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Dear list members,
the Institute for Documentology and Scholarly Editing (IDE) is calling for contributions to an issue of the review journal RIDE, dedicated to "Tools and Environments for Digital Scholarly Editing."
The entire call is published under:
https://ride.i-d-e.de/reviewers/call-for-reviews/tools-and-environments-for…
If you are interested, please contact the editors, Roman Bleier (University of Graz) and Stefan Dumont (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities).
Submissions will be accepted until 31 January 2024.
Best,
Roman
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Bonjour à tous,
Les doctorants du Centre Jean-Mabillon (École nationale des chartes -
PSL) organisent une journée d’étude sur le thème « Source, poison ou
accident : comprendre le document dans les sciences historiques » le
jeudi 19 octobre 2023 au Campus Condorcet. Notre objectif est
d’aborder les sources comme objet à part entière et d’étudier leur
appropriation pour la recherche dans les sciences historiques. Nous
nous concentrerons en partie sur les biais - notamment numériques -
liés à cette démarche d'appropriation.
Le programme et les informations pratiques sont accessibles au lien
suivant : https://www.chartes.psl.eu/fr/source-poison-accident
Bien cordialement,
Virgile Reignier
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With apologies for cross-posting
The Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams project<http://www.projectdbbe.ugent.be/> (DBBE) will organize a conference on "Paratexts in Premodern Writing Cultures", which will take place in Ghent on 24-25 June 2024.
The study of paratexts has become increasingly crucial to the understanding of premodern book culture. The growing scholarly attention to the historical and cultural significance of the material features of textual supports has led to a keen interest in these texts that according to Genette's definition are situated on the threshold between the extratextual and the textual. They can be studied as unique vectors of knowledge, as testimonies to a history of reading, and as indications for spiritual, cultural, and economic motivations behind book production and consumption.
Since its inception in 2010, the DBBE project has aimed to collect Byzantine book epigrams (or: metrical paratexts) in an open-access online database<http://www.dbbe.ugent.be/>, conceived and developed with an interdisciplinary approach. Book epigrams, in the Byzantine Greek tradition, are poems that provide us with more information about the books they are written in. In many of these poems, scribes, patrons, and book owners reveal their presence and feelings, by means of colophons, prayers, and dedicatory epigrams. Book epigrams may also comment on the texts transmitted in the manuscripts and their authors, or on the miniatures that appear in books. In other book epigrams the readers are addressed and involved in an imaginary dialogue with the scribe or with the book itself. The paratextual dimension of book epigrams turns out to be a fascinating aspect that connects book culture with broader historical questions.
With this conference we aim to bring together scholars engaged in the exploration of premodern paratexts transmitted in a variety of languages (such as Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Coptic, Hebrew, Latin, Slavonic, Syriac). It is our aim to discuss the nature of paratextuality in medieval manuscripts, to reveal similarities and peculiarities of paratexts across language borders, and to understand the broader cultural and historical ramifications of paratexts. We are interested both in the textual evidence of medieval paratexts and in their material transmission.
A crucial aspect of the DBBE project has been its commitment to the development of innovative digital tools. In tandem with the thematic conference, we will also organize a workshop (on 26 June 2024) where computational approaches to the study of premodern languages are discussed. This workshop aims to stimulate an exchange of technical knowledge and good practices and to address the challenges of interoperability and sustainability. More information on this workshop (and a call for papers) will follow in due course.
We invite proposals both for 20-minute papers, and for poster pitches (5-10 minutes).
Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
1. Theoretical elaborations on the concept and definitions of paratext. Genette's framework includes the concept of paratext as the general term for referring both to peritexts (elements within a book), and epitexts (elements outside of a book). However, Genette's terminology avowedly applies only to the age of the printed book. When applying the concept of "paratext" to manuscript culture, crucial parameters change which alter its essence. Our corpus of book epigrams, for example, rather corresponds to the definition of "peritext". Hence, which theoretical and terminological frameworks can we adopt to better understand extratextual elements typical of premodern writing cultures?
