dm-l September 2016

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Reviews on Beowulf 4.0 & CATview
by Franz Fischer 28 Sep '16

28 Sep '16

Dear digital medievalists, I am very pleased to announce the publication of two highly instructive review articles in Digital Medievalist: (1) A review on the fourth edition of Kiernan's Electronic Beowulf - by Stephen Carrell, Gwendolyn Davidson, Virgil Grandfield and Daniel Paul O'Donnell: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/10/copland/ And (2) a review on the CATview tool for visualizing text alignment - by Gioele Barabucci: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/10/barabucci/ Enjoy reading Digital Medievalist: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/ Best wishes, Franz Fischer, Editor-in-Chief Digital Medievalist -- http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/ Journal: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/ Journal Editors: editors(a)digitalmedievalist.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/digitalmedieval Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49320313760 Discussion list: dm-l(a)uleth.ca Change list options: http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/dm-l -- Dr. Franz Fischer Cologne Center for eHumanities Universität zu Köln, Universitätsstr. 22, D-50923 Köln Telefon: +49 - (0)221 - 470 - 4056 Email: franz.fischer(a)uni-koeln.de Twitter: @vranzvischer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.cceh.uni-koeln.de http://www.i-d-e.de http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/ http://dixit.uni-koeln.de http://guillelmus.uni-koeln.de http://confessio.ie

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Registration open for our LINHD Online Digital Humanities 2016-17 courses: Digital Humanities, Digital Scholarly Editing and Stylometry!
by Elena González-Blanco 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

**Apologies forcross-posting,** Dear colleagues, It is a pleasure for us to announce that registration is open for ourDigital Humanities long courses. All programs are completely online and can befollowed from different parts of the world with flexible schedules. Courses areguided adapting to the students different profiles, and they include variousmaterials (texts, images, videos), offered through a web platform, where theyinteract with other students and professors. This year we offer the following programs: · ExpertoProfesional en Humanidades Digitales (3rd edition) 30 units,January-September 2017 · ExpertoProfesional en Edición Digital Académica (2nd edition) 30 units, January-September2017 · Análisisde Textos y Estilometría con R (¡new!) 6 units, January-May, 2017 Registration is open till 1st December and admissions arelimited. The courses will start in January 2017. Each of them consists of 30units, and will be taught completely online and in Spanish (even if they areopened to non-Spanish speakers) We hope that this initiative will let users a deeper knowledge ofdigital humanities, digital scholarly editing, computational stylistics andstylometry. Please, feel free to circulate this message among all people thatcould be interested in following any of these programs. Best regards, Elena González-Blanco García and Gimena del Rio --- Elena González-Blanco Directora del Laboratorio de Innovación en Humanidades Digitalesde la UNED Dpto. de LiteraturaEspañola y Teoría de la Literatura, Despacho 722 Facultad de Filología,UNED Paseo Senda del Rey 7 28040 MADRID tel. 91 3986873 http://linhd.uned.es http://filindig.hypotheses.org/ www.uned.es/personal/elenagonzalezblanco @elenagbg ---- **disculpas por posiblesduplicaciones** Estimados compañeros: Desde el Laboratorio de Innovación en HumanidadesDigitales de la UNED anunciamos que ya está abierto el plazo de matrícula para nuestrosTítulos Propios a distancia de Humanidades Digitales. Se pueden cursarcompletamente online y desde cualquier lugar del mundo con flexibilidadhoraria. Se trata de cursos guiados de manera personalizada en los que losalumnos trabajan con diferentes modalidades (material textual, gráfico, videos)y en los que, a través de la plataforma del curso pueden ir trabajando con losprofesores y dialogando con ellos y sus pares Este año ofrecemos lossiguientes programas: · ExpertoProfesional en Humanidades Digitales (3ª edición) 30 créditos,enero-septiembre de 2017 · ExpertoProfesional en Edición Digital Académica (2ª edición) 30 créditos,enero-septiembre de 2017 · Análisisde Textos y Estilometría con R (¡nuevo!) 6 créditos, enero-mayo de 2017 El plazo de matrícula estáabierto hasta el 1 de diciembre y las plazas son limitadas. Los cursoscomenzarán en enero de 2017. Todos ellos se cursarán íntegramente a distancia,online y en español (aunque están abiertos a estudiantes no hispanohablantes). Esperamos que estainiciativa, que permitirá un acercamiento a las humanidades digitales y a laedición digital y el tratamiento automatizado de textos con las últimastecnologías, resulte de su agrado. Por favor, les rogamos que lo difundan entretodas aquellas personas que puedan estar interesadas. Saludos cordiales, Elena González-Blanco García y Gimena del Rio --- Elena González-BlancoGarcía Directora del Laboratorio de Innovación en Humanidades Digitalesde la UNED Dpto. de LiteraturaEspañola y Teoría de la Literatura, Despacho 722 Facultad de Filología,UNED Paseo Senda del Rey 7 28040 MADRID tel. 91 3986873 http://linhd.uned.es http://filindig.hypotheses.org/ www.uned.es/personal/elenagonzalezblanco @elenagbg

