Lari Ahokas
@ahokas.bsky.social
Doctoral researcher (History, Uni. Helsinki): medieval book history, manuscript studies, DH. Views own. He/him.
Väitöskirjatutkija (historia, Helsingin yliopisto): keskiajan kirjahistoria, käsikirjoitustutkimus, digitaaliset ihmistieteet. Näkemykset omia.
Väitöskirjatutkija (historia, Helsingin yliopisto): keskiajan kirjahistoria, käsikirjoitustutkimus, digitaaliset ihmistieteet. Näkemykset omia.
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Lari Ahokas
@ahokas.bsky.social
· Dec 14
Hello all new followers! Brief intro. Current work: reactions to 11th-c. church reform, mainly polemical texts; past: medieval communication (irfrome.org); manuscript fragments (kansalliskirjasto.fi); early modern networks (finlit.fi); academic history etc. Posts EN/FI, academic stuff, events etc.
Suomen Historiallisen Seuran 150-vuotisjuhlassa. Mielenkiintoista keskustelua pöytäseurassa digitaalisten ihmistieteiden ja tekoälyn vaikutuksesta historiantutkimuksen tulevaisuuteen sekä historiantutkimuksen yhteiskunnallisista tehtävistä.
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Suomen Historiallisen Seuran 150-vuotisjuhlassa. Mielenkiintoista keskustelua pöytäseurassa digitaalisten ihmistieteiden ja tekoälyn vaikutuksesta historiantutkimuksen tulevaisuuteen sekä historiantutkimuksen yhteiskunnallisista tehtävistä.
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Unclear where this war profiteering plan came from or why it emerged right now, but clear that it is in every way disastrous
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Unclear where this war profiteering plan came from or why it emerged right now, but clear that it is in every way disastrous
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Out now!
The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself
And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...
Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself
And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...
Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Out now!
The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself
And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...
Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself
And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...
Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
#uudenajanalku #vanhatkäsialat pelillistettynä. Need I say more?
✍ Introducing ✍
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for apprentice Early Modern palaeographers
gjhilton.github.io
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
#uudenajanalku #vanhatkäsialat pelillistettynä. Need I say more?
End of an era. Helsinki has had a uniquely vibrant student life, largely thanks to @helsinki.fi Student Union (@ylioppilaskunta.bsky.social), financed by its real estate arm, which they now have to sell to avoid bankruptcy due to investment failure in post-Covid slump. This will be a huge change.
The Student Union of the University of Helsinki is selling its city centre properties to Keva
In its meeting on 12 November 2025, HYY’s Representative Council decided to sell the New Student House, the Old Student House, Citytalo and Kaivotalo as well as Kaivokatu 12 and Hansatalo, which are p...
hyy.fi
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
End of an era. Helsinki has had a uniquely vibrant student life, largely thanks to @helsinki.fi Student Union (@ylioppilaskunta.bsky.social), financed by its real estate arm, which they now have to sell to avoid bankruptcy due to investment failure in post-Covid slump. This will be a huge change.
On Tuesday I followed a seminar from National Library of Norway on the recently acquired Hagenes Codex, a small booklet containing graduale excerpts, still in its medieval sealskin (again!) limp binding. A remarkable acquisition, considering not only the binding and material, but also the format.
The Hagenes codex and the conservation of medieval manuscripts
www.nb.no
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
On Tuesday I followed a seminar from National Library of Norway on the recently acquired Hagenes Codex, a small booklet containing graduale excerpts, still in its medieval sealskin (again!) limp binding. A remarkable acquisition, considering not only the binding and material, but also the format.
