** With apologies for cross-posting **
**
* Call for Papers*
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts Sponsored Session
at the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 14-17, 2015
We seek proposals for the following session:
*Networks of Transmission: Histories and Practices of Collecting Medieval
Manuscripts and Documents*
This session will focus on the mapping of those networks of sale and
purchase through which medieval manuscripts have been pursued and on the
collectors and collecting that have catalyzed this transmission across the
centuries. This session – like The Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts
itself – is rooted in the belief that studying manuscripts’ provenance can
have dynamic and profound effects not only on our understanding of these
medieval materials as objects to be bought and sold but also on their texts
through mapping their circulation and reception. We particularly welcome
proposals that explore diverse topics from the role of digital technologies
such as the SDBM in conducting provenance research, the relationship
between institutional and private ownership of manuscripts, specific case
studies of collecting practices, the transatlantic travels of medieval
materials, collectors’ roles in the dispersal of libraries and the
fragmentation of manuscripts, collectors and manuscript preservation, and
how a manuscript’s provenance history can affect its value and
collectability on the rare books market, to how collectors and the act of
collecting can shape and influence interpretations of manuscript evidence.
Please send proposals with a one-page abstract and Participant Information
Form <http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html> to
Lynn Ransom (lransom(a)upenn.edu) or Alex Devine (aldevine(a)sas.upenn.edu)
by *September 1, 2015*.
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Alexander Devine
*Ph.D. *
*Candidate*,
Dep
artment
of English <http://www.english.upenn.edu/People/AlexanderDevine>
&* Project Researcher*, The Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts
<http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/schoenberg/index.html>
University of Pennsylvania
// Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies
3340 Walnut Street /
Philadelphia, PA 19104
-6273
aldevine(a)sas.upenn.edu
~ @aldevine <https://twitter.com/aldevine>
This week, medieval manuscripts in Alabama and Georgia:
http://manuscriptroadtrip.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/manuscript-road-trip-swe…
- Lisa
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Lisa Fagin Davis
Executive Director
Medieval Academy of America
17 Dunster St., Suite 202
Cambridge, Mass. 02138
Phone: 617 491-1622
Fax: 617 492-3303
Email: LFD(a)TheMedievalAcademy.org
Dear List,
...this time with correct URL...
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities is looking for
a Research Coordinator for the long-term project Corpus Vitrearum Medii
Aevi (CVMA). Part of this postion includes the conception and
implementation of digital tools (databases, website) for the project.
The complete job description (in German) can be found here:
http://www.bbaw.de/stellenangebote/ausschreibungen-2014/2014-06-30_Ausschre…
Best regards,
Alexander Czmiel
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Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
"TELOTA - The electronic life of the Academy"
Jaegerstrasse 22/23 Tel: +49-(0)30-20370-276
10117 Berlin - http://www.bbaw.de - http://www.telota.de
Dear List,
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities is looking for
a Research Coordinator for the long-term project Corpus Vitrearum Medii
Aevi (CVMA). Part of this postion includes the conception and
implementation of digital tools (databases, website) for the project.
The complete job description (in German) can be found here:
http://www.bbaw.de/stellenangebote/ausschreibungen-2014/2014-06-30_Ausschre…
Best regards,
Alexander Czmiel
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Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
"TELOTA - The electronic life of the Academy"
Jaegerstrasse 22/23 Tel: +49-(0)30-20370-276
10117 Berlin - http://www.bbaw.de - http://www.telota.de
Digital Classicist London & Institute of Classical Studies Seminar 2014
Friday August 8 at 16:30 in room G37, Senate House, Malet Street,
London, WC1E 7HU
Dominic Oldman & Barry Norton (British Museum)
A new approach to Digital Editions of Ancient Manuscripts using
CIDOC-CRM, FRBRoo and RDFa
The British Museum are producing a digital edition of Malcolm Mosher's
work on the Book of the Dead, within which spells are presented in
aggregated translations according to a number of traditions, presented
alongside representative original vignettes. Papyri and linens that
carry the spells and vignettes are distributed between different
international institutions, but are associated with a much wider body of
material culture that help to provide context for the spells. In our
work the FRBRoo ontology is used to formalise the relationship between
different works and manifestations, and interlinked with object
descriptions in the CIDOC-CRM ontology.