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AIUCD 2017 Conference: Call for papers
by Center for Comparative Studies 24 Sep '16

24 Sep '16

AIUCD 2017 Conference: Call for papers The Reverse Telescope: Big Data and Distant Reading in the Humanities Rome, 26-28 January 2017 General information The Associazione per l'Informatica Umanistica e le Culture Digitali (AIUCD) is pleased to announce the sixth edition of its annual conference and invites all interested scholars to submit a proposal. The AIUCD 2017 Conference will be held from January 26th to 28th in Rome, Italy, and it is organized by DigiLab (Sapienza University), in collaboration with the DiXiT Marie Curie network (Digital Scholarly Editions Initial Training). The DiXiT workshop “The educational and social impact of Digital Scholarly Editions” is planned before the Conference. AIUCD 2017 will also host the third edition of the EADH Day, on January 25th. The AIUCD 2017 Conference will take place at Sapienza University, Palazzo delle ex Vetrerie Sciarra, via dei Volsci 122, Rome. For more information, please visit the Conference website http://aiucd2017.aiucd.it/ or send an email to aiucd2017(a)gmail.com Conference Topics The main topic of the AIUCD 2017 Conference is the use of big data methods, cultural analytics and distant reading in the Humanities. We would like to explore the methodological and epistemological impact of these methods, their application in the different fields of the Humanities and on various kinds of media and digital resources, their effects on our comprehension of cultural and historical phenomena and, finally, their consequences and repercussions on the social and public perceptions of the Humanities. We therefore encourage proposals on (but not limited to) the following topics: a.. Methodological and epistemological aspects of distant reading in the Humanities b.. Distant reading, close reading and scaled reading: relations and interactions between hermeneutical tradition, quantitative analysis and new computational methods c.. Interaction and integration of methods of statistical/quantitative analysis and formal logic methods, semantic web technologies and linked data d.. Quantitative and stylometry analysis, topic modelling and clustering for literary texts, archival documents and cultural objects e.. Authorship attribution and automatic text classification f.. Applications and experimentations of data mining methodologies in historical, artistic and archaeological research g.. Network analysis and sentiment analysis applied to the Humanities h.. Interaction between Natural Language Processing technologies and data mining i.. Computational analysis of multimedia resources: images, audio and video j.. Methods and techniques of visualization and their impact on knowledge transfer in the Humanities k.. Problems and strategies for sustainability of data produced during research activities in terms of persistence, provenance and authenticity l.. Cultural and social impact of humanity research produced with computational methods The deadline for submitting proposals is November 15th (midnight). Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 15th. Official languages of the AIUCD 2017 Conference are Italian and English. However, it is possible to present in other languages if you provide English slides or an English handout. Proposals categories and submission Proposal must be sent in the form of an extended abstract that specifies the category (see below for details) using the ConfTool web-page: http://www.conftool.net/aiucd2017 Proposals are invited for the following categories: 1. long paper (30 min: 20/25 min + 10/5 min for Q&A): the paper should discuss innovative methodologies and their theoretical basis, experiences of analysis and applications that are methodologically significant within a discipline; presentations devoted to present a specific tool or resource are acceptable only if they include a thorough critical discussion of the methodologies used and/or a theoretical evaluation of the results obtained; 2. short paper (15 min: 10/12 min + 5/3 min for Q&A): the paper should present a mature research product or a research project; 3. panel (45 or 90 min, including Q&A): in the panel, a series of presentations (max 6) should address a topic from the theoretical and the methodological points of view; or give a critical assessment of the grounding, methods and results of a research project; and 4. poster: mainly for presenting an ongoing project or the technical details of a tool or a digital resource. The conference proposals will be selected through single blind peer review by scholars in the Humanities, Computer Science and/or Digital Humanities. At the end of the evaluation process, the Program Committee may decide to move an accepted proposal to a different category of presentation. To submit a proposal, please sign in ConfTool (http://www.conftool.net/aiucd2017). When submitting a proposal, authors must specify keywords from those suggested by the tool, in order to facilitate the review process. Proposals structure and formats Proposals must clearly present the goals of the paper, give a brief state of the art, specify and discuss the chosen methodology and, if appropriate, the results obtained or expected. Proposals should include a short bibliography. Dimensions vary depending on the type of proposal: a.. Long paper proposals should be at least 1000 words + bibliography; b.. Panel proposals should be at least 500 words + 200 words for each of the presentations + bibliography; c.. Short paper and poster proposals should be at least 800 words + bibliography; When submitting the proposal, it is required to include a short abstract (300 words) in ConfTool. For their proposal, authors must use the templates found at the following addresses: a.. Word: http://aiucd2017.aiucd.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/abstract_template.docx b.. ODT: http://aiucd2017.aiucd.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/abstract_template.odt Valid formats are DOCX, DOC, ODT and PDF. Official languages of the AIUCD 2017 Conference are Italian and English, but it is possible to submit a proposal also in the following languages: French, German and Spanish. In latter case, it is mandatory to provide the short abstract in ConfTool in English. Posters should be in Italian or English and in the A1 portrait (841mm x 594mm) format. Posters will be displayed in a dedicated space at the Conference venue; display panels will be provided. Please bring your poster printed, as we are unable to provide a printing service. Personal laptop computers may be used at the poster display area. Should your presentation include a laptop, please inform the organizing committee on acceptance of your proposal. Specific poster slams sessions (max 2 minutes for each poster) will be scheduled in the Conference programme. “Giuseppe Gigliozzi” Conference Bursary Awards AIUCD will offer three bursaries awards of 250 € for early-career scholars (student and non tenured lecturers) presenting papers (long or short) at the conference. Eligible scholars can apply selecting the specific check-box at the bottom of the abstract's submission form in ConfTool. Candidates papers will be selected by reviewers. Prior to the conference, the AIUCD Board will make a preliminary review of all papers proposed by the reviewers, then will verify their eligibility and compile a preliminary list of a maximum of 10 papers. Then a panel of reviewers is recruited from AIUCD board members, program committee members, program session chairs, and other experienced participants attending the conference. During the course of the conference, one or more reviewers will unobtrusively attend and observe each candidate presentation and make recommendations to the Board. Winners will be selected by the Board at the end of the conference, and the results will then be communicated during the General Assembly. Please note that no more than one winner can be based at the organizing institution. International Programme Committee Fabio Ciotti (chair) - Università di Roma Tor vergata Gianfranco Crupi (co-chair e organizzatore locale) - Sapienza Università di Roma Stefano Asperti - Sapienza Università di Roma Marina Buzzoni - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Franz Fischer - Universität zu Köln Mariella Guercio - Sapienza Università di Roma Tiziana Mancinelli - Universität zu Köln Cristina Marras - CNR ILIESI Monica Monachini - CNR ILC Elena Pierazzo - Université Grenoble Alpes Massimo Riva - Brown University Geoffrey Rockwell - University of Alberta Francesco Stella - Università di Siena Francesca Tomasi - Università di Bologna

