dm-l June 2017

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Plain text access to medieval manuscripts: 147 volumes indexed in the HIMANIS project
by Dominique Stutzmann 10 Jul '17

10 Jul '17

Dear all, Within the HIMANIS project, funded by the Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global Change” (JPI-CH) of the European Union, the partners are developing cost-effective solutions for querying large sets of handwritten document images. With IRHT and A2iA (France), the Universities of Valencia (Spain) and Groningen (Netherlands) as well as the French National Archive, it gathers Computer Science, Humanities and Cultural Heritage institutions in order to produce technology to generate new, research-based knowledge from historical manuscripts. As a challenging and particularly interesting case study, we have indexed the large collection of the Trésor des Chartes’ registers produced by the French royal chancery (Paris, Archives Nationales, JJ7 – JJ209). *Now we are proud to announce that you can search the plain text in the Trésor des Chartes’ registers and provide feedback <http://prhlt-kws.prhlt.upv.es/himanis/>: It is ready to be used and tested by all interested users worldwide!* http://prhlt-kws.prhlt.upv.es/himanis/ <http://prhlt-kws.prhlt.upv.es/himanis/> This is a prototype and beta version, which will be amended and will change over the next months, with new functionalities (navigate through hits, display of abstracts and editions) and with additional volumes to be indexed from the French National Library and the National Archive.. The project website is: http://www.himanis.org/ The search interface into the corpus: http://prhlt-kws.prhlt.upv.es/ himanis/ <http://prhlt-kws.prhlt.upv.es/himanis/> Additional explanations about the interface: https://himanis.hypotheses. org/105 <https://himanis.hypotheses.org/105> You can search with boolean operators and word sequences (for the syntax, check on https://himanis.hypotheses. org/105 <https://himanis.hypotheses.org/105>) You can help us measuring the precision of our results: - please click on highlighted hits to confirm whether the word is correctly spotted or not; - please double click on a missed hit if you see it on the page (it will be added to the index for all users to search from the next day) Two simple examples as a beginning: - "scriptor" within the whole corpus: http://prhlt-kws.prhlt.upv.es/ himanis/index.php?q=scriptor& t=10&feedback=1 <http://prhlt-kws.prhlt.upv.es/himanis/index.php?q=scriptor&t=10&feedback=1> - "pelerinage" on one page : http://prhlt-kws.prhlt.upv.es/ himanis/index.php/ui/show/ chancery/147/853?q=pelerinage& t=50&feedback=1 <http://prhlt-kws.prhlt.upv.es/himanis/index.php/ui/show/chancery/147/853?q=…> The complete indexing results from an automated, image analysis process. You may find unexpected or false hits: for example, abbreviations are expanded automatically and it is needless to say that they are error-prone; likewise place and person names are slightly less well spotted. You can enhance the hit list by setting the "confidence" rate (between 0 and 100). We hope that you will be as thrilled as we are to present these results and we invite you to test, give feedback and send further comments, critics and suggestions to himanis(a)irht.cnrs.fr! Best regards Dominique Stutzmann –– M. Dominique Stutzmann Chargé de recherche à l'Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes (CNRS, UPR 841)

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Global Philology Workshop Week in Leipzig
by Monica Berti 28 Jun '17

28 Jun '17

Within the framework of the BMBF funded Global Philology Planning Project <http://www.dh.uni-leipzig.de/wo/projects/global-philology-project/>, we would like to announce three workshops that will be taking place at the University of Leipzig in the next two weeks: • Linguistic Annotation and Philology Workshop, July 6-7, 2017: http://www.dh.uni-leipzig.de/wo/laphw/ <http://www.dh.uni-leipzig.de/wo/laphw/> • Florilegia: Big Textual Data Workshop, July 10-11, 2017: http://www.dh.uni-leipzig.de/wo/events/global-philology-big-textual-data/ <http://www.dh.uni-leipzig.de/wo/events/global-philology-big-textual-data/> • Historical Text Reuse Data Workshop, July 12-13, 2017: http://www.dh.uni-leipzig.de/wo/historical-text-reuse-data-workshop/ <http://www.dh.uni-leipzig.de/wo/historical-text-reuse-data-workshop/> All the best, Monica Berti -- Dr. Monica Berti Alexander von Humboldt-Lehrstuhl für Digital Humanities Institut für Informatik Universität Leipzig Augustusplatz 10 04109 Leipzig Deutschland Email: monica.berti(a)uni-leipzig.de <mailto:monica.berti@uni-leipzig.de> Web 1: http://www.dh.uni-leipzig.de <http://www.dh.uni-leipzig.de/> Web 2: http://www.monicaberti.com <http://www.monicaberti.com/>

