Alexander Huber
@c18ah.bsky.social
Digital humanist · Independent scholar and Consultant for Digital Humanities @huber-digital.bsky.social · Research: poetry (very long #c18th) · Published: eighteenthcenturypoetry.org, thomasgray.org · Project: romanticperiodpoetry.org
Pinned
Thrilled to announce the completion of phase II of the #ElegyInTranslation project: 55 early #19thC #translations in Armenian, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, and Welsh:
www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/...
#ThomasGrayArchive #c18th #DH #TEI
www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/...
#ThomasGrayArchive #c18th #DH #TEI
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Reminder: BARS Biennial International Conference 2026: Romantic Retrospection (University of Birmingham) – Call for Papers Deadline 30 November 2025
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reminder: BARS Biennial International Conference 2026: Romantic Retrospection (University of Birmingham) – Call for Papers Deadline 30 November 2025
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
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And they said poetry makes nothing happen
"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
And they said poetry makes nothing happen
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This post tries to explain why I find language models exciting. But it doesn't try to persuade skeptics that they should agree. It's aimed more at people already working with AI, and its goal is to sharpen our collective sense of what the upside potential might be. #MLSky 🤖 🧪
A more interesting upside of AI
Does AI provide anything to look forward to, if “super-intelligence” sounds boring?
tedunderwood.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This post tries to explain why I find language models exciting. But it doesn't try to persuade skeptics that they should agree. It's aimed more at people already working with AI, and its goal is to sharpen our collective sense of what the upside potential might be. #MLSky 🤖 🧪
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🗣️ Keen to share your #DigitalHumanities research methods?
Everything we publish is #DiamondOpenAccess.
tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog
📩 Send us your proposal by: 15 February 2026
#CallForPapers
Everything we publish is #DiamondOpenAccess.
tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog
📩 Send us your proposal by: 15 February 2026
#CallForPapers
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🗣️ Keen to share your #DigitalHumanities research methods?
Everything we publish is #DiamondOpenAccess.
tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog
📩 Send us your proposal by: 15 February 2026
#CallForPapers
Everything we publish is #DiamondOpenAccess.
tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog
📩 Send us your proposal by: 15 February 2026
#CallForPapers
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Happy Birthday William Cowper conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/h...
Happy Birthday William Cowper
Yes, on this day, in 1731, William Cowper was born. I don’t mark this anniversary often enough – which is strange given that I devoted years of my life to him. Alongside a friend of m…
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Happy Birthday William Cowper conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/h...
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Only a few days until registration closes: Nov 30th #18c #BSECS2026 Make sure you get registered. When it is closed, it is closed!
DON'T FORGET to register for #BSECS2026 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026.
Early bird rates apply until tomorrow (Saturday 15 November 2025)
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
Early bird rates apply until tomorrow (Saturday 15 November 2025)
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
BSECS Conference Registration
Registration for the BSECS Annual Conference is now open. Please use the form below to register for the conference.
www.bsecs.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Only a few days until registration closes: Nov 30th #18c #BSECS2026 Make sure you get registered. When it is closed, it is closed!
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[Updated CFP] Gulliver’s Travels at 300: The Global Afterlives of a Bestseller in Print, Transmedial Adaptations, and Material Cultures
St. Bride Library (London, U.K.)
23–25 September 2026
Proposals due: 15 March 2026
oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...
St. Bride Library (London, U.K.)
23–25 September 2026
Proposals due: 15 March 2026
oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
[Updated CFP] Gulliver’s Travels at 300: The Global Afterlives of a Bestseller in Print, Transmedial Adaptations, and Material Cultures
St. Bride Library (London, U.K.)
23–25 September 2026
Proposals due: 15 March 2026
oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...
St. Bride Library (London, U.K.)
23–25 September 2026
Proposals due: 15 March 2026
oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...
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It's great to see so many signing up for the @asleuki.bsky.social Online Seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, on 29 Jan 2026, 3-7 pm GMT, but there's still room for more! Further details and registration information at: asle.org.uk/events/semin...
