Morten Beckmann

The #DH2027 CfP is open! Join us in Galway, Ireland, 28 June–3 July 2027, for #DH2027, on the theme "Creativity". 📖 Call for Proposals: dh2027.adho.org/cfp/ 📤 Submit via ConfTool starting Oct 7, 00:00 Irish time: www.conftool.pro/dh2027/ Deadline: 20 November 2026, 23:59 AoE.

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Meta suspends Facebook and Instagram accounts of Norwegian @dagsavisen.bsky.social journalist Helle Lyng Svendsen who challenged Indian PM Narendra Modi on Press Freedom and Human Rights:

www.linkedin.com/company/agde... We are delighted to launch the official LinkedIn page for Agder Forum for Translation Studies (AFO) at the Universitetet i Agder (UiA)/University of Agder, Norway. 👉 Follow us for insights, news, and a closer look at the work we do at AFO! #translationstudies

Postdoctoral Researcher – Aarhus University, Denmark Fully funded postdoc role in Intellectual History Eligibility: PhD in history, philosophy, political theory, or literature Deadline: 9 Feb 2026 Apply: higherjobz.com/postdoctoral... #AcademicJobs #PostdocJobs #HistoryJobs @aarhusuniint.bsky.social

11 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Lund University, Scania, Sweden #VacancyEdu #Postdoc #Postdoctoral #PostdocJobs #ScienceCareer #AcademicJobs #Researcher #PhDlife #PostdoctoralFellowship #JobSearch #ScholarshipAlert vacancyedu.com/11-postdocto...

Some news: www.uia.no/forskning/fo... The Research Council of Norway has awarded me a grant to examine concepts of violence in ancient Jewish war narratives. More soon, including a postdoc position hire.

Job alert! 🚨 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Edinburgh Uni to work w/a team of historians on a new project, Voices in Slavery's Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana, which will build a digital archive out of the recorded words of enslaved people. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN147/p...

Happy publication day! 🌟 "Translation and Infrastructure: Concepts and Applications", co-authored by Anne O'Connor and myself in Translation Studies, is now available in #OpenAccess. #translation #infrastructuralthinking www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

:: Ordinær søknadsfrist: 1st december :: Videreutdanning Oversettelse i offentlig sektor - nettbasert Få grunnleggende kompetanse som kvalifiserer deg til mange typer oversettelsesoppdrag i offentlig sektor i Norge Søk her: www.uia.no/studier/prog...

Throwback to the amazing Digital Humanities School! 🎓✨ So many great moments, people, and ideas, here are a few highlights from the end of September! #DigitalHumanities #Text&Language #Highlights #Throwback #AcademicLife www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BJ9...

Job opportunity: Two PhD Positions at Stockholm University, Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies, Sweden. Deadline for application: October 15. Link: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Great to the schedule for the #DHSS2025 summer school out! An amazing programme is waiting for our participants ☺️ #DataGenderSociety #DH #DigitalHumanities go.fau.de/1cadb

Does your Bible translate Genesis 1:1 incorrectly? #maklelan2892 youtube.com/shorts/42352...

Fall is here and it's time for us to set our fall course schedule! So, if you're thinking about picking up/dusting off your Arabic, Russian, Proto Indo-European, Ancient Greek, or Modern Greek, please fill out our interest form: forms.gle/eMZGox5m88zz... Questions? DM me!

Piotr Blumczynski, "Translation as Sensory Experience in the Age of AI" Keynote at the Trextuality 2 conference at @universityofgalway.bsky.social

Tomorrow I'm heading for the conference "Trextuality 2. Material Turns in Translation: Intermediality and Circulation": translation.universityofgalway.ie/trextuality2/ Many thanks to @ecoarts.bsky.social and the other organizers for the admin. support. Looking forward to it! #translationstudies

A short version of my latest article: link.growkudos.com/1ed0q4c7e9s #translationstudies #biblicalstudies #Bibletranslation #virginbirth

***Job Opportunity in History*** Assistant Professor of Religion in Early Christianity, Princeton University 3/ www.higheredjobs.com/search/detai...