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Digital Humanities and Papyrology / Linked Open Data and Cultural Contact (2 seminars)
by Gabriel BODARD 28 Jun '17

28 Jun '17

Institute of Classical Studies Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Friday June 30, 2017 at 16:30 in room 234 Two short presentations: 1) *The role of Digital Humanities in Papyrology: Practices and user needs in papyrological research* Lucia Vannini (Institute of Classical Studies) The development of digital tools and methods has led to significant changes to traditional research in the Humanities, affecting scholars’ ways of organising and analysing information. Also, the wish to support researchers’ new needs has consequently grown: examinations of their practices have been conducted in order to build efficient and usable resources. This presentation focuses on the information I have gathered, through interviews and user observations, on the behaviour of papyrologists in the digital age: on their practices involved in searching digital collections, in the use and management of their data, and in the creation of new knowledge. http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2017-05lv.html ———————————————————————————————————— 2) *Cultural Contact in Early Roman Spain through Linked Open Data resources* Paula Granados García (Open University) Although the Romanisation debate seems to be settled in English-language scholarship, other countries, such as Spain, have only just started to revise traditional discourses. During the 1900s, Spanish studies on Romanisation focused mainly on documentation of the immense amount of evidence from the Imperial perspective. This work is being re-examined through new methodologies and perspectives. Novel initiatives are emerging that aim to look at this cultural encounter from the eyes of the colonised. My research explores the possibilities offered by Linked Open Data and the Semantic Web to connect, share and make available large amounts of data regarding the question of cultural interaction. http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2017-05pgg.html ———————————————————————————————————— *Both seminars will be livecast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/-hL2bKOVeos * ALL WELCOME -- Dr Gabriel BODARD Reader in Digital Classics Institute of Classical Studies University of London Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU E: gabriel.bodard(a)sas.ac.uk T: +44 (0)20 78628752 http://digitalclassicist.org/

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New MA in Digital and Computational Humanities at Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University (PSL)
by Jean-Baptiste CAMPS 27 Jun '17

27 Jun '17

/With apologies for cross-posting/ Dear colleagues, We are glad to announce the opening of a new MA in Digital and Computational Humanities at Paris Sciences & Lettres Research University. This degree is research-oriented. It is for students from the Humanities or Social Sciences wanting to develop their skills in computational methods (programming, quantitative methods, modeling, artificial intelligence) and in their respective fields. It is open to a variety of subjects, ranging from History or Anthropology, to Philology, Linguistics or Literature, in ancient and modern languages (not only European). It associates the École des chartes, École pratique des hautes études, École normale supérieure and École des hautes études en sciences sociales. Medieval scholarship is well represented in these four institutions, and we would be very glad to receive applications from students wanting to work in any area of Medieval Studies. The deadline for next year is close (3 July 2017), but, if someone wishing to apply is afraid of lacking time to make the deadline, he or she can write to me in advance. The English prospectus can be found at: http://www.enc-sorbonne.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/flyer-master-hum… More information is available on our website: - http://www.enc-sorbonne.fr/en/cursus/ma-digital-humanities (English); - http://www.enc-sorbonne.fr/fr/cursus/master-humanitesnumeriques (French). Best wishes, -- Dr Jean-Baptiste Camps Course Leader MA « Digital Humanities » École nationale des chartes (PSL) 65, rue de Richelieu | 75002 Paris | → http://www.enc-sorbonne.fr

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Job: Post-doctoral Research Associate: Animating Text Newcastle University
by James Cummings 27 Jun '17

27 Jun '17

Reminder: Excellent postdoc at Newcastle University on a scholarly digital editing project! Please forward to anyone you think may be interested. James Cummings (Moving to Newcastle University) ==== Post-doctoral Research Associate: Animating Text Newcastle University project Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne Salary: £29,301 to £31,076 per annum (with potential progression to £38,183). Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract (36 Months) Closing Date: 7th July 2017 http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BBZ136/b74655r-research-associate-animating-text/ The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics is seeking to appoint a postdoctoral Research Associate (full-time) to work on a University-funded Project: 'Animating Text at Newcastle University' for 3 years. You will work with Professor Jennifer Richards and Dr James Cummings in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics and with Professor Paul Watson at the Digital Institute. Successful candidates will have knowledge and experience of working with digital technologies, and a track record of initiating and conducting cross disciplinary research. The post-holder will be required to research, prototype and evaluate data models and process models for scholarly editing; to communicate this research to the AtNU team and to contribute to the development of a series of pilot projects; to contribute to the development of research grant applications to RCUK and other funders; and to contribute to the supervision of postgraduate students. Applicants will have a PhD (awarded or submitted) in using or developing Digital Technology for the Humanities, or a related PhD with equivalent experience. Fixed term for 36 months. Interviews will be held on Monday 24 July 2017. For informal enquiries relating to this post contact Professor Jennifer Richards (Jennifer.Richards(a)ncl.ac.uk). Information about AtNU is available on request. The University holds a silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality, and the University holds the HR Excellence in Research award for our work to support the career development of our researchers. We are also a member of the Euraxess network. http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BBZ136/b74655r-research-associate-animating-text/ -- Dr James Cummings,James.Cummings(a)it.ox.ac.uk Academic IT Services, University of Oxford

