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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · 21h

Our new term card has arrived - and you can check out the digital version here: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/disc-events (image from Kowatagitsune, Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Japan. d. 20/1-2)

Foxes wearing colourful patterned robes sit on a green mat, with two smaller foxes wearing plain robes sit in the centre of the mat, facing each other. Image Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Japan. d. 20/1-2: https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/31e509ac-1836-453f-8a32-159f81747426/

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · 1d

The next Bodleian Student Editions session will run on 23rd October – it’s a great opportunity for students to learn about editing and transcribing early modern letters. Spaces are still available - find out more & sign up: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...

Bodleian Student Editions

Would you like to contribute to the discovery of new research materials in the Bodleian’s manuscript collections? And to learn something about editing early modern letters and approaches to digital…

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · 2d

Our next Digital Scholarship coffee morning will be on Tues 21st October: Jack Orchard @jarona7.bsky.social will talk about games & historical emotional states, Gothic literature & horror games, & French Revolutionary paranoia in games. Find out more: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/digita...

Digital Scholarship coffee morning - 21st October

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · 22d

We've got lots of exciting events coming up over the next term - take a look at our events listing page to find out what's going on!

Events from the Digital Scholarship Community @Oxford

Supported by the Strategic Research Fund

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · 24d

📖 New article: Goran Gaber (Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow and DiSc Fellow has a new article titled Mind the Gap. On archival politics and historical theory in the digital age:

Mind the Gap. On archival politics and historical theory in the digital age

Modern archival scholarship and practice are strikingly absent from contemporary historical theory. Given the archive’s enduring importance for history and its long-thematized political aspects, th...

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · 27d

On 25th Sept, the Humanities & Data Science Turing special interest group will discuss their work and showcase new pathways for collaboration. Find out more about this hybrid event, hosted by the Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/networ...

Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · Sep 15

The Centre for Digital Scholarship at the Bodleian Libraries invites library professionals to take part in a survey on AI Applications in Libraries. Participation takes 10–15 minutes and responses are anonymised:

AI in Libraries - Horizon Scanning Bodleian Libraries

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · Jul 25

Call for papers - the Emerging Digital Methodologies conference invites researchers to submit proposals for talks on digital methods in the humanities and related fields. CFP is open until 12th August!

Call for Papers – Emerging Digital Methodologies Conference – Jesus College

Since the turn of the millennium digital and computational methodologies have become increasingly prolific at the cutting edge of language and humanities research. Utilising digital techniques from…

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · Jun 20

Our colleagues at the @oii.ox.ac.uk are holding an exciting conference next week - Connected Life. Find out more and register to attend here! connectedlife.oii.ox.ac.uk

Connected Life | Home

The interdisciplinary conference supported by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII).

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dhoxss.bsky.social @dhoxss.bsky.social · Jun 2

One week left to apply for the #DHOxSS2025 poster competition! Share your #digitalhumanities research with other Summer School participants this year.

Apply here by 9 June: tinyurl.com/mtnakcyt

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dhoxss.bsky.social @dhoxss.bsky.social · Apr 30

We're pleased to launch the #DHOXSS2025 poster competition!

Share your #digitalhumanities research at our poster session: tinyurl.com/5n7pkfc9

Apply by 9 June: tinyurl.com/mtnakcyt

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · Jun 3

Apologies but we've had to cancel this session today!

Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · May 30

Our next Digital Scholarship coffee morning will be on Tuesday 3rd June - Jack Orchard - @jarona7.bsky.social - will talk about games and historical emotional states, Gothic literature and horror games, and French Revolutionary paranoia in games. Find out more here:

Digital Scholarship coffee morning - 3rd June

Digital Scholarship at Oxford

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · May 30

Our next Digital Scholarship coffee morning will be on Tuesday 3rd June - Jack Orchard - @jarona7.bsky.social - will talk about games and historical emotional states, Gothic literature and horror games, and French Revolutionary paranoia in games. Find out more here:

Digital Scholarship coffee morning - 3rd June

Digital Scholarship at Oxford

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dhoxss.bsky.social @dhoxss.bsky.social · May 27

Our amazing keynote speakers:
Professor Caroline Bassett (University of Cambridge)
Dr Katherine McDonough (Alan Turing Institute)
More details: tinyurl.com/2wvwrkvb

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · May 14

Do you use images in your digital scholarship research? Join us on the 21st may to learn about analysing, annotating and collating images from different websites using IIIF technology. Open to Oxford University staff + students - find out more:

Bringing Digital Image Collections Together

This free event is open to University of Oxford staff and students only. Registration is required.

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · May 9

Join us on May 16 at @mfoxford.bsky.social for "Digital Byzantine Studies: Current Methods and Future Applications", a workshop on digital corpora, prosopography, TEI, 3D & more in Byzantine research. Organized by @sealygirl.bsky.social, @surmaison.bsky.social, Olivier Delouis & Claudia Sode.

Poster for the workshop "Digital Byzantine Studies: Current Methods and Future Applications", to be held at the Maison Française d'Oxford on May 16.

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · May 13

At our last Digital Scholarship coffee morning we heard from Martin Davis, Digital Maps Curator at the Bodleian. Next week, on the 20th May, join us for a talk about AI-Assisted Data Analysis and Curatorial Planning for Museums! Find out more: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/digita...

A blue slide on a screen, the slide says "Digital approaches to Cold War maps: Dr Martin Davis, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. There is an image of a map on the slide

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · May 12

Join the next Bodleian Bytes with @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social online on the 22nd May - explore how digital humanities methods reveal Marion Scott's significant yet overlooked contributions to early 20th C music in Britain - open to all! Sign up at digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/uncove...

Uncovering Marion Scott: Exploring Musical Networks through Archival Research

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dhoxss.bsky.social @dhoxss.bsky.social · May 8

Two online courses available! tinyurl.com/38en9ctp

Intro to #digitalhumanities
AI in Research Libraries

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · May 2

Do you use images in your digital scholarship research? Join us on the 21st may to learn about analysing, annotating and collating images from different websites using IIIF technology. Open to Oxford University staff + students - find out more:

Bringing Digital Image Collections Together

This free event is open to University of Oxford staff and students only. Registration is required.

digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk

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dhoxss.bsky.social @dhoxss.bsky.social · Apr 30

We're pleased to launch the #DHOXSS2025 poster competition!

Share your #digitalhumanities research at our poster session: tinyurl.com/5n7pkfc9

Apply by 9 June: tinyurl.com/mtnakcyt

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · Apr 30

Digital Scholarship coffee mornings will be back for Trinity term - we're starting on the 6th May! Find out more here:

Digital Scholarship coffee morning - 6th May

See more events

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · Apr 29

Our term card is ready and packed with exciting digital scholarship events from the DiSc team and our colleagues across the university! See our events listing page and download a copy here: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/disc-events
Image is Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 764
#digitalhumanities

Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 764
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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · Apr 15

Open to staff and students from outside of the University of Oxford as well - spaces are still available! #digitalhumanities

Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · Apr 8

Get ready to hack into history – we’re holding a free workshop on Tuesday 13th May at @jesusoxford.bsky.social, with support from Gale. Learn new digital scholarship methodologies whatever your level of experience! Find out more and register at: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/hackin...

Hacking History

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · Apr 11

The next Bodleian Student Editions session will run on 29th April – it’s a great opportunity for students to learn about editing and transcribing early modern letters. Find out more and sign up:

Bodleian Student Editions

Would you like to contribute to the discovery of new research materials in the Bodleian’s manuscript collections? And to learn something about editing early modern letters and approaches to digital…

digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk

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dhoxss.bsky.social @dhoxss.bsky.social · Apr 10

*EARLY BIRD REMINDER!*
Book before 18 April
www.dhoxss.net

This year, enhance your knowledge of #digitalhumanities tools, techniques and research methods at #DHOxSS2025.

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