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REMINDER: Medieval Academy of America Digital Humanities Prize
by Lisa Fagin Davis 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

We are very pleased to announce that, beginning in 2017, the Medieval Academy of America will add a Digital Humanities Prize to its suite of publication honors, to be awarded alongside the Haskins Medal, the Brown Prize, and the Elliott Prize. The annual Medieval Academy of America Digital Humanities Prize will be awarded to an outstanding digital research project in Medieval Studies created and launched within the last five years. The Prize – an award of $1,000 – will be presented at the Medieval Academy of America’s Annual Meeting. The Digital Initiatives Advisory Board (DIAB) of the Medieval Academy of America will select the award-winning project based on DIAB’s established criteria for high-quality digital medievalist projects, considering the following criteria, among others: quality of research and contributions to Medieval Studies; goals and methodologies of the project; design, presentation, and accessibility of the project; sustainability of the project and compatibility of its metadata. Nominations are now being accepted online and must be submitted by midnight on October 15. Click here[1] for more information about the MAA DH Prize. Links: 1. http://www.medievalacademy.org/general/custom.asp?page=DHPrize

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CFP: Leeds IMC 3rd-6th July 2017
by Brookes, Stewart 21 Sep '16

21 Sep '16

Event: International Medieval Congress Place: University of Leeds Date: 3rd-6th July 2017 Needed: You ;-) Dear all, Models of Authority and DigiPal are organising two digital methods sessions at Leeds 2017 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 stewart.brookes(a)kcl.ac.uk by 28th September 2016. Looking forward to reading your abstracts, Stewart -- Dr Stewart J Brookes Department of Digital Humanities King's College London "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 medieval scribes. "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.

