dm-l July 2015

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Digital humanities and cultural heritage: what relationship? Fourth AIUCD annual conference
by Roberto Rosselli Del Turco 25 Aug '15

25 Aug '15

[Apologies for cross-posting] [Link to announcement on the AIUCD web site: http://www.umanisticadigitale.it/digital-humanities-e-beni-culturali-quale-…] Digital humanities and cultural heritage: what relationship? Fourth AIUCD annual conference 17-19 December 2015 Campus Einaudi - Lungo Dora Siena 100 - 10153 Torino The AIUCD 2015 conference is dedicated to investigate the relationship between the Digital Humanities and the broad field of Cultural Heritage, a line of research that is open since the inception of the former. On the one hand, the Cultural Heritage domain has been using digital tools, processes and methodologies for quite a long time, but their use does not imply a recognition of their role as scientifically qualifying. On the other hand, galleries, libraries, archives and museums preserve and provide access to a wealth of content that is the object of much research carried out as part of the Digital Humanities. It is therefore interesting to see if Digital Humanities tools and methods have led and will lead to a redefinition of theoretical, methodological and technical processes, up to an actual re-conceptualization of knowledge in the Cultural Heritage field. At least two issues indicate the existence of a connection: the theoretical reflection on the management of information and data that texts hold, which has been carried out as part of the management of libraries, has important consequences for the whole wide area of the Digital Humanities; in the context of research funding, the increasing demand to describe what will be the public impact of planned research identifies in a “relationship with society” topic a significant element wide spread in the Cultural Heritage area. Furthermore, if on the one hand the world of Cultural Heritage has started their own reflection that also touches the Digital Humanities, on the other hand the Digital Humanities are urged to communicate beyond the inner, often self-referential, circle of Academia, and to do this they are inspired by the methods of communication and dissemination of knowledge that belong to the Cultural Heritage world. In conclusion, a meeting of Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage is already under way, it is necessary to act and facilitate a cooperation that results in being as effective as possible for both fields. As a sign of openness and willingness to cooperate with the Cultural Heritage world, conference organization is entrusted to the Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale per la digitalizzazione e la realizzazione di Biblioteche Digitali Umanistiche - MEDIHUM Memoria Digitalis Humanistica (Università di Torino). We are therefore soliciting papers in particular on – but not limited to - the following topics: - Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage: integration, separation, independence? - what relationship among Museums, Libraries, Archives and Digital Humanities? - how do Digital Humanities fit in Museums, Archives and Galleries? visualization, imaging, graphic representations, immersive environments in the Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage areas; - which impact on society for research projects’ output in the Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage areas? - Public History: Museums, Libraries and Archives today are privileged mediators between the public and its past, DH methodologies however require new figures, aware of the issues and opportunities offered by the digital world; - which forms may the collaboration between cultural institutions and digital humanists take in digitization projects, text encoding, critical edition, digital curation? - experiences of projects using principles and methods of the semantic web, and Linked Open Data research. The contributions, to be submitted as a 500 words maximum abstract in PDF format, must be loaded through the EasyChair platform at the URL: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aiucd2015. The deadline for submission of abstracts to the Programme Committee is scheduled for midnight of August 31st, 2015. All abstracts will be subject to evaluation by the AIUCD conference Programme Committee. Information with regard to the acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to the authors by 30th September 2015. Further information on the conference, on the composition of the Programme Committee and on how to register will be made available on the conference web site at the URL: http://www.aiucd2015.unito.it/ (the web site may not be online yet at the moment of publishing this announcement). R -- Roberto Rosselli Del Turco roberto.rossellidelturco at unito.it Dipartimento di Studi rosselli at ling.unipi.it Umanistici Then spoke the thunder DA Universita' di Torino Datta: what have we given? (TSE) Hige sceal the heardra, heorte the cenre, mod sceal the mare, the ure maegen litlath. (Maldon 312-3)

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DAMOS - Database of Mycenaean at Oslo (seminar)
by Gabriel Bodard 29 Jul '15

