dm-l September 2007

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[Fwd: New release of TEI P5 and MSencoding]
by Dan O'Donnell 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

>From the TEI Manuscript Special Interest group but of interest to people here as well. The newest edition of the TEI guidelines is introducing quite a number of really useful tools, elements, and approaches. It is about a month away from an official release and the last few things are still being nailed down and copy-edited, but it going to be quite interesting. The next release after this should also have a new section on physical bibliography that will be of interest to medievalists as well. -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell, PhD Chair, Text Encoding Initiative <http://www.tei-c.org/> Director, Digital Medievalist Project <http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/> Associate Professor and Chair of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Vox: +1 403 329 2378 Fax: +1 403 382-7191 Homepage: http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/

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Fwd: 21.263 job: Director, Digital Humanities Observatory, Dublin
by Dot Porter 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 21, No. 263. Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/cch/research/publications/humanist.html www.princeton.edu/humanist/ Submit to: humanist(a)princeton.edu Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:15:34 +0100 From: "John Maguire" <J.Maguire(a)ria.ie> Subject: Royal Irish Academy - Digital Humanities Observatory DIRECTOR Digital Humanities Observatory Republic of Ireland Applications are invited for a 3 year fixed term contract position of Director of the Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO). Funded under Cycle 4 of PRTLI, the Academy and its partners will build a joint national platform for the coordination and dissemination of humanities research, teaching and training at an all-island level. The key infrastructural element of the consortium will be the DHO. The DHO will be an electronic access portal and research resource for the humanities, designed, hosted and operated by the RIA. Reporting to the Academy's Executive Secretary and Principal Investigator, the Director will be responsible for: -- establishing, servicing and providing leadership for this shared on-line national data service for the humanities -- coordinating distributed networks and the delivery of a digital data archive -- managing the recruitment of specialist and support staff and establishing the project's physical infrastructure -- providing both academic and administrative leadership for the DHO -- developing a network of national and international partnerships and sourcing new funding opportunities. The Director will have a minimum of five years' postdoctoral experience with a strong background in humanities research and teaching, as well as significant expertise in the field of digital humanities. Further information and details of the application process are available on www.ria.ie. The closing date for applications is Friday 19th October 2007. Applicants will be shortlisted for interview on the basis of the information provided in their application. Further positions in the DHO will be advertised in early 2008. The Royal Irish Academy is an equal opportunities employer. -- *************************************** Dot Porter, University of Kentucky ##### Program Coordinator Collaboratory for Research in Computing for Humanities dporter(a)uky.edu 859-257-9549 ##### Editorial Assistant, REVEAL Project Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments porter(a)vis.uky.edu ***************************************

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Fwd: CFP: VAGANTES Conference 2008 (grad) (10/15/07; 2/28-3/02/08)- 2nd Call
by Dot Porter 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

VAGANTES Graduate Student Conference 2008 February 28-March 2, 2008 The Ohio State University VAGANTES is an annual, traveling conference for graduate students studying any aspect of the Middle Ages. The conference was conceived with several goals in mind, which include fostering of a sense of community among medievalists in the beginning stages of their careers, providing exposure to an interdisciplinary forum, and showcasing the resources of the host institutions, all at minimal cost to graduate students. The seventh conference will be hosted by the graduate medievalists at Ohio State University February 28-March 2, 2008. This year's featured speakers will be Barbara Hanawalt, King George III Chair of British History at The Ohio State University, and Elaine Treharne, Professor of Old and Early Middle English at Florida State University. Abstracts for twenty-minute papers are welcome from graduate students on any topic dealing with the Middle Ages, including areas outside the Latin West. Presenters should orient their talks to a broad medievalist audience. Please send a brief CV and abstract of no more than 300 words by October 15, 2007 to: Jennifer Gianfalla email: gianfalla.1(a)osu.edu (email submission preferred) Department of English The Ohio State University 421 Denney Hall 164 W 17th Ave. Columbus, OH 43210-1340 For more information, please visit our website at www.vagantes.org. -- Ryan Judkins CMRS Graduate Associate 308 Dulles Hall 230 W. 17th Ave. Columbus, OH 43210-1361 (614) 247-2514 judkins.7(a)osu.edu -- *************************************** Dot Porter, University of Kentucky ##### Program Coordinator Collaboratory for Research in Computing for Humanities dporter(a)uky.edu 859-257-9549 ##### Editorial Assistant, REVEAL Project Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments porter(a)vis.uky.edu ***************************************

