dm-l September 2018

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CFP IMC2019 Text as object in the Middle Ages
by Dominique Stutzmann 06 Sep '18

06 Sep '18

Dear Digital Medievalists, in addition to the specific Digital Medievalist CFP for the IMC 2019, we would like to draw your attention on the following CFP: *Text as object in the Middle Ages*. Deadline : Sept. 25th. Best regards, Dominique Stutzmann, Katharina Kaska, Sébastien Barret, Christoph Egger, Paul Bertrand, Georg Vogeler Text as object in the Middle Ages Call for Papers - Leeds International Medieval Congress, 1-4 July 2019, Leeds The International Medieval Congress (IMC) is the largest medieval studies conference in the world. More than 2,900 medievalists from more than 60 countries participated in the 25th annual International Medieval Congress (IMC) from 2-5 July 2018. In line with the Special Thematic Strand in 2019 “Materialities” ( https://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/imc2019_call.html) and the recent creation of the strand “Manuscript studies”, we organize sessions on *“Text as object in the Middle Ages”*. Texts, indeed, are at the same time an idea and a form. The latter is the result of a combination of inherited social uses and specific intentions by the various actors involved in transmitting the text as idea. This process begins with the authors, continues to the craftsmen (parchment and paper makers, copyists and chancery clerks, painters and illuminators, sculptors and weavers, booksellers…) and then on to possessors, readers, archives and libraries. All textual artefacts are concerned: manuscripts, charters, inscriptions, tapestries, seals, coins, etc. What scholars can study nowadays is however only one specific, if not final, state of those manuscripts, documents and inscriptions, from which they seek to reconstruct the respective intents of the actors. Under the topic “Text as object in the Middle Ages”, we intend to study the interplay of the original creation act, the possible transformations, and modern scholarship, especially along the following lines: “archaeology of a research concept”, “materiality in scholarly editions”, “genre and materiality”, “fragments”, “imaging techniques and physicochemical analysis” - *Archaeology of a research concept: awareness of materiality in the 15th-19th centuries* Medieval library catalogues started including *dictiones probatoriae* or *secundo folio* as identifiers of a given manuscript as object rather than as the bearer of a text; additional information on the physical appearance could also be indicated (size of the script, illumination, …). Cartularies and registers, but also inventories, sometimes include a description of the original charter, be it in a text form, be it as a drawing (“copie figurée”), also for elements which are no validation signs. These are early examples of an awareness of material aspects in textual artefacts. “materiality” as a term is rather new in historiographical research, however there is a complex archaeology of this research concept applied to texts. Starting in the Middle Ages, it became more prominent with the rise of the “auxiliary sciences” such as palaeography and diplomatics in the 17th and 18th century which were very much focused on the material aspects of written objects. By the 19th century it found its way into the bibliographic descriptions, either in a scholarly environment or in auction and sales catalogues as part of a bibliophilic interest. This pre-historical time of “materiality” as a research concept is not well known. We welcome proposals dealing with examples of a “material” approach to manuscripts and documents in medieval and early modern times, and evidencing the consequences of this past material concern on modern scholarship (e.g. identification of well described manuscripts in past collections vs. apparently lost collections). - *Materiality in Scholarly Editions* When doing editorial work, scholars may take the materiality of the text into account and either decide to discard their observations or communicate them to the user. From imitative, so-called “diplomatic” editions to very normalizing ones, several models coexist depending on editorial goals, national traditions, text genres, or witness tradition with regard to the nature of the textual work. Discussions of former editions and practices are welcome, as well as proposals discussing the current developments in scholarly editions. This could include reflections on the tensions resulting from tight schedules due to fixed-term contracts and the ideal of exhaustive material description and analysis. - *Genre and materiality: literary genre and their influence on layout, decoration, and scripts* The connection between text and object is reflected by specific requirements for the written object in the fields of diplomatics, epigraphy, codicology (layout, material structure), art history (iconography, decoration), and palaeography (script types, abbreviations, script size and degree of formality). Recurrent patterns in book production have already been identified, such as books of hours and prayers for lay people being small in size, illustrated, and written in long lines, or genealogies and universal histories being written in scroll format in order to stress the continuity. There are also illuminators working mainly in the production of one or two literary genres, for whom it is not always possible to ascertained if it is a consequence of being hired by one librarian or if they specialized into specific iconographic types. Illuminated charters as a category may also be connected with specific conditions in their creation. Connexions between script types and text genres also may be a medieval reality uncovered by modern research (Beneventan/Caroline scripts depending on genres) or a historiographical construct (such as the misleading “gothic liturgical script” or Uncial as Christian script). In this regard, cultural divide and contact zones (Beneventan, Wisigothic vs. Caroline; Humanistic vs. Gothic) deserve special attention, as well as a further study of “pragmatic literacy” under the pragmatic aspect of writing. Medieval autographs form a cross-genre domain, in which the intervention of the author may provide modern scholars with additional information. Yet, only a reciprocal analysis of text and handwriting in their context should allow the expertise of autography. Theoretical proposals and case studies demonstrating how material (here mainly palaeographic) and textual inquiries interact are welcome. Papers could focus on new results within these known patterns or new connections between text and materiality. - *Fragments and damaged text objects: an ex post decided layout and format definition* Fragments are a challenging form to study manuscripts both as texts and objects. They pose specific challenges for the identification of the textual contents as well as the objects’ origin and life. Proposals may present innovative tools and projects, as well as scholarly research based on virtual or physical reconstruction of dismembered or fragmentary text objects. The organizers particularly welcome proposals dealing with the fragment as source for the broader historical context (e.g. textual history, reception and cultural transfers). - *Imaging techniques and physicochemical analysis of medieval text objects* The material analysis is not a new field any more. Imaging techniques available for manuscript research include those based on physicochemical properties (multispectral, X-ray fluorescence, etc.) as well as those that allow a better perception of the object (Reflectance Transformation Imaging, 3D scan). Recent technological advances now allow a better coordination of textual studies,imaging and physicochemical research. Examples include the Archimedes palimpsest, the manuscripts from Mount Sinai or the rolls from Herculanum and Ein Gedi. For this session we expect proposals illustrating how material analyses or imaging techniques can reveal hidden or illegible text layers and therefore have a direct impact on our understanding of the textual content and its history. Papers of 20 minutes in length are invited. To propose a paper, please send a brief abstract (250 words max) to · dominique.stutzmann(a)irht.cnrs.fr · katharina.kaska(a)univie.ac.at · sebastien.barret(a)cnrs-orleans.fr · paul.bertrand(a)uclouvain.be · christoph.egger(a)univie.ac.at · georg.vogeler(a)uni-graz.at The deadline for receipt of submissions is 25th September 2018. –– M. Dominique Stutzmann Chargé de recherche à l'Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes (CNRS, UPR 841)