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A parchment letter from 1386 was until recently the oldest evidence for the earliest ancestor of the Swedish-Finnish noble families Svinhufvud. The letter is a deed of sale through which a man called "Jønis Swinshwow" buys the manor Höjen with an adjacent farm. The upper right corner is damaged. 1/
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A parchment letter from 1386 was until recently the oldest evidence for the earliest ancestor of the Swedish-Finnish noble families Svinhufvud. The letter is a deed of sale through which a man called "Jønis Swinshwow" buys the manor Höjen with an adjacent farm. The upper right corner is damaged. 1/
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Five years, four authors, one book. Out now (fully open access), our new book on local priests in the tenth century 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/books/l... @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social
Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
Cambridge Core - European Studies - Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Five years, four authors, one book. Out now (fully open access), our new book on local priests in the tenth century 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/books/l... @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social
Mitä keskiajantutkija tekee perjantai-iltana? Esimerkiksi osallistuu @kansalliskirjasto.fi hankkeen www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/fi/projektit... laulutyöpajaan. Tällä kertaa lauloimme birgittalaisnunnien lauluja Naantalin fragmenteista upean Hilkka-Liisa Vuoren johdolla.
October 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Mitä keskiajantutkija tekee perjantai-iltana? Esimerkiksi osallistuu @kansalliskirjasto.fi hankkeen www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/fi/projektit... laulutyöpajaan. Tällä kertaa lauloimme birgittalaisnunnien lauluja Naantalin fragmenteista upean Hilkka-Liisa Vuoren johdolla.
Returning from the Worms Burchard conference. It's been an inspiring two days to hear about the composition and reception of Burchard's Decretum, the first #MedievalCanonLaw collection to gain wider significance, with many ideas for my current work with polemical texts from the Investiture Contest.
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Returning from the Worms Burchard conference. It's been an inspiring two days to hear about the composition and reception of Burchard's Decretum, the first #MedievalCanonLaw collection to gain wider significance, with many ideas for my current work with polemical texts from the Investiture Contest.
Heading to Worms to attend the conference "Burchard of Worms: A Bishop and His World (1000–1025)", organized by the www.burchards-dekret-digital.de project on the occasion of the millennium of his death. Very excited about the presentations and the impressive lineup!
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Heading to Worms to attend the conference "Burchard of Worms: A Bishop and His World (1000–1025)", organized by the www.burchards-dekret-digital.de project on the occasion of the millennium of his death. Very excited about the presentations and the impressive lineup!
Helsingin yliopiston Euroopan historian professori Laura Kolben jäähyväisluento "Minun Eurooppani, minun kaupunkini, minun yliopistoni". Kiitokset inspiroivalle ja oivaltavalle opettajalle ja ohjaajalle sekä ennen kaikkea akateemiselle esikuvalle!
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Helsingin yliopiston Euroopan historian professori Laura Kolben jäähyväisluento "Minun Eurooppani, minun kaupunkini, minun yliopistoni". Kiitokset inspiroivalle ja oivaltavalle opettajalle ja ohjaajalle sekä ennen kaikkea akateemiselle esikuvalle!
A very interesting resource of digitized medieval and early modern manuscripts in Sweden, with already over 1,000 manuscripts (and counting!)
We are proud to announce that 1,000 manuscripts are now published on manuscripta.se, advancing our mission to make #medieval and #earlymodern manuscripts in Sweden accessible worldwide. #iiif #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalSky
manuscripta.se – A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden — manuscripta.se A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden
manuscripta.se
September 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A very interesting resource of digitized medieval and early modern manuscripts in Sweden, with already over 1,000 manuscripts (and counting!)
Congratulations @dataspider.bsky.social for the ERC Starting Grant! Exciting project on computational theory of legal complexity!
Congratulations to Corinna Coupette for the 2025 ERC Starting Grant!
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
The ERC awards €761m to the next generation of scientists in Europe
The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 478 early-career researchers across Europe to receive this year’s Starting Grants. With a total funding of €761 million, these grants support excellent...
erc.europa.eu
September 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Congratulations @dataspider.bsky.social for the ERC Starting Grant! Exciting project on computational theory of legal complexity!
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Join us @hexhistory.bsky.social at the end of the month for the 2nd Hex Handbook Distinguished lecture, by Corinne Saunders
September 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Join us @hexhistory.bsky.social at the end of the month for the 2nd Hex Handbook Distinguished lecture, by Corinne Saunders
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TÄSSÄ TARVITSEN apuanne ja ennen kaikkea jakojanne!