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Fwd: 'Digital Arts & Humanities' launched
by Arianna Ciula 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

-------- Message original -------- De: AHRC ICT Methods Network <methnet(a)KCL.AC.UK> The Digital Arts & Humanities site was launched on Sunday 11 September at a reception at the 'Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities and Arts' conference. Digital Arts & Humanities is a place to share and discuss ideas, promote your research and discover the digital arts and humanities. This virtual community of arts and humanities researchers has been developed by the AHRC ICT Methods Network in collaboration with several other institutions and communities and is hosted by King's College London. http://www.arts-humanities.net/ As a member of the community you can: - announce activities in your field to a wide audience - keep up to date with what others are doing - exchange ideas and experience with the community in our group forums and user blogs - build your profile to show your research interests and background and search others' profiles to find contacts and identify future collaborations - use our wiki to learn more about tools and methods for your research. Digital Arts & Humanities is also used as a community platform by various groups and projects. We would be happy to host your community and offer features including blogs and open or private discussion groups. Even if you are already using such features on your own website, a presence on Digital Arts & Humanities is a good way of letting the wider community know what you are up to and to make new contacts. Discussions and postings are automatically announced on other websites and integrated into social bookmarking and networking sites to make them available to a wide audience. Our RSS feeds make it easy to add our community content to your site. Several other groups support and contribute to Digital Arts & Humanities. These include: Arts and Humanities Data Service, Arts and Humanities eScience Support Centre, CHArt - Computers and the History of Art, ICT Guides. The site already has over 240 registered members and active discussions. You might be especially interested in a forum thread where we discuss 'After the AHDS: The End of National Support?' This thread continues the discussion from a panel at the DRHA conference (David Robey, David Sheperd, Lorna Hughes) earlier this month: http://www.arts-humanities.net/366 For further information please contact Torsten Reimer (torsten.reimer(a)kcl.ac.uk). -- Dr Arianna Ciula Research Associate Centre for Computing in the Humanities King's College London Strand London WC2R 2LS (UK) Tel: +44 (0)20 78481945 http://www.kcl.ac.uk/cch

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Fwd: 21.246 three positions in digital humanities at UCLA
by Dot Porter 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

