Organisation profile
Fields of Science
- 615 History and Archaeology
- digital humanities
- computational history
- computational humanities
- intellectual history
- conceptual history
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Maciej Michal Janicki
- Department of Digital Humanities - Visiting scholar
- Digital Humanities
- Helsinki Computational History Group
- Human Sciences – Computing Interaction
Person: Visiting scholar, U2 Teaching and research staff
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Antti Kanner
- Department of Digital Humanities - Visiting scholar
- Digital Humanities
- Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies
- Doctoral Programme in Language Studies - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Language Technology
- Human Sciences – Computing Interaction
- Helsinki Computational History Group
Person: Visiting scholar, U1 Research and teaching staff, UH
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Eetu Mäkelä
- Department of Digital Humanities - Professor
- Digital Humanities
- Doctoral Programme in Language Studies - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral Programme in History and Cultural Heritage - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral Programme in Theology and Religious Studies - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Human Sciences – Computing Interaction
- Helsinki Computational History Group
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, U4 Research and teaching staff
Equipment
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DARIAH-FI
Matres, I. (Other), Mäkelä, E. (Other) & Tolonen, M. (Manager)
Department of Digital HumanitiesFacility/equipment: Host unit
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DEDICO: New methods for developing diverse corpora
Säily, T. (Principal Investigator), Kaislaniemi, S. (Participant), Pivovarova, L. (Participant), Saario-Ramsay, L. (Participant), Siewert, J. (Participant), Vesalainen, A. J. K. (Participant), Kettunen, A. E. (Participant) & Kokkonen, I. M. (Participant)
01/09/2025 → 30/04/2028
Project: Research project
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CASCADE: CASCADE: Computational Analysis of Semantic Change Across Different Environments
Wu, Y. (Participant), Shu, K. (Participant) & Mäkelä, E. (Participant)
20/03/2024 → 19/03/2028
Project: EU MSCA Innovative training networks: European Joint Doctorates (MSCA-ITN-EJD)
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Computational Analysis of Semantic Cha
Tolonen, M. (Project manager), Shu, K. (Participant), Wu, Y. (Participant) & Mäkelä, E. (Participant)
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2027
Project: EU MSCA Doctoral Networks (TMA-MSCA-DN)
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RETOSTRA: Alustat ja retoriset ryhmästrategiat: Verkkodiskurssien moniääniset rakenteet kielentutkimuksen ja kieliteknologian kohtaamispaikkana
Kanner, A. (Participant), Onikki-Rantajääskö, T. (Principal Investigator), Bedretdin, Ü. N. (Participant), Toivanen, P. (Participant), Lounela, E. (Participant), Lehmuskoski, L. H. (Participant), Mäkelä, E. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Vatanen, A. (Participant)
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2026
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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COMHIS: Helsinki Computational History Group
Tolonen, M. (Principal Investigator), Hengchen, S. (Participant), Kanner, A. (Participant), Säily, T. (Participant), Vaara, V. (Participant), Ijaz, A. (Participant), Roivainen, H. (Participant), Hill, M. J. (Participant), Ros, R. (Participant), Marjanen, J. (Participant), Mäkelä, E. (Participant), Tiihonen, I. (Participant), Lahti, L. (Participant), Tiihonen, I. L. I. (Project manager), Moretti, A. (Project manager), Vesalainen, A. J. K. (Project manager), Rosson, D. E. (Project manager), Wu, Y. (Project manager), Shu, K. (Project manager) & Hinderks, K. S. (Project manager)
01/01/2018 → …
Project: Research project
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Detecting Latin in Historical Books with Large Language Models: A Multimodal Benchmark
Wu, Y., Shu, K., Fischer, J. P., Pivovarova, L., Rosson, D., Mäkelä, E. & Tolonen, M., 2026, Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers). Demberg, V., Inui, K. & Marquez, L. (eds.). The Association for Computational Linguistics, p. 5305-5328 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
Frictional memory: The afterlives of lynching in the digital public spheres
Vasudeva, F., Azizifard, N. & Makela, E., 11 Feb 2026, In: New Media & Society. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
Metametamorphoses: Transformations of logical form and consequence from Ockham to Tarski
Saario-Ramsay, L., 17 Mar 2026, Helsinki: University of Helsinki. 93 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Collection of Articles
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Sociocultural drivers of lexical innovation
Nevalainen, T. & Säily, T., Apr 2026, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Diachronic and Historical Linguistics. Ledgeway, A., Aldridge, E., Breitbarth, A., Kiss, K. É., Salmons, J. & Simonenko, A. (eds.). Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell, 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Approaches to conceptual history: From theory to practice
Marjanen, J. & Ihalainen, P., 28 May 2025, Writing Conceptual Histories. Ihalainen, P. & Marjanen, J. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury, p. 9-40 32 p. (Writing History).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Activities
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Canadian Journal of Linguistics (Journal)
Säily, T. (Reviewer)
Apr 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Teaching the history of English vocabulary
Säily, T. (Speaker)
12 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Social aspects of semantic and constructional change in large historical datasets
Säily, T. (Speaker)
12 Mar 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Journal of English Linguistics (Journal)
Säily, T. (Reviewer)
Feb 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics (Journal)
Säily, T. (Reviewer)
Apr 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Prizes
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August Ahlqvistin, Yrjö Wichmannin, Kai Donnerin ja Artturi Kanniston rahastojen yhteinen väitöskirjapalkinto
Kanner, A. (Recipient), 22 Feb 2023
Prize: Prizes and awards
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European Heritage Award
Tolonen, M. (Recipient), Toivonen, H. T. (Recipient), Kaukonen, M. (Recipient), Marjanen, J. (Recipient) & Pivovarova, L. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prizes and awards
Datasets
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Reception Reader
Tolonen, M. (Creator), Journal of Open Humanities Data, 2023
DOI: 10.5334/johd.101, https://receptionreader.com/
Dataset
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Reception Reader: Shakespeare text reuse dataset
Tolonen, M. (Creator), Rosson, D. E. (Creator), Vaara, V. (Creator), Mäkelä, E. (Creator), Mahadevan, A. (Creator) & Ryan, Y. C. (Creator), Journal of Open Humanities Data, 2023
Dataset
Press/Media
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SHARP NEWS review: Ileana Baird, ed. Data Visualization in Enlightenment Literature and Culture.
Vaara, V., Tolonen, M., Hill, M. J., Ijaz, A. & Lahti, L.
29/02/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Laki estää tehokkaiden tutkimusmenetelmien käytön
Lilja, J., Mäkelä, E., Lahti, L. & Heikkinen, V. P.
13/10/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Kuka on populisti, kuka konservatiivi, entä "oikea" liberaali? Selvitimme, mitä ismien kiihtyvä käyttö kertoo yhteiskunnan kehityksestä
04/04/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Här digitaliseras 1,6 miljoner tidningssidor
22/03/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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