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Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz
@nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social
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Medievalist and Digital Humanist at @leedsims.bsky.social doing @manuscriptsetc.bsky.social. Co-founder of @kismetpress.bsky.social. Director of @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social. Was at KU Libraries (KS, USA) & Arnamagnæan Insitute (Denmark). nkyavuz.com
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Looking forward to our three sponsored sessions today by @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social on digital approaches to materiality of manuscripts w/ @kakapitan.bsky.social!

#IMC2025 #DigitalMedievalStudies #DigitalManuscriptStudies #DigitalMedievalist
tinyurl.com/DMatIMC2025
Poster for a set of sesssions sponsored by the Digital Medievalist. The image features a photo of a manuscript, logo of the organisation and the contents that can be found here https://tinyurl.com/DMatIMC2025
July 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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The 2nd day of the sessions sponsored by #DigitalMedievalist at the #IMC2025 is coming to an end with roundtable on digital tools chaired by @lisafdavis.bsky.social with contributions from many fantastic digital medievalists.
@digitalmedievalist.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social #DigitalHumanities
A view of the audience at the session. Lisa Fagin Davis introducing the session in front of the Leeds International Medievalist Congress banner.
July 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Great start to #IIIF2025 @iiif.bsky.social Conference @universityofleeds.bsky.social with a warm welcome by @masudk.com. Looking forward to presenting what we can do with collections at @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social on Thursday. If you’re around, feel free to say hi!

#LeedsIIIF #digitalhumanities
Banners of IIIF and University of Leeds in front of Cloth Hall Building. Masud Khokhar, University Librarian and Keeper of Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds, welcoming a packed audience to the conference.
June 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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I am at the University of Gdańsk and having the best time talking about #manuscriptstudies #digitalhumanities #bookhistory and #fragments! Grateful for the invitation by @emijami.bsky.social! ♥️📚💻 + It's snowing and there's a flamingo statue in front of the Faculty of History building!🦩

#MedievalSky
Poster for a workshop by me on "Digital Approaches to Manuscripts" on 10 April 2025 at the University of Gdańsk, featuring digital images of manuscripts taken by me with a digital microscope under different lights. Poster for a lecture by me on "The Fragmentary History of the Book: Insights from Remnants of Medieval Manuscripts" on 11 April 2025 at the University of Gdańsk, featuring a detail from Lawrence, KS, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS E282 which shows fragments from a parchment manuscript repurposed as separate sewing guards and primary tackets in another fifteenth-century paper manuscript.
April 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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A rare #snowday in Leeds!
A small wooden yellow garden table and the two chairs resting on it covered with two inches of snow. In the background trellises, the ground and the surrounding pots also covered with snow. All fluffy and white!
January 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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The highlight of my year? Spending precious time with manuscripts. 📜📚 The more I uncover, the more mysteries emerge. Here’s to diving even deeper in 2025! 🕵️‍♀️ Happy New Year everyone! #YearInReview2024
Infographic reads: Examined 300+ manuscripts during class, in libraries and at exhibitions. Infographic reads: Took 8000+ photos on my phone, most of which were of manuscripts! Infographic reads: Have a bookish 2025 full of manuscripts!
December 31, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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This year was all about teaching! ✏️ I travelled less and gave fewer talks than (my) usual—though I’m sure I forgot to log some. It’s been a slower pace, but a rewarding one. 🌟 #YearInReview2024
Infographic reads: Gave 5? talks at academic conferences and events. Infographic reads: Visited 8? cities two of which I've never been before. Infographic reads: Spent at least 95 hours in class teaching 300+ BA, MA and PhD students.
December 31, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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A digital humanist who doesn’t keep track? Guilty as charged! While I’m sure about the first three stats (or may be the two 🤦‍♀️), the rest is a bit hazy. But hey, it’s been a meaningful year, even without perfect records. 📊 #YearInReview2024
Infographic reads: Founded 1 research group with awesome digital humanities colleagues. Infographic reads: Supervised 1 master's dissertation which received the best dissertation prize. Infographic reads: Awarded 2 grants, one for a historical bookbinding workshop, the other for writing a textbook--both about teaching with manuscripts.
December 31, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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Reflecting on 2024: I’m not always great at acknowledging my achievements, but this year, I took a moment to look back at what I’ve accomplished. Here’s my #YearInReview2024 —it’s been a journey! 🚀
Reads 'Year in Review 2024' against a blue wall with colourful fairy light bulbs.
December 31, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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Send us your proposals for the 9th Annual Late Medieval France and Burgundy Seminar by end of 1 November! @LeedsIMS @LeedsUniHistory #medievalFrance #medievalBurgundy #CfP #medievalStudies

