Chris Warren
@chrisvvarren.bsky.social
Knowledge-monger at Carnegie Mellon University: clandestine print, weird data, book history, computational humanities, political thought. wrote a book called literature & the law of nations, co-founder of six degrees of francis bacon. humanities for all.
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Chris Warren
@chrisvvarren.bsky.social
· Jun 12
Christopher Warren Named Head of Carnegie Mellon’s Department of English - Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University's new Department of English head, who begins Aug. 1, is an expert in 16th and 17th century literature and culture who is also one of the world's foremost leaders in using te...
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some personal news www.cmu.edu/dietrich/new...
My entire academic career in a skeet
Six Degrees of Separation, but for the Jus Ad Bellum.
This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My entire academic career in a skeet
There's still time to apply for one of several full-time positions in computational humanities at Carnegie Mellon University
* Assistant Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanitiesapply.interfolio.com/173622
* Assistant Tenure Track Prof in Computational Humanities apply.interfolio.com/173626
* Assistant Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanitiesapply.interfolio.com/173622
* Assistant Tenure Track Prof in Computational Humanities apply.interfolio.com/173626
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October 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
There's still time to apply for one of several full-time positions in computational humanities at Carnegie Mellon University
* Assistant Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanitiesapply.interfolio.com/173622
* Assistant Tenure Track Prof in Computational Humanities apply.interfolio.com/173626
* Assistant Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanitiesapply.interfolio.com/173622
* Assistant Tenure Track Prof in Computational Humanities apply.interfolio.com/173626
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Did you know that the JCB has committed to digitizing all of its collections?
See the progress we've made so far at americana.jcblibrary.org!
Details: Branch of a blackwood or Jamaican walnut with oblong fruit being eaten by a land crab. americana.jcblibrary.org/search/objec...
See the progress we've made so far at americana.jcblibrary.org!
Details: Branch of a blackwood or Jamaican walnut with oblong fruit being eaten by a land crab. americana.jcblibrary.org/search/objec...
October 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Did you know that the JCB has committed to digitizing all of its collections?
See the progress we've made so far at americana.jcblibrary.org!
Details: Branch of a blackwood or Jamaican walnut with oblong fruit being eaten by a land crab. americana.jcblibrary.org/search/objec...
See the progress we've made so far at americana.jcblibrary.org!
Details: Branch of a blackwood or Jamaican walnut with oblong fruit being eaten by a land crab. americana.jcblibrary.org/search/objec...
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Since we all have Macs at work, I'm trying to find another solution that doesn't involve shelling out money for $$ enterprise subscriptions. So I'm back to contemplating Excel, but I really want to be able to apply multiple labels to entries...
October 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Since we all have Macs at work, I'm trying to find another solution that doesn't involve shelling out money for $$ enterprise subscriptions. So I'm back to contemplating Excel, but I really want to be able to apply multiple labels to entries...
I’ve been thinking — what if ending the draft in 1973 is a hidden cause of rising US college tuition? Cheap college once allowed young men to avoid war. When the draft ended, so did the political incentive to keep higher ed affordable.
October 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I’ve been thinking — what if ending the draft in 1973 is a hidden cause of rising US college tuition? Cheap college once allowed young men to avoid war. When the draft ended, so did the political incentive to keep higher ed affordable.
Many thanks to @kathrynpalmer.bsky.social for this fantastic piece on our new PhD program in Computational Cultural Studies
How One University Is Reimagining a Humanities Ph.D. Program
@cmu.edu is turning its literary and cultural studies Ph.D. program into one focused on computational cultural studies. The reframe comes as many humanities graduate programs face an uncertain future. https://bit.ly/4ngm7R7
@cmu.edu is turning its literary and cultural studies Ph.D. program into one focused on computational cultural studies. The reframe comes as many humanities graduate programs face an uncertain future. https://bit.ly/4ngm7R7
September 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Many thanks to @kathrynpalmer.bsky.social for this fantastic piece on our new PhD program in Computational Cultural Studies
ICYMI
Trying to keep my professional chill but I’m SO excited Carnegie Mellon is launching a cluster hire in computational humanities—MULTIPLE JOBS!
1. Asst Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanities - apply.interfolio.com/173622
2. Asst Tenure Track Prof in CH - apply.interfolio.com/173626
1. Asst Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanities - apply.interfolio.com/173622
2. Asst Tenure Track Prof in CH - apply.interfolio.com/173626
September 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
ICYMI
Trying to keep my professional chill but I’m SO excited Carnegie Mellon is launching a cluster hire in computational humanities—MULTIPLE JOBS!