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Senior Research Assistant in Diplomatics and Digital Humanities (Graz University)
by Georg Vogeler 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Dear list, for a project concerned with long term preservation of data in the world largest charter data base I'm searching for a diplomatist with digital humanities skills/a digital humanist with diplomatics skills: http://jobs.uni-graz.at/en/MB/123/99/3626 I would be happy to receive many applications from members of this list! Cheers Georg Vogeler -- ------------------------------------- Professor Dr. Georg Vogeler Chair for Digital Humanities Zentrum für Informationsmodellierung - Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities Universität Graz A-8010 Graz | Elisabethstraße 59/III Tel. +43 316 380 8033 <http://informationsmodellierung.uni-graz.at> - <http://gams.uni-graz.at> Institut für Dokumentologie und Editorik e.V. <http://www.i-d-e.de> International Center for Archival Research ICARus <http://www.icar-us.eu>

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Updated version of the online charter database Diplomata Belgica
by Els De Paermentier 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Dear digital medievalists, The president and members of the Royal Historical Commission of Belgium are happy to announce the updated version of the online charter database Diplomata Belgica, now available at http://www.diplomata-belgica.be? Diplomata Belgica offers a critical survey of all the diplomatic sources, edited or still unpublished, and issued by both natural persons and legal bodies from the medieval Southern Low Countries. Diplomata Belgica covers present day Belgium as well as those areas which belonged historically to the Southern Low Countries but are part now of France (French Flanders, French Hainault), the Netherlands (parts of the provinces of Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Limburg), the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, or Germany (parts of the Rhineland). At this stage, Diplomata Belgica contains metadata of about 35,000 charters and deeds in Latin, Old-French, Middle Dutch and Middle High German, almost 19,000 full text transcriptions and 5,000 photographs of original charters. As for the seals, the database also provides links to the online corpus of seal moulds developed by the National Archives of Belgium. Diplomata Belgica aims at exhaustivity for the period before 1250 and will, in the future, also include late medieval diplomatic material, without striving after completeness. Diplomata Belgica. The Diplomatic Sources from the Medieval Southern Low Countries, ed. by Thérèse de Hemptinne, Jeroen Deploige, Jean-Louis Kupper and Walter Prevenier (Brussels: Royal Historical Commission, since 2015). URL: http://www.diplomata-belgica.be Attached you find the user guide (in French). Please feel free and welcome to address any comments or feedback to diplomata-belgica(a)ugent.be? or Jeroen.Deploige(a)UGent.be. Sincerely, Els De Paermentier ---- Prof. dr. Els De Paermentier Ghent University Dept. of History (Middle Ages) St-Pietersnieuwstraat 35 (lok. 120.18) B-9000 Ghent (Belgium) T +32.9.331.02.20 research.flw.ugent.be/en/els.depaermentier www.pirenne.ugent.be<http://www.pirenne.ugent.be> https://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/

