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Ménestrels au Canada, 21-22 oct. 2019
by Kouky Fianu 19 Sep '18

19 Sep '18

For submission to the mailing list. Thanks. Prof. Kouky Fianu University of Ottawa

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CfP - AIUCD2019 ‘Pedagogy, teaching, and research in the age of Digital Humanities’
by Alberto Campagnolo 19 Sep '18

19 Sep '18

With Apologies for Cross-posting The main topic of the AIUCD 2019 Conference is ‘Pedagogy, teaching, and research in the age of Digital Humanities’. The conference aims at reflecting on the new possibilities that the digital yields for pedagogy, teaching, and scholarly research: how will these transform teaching in the humanities? What contributions can humanistic cultural critique offer to the digital revolution? What is the connection with the digitization plan for Universities outlined by the Ministry? It also concerns the Digital Humanities as a new discipline, and this brings forward further considerations: how can the new professional figure of the digital humanist be developed? Which areas of knowledge define the Digital Humanities as a subject of study, research, and teaching? How can we recognise, classify, describe, and evaluate research efforts in the Digital Humanities? While open to other topics related to Digital Humanities, proposals for contributions are particularly encouraged on the following: - - General questions: - *the epistemological positioning and area of knowledge of DH in relation to the systems of Academic Research Areas (Settori Scientifico-Disciplinari) and Recruiting in Italy;* - the positioning of DH in the European and International academic systems; - the evaluation of research in DH beyond traditional publications; - dissemination, public history, and crowdsourcing within research projects; - the role of inter(multi-trans-cross)-disciplinary DH research in European projects, enquiry, and teaching. - Pedagogy and teaching questions: - *teaching DH: which models, technologies, and methods?* - teaching the humanities in secondary schools and universities with DH tools; - teaching DH at the University: how is it taught today? - DH and media: production, dissemination, and analytical prospects - teaching history and DH; - DH and didactic strategies; - DH and hands-on teaching practices; - DH and primary source teaching; - Big Data methodologies and technologies in DH research and teaching. - Questions concerning research efforts: - *statistical and quantitative research methods and their teaching applications;* - Data Science and the role of DH in the definition of new knowledge; - Information science and DH: meeting points and methodological integration; - cultural and social impact of humanities research with computational methodologies; - Semantic web technologies and linked open data in the humanities; - models and tools for knowledge representation in the humanities and the cultural heritage sector; - visualization methodologies and technologies and their significance for humanities and cultural heritage knowledge and information; - Natural Language Processing methodologies and applications for the humanities; - digitization methodologies and technologies for the production, preservation, and promotion of digital cultural heritage. DEADLINES The deadline for submitting proposals is the 25th October 2018 (h. 23.59 CET ). Notifications of acceptance will be sent to the authors by 15th December 2018. The official languages of the Conference are Italian and English. However, it is possible to present in other languages if English slides are provided. PROPOSAL CATEGORIES AND SUBMISSION Proposals must be sent in the form of an extended abstract (see below for details), using the ConfTool conference management system, accessible at: http://www.conftool.net/aiucd2019 The Conference provides the following proposal categories: - - 1. long proposal (30 mins: 20 mins + 10 mins for for questions and answers): it should discuss innovative methodologies and their theoretical foundations, experiences of analysis and applications that are methodologically significant within a discipline; presentations devoted to presenting a specific tool or resource are acceptable only if they include a thorough critical discussion of the methods used and/or a theoretical evaluation of the results obtained; 2. short proposal (20 mins: 15 mins + 5 mins for questions and answers): it must present a mature research product or a research project; 3. panel (90 or 45 mins, including questions and answers): a series of presentations (maximum 6) should describe, from a theoretical and methodological point of view, a specific topic or a critical presentation of the grounding, methods and results of a big project; 4. poster: must primarily address the progress of an ongoing project or the technical details of a tool or of a digital resource; 5. workshop and tutorial: in the two days prior to the Conference, one or two workshops or tutorials on topics or tools of interest to the DH community will be accepted. Proposals will be evaluated through double-blind peer review by scholars in the Humanities, Computer Science and/or Digital Humanities. The proposal evaluation will be carried out based on the following criteria: - - - Relevance to the topic of the conference; consistency with the Digital Humanities and Digital Culture domains. - Originality, relevance, or innovative approach. - Methodological rigour, accurate description of the methodology; the research presented should be reproducible - Adequacy of the theoretical and conceptual approach to the reference domain. - Consistency of arguments; clear definition of the objectives; coherence between objectives and results. - Critical analysis of the literature; a bibliography - Quality of any technical solutions proposed within the reference domain. - Good balance between the Humanities and Computer Science components of the research. - Structure of the text; quality of writing; ease of understanding; explanations of scientific language. At the end of the evaluation process, the Program Committee may decide to move an accepted proposal to a different category of presentation. To submit a proposal, please sign into ConfTool ( http://www.conftool.net/aiucd2019). When submitting a proposal, authors must specify keywords from those suggested by the platform in order to facilitate the review process. PROPOSAL STRUCTURE AND FORMATS Proposals must clearly present the goals of the contribution, provide a brief overview of current research in the field, specify and discuss the methodology adopted and, where appropriate, the results obtained or expected. The abstracts will be published in a book with an ISBN identifier. The most promising contributions will be selected for publication as full articles in the AIUCD Umanistica Digitale journal ( https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it). Proposals must also include a short bibliography. Figures or tables may be included. The length of the proposal varies depending on the type of proposal: - - - Long paper proposal should be 1500-1800 words in length (including footnotes but excluding the bibliography); - Short paper and poster proposals should be 800-1000 words in length (including footnotes but excluding the bibliography); - Panel proposals should be 800-1000 words in length plus 200-250 words for each single presentation, (including footnotes but excluding the bibliography); - Workshop or tutorial proposals should be at least 1000 words and include: a title and a short description of the content and its relevance to the conference and the DH community in general, complete information of all tutors with a brief description of their research interests and previous experience, requests for technical support at the conference, and whether the workshop will have its own Call for Participation. When submitting the proposal, ConfTool also requires the provision of a short abstract (300 words). Proposals should be drafted according to the templates available at: - - - Word: template-abstract-AIUCD2019-en.doc <https://aiucd2019.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/template-abstract-aiucd2019-e…> - ODT: template-abstract-AIUCD2019-en.odt <https://aiucd2019.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/template-abstract-aiucd2019-e…> which also includes editorial specifications. Valid formats are DOCX, DOC, and ODT. The official languages of the AIUCD 2019 Conference are Italian and English, but it is possible to submit a proposal also in the following languages: French, German and Spanish. In these cases, it is mandatory to provide a short abstract in English in ConfTool. Posters should be written in Italian or English. Posters will also need to clearly present the objectives of the project, provide a brief overview of the state of the art and the methodologies adopted and, where appropriate, the results obtained or expected. They must also contain a short bibliography. The format is portrait A1 (841×594 mm). Posters will be displayed in a dedicated space at the Conference venue. Display panels will be provided. Please bring your poster already printed, as we are unable to provide a printing service. Personal laptop computers may be used in the poster exhibition area. If your presentation includes a laptop, please inform the organising committee on acceptance of your proposal. Specific poster slam sessions will be scheduled in the Conference programme to give authors the opportunity to briefly introduce (max 2 minutes) their poster. -- Alberto Campagnolo, PhD CLIR <https://www.clir.org/> Postdoctoral Fellow in Data Curation for Medieval Studies Digital Humanities & Archaeology of the book Researcher *Digital Medievalist Director <https://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/>* Mob. +1-202-766-9626 (USA) Mob. +39 347 11 67 355 (IT) Orcid: orcid.org/0000-0002-8672-8400