29 Jul '15

Digital Classicist London & Institute of Classical Studies Seminar 2015 Friday July 31 at 16:30 in room G21A, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU Federico Aurora (Oslo) DAMOS - Database of Mycenaean at Oslo DĀMOS is an annotated corpus of all the published Mycenaean texts, allowing for a corpus linguistics approach to the study of the earliest attested Greek dialect. Text files, reproducing the most updated editions of the texts, have been imported into a relational database (MySql) and are now being annotated for morphology, syntax and lexical information. Noteworthy is that DĀMOS allows for storing multiple, competing analyses of a given linguistic unity (e.g. a word). A rich set of metadata, including – automatically imported – detailed epigraphical information, is also available for searches and can, thus, be crossed with linguistic data. Online edition: https://www2.hf.uio.no/damos ALL WELCOME The seminar will be followed by wine and refreshments. For more information please contact Gabriel.Bodard(a)kcl.ac.uk, Hugh.Bowden(a)kcl.ac.uk, Stuart.Dunn(a)kcl.ac.uk, S.Mahony(a)ucl.ac.uk or Charlotte.Tupman(a)kcl.ac.uk, or see the seminar website at http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2015.html -- Dr Gabriel BODARD Researcher in Digital Epigraphy Digital Humanities King's College London Boris Karloff Building 26-29 Drury Lane London WC2B 5RL T: +44 (0)20 7848 1388 E: gabriel.bodard(a)kcl.ac.uk http://www.digitalclassicist.org/ http://www.currentepigraphy.org/

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CfP: Modeling semantically Enriched Digital Editions fo Accounts - Regensburg 22. Oct. - 24 Oct. 2015
by Georg Vogeler 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

Call for Papers Modeling semantically Enriched Digital Edition of Accounts (MEDEA) Account books have long been used as primary sources for economic and social history since they allow scholars to explore the development of economic behavior on both a macro- and micro-structural level. A number of projects in Europe and the United States have begun to explore models for digitizing such sources. The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) has developed useful models to encode texts and digital scholarly editions, and the semantic web offers opportunities to collect and compare data from multiple digital projects. The MEDEA project looks at these methods with the goal of developing broad standards for producing semantically enriched digital editions of accounts. It will foster discussion of benefits and deficiencies in existing standards by bringing together economic historians, scholarly editors, and technical experts to discuss and test the emerging methods for semantic markup of account books. For this purpose we call for contributions of scholars with experiences in the scholarly edition of historical financial records and ideas about how to use digital methods within this context. We invite proposals for participation in our first workshop, which will be held in *Regensburg (Germany), Oct. 22-24, 2015*. Participants will present current research projects using data from historical account books, describe the encoding models of their projects, and share ideas for a common model. The discussions and examples will focus on a set of questions intended to elucidate the features of accounts of greatest interest to scholars. Thus the activities will focus on the following issues: ● How might we model the economic activities recorded in these documents? In particular: What models of bookkeeping were followed historically and how can they be represented formally? Are data models developed for modern business reporting helpful? ● How can we model the economic reality behind the texts? Can we establish common resources on metrics and currencies or even the value of money that can be reused in other projects? Is it possible to build common taxonomies of commodities and services to facilitate the comparison of financial information recorded at different places and times? That is, can we develop references on the order of name authorities and standards for geo-referencing? ● How might we integrate topological information of the transcription with its financial interpretation? Is the “table” an appropriate method? What possibilities are offered by the TEI Manuscripts module and use of the tei:zone element? ● How can we integrate a topological/documentary approach and the growing linguistic interest in the texts with the interpretations that economic and social historians extract from the documents? Proposals should not exceed 700 words and should be submitted to medea.workshop(a)ur.de by August 24, 2015. The programme committee will assess the proposals and notify applicants no later than September 2, 2015. We particularly encourage proposals from early-career researchers from Europe and from the United States. A limited budget is available to support costs of travel and accommodation. If there remain any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. See more details on the project at http://medea.hypotheses.org/ . Kathryn Tomasek, Associate Professor of History Wheaton College Norton, Massachusetts Ass.-Prof. Dr. Georg Vogeler Zentrum für Informationsmodellierung – Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities Universität Graz Elisabethstr. 59 / III A-8010 Graz Prof. Dr. Mark Spoerer / Kathrin Pindl M.A. Universität Regensburg Lehrstuhl für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte 93040 Regensburg

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CFP: Technical Commication in the Middle Ages
by M. Wendy Hennequin 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

Please excuse cross-posting, and please feel free to forward to any relevant lists. CFP, ICMS ("Kalamazoo") 2016: Technical Communications in the Middle Ages Scholars have long recognized Chaucer’s “Treatise on the Astrolabe” as an early technical document, yet few similar medieval texts have been discussed as specimens of technical communication. This session seeks to consider the traditions and conventions of medieval technical communication, as well as the connections between medieval and contemporary technical writing. Possible texts for consideration might include (but are not limited to) penitential and conduct manuals, monastic rules, business correspondence, medical treatises, scientific and pseudo-scientific manuals (including alchemical and astrological ones), cookery books, law codes, and government and military documents. Papers should consider the texts as technical communication, but may focus either on any aspect, including writing, layout, design, etc. Please send abstracts and participant information forms via e-mail to Wendy Hennequin (mwhennequin(a)gmail.com) by September 15. Thanks, Wendy -- Dr. M. Wendy Hennequin Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy Tennessee State University 3500 John A Merritt Blvd. Nashville, TN 37209 MWHennequin(a)gmail.com