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Beyond Words exhibition: online catalogue
by Lisa Fagin Davis 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Dear colleagues (with apologies for cross-posting): We are pleased to announce that the online catalogue for *Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections* is now live: http://BeyondWords2016.org Hover over "Catalog" and select "Online" to access the database. The online catalogue allows for searching by keyword and catalogue number as well as upper and lower date limits, and provides browse lists for illuminator, scribe, and place of production. Each of the 249 object records includes at least one image and two-thirds of the records link to a full-facsimile Mirador manifest or an institutional record. The database will be updated as more images become available to us, and full- text descriptions will be uploaded for many of the manuscripts in the coming months. To access the catalogue and learn more about Beyond Words, please visit our website: http://BeyondWords2016.org. There you will find information about each of the three exhibition venues, registration and a preliminary program for the Beyond Words symposium (Nov. 3-5), a calendar of public programming, and more. On Twitter, find us @BeyondWords2016. With regards, The Beyond Words curatorial team: Jeffrey F. Hamburger William P. Stoneman Anne-Marie Eze Lisa Fagin Davis Nancy Netzer

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CfP: Fifth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
by Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

*Call for Papers: Fifth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies* *Saint Louis University* *St. Louis, MO* *June 19-21, 2017* The Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies provides a convenient summer venue in North America for scholars in all disciplines to present papers, organize sessions, participate in roundtables, and engage in interdisciplinary discussion. The goal of the symposium is to promote serious scholarly investigation of the medieval and early modern worlds. We invite proposals for papers, sessions, and roundtables on all topics and in all disciplines of medieval and early modern studies. Proposals from learned societies and scholarly associations are particularly welcome. The deadline for proposals submissions is *December 31*. The plenary speakers for this year will be *Christopher Baswell <http://smrs.slu.edu/plenary.html>*, of Barnard College and Columbia University, and *Bruce Campbell <http://smrs.slu.edu/plenary.html>*, of Queen's University, Belfast. The Symposium is held on the beautiful midtown campus of Saint Louis University <http://slu.edu>, hosted by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies <http://cmrs.slu.edu>. On-campus housing options include affordable, air-conditioned apartments and a luxurious boutique hotel. Inexpensive dorm meal plans are available. All sessions take place in state-of-the-art classrooms and auditoriums with complete audiovisual facilities. All sessions, events, meals, and housing are located within easy walking distance of each other. A rich variety of restaurants, bars, and cultural venues are also only a short walk away. During their stay, participants are welcome to utilize the Vatican Film Library <http://lib.slu.edu/special-collections/collections/vfl> as well as the rare book and manuscript collections of the nearby Pius XII Library <http://lib.slu.edu/>. Those interested in using the Vatican Film library, should contact Susan L'Engle (lengles(a)slu.edu <lengles(a)slu.edu?subject=Interested%20in%20visiting%20the%20VFL>) by email or phone at 314-977-3090. Participants may also use the library's regular collections, which are especially strong in medieval and early modern studies. All sessions are 90 minutes long. A variety of session formats are welcome. Preference will be given to organized sessions that involve participants from multiple institutions. [image: http://www.regonline.com/SMRS_CFP2016] <http://www.regonline.com/SMRS_CFP2017> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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. 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 -------------------------- Fifth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies June 19-21, 2017 http://smrs.slu.edu <http://cmrs.slu.edu>

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Global Digital Humanities Symposium, Save the Date! March 16-17, 2017
by Kristen Mapes 12 Sep '16

12 Sep '16

Save the Date! *Global Digital Humanities Symposium* *March 16-17, 2017* Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Find information and updates at digitalhumanities.msu.edu Free and open to the public. CFP and further details will be forthcoming in the next few weeks. This day and a half symposium looks to continue in the critical and global spirit of examining digital humanities established at the inaugural Global DH Symposium in April 2016 (find out more at http://msuglobaldh.org/). Thanks, Kristen Kristen Mapes Digital Humanities Specialist College of Arts and Letters Michigan State University 718-216-5695 kristenmapes.com kmapes(a)msu.edu kmapes86(a)gmail.com

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2016 Schoenberg Symposium_Registration open!
by Ransom, Lynn 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

9th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age November 17-19, 2016 Reactions: Medieval/Modern 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 9th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age. This year's theme, "Reactions: Medieval/Modern," gives us space to explore the many and varied ways that people have reacted to, and acted upon, manuscripts from the Middle Ages up to today. Reactions take many forms. They include the manipulation of physical objects through, for example, the marking up of texts, addition of illustrations, the disbinding of books or rebinding of fragments, as well as the manipulation of digital objects, thanks to new technologies involved in digitization, ink and parchment analysis, virtual reconstruction, among many other processes. This symposium will also tackle how popular culture has reacted to manuscripts over time as witnessed by their use and appearance in books, games, films, and tattoo art. Our keynote speaker will be Michelle P. Brown, Professor emerita of Medieval Manuscript Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and former Curator of Manuscripts at the British Library. For more information and to register, visit the website: http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium9.html.

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by contact＠lacuna.ca 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

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