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Digitizing and Encoding Seals: SigiDoc and RTI-Dome in action
by Simona Stoyanova 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

*apologies for cross-posting* Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH), Department of Humanities, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, January 20-21, 2020 We invite applications for a two-day workshop in digitizing and encoding ancient seals, hosted by the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH) at the Department for the Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, January 20-21, 2020. The aim of the workshop is to present and discuss solutions, currently under development, concerning an XML-based and TEI-compliant data model for the description of Byzantine seals – and, with minor adjustments, of other coin-like objects, such as bread stamps, Hellenistic or Western Medieval seals and sealings. For this purpose, participants will be introduced to a new encoding standard: SigiDoc, the first attempt to adapt and extend the digital approach – already applied to inscriptions, coins and papyri – to seals. SigiDoc builds on the experience of the EpiDoc encoding standard and its customisable publication platform EFES (EpiDoc Front End Services). The introduction into the methodology and functionalities of both SigiDoc and EFES will take place during the first half of the workshop, followed by hands-on training sessions on the second day. The final session of the workshop will be dedicated to discussing challenges and solutions to open issues within the development of SigiDoc, as well as the questions and suggestions arising from the participants. The workshop will also feature an introduction and a practical demonstration of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), a cutting edge imaging technology especially well-suited for the digitization of seals. With RTI, an object is photographed multiple times with lightning from different angles. These images are then computationally processed and presented in a way that allows the viewer to virtually move the light source on-screen, thus making visible and discernible finest and most subtle structure of the object’s surface. Legibility and analysis of visual features can be significantly improved. Participants in the RTI session will be introduced into the use of RTI technology, techniques and equipment, and their applications in sigillography. During the RTI session, seals and other objects (brought by the participants) will be digitised using a custom built RTI dome. Lessons and hands-on training will be offered by Alessio Sopracasa (Sorbonne University, Paris), Simona Stoyanova (University of Nottingham), Martina Filosa (University of Cologne), and Marcel Schaeben (CCeH, University of Cologne). To apply for a place on this workshop, please send an application to vedph(a)unive.it by December 27 including a brief description of your interest in the workshop as well as your scholarly background. Basic knowledge of TEI-XML as well as of Ancient/Byzantine Greek are desirable. Programme: Monday Jan 20th 13.00 Welcome 13.15 Introducing SigiDoc - A digital standard for describing seals 14.15 Digitizing seals - A practical introduction to RTI 15.30 Coffee Break 16.00 Encoding seals - Introduction to EFES 19.00 End first day Tuesday Jan 21st 9.00 Indexing and authority files 10.00 Coffee Break 10.30 Faceted search and other features 12.00 Lunch Break 13.00 Hands-on training SigiDoc/EFES 14.30 Evaluation of the RTI test results 15.00 Coffee Break 15.30 Hands-on training SigiDoc/EFES 17.00 THE END *Venue:* Sala Piccola, Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà, Dorsoduro 3484/D - 30123 Venezia Application deadline: *27 December 2019* Contact: vedph(a)unive.it More information (soon) at: https://www.unive.it/vedph -- Simona Stoyanova Research Associate ERC project LatinNOW University of Nottingham www.latinnow.eu Research Fellow Institute of Classical Studies University of London Senate House, Malet Street London WC1E 7HU <simona.stoyanova(a)sas.ac.uk> Tel: +44 (0)20 7862 8724 <+44+(0)20+7862+8724>

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AIUCD 2020 - registration extended until 6th JANUARY 2020
by Franzini Greta 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

