Drew Thomas

Today is publication day! Thrilled that it's finally out. Enjoy some great Christmas reading about Reformation printers, Cranach, elaborate title page borders, Bibles and counterfeits. Or makes a great doorstop if that's not your cup of tea! 🎅🎄 brill.com/view/title/601…

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.

@michelleefang Would be a great help to my DH research!

if you're vibe coding or building over the holidays, i want to gift one of you a 6 month subscription of claude pro to support <3 just drop a comment below. merry christmas!

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/10.1017/978100…

Interior designers in 2025: “Arrange your books by color, it’s chic ✨” Lady Bindloss in 1671: “Been there, done that.” 📚🎨 …dernfemalebookownership.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/lad…

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/10.1080/135741…

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

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/deta…

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-detai… Application deadline is 17th March at 12 noon. Good luck!

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!

📢 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/…

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/…

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/tit… #inreadershands

Had a great time at the DH/AI conference in Reading in June. youtu.be/Q5In3mdb33A

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

@elisewatson_ @BritishAcademy_ @EdinburghUni Congratulations!!!! 🥳

Now that the news is public, I’m absurdly excited to share that I’ve been awarded a @BritishAcademy_ Postdoctoral Fellowship at @EdinburghUni for a transnational project on collaborations between women at all levels of the early modern book trade! thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-briti…

🤖🖼️ 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/digitalhumanit…

Are you a Digital Humanities researcher? Are you considering applying for a British Academy postdoc? If you want to base your fellowship at Cambridge Digital Humanities, now's the time to get in touch. Full details below: buff.ly/4cshX3i

Here is the programme for the 10th international Sammelband 15-16 event on 'Books in new contexts' to be held in Uppsala from 12 to 14 September 2024: sammelband.hypotheses.org/1806 Attendance is free and open to all !

9/ 🌐 One of USTC's joys is tracking these book travelers. They've found Italian books in Melbourne, French books in Riga, and Amsterdam imprints almost everywhere. #USTC #GlobalLibrary

8/ 🌍 Even in the 1530s, Fernando Colon bought books in Montpellier, printed in 34 different cities. This global spread is a testament to the effective international book trade of the time. #History #BookTrade

1/ 🌍 Strasbourg's complex past—German till 1681, then French, with brief German occupations—reflects in its printed works. 📖 @APettegree notes new @universalstc data bridges gaps and identifies the duplicates in national bibliographies. #Books #History #France #Germany