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Digital Editing and Medieval Manuscripts
by Tiziana Mancinelli 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Dear colleagues, We are delighted to invite you to attend our workshop: "Digital Editing and Medieval Manuscripts" . It will take place on the 3rd July 2017 at Ca' Foscari, University of Venice. Details and contact information are provided here: http://biflow.hypotheses.org/ Apologies for cross-posting Kind regards, Tiziana Mancinelli On behalf of the organising committee *Digital Editing and Medieval Manuscripts* “Digital Editing and Medieval Manuscripts” è un ciclo di tre workshop che saranno realizzati dall'Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, in collaborazione con il CCeH (Cologne Centre for eHumanities) nel corso dell'anno 2017, con un primo appuntamento già calendarizzato nell'ambito del Seminario "Lingue, saperi e conflitti nell'Italia medievale 2 (2017)" del progetto ERC StG BIFLOW in data 3 luglio 2017. L’obiettivo attraverso queste giornate è quello di affrontare gli aspetti euristici più rilevanti nella realizzazione di un’edizione digitale scientifica in ambito medievale. Sono previste tre giornate nelle quali verranno affrontate metodologie, strumenti e le più recenti tecnologie impiegate in paleografia e codicologia, in ambito filologico si affronterà la rappresentazione dell’apparato critico e, più in generale, di critica testuale. / “Digital Editing and Medieval Manuscripts” is a series of three workshops organised by Ca' Foscari, University of Venice together with the University of Cologne - CCeH (Cologne Centre for eHumanities) - within the ERC StG Project BIFLOW seminar programme: "Lingue, saperi e conflitti nell'Italia medievale 2 (2017)". It aims to explore the role of digital technologies in the field of medieval studies and to provide insights into current methodologies and digital tools in scholarly editing. These three workshops will introduce participants to current approaches for editing medieval manuscripts in a digital framework. During the workshops the following topics will be covered: palaeography; codicology; as well as practices and theories of digital editing, including critical apparatus, multilingualism and text-image linking. I: Digital Manuscripts 3 luglio 2017 ore 9:30 - 18:00 Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà , Sala Consiglio ("Sala Grande") 9.30 – 10.00 Welcome Antonio Montefusco, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia 10.00 – 10.30 Franz Fischer, CCeH - Cologne Centre fo eHumanities "Editing Medieval Texts: Theories, Practices, and Challenges in the Digital Age" 10.30 – 11.00 Paolo Monella, Università di Palermo "Multi-layer textual representation of pre-modern primary sources" 11.00-11.30 Coffee break 11.30 – 12.00 Marjorie Burghart, CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique "Tools and Software for Editing Medieval Texts" 12.00 – 12.30 Discussion 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break 14.00 – 18.00 Workshop Alberto Campagnolo, CLIR/Library of Congress, (video conference) "Towards a digitization of the materiality of documents" Tiziana Mancinelli CCeH (Cologne centre of eHumanities) - Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Comitato scientifico: Antonio Montefusco, Tiziana Mancinelli Comitato organizzatore: Sara Bischetti, Maria Conte, con la gentile collaborazione di Stefano Pezzé, Giulia Zava. Ciclo di workshop organizzato nell’ambito del progetto BIFLOW Bilingualism in Florentine and Tuscan Works (ca. 1260 - ca. 1416) This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 637533).

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Handwritten Text recognition at IMC Leeds 2017
by Tobias Hodel 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

*********Handwritten Text Recognition at IMC Leeds 2017*************** Dear digital medievalists Going to the IMC in Leeds 2017? On Wednesday July 5th project READ will organize a workshop covering everything you need to know about Handwritten Text Recognition and our tool Transkribus: The workshop will show how the Transkribus transcription platform can be used to perform the automated transcription and searching of handwritten documents. It will give an overview of the technology and explain how accurate automatic recognition can be. Workshop participants will use their own laptops to experiment with Transkribus during the session. All welcome (no need to be registered for the IMC). If you’re interested in the results, READ is sponsoring session 139 on Monday: https://imc.leeds.ac.uk/dbsql02/AQueryServlet?*id=30&*formId=30&*context=IM… <https://imc.leeds.ac.uk/dbsql02/AQueryServlet?*id=30&*formId=30&*context=IM…> For further information, please contact me or see the attached PDF. Best wishes, Tobias Hodel

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Recogito 2: linked data without the pointy brackets <seminar>
by Gabriel BODARD 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

Institute of Classical Studies Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Friday June 16, 2017 at 16:30 in room G34 *Recogito 2: linked data without the pointy brackets* Valeria Vitale (Institute of Classical Studies) Recogito 2 is the free online annotation tool developed by Pelagios Commons. Its simple and clear interface features a set of options to create annotations about places, people and events on documents in different formats. Users can upload files to their personal working space and choose the degree of collaboration and openness that suits them: from individual annotations only visible to the creator, through simultaneous collaborative annotations of the same document, to Linked Open Data available for all to search and download. Designed primarily but not exclusively for geographical information, Recogito 2 represents a powerful tool to analyse ancient documents and their relationships in a spatial perspective. Livecast: https://youtu.be/Ja1ZVf9EXQ4 Full abstract: http://digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2017-03vv.html ALL WELCOME -- Dr Gabriel BODARD Reader in Digital Classics Institute of Classical Studies University of London Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU E: gabriel.bodard(a)sas.ac.uk T: +44 (0)20 78628752 http://digitalclassicist.org/

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