** With apologies for cross-posting ** Dear colleagues, The registration period for the AIUCD 2020 conference has been extended until ***6th JANUARY 2020***. For more information about registration, please visit: https://aiucd2020.unicatt.it/aiucd-registrazione-info-registrazione (English version available in the top-right corner of the site) Should you have any questions/doubts, please don’t hesitate to contact us at: aiucd2020(a)unicatt.it<mailto:aiucd2020@unicatt.it> We hope to see many of you in Milan. Kind regards, Greta —— Greta H. Franzini, Ph.D Postdoctoral Researcher LiLa: Linking Latin [ERC n. 769994]: https://lila-erc.eu +39 02 72342954 | greta.franzini(a)unicatt.it<mailto:greta.franzini@unicatt.it> | http://gretafranzini.com/ Institutional page: http://docenti.unicatt.it/eng/greta_franzini/ ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1159-5575 CIRCSE Research Centre: https://centridiricerca.unicatt.it/circse_index.html Facoltà di Scienze Linguistiche e Letterature Straniere Franciscanum Building, 2nd Floor, room 209 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Largo Gemelli 1, 20123 Milan, Italy Digital Medievalist Journal: https://journal.digitalmedievalist.org/ Umanistica Digitale Journal: https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it Associazione per l’Informatica Umanistica e la Cultura Digitale (AIUCD): http://www.aiucd.it/

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Manuscript Studies_ Announcements and CFP
by Ransom, Lynn 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

The editors of Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries are pleased to make the following announcements: * The Fall 2019 issue is out! Abstracts are available here: https://mss.pennpress.org/about/current-issue-abstracts/. * We are seeking peer-reviewed article submissions for the Spring 2021 issue and beyond. Articles for possible publication in the Spring 2021 should be submitted no later than June 1, 2020. * Non-peer review Annotations can be submitted up to February 1, 2020 for the Spring 2020 issue. Annotations submitted after that date are eligible for publication in Fall 2020 and beyond. * Thanks to a generous agreement with the University of Pennsylvania Press, all Articles and Annotations in Manuscript Studies are made available for open access after one year from the date of publication. Articles and Annotations from Vol. 3:2 (Fall 2018) are now available for downloading on Penn's Scholarly Commons repository. To access the pdfs, go to: http://repository.upenn.edu/mss_sims/ Manuscript Studies brings together scholarship from around the world and across disciplines related to the study of pre-modern manuscript books and documents. This peer-reviewed journal is open to contributions that rely on both traditional methodologies of manuscript study and those that explore the potential of new ones. We publish articles that engage in a larger conversation on manuscript culture and its continued relevance in today's world and highlight the value of manuscript evidence in understanding our shared cultural and intellectual heritage. Studies that incorporate digital methodologies to further understanding of the physical and conceptual structures of the manuscript book are encouraged. A separate section, entitled Annotations, features research in progress and digital project reports. For more information and to subscribe, go to http://mss.pennpress.org. For direct inquiries, please contact the editors at sims-mss(a)pobox.upenn.edu<mailto:sims-mss@pobox.upenn.edu> . **feel free to forward this message to any interested parties**

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Winter school / Ecole d'hiver - Les humanités numériques dans les projets de recherches des doctorants / Digital Humanities in PhD research projects
by Elena Spadini 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