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It's great to see so many signing up for the @asleuki.bsky.social Online Seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, on 29 Jan 2026, 3-7 pm GMT, but there's still room for more! Further details and registration information at: asle.org.uk/events/semin...
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We provide web development with a difference for #DigitalHumanities projects. Our academic support background means we focus on:
* good data and metadata ;
* sustainability ;
* standards and lightweight technology ;
* academic outputs and citability.
hubers.org.uk/develo...
* good data and metadata ;
* sustainability ;
* standards and lightweight technology ;
* academic outputs and citability.
hubers.org.uk/develo...
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We provide web development with a difference for #DigitalHumanities projects. Our academic support background means we focus on:
* good data and metadata ;
* sustainability ;
* standards and lightweight technology ;
* academic outputs and citability.
hubers.org.uk/develo...
* good data and metadata ;
* sustainability ;
* standards and lightweight technology ;
* academic outputs and citability.
hubers.org.uk/develo...
Thrilled to announce the completion of phase II of the #ElegyInTranslation project: 55 early #19thC #translations in Armenian, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, and Welsh:
www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/...
#ThomasGrayArchive #c18th #DH #TEI
www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/...
#ThomasGrayArchive #c18th #DH #TEI
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thrilled to announce the completion of phase II of the #ElegyInTranslation project: 55 early #19thC #translations in Armenian, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, and Welsh:
www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/...
#ThomasGrayArchive #c18th #DH #TEI
www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/...
#ThomasGrayArchive #c18th #DH #TEI
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None of my AI-critical friends IRL say things like "no one wants AI." They all have some version of Anil Dash's nuanced lets-replace-it stance.
I think straight-up denialism is now a residual phenomenon — largely limited to social media — that can safely be ignored.
I think straight-up denialism is now a residual phenomenon — largely limited to social media — that can safely be ignored.
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
None of my AI-critical friends IRL say things like "no one wants AI." They all have some version of Anil Dash's nuanced lets-replace-it stance.
I think straight-up denialism is now a residual phenomenon — largely limited to social media — that can safely be ignored.
I think straight-up denialism is now a residual phenomenon — largely limited to social media — that can safely be ignored.
Excited to be attending the Emerging Digital Methodologies #EDM Conference at the #DigitalHub @jesusoxford.bsky.social:
digitalhuboxford.com/event/emergi...
#DH_Oxford @voltaire.ox.ac.uk #mapping #networks #LLM #AI
digitalhuboxford.com/event/emergi...
#DH_Oxford @voltaire.ox.ac.uk #mapping #networks #LLM #AI
Emerging Digital Methodologies Conference | Digital Hub Oxford
digitalhuboxford.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Excited to be attending the Emerging Digital Methodologies #EDM Conference at the #DigitalHub @jesusoxford.bsky.social:
digitalhuboxford.com/event/emergi...
#DH_Oxford @voltaire.ox.ac.uk #mapping #networks #LLM #AI
digitalhuboxford.com/event/emergi...
#DH_Oxford @voltaire.ox.ac.uk #mapping #networks #LLM #AI
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Interested in studying Modern or Medieval languages at graduate level? Have your questions answered by faculty at our online open day this Wednesday🎓📝
Modern Languages Graduate Open Day, Wednesday 19 November, 5-6pm.
Find out more and register below:
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
Modern Languages Graduate Open Day, Wednesday 19 November, 5-6pm.
Find out more and register below:
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
Online Modern Languages Graduate Open Day on 19 Nov 2025
Medieval and Modern Languages Graduate Open Day Online Wednesday 19 November, 5-6pm Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages will be holding an online Graduate Open Day via Microsoft Teams fo...
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Interested in studying Modern or Medieval languages at graduate level? Have your questions answered by faculty at our online open day this Wednesday🎓📝
Modern Languages Graduate Open Day, Wednesday 19 November, 5-6pm.
