With apologies for cross postings.
Digital Classicist & Institute of Classical Studies Seminar
Friday June 24th at 16:30
Court Room, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU
Alessandro Vatri (Oxford)
HdtDep: a treebank and search engine for Greek word order study
ALL WELCOME
HdtDep is a treebank and search engine based on the first book of
Herodotus’ Histories. The structure of the sentences has been parsed
applying a modified version of Mel’cuk’s dependency syntax, and has been
encoded in an XML database. The search engine allows searching for
precise dependency patterns involving specific grammatical categories or
lexemes in exact sequences, and can easily be programmed through a user
friendly graphic interface. This tool is especially designed for
classicists and linguists investigating Greek word order—hence the
choice of Herodotus’ prose as linguistic material—but can also be useful
for teachers and language learners.
The seminar will be followed by wine and refreshments.
For more information please contact Gabriel.Bodard(a)kcl.ac.uk,
Stuart.Dunn(a)kcl.ac.uk, S.Mahony(a)ucl.ac.uk, or see the seminar website at
http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2011.html
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Dr Stuart Dunn
Research Fellow
Centre for e-Research
King's College London
www.stuartdunn.wordpress.com
Tel +44 (0)207 848 2709
Fax +44 (0)207 848 1989
stuart.dunn(a)kcl.ac.uk
Centre for e-Research
26-29 Drury Lane
London WC2B 5RL
UK
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Of interest to DM, a report from the ACH (Association for Computers and the
Humanities: http://www.ach.org/) general meeting at DH2011 (Digital
Humanities 2011 conference: https://dh2011.stanford.edu/) Especially of
interest may be the last item in the report, a discussion of ACH partnering
with other groups to support local/regional events. Not mentioned in the
report, there was also a discussion about ACH partnering with scholarly
organizations and communities. As someone with connections both to DM
(former board member) and to the ACH (current executive secretary) I'd be
interested to hear ideas from the DM community on how the ACH might be able
to support our community.
Dot
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From: Humanist Discussion Group <willard.mccarty(a)mccarty.org.uk>
Date: Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:52 PM
Subject: [Humanist] 25.120 report from the ACH at DH2011
To: humanist(a)lists.digitalhumanities.org
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 25, No. 120.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:53:46 -0700
From: Stéfan_Sinclair <sgsinclair(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Report from ACH Annual General Meeting at Stanford
Dear Colleagues,
This is intended as a brief report on the ACH Annual General Meeting
that took place during the Digital Humanities 2011 conference at
Stanford. The first notable aspect of the meeting was the astounding
attendance: there were over 80 people present. In the past years the
meeting has shifted from reporting the deliberations of the Executive
Council (not always the most compelling content) to a summary of key
points and a more open format of discussion and community-focused
initiatives.
We began the meeting by recognizing the passing away of our friend and
colleague Chuck Bush, who was the ACH Treasurer and served on its
executive council for more than 20 years (see
http://ach.org/charles-douglas-bush-1948-2011).
New members of the Executive Council were welcomed and outgoing
members were thanked. A warm and sustained ovation was reserved for
Julia Flanders, outgoing President extraordinaire.
Next we launched into the annual ACH Jobs Slam, a chance for
prospective employees to introduce themselves (Ed Finn and Molly Des
Jardin) as well as an encouraging range of job opportunities:
* Mellon Postdocs at Emory: http://bit.ly/disc-postdoc
* Research Professorship at BYU: http://bit.ly/jWu6EI
* Lecturer in Digital Information Studies at UCL: http://bit.ly/hFCaRH
* Assoc. Library Director of Digital Initiatives at McGill:
http://bit.ly/kcD1gz
* Digital Humanities Academic Administrator at UCLA: http://bit.ly/iCQI4g
* Web Developers at NYPL: http://bit.ly/mRGKA0
We also pointed to two very useful lists of jobs:
http://www.arts-humanities.net/jobs and http://www.hastac.org/forum/23
Finally, we reminded everyone of the ongoing ACH mentoring programme
http://ach.org/mentoring We encourage thesis supervisors who have
students finishing and looking for DH-oriented jobs to contact the
Mentoring committee.
Following the Jobs Slam we covered some new and ongoing initiatives.
In particular:
* the ACH has a completely revamped website! http://ach.org/
* we invited everyone to express interest to get involved in ACH committees
* we discussed the success of DHAnswers and invited colleagues to
contribute http://digitalhumanities.org/answers/
Finally, we had two open discussion topics. The first was regarding a
possible name change for ACH. The Executive Council recognizes that
"Association of Computers and the Humanities" may not be as expressive
of contemporary digital humanities scholarship and teaching as it
might be. Some present pointed out the danger that the title may keep
new people away. However, the overwhelming tenor of the discussion was
that a change would present several logistical challenges and there
was a certain attachment to the historical context that the ACH
represents (much like the anachronistic sounding Association for
Computing Machinery). Moreover, using the acronym ACH somewhat masks
the details anyway.
