Itay Marienberg-Milikowsky
@itaymm.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, Department of Hebrew Literature, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Head of the BGU Literary Lab; Co-head of the BGU Environmental Humanities Research Centre. Working on Narratology, CLS, Talmudic literature, and Ecocriticism.
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New week, new article in #JCLS 4(1)! 🚀
We’re excited to announce @andrewpiper.bsky.social: “Towards a Perspectival Moral History of the Novel Using #LLMs”. Using 9,000+ Wikipedia plot summaries, he asks: What life lessons do stories quietly teach us at scale?
#CCLS25 #CLS #LiteraryComputing
We’re excited to announce @andrewpiper.bsky.social: “Towards a Perspectival Moral History of the Novel Using #LLMs”. Using 9,000+ Wikipedia plot summaries, he asks: What life lessons do stories quietly teach us at scale?
#CCLS25 #CLS #LiteraryComputing
Journal of Computational Literary Studies |
Issue: Issue: 1(4) (2025)
jcls.io
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
New week, new article in #JCLS 4(1)! 🚀
We’re excited to announce @andrewpiper.bsky.social: “Towards a Perspectival Moral History of the Novel Using #LLMs”. Using 9,000+ Wikipedia plot summaries, he asks: What life lessons do stories quietly teach us at scale?
#CCLS25 #CLS #LiteraryComputing
We’re excited to announce @andrewpiper.bsky.social: “Towards a Perspectival Moral History of the Novel Using #LLMs”. Using 9,000+ Wikipedia plot summaries, he asks: What life lessons do stories quietly teach us at scale?
#CCLS25 #CLS #LiteraryComputing
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By inserting an artificial word with precisely defined frequency and #dispersion, they test how well different measures detect what’s truly #distinctive.
Their findings uncover that a #TF-IDF -based measure is more sensitive to dispersion variations than other dispersion-based measures. #Evaluation
Their findings uncover that a #TF-IDF -based measure is more sensitive to dispersion variations than other dispersion-based measures. #Evaluation
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
By inserting an artificial word with precisely defined frequency and #dispersion, they test how well different measures detect what’s truly #distinctive.
Their findings uncover that a #TF-IDF -based measure is more sensitive to dispersion variations than other dispersion-based measures. #Evaluation
Their findings uncover that a #TF-IDF -based measure is more sensitive to dispersion variations than other dispersion-based measures. #Evaluation
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We are happy to share our open lab sessions for this semester, with 5 CLS related talks by lab members and visitors!
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
We are happy to share our open lab sessions for this semester, with 5 CLS related talks by lab members and visitors!
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הערב - מפגש הפתיחה של סמינר מדעי הרוח הסביבתיים לשנה זו! אנו נארח את ד''ר נעמה סדן (אוניברסיטת סטנפורד) שתדבר על אקו-ריטואלים. מוזמנים/ות!
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 AM
הערב - מפגש הפתיחה של סמינר מדעי הרוח הסביבתיים לשנה זו! אנו נארח את ד''ר נעמה סדן (אוניברסיטת סטנפורד) שתדבר על אקו-ריטואלים. מוזמנים/ות!
New paper out! Our Hebrew Novel Project started as a citizen science effort to collect data on thousands of novels. We quickly realized - surprise, surprise : ) - that reading is complex.
This week, we announce another article from #JCLS 4 (1):
Gilad Aviel Jacobson, @itaymm.bsky.social, and Yael Dekel. “From Readers to Data: #Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science” (10.48694/jcls.4169).
Check it out at: jcls.io/issue/118/in... #CLS #CCLS25 #CitizenScience
Gilad Aviel Jacobson, @itaymm.bsky.social, and Yael Dekel. “From Readers to Data: #Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science” (10.48694/jcls.4169).