ALL WELCOME
The seminar will be followed by wine and refreshments.
For more information see the seminar website at
http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2014.html
--
Dr Gabriel BODARD
Researcher in Digital Epigraphy
Digital Humanities
King's College London
Boris Karloff Building
26-29 Drury Lane
London WC2B 5RL
T: +44 (0)20 7848 1388
E: gabriel.bodard(a)kcl.ac.uk
http://www.digitalclassicist.org/http://www.currentepigraphy.org/
Dear all,
It is with great delight that the DigiPal team at the Department of Digital Humanities (King's College London)
announce the programme for the fourth DigiPal Symposium. For those who have attended in previous years,
it will be the usual mix of medieval manuscripts, computer-assisted techniques, camaraderie and palaeography.
And if you haven't attended before, then now's an excellent time to start.
Speakers include Julia Crick, Peter Stokes, Marc Smith, Dot Porter, Ben Pohl, Matilda Watson and Debora Matos.
Registration is required, but it's free. And with lunch and wine thrown in, how could you go wrong? Aside from missing it ;-)
More details, and a link to register, here:
http://www.digipal.eu/blog/registration-for-digipal-iv-symposium-monday-1st…
Hope to see you in September,
Stewart
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Dr Stewart J Brookes
Research Associate
Department of Digital Humanities
King's College London
www.digipal.eu
Digital Classicist London & Institute of Classical Studies Seminar 2014
Friday August 1st at 16:30, in Room G37, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Sebastian Rahtz (Oxford) and Gabriel Bodard (King's College London): 'Standards for Networking Ancient Prosopographies: Data and Relations in Greco-Roman Names (SNAP:DRGN)'
SNAP:DRGN (snapdrgn.net) is an AHRC-funded exploratory project which aims to address the problem of linking together large prosopographies (datsets containing information about persons, names and person-like entities) managed in heterogeneous systems and formats. This paper will explore the background to and results of the work, describe the problems, the data and the tools we can produce to illustrate of the value of the data, and demonstrate research methods for working with the new material and information produced.
ALL WELCOME
The seminar will be followed by wine and refreshments.
For more information see the seminar website at http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2014.html
Best wishes,
Charlotte
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Dr. Charlotte Tupman
Project Research Associate & Study Abroad Tutor
Department of Digital Humanities
King's College London
26-29 Drury Lane
London
WC2B 5RL
Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 7145
**Part-time XML Research Database Developer**
Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles, Oxford
Grade 7: £29,837 - £36,661 p.a. (pro rata)
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs…
The Faculty of Classics seeks to appoint a part-time XML Research Database
Developer. This is fixed-term for 12 months. We are looking for a highly
motivated individual with a strong interest in Digital Humanities and
classical text-editing to build an XML Database backed website for
publication, analysis, and editing of EpiDoc TEI P5 XML documents for the
I.Sicily project (0.4 FTE) and for the Ptolemaic Egypt project (0.1 FTE).
*We are happy to consider applications from those who would wish to work
remotely.*
The postholder will design and implement a native XML Database application
for the online publication, analysis, and editing of EpiDoc XML based on
open source components; create a testing mechanism for the technical
infrastructure for resilient deployment (and redeployment from backup) of
the website; develop and maintain the project's technical infrastructure
including XML Database installation and basic Linux server systems
administration; and work closely with the IT Consultant and project PI in
strategically designing and developing the infrastructure to ensure both
reliable behaviour and potential for future expansion of the project.
The successful candidate will have relevant experience of higher education
research (preferably in Classics); demonstrable experience of native XML
database development; significant experience with multiple web development
languages (e.g. XSLT, XQuery, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, Python, etc.); and
experience in maintaining software deployed on Linux servers.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required
to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your online application
and supply details of two referees who must be asked to send their
references directly to the email address below by the closing date.
Only applications received before 12.00 noon on 18 August 2014 can be
considered.