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PhD studentship in Ghent: Medieval Latin and stylometry
by Burghart Marjorie 17 Jul '15

17 Jul '15

FYI! Best regards, Marjorie Burghart THE HENRI PIRENNE INSTITUTE FOR MEDIEVAL STUDIES AT GHENT UNIVERSITY (BELGIUM) HAS A POSITION AVAILABLE FOR: A PhD RESEARCHER (FULL-TIME PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER) Project description Collaborative Authorship in Twelfth-Century Latin Literature: A Stylometric Approach to Gender, Synergy and Authority Stylometry, a subfield of Digital Humanities, offers new methods for segregating different writing styles. So far, stylometry has been especially popular in authorship attribution studies. This project will approach issues of collaborative authorship in twelfth-century Latin literature with stylometric methods. In the Middle Ages, authors seldom worked alone when conceiving their treatises, letters or narratives. A new text could be the result of drafts on wax tablets copied by professional scribes, of processes of dictation and subsequent correction, etc. An authority like Bernard of Clairvaux, one of the most prolific and influential medieval authors, is known to have been surrounded by a team of secretaries. For his sermons and letters in particular, a number of his collaborators were even trained in imitating his writing style, thus facilitating Bernard's work of final editing or correcting. In the case of the remarkably few medieval female authors known to us, the role of secretaries is even more intricate. Women writers such as the German nun Hildegard of Bingen were considered unlearned and incapable of independently writing down their visionary experiences, even if their visions were accepted as being divinely inspired. These women therefore had to be assisted by male collaborators, often also serving as their spiritual directors. The precise nature and implications of such (cross-gender) collaborations remain a topic of scholarly debate. With a number of selected, experimental case studies, concentrating on Bernard of Clairvaux and his secretaries, Hildegard of Bingen and her collaborators, Suger of Saint-Denis and his chancery, and Abelard and Heloise, this project aims to contribute to the debate about individual and collective creativity in the Middle Ages, and to extend the usual application of stylometric methods to new cultural-historical questions that go beyond mere authorship attribution. This research project is funded by the Special Research Fund (BOF) of Ghent University. Directors: Prof. Jeroen Deploige (Ghent University), Dr. Mike Kestemont (University of Antwerp), Prof. Wim Verbaal (Ghent University) Professional environment Medieval studies at Ghent University cover a wide range of subjects and methodological approaches. Intensive exchanges within the Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies and with the international academic community create a stimulating environment for innovative research. For more information, see http://www.ugent.be/pirenne The collaborator will also be associated with the CLiPS Research Centre (Computational Linguistics & Psycholinguistics) at the University of Antwerp, in order to be immersed in the stylometric research carried out at this institute. For more information, see: http://www.clips.ua.ac.be. Qualifications of the candidate - A Master's degree in History, Literature, (Computational) Linguistics or Medieval Studies. Students who are currently preparing a master’s thesis and will graduate as a Master before 1 October 2015 are also welcome to apply. - Excellent study results. - Experience with reading and analyzing Latin texts, preferably of the medieval period. - Strong interest in the expanding field of Digital Humanities, and computational text analysis in particular. Willing to be trained intensively in stylometric research during the course of the PhD project. - Active knowledge of English and/or French and ability to read scholarly literature in the major academic languages. Willing to learn basic Dutch during the employment at Ghent University (introductory courses are available). - Commitment to prepare, and finish, a doctoral dissertation as outlined in the project text within four years. - An intellectually curious, analytical, responsible, and proactive personality, able to work autonomously as well as in a team. Offer - A four-year contract as a full time academic staff member, attached to the History Department at Ghent University (scholarship starting from around 1800 euro net/month; 1 year + 3 additional years after positive evaluation). - Opportunity to gain a PhD in four years, supervised by the three project directors. Given the multidisciplinary nature of the research to be conducted, the PhD can be in Literature, Linguistics or History, depending on the preference of the candidate and the emphases developed in the research. - Extensive opportunities for engaging with national and international research groups. - Opportunity to follow an individualized PhD programme at the UGent Doctoral School of Arts, Humanities and Law, including language courses. Start of the project: negotiable (but between 1 October 2015 and 1 July 2016). How to apply Feel free to contact prof. Jeroen Deploige for any further information or questions. If you are considering applying for this position, you are also invited to request the full project description. If you are interested in joining us, please send a copy of your diploma, your CV, a one-page summary of your master’s thesis and a cover letter describing your interest in the project before 28 August 2015 to prof. Jeroen Deploige (jeroen.deploige(a)ugent.be).

