dm-l June 2020

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Late antique prosopography and Socrates Scholasticus’ Ecclesiastical history (seminar)
by Gabriel Bodard 08 Jun '20

08 Jun '20

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Please forward suspicious emails to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Digital Classicist London Seminar 2020 Institute of Classical Studies William Garrood (KCL), Late antique prosopography and Socrates Scholasticus’ Ecclesiastical history Fri, Jun 12, 2020 Streamed live (and archived indefinitely) at https://youtu.be/d277nrTW668 Prosopography is a subject well suited to digital scholarship, and over the last few decades it has undergone profound changes in how we collate, present and locate information. New style ‘factoid’ prosopographies like the Prosopography of the Byzantine World offer the potential for new analyses and access to data. This paper examines that evolution drawing on my own digital prosopography of Socrates Scholasticus’ Ecclesiastical History. It explores decisions taken in modern prosopographies and their alternatives. In particular it looks at options around implication and aggregation, for deeper analysis of relationship information, and specific issues in Socrates’ text itself. 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 Especially at the moment, I may email at odd hours of the day and night/days of the week. I do not ever expect a reply outside of your working hours.

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Latest blogpost
by Lisa Fagin Davis 07 Jun '20

07 Jun '20

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Please forward suspicious emails to phishing(a)uleth.ca. My latest, on a previously-unknown Otto Ege "Fifty Original Leaves" set in private hands: https://manuscriptroadtrip.wordpress.com/2020/06/07/manuscript-road-trip-ot… I hope you are all well - Lisa -- Lisa Fagin Davis Executive Director Medieval Academy of America 6 Beacon St., Suite 500 Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Phone: 617 491-1622 Fax: 617 492-3303 Email: LFD(a)TheMedievalAcademy.org<mailto:LFD@TheMedievalAcademy.org>

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Digital and Public Humanities - New Master's Degree in Venice (in English)
by Franz FISCHER 05 Jun '20

05 Jun '20

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Please forward suspicious emails to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear digital medievalists, I am very pleased to announce a new master's degree in Digital and Public Humanities at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. This two-year Masters programme combines the theories and practices established in the humanities with learning new digital tools, platforms and applications used to research, archive, present and publish in the creative and cultural sectors. This programme explores public engagement with digital humanities and offers graduates the opportunities to learn the skills and knowledge required to pursue careers in a wide range of areas, including the cultural and creative sectors, education, libraries and archives, information technology and service related organisations. All classes are taught in English. Ca’ Foscari has now established the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH)<https://www.unive.it/vedph> - inaugurated one year ago today - which has many research activities relating to public engagement with the humanities and digital technologies. This research informs the teaching on this Masters programme with VeDPH academics teaching and working closely with students. Many projects have affiliations to cultural organisations in Venice and throughout Italy. The intersection of art and science and engagement with the public around digital humanities is central to the theme of this masters programme. Working with local Venetian cultural organisations, researchers and academics in the Venice Digital and Public Humanities Centre (VeDPH), and Science Gallery Venice, a specialised programme of courses has been designed to explore all aspects of digital and public humanities. This Master’s programme offers a comprehensive exploration of the different tools and methods used to engage public audiences around culture, history, critical thinking, visual arts, literature, archaeology, languages, technology, and the creative economy. Courses include: public and digital history, digital scholarly editing and analysis of ancient, medieval and modern texts, digital manuscript and archival studies, digital and technical art history, public art and digitisation practices, heritage, ethics and political archaeology, database technologies, information visualisation, data management and legal issues, design thinking, web and user experience design, and creative entrepreneurship. Master’s home page: unive.it/degree/fm11<http://unive.it/degree/fm11> Useful information for the interested students. Pre-enrolment for the admissions test will open 11th June until 12pm until 31th July 2020. The admissions test will take place remotely on Friday 7th August 2020. The successful candidates have to accept the place through the specific online procedure by 19th August 2020 Documents and requirements for enrolling: https://www.unive.it/pag/38909/ Please circulate widely. Thank you, best wishes, Franz -- Franz Fischer Direttore, Venice Centre for Digital & Public Humanities (VeDPH) Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Università Ca' Foscari Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà Dorsoduro 3484/D - 30123 Venezia Tel.: +39 041 234 6266 (ufficio), +39 041 234 9863 (segreteria del centro) https://www.unive.it/vedph https://www.i-d-e.de/ https://journal.digitalmedievalist.org/

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Reminder: Call for Nominations to DM Board 2020-2022
by James Harr 03 Jun '20

03 Jun '20

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Please forward suspicious emails to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Just a reminder that Digital Medievalist will be holding elections at the end of June 2020 for five positions to its Executive Board. Board positions are for two-year terms and incumbents may be re-elected (for a maximum of three terms in a row). Members of the Board are responsible for the overall direction of the organisation and leading the Digital Medievalist’s many projects and programmes. This is a working board, and so it is expected that you are willing and able to commit a little bit of time to help Digital Medievalist undertake some of its activities (such as helping to run its journal, conference sessions, etc.). For further information about the Executive Board and Digital Medievalist more generally, please see the DM website, particularly: https://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/about/ https://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/about/board-roles/ https://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/about/election-procedures/ https://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/about/bylaws/ We are now seeking nominations (including self-nominations) for the annual elections. In order to be eligible for election, candidates must be members of Digital Medievalist (membership is conferred simply by subscription to the organisation’s mailing list, dm-l) and have made some demonstrable contribution either to the DM project (e.g. to the mailing list, or the wiki, etc.) or to the field of digital medieval studies. If you are interested in running for these positions or are able to recommend a suitable candidate, please contact James Harr (jbharr(a)ncsu.edu<mailto:jbharr@ncsu.edu>), Alberto Campagnolo (alberto.campagnolo(a)gmail.com<mailto:alberto.campagnolo@gmail.com>) or Georg Vogeler (georg.vogeler(a)uni-graz.at<mailto:georg.vogeler@uni-graz.at>) who will treat your nomination or enquiries in confidence. The nomination period will close at 23:59 UTC on Sunday, 14 June, and elections will be held by electronic ballot from Saturday, 27 June 2019, closing at 23:59 UTC on Friday, 10 July 2019. Please let us know if you have any questions! Best, Jamie James B. Harr, III, M.A. Ph.D. Candidate, Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media President, CRDM Student Association Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English Graduate Research and Instructional Assistant, Innovation Studio, NCSU Libraries North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7103 jbharr(a)ncsu.edu<mailto:jbharr@ncsu.edu>

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Machine learning for epigraphic text restoration (seminar)
by Gabriel Bodard 01 Jun '20

01 Jun '20

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Please forward suspicious emails to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Digital Classicist London Seminar 2020 Thea Sommerschield (Oxford), PYTHIA: a deep neural network model for the automatic restoration of ancient Greek inscriptions Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 17:30 (UK time) Institute of Classical Studies, University of London Online seminar, streamed live and archived at: https://youtu.be/nKSfzHYmLtQ Ancient History relies on Epigraphy, the study of ancient inscribed texts (called "inscriptions"), for evidence of the recorded past. However, inscriptions are often damaged over the centuries, and illegible parts of the text must be restored by epigraphists. PYTHIA is the first ancient text restoration model that recovers missing characters from a damaged text input using deep neural networks. Its architecture is carefully designed to handle long-term context information, and deal efficiently with missing or corrupted character and word representations. I will present this research, give examples of PYTHIA at work, and demonstrate how to use the model for personal research. 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 Especially at the moment, I may email at odd hours of the day and night/days of the week. I do not ever expect a reply outside of your working hours.

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