@DrewBThomas

Ass. Prof. of Digital History at Universität Salzburg working on @VisualFaithAI and @ornamentobooks • THE INDUSTRY OF EVANGELISM (@Brill_History) • FRHistS

 Salzburg, Austria
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Joined October 2011
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Join us in Salzburg for DigiHist2026: Doing Cultural Heritage! (Hybrid) 📅 28 September–1 October 2026 📍 Rudolfskai 42, Salzburg 🎟️ Free registration 🔗 REGISTER: plus.ac.at/geschichte/t... #DigiHist2026 #DigitalHistory #CulturalHeritage #DigitalHumanities
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Pretty amazing. Six hours is all it took to crack an unsolved code to Napoleon’s general.
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I used GPT-6 Astra to break an unsolved cipher to one of Napoleon's generals that had gone unread for 217 years. What makes this impressive isn't actually the codebreaking, but that Astra completed the entire multi-modal workflow in ~6 hours from a single image and goal. 1/6🧵
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#earlymodern #bookhistory Workshop Call for Papers: Women’s Professional Networks in the Early Modern Book Trade, University of Edinburgh 6-7 May 2027 Please feel free to share with anyone who might be interested!
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Come join me in Salzburg! Join IMAREAL in Krems as a Senior Scientist in Medieval & Early Modern Archaeology, with a focus on material culture, interdisciplinary research and digital humanities. 📅 Apply by 26 Aug 2026 💶 From €70,200.20/year 🔗 karriere.plus.ac.at/en/jobs/…
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All right Google, I’ll give this one to you. This is pretty great.
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Excited to join the University of Salzburg as Assistant Professor of Modern History (Digital History). Looking forward to strengthening Digital History within Salzburg’s DH community and continuing my work on AI and the Reformation print industry.
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I just noticed that today is the final day to download "How to Use Generative AI in Educational Research" for free from Cambridge University Press. doi.org/10.1017/978100967533…

How to Use Generative AI in Educational Research

Cambridge Core - Education, History, Theory - How to Use Generative AI in Educational Research

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Interior designers in 2025: “Arrange your books by color, it’s chic ✨” Lady Bindloss in 1671: “Been there, done that.” 📚🎨 earlymodernfemalebookownersh…

Lady Bindloss Buys Some Books (1676)

Of the various kinds of documents that provide evidence of book ownership in the early modern period, purchase records are among the scarcest survivals: most booklists take the form of wills, inven…

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When did libraries realize their Luther pamphlets were fakes? My new Open Access article, "Provenance and Deception: Tracking Counterfeit Luther Pamphlets in Wittenberg", traces how centuries of provenance work slowly brought them to light. 📚 Read here: doi.org/10.1080/13574175.202…

Provenance and Deception: Tracking Counterfeit Luther Pamphlets in Wittenberg

This article explores the phenomenon of counterfeit copies of Martin Luther’s pamphlets within the Reformationsgeschichtliche Forschungsbibliothek (RFB) in Wittenberg. Following the rise of Luther,...

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The election of the Pope has always been a blend of the sacred, the political, and the downright theatrical. In today's Gone Medieval, Dr. Eleanor Janega and @jessicawarnberg look into the fascinating medieval origins of the Conclave: eu1.hubs.ly/H0jMhv30 @GoingMedieval
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Giving a talk in 2 weeks on how AI is transforming historical image analysis. Illustrations, iconography, and algorithms collide. Join me! 📍From Text to Image 📅 29 April | 11:00-12:30 📡 Hybrid event at @FBK_research 🔗 RSVP: isig.fbk.eu/en/events/detail…

From text to image: Visual and multimodal AI in the Digital Humanities

While text-based AI applications are well established, images present unique challenges: they are not inherently machine-readable, posing significant challenges for large-scale analysis.

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We are happy to announce a new vacancy for a PDRA position in Computer Vision to work with Prof. Andrew Zisserman; more info here - eng.ox.ac.uk/jobs/job-detail… Application deadline is 17th March at 12 noon. Good luck!
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Looking forward to speaking in Trento in April on Visual and multimodal AI. It’s a hybrid event for those interested in tuning in from afar!
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📢 Calling all early-career researchers Do you want to: 🟠 develop your research identity 🟠 work on groundbreaking projects 🟠 gain leadership skills? Our Early-Career Award is for you. Apply by 25 Feb 2025 ➡️ wellcome.org/grant-funding/s…
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How do libraries survive wars, looting, and religious upheaval? My latest review in the Journal of Jesuit Studies looks at "The Baltic Battle of Books", an excellent collection exploring libraries during the Age of Confessionalization. Read more: brill.com/view/journals/jjs/…

The Baltic Battle of Books: Formation and Relocation of European Libraries in the Confessional Age...

"The Baltic Battle of Books: Formation and Relocation of European Libraries in the Confessional Age (c. 1500–c. 1650) and Their Afterlife, edited by Jonas Nordin, Gustavs Strenga, and Peter Sjökvist"...

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Renske Hoff@RenskeHoff23 Oct 2024
On December 11, our edited volume 'In Readers' Hands' will be published with @Brill_History! It took a little while, but I'm so happy it's (almost) finally here! brill.com/edcollbook/title/7… #inreadershands
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Had a great time at the DH/AI conference in Reading in June. youtu.be/Q5In3mdb33A

Drew Thomas | University College Dublin

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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We are delighted to announce that 'Computational Humanities Research' (CHR) - a NEW #openaccess journal from #Cambridge - is now accepting submissions! 📭➡️ cup.org/4d1LFMN #computationalhumanities #DH2024 @CambridgeUP
Teal background with text that says Computational Humanities Research and NEW from Cambridge. Also featured is the front cover of the journal on a tablet device, against a footer made up of the CHR pattern of coloured shapes (red, yellow, purple, teal, cream).

ALT Teal background with text that says Computational Humanities Research and NEW from Cambridge. Also featured is the front cover of the journal on a tablet device, against a footer made up of the CHR pattern of coloured shapes (red, yellow, purple, teal, cream).

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🤖🖼️ Did you know Reformation Bibles included provocative woodcuts that enraged Catholics? Learn how historians use AI to study these images today. research.reading.ac.uk/digit…
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