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Kat Rohrbacher
@katrohrbacher.bsky.social
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Uses machine learning to study narratives. Postdoc at the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. Previously PhD at McGill.
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Kat Rohrbacher @katrohrbacher.bsky.social · 2d
Folks in DH working with German-language data!

Here’s a resource I put together with corpora of both fiction and non-fiction works from the Gutenberg libraries, about 5,000 books in total, including metadata on genre and author gender 📚 🧮

openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
de-Corp: A Corpus of German-language Fiction and Non-Fiction (1780–1930) | Journal of Open Humanities Data
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 18d
Who is doing What to Whom? Analyzing Gender Biases in Large Language Models with @katrohrbacher.bsky.social

#DHSS2025 #Languagemodels #Genderbiases
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 19d
We are truly honoured to have Prof. Mareike Schumacher @mkschumacher.bsky.social with us, delivering her amazing talk on corpus compilation and gender-sensitive analysis.
What a wonderful way to conclude the final day of our school!

#DHSS2025 #DigitalHumanities
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 29d
Registration is closed, planes are booked, and preparations are in their final stage.
Check out the full program and stay tuned!
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Nathan Dykes @nfdykes.bsky.social · Sep 10
Great to the schedule for the #DHSS2025 summer school out! An amazing programme is waiting for our participants ☺️
#DataGenderSociety #DH #DigitalHumanities

go.fau.de/1cadb
Digital Humanities Summer School 2025: Data, gender and society
If you are attending the FAU Innovation Days (view details), you have the opportunity to register for the keynote talks. Mo 22 – Fri 26 September 2025 The DHSS2025 summer school offers expert-led…
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Journal of Cultural Analytics @culturalanalytics.bsky.social · Jul 22
📢 CFP: JCA Ten-Year Anniversary Issue

The Journal of Cultural Analytics turns 10! We're marking the moment with a special issue reflecting on a decade of studying culture at scale—and imagining what comes next.

📅 Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2025

culturalanalytics.org/post/3316-cf...
CFP Ten-Year Anniversary Issue: Reflections on a Decade of Seeing the Forest and the Trees | Published by Journal of Cultural Analytics
Ten-Year Anniversary Issue: Reflections on a Decade of Seeing the Forest and the Trees
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · Jul 14
Last chance to join our #DHSS25 #DataGenderSociety summer school in September! Registration closes today!⏰️
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · Jul 9
☀️Just 5 Days left to register for #DHSS25 Summer School!

Don't miss you chance for an amazing opportunity to level-up your DH skills this summer in Erlangen.

👉 www.dhss.phil.fau.de/digital-huma...
Digital Humanities Summer School 2025: Data, gender and society
You can now apply for a travel bursary of up to 500 EUR to attend the DHSS Summer School. Mo 22 – Fri 26 September 2025 The DHSS2025 summer school offers expert-led training in DH tools and methods.
www.dhss.phil.fau.de
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Marianna Gracheva @mariannagracheva.bsky.social · Jul 9
Enroll in our summer school soon!🙂 You can expect:

✅️Expert lectures
✅️Keynotes from leading DH scholars
✅️Hands-on sessions on tools and methods
✅️5-minute participant presentations on your own research
✅️Visual abstracts workshop on a topic of your choice

We look forward to meeting you in September!
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · Jul 4
⏳ Only 10 days left to sign up for our #DHSS25 Summer School!

Seize this unique chance to enhance your Digital Humanities skills and enjoy insightful discussions on the theme #DataGenderSociety ☀️

👉 Secure your spot now: go.fau.de/1c-ac

#FAU #DigitalHumanities
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Artjoms Šeļa @artjomshl.bsky.social · Jul 4
⚡ CFP: a themed issue in Computational Humanities Research!

Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics: if you work on all things verse, all things form, in any language, consider submitting!

for questions reach out to me or @nmhouston.bsky.social !

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Call for Papers @ CHR: Meaning, Form, and History in Computational Poetics
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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · Jul 4
Not had enough of #CCLS2025 yet? Next year is already our fifth anniversary! Get excited for #CCLS2026 in Potsdam! @dhpotsdam.bsky.social 🥳
#ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CLS #DH #LiteraryComputing
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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · Jul 4
It's already the last talk of #CCLS2025 😱