Check it out at: jcls.io/issue/118/in... #CLS #CCLS25 #CitizenScience
From Readers to Data. Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science
We examine uncertainty in computational literary citizen science by analysing The Hebrew Novel Project, a large-scale initiative collecting reader interpretations of Hebrew novels. While citizen scien...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New paper out! Our Hebrew Novel Project started as a citizen science effort to collect data on thousands of novels. We quickly realized - surprise, surprise : ) - that reading is complex.
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As always: #OpenData and #OpenCode
Dekel, Y., Marienberg-Milikowsky, I., & Jacobson, G. A. (2025). "From Readers to Data." #JCLS 2025. Data set. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno....
#CCLS2025 #CLS #CitizenScience #Hebrew #LiteraryComputing #CulturalAnalytics
Dekel, Y., Marienberg-Milikowsky, I., & Jacobson, G. A. (2025). "From Readers to Data." #JCLS 2025. Data set. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno....
#CCLS2025 #CLS #CitizenScience #Hebrew #LiteraryComputing #CulturalAnalytics
From Readers to Data - JCLS 2025
data (EXCEL) and code (Matlab 2024b) for JCLS submission Data 240813 - Key Novel Dataset - 9 - removed pilot entries.xlsx This file has been manually pre-processed to remove pilot questionnaires (that...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
As always: #OpenData and #OpenCode
Dekel, Y., Marienberg-Milikowsky, I., & Jacobson, G. A. (2025). "From Readers to Data." #JCLS 2025. Data set. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno....
#CCLS2025 #CLS #CitizenScience #Hebrew #LiteraryComputing #CulturalAnalytics
Dekel, Y., Marienberg-Milikowsky, I., & Jacobson, G. A. (2025). "From Readers to Data." #JCLS 2025. Data set. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno....
#CCLS2025 #CLS #CitizenScience #Hebrew #LiteraryComputing #CulturalAnalytics
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Jacobson et al. explore how #ReaderUncertainty becomes a source of insight by embracing interpretive #ambiguity.
Drawing on 1,026 questionnaire responses from the #HebrewNovelProject, they examine how readers express uncertainty—from skipping questions to outright rejecting interpretive frameworks.
Drawing on 1,026 questionnaire responses from the #HebrewNovelProject, they examine how readers express uncertainty—from skipping questions to outright rejecting interpretive frameworks.
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Jacobson et al. explore how #ReaderUncertainty becomes a source of insight by embracing interpretive #ambiguity.
Drawing on 1,026 questionnaire responses from the #HebrewNovelProject, they examine how readers express uncertainty—from skipping questions to outright rejecting interpretive frameworks.
Drawing on 1,026 questionnaire responses from the #HebrewNovelProject, they examine how readers express uncertainty—from skipping questions to outright rejecting interpretive frameworks.
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This week, we announce another article from #JCLS 4 (1):
Gilad Aviel Jacobson, @itaymm.bsky.social, and Yael Dekel. “From Readers to Data: #Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science” (10.48694/jcls.4169).
Check it out at: jcls.io/issue/118/in... #CLS #CCLS25 #CitizenScience
Gilad Aviel Jacobson, @itaymm.bsky.social, and Yael Dekel. “From Readers to Data: #Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science” (10.48694/jcls.4169).
Check it out at: jcls.io/issue/118/in... #CLS #CCLS25 #CitizenScience
From Readers to Data. Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science
We examine uncertainty in computational literary citizen science by analysing The Hebrew Novel Project, a large-scale initiative collecting reader interpretations of Hebrew novels. While citizen scien...
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This week, we announce another article from #JCLS 4 (1):
Gilad Aviel Jacobson, @itaymm.bsky.social, and Yael Dekel. “From Readers to Data: #Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science” (10.48694/jcls.4169).
Check it out at: jcls.io/issue/118/in... #CLS #CCLS25 #CitizenScience
Gilad Aviel Jacobson, @itaymm.bsky.social, and Yael Dekel. “From Readers to Data: #Uncertainty in Computational Literary Citizen Science” (10.48694/jcls.4169).