*Apologies for cross posting* *French below* Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the second edition of the winter school *EnExDi*. After the success of 2019, EnExDi comes back to *Poitiers* in *2020*, on *February 10 to 14*, with a new extended program. EnExDi is supported by e-C@NA, COMUE Léonard de Vinci et the PhD school "Humanités", in partnership with Humanistica and AIUCD. In EnExDi, the participants' research project are central: theoretical and practical courses alternate with ateliers where instructors and participants work together on the projects. Registrations are open until December 27. The languages of the school are French and English. See you soon in Poitiers ! Fatiha Idmhand, Henrik Eijsberg, ABC-DH Team (Greta Franzini, Simon Gabay, Simone Rebora, Elena Spadini, Giovanni Pietro Vitali) ---- Bonjour, Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la seconde édition de l'école d'hiver *EnExDi*. Forte du succès de 2019, EnExDi revient à *Poitiers* en *2020*, du *10 au 14 février*, avec un nouveau programme. EnExDi est soutenue par le projet région e-C@NA, la COMUE Léonard de Vinci et l’Ecole Doctorale « Humanités » (ED612). Elle est également labellisée par l’association francophone des Humanités Numériques Humanistica. (Re-)Venez nombreux! Fatiha Idmhand, Hendrik Eijsberg, équipe ABC-DH (Greta Franzini, Simon Gabay, Simone Rebora, Elena Spadini, Giovanni Pietro Vitali) [image: Imagen en el mensaje] *Les humanités numériques dans les projets de recherche* *Maison des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société de Poitiers du 10 au 14 février 2020.* *EnExDi est une école d’hiver *qui propose aux doctorant.e.s et post-doctorant.e.s de se former aux technologies des humanités numériques. Elle est également ouverte aux chercheurs.euses plus avancés et qui ont besoin d’un accompagnement. *Durant les cinq jours de formation les participant.e.s seront amené.e.s à découvrir les fondamentaux des humanités numériques*, en termes de bonnes pratiques et de réflexions méthodologiques et à travailler avec un choix d'approches et de techniques, comme l'encodage de textes, le traitement automatique du langage, l'analyse sémantique et stylistique, la visualisation de données et la diffusion numérique des résultats de la recherche. Cette *formation introductive* permet aussi aux participant.e.s de connaître le panorama des outils, des pratiques et de la bibliographie, et d'obtenir des indications sur comment poursuivre l'apprentissage des compétences acquises. *La formation repose sur une démarche bottom up* : les participant.e.s expliquent leur projets de recherche, les formateurs et formatrices suggèrent et donnent des pistes sur la façon d'utiliser les humanités numériques et computationnelles pour atteindre les objectifs de recherche. *Informations, contacts & inscriptions : https://enexdi.sciencesconf.org/ <https://enexdi.sciencesconf.org/>* * #enexdi2020 * -- https://elespdn.github.io/io/ PostDoc - UNIL Centre de recherches sur les lettres romandes <http://www.unil.ch/crlr>

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Viking and Medieval Norse Studies
by Haraldur Bernharðsson 26 Nov '19

26 Nov '19

**Please share with anyone interested** [cid:DD50DF50-1CA1-48F9-894C-55898D43D148] The University of Iceland offers two international graduate programs in medieval studies, taught in English: (1) Medieval Icelandic Studies, a three-semester (90 ECTS) graduate program, with two semesters' (60 ECTS) worth of course work and one semester's worth (30 ECTS) master's thesis. The summer semester is the thesis semester, which means that the program can be completed in 13 months. See https://english.hi.is/medieval_icelandic_studies (2) Viking and Medieval Norse Studies, a four-semester (120 ECTS) graduate program run in cooperation with the University of Oslo in Norway, Aarhus University and Copenhagen University in Denmark. The first year--60 ECTS' worth of course work--take place in Iceland, but the third semester is spent either in Oslo, Aarhus, or Copenhagen, completing 30 ECTS of courses. The fourth semester is devoted to writing the master's thesis, and can be spent in Iceland or Oslo. See http://oldnorse.is/ Deadline for applications: February 1, 2020. Questions? Email oldnorse(a)hi.is<mailto:oldnorse@hi.is> **Please share with anyone interested** --------------------- Haraldur Bernharðsson, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medieval Studies University of Iceland -- The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Árnagarði við Suðurgötu IS-101 Reykjavík I C E L A N D + 354 525-4023 / +354 891-7511 - haraldr(a)hi.is<mailto:haraldr@hi.is> - https://uni.hi.is/haraldr/en/ - Skype: haraldur_bernhardsson --------------------- Viking and Medieval Norse Studies Program: http://oldnorse.is/

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Introducing DM’s Student and Early-Career Sub-Committee
by Alberto Campagnolo 25 Nov '19