2. New evidence. Which corpora of paratexts are still unexplored and worth being delved into and edited?
3. Texts and objects. How are paratexts displayed? To which extent can they supersede the appearance of the main text, being more visible and evident on the material support they appear?
4. Methodological elaborations that can be interesting from an intercultural or cross-language perspective. How is similar content (e.g., personal information on scribes, the physical labor of writing, indications of dating, reference to the length of the main text) expressed in different traditions? Which features of paratexts are common to any premodern writing culture, and which are cultural idiosyncrasies?
5. Formal features of paratexts. How does the metrical status of paratexts impact their visual or literary status? How is their language different from that of the main text? How can we approach the formulaic nature of many paratexts?
Please submit a title and a short abstract (approx. 300 words excluding references) of your paper to dbbe(a)ugent.be<mailto:dbbe@ugent.be> (subject "Paratexts - abstract") no later than 15 November 2023.
Abstracts should be attached as a PDF file named with the name of the presenters. Full names of the speakers, contact details and affiliation should be clearly written on top of the text. Please indicate whether you want to participate with either a paper or a poster pitch. Accepted speakers will be notified by mid-December.
Please note that we are considering the possibility of publishing selected papers presented at the conference. More information will be provided at a later stage.
For any further information, please visit our conference website (https://www.dbbe2024.ugent.be<https://www.dbbe2020.ugent.be/>).
We look forward to hearing from you, please reach out at dbbe(a)ugent.be<mailto:dbbe@ugent.be> for any enquiries.
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#gaudete!
Jenna Mead
BA (Hons) (ANU) MA PhD (Melb) Grad. Dip. Mod. Lang. (WestA)
Senior Honorary Research Fellow
School of Humanities
University of Western Australia
Research Associate, Culture and Communication
University of Melbourne
Respectfully living and working on unceded Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong Country.
Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
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1. Update: digital survey of manuscripts of the Etymologiae (v2.3.4 now out)
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From: Evina Stein <evincek(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [dm-l] Update: digital survey of manuscripts of the Etymologiae (v2.3.4 now out)
Date: 26 September 2023 at 6:33:48 pm AEST
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Dear DM community,
We are the Innovating Knowledge project (Huygens Institute, Amsterdam) have just gone through the annual post-project update of the project's database of the early medieval manuscripts transmitting the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville. This is the second annual update after the official end of the project in August 2021, so we are quite excited that it could take place. The current database version (2.3.4) now contains detailed information on 496 manuscripts (up from 492 last year).
The database can be accessed at: https://db.innovatingknowledge.nl/.
The data corresponding to v2.3.4 is published at: https://zenodo.org/record/8378866.
You can read more on the project at: https://innovatingknowledge.nl/.
We are still experiencing some difficulties with the display of images, but once they are sorted, the database will also include images of 428 manuscripts. Also, 381 of the manuscripts are digitized, and for 305, we include a IIIF manifest, so that they can be browsed via an integrated viewer directly in the database environment. Manuscripts with IIIF manifests are discernible by a small IIIF logo underneath the sample image (the viewer can be accessed by clicking on the logo).
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I hope you will find the database useful and the data reusable. The project is no longer actively funded, so we, unfortunately, can no longer fix the code or make any major technical changes, but if you spot any errors in the data, have information to add that you are willing to share, or know of manuscripts that you think should be included in this exhaustive survey of what survives and is known from before the year 1000, let me know.
Best wishes,
Evina
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Evina Stein
https://homomodernus.net/https://evinasteinova.academia.edu/
ORCID: 0000-0001-9428-4013<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9428-4013>
Project leader
Innovating Knowledge<http://innovatingknowledge.nl/> project (2018 - 2021)
Huygens Institute, KNAW, Amsterdam
Scientific lead
QVIRE<https://kinit.sk/project/qvire-cultural-ai-detecting-relevant-marks-from-sc…> project (2022 - 2023)
Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies, Bratislava
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Dear DM community,
We are the Innovating Knowledge project (Huygens Institute, Amsterdam) have just gone through the annual post-project update of the project's database of the early medieval manuscripts transmitting the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville. This is the second annual update after the official end of the project in August 2021, so we are quite excited that it could take place. The current database version (2.3.4) now contains detailed information on 496 manuscripts (up from 492 last year).
