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Call for Papers Colloque CID / DiDip conference 2026: The Methodology of Diplomatics / La metodologia della diplomatica / La méthodologie de la diplomatique / Die Methodologie der Diplomatik / La metodología de la diplomática
by Georg Vogeler^ 07 Feb '26

07 Feb '26

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear digital medievalists, this might interest you: Colloque CID / DiDip conference 2026 Date: 22-24 July 2026 Topic: The Methodology of Diplomatics / La metodologia della diplomatica / La méthodologie de la diplomatique / Die Methodologie der Diplomatik / La metodología de la diplomática Location: University of Graz Call for Papers: https://didip.hypotheses.org/conference-2026/cfp (deadline 28. February 2026) Logo Commission Internationale de la Diplomatique Contact: didip(a)uni-graz.at https://didip.hypotheses.org/conference-2026 Presentation English In celebration of the 200th birthday of Theodor Sickel (1826-1908), the conference will focus on developments in the methodology of diplomatics, discussing which methods fit to what kind of diplomatic material and research question, collecting exceptional results of the application of existing methods, confronting old and new methods, reflecting on how to evaluate digital methods and their impact on the current diplomatics methodologies, etc. By discussing applications and effects of individual methods applied in diplomatics research, we hope to refine and renew the general methodological framework of diplomatics. Diplomatics is an old field of research. Its main methodology is usually centered around the concept of discrimen veri ac falsi and was designed in the bella diplomatica of the 17th century by Dom Jean Mabillon. He introduced comparison of contemporary habits of authentication, writing, or linguistic style as the main method of diplomatics. Palaeography and textual analysis (“diplomatic discourse”) are at the core of diplomatics methodology. This includes, for instance, the creation of typologies describing the expectations for individual documents. However, the long history of diplomatics has seen changes, additions and shifts in its methodology: Sickel’s concept of “Kanzleimäßigkeit” narrowed the method from a generic comparison to the detailed analysis of chancery practices and the individuals creating the charters, which also has a strong tradition in Spanish diplomatics. Critical scholarly editing is an independent strand of diplomatics, which combines the methodologies for discrimen veri ac falsi with methods of textual criticism: reflecting on the tradition of the texts, establishment of a reliable text, and provision of abstracts of the content. The crisis of diplomatics in the 1960’s (Bartoloni, Bautier, Fichtenau, Petrucci) fostered the search for the application of diplomatics methods to other material than charters and to other temporal contexts than the middle ages. Comparative methods have been refined in Pierre Chaplais’ work on different English chanceries. Alessandro Pratesi brought forward social and intellectual context as an analytical framework for diplomatics, while still focussing on the representational and probative function of the charters and the formal rigor in individual analysis. From the 1990s onwards, scholars such as Peter Rück, Olivier Guyotjeannin, and Laurent Morelle have pushed forward the conceptualization of diplomatics as cultural history and thus added the analysis of cultural practices around the act of documentation and the use of charters to the methods of diplomatics. While Attilio Bartoli Langeli promoted the historical rooting of the discipline, Giovanna Nicolaj has pushed the legal framework of diplomatics to the foreground. The most recent contributions to diplomatics methodology are sparked by the digitisation of archival holdings and scholarly engagement with them. Digital diplomatics in this sense is searching for appropriate representations of parchments, seals, texts and the actions represented by them, and the analytical tools that open new perspectives. Luciana Duranti has used the “digital diplomatics” label to transfer analytical criteria of diplomatics like authenticity to archival science to understand digital documentary practices better. This conference will study the development and the state of the art of diplomatic methodology in all its facets. Français À l’occasion du 200e anniversaire de Theodor Sickel (1826-1908), le colloque se concentrera sur les développements de la méthodologie diplomatique, en discutant des méthodes adaptées à chaque type de matériel diplomatique et de question de recherche, en rassemblant les résultats exceptionnels de l’application des méthodes existantes, en confrontant les anciennes et les nouvelles méthodes, en réfléchissant à la manière d’évaluer les méthodes numériques et leur impact sur les méthodologies diplomatiques actuelles, etc. En discutant des applications et des effets des différentes méthodes utilisées dans la recherche diplomatique, nous espérons affiner et renouveler le cadre méthodologique général de la diplomatique. La diplomatique est un domaine de recherche ancien. Sa méthodologie principale est généralement centrée sur le concept du discrimen veri ac falsi et a été conçue dans les bella diplomatica du XVIIe siècle par Dom Jean Mabillon. Il a introduit la comparaison des habitudes contemporaines d’authentification, d’écriture ou de style linguistique comme méthode principale de la diplomatique. La paléographie et l’analyse textuelle (« discours diplomatique ») sont au cœur de la méthodologie diplomatique. Cela inclut, par exemple, la création de typologies décrivant les attentes pour chaque document. Cependant, la longue histoire de la diplomatique a connu des changements, des ajouts et des évolutions dans sa méthodologie : le concept de « Kanzleimäßigkeit » de Sickel a restreint la méthode d’une comparaison générique à l’analyse détaillée des pratiques de la chancellerie et des individus créant les chartes, méthode qui a également une forte tradition dans la diplomatique espagnole. L’édition critique scientifique est un courant indépendant de la diplomatique, qui combine les méthodologies du discrimen veri ac falsi avec les méthodes de la critique textuelle : réflexion sur la tradition des textes, établissement d’un texte fiable et rédaction d’analyses du contenu. La crise de la diplomatique dans les années 1960 (Bartoloni, Bautier, Fichtenau, Petrucci) a favorisé la recherche d’applications des méthodes diplomatiques à d’autres documents que les chartes et à d’autres contextes temporels que le Moyen Âge. Les méthodes comparatives ont été affinées dans les travaux de Pierre Chaplais sur différentes chancelleries anglaises. Alessandro Pratesi a mis en avant le contexte social et intellectuel comme cadre analytique pour la diplomatique, tout en continuant à se concentrer sur la fonction représentative et probante des chartes et la rigueur formelle dans l’analyse individuelle. À partir des années 1990, des chercheurs tels que Peter Rück, Olivier Guyotjeannin et Laurent Morelle ont fait progresser la conceptualisation de la diplomatique en tant qu’histoire culturelle et ont ainsi ajouté l’analyse des pratiques culturelles autour de l’acte de documentation et de l’utilisation des chartes aux méthodes de la diplomatique. Alors qu’Attilio Bartoli Langeli a promu l’ancrage historique de la discipline, Giovanna Nicolaj a mis en avant le cadre juridique de la diplomatique. Les contributions les plus récentes à la méthodologie diplomatique sont inspirées par la numérisation des fonds d’archives et l’intérêt des chercheurs pour ceux-ci. Dans ce sens, la diplomatique numérique recherche des représentations appropriées des parchemins, des sceaux, des textes et des actions qu’ils représentent, ainsi que des outils analytiques qui ouvrent de nouvelles perspectives. Luciana Duranti a utilisé le terme de « diplomatique numérique » pour transférer les critères analytiques de la diplomatique, tels que l’authenticité, à la science archivistique, afin de mieux comprendre les pratiques documentaires numériques. Cette conférence étudiera le développement et l’état de l’art de la méthodologie diplomatique sous toutes ses facettes.