Find out more and register below:
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
Modern Languages Graduate Open Day, Wednesday 19 November, 5-6pm.
Find out more and register below:
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
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This week, we have Eric Storm presenting his new book: Nationalism: a World History, with comments from Faisal Devji and Abigail Green, Weds 19th Nov, 11.10am, Ruskin Room, Exeter Cohen Quad - Join Us!
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This week, we have Eric Storm presenting his new book: Nationalism: a World History, with comments from Faisal Devji and Abigail Green, Weds 19th Nov, 11.10am, Ruskin Room, Exeter Cohen Quad - Join Us!
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Call for paper for a special issue on the Brontës and poetry - on their work as poets - on poetry in the novels - on poetic influences and legacies - hoping for creative responses too!
Abstracts due April 26
Articles due December 26
#Romanticism #Victorian #Gothic
Please share!
Abstracts due April 26
Articles due December 26
#Romanticism #Victorian #Gothic
Please share!
To Be Forever Known: The Brontës and Poetry
Seeking original, high-quality analysis of Brontë poems, especially those with little to no critical attention
think.taylorandfrancis.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Call for paper for a special issue on the Brontës and poetry - on their work as poets - on poetry in the novels - on poetic influences and legacies - hoping for creative responses too!
Abstracts due April 26
Articles due December 26
#Romanticism #Victorian #Gothic
Please share!
Abstracts due April 26
Articles due December 26
#Romanticism #Victorian #Gothic
Please share!
We are excited to be working with the Collected Writings Project of the @thomaspaineha.bsky.social to bring Paine's poems into the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
www.thomaspaine.org/the-collecte...
www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org
#TPHA #ThomasPaine #foundingfathers #America250 #C18th #DH #c18dh
www.thomaspaine.org/the-collecte...
www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org
#TPHA #ThomasPaine #foundingfathers #America250 #C18th #DH #c18dh
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We are excited to be working with the Collected Writings Project of the @thomaspaineha.bsky.social to bring Paine's poems into the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
www.thomaspaine.org/the-collecte...
www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org
#TPHA #ThomasPaine #foundingfathers #America250 #C18th #DH #c18dh
www.thomaspaine.org/the-collecte...
www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org
#TPHA #ThomasPaine #foundingfathers #America250 #C18th #DH #c18dh
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The K-SAA is excited to share about an exciting digital event celebrating the publication of Volume IV of the Johns Hopkins University Press edition of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poetry! Please find more info on the #KSAABlog: www.k-saa.org/blog/jhu4-ev...
‘Shelley’s Anni Mirabiles: The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley,’ Volume 4 — K-SAA
The K-SAA is excited to share about this digital event celebrating the publication of Volume IV of the Johns Hopkins University Press edition of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poetry! Please find more informa...
www.k-saa.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The K-SAA is excited to share about an exciting digital event celebrating the publication of Volume IV of the Johns Hopkins University Press edition of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poetry! Please find more info on the #KSAABlog: www.k-saa.org/blog/jhu4-ev...
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Early Bird Registration for #BSECS2026 closes on the
***15 NOVEMBER 2025***
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
***15 NOVEMBER 2025***
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
BSECS Conference Registration
Registration for the BSECS Annual Conference is now open. Please use the form below to register for the conference.
www.bsecs.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Early Bird Registration for #BSECS2026 closes on the
***15 NOVEMBER 2025***
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
***15 NOVEMBER 2025***
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
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I find conference organising super stressful, but it is a chance to imagine the field in ways that interest you.
I'm very proud of the programme we have for our joint Romantic Studies Association of Australasia / David Nichol Smith seminar - you can see it here www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/e...
I'm very proud of the programme we have for our joint Romantic Studies Association of Australasia / David Nichol Smith seminar - you can see it here www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/e...
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I find conference organising super stressful, but it is a chance to imagine the field in ways that interest you.