1. Asst Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanities - apply.interfolio.com/173622
2. Asst Tenure Track Prof in CH - apply.interfolio.com/173626
1. Asst Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanities - apply.interfolio.com/173622
2. Asst Tenure Track Prof in CH - apply.interfolio.com/173626
September 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Trying to keep my professional chill but I’m SO excited Carnegie Mellon is launching a cluster hire in computational humanities—MULTIPLE JOBS!
1. Asst Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanities - apply.interfolio.com/173622
2. Asst Tenure Track Prof in CH - apply.interfolio.com/173626
1. Asst Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanities - apply.interfolio.com/173622
2. Asst Tenure Track Prof in CH - apply.interfolio.com/173626
Carnegie Mellon English proudly supports Ed Simon's launch of the Pittsburgh Review of Books. I like to say that @cmuenglish.bsky.social is where readers find refuge and leaders find language. It's tremendous to see Ed and ProB offering that same spirit to our city and to our world.
pghrev.com
pghrev.com
Pittsburgh Review of Books - Engaged, Incisive, Smart Cultural Criticism & Analysis
The Pittsburgh Review of Books publishes engaged, incisive, and smart cultural criticism and analysis.
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September 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Carnegie Mellon English proudly supports Ed Simon's launch of the Pittsburgh Review of Books. I like to say that @cmuenglish.bsky.social is where readers find refuge and leaders find language. It's tremendous to see Ed and ProB offering that same spirit to our city and to our world.
pghrev.com
pghrev.com
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Did you miss our summer talks or wish you could share them with someone else? You’re in luck! Recordings of our 2025 Summer Lecture Series are now online!
Video recordings are under the “Summer Lectures” playlist at youtube.com/rarebookschool
Listen to the audio at soundcloud.com/rarebookschool
Video recordings are under the “Summer Lectures” playlist at youtube.com/rarebookschool
Listen to the audio at soundcloud.com/rarebookschool
August 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Did you miss our summer talks or wish you could share them with someone else? You’re in luck! Recordings of our 2025 Summer Lecture Series are now online!
Video recordings are under the “Summer Lectures” playlist at youtube.com/rarebookschool
Listen to the audio at soundcloud.com/rarebookschool
Video recordings are under the “Summer Lectures” playlist at youtube.com/rarebookschool
Listen to the audio at soundcloud.com/rarebookschool
After nearly two years running our homespun ESTC 📚📜, we’ll soon retire it at the request of the ESTC. Proud to have been part of the @print-and-prob.bsky.social team 💪, led by Nikolai Vogler, that helped our scholarly community in a time of need 💜
When our Print & Probability collaborator UCSD grad student Nikolai Vogler heard that ESTC was down due to the BL cyberattack, he jumped into action. Here’s the site he built to help #earlymodern scholars access the essential metadata needed for teaching and research 📚 📜 estc.printprobability.org
estc.printprobability.org
August 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
After nearly two years running our homespun ESTC 📚📜, we’ll soon retire it at the request of the ESTC. Proud to have been part of the @print-and-prob.bsky.social team 💪, led by Nikolai Vogler, that helped our scholarly community in a time of need 💜
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My recent lecture for @rarebookschool.bsky.social can now be found on their YouTube channel youtu.be/ElvNacFyoWQ.
2025 Malkin Lecture: "What is Computational Bibliography?"
YouTube video by Rare Book School
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August 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My recent lecture for @rarebookschool.bsky.social can now be found on their YouTube channel youtu.be/ElvNacFyoWQ.
My recent lecture for @rarebookschool.bsky.social can now be found on their YouTube channel youtu.be/ElvNacFyoWQ.
2025 Malkin Lecture: "What is Computational Bibliography?"
YouTube video by Rare Book School
youtu.be
August 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My recent lecture for @rarebookschool.bsky.social can now be found on their YouTube channel youtu.be/ElvNacFyoWQ.