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... Via @mortenbeckmann.bsky.social

If you want to get started with (or brush off your) Arabic, Russian, Proto Indo-European , or Greek (yes, Ancient or Modern) but don’t have a lot of time, our summer courses take half the time of a standard university course and cover twice as much material! DM for details.

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The wait is over☀️ Registration for #DHSS25 Summer School is officially OPEN! Experience expert-led lectures and practical, hands-on learning using advanced DH tools. Don't miss out - spots are limited and filling up fast ⏳ 👉Secure your place now: go.fau.de/1bihf #DataGenderSociety #FAU #DHSS

Før var liksom det å ha grep om humaniora - filosofi, historie og framandspråk - ei konservativ dygd. No har det anten blitt erstatta av einspora teknokrati og nasjonalisme, eller så vil dei tilbake til at denne sorten danning kun skal vere tilgjengeleg for dei sjølv og ingen andre.

What's the problem with declarations of a new translation's "authoritative" status? In an interview on her new book, Translation Multiples, Kasia Szymanska (@kaszyma.bsky.social) discusses the idiosyncrasies and possibilities of the practice of translation. @princetonupress.bsky.social

PhD fellowship advertised here at the Center for Digital Narrative to research Computational Narrative Systems with @docmofo.bsky.social - applications due August 15! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

☀️Excited for our #DigitalHumanities Summer School!☀️ 📌Don't forget, pre-registration is open! #DHSS2025 #DataGenderSociety #FAU

🗓️ New #DigitalHumanities Summer School in September! Pre-register now for #DHSS2025 #DataGenderSociety 👩‍💻 Free for incoming MA students in #DH at @fau.de!

📣 Call for literature in translation panel proposals. We'll offer round-trip transportation to New York, lodging, and honoraria to accepted panelists.The deadline to submit is Monday, June 2 to take part in our Day of Translation event in NYC this fall. ➡️ www.catranslation.org/submit-an-ev...

We're hiring a postdoc (4 years) for the AI STORIES project and are looking for someone who is interested in using computational and qualitative methods to explore generative AI and literature. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Tomorrow (19 May) at 12:45 pm BST: Join @kaszyma.bsky.social‬ at @oxfordcct.bsky.social for the launch of her new book, Translation Multiples: From Global Culture to Postcommunist Democracy. Learn more: occt.web.ox.ac.uk/event/on-mul...

Congratulations to @drfaithtibble.bsky.social on her spectacular book launch! 'The Crown of Thorns' shows how a simple mistranslation of the New Testament led to a gory tradition in medieval art. Preview the book: bit.ly/4h4wwf0 Get your copy: bit.ly/44FvpQr

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10 PAID PhD POSITIONS! The “International Doctoral Program Philology” at the University of Munich just announced ten paid PhD positions on topics related to premodern philology.

The first priority is to ensure that science in Europe remains open and free. This is Europe’s calling card.

"i know bourdieu"

Wow, what a horrific typo. Right on the cover.

#TranslationStudies community: CFP for #IATIS 2025 is open until 4/30. If you're interested in submitting to my panel alongside @jlmdolmaya.bsky.social @clarachuanyu.bsky.social & Émilie Gobeil-Roberge, please submit asap - details here: shorturl.at/nRQLz

Who has the power to decide how a significant passage is translated in a Bible translation? Just published an article in @targetjournal.bsky.social on the translation controversy surrounding Isaiah 7:14. DM me for the article: benjamins.com/catalog/targ... #translationstudies #bibletranslation

Today's the day! I invite close readers to see if they can find the places where I channeled the most rage into this project. It is supposed to make you uncomfortable. You are supposed to try to dismiss it as "praxis" vs. "theory" and then you are supposed to be convinced otherwise.

Registration is still open for our Makarios conference on Love of Neighbor and Human Flourishing (deadline 15 May) which will take place at ACU’s Rome campus in partnership with Baylor, Harvard, and Boston College! >