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CFP Graph Technologies in the Digital Humanities (18-19 January 2019, Mainz Germany)
by Joris van Zundert 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

Dear Colleagues, I kindly would like to point you to the CFP for a conference on Graph Technologies in DH inlined below. The full call is also online and downloadable at https://graphentechnologien.hypotheses.org/tagungen/graphentechnologien-2019 Apologies for possible cross posting. Kind regards --Joris van Zundert # Modellierung, Erschließung, Vergleich: Graphen in den Digitalen Geisteswissenschaften # ## Call for papers (English version: see below) ## Tagung am 18. und 19. Januar 2019 in der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz Graphdatenbanken werden seit einigen Jahren in Forschungsvorhaben zur Modellierung von Forschungsdaten und erschließendem Wissen genutzt. Infolgedessen sehen wir jetzt eine weit verbreitete Erforschung ihres Potenzials in den Geisteswissenschaften: Graphen werden verwendet um soziale Netzwerke, Korrespondenznetze, Textvariationen, Texttraditionen, prosopographische Daten uvm. zu repräsentieren. Sie ergänzen zunehmend relationale oder auch auf XML beruhende Forschungsdatenrepositorien. In den verschiedenen Anwendungszusammenhängen werden heterogene Modellierungsansätze verfolgt. Diese verschiedenen Modellierungsansätze sollen im Rahmen der Tagung als erster Schritt für eine denkbare Harmonisierung vorgestellt und diskutiert werden. Ziel der Tagung ist es, ein breites Spektrum an Möglichkeiten für graph-basierte Anwendungen in den Geisteswissenschaften aufzuzeigen. Dabei steht die Vielfalt der Modellierungsansätze und Anwendungen im Vordergrund, gleichzeitig soll die Möglichkeit der Generalisierung von Datenstrukturen für verschiedene Anwendungsbereiche untersucht werden. Die Konferenz wird sich daher sowohl auf eine Vielzahl von kreativen Ansätzen als auch auf die Identifizierung von Gemeinsamkeiten für die community-getriebene Entwicklung geisteswissenschaftlicher Graphmodelle konzentrieren. Die geplante Tagung widmet sich folgenden Schwerpunkten: 1. Flexibilität versus Interoperabilität Graphstrukturen ermöglichen es, hochspezifische Daten, Informationen und Interpretationen auszudrücken. Dies erleichtert die geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung, die sich durch heterogene Daten, situierte Interpretation, komplexe Forschungsfragen und projektspezifische ephemere Forschungsgestaltung auszeichnet. Gleichzeitig erfordern Forschungseinrichtungen, Datenrepositorien, Forschungsinfrastrukturen und digitale Archive eine Standardisierung der Daten und die Interoperabilität der Werkzeuge, um deren Nachhaltigkeit und Wiederverwendung zu erleichtern. Stehen diese beiden Merkmale grundsätzlich im Widerspruch zueinander, oder können sie unterschiedliche Seiten derselben Medaille sein? 2. Generische Strukturen Der zweite Schwerpunkt schließt sich unmittelbar an und behandelt Erschließungsstrukturen im Graphen. Wie könnten möglichst einfache, generische Strukturen aussehen, aus denen heraus sich dann disziplinenspezifische Annotationssysteme entwickeln lassen. Wie sieht eine minimale, nachhaltige geisteswissenschaftlich orientierte generische Graphendatenstruktur aus, und ist es mit einer solchen Struktur möglich, die hochspezifische Semantik zu unterstützen, die die geisteswissenschaftliche Forschungen erfordern? 3. Recherchestrategien Aus Sicht der Interoperabilität sind vergleichende Abfragestrategien für verschiedene Forschungsdatenrepositorien von größter Bedeutung. Es gibt mehrere graphenorientierte Abfragesprachen (z.B. GraphQL, OpenCypher, Gremlin, SPARQL), aber welche Anforderungen sollten an eine speziell auf geisteswissenschaftliche Forschungsdaten und Fragestellungen ausgerichtete Graphenabfragesprache gestellt werden? Wie können solche Strategien aussehen? Gibt es Möglichkeiten hier disziplinübergreifende Ansätze zu finden? Im Mittelpunkt der Tagung stehen also der Austausch über Anwendungsszenarien von Graphentechnologien, nicht zuletzt um Doppelentwicklungen zu vermeiden und das Community-Building rund um Graphentechnologien. Insbesondere begrüßt werden Vorschläge zu theoretischen Ansätzen, die sich im Wesentlichen mit einem dieser Schlüsselthemen befassen, sowie praxisorientierte