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DHNow Newsletter, April 29, 2026
This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow’s Editor. Our Editors’ Choices this week include a reflection on the so-called objectivity of digital reconstructions, an article that underscores how many LLMs lack the cultural context of poetic motifs, and an investigation into the appearance of “hallucinated” citations in academic publishing. We have also included…
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Report: Review: Corpora
A review of Corpora, a digital humanities data infrastructure, developed by Bryan Tarpley. See full post.
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Resource: DSC #24: Anouk and the AI Surprise
This is Lee. Are you as tired about talking about and dealing with AI as I am? As an academic technologist, my whole professional life has been taken over by “the AI conversation”. How can we stop students from using it? How can I AI-proof my course? HOW WILL STUDENTS LEARN?!?!?!?!? It’s only one conversation,…
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Podcast: AI and the University, Part 1, with Dr. Pam Lach
In the first episode of our three-part mini-series, Dr. Pam Lach talks about resisting big tech’s influence on higher ed, AI refusal, and what the future holds for AI and the university. Join the conversation! Dr. Pam Lach (she/her/hers) is the Digital Humanities Librarian at San Diego State University, which occupies the traditional lands of…
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Opportunity: ACH2026 #DHmakes Regional Hub
This form is part of the #DHmakes Mail Art Collaboration for ACH 2026, a community-driven project that invites participants to create, share, and exchange small crafted or artistic works through the mail. Inspired by the spirit of a neighborhood “picnic,” this initiative brings together digital humanists, makers, and curious participants to connect through making, whether…
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Editors’ Choice: “Du må ikke sove”: a floating motif detached from its meaning (or: LLMs can write Norwegian but miss cultural references)
Editors’ Summary: In this post, the author considers a recent train advertisement in Norway as an example of the problem of floating motifs in LLM generated writing. She defines a floating motif as a motif appearing in AI-generated content that is out of place and detached from its original context. The new ad in Norway…
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Editors’ Choice: How unique are hallucinated citations offered by generative Artificial Intelligence models?
Editors’ Summary: This paper analyzes AI-generated citations through a focus on the recurring non-existent citation “Education Governance and Datafication” attributed to Ben Williamson and Nelli Piattoeva and identified in Williamson’s post Tracing the half life of a zombie citation. The author demonstrates that these hallucinated citations are not random inventions, but rather a combination of…
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CFP: Special Issue: Digital Librarianship in an Eroding Democracy
The current experience of digital librarianship in the U.S. and around the world is defined in part by precarity and crisis. In March 2025, Trump issued an Executive Order that dismantled the IMLS; as of April 2026, his proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year does not include IMLS funding. Demands to censor books representing…
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Editors’ Choice: Digital Reconstruction, Enchantment, and the Ghosts in Our Data (…ish…)
Editors’ Summary: This post argues that digital reconstructions are not neutral or objective, but rather are shaped by “ghosts” or underlying patterns and assumptions in the data, which can often reinforce dominant narratives. Instead of accepting these reconstructions at face value, the author encourages using them critically and creatively to explore alternative possibilities. In doing…
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CFP: Computational Humanities Research 2027
In recent years, the arts and humanities have seen a significant increase in the use of computational, statistical, and mathematical approaches. This kind of research is distinguished by its reliance on formal methods and the development of explicit, computational models – ranging from quantitative and statistical techniques to broader computational methods for processing and analysing…
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Event Announcement: Register for ACH 2026
The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) will hold ACH 2026, a virtual conference, from June 24-26, 2026. Registration is open from April 15, 2026, through June 17, 2026. See full post.
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Resource: (In)Visible Architects of Freedom Digital Archive
This database designed for students and educators highlights primary sources about the growth of the Black American community in Lënapehòkink, now called Philadelphia, from the 1600s to the 1800s. It includes petitions, newspaper articles, letters, objects, friendship albums, and more. See full post.
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Report: Global Digital Humanities Symposium
A collection of videos of the presentations from the 2026 Global Digital Humanities Symposium, held from April 13–April 17, 2026. See full collection.
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Resource: Old Toronto: Historical Itinerary Planner
A tool for explorers, travellers, and anyone curious about the city that once was — connecting Toronto’s living streets to more than 37,000 archival photographs spanning over two centuries, from the City of Toronto Archives and the Toronto Public Library. See full post.
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Job Announcement: Writer at Our World in Data
We are looking for an experienced writer. The ideal candidate already writes single-authored pieces regularly and publicly for a non-specialist audience, builds arguments based on data and research, and has the range to cover many of the topics we work on. This is a senior role: the person we hire will work closely with Hannah…
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Editors’ Choice: LLMBench: A Comparative Close Reading Workbench For Large Language Models
Editors’ Summary: In this post, the author provides a detailed overview of the functions of the new tool, LLMbench. Berry points to Google PAIR’s LLM Comparator as a useful tool for side-by-side evaluation of models from the perspective of model developers, but the tool lacked the ability to do comparative close reading. LLMbench is a…