25 Nov '19

Dear Digital Medievalist Members If you recall, a couple of years ago, we ran a community survey to better understand our constituency, and its interests and expectations. We have used the survey results to guide our decisions and better represent the DM community. A significant issue that was highlighted by the survey was a certain lack of participation by part of (post-)graduate students and early career researchers. We have decided to tackle the problem by instituting a new subcommittee of students and early career scholars to work in parallel to the Executive Board, aiming at engaging with their peers and help the board in its activities. We have invited 8 outstanding and enthusiastic candidates to be part of this first instalment of the subcommittee. I will work as a liaison between the two boards to guarantee active communication and collaboration between the two boards. If the experiment will be successful—and I am confident it will!—we would like to call on the community once more to update the bylaws and make the subcommittee an official branch of DM, with regular calls for nominations and elections, as it is for the Executive Board. Allow me, therefore, to introduce the members of the subcommittee (in alphabetical order): Hannah Busch: PhD candidate studying the application of Artificial Intelligence for the study of medieval Latin palaeography, at Huygens ING, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Nathan Daniels: PhD candidate in History at Johns Hopkins University, studying Parisian guilds, urban space and topography, with related interests in digital editions of historical texts, linked open data, and mapping. Selina Galka: currently finishing the Joint-Masters-Degree in German Medieval Philology and studying the MA “Digital Humanities” at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz. Tessa Gengnagel: PhD candidate at the University of Cologne, with a background in History and Latin Philology of the Middle Ages and an interest in digital scholarly editions of non-textual materials. James Harr, III: PhD student focusing on medieval media studies, petitionary networks, and material semiotics in the Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media program at North Carolina State University. Aylin Malcolm: PhD candidate studying medieval literature and science, including digital editions of scientific manuscripts, at the University of Pennsylvania. Caitlin Postal: PhD student caught between medieval literature, material culture, temporality, and digitality at the University of Washington. Daniela Schulz studied History and English in Cologne, with a focus on medieval history, and also received some training in what’s now commonly called “Digital Humanities”. She is writing a doctoral thesis focusing on the digital edition of an early medieval Roman law text. Alberto Campagnolo <https://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/about/executive-board/#AC>

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Position announcement: 2 x 12 months at IRHT for HOME (History of Medieval Europe) project
by Dominique Stutzmann 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

**feel free to share with any interested parties and lists** *Two open positions for 12 months at Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes (IRHT, Paris)* (1) http://bit.ly/320McJy Ingénieur-e d'études en traitement de données textuelles sur les cartulaires médiévaux (H/F) (2) http://bit.ly/323Yyk2 Ingénieur-e de recherche en traitement de données textuelles sur les cartulaires médiévaux (H/F) For the European research project HOME - History of Medieval Europe (https://www.history-of-medieval-europe.eu/), we are seeking two colleagues for the Humanities team in IRHT (Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes). Position (1) is mainly concerned with textual data management (structuring, modelling, annotating), more details at http://bit.ly/320McJy. Position (2) is mainly concerned with historical data analysis, enhancing the output of AI-based image analysis (act segmentation in cartularies, named entity recognition and linking) and using these large data sets to produce new scholarly research. More details at http://bit.ly/323Yyk2 Job description is in French. A minimal knowledge of French is required, but applications may be written in English. Application deadline: 21/11/2019 Best wishes, Dominique -- M. Dominique Stutzmann Chargé de recherche Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes (CNRS, UPR 841) Responsable de la section de Paléographie latine

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AIUCD 2020 - provisional programme
by Franzini Greta 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

**With apologies for cross-posting** Dear colleagues, The provisional programme of AIUCD 2020 has been published: https://aiucd2020.unicatt.it/aiucd-programma Please be reminded that Early Bird registration is available until 15th November: https://aiucd2020.unicatt.it/aiucd-registrazione-info-registrazione For queries, please write to: aiucd2020(a)unicatt.it<mailto:aiucd2020@unicatt.it> We look forward to welcoming you in Milan! Greta Franzini ----- Greta H. Franzini, Ph.D Postdoctoral Researcher LiLa: Linking Latin [ERC n. 769994]: https://lila-erc.eu +39 02 72342954 | greta.franzini(a)unicatt.it<mailto:greta.franzini@unicatt.it> | http://gretafranzini.com/ Institutional page: http://docenti.unicatt.it/eng/greta_franzini/ ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1159-5575 CIRCSE Research Centre: https://centridiricerca.unicatt.it/circse_index.html Facoltà di Scienze Linguistiche e Letterature Straniere Franciscanum Building, 2nd Floor, room 209 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Largo Gemelli 1, 20123 Milan, Italy Digital Medievalist Journal: https://journal.digitalmedievalist.org/ Umanistica Digitale Journal: https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it Associazione per l’Informatica Umanistica e la Cultura Digitale (AIUCD): http://www.aiucd.it/