Check it out at: jcls.io/issue/118/in... #CLS #CCLS25 #CitizenScience
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An exciting start to the new academic year. Our lab is expanding: We're thrilled to welcome new postdocs, RAs, and research projects (and due to this growth, we've even gained an extra room!). Ready for a year of productive and enjoyable teamwork. Full of hope.
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
An exciting start to the new academic year. Our lab is expanding: We're thrilled to welcome new postdocs, RAs, and research projects (and due to this growth, we've even gained an extra room!). Ready for a year of productive and enjoyable teamwork. Full of hope.
A new academic year, new hopes.
October 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A new academic year, new hopes.
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Today’s #highlight for me on the last day of #dh2025? Luca Giovannini presenting his "Modest Proposal for Operationalizing Dramatic Texts". He proposes drama vectorization not to simplify plays, but rather to continue formalist morphological thinking using computational tools. 🎭📊 #cls #drama
July 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Today’s #highlight for me on the last day of #dh2025? Luca Giovannini presenting his "Modest Proposal for Operationalizing Dramatic Texts". He proposes drama vectorization not to simplify plays, but rather to continue formalist morphological thinking using computational tools. 🎭📊 #cls #drama
An inspiring CLS work!
What are the key components of a #play? 🎭
#DH2025: @lucagiovannini.bsky.social takes us on a tour through centuries of thinking from #Aristotle’s #Poetics, through Russian formalism, to modern literary theory and unpacks the question offering a fresh perspective.
#drama #operationalization #CLS
#DH2025: @lucagiovannini.bsky.social takes us on a tour through centuries of thinking from #Aristotle’s #Poetics, through Russian formalism, to modern literary theory and unpacks the question offering a fresh perspective.
#drama #operationalization #CLS
July 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
An inspiring CLS work!
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What are the key components of a #play? 🎭
#DH2025: @lucagiovannini.bsky.social takes us on a tour through centuries of thinking from #Aristotle’s #Poetics, through Russian formalism, to modern literary theory and unpacks the question offering a fresh perspective.
#drama #operationalization #CLS
#DH2025: @lucagiovannini.bsky.social takes us on a tour through centuries of thinking from #Aristotle’s #Poetics, through Russian formalism, to modern literary theory and unpacks the question offering a fresh perspective.
#drama #operationalization #CLS
July 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
What are the key components of a #play? 🎭
#DH2025: @lucagiovannini.bsky.social takes us on a tour through centuries of thinking from #Aristotle’s #Poetics, through Russian formalism, to modern literary theory and unpacks the question offering a fresh perspective.
#drama #operationalization #CLS
#DH2025: @lucagiovannini.bsky.social takes us on a tour through centuries of thinking from #Aristotle’s #Poetics, through Russian formalism, to modern literary theory and unpacks the question offering a fresh perspective.
#drama #operationalization #CLS
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Super excited to share our research with you! Here's the link to our slides and code on GitHub. See you at 2pm in room Aud B3! github.com/literarylab/...
July 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Super excited to share our research with you! Here's the link to our slides and code on GitHub. See you at 2pm in room Aud B3! github.com/literarylab/...
Couldn't agree more!
Haven‘t times passed in which we annotated manually? I sometimes get asked by colleagues (& students). Well, I guess they haven‘t, because a lot of CATMA can be spotted in the Slides of #DH2025 (here an example of Guhr, Mao and Sherman)
July 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Couldn't agree more!
I'm thrilled to announce that our Talmudic Stories project has just secured another three years of funding! (This news comes independently of today's presentation of the project in Lisbon). It's a significant achievement for our lab and for the research of late antique Hebrew literature.
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July 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that our Talmudic Stories project has just secured another three years of funding! (This news comes independently of today's presentation of the project in Lisbon). It's a significant achievement for our lab and for the research of late antique Hebrew literature.