Contact Person: Mrs Brooke Martin-Garbutt
Vacancy ID: 114327
Contact Phone: 01865 288372
Closing Date: 18-Aug-2014
Contact Email: recruitment(a)classics.ox.ac.uk
Only applications received before 12.00 noon on 18 August 2014 can be
considered.
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs…
Vote NOW for the Digital Medievalist Board Elections 2014!
Today is the last day!
Cheers,
Ben Albritton and Dominique Stutzmann
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>> From: Dominique Stutzmann <dominique.stutzmann(a)irht.cnrs.fr>
>> Date: 2014-07-14 0:36 GMT+02:00
>> Subject: VOTE NOW: DIGITAL MEDIEVALIST BOARD ELECTIONS for 2014
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>> surname) are intended to help you decide for whom you may wish to
>> vote. There are 4 positions available and so you may cast a total of
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>>
>> ALBERTO CAMPAGNOLO
>>
>> Alberto Campagnolo trained as a book conservator at the European Course
>> for Conservators/Restorers of Book Materials in Spoleto, Italy and has
>> worked in that capacity in various institutions, amongst which the National
>> Museum Wales, Palace Green Library at Durham University, Guildhall Library
>> London, London Metropolitan Archives, and is currently working at the
>> Vatican Library. He studied Conservation of Library and Archive Materials
>> at Ca’ Foscari University Venice, Italy and then read for an MA in Digital
>> Culture and Technology at King’s College London. He is now pursuing a PhD
>> on an automated visualization of historical bookbinding structures at the
>> Ligatus Research Centre of the University of the Arts, London. He is
>> interested in building a dialogue between the world of Conservation in
>> libraries, archives and museums and that of Digital Humanities, and in the
>> digital representation of physical aspect of books, and medieval books and
>> bookbindings in particular.
>>
>> *****************************
>>
>> ELEONORA DURBAN
>>
>> After graduating in Milan in Historical Linguistics, I have obtained an
>> MA degree in Medieval Studies from University College London and a PhD in
>> Late Latin Philology at King's College London. I have subsequently worked
>> at the Department of Digital Humanities at KCL for seven years, where I
>> have worked on a series of Medieval History related projects. My main
>> interests and expertise relate to XML encoding, manuscript studies, digital
>> critical editions, virtual research environments, and the potentials of the
>> application of computational linguistics tools to the world of digital
>> philology.
>>
>> I have recently relocated to Italy for family reasons and I am looking
>> for opportunities to develop new projects in or around Milan.
>>
>>
>> *****************************
>>
>> FRANZ FISCHER
>>
>> Franz Fischer works as a research associate at the Cologne Center for
>> eHumanities (CCeH), University of Cologne [link: <
>> http://www.cceh.uni-koeln.de/>]. He studied History, Latin and Italian
>> in Cologne and Rome and has been awarded a doctoral degree in Medieval
>> Latin for his digital edition of William of Auxerre’s treatise on liturgy
>> [link: <http://guillelmus.uni-koeln.de>]. From 2008-2011 he created a
>> digital edition of Saint Patrick’s Confessio [link: <
>> http://www.confessio.ie>] at the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), Dublin. He
>> is a founding member of the Institute for Documentology and Scholarly
>> Editing (IDE) [link: <http://www.i-d-e.de/>] teaching at summer schools
>> and publishing SIDE [link: < http://www.i-d-e.de/schriften>], a series
>> on digital editions, palaeography & codicology, and RIDE [link: <
>> http://ride.i-d-e.de/>], a new review journal on digital editions and
>> resources. Franz Fischer is currently coordinating the EU funded Marie
>> Curie Initial Training Network on Digital Scholarly Editions DiXiT [link: <
>> http://dixit.uni-koeln.de/>]. Other activities include teaching Digital
>> Humanities at NUI Maynooth [link: < http://www.learndigitalhumanities.ie/>]
>> and facilitating various DH projects at the CCeH.
>>
>>
>> *****************************
>>
>> GRETA FRANZINI
>>
>> A classicist by training, Greta Franzini is a part-time PhD student at
>> the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities. Her doctoral research is producing
>> the first electronic edition of the oldest surviving manuscript of St.