The database can be accessed at: https://db.innovatingknowledge.nl/.
The data corresponding to v2.3.4 is published at: https://zenodo.org/record/8378866.
You can read more on the project at: https://innovatingknowledge.nl/.
We are still experiencing some difficulties with the display of images, but once they are sorted, the database will also include images of 428 manuscripts. Also, 381 of the manuscripts are digitized, and for 305, we include a IIIF manifest, so that they can be browsed via an integrated viewer directly in the database environment. Manuscripts with IIIF manifests are discernible by a small IIIF logo underneath the sample image (the viewer can be accessed by clicking on the logo).
[image.png]
I hope you will find the database useful and the data reusable. The project is no longer actively funded, so we, unfortunately, can no longer fix the code or make any major technical changes, but if you spot any errors in the data, have information to add that you are willing to share, or know of manuscripts that you think should be included in this exhaustive survey of what survives and is known from before the year 1000, let me know.
Best wishes,
Evina
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Evina Stein
https://homomodernus.net/https://evinasteinova.academia.edu/
ORCID: 0000-0001-9428-4013<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9428-4013>
Project leader
Innovating Knowledge<http://innovatingknowledge.nl/> project (2018 - 2021)
Huygens Institute, KNAW, Amsterdam
Scientific lead
QVIRE<https://kinit.sk/project/qvire-cultural-ai-detecting-relevant-marks-from-sc…> project (2022 - 2023)
Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies, Bratislava
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Dear colleagues, Dear friends,
I hope this finds you well!
I would like to draw your attention to the following call for applications, which closes in less than two weeks (October 6th).
Please, feel free to distribute it among interested students and scholars!
All the best from Cologne,
Martina Filosa
Call for applications
International Workshop “Digital Approaches to Post-Byzantine Inscriptions”
December 4th - 7th, 2023 | University of Cologne (and online)
The Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies of the University of Cologne invites applications for the International Workshop “Digital Approaches to Post-Byzantine Inscriptions”, organised in the framework of the project “DiBS – Creating a Sustainable Digital Infrastructure for Research-Based Teaching in Byzantine Studies”, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. For more information on this project see https://uni.koeln/NXPQU
Assoc. Prof. Tsvetan Vasilev and Dr. Dimitar Iliev from the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia will introduce the audience to the fascinating world of post-Byzantine church murals and their accompanying texts. Topics like the place of the text in the iconographic programme of an Orthodox religious building, text reuse and intertextuality, church inscriptions as a part of cultural code and group identity on the Balkans during the Ottoman period, language contact and multilingualism, etc., will be discussed. The participants will also be introduced to the digital methods of encoding and visualisation of such inscriptions, including EpiDoc XML, front-end tools, indices and authority files.
Structure: The workshop will be hybrid and will take place from December 4th to 7th at the University of Cologne. Remote participation is not only possible but strongly encouraged. To ensure the workshop runs smoothly, the number of participants is limited to 15.
Eligibility: Postgraduate (Master or PhD) students in the fields of Byzantine Studies, Classics, Medieval History, or Digital Humanities, or early career researchers (less than three years since defense of the thesis) in the same fields. Prior training in epigraphy is not a prerequisite, though desirable.
Application: Please fill in the application form<https://forms.gle/yjDGa5taZY5hdLAy6> by October 6th. Successful applicants will be informed by mid-October. Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Martina Filosa at martina.filosa(a)uni-koeln.de<mailto:martina.filosa@uni-koeln.de>.
The full call for application can be found here: https://uni.koeln/M6KQG, as well as attached to this message.
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Martina Filosa, M.A.
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
ANR/DFG DigiByzSeal<https://ifa.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/forschung/byzantinistik-und-neugriechisch…> - VolkswagenStiftung DiBS<https://ifa.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/forschung/byzantinistik-und-neugriechisch…>
Universität zu Köln
Institut für Altertumskunde
Abteilung Byzantinistik und Neugriechische Philologie
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
D-50923 Köln
martina.filosa(a)uni-koeln.de<mailto:martina.filosa@uni-koeln.de>
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The editing of texts in many versions is one of the most difficult and most promising areas at the intersection of textual scholarship and digital humanities.
