Dame Averil Cameron obituary Historian whose sparky, innovative Byzantines challenged the stereotype of a stagnant society with nothing new to offer

And Dame Averil Cameron (1940-2026), historian of the Byzantine empire bit.ly/4ex8POD #Skystorians

The more things change - Digital Humanities in a tumultuous world UCLDH is delighted to welcome Melissa Terras, Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage at the University of Edinburgh, to give the 2026 Susan Hockey Lecture.

The more things change - Digital Humanities in a tumultuous world
2 June 2026, 6pm
We're delighted to welcome our former director ✨@melissaterras.bsky.social ✨Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage at the University of Edinburgh, to give the 2026 Susan Hockey Lecture 🎉
www.ucl.ac.uk/digital-huma...

Indeed, not a drill but an auger!

‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump In a speech at Davos, written by Carney himself, the Canadian prime minister laid out his doctrine for a world of fractured international norms

‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

"written by Carney himself"!

UK-Ireland DH Association 2026 Annual Event - CFP Information Session

There are just 3 weeks left to submit your proposal for the 2026 Annual Event, to be held at the University of Southampton, 15-16 June. Theme: Sustainability. digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026-annual-...

Questions about the CFP? Join our drop-in session on Wednesday www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...

And the £200 heating one?

Slide with title Digital Humanities for a World Unmade, blue background with stylized images of a Dutch windmill, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Hagia Sofia, Big Ben, and the Singaporean lion.

Here's a write-up of my keynote from #DH2025, since academic publishing is slow and this was written for right now. roopikarisam.com/talks-cat/dh...

The Pelagios Network’s People Activity are holding a Sample Data Gathering Sprint
29 July, 12 - 1pm, Online via Zoom (register for link)
Organisers: Gabriel Bodard (London) and Jun Ogawa (Tokyo)

ics.sas.ac.uk/events/linked-open-data-...

CFP: #HKADH2026 will be hosted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (23-25 January 2026).

Keynote speakers: Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and Andrew Piper ‪‪@andrewpiper.bsky.social‬.

Submission deadline: 31 August.

2026.hkadh.org/callforpapers/

#HKADH

Setting up a IIIF system Instructions on how to set up IIIF services on AWS using Cantaloupe, Directus and S3

The amazing Dan Pett has been at it again. Using @aboutgeo.bsky.social liiive.now Dan explains how to DIY your own IIIF: add image to cms, create manifest, put manifest into Rainer's magic, download annotations, paste text into cms, manifest recreates. Try it yourself! museologi.st/blog/iiif-di...

The NEW DHQ website is now live! New features include enhanced search, smart article recommendations, and improved accessibility. Visit us now at: dhq.digitalhumanities.org
P.S. Old links will automatically redirect to the new site but don’t forget to update your bookmarks!

❗ EOI: Closing Soon ❗ The UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association is seeking 3 new members to join their governing collective. To find out more about UK-IE DHA and their governance plans check out buff.ly/SpmqYXv and submit your Expression of Interest by July 11th 📝 buff.ly/XibwZJw

Sorry that I can't be there this year! Too much travelling!

Very much looking forward to this timely and important lecture from @roopikarisam.bsky.social next week.

Not Just Books: Digital Collections and Resources | British Library Our Doctoral Open Days are for any PhD students interested in working with our collection during their studies. Each Open Day showcases a different area of

Are you a PhD student interested in learning more about digital collections and resources at the British Library? Come along and meet curators and learn more on May 23 events.bl.uk/events/not-just-books-di...

#CallforPapers: "Digital Humanities - Transforming Knowledge Through Advanced Computing"

📆 May 28, 2025
📍 Évora, Portugal

➡️ More information: indico.hpc.uevora.pt/event/168/pa...

International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing: Vol 19, No 1

A new issue of IJHAC: A Journal of Digital Humanities is out! Volume 19.1 brings 5 articles, one on geocomputation, one on machine learning, another on distant reading, and two more on corpora analysis. And a book review. Check it out on the link
www.euppublishing.com/toc/ijhac/19/1

AI is ‘beating’ humans at empathy and creativity. But these games are rigged | MJ Crockett Research pitting people against AI systems gives AI an edge by asking us to perform in machine-like ways

My new piece in @theguardian.com

Techno-optimism is human pessimism.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A photo of Simon Mahony in conference uniform.

I've just realised that alt-text is a thing here, which is great. I'll try to do better in the future!

Is the talk online or only in-person?

The 2025 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History - Digital History Seminar **SUBMIT HERE BY 30 MAY** Richard Deswarte (1965-2021) was one of the founding convenors of the Digital History seminar at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), University of London, an advocate...

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History, the annual prize that celebrates the best of digital history. Submit your work or work you love published since January 2024. Deadline for submissions is 30 May. ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/12/the-... #dhist

This place looks like the other place did 10 years ago!

Greeting old friends and (hopefully) making new ones here where the sky is blue. Live long and prosper!