>> Augustine’s De Civitate Dei. Her new palaeographical, codicological and
>> philological contributions are informing her investigation of digital
>> technologies that can help to best explore and electronically reproduce the
>> manuscript.
>>
>> Greta is also working as a full-time Research Associate and Executive for
>> the Open Philology Project at the Humboldt Chair of Digital Humanities at
>> the University of Leipzig. Here, she oversees major data entry and book
>> digitisation contracts aimed at producing a large volume of
>> machine-readable open data pertaining to Greek and Latin sources.
>>
>>
>> *****************************
>>
>> ALEXEI LAVRENTIEV
>>
>> Alexei Lavrentiev is a research engineer at ICAR Research Laboratory
>> <http://icar.univ-lyon2.fr/> (CNRS <http://www.cnrs.fr/> and Lyon
>> University <http://lyon-university.org/>). His PhD thesis in French
>> Linguistics (École normale supérieure de Lyon <http://www.ens-lyon.eu/>,
>> France, 2009) was dedicated to the study of medieval French punctuation and
>> was based on a corpus of multi-layer TEI-XML transcriptions of manuscripts
>> and incunabula. He was involved in the Princeton Charrette Project
>> <http://www.princeton.edu/~lancelot/ss/> (2002-2006) and in the Saint-Petersburg
>> Hagiography Corpus <http://project.phil.spbu.ru/scat/> (2004). Since
>> 2004 he has been working on the BFM Old French Corpus
>> <http://bfm.ens-lyon.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=123> and on various
>> related research and publication projects. He is responsible for the TEI
>> encoding of the BFM texts, for their linguistic annotation and for
>> providing user access to them. He manages the BFM public website
>> <http://bfm.ens-lyon.fr/> and the web portal <http://txm.bfm-corpus.org/>.
>> This portal, developed by a team of ICAR researchers and engineers
>> (Matthieu Decorde, Céline Guillot, Serge Heiden, Alexei Lavrentiev and
>> Bénédicte Pincemin), provides a great number of services including KWIC
>> concordances, a text selection interface, presentation of synoptic
>> editions, statistical analysis, etc. He is a co-editor (with Christiane
>> Marchello-Nizia) of the *Queste del Saint Graal*
>> <http://txm.bfm-corpus.org/?command=documentation&path=/GRAAL> online
>> edition <http://txm.bfm-corpus.org/?command=documentation&path=/GRAAL>.
>>
>> As a member of the DM Board (2012-2014), A. Lavrentiev was one of the
>> wiki editors and news feed moderator. He represents the DM Board in the
>> program committee of the El'Manuscript conference
>> <http://textualheritage.org/content/view/486/209/lang,english/>.
>> Nominated a deputy director early in 2014, he assisted P. Stokes in
>> arranging and holding some board meetings.
>>
>> *****************************
>>
>> GEORG VOGELER
>>
>> I studied "Historical Auxiliary Sciences" at Freiburg and Munich. I wrote
>> a PhD on late Medieval Tax Adminstration Documents in the German
>> Territorial States and worked in the field diplomatics (yes, charters not
>> diplomats!) and cultural history of documentation (in particular in Italy
>> during the reign of Frederic II) In 2004 got intrigued by the possibilities
>> of the use of computer for medieval studies: I started the Charters
>> Encoding Initiative (http://www.cei.lmu.de), got involved in the
>> monasterium-project (http://www.monasterium.net), became member of the
>> Institut für Dokumentologie und Editorik (http://www.i-d-e.de), created
>> a e-Learning site on Palaeography (http://www.palaeographie-online.de),
>> started recently thinking about how to edit medieval accounting documents (
>> http://gams.uni-graz.at/rem) – and thus ended up in 2011 at the Centre
>> for Information Modelling/Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities at Graz
>> University (http://informationsmodellierung.uni-graz.at). Supporting the
>> community of Digital Medievalists seems thus to be natural consequence to
>> me which I would be happy to realize with a role in the editorial board of
>> DM.
>>
>>
>>
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