Yuri Bizzoni, @pascaleispunk.bsky.social, Kristoffer L. Nielbo: Encoding Imagism? Measuring Literary Imageability, Visuality and Concreteness via Multimodal Word Embeddings (doi.org/10.26083/tup...)
#Measuring #LiteraryImageability #WordEmbeddings
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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · Jul 4
The last session of #CCLS2025 is about to start with a talk by Julia Havrylash, @christofs.bsky.social: Exploring Measures of Distinctiveness. An Evaluation Using Synthetic Texts (doi.org/10.26083/tup...)
#Distinctiveness #SyntheticTexts #Evaluation
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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · Jul 4
The third talk is by @andrewpiper.bsky.social: Towards a Moral History of the Novel Using Large Language Models (doi.org/10.26083/tup...)
#CCLS2025 #Moral #LLMs
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Kat Rohrbacher @katrohrbacher.bsky.social · Jul 4
Had a great time presenting my research today at #CCLS2025! It was wonderful to engage with such a lively community.
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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · Jul 4
The first talk of Day 2 of #CCLS2025 is by @katrohrbacher.bsky.social: Opening Worlds: Narrative Beginnings and the Role of Setting (doi.org/10.26083/tup...)
#Space #NovelOpenings #Narrative
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Anastasia Glawion @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social · Jul 2
We are excited to make noise for “The times they are a-changin’” in Digital Humanities: a mini-conference on the temporal dimension of data!

⏱️ The miniconference will be held on July 15th as part of the pre-conference workshops of #DH2025

📍 Location: B203
🕘 Time: 9:00 – 15:15

@dhssfau.bsky.social
The picture shows the program of the miniconference on time series data in DH which will be held in Lisbon on July 15th.
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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · Jul 2
☀️ Kraków is welcoming #CLSinfra and #CCLS2025 with full summer charm: sunshine, blue skies, and just the right breeze for #CLS discussions.
Whether you're joining on-site or tuning in online: it's a bright week for #ComputationalLiteraryStudies!
sky view on Krakow castle
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Marianna Gracheva @mariannagracheva.bsky.social · Jun 30
It's official!! Welcome, @lanthony.bsky.social!🙂
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · Jun 30
We are delighted that Professor @lanthony.bsky.social ‪from the University of Waseda, Japan, is joining @dhssfau.bsky.social u.bsky.social as a visiting professor for one year.

www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2025/06/30/l...
Laurence Anthony Guest Professor at DHSS
Laurence Anthony Waseda University, Japan We are delighted that Professor Laurence Anthony from the University of Waseda, Japan, is joining the DHSS as a visiting professor for one year.
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu
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Kat Rohrbacher @katrohrbacher.bsky.social · Jun 30
Interested in textual analysis, cultural data, and computational methods? There's still time to apply to our MA program in Digital Humanities @fau.de! 💥 ✨
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Sabine Lang @sabinelang.bsky.social · Jun 11
Do you want to learn more about how to collect, analyze and visualize data? Apply now for our MA program in Digital Humanities @fau.de #DigitalHumanities
⏰ Deadline: July 15 2025
Link to registration: lnkd.in/dRZnEbVR

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Kat Rohrbacher @katrohrbacher.bsky.social · Jun 23
Here's the preprint of my paper:
doi.org/10.26083/tup...

Looking forward to the discussion in Krakow next week! #CCLS2025
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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · Jun 18
📢 The #CCLS2025 Conference Reader is out!
It includes #preprints of the 16 papers to be presented in Kraków, July 3–4.

📄 DOIs for individual papers:
jcls.io/site/ccls2025/

📒 Download the full reader:
jcls.io/media/journa...

#CLS #JCLS #LiteraryComputing #CulturalAnalytics #Conference
4th Annual Conference of Computational Literary Studies, Krakow 2025
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FAU PHIL @fauphil.bsky.social · Jun 18
Join us at @fau.de for an open lecture by Prof. Jack Halberstam (Columbia University) – leading thinker in queer & gender studies.
Topic: “Broken Windows: The Art of Demolition”
June 30, 18 h, Alter Senatssaal, Erlangen
and two more events!
More information:
www.angam.phil.fau.de/2025/05/25/r...
Researcher in Residence 2025: Jack Halberstam (Columbia University in the City of New York)
The Chair for English Cultural and Literary Studies is pleased to announce Jack Halberstam as this semester’s Researcher in Residence. The Researcher in Residence is a format designed as an…
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Sabine Lang @sabinelang.bsky.social · Jun 11
Do you want to learn more about how to collect, analyze and visualize data? Apply now for our MA program in Digital Humanities @fau.de #DigitalHumanities
⏰ Deadline: July 15 2025
Link to registration: lnkd.in/dRZnEbVR

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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · May 23
And here is the program for the 4th Annual Conference of Computational Literary Studies! #CCLS2025

Mark your calendars 🗓️: July 3–4, in Kraków or online
jcls.io/site/ccls2025/
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ALT: a cartoon drawing of a calendar with smtwtfs on it
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Kat Rohrbacher @katrohrbacher.bsky.social · May 26
Looking forward to presenting my paper "Opening Worlds: Narrative Beginnings and the Role of Setting" at this year's CCLS conference in beautiful Krakow (July 3–4). Check out the full program here: jcls.io/site/ccls2025/ #CCLS2025
4th Annual Conference of Computational Literary Studies, Krakow 2025
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Anastasia Glawion @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social · May 21
Svenja Guhr is diving deep into the decision tree that accompanied the annotation process within her 🔊 "Raise your voice" project!

more info here: svenjaguhr.github.io/book-proj.html

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