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PhD Position in Medieval Manuscript Studies in Nijmegen
by Shari Boodts 19 Dec '25

19 Dec '25

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear colleagues, Just before the holiday, I would like to draw your attention to a PhD position available at Radboud University in Nijmegen (NL). The position is in Digital Manuscript Studies and entails research into the medieval dissemination and reception of the Latin Physiologus. <https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/phd-position-in-medieval-…> [Erasmus.jpg] PhD Position in Medieval Manuscript Studies | Radboud University<https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/phd-position-in-medieval-…> ru.nl<https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/phd-position-in-medieval-…> Please feel free to disseminate this announcement further or alert potential candidates. The deadline for applications is 15 January 2026. Thank you! Wishing you Happy Holidays, Shari Boodts dr. Shari Boodts Assistant professor of Medieval history │ Department of History, Art History and Classics Senior Researcher │ Radboud Institute for Culture and History Radboud University │ P.O.Box 9103 │ 6500 HD Nijmegen (The Netherlands) Office: Erasmusbuilding │ Room 9.01 Current projects: NWO Vidi MsPhys<https://www.ru.nl/en/research/research-projects/msphys> │ ERC PoC ManuscriptAI<https://www.ru.nl/en/research/research-projects/manuscriptai>

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Antw: dm-l Digest, Vol 245, Issue 1 (Abwesenheit bis einschließlich 24.11.2025)
by Lydia Zimmermann 21 Nov '25

