cognate subjects are encouraged to apply by 21 September: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/r...
Job poster with photograph of Cambridge University Library reading rooms.
August 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
We're looking for an Associate Professor/Professor who can
contribute to research and teaching at Cambridge Digital Humanities from January 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

This is a permanent role with a closing date of 21 September.

Apply now: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/n...
Two University of Cambridge students are walking on the streets of central Cambridge. Copyright: University of Cambridge (June 2024)
August 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
See you on Thursday for our last CDH Open of term when Visiting Fellow Dr Jenny Kwok will explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in literary studies 💫

Register on our website to join us from 6-8pm in the Nihon Room, Pembroke College: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/39797/
Poster for jenny kwok's seminar exploring AI Workflows for literary studies, featuring her headshot.
June 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
What responsibilities do users and makers have in choosing AI tools, when their development can also lead to deadly outcomes at massive scales?

S+T+ARTS Prize-winner Dr @sarahciston.com discusses the AI War Cloud Database at our CDH Open on Thursday.

Find out more: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/39766/
Detail of the AI War Cloud graph shows small black icons representing AI systems connected by many black lines to nations like the US and companies like iRobot. The larger graph is a web of these many connections.
June 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
camdighum.bsky.social
Calling all Cambridge researchers, teaching staff, professional staff and postgrads!

Applications for the 2025-26 CDH Methods Fellowships programme are OPEN 💫

Fellows are awarded £1200 to design and deliver innovative digital methods workshops.

Find out more: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/c...
Dr Ali Abbas presents at the Methods Fellow welcome event in 2024.
June 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who joined us at the CDH Open last week!

We reconvene on Thursday 5 June to hear from Professor @jennyrichards.bsky.social and Dr Tiago Sousa Garcia, co-leads of the Bee-ing Human project 🐝

Book a free ticket and find out more on our website: buff.ly/96QajaJ
Bright teal background with details of seminar in text. Headshots of each speaker.
May 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
camdighum.bsky.social
Hear our fantastic Visiting Fellow Dr Stephanie Santos deliver the first CDH Open of term this Thursday 💡

ICT-mediated Labors and Infostructures of Feeling
Thursday 22 May, 6-8pm
The Nihon Room at @pembroke1347.bsky.social

Register on our website: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/39753/
Headshot of Dr Stephanie Santos Teal promotional poster with the following text: ICT-mediated Labors and Infostructures of Feeling. Dr Stephanie Santos, CDH Visiting Fellow and Lecturer of Cultural Studies at Chulalongkorn University. Thursday 22 May, 18:00 - 20:00 in the Nihon Room, Pembroke College. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork on remote eldercare from the Philippines, Dr Santos’ presentation will examine how Internet and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are expanding what sociologist Rhacel Parrenas (2015) has called the international division of reproductive labor, through the transnational distribution of Filipino carework to the Global North. Find out more and reserve your place at www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events (QR code in bottom right corner).
May 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
camdighum.bsky.social
🚨 APPLICATIONS OPEN 🚨

Investigate the societal impact of AI technologies at the next Cambridge Social Data School, taking place 8-12 September 2025 at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social

Find out more at our virtual information session Q&A on 6 May and apply by 26 May: buff.ly/GQNs6Ny
Data school participant points to projector screen showing map with coloured dots on it showing different types of farms in Ireland/Northern Ireland.
April 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
Next week, experts from the two biggest libraries in the world come to the Cambridge Cultural Heritage Data School to discuss the challenges faced by GLAM professionals when using generative AI.

We have one ticket left before the waitlist opens!

Register here: cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/39581/
Poster for the Cultural Heritage Data School public event featuring a black and white image of 3D metal letters, stored in rows, used for typesetting or printing.
April 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
camdighum.bsky.social
🚨 JOB OPPORTUNITY 🚨

Assistant Professorship in Digital Humanities and Film and Screen Studies (permanent) at Cambridge Digital Humanities and Cambridge Film and Screen, coordinated by @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social

Closing 15 April ⏰

Find out more and apply: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/n...
Poster with image of Cambridge street in blossom with bicycles tied to gates.
March 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
All are welcome to join us tomorrow from 5pm in SG2 of the Alison Richard Building to hear Dr Cristina Blanco Sío-López's visiting lecture on factors of sustainable peace.

Book your place: cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/39589/
Poster for Visiting Lecture featuring headshot of Dr Cristina Blanco Sío-López at a microphone.
March 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
Join us tomorrow for our next CDH Open:

💡 The Politics of Machine Unlearning
📢 Nanna Bonde Thylstrup, University of Copenhagen
🗓️ Thursday 6 March, 5-7pm
📍 GR06/07, English Faculty

Book your place: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/39534/

Image: Elise Racine & The Bigger Picture / Better Images of AI
Poster for The Politics of Machine Unlearning featuring image representing Machine Learning - a pixellated alleyway surrounded by houses with angled white lines over the top. Image credit: Elise Racine & The Bigger Picture / Better Images of AI / Web of Influence I / CC-BY 4.0
March 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
camdighum.bsky.social
Explore the relationship between technology, humans and cities at our CDH Open with Myria Georgiou - Professor of Media and Communications at @lsemedia.bsky.social - tomorrow evening.

🗓️ Thursday 27 February, 5-7pm
📍 GR 06/07, English Faculty
🔗 Book: lnkd.in/eE7bVxbj
Teal poster for CDH Open with Professor Myria Georgiou on 27 February 2025. Full details available on www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events
February 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
camdighum.bsky.social
Cities rely on tech giants for digital infrastructure - what might this mean for migrant communities?

Five experts come together to discuss racial capitalism and border imperialism in digital cities at Dr Matt Mahmoudi's book launch on Wednesday.

Secure your place: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/39425/
Poster for the launch of Migrants in the Digital Periphery featuring a headshot of Dr Matt Mahmoudi and the book cover which features a photo of a green wall with graffiti sprayed on top.
February 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM