dm-l September 2015

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Search for an English unedited medieval manuscript
by Johanna Feenstra 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

Dear readers, At this moment I am a research student at the University of Groningen. For a course I need to make an edition of a manuscript belonging to my field of expertise. In my case this is the English Middle Ages. However, after asking many of my professors I have not yet come across a satisfying manuscript. Perhaps you can help me out! I am looking for a medieval manuscript in the English vernacular (Old/Middle English) which had not yet been edited. I am aware this query is far-fetched, but I am willing to try anyway. With regard to the content of the manuscript, my preference goes out to something related to magic, charms, bestiary (cats are a pro), supernatural, romance ect. However, even if you might happen to know a manuscripts that only includes the content preferences, I am very eager to learn about it still. Of course, the same stands for the first preference: A unedited manuscript with any other content is also very welcome. I hope some of you have suggestions and I am looking forward to your replies. Best regards, J. Feenstra

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DiXiT fellowship in Borås: Digital scholarly editing and memory,institutions
by Georg Vogeler 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

Senior researcher fellowship: "Digital scholarly editing and memory institutions" The Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS) at the University of Borås (http://www.hb.se/en/), Sweden, is offering a Marie Curie funded fellowship for an Experienced Researcher in the DiXiT project (Digital Scholarly Editions Initial Training Network, http://dixit.uni-koeln.de). The position is full-time, with a fixed-term employment for 12 months, starting March 1 2016, and located at SSLIS. Description: The study of this Experienced Researcher project aims to critically explore the range of measures and methods for establishing trustworthiness, quality parameters and authenticity of digital reproductions in libraries and archives, particularly by looking at cases where levels and measures are negotiated between such memory institutions and external agents hired to perform parts of the process. The results of such negotiations might have significant bearing on the value of the digitized resource, and the level of post-processing work, use and re-use that can be performed with the digitized material within digital edition projects and other scholarly work. How and to what extent are these measures and methods maintained consistently throughout projects versus being renegotiated, possibly affecting the scholarly value of the digitized resource? Formal requirements: Within DiXiT, the applicant for the position of Senior Researcher must: - be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience. - also have less than five years of full-time equivalent research experience. - be fluent in English. There is also a mobility rule within the DiXiT project which means that the applicant of the position as Senior Researcher at SSLIS must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies etc) in the country of his/her host organization (Sweden) for more than 12 months in 3 years immediately prior to his/her recruitment. Short stays, such as holidays, are not taken into account. Professional qualifications: - Relevant doctoral degree (or at least four years of research experience, see above) - Prior experience with digitization, digital scholarship, scholarly editing. Application deadline: December 1, 2015 Full position announcement and instructions for applicants can be found at http://www.hb.se/en/About-UB/Work-at-UB/ (scroll down and select “Senior Researcher DiXit”). Information about the position is also available at http://dixit.uni-koeln.de/er-1-application/ / Mats Dahlström, DiXiT partner representative at the University of Borås. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Mats Dahlström, associate professor Swedish School of Library and Information Science UC Borås / University of Gothenburg, Sweden Mats dot Dahlstrom at hb dot se ; +46 33 435 44 21 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

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CFP Deadline Extended: Technical Communication in the Middle Ages
by M. Wendy Hennequin 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '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 25. 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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The Inaccuracy Of “Historical Accuracy” In Gaming And Media
by Anne McClanan 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

This piece in TechCrunch today has a discussion of representations of race/ethnicity in medieval-based historical games that might be interesting to some listmembers: :http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/15/missing-the-target/

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2015 Schoenberg Symposium Announcement
by Lynn Ransom 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

8th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age November 12-14, 2015 Picking Up the Pieces In partnership with the Rare Book Department <https://libwww.freelibrary.org/rarebooks/index.cfm> of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Schoenberg Institute of Manuscript Studies (SIMS <http://schoenberginstitute.org/> ) at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries is pleased to announce the 8th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age. This year's theme, "Picking up the Pieces," considers the notions and consequences of fragmentation and reconstitution. When books are broken up, collections dispersed, or a society's intellectual heritage is fragmented by time, nature, and human interventions, the act of piecing together the remains can lead to surprising insights about how and why books--the artifacts of our intellectual heritage--were produced, collected, and saved in the first place. Our aim is to examine various facets of the fragmentation of books, collections, and cultural heritages in literal, metaphorical, and philosophical terms. The topic also allows us to consider how the processes of both physical and virtual reconstitution inform our understanding of these artifacts and our relationship to them. The program begins Thursday evening, November 12, at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library, with our keynote speaker Nicholas Pickwoad, Director of Ligatus <http://www.ligatus.org.uk/> , a research center of the University of the Arts London with projects in historical libraries and archives, and a leading authority on the conservation and history of bookbindings. The symposium continues, November 13-14, at the Kislak Center of Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, with papers and workshops that delve into various aspects of fragmentation and reconstitution. The symposium will end with a roundtable discussion led William G. Noel, Director of SIMS, and Brian C. Rose, James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology, Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania on the historical, social, and political consequences of fragmentation and reconstitution in the cultural heritage sector. For more information and to register, go to: http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium8.html ****************** Lynn Ransom, Ph.D. Curator of Programs, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies http://schoenberginstitute.org/ Project Director, The New Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/schoenberg The University of Pennsylvania Libraries 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 215.898.7851

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CFP: Fourth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies (cross-posted)
by Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

*CALL FOR PAPERS* *Fourth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies* *June 20-22, 2016* *Saint Louis University* *Saint Louis, Missouri* The Fourth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies <http://smrs.slu.edu> (June 20-22, 2016) is a convenient summer venue in North America for scholars to present papers, organize sessions, participate in roundtables, and engage in interdisciplinary discussion. The goal of the Symposium is to promote serious scholarly investigation into all topics and in all disciplines of medieval and early modern studies. The *plenary speakers* for this year will be *Barbara Newman*, of Northwestern University, and *Teofilo Ruiz*, of the University of California, Los Angeles. The Symposium is held annually on the beautiful midtown campus of Saint Louis University. On campus housing options include affordable, air-conditioned rooms as well as a luxurious boutique hotel. The campus is surrounded by a wealth of restaurants, bars, and cultural venues within easy walking distance. While attending the Symposium, participants are free to use the Vatican Film Library, the Rare Book and Manuscripts Collection, and the general collection at Saint Louis University's Pius XII Memorial Library. The Fourth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies <http://smrs.slu.edu> invites proposals for papers, complete sessions, and roundtables. Any topics regarding the scholarly investigation of the medieval and early modern world are welcome. Papers are normally twenty minutes each, and sessions are scheduled for ninety minutes. Scholarly organizations are especially encouraged to sponsor proposals for complete sessions. The deadline for all submissions is *December 31*. Decisions will be made in January, and the final program will be published in February. For more information or to submit your proposal online, go to: http://smrs.slu.edu -------------------------- *The John Doran Prize - $500* Dr. John Doran (1966-2012) was senior lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Chester, UK, and an expert in the history of the papacy and the city of Rome. In honor of his commitment to scholarly excellence, the annual John Doran Prize recognizes outstanding work by a graduate student each year. The author of the winning paper will receive $500 and the option to have their paper published in the journal *Allegorica*. The prize is endowed by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. Submissions are due by April 31, and the winner will be announced at the Symposium. More info at http://smrs.slu.edu/johndoran -------------------------- Fourth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies June 20-22, 2016 http://smrs.slu.edu <http://cmrs.slu.edu>

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1st CFP: 12th IAPR International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems
by Marco BÜCHLER 13 Sep '15