Arbeiten, die die praktische Anwendung von Graphentechnologien auf geisteswissenschaftliche Forschungsarbeiten zu diesen Themen beschreiben bzw. praktische technische Lösungen und Ansätze zu diesen Schlüsselfragen oder verwandten Themen wie zum Beispiel: * Graphenbasierte Datenmodelle, theoretische und praktische Untersuchungen * Anwendungen von Graphentechnologien in den Geisteswissenschaften * Text als Graph (TAG) * Lösungen zur Abfrage und zum Vergleich verschiedener Graphenmodelle * Strategien für den (rechnergestützten) Zugriff auf geisteswissenschaftliche * Daten und Informationen in Form von Graphen * Graph-basierte Repräsentation spezifischer Personennetzwerke, Objekte und Informationen zu geisteswissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen * Interaktion mit Graphen und Graphen-Interaktionsdesign * Graphen als Lösung für die geisteswissenschaftliche Informations- und Datenannotation * Graphen als Modelle zur Darstellung der Provenienz und Übertragung von Information * Graphen als Modelle für historische Daten und Informationen, die über die Analyse sozialer Netzwerke hinausgehen * Technische Lösungsansätze zur Analyse, Traversierung und Abfrage von graph-basierter Datenstrukturen in spezifischen geisteswissenschaftlichen Forschungskontexten * Vergleich und Interpretation von Graphen, Teilgraphen und graph traversals Interessierte werden gebeten, ein kurzes Abstract in Deutsch oder Englisch (ca. 300 bis max. 500 Wörter, exkl. Literaturhinweise) bis einschließlich 15.10.2018 an graphentechnologien(a)adwmainz.de zu mailen. Eine Benachrichtigung über die Annahme des Beitrags wird bis zum 25.11.2018 erfolgen. Die Autoren der angenommenen Beiträge werden gebeten eine 20-minütige Präsentation vorzubereiten, an der sich eine kurze Diskussion anschließen kann. Die Keynote hält Prof. Dr. Thomas Stäcker, Direktor der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Darmstadt. Die Organisatoren der Konferenz bemühen sich um die Finanzierung der Reisekosten für die Vortragenden jedes angenommenen Beitrags (ein Stipendium pro Beitrag). Die vorgestellten Beiträge werden online veröffentlicht, das Programmkomitee beabsichtigt jedoch, ausgewählte Beiträge in einer geeigneten Peer-Review-Publikation zu veröffentlichen. ### Programmkomitee Prof. Dr. Tara Andrews (Universität Wien) Dr. Andreas Kuczera (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz) Dr. Thomas Efer (Universität Leipzig) Franziska Diehr (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin) Dr. Elena Spadini (University of Lausanne) Drs. Joris van Zundert (Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, Amsterdam) #### English Version # Graph Technologies in the Digital Humanities: Modelling, Access, Comparison ## Call for papers for a two day international exploratory conference organized by the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz, 18–19 January 2019. Although graph models as a computing technology are several decades old, it is only through advancement of generally available computing capacity in the last few years that the application of graph models has become feasible for many humanities projects. As a result we are now seeing a widespread exploration of their potential in the humanities: graphs are being used to express social networks, correspondence networks, text variation, textual traditions, prosopographical data, and so forth. Furthermore, they increasingly complement relational or XML-based research data repositories. The exploratory state of graph application in the humanities is marked by a great variety of modelling approaches and various understandings of graphs as data and information structures. These different modelling approaches are to be presented and discussed at the conference as a first step towards conceivable harmonisation. The purpose of this conference is to cast a wide net, soliciting contributions that represent the many applications that humanities researchers are currently finding for graphs. While keeping the rich variation in modeling approaches and applications in the foreground, we aim at the same time to explore the possibility of generalizing data structures for different application domains. The conference will thus focus both on celebrating a multitude of creative approaches and on identifying common ground for