CESTA

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The Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis is an interdisciplinary digital humanities research center at Stanford University.

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Joined November 2014
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  1. Nov 30

    Yes! We're also keen on applying technology to the text of Harry Potter for new insights, for teaching, and also just for fun. Also, the nod in this piece to work done by our is appreciated

    How would or look different when applying computational thinking to analyze their character relationships? (It’s something you can do in a literature or language arts class!)
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  2. Nov 30

    Congrats to Prof. Paula Findlen and for their chapter in 'Worlds of Natural History,' just published by

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    It’s finally here! 😍 We wrote a thing and you should read it
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  3. Nov 29

    For when you're in the mood to go on a literary lark...

    Pick a famous text. Click a passage. See articles and book chapters about that passage. Introducing: Understanding Great Works (Beta)! Featuring works by Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Keats, The King James Bible and more! Explore today:
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  4. Nov 29

    Cool project, a collaboration led by faculty at Brock and Northwestern Universities

    Hester Pulter’s works detail chaotic political landscape of the English Civil War, scientific discoveries, theological queries, personal struggles.
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  5. Nov 28

    What a sweet surprise! Our friend and collaborator Mateusz Fafinski sent us treats from Berlin. (Thanks !!!) We look forward to his return to CESTA, working again on Text Technologies in the new year

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  6. Nov 28

    Can't wait to check out this new book, "Empires of Knowledge," edited by Prof. Paula Findlen. We spot some familiar names among the contributing authors, including our very own and Prof. Londa Schiebinger cc

    Paula Findlen’s new edited book “Empires of Knowledge” presents intriguing cases of scientific networking from the early modern world.
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    Nov 28

    Re-upping this request, on behalf of our Lit Lab project on Voice.

    Friends! Do you teach college-level creative writing? Do you use textbooks? If so, which ones?
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  8. Nov 27

    Although the quarter is winding down, things are bustling here at CESTA. It was a pleasure to have Prof. Eunice Nodari visit us once again, from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

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    Nov 21

    Announcing: »Ancient MakerSpaces: Digital Tools for Classical Scholarship« at 2019 in San Diego. All-day workshop, Sat. 1/5.

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    Oct 30

    Want to tell the story of your archaeological site, find, or analysis? Create a narrative & share with the world on Twitter on 31st January at the Public Archaeology Twitter Conference. Call here (correct link this time)

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  11. Nov 21

    Wow! This is splendid! Sharing with our Kindred Britain team...

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    Take a trip through the capital circa 1849, from Westminster Abbey to Portland Place. We have digitized this 'Grand architectural panorama of London' for you to explore, scroll back and forth, and zoom into for details.
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  12. Nov 21

    An interesting glimpse into a weekend data viz project using spatial data

    I just published Places and their names — observations from 11 million place names
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    Nov 18

    Become a BBIP Scholar! The Black Book Interactive Project (BBIP) is offering stipends and DH training to 15 scholars to work with its corpus of 1250 novels by African American authors. Apply by January 15! Application and details at

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  14. Nov 15

    This piece by considers the possibilities of digital publishing for the field of history, citing the innovating works coming out of the Digital Projects program , inc. those by and

    Never let it be said that the historical monograph is impervious to digital innovation.
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  15. Nov 15

    Prof. James Hamilton of will kick off the CESTA Seminar series in Winter Quarter, sharing an overview of the field of computational journalism. Stay tuned for more info about our event

    In an interview with the Stanford News Service, Professor James Hamilton discusses the historical relationship between the presidency and journalism.
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  16. Nov 14

    We're mesmerized by CESTA researcher 's dynamic network visualization 🤩

    dynamic network of cities as linked by postal routes over 150 years of printed itineraries
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  17. Nov 14

    The Journal of features an article co-authored by et al. Methods from computational biology and metagenomics are used to examine novelty in literary texts

    New piece by et al on "Measuring Modernist Novelty." Combining the tools of bioinformatics with literary analysis:
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    Nov 14

    Poster submission for - & "EM Places: An early modern geo-gazetteer" Programme/Registration:

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    Nov 13

    📣📢📣CFP for - COMPLEXITIES📢📣📢 Venue: Utrecht, The Netherlands Deadlines: - Poster, short/long papers, multiple-paper panel proposals 11:59pm GMT 27/11/18. - For workshops and tutorials, 11:59pm GMT, 10/01/19. Details:

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    Nov 13

    Bridget Whearty ended her talk “From Scribes to ScanOps...” with this quote that really resonated and said it so perfectly: “Whoever you are, therefore, who benefit from this work, do not neglect to remember the laboring worker.” 💁🏻‍♀️🖋📝📖📜🗂📸💻🕰

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