A two-day virtual conference, “Editing the Text, Editing the Page” on October 5 and 6, will focus on one of the core problems in this domain: how do we edit a text existing in many documents so that we can reflect the richness of every page while still being able compare the text of every page across every document? This virtual conference will bring together scholars from areas ranging from pre-CE texts, Biblical Texts, medieval, renaissance and modern texts, from Zoroastrian texts to Shakespeare and Beckett and beyond, together with experts in text-encoding and digital tool-making. The first day of the conference will have four one-hour workshop presentations on digital tools and environments; on the second day eight papers (with time for questions) will offer different perspectives on the field.
Conference presenters are: Elisa Beshero-Bondar, Peter Boot, Barbara Bordalejo, Gerrit Brüning, Alberto Cantera, Ionut Valentin Cucu, Roland Dekker, Gabriel Egan, Franz Fischer, Dirk Van Hulle, Diane Jakacki, Janelle Jenstad, Agnese Macchiarelli, Vincent Neyt, Daniel O’Donnell, Peter Robinson, Ulrich Schmid, Michael Sperberg-McQueen and Raffaele Viglianti.
The conference is organized by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Humanities, Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities and the University of Saskatchewan.
Please register at https://unive.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqdOCtqT4qGt1QdE-6nZyiXOcaCLQ1pVIJ. Once you have registered, you will get the link to the Zoom room.
Info: agnese.macchiarelli(a)unive.it<mailto:agnese.macchiarelli@unive.it>
The full program is attached. See also https://www.unive.it/data/agenda/2/?pagina=1&dal=2023-09-19&al=&testo=inter….
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Dear Colleagues,
Please consider applying. Deadline Sept. 20, 2023 submit to Harriet Sonne de Torrens, harriet.sonne(a)utoronto.ca<mailto:harriet.sonne@utoronto.ca> .
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A CALL FOR PAPERS
Leeds International Medieval Congress, 1-4 July 2024
https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2024/ for in-person presentations.
CRISIS IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES RESEARCH
If you are interested in presenting a 20-min paper in one of the two sessions being proposed (see below), please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words with a CV indicating your preferred session I or II. Send to Harriet Sonne de Torrens, harriet.sonne(a)utoronto.ca<mailto:harriet.sonne@utoronto.ca> by September 20, 2023.
Two Sessions Proposed:
Digital humanities research projects have significantly transformed the landscape of scholarly inquiry, enabling new avenues for exploration, analysis, and understanding of human culture, history, and society. However, the rapid advancement of technology, coupled with challenges related to sustainability and preservation, presents a pressing crisis for the future of these projects.
We are seeking 20-minute papers on the current crisis concerning sustainability issues facing digital researchers in Medieval Studies and the humanities. The crisis has reached a pivotal turning point. The sessions investigate the current landscape, internationally, and how Medievalists might work collectively to investigate all collaborative options, using linked open data, multiple hosting and other options available for the preservation of long-standing projects.
Session I: CRISIS IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES RESEARCH: The Transformation of Academic Research Libraries' Role in Digital Research Projects
Session II: CRISIS IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES RESEARCH: International Collaboration for the Sustainability of Digital Research Projects - It is Needed - But is it Feasible? What Next?
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Session I: CRISIS IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES RESEARCH: The Transformation of Academic Research Libraries' Role in Digital Research Projects
This session examines the current 'lay of the land' and the current status of the magnus shift that has occurred in the area of support from academic research libraries for digital humanities research projects. In recent decades several major academic libraries have reframed their earlier supportive role, leaving researchers unprepared for the next steps. This session introduces the current role of academic research libraries in academic communities, how this once pro-active area has changed and what it now means to digital humanities researchers as well as academic research libraries.
Possible paper topics may include:
* Case studies documenting experiences and shifts in academic communities.
* Current options or trends within academic research communities that have either replaced libraries' support for digital research projects or developed other options to support digital research projects.