Reposted by Chris Warren
As a book history/digital humanities scholar, I immensely enjoyed this @rarebookschool.bsky.social talk on Warren's term, computational bibliography, as a set of tools to connect the study of artifact (microscopic/Hinman) to ideology (systemic/Darnton). (1/7)
July 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
As a book history/digital humanities scholar, I immensely enjoyed this @rarebookschool.bsky.social talk on Warren's term, computational bibliography, as a set of tools to connect the study of artifact (microscopic/Hinman) to ideology (systemic/Darnton). (1/7)
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Here's another fun announcement. You can now access the first three episodes of Third Person Limited, a podcast on books and culture that I have been working on with my friend, Mason. thirdpersonlimited.com
Third Person Limited
thirdpersonlimited.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Here's another fun announcement. You can now access the first three episodes of Third Person Limited, a podcast on books and culture that I have been working on with my friend, Mason. thirdpersonlimited.com
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Here's a nice announcement. I just turned in the final draft for my first academic book, 'Cartesian Theaters, Shakespearean Minds: Finding Descartes on the Early Modern Stage' to be published with Edinburgh University Press next year.
July 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Here's a nice announcement. I just turned in the final draft for my first academic book, 'Cartesian Theaters, Shakespearean Minds: Finding Descartes on the Early Modern Stage' to be published with Edinburgh University Press next year.
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it's proofs day 😍 Introducing Catherine Sanger. This is another woman publisher that I found after an editor assumed traces of her labor in the English Short Title Catalogue were a typo. A [sic] was put next to her initial, and I spent weeks combing through Ancestry to figure out who she is.
July 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
it's proofs day 😍 Introducing Catherine Sanger. This is another woman publisher that I found after an editor assumed traces of her labor in the English Short Title Catalogue were a typo. A [sic] was put next to her initial, and I spent weeks combing through Ancestry to figure out who she is.
oh hey this looks cool ;)
Christopher N. Warren will give a free public talk on “What is Computational Bibliography?” at 5:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday 30 July, in UVA’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Auditorium or via Zoom.
Details: rarebookschool.org/programs/lectures
#BookSky #DigitalHumanities
Details: rarebookschool.org/programs/lectures
#BookSky #DigitalHumanities
July 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
oh hey this looks cool ;)
the rpince of denmark nods in agreement
July 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
the rpince of denmark nods in agreement
I'm so excited for the Pittsburgh Review of Books!
A new hub for literature! The Pittsburgh Review of Books will be both in Pittsburgh (and the Rust Belt) and of the wider world; a means of introducing the region’s vibrant literary community into national conversations as well as bringing those conversations here.
beltmag.com/introducing-...
beltmag.com/introducing-...
Introducing the Pittsburgh Review of Books - Belt Magazine
Belt Magazine Becomes Rust Belt Magazine While Getting a New Publishing Partner.
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July 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I'm so excited for the Pittsburgh Review of Books!
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🚨 Discourse alert!!! What should you teach engineers who have never read a critique of modernity before? 😰😳
I’d be tempted to throw them right in the deep end with Benjamin’s Theses on the Philosophy of History
I’d be tempted to throw them right in the deep end with Benjamin’s Theses on the Philosophy of History
For my sins (working with 20-yo start-up engineers who ask questions), I ended up feeling like I had to read a bunch of Curtis Yarvin yesterday. My general takeaway is that the appeal seems to be for people who haven't ever encountered a real critique of modernity before…
June 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🚨 Discourse alert!!! What should you teach engineers who have never read a critique of modernity before? 😰😳
I’d be tempted to throw them right in the deep end with Benjamin’s Theses on the Philosophy of History
I’d be tempted to throw them right in the deep end with Benjamin’s Theses on the Philosophy of History
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Carnegie Mellon’s Department of English is thrilled to announce an exciting new PhD program in Computational Cultural Studies. We will begin to accept applications this Fall with an inaugural cohort to begin in 2026.
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...
June 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Carnegie Mellon’s Department of English is thrilled to announce an exciting new PhD program in Computational Cultural Studies. We will begin to accept applications this Fall with an inaugural cohort to begin in 2026.
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...
Carnegie Mellon’s Department of English is thrilled to announce an exciting new PhD program in Computational Cultural Studies. We will begin to accept applications this Fall with an inaugural cohort to begin in 2026.
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...
June 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Carnegie Mellon’s Department of English is thrilled to announce an exciting new PhD program in Computational Cultural Studies. We will begin to accept applications this Fall with an inaugural cohort to begin in 2026.
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...
some personal news www.cmu.edu/dietrich/new...
Christopher Warren Named Head of Carnegie Mellon’s Department of English - Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University's new Department of English head, who begins Aug. 1, is an expert in 16th and 17th century literature and culture who is also one of the world's foremost leaders in using te...
www.cmu.edu
June 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
some personal news www.cmu.edu/dietrich/new...