21 Nov '25

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. ** Proprietary ** Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, ich bin momentan nicht im Dienst. Ihre Nachricht werde ich erst nach meiner Rückkehr lesen und beantworten können. Haben Sie vielen Dank für Ihr Verständnis. In dringenden Fällen, die den Bestand der Historischen Sammlungen betreffen, wenden Sie sich mit Ihrem Anliegen bitte an die Kolleginnen und Kollegen der Historischen Sammlungen: historische-sammlungen(a)bibliothek.uni-halle.de Bei allen übrigen Fragen helfen Ihnen die Kolleginnen und Kollegen der Auskunft gern weiter: auskunft(a)bibliothek.uni-halle.de Mit freundlichen Grüßen Lydia Zimmermann >>> <dm-l-request(a)uleth.ca> 19.11.25 21:38 >>> Send dm-l mailing list submissions to dm-l(a)uleth.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to dm-l-request(a)uleth.ca You can reach the person managing the list at dm-l-owner(a)uleth.ca When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of dm-l digest..."

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Talk: Erasmus in the Age of AI
by Victor Temprano 19 Nov '25

19 Nov '25

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear digital medievalists, A note about a seminar and talk tomorrow that may interest you. What? Erasmus Seminar with a lecture by Victor Temprano When? Thursday, November 20, 14:00-16:00 CET Where? Erasmus University Rotterdam, Polak 3-20 Teams Link: Erasmus (and AI!) Seminar with Victor Temprano<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NGNkNzA5NjUtZjBmMC00…> Artificial Humanism: Erasmus in the Age of AI What happens when Renaissance humanism meets artificial intelligence? This talk introduces Erasmiana Digital, an experiment that allows users to converse with an AI Erasmus backed by a newly digitized corpus of his works. Using OCR, large language models, and semantic search, the project reimagines how Erasmus’s writings can be explored and understood today. Alongside a demonstration of the site, this talk reflects on the promises and risks of digitization and AI. Erasmus rode the revolution of the printing press to spread knowledge and debate, and today we face a new technological upheaval in artificial intelligence. What do we stand to gain – and lose – if we embrace new media in our pursuit of learning and exchange? Biographical Info Victor Temprano is a software developer, writer, and independent scholar with an MA in Religious Studies from McGill University. He is the founder of Native-Land.ca and the CEO of Mapster Technology. He has been involved in many software projects both commercial and academic spanning public history, data analysis, mapping, and language revitalization. He is honoured to be the 2025 Erasmus Collection Fellow.

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Announcement: Working Group on Visualizing Textual Variation
by Elena Spadini 14 Oct '25

14 Oct '25

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear colleagues, ** Apologies for cross-posting ** We're happy to inform you about the Working Group "Visualizing and Investigating Differences In Texts" (VIDIT), and we are warmly inviting you to join. VIDIT aims to build a global community of scholars, developers, and designers interested in studying and visualizing variation in historical and literary texts. We focus on using visualization to investigate and represent textual variation and make collation software outputs more accessible and informative. Our two main goals are: * Developing a shared vocabulary for describing textual variation; * Creating best-practices guidelines for visualizing it. These objectives are pursued through two dedicated subgroups, coordinated by Elena Spadini and Brett Barney (Shared Vocabulary) and Carlotta Defenu and Christopher Ohge (Best Practices). The first subgroup meetings are planned on the following dates: * Best Practices → 22 October 2025, 2pm GMT / 3pm CEST / 8am CST: <https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83234533130?pwd=0kEYdScObC9x3E2Jm9VHrlTlbMEAIG.1> * Shared Vocabulary → 29 October 2025, 2pm GMT / 3pm CEST / 8am CST: <https://unibe-ch.zoom.us/j/65312703924?pwd=fxBpUhqFlJa2U4uOWfazaNGxQ8kVym.1> Curious to learn more or to get involved? * Visit our website at <https://wg-vidit.github.io/> https://wg-vidit.github.io/ — it's still under construction, but it is growing alongside our community. * For more details about our objectives and subgroups, see the About-page on our website: <https://wg-vidit.github.io/about/> https://wg-vidit.github.io/about/ * For communication, you can join our Discord server (<https://discord.gg/v3qzm52tWD>), where members connect, share resources, and collaborate. Dedicated channels for the Best Practices (<https://discord.gg/UzRE9ZJ583>) and Vocabulary (<https://discord.gg/ugXtRvrqAk>) subgroups make it easy to follow the discussions that interest you most; * Explore our public Zotero library (https://www.zotero.org/groups/5918162/visualisationtextvariation) and feel free to suggest additions. We hope that anyone interested will join the first subgroup meetings and help shape our shared goals. If you’re unable to attend the first subgroup meetings but are keen to stay in the loop, make sure to join our Discord channel(s) and mailing list, and keep an eye out for future emails from us. VIDIT welcomes scholars, students, developers, and designers to collaborate on advancing digital textual scholarship. Our community spans literary studies, book history, software development, and UI/UX design, and each perspective enriches our collective work. Expertise is not required – curiosity and engagement matter most. Best wishes, The VIDIT-coordinators, Beatrice Nava, Carlotta Defenu, Christopher Ohge, and Elli Bleeker