I'm very proud of the programme we have for our joint Romantic Studies Association of Australasia / David Nichol Smith seminar - you can see it here www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/e...
I'm very proud of the programme we have for our joint Romantic Studies Association of Australasia / David Nichol Smith seminar - you can see it here www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/e...
The #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive knowledge base is accessible via #SPARQL, enabling semantic queries and data integration. This infrastructure underpins the interactive "Networks"-view on the website and is the basis for further computational analysis and application development.
#Romanticism #DH
#Romanticism #DH
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive knowledge base is accessible via #SPARQL, enabling semantic queries and data integration. This infrastructure underpins the interactive "Networks"-view on the website and is the basis for further computational analysis and application development.
#Romanticism #DH
#Romanticism #DH
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Reminder: CfP closes for BARS 2026 'Romantic Retrospection' at the University of Birmingham, UK, and online on 30 November.
Details below:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
Details below:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Reminder: CfP closes for BARS 2026 'Romantic Retrospection' at the University of Birmingham, UK, and online on 30 November.
Details below:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
Details below:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
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CFP: “Embodied Knowledge Practices in the Early Modern World”
Conference at the University of Amsterdam
Monday, 15 June 2026
How do material conditions shape how & what we know about the natural world?
#earlymodern #C18L
1/6
Conference at the University of Amsterdam
Monday, 15 June 2026
How do material conditions shape how & what we know about the natural world?
#earlymodern #C18L
1/6
October 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
CFP: “Embodied Knowledge Practices in the Early Modern World”
Conference at the University of Amsterdam
Monday, 15 June 2026
How do material conditions shape how & what we know about the natural world?
#earlymodern #C18L
1/6
Conference at the University of Amsterdam
Monday, 15 June 2026
How do material conditions shape how & what we know about the natural world?
#earlymodern #C18L
1/6
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𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀
𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆, 𝟭𝟲𝟲𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟬
Edited by Brecht de Groote, Lieve Jooken, Sonja Lavaert & Guy Rooryck
More info: bit.ly/4ntQjaJ
#Translation #Literature #C18 #History
𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆, 𝟭𝟲𝟲𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟬
Edited by Brecht de Groote, Lieve Jooken, Sonja Lavaert & Guy Rooryck
More info: bit.ly/4ntQjaJ
#Translation #Literature #C18 #History
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀
𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆, 𝟭𝟲𝟲𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟬
Edited by Brecht de Groote, Lieve Jooken, Sonja Lavaert & Guy Rooryck
More info: bit.ly/4ntQjaJ
#Translation #Literature #C18 #History
𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆, 𝟭𝟲𝟲𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟬
Edited by Brecht de Groote, Lieve Jooken, Sonja Lavaert & Guy Rooryck
More info: bit.ly/4ntQjaJ
#Translation #Literature #C18 #History
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The deadline to submit an abstract for our upcoming ESTS 2026 conference (28-30 May, Lublin, Poland) is quickly approaching!
This year’s theme is Edition and Interpretation. Please visit the conference’s official website for more information: ests2026.arfi.kul.pl
This year’s theme is Edition and Interpretation. Please visit the conference’s official website for more information: ests2026.arfi.kul.pl
Home - Edition and Interpretation
ests2026.arfi.kul.pl
November 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The deadline to submit an abstract for our upcoming ESTS 2026 conference (28-30 May, Lublin, Poland) is quickly approaching!
This year’s theme is Edition and Interpretation. Please visit the conference’s official website for more information: ests2026.arfi.kul.pl
This year’s theme is Edition and Interpretation. Please visit the conference’s official website for more information: ests2026.arfi.kul.pl
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Beyond papers: rethinking science in the era of artificial intelligence https://lemire.me/blog/2025/10/03/beyond-papers-rethinking-science-in-the-era-of-artificial-intelligence/
October 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Beyond papers: rethinking science in the era of artificial intelligence https://lemire.me/blog/2025/10/03/beyond-papers-rethinking-science-in-the-era-of-artificial-intelligence/