Second, we discussed possibilities for the ACH to partner with local
events to provide more continuous and more regional support and
presence for the ACH constituency. A whole range of suggestions were
offered and the ACH Exec will try experimenting with some of them and
report back about this next year.
Thanks to all who were present and contributed!
[Please do not reply to this message as I use this address for
communication that is susceptible to spambots. My regular email
address starts with my user handle sgs and uses the domain name
mcmaster.ca]
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Dr. Stéfan Sinclair, Multimedia, McMaster University
Phone: 905.525.9140 x23930; Fax: 905.527.6793
Address:
TSH-328, Communication Studies & Multimedia
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M2
http://stefansinclair.name/
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Research Associate at King's College London, Centre for e-Research
The Centre for e-Research is seeking a Research Associate with strong
technical and software development skills to work on e-research projects
at the Centre. These projects may result in case studies, proofs of
concept and pilots as well as in software for operational service, so
the post offers an exciting opportunity to contribute both to the
development of the digital and research infrastructure at King's and its
collaborators, and to more exploratory development of innovative ideas
solutions using cutting edge approaches. The post-holder will be
expected to publish the results of research undertaken in relevant
journals. Some current and past projects may be found at
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/cerch/projects/.
Approximately 75% of the post-holder's work (on average over the 2 years
of the appointment) will be dedicated to the SAWS (Sharing Ancient
Wisdoms) project, an EU-funded international collaboration that is
exploring ways of exploiting the digital environment for creating,
publishing and interacting with selected digital collections of
manuscripts and texts, specifically Greek and Arabic “wisdom
literature”. These anthologies of wise or useful sayings were widely
circulated throughout antiquity and the middle ages, and they raise
particular challenges at a technical and information modelling level due
to the complex network of interrelationships among them and among their
component parts. The SAWS project requires an imaginative research
associate capable of researching, devising and developing innovative
methodologies and tools for creating these complex resources, for
expressing relationships between them, and for publishing, visualising
and exploring them. The remaining 25% will be spent on other projects at
the Centre, depending on ongoing requirements and the interests of the
appointee.
The candidate will preferably have an education in information science
or computer science, or a humanities degree with a strong technical
component. Due to the exploratory nature of the work, the role will
require problem-solving ability and a high degree of initiative, as well
as flexibility and a keenness to learn. Knowledge of Java, web
development technologies (e.g. XML, Django, Ajax) and web service
technologies is essential. Experience of linked data/semantic web
technologies (e.g. RDF, OWL), and of other programming languages (e.g.
Python, Ruby), would be an advantage.
This is a full-time position, initially for a period of 24 months.
Salary for the position will be at an appropriate point of Grade 6,
currently £33,193 to £39,185 per annum (inclusive of a £2,323 London
allowance). Benefits include a contributory final salary pension scheme,
subsidised gym membership and 27 days of annual leave, 4 college closure
days, plus public holidays.
For more details and an application pack please see
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/pers_detail.php?jobinde….
Alternatively, please email strand-recruitment(a)kcl.ac.uk. All
correspondence should clearly state the job title and reference number
G6/QLJ/408/11-JT. For an informal discussion of the post please contact
Mark Hedges on mark.hedges(a)kcl.ac.uk, or 020 7848 1970.
The closing date is: 12 July 2011
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Dr. Charlotte Tupman
Research Associate
Department of Digital Humanities
King's College London
26-29 Drury Lane
London
WC2B 5RL
Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 7145
www.kcl.ac.uk/ddh
4th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the
Digital Age
October 21-22, 2011
Writing the East: History and New Technologies in the Study of Asian
Manuscript Traditions
In partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of
Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology, Penn Libraries are pleased to announce the 4th annual
<http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium.html> Lawrence
J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age. This
year's symposium will explore a range of issues relating to Asian reading
and writing cultures, especially as they pertain to the manuscript source.
Our focus will be on Asian manuscripts from the Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist,
Taoist, and Confucian traditions. We will bring together scholars
representing these traditions to examine the ways in which hand-produced
texts shape both meaning and interpretation, and to a larger extent, the
cultural norms that define their use. We will also consider the role that
modern digital technology can play in facilitating the study of manuscripts
today.
Registration opens August 15. For more information, go to
<http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium4.html>
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium4.html
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Lynn Ransom, Ph.D.
Project Manager, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts
Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image
The University of Pennsylvania Libraries
3420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
215.898.7851
http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/schoenberg