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Winter School 2025 – HTR of Historical Sources
by Jan Odstrcilik 08 Aug '25

08 Aug '25

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Winter School 2025 – HTR of Historical Sources Dates - Online sessions: 24 Oct 2025, 7 Nov 2025, 21 Nov 2025 - In‑person workshop: 11–13 Dec 2025 - Call for applications deadline: 15 Sep 2025 Dear colleagues, For the fourth year in a row, the Institute for Medieval Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences will host an HTR Winter School in collaboration with MARBAS and Princeton University, focusing on the automated recognition of handwritten texts in medieval and early modern sources. The course consists of two main parts: - Three online sessions (Zoom, Friday afternoons in October and November) - A three‑day in‑person workshop in Vienna, 11–13 Dec  2025 Seven groups will work on different languages and scripts: Carolingian Latin | Late Medieval Latin | Medieval Czech | Early Modern German | Byzantine Greek | Syriac | Medieval Hebrew The course is primarily designed for Master’s and PhD students, but we will also consider other applicants. For requirements and more information, please visit Winter School – HTR of Historical Sources (https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/imafo/events/event-details/htr-of-historical-sour…) . If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Best regards, Jan Odstrčilík ----------------------------- Jan Odstrčilík, Ph.D. Institute for Medieval Research (IMAFO) Austrian Academy of Sciences Dr. Ignaz Seipel Platz 2, 1010 Wien Telefon: +43 1 123 456‑0 E‑mail: jan.odstrcilik(a)oeaw.ac.at<mailto:jan.odstrcilik@oeaw.ac.at>

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PhD Position in Digital Humanities at University of Graz - deadline extended to Aug. 13th
by Georg Vogeler^ 05 Aug '25

05 Aug '25

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. *University Assistant without a doctorate (m/f/d)* 30 hours per week, from September 2025 (at the earliest), limited to 4 years Application deadline: 13 August 2025 Application and details at: https://jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/437fec89-f060-112b-5951-67aa29e57500 _Tasks_ - Writing a dissertation in the field of Digital Humanities - Research and teaching in the Department of Digital Humanities - Participation in research projects of the Department of Digital Humanities - Independent teaching of courses and participation in teaching and examination tasks of the Institute - Supervision of students - Participation in organisational and administrative tasks as well as evaluation measures _Profile:_ - Completed Master's or Diploma degree in Digital Humanities or another humanities subject, or a subject related to computer science, in the course of which you have also dealt with humanities issues and methods - Confident handling of complex applications for the generation, management, evaluation or visualisation of humanities data - Fluency in English and German. If your German language skills are still inadequate at the time of recruitment, you intend to improve your German language skills to level C1 in the course of your employment - Basic knowledge of at least one of the following technologies, proven by examples of self-written code (X-Technologies, Python, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Semantic Web Stack, R, Java) - Experience in the implementation and realisation of projects in the field of Digital Humanities (desirable) - Communication, organisational and teamwork skills If you have any questions, please contact me by phone on +43 (0) 316 / 380 - 2292 or send an e-mail to dh(a)uni-graz.at . -- Prof. Dr. Georg Vogeler Professur für Digital Humanities - Department of Digital Humanities University of Graz A-8010 Graz | Elisabethstraße 59/III Tel. +43 316 380 8033 <http://informationsmodellierung.uni-graz.at> - <http://gams.uni-graz.at> <https://online.uni-graz.at/kfu_online/wbForschungsportal.cbShowPortal?pPers…> 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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Digital Classicist Wiki Editing Sprint “Viva l’Italia!”, 28 July 2025
by Paolo Monella 09 Jul '25