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Integrating Digital Epigraphies (seminar)
by Gabriel Bodard 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

Digital Classicist London & Institute of Classical Studies Seminar 2015 Friday July 17 at 16:30 in room G21A, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU Hugh Cayless (Duke University) Integrating Digital Epigraphies This presentation will also be streamed live at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIamtu1Z62wL5XRk2mE8HKw Integrating Digital Epigraphies (IDEs) is being developed as a Linked Data platform for digital epigraphy. The first round of development leverages data from partner projects including the PHI's Searchable Greek Inscriptions project, the SEG, the Claros concordance of epigraphical publication data, and epigraphy articles in JSTOR to develop a set of web services. Identifiers from any of the projects may be used to retrieve related data from any of the others. The goal of IDEs is not to be a portal or aggregator superseding partner projects, but a data hub that allows all of them to leverage each other’s work. ALL WELCOME The seminar will be followed by wine and refreshments. For more information please contact Gabriel.Bodard(a)kcl.ac.uk, Hugh.Bowden(a)kcl.ac.uk, Stuart.Dunn(a)kcl.ac.uk, S.Mahony(a)ucl.ac.uk or Charlotte.Tupman(a)kcl.ac.uk, or see the seminar website at http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2015.html -- Dr Gabriel BODARD Researcher in Digital Epigraphy Digital Humanities King's College London Boris Karloff Building 26-29 Drury Lane London WC2B 5RL T: +44 (0)20 7848 1388 E: gabriel.bodard(a)kcl.ac.uk http://www.digitalclassicist.org/ http://www.currentepigraphy.org/

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Mapping the Medieval Countryside - A Digital Edition of the Inquisitions Post Mortem
by MLH 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

Dear Colleagues, We're delighted to announce that a major new resource is available in beta. Mapping the Medieval Countryside is a digital edition of the medieval English inquisitions post mortem (IPMs), currently covering the period 1418-1447. IPMs recorded the lands held at their deaths by tenants of the crown, and are the single most important source for the study of landed society in medieval England. Describing the lands held by thousands of families, from nobles to peasants, they are a key source for the history of almost every parish in England and many in Wales. Please explore at: www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk Best wishes, Matthew Holford Twitter: @MedievalIPM

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CFP Kalamazoo 2016_Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts Sponsored Session
by Lynn Ransom 13 Jul '15

13 Jul '15

Call for Papers Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts Sponsored Session at the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 12-15, 2016 We seek proposals for the following session: Networks of Transmission: Histories and and Practices of Collecting Medieval Manuscripts and Documents This session will focus on the mapping of those networks of sale and purchase through which medieval manuscripts have been pursued and on the collectors and collecting that have catalyzed this transmission across the centuries. This session – like The Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts itself – is rooted in the belief that studying manuscripts’ provenance can have dynamic and profound effects not only on our understanding of these medieval materials as objects to be bought and sold but also on their texts through mapping their circulation and reception. We particularly welcome proposals that explore diverse topics from the role of digital technologies such as the SDBM in conducting provenance research, the relationship between institutional and private ownership of manuscripts, specific case studies of collecting practices, the transatlantic travels of medieval materials, collectors’ roles in the dispersal of libraries and the fragmentation of manuscripts, collectors and manuscript preservation, and how a manuscript’s provenance history can effect its value and collectability on the rare books market, to how collectors and the act of collecting can shape and influence interpretations of manuscript evidence. Please send proposals with a one-page abstract and Participant Information Form (www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html) to Lynn Ransom (lransom(a)upenn.edu ) by September 1, 2015.

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latest blogpost
by Lisa Fagin Davis 13 Jul '15

13 Jul '15

An update on the state of Digital Fragmentology in North America: https://manuscriptroadtrip.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/manuscript-road-trip-th… Lisa -- Lisa Fagin Davis Executive Director Medieval Academy of America 17 Dunster St., Suite 202 Cambridge, Mass. 02138 Phone: 617 491-1622 Fax: 617 492-3303 Email: LFD(a)TheMedievalAcademy.org

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documenting our own history in DH/DM
by Sara L. Uckelman 10 Jul '15

10 Jul '15

Dear all, The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources has just put up a new post on our blog that reflects on the practices of digital humanities/digital medievalism, specifically with respect to the importance of explicitly documenting who did what in the context of a given project. It was sparked by one of the talks at the "Middle Ages in the Modern World" conference in Lincoln last week, as well as by my own practices implemented in the running of the DMNES. I'd be interested in any feedback or counterpoints any of you might have: https://dmnes.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/digital-humanities-medievalism-and-t… Cheers, -Sara -- Dr. Sara L. Uckelman Department of Philosophy Durham University https://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/?id=12928 The Dicitionary of Medieval Names from European Sources http://dmnes.org/

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