Forward from the Humanist: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Humanist Discussion Group (by way of Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty(a)kcl.ac.uk>) <willard(a)lists.village.virginia.edu> Date: Sep 15, 2007 4:32 AM Subject: 21.246 three positions in digital humanities at UCLA To: humanist(a)princeton.edu UCLA - Division of Humanities - Digital Humanities Faculty Position The University of California, Los Angeles, invites applications for an open-rank faculty position in Digital Humanities beginning July 1, 2008. Specializations may include, but are not limited to: new media and cultural/literary studies, computational sciences and culture, globalization and media, visual studies, GIS and cultural mapping, advanced visualization, Internet culture, and media theory. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to work across disciplines on broad-based humanities projects that build bridges between humanists and technologists through interdisciplinary collaboration. Applicants should demonstrate a strong commitment and innovative approach to teaching and research. Administrative experience working with technology staff and funding agencies is desirable. The successful candidate will be appointed in one or more academic departments. He/she will work closely with interdisciplinary centers, including the Center for Digital Humanities, and is expected to assume a central role in UCLA's vibrant digital humanities community. Please note that UCLA is conducting two additional searches in the field of Digital Humanities, as follows: A search by the Department of English in the area of New Media and a search for a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities. A Ph.D. is required by July 2008. To apply, please send an application letter, CV, three letters of recommendation, and representative research publications by November 20, 2007, to: Chair of Digital Humanities Search Committee 2300 Murphy Hall, Box 951438 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1438 Position subject to final budgetary approval. UCLA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. For more information, please visit our website: <http://www.digitalhumanities.ucla.edu/> UCLA -- Division of Humanities -- Assistant/Associate Professor in New Media The English Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, is searching for a specialist in New Media/New Media Theory; assistant professor level is preferred but we will also consider recently tenured associate professors. Areas of specialization include New Media Theory, electronic literature, media-specific analysis with emphasis on electronic textuality, computer/video games, and digital art forms with an emphasis on the literary. Strong teaching credentials are desirable and demonstrated potential for innovative research and publication is essential. Send application letter, C.V., and 25-30 page writing sample by November 10, 2007, to: Professor and Chair Rafael Perez-Torres UCLA Department of English, 149 Humanities Building, Box 951530 Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1530. Position subject to final budgetary approval. UCLA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. The English Department has a strong commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. Women and minorities are encouraged apply. UCLA College -- Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities The Division of Humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles, will appoint one Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities for a 1-year term beginning in the fall of 2008. The Fellow must have earned a doctoral degree no earlier than January 2002 and no later than June 2008. The Mellon Fellowship provides a stipend of $50,000 a year, standard fringe benefits, a one-time moving allowance of $1,500, plus a small research budget of $1,000. The Fellow will be housed in a relevant home department for which he/she will teach two courses. The Fellow is required to be in residence and to participate in the monthly Mellon Seminar in Digital Humanities. For 2008-09, the theme is "Technologies of the Text" and explores, through attention to both "new" and "old" media, the tremendous range of technologies of access to, and preservation of, language and accompanying image and sound across the millennia. There is no application form. Applicants should send a cover letter, a description (no more than 1500 words) of the scholarly project relevant to the program, a CV, and three letters of recommendation by February 1, 2008, to: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities 2300 Murphy Hall, Box 951438 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1438 UCLA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. For more information, please visit our website: <http://www.digitalhumanities.ucla.edu/> -- *************************************** Dot Porter, University of Kentucky ##### Program Coordinator Collaboratory for Research in Computing for Humanities dporter(a)uky.edu 859-257-9549 ##### Editorial Assistant, REVEAL Project Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments porter(a)vis.uky.edu ***************************************

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[Fwd: TEI MM 2007]
by Dan O'Donnell 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Hello all, This might be of interest to some of our membership. Apologies for cross posting. I'm involved in the planning of it, but it really is a very good programme! -dan -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell, PhD Chair, Text Encoding Initiative <http://www.tei-c.org/> Director, Digital Medievalist Project <http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/> Associate Professor and Chair of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Vox: +1 403 329 2378 Fax: +1 403 382-7191 Homepage: http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/

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Fwd: Digital Americanists Membership Call
by Dot Porter 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

First there was us (of course). Then there was digital classicist, then digital slavist, now digital americanists... any others? Have we really started a trend? The $10 fee I'm not so keen on, but perhaps it helps keep them in the black. Dot ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Jewell <ajewell(a)unlnotes.unl.edu> Date: Sep 11, 2007 10:58 PM Subject: Digital Americanists Membership Call To: SEDIT-L(a)listserv.umd.edu Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to announce the formation of a new professional organization designed to support the scholarship and teaching of American literature and culture using digital media. The Digital Americanists was formally brought to life at this year's American Literature Association in Boston, and in the past couple of months we have established the necessary frameworks to begin officially filling our membership rolls. At our new wiki-based website, http://www.digitalamericanists.org, you will find the constitution, an initial list of members, an initial list of associated digital projects, a bibliography of resources, some sample classroom syllabi and activities, and information on how to become a member along with a description of the privileges of membership. After you've become a member and paid the modest $10 annual fee (which can be done conveniently online), we invite you to help build the wiki by adding information about yourself, your digital projects, your teaching, and whatever else you feel would be of interest to this community. Please join us in our efforts to create a vibrant organization that can support this growing field of American literature scholarship. Andrew Jewell, President Edward Whitley, Vice-President Amanda Gailey, Secretary/Treasurer -- *************************************** Dot Porter, University of Kentucky ##### Program Coordinator Collaboratory for Research in Computing for Humanities dporter(a)uky.edu 859-257-9549 ##### Editorial Assistant, REVEAL Project Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments porter(a)vis.uky.edu ***************************************