09 Jul '25

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear Digital Medievalists, on Monday 28 July 2025 at 15:00 BST = 16:00 CEST/Rome, Paolo Monella and Andrea La Veglia will be leading an open Digital Classicist wiki editing sprint themed "Viva l'Italia!", including an introductory short training session in English on how to edit the wiki itself. What is the Digital Classicist Wiki (wiki.digitalclassicist.org)? It is a collaboratively edited catalogue of projects, tools, methods and other topics in the application of digital humanities to ancient world studies. If you would like to contribute to the maintenance and editing of this platform, please join us for this introductory workshop and tutorial. What will we do in the initial training session? The initial session will introduce the Wiki, its goals and scope, and the simple wiki-syntax with which it is edited (the same MediaWiki platform as Wikipedia and related wikis). It will involve a short tutorial and demonstration of the interface, followed by the opportunity to practice editing on the live Wiki, with one-to-one support from experienced editors. Theme The "Viva l'Italia!" theme is mostly a tribute to the numerosity of the Italian members of the Digital Classicist (DC) community. Paolo and Andrea will be mostly focussing on digital projects from Italy or by Italians abroad, but everyone is welcome to contribute on whatever page and in whatever way. Booking Advance booking is required (https://ics.sas.ac.uk/events/introduction-digital-classicist-wiki-editing). If you do not already have an account on the Digital Classicist Wiki, please contact one of the site administrators *before the day of the session* to request a new account be created for you. Best, Paolo Monella Andrea La Veglia -- *Fai crescere le giovani ricercatrici e i giovani ricercatori*** *con il 5 per mille alla Sapienza* Scrivi il codice fiscale dell'Università *80209930587 **Cinque per mille <https://www.uniroma1.it/it/node/23149>*

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Call for Survey Responses: Enabling Digital Research on Manuscript Catalogue Data (Bodleian Libraries)
by Sebastian Dows-Miller 07 Mar '25

07 Mar '25

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear colleagues, With apologies for cross posting. I am pleased to introduce a new project aimed at enabling digital research on manuscript catalogue data. Our DiSc<https://digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/>-funded project within the Bodleian Libraries is working to transform the Bodleian’s TEI-encoded medieval manuscript catalogues into accessible tabular formats such as CSV, to support innovative research in manuscript studies and the digital humanities. By making these data more user-friendly, we hope to foster new research avenues and collaborations. We kindly invite you to participate in a brief survey (approx. 10 minutes) to share your views on which data fields and features would best support your research needs. Your feedback will be invaluable in ensuring that our resource has the widest possible applicability. Please take a moment to complete the survey here: https://forms.office.com/e/PyDudx3BDK The survey will remain open until March 28th. We appreciate your input and look forward to your responses. Thank you for your time and contribution. All the best, Sebastian Dows-Miller Sebastian Dows-Miller | sebastian.dows-miller(a)bodleian.ox.ac.uk Research Assistant (Enabling Digital Research on Manuscript Catalogue Data) │ Bodleian Libraries │ University of Oxford Lecturer in French │ Merton and St Peter’s Colleges │ University of Oxford

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Antw: dm-l Digest, Vol 241, Issue 3 (Abwesenheit bis einschließlich 10.03.2025)
by Lydia Zimmermann 06 Mar '25

06 Mar '25

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. ** Proprietary ** Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, ich bin momentan nicht im Dienst. Ihre Nachricht werde ich erst nach meiner Rückkehr lesen und beantworten können. Haben Sie vielen Dank für Ihr Verständnis. In dringenden Fällen, die den Bestand der Historischen Sammlungen betreffen, wenden Sie sich mit Ihrem Anliegen bitte an die Kolleginnen und Kollegen der Historischen Sammlungen: historische-sammlungen(a)bibliothek.uni-halle.de Bei allen übrigen Fragen helfen Ihnen die Kolleginnen und Kollegen der Auskunft gern weiter: auskunft(a)bibliothek.uni-halle.de Mit freundlichen Grüßen Lydia Zimmermann >>> <dm-l-request(a)uleth.ca> 6.3.25 14:30 >>> Send dm-l mailing list submissions to dm-l(a)uleth.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to dm-l-request(a)uleth.ca You can reach the person managing the list at dm-l-owner(a)uleth.ca When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of dm-l digest..."

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