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Reminder: CfP Growing Corpora. Byzantine Book Epigrams and Online Text Collections (deadline 15 November)
by Ilse De Vos 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

*With apologies for cross-posting* Dear colleagues, A friendly reminder that the deadline for submitting an abstract to partake in the 'Growing Corpora<https://www.dbbe2020.ugent.be>' conference (Ghent, 24-25 June 2020) is approaching. We encourage interested participants to send us their proposals by Friday 15 November. Please do not hesitate to specify whether you want to be considered for financial support<https://www.dbbe2020.ugent.be/practicalities/#Financialsupport>. Best wishes, Ilse De Vos (on behalf of the DBBE team<https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/pages/team>) Call for papers GROWING CORPORA Byzantine Book Epigrams and Online Text Collections ________________________________ Ghent, 24-25 June 2020 Since 2010, the Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams team (that is: we) have been growing an online corpus of metrical paratexts, several of which were previously unpublished or unknown altogether, and made them freely available to the scholarly community (that is: you). A new version of our database (https://www.dbbe.ugent.be<https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/>) was launched in June 2019. Exactly one year later, we are organising a two-day conference. Together with anyone interested in this particular genre of Byzantine poetry, we want to celebrate and reflect on what we have achieved so far and look ahead at what is – hopefully! – yet to come. Moreover, we want to stimulate communication and collaboration with other projects that are growing online corpora of texts. You can partake in two different types of sessions. In our demo sessions you can present your project and discuss your experiences in growing your online corpus (10-15 minutes). We are confident this will lead to a lively discussion on challenges we all face, such as data presentation, interoperability, and sustainability. In our thematic sessions you can present your research on Byzantine book epigrams (20 minutes). Possible topics include: * editing book epigrams; * theoretical reflections on the concept of book epigrams and other metrical paratexts; * book epigrams as a way to study the history of manuscripts; * visual aspects of book epigrams; * literary texts that function (or may have functioned) as book epigrams; * metre and language of book epigrams; * book epigrams in languages other than Greek. We especially welcome contributions inspired by the Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams. Confirmed speakers<https://www.dbbe2020.ugent.be/programme/> include Georgi Parpulov (University of Birmingham) and Andreas Rhoby (Austrian Academy of Sciences). Interested? Send us an abstract (up to 300 words, PDF) by 15 November 2019 (dbbe(a)ugent.be<mailto:dbbe@ugent.be>, subject “Growing Corpora – abstract”) and we will get back to you early December. Note that we want our conference to reflect who we are as a team<https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/pages/team>: welcoming and inclusive. Costs will be kept to a minimum and we are working hard to secure funding to support anyone for whom traveling might not be evident, including early career or independent scholars and carers of young children. For any further information, please visit our conference website (https://www.dbbe2020.ugent.be<https://www.dbbe2020.ugent.be/>).

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2019 Schoenberg Symposium_Happening this month!
by Ransom, Lynn 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

In partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS) at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries is pleased to announce: The 12th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age November 21-23, 2019 Hooking Up The concept of linked open data is the holy grail of the digital humanities. Yet the problem of how to link information across platforms has existed since civilization began. As knowledge and learning expanded in pre-modern society, the problems associated with collecting, combining, and disseminating information inspired new approaches to and technologies for the material text. In the internet age, we continue to grapple with the same problems and issues. While technologies have changed, the questions remain the same. This year's symposium explores the connections between historic and current approaches to data linkage in regard to manuscripts and manuscript research. Hooking Up addresses the topic from a variety of angles and considers how the manuscript book operates as a vehicle for information retrieval and dissemination from the technology of the page and the textual apparatus of a book, to the library, and finally, the internet. We will also consider such questions as how medieval practices of memory shaped information retrieval and gathering, how did the technology of the manuscripts book-in all its many forms-facilitate or hinder information processing, how can medieval solutions inform modern technologies, and how do modern technologies illuminate medieval practices? The program will also feature sessions highlighting projects that are advancing linked data technologies for manuscript researchers, including the T-AP Digging Into Data Challenge project Mapping Manuscript Migrations<http://mappingmanuscriptmigrations.org/>. For more information and to register, go to http://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/ljs-symposium12.

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