Christoph Purschke
@questoph.bsky.social
Computational sociolinguist @uni.lu | Head of @cucolab.bsky.social & Luxembourg Studies | Maker of @lingscape.bsky.social | Life linguistics, digital culture, NLP, philosophy | Bread maker, music nerd, Brömsenknöll-born
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Christoph Purschke
@questoph.bsky.social
· Aug 26
Now that this platform seems to be slowly becoming a thing, maybe it's time to introduce some of my projects to the interested scrollerby. They are all based at the University of Luxembourg, where I'm currently working.
Oh, they’re so gonna regret that name when the kids start looking for restaurants. The place came before the meme, though.
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Oh, they’re so gonna regret that name when the kids start looking for restaurants. The place came before the meme, though.
Looks like I’m finally back to breadmaking… with a couple of my own recipes on display.
October 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Looks like I’m finally back to breadmaking… with a couple of my own recipes on display.
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🎥 @barbaraplank.bsky.social, Hinrich Schütze, and I were featured on tv, talking about how AI tools struggle with dialects!
www.ardmediathek.de/video/capric...
www.ardmediathek.de/video/capric...
Capriccio: Warum KI kein Bairisch versteht - hier anschauen
Künstliche Intelligenz verändert die Sprache, denn sie übernimmt nicht nur unser Vokabular, sondern prägt auch andersherum unsere Ausdrucksweise. Nur mit Dialekten tut sich die KI nachweislich schwer,...
www.ardmediathek.de
October 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🎥 @barbaraplank.bsky.social, Hinrich Schütze, and I were featured on tv, talking about how AI tools struggle with dialects!
www.ardmediathek.de/video/capric...
www.ardmediathek.de/video/capric...
Took me a while, but here it is:
Discourse figures in the Luxembourg language debate (2015-2020)
This is a multi-method analysis of the latest wave in the public debate on multilingualism. It focuses on the role of different social groups & recurring linguistic figures for discourse structuation.
Discourse figures in the Luxembourg language debate (2015-2020)
This is a multi-method analysis of the latest wave in the public debate on multilingualism. It focuses on the role of different social groups & recurring linguistic figures for discourse structuation.
Discourse figures in the Luxembourg language debate (2015–2020)
| Zeitschrift für Sprachvariation und Soziolinguistik
doi.org
October 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Took me a while, but here it is:
Discourse figures in the Luxembourg language debate (2015-2020)
This is a multi-method analysis of the latest wave in the public debate on multilingualism. It focuses on the role of different social groups & recurring linguistic figures for discourse structuation.
Discourse figures in the Luxembourg language debate (2015-2020)
This is a multi-method analysis of the latest wave in the public debate on multilingualism. It focuses on the role of different social groups & recurring linguistic figures for discourse structuation.
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VarDial 2026 will be colocated with @eaclmeeting.bsky.social! We're looking forward to your papers on NLP for similar languages, varieties and dialects :)
Deadline: Dec 19 (Jan 2 for pre-reviewed ARR papers)
sites.google.com/view/vardial...
Deadline: Dec 19 (Jan 2 for pre-reviewed ARR papers)
sites.google.com/view/vardial...
October 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
VarDial 2026 will be colocated with @eaclmeeting.bsky.social! We're looking forward to your papers on NLP for similar languages, varieties and dialects :)
Deadline: Dec 19 (Jan 2 for pre-reviewed ARR papers)
sites.google.com/view/vardial...
Deadline: Dec 19 (Jan 2 for pre-reviewed ARR papers)
sites.google.com/view/vardial...
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Watch out for the next talk by @dirkhovy.bsky.social. It approaches the question of the human condition in a digitally enriched lifeworld from a new perspective, considering the role of „AI“ in particular.
Join us on site or via Webex, 9.10.2025, 16:00 CEST.
Infos: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
Join us on site or via Webex, 9.10.2025, 16:00 CEST.
Infos: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
September 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Watch out for the next talk by @dirkhovy.bsky.social. It approaches the question of the human condition in a digitally enriched lifeworld from a new perspective, considering the role of „AI“ in particular.
Join us on site or via Webex, 9.10.2025, 16:00 CEST.
Infos: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
Join us on site or via Webex, 9.10.2025, 16:00 CEST.
Infos: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
This today. Come say hi on Webex to hear me talk about language, technology and cultural regression.
We will open with a lecture by @questoph.bsky.social. It deals with how language as a symbolic form is being displaced & replaced in digitality.
„Last night of the prompts. On technology and cultural regression“
Join us on 25.09., 16:00 CEST, on site or via Webex!
cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
„Last night of the prompts. On technology and cultural regression“
Join us on 25.09., 16:00 CEST, on site or via Webex!
cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
September 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This today. Come say hi on Webex to hear me talk about language, technology and cultural regression.
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🚨 Are you looking for a PhD in #NLProc dealing with #LLMs?
🎉 Good news: I am hiring! 🎉
The position is part of the “Contested Climate Futures" project. 🌱🌍 You will focus on developing next-generation AI methods🤖 to analyze climate-related concepts in content—including texts, images, and videos.