More info and link to proposal form: tinyurl.com/leeds-2024-9...
Call for papers for the conference, for which the same information is provided in the link.
October 30, 2024 at 12:06 PM
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We had a fantastic week working on automatic text recognition and eScriptorium as part of #TranscriboQuest2024 at ENS Lyon! Heartfelt thanks to the organisers!
Five people standing and smiling at the camera, tired but extremely content!
September 14, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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You have 10 minutes to get yourselves to the University House! #IMSReception #IMSLeeds #IMC2024
A right hand holding a glass of wine in front of the door sign that reads “IMC Reception - Institute for Medieval Studies.
July 1, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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You have 10 minutes to get yourselves to the University House! #IMSReception #IMSLeeds #IMC2024
A right hand holding a glass of wine in front of the door sign that reads “IMC Reception - Institute for Medieval Studies.
July 1, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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Excellent start to the #LeedsDigitalSummit2024! I’m not crying, you are.
A conference badge in which the dotless i that is found three times (!) in the name of the attendee is printed as question marks, rendering the name unreadable.
June 24, 2024 at 8:14 AM
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Where I am vs where I could be. #SummerInEngland
This week’s weather forecast with the highest high 16C and lowest low 6C, with mostly rainy and cloudy days except for ONE partly sunny day. This week’s weather forecast with the highest high 34C and lowest low 18C, all sunny days.
June 10, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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So excited to have found this at the airport bookshop. On my way to #DMSI2024 and #MAA2024! #medievalwomen
My left hand holding a copy of Janina Ramirez’s book titled Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It.
March 11, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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Join us online this Wednesday for the timely discussion of digital access to medieval manuscripts and sustainability. Brought to you by @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social and @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social! Registration required!
Digital flyer for an online discussion titled ‘Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Sustainable Access in a Digital Age’ scheduled for Wednesday, 7th February 2024. The event, organized by Digital Medievalist and hosted online by the Centre for the Study of the Book at Bodleian Libraries, features esteemed speakers including Benjamin Albritton, Stewart J. Brookes, Stephen G. Nichols, Suzanne Paul, Dot Porter, Andrew Prescott, Elaine Treharne, and Bridget Whearty, moderated by Laura Morreale. The background image shows an entrance to the British Library.
February 6, 2024 at 9:58 AM
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As I plough through my to-do list and simultaneously despair the state of the world, I am reminded of C. S. Lewis's words: "The ignorant were more aware of their ignorance then [in the Middle Ages] than now." (The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature)
Dust jacket cover of the 1964 edition of C. S. Lewis, The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature by Cambridge University Press. Designed by Will Carter.
January 30, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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It's only natural that I start posting on this platform with news about manuscripts, libraries and conferences. Looking very much forward to the Historic Libraries Forum Conference happenining at the University of Leeds today!

#historiclibraries #manuscripts #hellobluesky
Opening slide of my talk titled "Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Practice: Digital Approaches to the Ripon Cathedral Library Collection" for the Historic Libraries Forum Conference 2023. In the background, an opening from an early printed book from Anthony Higgin's collection with an exposed parchment manuscript fragment used as an endleaf guard resting over the inside of the left wooden board.
November 24, 2023 at 9:25 AM