community-driven development of humanities-specific graph models. Key topics of the conference include: 1. Flexibility versus Interoperability Graphs are versatile structures able to express highly specific data, information, and interpretation. This facilitates humanities research, marked as it is by heterogeneous data, situated interpretation, complex research questions, and project-specific ephemeral research design. At the same time research institutions, data repositories, research infrastructures, and digital archives require standardization of data and interoperability of tools to facilitate their sustainability and reuse. Are these two features fundamentally at odds with each other, or can they be different sides of the same coin? 2. Generalization Closely related to the first key topic is the question of modelling in graph structures and possibilities of generalization. Can we define generic terms, concepts, and structures from which discipline-specific annotation systems can then be developed? What does a minimally-sustainable humanities-oriented generic graph data structure look like, and is it possible with such a structure to support the highly specific semantics required by most humanities research? 3. Approaches to Querying and Access To support different research strategies it is paramount that interoperable research data repositories support adaptable query and information retrieval approaches. Several graph-oriented query languages exist (e.g. GraphQL, OpenCypher, Gremlin, SPARQL), but what requirements should be set for a graph query language geared especially towards humanities research data and questions? What can such strategies look like? Are there opportunities to find interdisciplinary approaches here? We welcome proposals for theoretical papers that engage substantially with any of these key topics, as well as for practice-based papers that describe the practical application of graph technologies to humanities research work to these topics and/or argue practical engineering solutions and approaches to these key questions or related topics such as: * Graph-based data models, theoretical and practical explorations * Applications of graph technologies in the humanities * Text-as-Graph (TAG) * Solutions for query and comparison of different graph models * Strategies for, or demonstration of, various kinds of (computational) access to humanities data and information represented as graphs * Graph representation of specific networks of persons, objects, and information relating to humanities research questions * Interacting with graphs and graph interaction design * Graphs as a solution for information and data annotation in the humanities * Graphs as models for representation of provenance and transmission of information * Graphs as models for historical data and information, above and beyond social network analysis * Engineering solutions to analysis, traversal, querying graph structure data in specific humanities research contexts * The comparison and interpretation of graphs, subgraphs, and traversals Proposals (between 300 and 500 words, excluding bibliographic references) should be submitted to graphentechnologien(a)adwmainz.de by 15 October 2018. Abstracts may be submitted in English or German. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent out on 25 November 2018. Authors of successful submissions will be allotted 20 minutes for their presentations, as well as a few minutes for discussion thereafter. A keynote by Prof. Dr. Thomas Stäcker, Director of the State and University Library in Darmstadt, will be presented at the conference. The organizers of the conference are seeking funding to support travel costs for the presenters of each accepted paper (one bursary per paper). Presented papers will be published on line at the very least, however the program committee intends to publish selected papers in a suitable peer reviewed publication. ### Program Committee: Prof. Dr. Tara Andrews (Universität Wien) Dr. Andreas Kuczera (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz) Dr. Thomas Efer (Universität Leipzig) Franziska Diehr (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin) Dr. Elena Spadini (University of Lausanne) Drs. Joris van Zundert (Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, Amsterdam) --