🎉 Good news: I am hiring! 🎉
The position is part of the “Contested Climate Futures" project. 🌱🌍 You will focus on developing next-generation AI methods🤖 to analyze climate-related concepts in content—including texts, images, and videos.
September 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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I would like to announce our upcoming conference “Algorithmic (Dis-)Orders: Law and Culture in Transition”, taking place on 22–23 September 2025 at EHESS, Paris, organized by Jean Lassègue and myself.
September 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I would like to announce our upcoming conference “Algorithmic (Dis-)Orders: Law and Culture in Transition”, taking place on 22–23 September 2025 at EHESS, Paris, organized by Jean Lassègue and myself.
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The University of Luxembourg opens 4 professor positions via the Anne Beffort Excellence Programme, boosting diversity & gender equality in academia.
AI • Theoretical CS • Mathematics • Electrical Power Quality
Apply by 20 October
#AcademicJobs #Luxembourg
AI • Theoretical CS • Mathematics • Electrical Power Quality
Apply by 20 October
#AcademicJobs #Luxembourg
Four female professor positions opened through the Anne Beffort Excellence Programme
The Anne Beffort Excellence Programme is a flagship initiative of the University of Luxembourg, dedicated to fostering excellence, diversity, and gender equality in academia. Named after Anne Beffort ...
www.uni.lu
August 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The University of Luxembourg opens 4 professor positions via the Anne Beffort Excellence Programme, boosting diversity & gender equality in academia.
AI • Theoretical CS • Mathematics • Electrical Power Quality
Apply by 20 October
#AcademicJobs #Luxembourg
AI • Theoretical CS • Mathematics • Electrical Power Quality
Apply by 20 October
#AcademicJobs #Luxembourg
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Today seems like a good day for a shameless self plug of our hallucination article (with @sufo.bsky.social ) where we explain how the term is used in LLM documentation to relieve creators of the responsibility of spreading misinformation, lies and falsities
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
August 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Today seems like a good day for a shameless self plug of our hallucination article (with @sufo.bsky.social ) where we explain how the term is used in LLM documentation to relieve creators of the responsibility of spreading misinformation, lies and falsities
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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We know it’s early, but save the dates for the upcoming CuCo Lab Conversations! We have some fantastic speakers lined up for you, including @dirkhovy.bsky.social, Martina Heßler and @bildoperationen.bsky.social. And then there’s this guy: @questoph.bsky.social.
cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
August 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We know it’s early, but save the dates for the upcoming CuCo Lab Conversations! We have some fantastic speakers lined up for you, including @dirkhovy.bsky.social, Martina Heßler and @bildoperationen.bsky.social. And then there’s this guy: @questoph.bsky.social.
cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
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Some seven years ago, when visiting the IDS for the first time as part of the workshop „Desktop oder App“, we left this little note next to the entrance door. Looks like our merch is pretty persistent in the linguistic landscape ✌️
July 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Some seven years ago, when visiting the IDS for the first time as part of the workshop „Desktop oder App“, we left this little note next to the entrance door. Looks like our merch is pretty persistent in the linguistic landscape ✌️
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This week, Lingscape is visiting @idsmannheim.bsky.social, where we are exchanging ideas with a growing community of language researchers who are interested in participatory approaches. In this context, @questoph.bsky.social talks about our experiences from already nine years with Lingscape.
July 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This week, Lingscape is visiting @idsmannheim.bsky.social, where we are exchanging ideas with a growing community of language researchers who are interested in participatory approaches. In this context, @questoph.bsky.social talks about our experiences from already nine years with Lingscape.
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Just published!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Wir haben unser Handbuch der soziologischen Theorien Hilmar Schäfer gewidmet. Vielen Dank allen Autorinnen und Autoren für ihre Beiträge -
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Wir haben unser Handbuch der soziologischen Theorien Hilmar Schäfer gewidmet. Vielen Dank allen Autorinnen und Autoren für ihre Beiträge -
June 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Just published!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Wir haben unser Handbuch der soziologischen Theorien Hilmar Schäfer gewidmet. Vielen Dank allen Autorinnen und Autoren für ihre Beiträge -
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Wir haben unser Handbuch der soziologischen Theorien Hilmar Schäfer gewidmet. Vielen Dank allen Autorinnen und Autoren für ihre Beiträge -
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In the last edition of our talk series for this semester, @seyfert.bsky.social from Kiel will discuss the implications of technology on social relations:
A Theory of Algorithmic Sociality (TAS).
Join us on-site or online:
Friday, 6 June, 10:15 CEST.
Info: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
A Theory of Algorithmic Sociality (TAS).
Join us on-site or online:
Friday, 6 June, 10:15 CEST.
Info: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
May 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
In the last edition of our talk series for this semester, @seyfert.bsky.social from Kiel will discuss the implications of technology on social relations:
A Theory of Algorithmic Sociality (TAS).
Join us on-site or online:
Friday, 6 June, 10:15 CEST.
Info: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
A Theory of Algorithmic Sociality (TAS).
Join us on-site or online:
Friday, 6 June, 10:15 CEST.