13 Sep '15

[Apologies for cross-posting] * **12th IAPR International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems, April 11-14, 2016, Island of Santorini, Greece * /Further information and information about the submission can be found here: http://www.primaresearch.org/das2016/// / *About the conference* DAS 2016 is the 12th edition of the 100% participation single-track IAPR sponsored workshop focusing on system-level issues and approaches in document analysis and recognition. The workshop comprises invited speaker presentations, oral, poster, tutorial and demo sessions as well as working group discussions. DAS 2016 will be organized on the *island of Santorini, Greece (April 11-14, 2016)*. Santorini was created from a volcanic eruption that left it with volcanic cliffs overlooking a black and red coast, dazzling against the turquoise Mediterranean. Santorini is one of the most popular, beautiful and unique islands in the world since it combines a cosmopolitan atmosphere, spectacular scenery of deep blue sea and whitewashed houses, breathtaking sunsets, ancient sites, world-class restaurants and an active volcano. *Submission Types* DAS2016 will include both long and short papers, posters and demonstrations of working or prototype systems. All submissions will undergo a rigorous review process with a minimum of 3 reviews considering the originality of work, the quality of research or analysis of experience, the relevance to document analysis systems, and quality of presentation of ideas. _Full Papers_ Full papers should describe complete works of original research. Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not being considered in another forum, up to 6 pages length. _Short Papers_ Short papers provide an opportunity to report on research in progress, to present novel positions on document analysis systems. Authors may submit short papers (up to 2 pages in length). Short papers will also undergo review and will appear in an extra booklet, not in the official DAS2016 proceedings. _Demonstrations_ DAS2016 seeks public demonstrations of novel systems, to be presented to the workshop as a whole during breaks between paper sessions. Prospective demonstrators should submit a two-page summary of the system to be demonstrated. Demonstration proposals will undergo review and summaries of accepted demonstrations will appear in the extra DAS2016 booklet, as in the case of short papers. *Topics & Technologies* * Algorithms for graphics recognition * Applications * Authoring, annotation, and presentation systems * Camera-based document image analysis * Document analysis for digital humanities * Document analysis for mobile devices * Document analysis for the internet * Document analysis systems for libraries and archives * Document databases and digital libraries * Document image analysis (DIA) systems * Document image watermarking * Document retrieval systems * Document understanding * Forensic document analysis * Historical document analysis * Information extraction from document images * Multilingual document analysis * Multimedia document analysis * Page layout analysis * Pen-based user interface * Performance evaluation * * *Important Dates* _ Tutorials proposals_ Proposals due Sep 04, 2015 _Regular Papers__ _Abstracts due Sep 25, 2015 Papers due Oct 02, 2015 Decision notification Dec 07, 2015 Camera ready due Jan 08, 2016 Early registration Jan 08, 2016 _ __Short Papers_ Papers due Jan 08, 2016 Decision notification Feb 08, 2016 Camera ready due Feb 22, 2016 * Committees* _General Chairs_ Apostolos Antonacopoulos, UK Basilis Gatos, Greece _Program Chairs_ Michael Blumenstein, Australia Josep LLadós, Spain Dan Lopresti, USA _Tutorial Chairs_ Dimosthenis Karatzas, Spain Cheng-Lin Liu, China _Publicity Chairs_ Gernot Fink, Germnay Marco Büchler, Germany Clemens Neudecker, Germany _Publications Chair_ Stefan Pletschacher, UK _Organising Committee_ Christian Clausner, UK George Louloudis, Greece Christos Papadopoulos, UK Nikolaos Stamatopoulos, Greece _Program Committee_ Elisa Barney Smith, USA Bill Barrett, USA Abdel Belaid, France Mohamed Cheriet, Canada Andreas Dengel, Germany Xiaoqing Ding, China Veronique Eglin, France Andreas Fischer, Switzerland Alicia Fornés, Spain Volkmar Frinken, Japan Venu Govindaraju, USA Tin Kam Ho, USA Nicholas Howe, USA Rolf Ingold, Switzerland Masakazu Iwamura, Japan Koichi Kise, Japan Bart Lamiroy, France Laurence Likforman-Sulem, France Rafael Lins, Brazil Marcus Liwicki, Germany Laura Mandell, USA R. Manmatha, USA Simone Marinai, Italy Günter Mühlberger, Austria Masaki Nakagawa, Japan Prem Natarajan, USA Jean-Marc Ogier, France Umapada Pal, India Thierry Paquet, France Vincent Poulain d'Andecy, France Jean-Yves Ramel, France Marçal Rusiñol, Spain Marc-Peter Schambach, Germany Klaus Schulz, Germany Srirangaraj Setlur, USA Faisal Shafait, Australia Palaiahnakote Shivakumara, Malaysia Chew Lim Tan, Singapore George Thoma, USA Karl Tombre, France Seiichi Uchida, Japan Enrique Vidal, Spain Berrin Yanikoglu, Turkey Richard Zanibbi, USA For further information, please, contact the organizers via das2016(a)primaresearch.org. -- Marco BÜCHLER Göttingen Centre for Digital Humanities (GCDH) Chair for Telematics Institute for Computer Science Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Papendiek 16 (Heynehaus) 37073 Göttingen eMail : mbuechler(a)gcdh.de Profil : http://www.gcdh.de/en/people/team/marco-buechler/ Web : http://www.gcdh.de/ (GCDH Göttingen Centre for Digital Humanities) Web : http://etrap.gcdh.de/ (eTRAP Research Group) Web : http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/112072.html (Telematics Group at Institute for Computer Science) LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=15098543&trk=tab_pro Twitter : https://twitter.com/mabuechler Leadership is a choice. It is not a formal position, and does not come with a title. (Mark McGregor)