* Historical overviews of the role of academic libraries and why there has been this magnus shift - why has this happened?
* What are the ramifications of this shift to not just researchers but academic research libraries?
* What are the most viable and long-term support initiatives today for digital humanities researchers in Medieval Studies within academic communities?
* An examination of the growing gap that between academic programs and courses dedicated to the digital humanities and the actual support for digital humanities researchers.
Session II: CRISIS IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES RESEARCH: International Collaboration for the Sustainability of Digital Research Projects - It is Needed - But is it Feasible? What Next?
This session examines community, national and international possibilities to collaborate with medievalists working with digital humanities research projects to ensure the longevity of long-standing research projects. A vision beyond the political boundaries of institutional mandates and funding is required. This session examines the challenges and rewards of collectively sharing concerns and embracing a range of methods to secure research for the future.
Possible paper topics may include:
* Visionary views of international collaboration
* Uniting digital researchers working in the Middle Ages? Do we need an association to address specific issues facing long-standing projects? Who do medievalists collectively need to do?
* New ways of approaching the problems of sustainability and longevity of specialized areas of digital humanities research
* Linked Open Data, the challenges and advantages when collaborating - who is doing what? What vocabularies are being utilized by medievalists in LOD?
* Information about the EU consortia seeking to address the current crisis in digital humanities research - who is doing what?
* Is it possible for North American and EU institutions to collaborate to address this crisis? What are the challenges for Medievalists?
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Harriet Sonne de Torrens, MISt., MA (Toronto), Ph.D. (University of Copenhagen), L.M.S.(PIMS, University of Toronto)
Email preferred: harriet.sonne(a)utoronto.ca<mailto:harriet.sonne@utoronto.ca>. Pronouns: she/her
Scholarship: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-9877 AND https://utoronto.academia.edu/HarrietSonnedeTorrens
BSI Digital Humanities Project https://bsi.dhn.utoronto.ca/
and https://eadh.org/projects/baptisteria-sacra-index
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We at the Middle English Texts Series are still looking for a few more papers for our co-sponsored Kalamazoo 2024 panels in honor of Russell Peck. Please see the CFPs below and contact us if you have any questions!
Best wishes,
Mead Bowen
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English
Mellon Fellow in the Digital Humanities, 2021-2023
University of Rochester
Teaching the Middle English Text Series (METS): A Roundtable in Honor of Russell A. Peck
Co-sponsors: Rossell Hope Robbins Library (University of Rochester) and TEAMS
This roundtable will celebrate the legacy of Russell Peck as the founder of the TEAMS Middle English Text Series (METS) and an award-winning educator. It will also celebrate the launch of the METS' new digital editions. We invite participants to share innovative approaches to using METS texts in the classroom -- and outside of it. We particularly encourage approaches that utilize less-common METS texts, that pair METS editions with digital tools, the use of METS in diverse classroom communities, and challenges posed by the Series, as well as proposed new ways forward.
Contact: Anna Siebach-Larsen (annasiebachlarsen(a)rochester.edu)
Submit abstracts by September 15 at https://icms.confex.com/icms/2024/cfp.cgi<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ficms.confex.com%2Ficms%2F2024%…>
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The Past and Future of Digital Editions: A Session in Honor of Russell A. Peck
Co-sponsors: Rossell Hope Robbins Library (University of Rochester) and TEAMS
Digital scholarship, digital editions, and digital training have increasingly been held up as a cornerstone of the future of medieval studies. However, hidden below the clamor for is an epidemic of technical debt, exhausted and overlooked practitioners, and unstable funding. This panel invites participants to chart the hidden labor and costs of digital editions, and to chart a more just and sustainable path forward. We welcome papers that explore the realities of digital edition projects across disciplines and professions, best practices and workflows, and visions of the future for creators, users, and communities. We particularly invite papers from practitioners.
Contact: Anna Siebach-Larsen (annasiebachlarsen(a)rochester.edu)
Submit abstracts by September 15 at https://icms.confex.com/icms/2024/cfp.cgi<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ficms.confex.com%2Ficms%2F2024%…>