Info: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
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Happy to announce our upcoming book
Conspiracy as Genre. Narrative, Power, and Circulation
Edited by
@cat-tebaldi.bsky.social,
@aplum.bsky.social &
@questoph.bsky.social,
it examines conspiracy in relation to social power and authority, moving beyond either disinformation or revelation.
Conspiracy as Genre. Narrative, Power, and Circulation
Edited by
@cat-tebaldi.bsky.social,
@aplum.bsky.social &
@questoph.bsky.social,
it examines conspiracy in relation to social power and authority, moving beyond either disinformation or revelation.
Conspiracy as Genre
From anti-vaccine politics to aliens, this volume explores diverse critical approaches to conspiracy narratives representing them as playful stories with seriou…
www.bloomsbury.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Happy to announce our upcoming book
Conspiracy as Genre. Narrative, Power, and Circulation
Edited by
@cat-tebaldi.bsky.social,
@aplum.bsky.social &
@questoph.bsky.social,
it examines conspiracy in relation to social power and authority, moving beyond either disinformation or revelation.
Conspiracy as Genre. Narrative, Power, and Circulation
Edited by
@cat-tebaldi.bsky.social,
@aplum.bsky.social &
@questoph.bsky.social,
it examines conspiracy in relation to social power and authority, moving beyond either disinformation or revelation.
Die Luxemburger Nationalneurose in einer Schlagzeile (aus dem Wort): „Internationale Anerkennung | Eilmeldung“
May 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Die Luxemburger Nationalneurose in einer Schlagzeile (aus dem Wort): „Internationale Anerkennung | Eilmeldung“
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What started as a workshop in the Luxembourg Pavillon at the World Expo in Dubai has now finally taken form as an open access volume:
„The Humanities and the Rise of AI. Implications of Cultural and Societal Engineering“
More papers to follow in the next weeks and months.
„The Humanities and the Rise of AI. Implications of Cultural and Societal Engineering“
More papers to follow in the next weeks and months.
The Humanities and the Rise of AI | Melusina Press
[](https://www.melusinapress.lu/projects/project-collection/eoh?collectionOrder=eoh)
<br/...
www.melusinapress.lu
May 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What started as a workshop in the Luxembourg Pavillon at the World Expo in Dubai has now finally taken form as an open access volume:
„The Humanities and the Rise of AI. Implications of Cultural and Societal Engineering“
More papers to follow in the next weeks and months.
„The Humanities and the Rise of AI. Implications of Cultural and Societal Engineering“
More papers to follow in the next weeks and months.
Laugenbrötchen vollzählig angetreten, dahinter lauern zwei doppelt gebackene Basler Brote; Brunch kann kommen, mein ich.
April 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Laugenbrötchen vollzählig angetreten, dahinter lauern zwei doppelt gebackene Basler Brote; Brunch kann kommen, mein ich.
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Join us for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos on Friday morning via Webex.
Watch out for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos in our talk series. Next Friday, Jannis will be
„Exploring the online-offline nexus: meaning-making at the interfaces of physical and virtual (inter)action.“
Join us on 25 April, 10.15am (UTC+2), via this link:
cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
„Exploring the online-offline nexus: meaning-making at the interfaces of physical and virtual (inter)action.“
Join us on 25 April, 10.15am (UTC+2), via this link:
cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
April 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Join us for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos on Friday morning via Webex.
The Hellacopters in concert at Docks, St. Pauli, last night. Strikes like lightning! 🌩️
April 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The Hellacopters in concert at Docks, St. Pauli, last night. Strikes like lightning! 🌩️
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Watch out for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos in our talk series. Next Friday, Jannis will be
„Exploring the online-offline nexus: meaning-making at the interfaces of physical and virtual (inter)action.“
Join us on 25 April, 10.15am (UTC+2), via this link:
cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
„Exploring the online-offline nexus: meaning-making at the interfaces of physical and virtual (inter)action.“
Join us on 25 April, 10.15am (UTC+2), via this link:
cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
April 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Watch out for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos in our talk series. Next Friday, Jannis will be
„Exploring the online-offline nexus: meaning-making at the interfaces of physical and virtual (inter)action.“
Join us on 25 April, 10.15am (UTC+2), via this link:
cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
„Exploring the online-offline nexus: meaning-making at the interfaces of physical and virtual (inter)action.“
Join us on 25 April, 10.15am (UTC+2), via this link:
cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
Als jemand, der das Buch schon lesen durfte, kann ich es - und das dahinter stehende Konzept - nur wärmstens empfehlen!
Wer dachte, dass philosophisch-anthropologische Sprachtheorien tot seien, hatte völlig recht ‒ bis jetzt.
Save the date: 13.10.2025!
Deutsche Grammatik instruktiv. Eine philosophisch-anthropologische Einführung
www.narr.de/deutsche-gra...
Save the date: 13.10.2025!
Deutsche Grammatik instruktiv. Eine philosophisch-anthropologische Einführung
www.narr.de/deutsche-gra...
April 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Als jemand, der das Buch schon lesen durfte, kann ich es - und das dahinter stehende Konzept - nur wärmstens empfehlen!