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Now in the posters session in #DH2025 in Lisbon - Itay explains how to build a narratological database for late antique texts, based on our Talmudic stories project.
July 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Now in the posters session in #DH2025 in Lisbon - Itay explains how to build a narratological database for late antique texts, based on our Talmudic stories project.
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#DH2025 attendants, we will also stream this mini-conference about digital methodsin comparativeliterature, so anybody is welcome to attend!
With 17 lightning talks and demo! ⚡️📢
dls.hypotheses.org/1952
#DigitalHumanities #ComputationalLiteraryStudies
@dh2025lisbon.bsky.social
With 17 lightning talks and demo! ⚡️📢
dls.hypotheses.org/1952
#DigitalHumanities #ComputationalLiteraryStudies
@dh2025lisbon.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
#DH2025 attendants, we will also stream this mini-conference about digital methodsin comparativeliterature, so anybody is welcome to attend!
With 17 lightning talks and demo! ⚡️📢
dls.hypotheses.org/1952
#DigitalHumanities #ComputationalLiteraryStudies
@dh2025lisbon.bsky.social
With 17 lightning talks and demo! ⚡️📢
dls.hypotheses.org/1952
#DigitalHumanities #ComputationalLiteraryStudies
@dh2025lisbon.bsky.social
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@evelynius.bsky.social comments: CCLS2025 was a blast! There were so many engaging discussions, it really could have lasted more than two days. The good news is that we already know we’ll continue next year in Potsdam, where the 5th anniversary edition will take place. @dhpotsdam.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
@evelynius.bsky.social comments: CCLS2025 was a blast! There were so many engaging discussions, it really could have lasted more than two days. The good news is that we already know we’ll continue next year in Potsdam, where the 5th anniversary edition will take place. @dhpotsdam.bsky.social
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While just last week we were gathered in beautiful Kraków for #CCLS2025, discussing the latest in #ComputationalLiteraryStudies, next week we meet again, this time at the #DH2025 conference in sunny Lisbon! ☀️
July 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
While just last week we were gathered in beautiful Kraków for #CCLS2025, discussing the latest in #ComputationalLiteraryStudies, next week we meet again, this time at the #DH2025 conference in sunny Lisbon! ☀️
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We're looking forward to more inspiring talks and vibrant discussions on #CLS research questions with a breeze of ocean air in our hair. ☀️🌊🌬️😎
See you in Lisbon! 📚💻 #DigitalHumanities #DH2025
See you in Lisbon! 📚💻 #DigitalHumanities #DH2025
July 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We're looking forward to more inspiring talks and vibrant discussions on #CLS research questions with a breeze of ocean air in our hair. ☀️🌊🌬️😎
See you in Lisbon! 📚💻 #DigitalHumanities #DH2025
See you in Lisbon! 📚💻 #DigitalHumanities #DH2025
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As a follow-up to our last post on DH resource platforms, here are more DH centers that may be helpful for your research and networking. We’re curious to know — which DH centers do you know or work with? (1/7)
July 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
As a follow-up to our last post on DH resource platforms, here are more DH centers that may be helpful for your research and networking. We’re curious to know — which DH centers do you know or work with? (1/7)
Post-doc opportunities at BGU: www.fulbright.org.il/program/2/84...
Excellent candidates who want to work on Talmudic stories and /or computational natratology and /or ecocriticism are welcome 🤗.
Excellent candidates who want to work on Talmudic stories and /or computational natratology and /or ecocriticism are welcome 🤗.
Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowships at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Fulbright
www.fulbright.org.il
July 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Post-doc opportunities at BGU: www.fulbright.org.il/program/2/84...
Excellent candidates who want to work on Talmudic stories and /or computational natratology and /or ecocriticism are welcome 🤗.
Excellent candidates who want to work on Talmudic stories and /or computational natratology and /or ecocriticism are welcome 🤗.