Juho Saari tekee Ylen kanssa ison kyselyn: kerro meille, miten juuri sinä pärjäät tässä taloustilanteessa
yle.fi/a/74-20179767
Juho Saari tekee Ylen kanssa ison kyselyn: kerro meille, miten juuri sinä pärjäät tässä taloustilanteessa
yle.fi/a/74-20179767
Suomalainen hyvinvointivaltio on nyt isossa murroksessa – tutkija Juho Saari kaipaa sinulta tietoa siitä, miten pärjäät
Yle uutiset kerää yhdessä tutkijoiden kanssa kokemuksia tavallisten ihmisten elämästä. Tämän jutun lopussa pääset kertomaan meille, mitä sinun elämääsi kuuluu juuri nyt.
yle.fi
September 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
TÄSSÄ TARVITSEN apuanne ja ennen kaikkea jakojanne!
Juho Saari tekee Ylen kanssa ison kyselyn: kerro meille, miten juuri sinä pärjäät tässä taloustilanteessa
yle.fi/a/74-20179767
Juho Saari tekee Ylen kanssa ison kyselyn: kerro meille, miten juuri sinä pärjäät tässä taloustilanteessa
yle.fi/a/74-20179767
Pia Widén puolustaa väitöskirjaansa, uraauurtavaa vertailevaa tutkimusta alumnien strategisesta osallistumisesta Cambridgen, Uppsalan, Harvardin, Helsingin, and Pennsylvanian yliopistoissa 1840–2018 (hdl.handle.net/10138/599570), kustoksena prof. Laura Kolbe, opponenttina prof. Johan Östling (Lund).
August 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Pia Widén puolustaa väitöskirjaansa, uraauurtavaa vertailevaa tutkimusta alumnien strategisesta osallistumisesta Cambridgen, Uppsalan, Harvardin, Helsingin, and Pennsylvanian yliopistoissa 1840–2018 (hdl.handle.net/10138/599570), kustoksena prof. Laura Kolbe, opponenttina prof. Johan Östling (Lund).
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The Concordat of Worms: The Movie.
A gripping trilogy of intense imperial-papal negotiations over the importance of regalia, temporalia and spiritualia and the relevant legal and canonical regulations regarding these.
A gripping trilogy of intense imperial-papal negotiations over the importance of regalia, temporalia and spiritualia and the relevant legal and canonical regulations regarding these.
Still sad that Nicaea: the movie never came into fruition.
What super bureaucratic episodes in history would you like to see dramatised?
I want a six part epic on Domesday survey.
What super bureaucratic episodes in history would you like to see dramatised?
I want a six part epic on Domesday survey.
August 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The Concordat of Worms: The Movie.
A gripping trilogy of intense imperial-papal negotiations over the importance of regalia, temporalia and spiritualia and the relevant legal and canonical regulations regarding these.
A gripping trilogy of intense imperial-papal negotiations over the importance of regalia, temporalia and spiritualia and the relevant legal and canonical regulations regarding these.
@villekaariainen.bsky.social puolustaa ansiokasta väitöskirjaansa "Mielikuvien periferia: Valtionmuodostus, vastarinta ja väkivalta Iisalmen pitäjässä 1639–1699" (hdl.handle.net/10138/597941), jossa tutkitaan vallankäyttöä paikallistasolla tuomiokirjadatan kautta mm. spatiaalisen analyysin avulla.
August 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@villekaariainen.bsky.social puolustaa ansiokasta väitöskirjaansa "Mielikuvien periferia: Valtionmuodostus, vastarinta ja väkivalta Iisalmen pitäjässä 1639–1699" (hdl.handle.net/10138/597941), jossa tutkitaan vallankäyttöä paikallistasolla tuomiokirjadatan kautta mm. spatiaalisen analyysin avulla.
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Tulossa: SKS järjestää syksyn kuluessa sarjan digitaalisten työvälineiden työpajoja, joissa tutustutaan tekstin tunnistukseen tekoälyn avulla, viitteiden hallintaan sekä kansanrunouden tutkimuksen työvälineisiin. Katso lisää linkistä. #digityöpajat #koulutukset www.finlit.fi/ajankohtaist...