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E-Science, Imaging Technology and Ancient Documents <fwd>
by simon mahony 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Apologies for cross-posting -------------------------------------------------------- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FACULTY OF CLASSICS Sub-Faculty of Ancient History E-Science, Imaging Technology and Ancient Documents Applications are invited for two posts for which funding has been secured through the AHRC-EPSRC-JISC Arts and Humanities E-Science initiative to support research on the application of Information Technology to ancient documents. Both posts are attached to a project which will develop a networked software system that can support the imaging, documentation, and interpretation of damaged texts from the ancient world, principally Greek and Latin papyri, inscriptions and writing tablets. The work will be conducted under the supervision of Professors Alan Bowman FBA, Sir Michael Brady FRS FREng (University of Oxford) and Dr. Melissa Terras (University College London). 1. A Doctoral Studentship for a period of 4 years from 1 January, 2008. The studentship will be held in the Faculty of Classics (Sub-Faculty of Ancient History) and supported at the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents and the Oxford E-Research Centre. The Studentship award covers both the cost of tuition fees at Home/EU rates and a maintenance grant. To be eligible for a full award, the student must have been ordinarily resident in the UK for a period of 3 years before the start of the award. 2. A postdoctoral Research Assistantship for a period of 3 years from 1 January, 2008. The post will be held in the Faculty of Classics (Sub-Faculty of Ancient History) and supported at the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents and the Oxford E-Research Centre. The salary will be in the range of £26,666 - £31,840 p.a. Applicants must have expertise in programming and Informatics and an interest in the application of imaging technology and signal-processing to manuscripts and documents. The deadline for receipt of applications is 21 September 2007. Further details about both posts, the project, the qualifications required and the method of application are available from Ms Ghislaine Rowe, Graduate Studies Administrator, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles' , Oxford OX1 3LU (01865 288397, ghislaine.rowe(a)classics.ox.ac.uk). It is hoped that interviews will be held and the appointments made on 11 October. ---------------------- Simon Mahony Research Associate Centre for Computing in the Humanities King's College London Kay House 7 Arundel St London WC2R 3DX Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 2813 Fax: +44 (0)20 7848 2980 simon.mahony(a)kcl.ac.uk http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=WC2R3DX --- End Forwarded Message --- ---------------------- Simon Mahony Research Associate Centre for Computing in the Humanities King's College London Kay House 7 Arundel St London WC2R 3DX Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 2813 Fax: +44 (0)20 7848 2980 simon.mahony(a)kcl.ac.uk http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=WC2R3DX

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[Fwd: Online Manuscript Research: e-mail list]
by James Cummings 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

FYI -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Online Manuscript Research: e-mail list Date: 05 Sep 2007 10:20:36 +0100 From: Christopher Burlinson <cmb29(a)cam.ac.uk> Dear all, Following on from the July symposium hosted by Scriptorium: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Online, we have set up an Online Manuscript Research e-mail list (hosted by jiscmail.ac.uk). We would like to invite you to join the list, and encourage you to post to it (and also ask for your assistance in spreading the word and encouraging your colleagues to do so!). The list aims to foster collaboration and discussion between the different professional and academic groups involved in online manuscript research. It is intended to be a place for announcements (of seminars, conferences, new online resources, and so on), the dissemination of information of all kinds, practical questions about manuscripts and about technology, and discussions about the functions, possibilities, and pitfalls of online manuscript research. We anticipate it being of use to all the areas which demand inter-disciplinary and inter-professional work: manuscript preservation, archival work, project management, digitization, encoding, rights management, and so on. To join the list, please just send an e-mail to LISTSERV(a)jiscmail.ac.uk with a blank subject line, and, in the body of the message: SUBSCRIBE manuscripts-online <your name> Your e-mail address will be taken from the e-mail that you send. Further instructions on how to use the list will be sent to you, by jiscmail, when you join. We hope that the list will be beneficial to you all, and to our colleagues in the field, and we beg your patience for any troubles that it experiences as we get it on its feet. best wishes christopher burlinson -- Dr Christopher Burlinson Research Fellow and Director of Studies for Part II English Emmanuel College Cambridge Senior Research Associate Scriptorium: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Online Faculty of English 9 West Road Cambridge Tel.: 01223 331970 (college) / 767310 (faculty) e-mail: cmb29(a)cam.ac.uk -- Dr James Cummings, Oxford Text Archive, University of Oxford James dot Cummings at oucs dot ox dot ac dot uk

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