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Prof Michaela Mahlberg

@michamahlberg

Corpus Linguist, Discourse Analyst, Victorianist, Climate Science & Climate Discourse, Host of the Life & Language podcast, President of the Dickens Society https://michaelamahlberg.com/

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Today we are marking International Women’s Day at DHSS.
We are working to create a department where equality, diversity and inclusion are embedded in what we do every day of the year.

#digitalhumanities #internationalwomensday

08.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Applications are open for the MA Digital Humanities program.

An interdisciplinary Master’s program combining humanities research with digital methods.

πŸ“… Deadline: 15 July
Learn more:
www.dhss.phil.fau.de/education/ma...

#DigitalHumanities #DHSS #FAU #gradschool #HumanitiesAndTech

05.03.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

For today's World Book Day, @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social are giving you a taste of all the books to explore on www.clic-ficiton.com.

Using the FlexiConc tab developed by RC21 gives you even more options to see how books were described in 19th century literature.

05.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“š World Book Day in the UK is special with CLiC

We celebrate with you by inviting you to explore and read some of the most famous novels in the English literary canon with CLiC, which you can access freely at clic-fiction.com.

#WorldBookDay #DigitalHumanities #Clic #CorpusLinguistics πŸ“–

05.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Excellent venue for computational humanities work, colocated with ACL in San Diego on July 6. Please share!

04.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations @tillmannohm.bsky.social !

04.03.2026 06:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Had a great workshop last Friday with the crew of the Fandom | Cultures | Research Journal in beautiful Marburg, discussing fandom practices and cultural memory. Got loads of useful feedback on my talk "Nostalgia and the Imagined Past in Bible Fanfictions".
journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...

02.03.2026 08:32 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you for having me @niallrcurry.bsky.social I had a great day at @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social

02.03.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Still time to sign up for this talk next week! See details below ‡️

27.02.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely fantastic to have you on the @dhssfau.bsky.social team!

26.02.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“œResearch Highlight

A new publication by @mila-oiva.bsky.social (co-author), Professor of Digital Humanities with focus on Images & Objects.

Conducted at the CUDAN Lab, Tallinn University, the study examines geographical bias in Soviet newsreels.

Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

#DHSS

26.02.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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We had a fantastic first meeting with our new colleagues, Prof. @mila-oiva.bsky.social and Dr. @tillmannohm.bsky.social

We were thrilled to welcome them and share our work, plans, and aspirations for the future of DHSS.

Great conversations, smart ideas, and inspiring people.

#DigitalHumanities

26.02.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Looking forward to Friday - joining a workshop in Marburg that focuses on fan and memory studies practices!

My talk will be on "Nostalgia and the imagined past in Bible fanfictions".

25.02.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Come and join us in Manchester on Monday!

25.02.2026 11:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
CCLS2026 Call for Posters

CCLS2026 Call for Posters

One week left for submitting a poster proposal for #CCLS2026! #CallForPosters πŸ”œ 03.03.26

23.02.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Abstract of DHd2026 contribution

Abstract of DHd2026 contribution

Building on these topics, we spent the following days drafting a new article and preparing our talk, β€œSoundful Dickens,” analyzing the fictional soundscape of the #Dickens Novel corpus (DNov). We’ll present it next week at the #DHd2026 Conference in Vienna.
#DigitalHumanities #BritishFiction

20.02.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you @guhrs.bsky.social for an inspiring and productive week!
I absolutely loved the energy!
... and your organisantional skills are something else πŸ˜€

24.02.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ah, how nice you were there today πŸ˜€

12.02.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Making Sense of the World through Language and Stories: A Digital Humanities Perspective Feb 11, 2026, 12:10 pm - Michaela Mahlberg is a corpus linguist who studies language as a social phenomenon and the ways we use language to understand and shape our world.

Join us for our first Bellwether Lecture w/ @michamahlberg.bsky.social, Prof. @dhssfau.bsky.social!

She will propose a digital humanities approach that aims to widen the perspective on the study of language.

πŸ“… February 11, 12:10 - 2:00 pm
πŸ“ 210 South Hall

02.02.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm thrilled to join the @dhssfau.bsky.social team at FAU as a Professor of DH with the focus on images and objects! Looking forward establishing new collaborations and to continue old ones!

29.01.2026 09:49 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We are absolutely delighted about Professor Mila Oiva joining the @dhssfau.bsky.social team.
With her work on 'images & objects' she brings an important new area of focus to our research in #DH
#Watchthisspace
#DigitalHumanities

27.01.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Don't miss the new episode of life and language podcast πŸ‘‡.

27.01.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hear from @nolauren.bsky.social about the ways we can teach AI to view the world

🎧 The second episode of season 5 of #LifeandLanguage is here!

#DigitalHumanities #DH #Distantviewing
open.spotify.com/episode/6FUA...

23.01.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Each one of us is wishing you a very successful and enjoyable time in Birmingham.
See you after five months πŸ™‚.

22.01.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Such sad news.
She was simply brilliant.

23.01.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last week, we had a full house for the highly anticipated lecture by Prof. David Hannah @freshwaterflows.bsky.social on water in a changing environment. The talk held in our department @dhssfau.bsky.social was rich in detail, and the audience was highly engaged.
Photos by @michamahlberg.bsky.social

22.01.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to #cads2026 with two presentations:

πŸ“š "Body, movement and sensation in fanfiction on Jane Austen" with @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social & @michamahlberg.bsky.social

πŸ›οΈ "A Multivariate Analysis of Quotation in German Parliamentary Debates"

20.01.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Water in a Changing Environment: Too much, too little, too hot

Professor David M. Hannah (UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences) speaks at DHSS about how water quantity and quality respond to climate and other drivers of change.

πŸ“… 14 Jan 2026| ⏰ 12:30–14:00
πŸ“ NΓΌrnberger Straße 74, Room 00.013

#fau #DHSS

09.01.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Outgoing talk by @katrohrbacher.bsky.social at Bielefeld University.

13 January 2026, 10:00–12:00
Hybrid, Lecture Hall X-E1-201 and Zoom

Measuring Narrative Space: A Computational Study of German and English Prose Fiction

Details and Zoom access:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2026/01/09/o...

09.01.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0