Digitaalisten työvälineiden työpajasarja syksyllä 2025
Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura järjestää syksyn kuluessa sarjan digitaalisten työvälineiden koulutuksia. Lue lisää!
www.finlit.fi
August 13, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Tulossa: SKS järjestää syksyn kuluessa sarjan digitaalisten työvälineiden työpajoja, joissa tutustutaan tekstin tunnistukseen tekoälyn avulla, viitteiden hallintaan sekä kansanrunouden tutkimuksen työvälineisiin. Katso lisää linkistä. #digityöpajat #koulutukset www.finlit.fi/ajankohtaist...
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Update on the great discovery of archived BL manuscript metadata: I started putting together a page at my website to host PDFs of the archived pages I retrieve.
ruffnotes.org/british-libr...
#medievalsky
ruffnotes.org/british-libr...
#medievalsky
British Library Manuscripts Metadata
Since the cyberattack of October 2023, the British Library has restored only a fraction of the manuscripts it digitized over the past decade-plus. Even for those MSS now back online, we have only t…
ruffnotes.org
August 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Update on the great discovery of archived BL manuscript metadata: I started putting together a page at my website to host PDFs of the archived pages I retrieve.
ruffnotes.org/british-libr...
#medievalsky
ruffnotes.org/british-libr...
#medievalsky
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OMG PEOPLE! I have the BL hack of all BL hacks. Why didn't this occur to me before? It turns out the Wayback Machine has snapshots of MS metadata from the old Digitised Manuscripts site. I tried it for the Benedictional of St. Æthelwold, in honor of his day, and lo! web.archive.org/web/20140305...
August 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
OMG PEOPLE! I have the BL hack of all BL hacks. Why didn't this occur to me before? It turns out the Wayback Machine has snapshots of MS metadata from the old Digitised Manuscripts site. I tried it for the Benedictional of St. Æthelwold, in honor of his day, and lo! web.archive.org/web/20140305...
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Over 300 medieval #manuscripts from the collection of the Cistercian Abbey of Stams now digitised.
Thanks for sharing, @buecherwurm99.bsky.social!
#medievalsky
Thanks for sharing, @buecherwurm99.bsky.social!
#medievalsky
Über 300 mittelalterliche Handschriften aus der Sammlung des Zisterzienserstiftes Stams wurden im Rahmen des Projekts „Libri Stamsenses“ digitalisiert und stehen nun online im österreichischen Kulturpool (kulturpool.at/inhalte/ulb-...) zur Verfügung.
www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/...
www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/...
Mittelalterliche Tiroler Handschriften nun digital verfügbar
Über 300 mittelalterliche Handschriften aus der Sammlung des Stiftes Stams sind ab sofort im österreichischen Kulturpool online abrufbar. Die Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol (ULB Tirol) leist...
www.uibk.ac.at
July 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Over 300 medieval #manuscripts from the collection of the Cistercian Abbey of Stams now digitised.
Thanks for sharing, @buecherwurm99.bsky.social!
#medievalsky
Thanks for sharing, @buecherwurm99.bsky.social!
#medievalsky
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Going to be co-editing a book series for Boydell&Brewer on "The Medieval Urban World." Open to proposals c. 800–1600, covering urban life, societies, and/or cultures in Europe, Mediterranean, and/or Islamic world. For more info, plz email [email protected]. Happy to hear from first-time authors.
July 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Going to be co-editing a book series for Boydell&Brewer on "The Medieval Urban World." Open to proposals c. 800–1600, covering urban life, societies, and/or cultures in Europe, Mediterranean, and/or Islamic world. For more info, plz email [email protected]. Happy to hear from first-time authors.
Lääketieteen historian tutkija Monica H. Green pohtii, voivatko Hämeestä muinais-DNA-löydöt (Nordfors, Peltola et al., 2025, www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) viitata paiseruton paikalliseen esiintymään ajalta ennen mustana surmana tunnettua suurta ruttoepidemiaa.
July 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Lääketieteen historian tutkija Monica H. Green pohtii, voivatko Hämeestä muinais-DNA-löydöt (Nordfors, Peltola et al., 2025, www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) viitata paiseruton paikalliseen esiintymään ajalta ennen mustana surmana tunnettua suurta ruttoepidemiaa.