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CfP Kalamazoo "Digital Methods: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Manuscript Studies"
by Brookes, Stewart 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Event: 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies Place: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI Date: 12th-15th May 2016 Needed: You ;-) Dear all, Just to let you know that there are still a few days left to submit an abstract for one of the two sessions proudly sponsored by the DigiPal/Models of Authority team: Session 1: "Digital Methods 1: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Palaeography" Session 2: "Digital Methods 2: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Manuscript Studies" Interested? Then send us an abstract! It's all pretty simple really. All you need to do is read the blurbs below, decide which session suits you best, and then send an abstract of a couple of hundred words or so (we won't count them, but try not to overdo it) to us at digipal(a)kcl.ac.uk by ish 15th September 2015. And if you fill in a Participant Information Form, and send that too, we'd be very grateful. You can find the PIF here: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF And if for some curious reason we don't accept your abstract, never fear: any surplus proposals will be sent to the Congress committee for consideration for general sessions. Looking forward to reading your abstracts, Stewart Brookes "Digital Methods 1: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Palaeography" Taking palaeography and codicology as its focus, this session will consider how computer-assisted techniques might advance our understanding of the handwriting of the scribes who were producing charters, homilies, farming memoranda and other aspects of the written culture of medieval Britain. Utilising computer-based resources for the study of medieval handwriting, the papers will investigate the influence of scriptoria and the politics of writing style; the significance of scribal choices such as cursive or set; and whether text type can be said to determine the style of writing. "Digital Methods 2: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Manuscript Studies" The large number of initiatives to digitise medieval manuscripts mean that we now have unprecedented access to medieval texts. In many ways, this explosion of knowledge can be compared to the early years of the printing press. But how might we best utilise this growing body of material? This session will explore the potential for the computer-assisted study of medieval manuscripts; discuss the intersection of manuscript studies and Digital Humanities; and share methodologies. The topics under discussion will include the encoding and transcription of medieval texts, the practical and theoretical consequences of the use of digital surrogates and the visualisation of manuscript evidence and data. — Dr Stewart J Brookes Department of Digital Humanities King's College London

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Spanish DH Conference & EADH day: important updates & Program
by Elena 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

Please excuse cross-posting, and please feel free to forward to any relevant lists Dear friends, I am pleased to announce that it is now online the program of our next Hispanic Digital Humanities Association (Humanidades Digitales Hispánicas) International Conference of the (Madrid, 5th-7th October, 2015). You wull find it at the Conference´s website: http://hdh2015.linhd.es/programa/ We will also soon publish details about accommodation and other activities that you will find advertised in the program. We kindly remind you that, if you wish to attend the conference, you must register as a member on our webpage: http://www.humanidadesdigitales.org/estaticas/ver.htm?id=4 Association and the congress itself by page web:http://hdh2015.linhd.es/inscripciones/ We also invite you to participate in the first EADH Day on October, 8th (Day of the European Association of Digital Humanities), with a much more open and participatory system. This activity is free for all the people who are registered at the HDH Conference and submission of proposals are still open until September, 15th. More information at: http://hdh2015.linhd.es/eadh-day-2015/ We will be glad to meet you in Madrid! Best regards Elena González-Blanco Garcia Gimena del Rio

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Join MESA at the CARMEN annual meting in Sarajevo
by Timothy Stinson 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance (MESA) <http://www.mesa-medieval.org/> co-directors Dot Porter and Tim Stinson will be attending the CARMEN annual meeting <http://www.carmen-medieval.net/cz/carmen-annual-meeting-in-sarajevo-bosna-a…> in Sarajevo September 11-13 and are hoping to meet with prospective members and partners. MESA is a federation of electronic projects in the field of medieval studies that offers aggregated searching of digital content and peer review of scholarly projects. We partner with scholars working on electronic projects, librarians and archivists who have digitized collections of medieval materials, publishers, and more. We will have a booth set up in the Market Place and are also happy to schedule one-on-one meetings with anyone who is interested in learning more about us or finding out how their projects might participate in MESA. Let us know if you would like to schedule a meeting - you may contact us directly at mesamedieval[at] gmail.com. -- Timothy L. Stinson Associate Professor Department of English North Carolina State University http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/faculty_staff/tlstinso

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