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Digital Medievalist @ IMC 2019 - CfP
by Georg Vogeler 04 Sep '18

04 Sep '18

Dear Digital Medievalists, Medievalists have long been aware that the objects of their research are conditioned by their materiality -- that the shape of a charter or a manuscript is a part of its meaning. Since the 1980’s, recognition of this principle has elevated the study of material culture to a field within the broader discipline of Medieval Studies. At the same time libraries, research institutions, and museums have been intent on producing digital catalogues and images of their collections. The result of these initiatives is a mass of data and metadata constituting a new frontier for digital methods: 3D modeling, multispectral imaging, and Handwritten Text Recognition create new modalities of representation, while Controlled vocabularies, Linked Data, Ontologies and APIs like IIIF enhance the possibilities to model and share descriptive data. Superadded to these developments, digital methods for the interpretation of source material and presentation of research results have grown beyond the materiality of printed books and articles: data publications have started to gain traction in the community; complex visualizations tell more than a description by words, and digital editions incorporate experimental forms of interaction with research data that goes beyond the traditional forms of publication. In all of this, Medievalists have been leaders in adopting digital methods to work with the physical heritage of the Middle Ages. Given this ferment, the Digital Medievalist community is looking for proposals presenting projects making use of these new technologies to give further - and new! - insights into the materiality of sources, and how medievalists work with cultural heritage data to understand better the impact of the digital methods on our understanding of the Middle Ages. Please send your proposal (300 Words incl. a short CV) to dm.imc2019(a)gmail.com by Sept. 25th.

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CFP: Editing Scribal Texts
by Jim Knowles 04 Sep '18

04 Sep '18

Dear Colleagues, We are still seeking abstracts for a session titled “Editing Scribal Texts” at the International Piers Plowman Society Meeting, Miami, April 4–6, 2019. Detailed information on the conference is available at: http://www.piersplowman.org/conferences/ipps-2019-conference/ ***** *Call for Proposals: Editing Scribal Texts * Organizers: Ian Cornelius, Loyola University (icornelius(a)luc.edu), and Jim Knowles, North Carolina State University (jrknowle(a)ncsu.edu) Writing in 2001 in a combined review of the last installment of the Athlone *Piers Plowman* and the first installment of the *Piers Plowman Electronic Archive*, Anne Middleton ventured that the salient feature of scribal texts is neither copying error nor intelligent intervention, but the “reciprocity of idiom and knowledge between [an] author and a textual community.” Middleton concluded with what might still, two decades on, be taken as a challenge: “The editorial search for the original text,” she says, “is inseparable from the pursuit of the immediate verbal and institutional conditions that motivated and informed it, but thus far the latter has surprisingly few takers.” Has this situation changed at all? Much editorial activity in recent decades has been devoted to presentation of scribal versions of literary texts; have editors taken up the programmatic focus articulated by Middleton—namely, to disclose and map the limits of “reciprocity of idiom and knowledge” within textual communities? If yes, how does this endeavor work in practice and what are its most important results? If other research priorities have emerged, what are they and how are they pursued? Speakers are invited to explore questions such as the following: How are the distinctive aims of a documentary edition realized in its component parts—the introduction, annotations, and critical apparatus, for example—and how have digital technologies changed the production, presentation, and use of such editions? How does an edition of a scribal text negotiate its responsibilities to a scribal document, an authorial work, and a contemporary readership? What lines of connection obtain between an edition of a scribal text and the standard/critical edition of that literary work? Who are the projected readers/users of such editions, and what do editors supply to them? What is the value of scribal versions of texts produced at a significant temporal or geographical remove from the context of composition? Proposed papers need not be devoted to *Piers Plowman* or to Middle English texts. We welcome proposals concerned more widely with editorial theory and documentary editing of medieval texts. *Deadline for abstracts is September 7, 2018. * All abstracts should be sent to the conference general mailbox ippsmiami2019(a)gmail.com rather than to session organizers. If you are sending your abstract to an Individual Session, please put the name of the session in the subject line of the email. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and should include the name and email address of the applicant.

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contrat humanités numériques/littérature tardo-médiévale
by Catherine Bougassas 03 Sep '18

03 Sep '18

Chères et chers collègues, Vous trouverez en pièce jointe l'annonce de l'offre d'un contrat en humanités numériques et littérature tardo-médiévale que propose l'Université de Lille en 2018-2019 pour la conception d'une base de données. En vous remerciant d'avance pour la diffusion de cette offre, bien cordialement Catherine Gaullier-Bougassas Professeur de langue et littérature françaises médiévales à l'Université de Lille

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