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11th Annual Schoenberg Symposium_Registration open!
by Ransom, Lynn 17 Sep '18

17 Sep '18

In partnership with the Rare Book Department<https://libwww.freelibrary.org/rarebooks/index.cfm> of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS<http://schoenberginstitute.org/>) at the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce the 11th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age: IIlluminations: Manuscript, Medium, Message<https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/events/kislak/SIMS/ljs-symposium11> November 15-17, 2018 Manuscript illumination has often been considered in relation to the texts it accompanies, but rarely in terms of its interplay with other artistic media. Historically, however, the technique was closely associated with other forms of artistic expression and served as a crucial point of contact and transfer for visual motifs across space and time. The goal of this year's symposium is to examine cases of intermedial exchange through the lenses of technique, style, iconography, social context, and cultural geography, while also posing broader questions about the deep connections between the craft of illumination and other arts more widely. Of special interest will be insights gained from the technical examination of works in different media, new comparisons made possible by digital technology, and the discovery of linkages once obscured by strict historiographical divisions The program will begin Thursday evening at 5:00 pm on November 15, 2018, at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library, with a keynote lecture by Professor Susie Nash of the Courtauld Institute of Art. The symposium will continue November 16th-17th at the Kislak Center of Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania. For more information on the program and to register, please go to http://www.library.upenn.edu/about/events/kislak/SIMS/ljs-symposium11

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UCLA Workshop on Digital Humanities, Helsinki Nov 7-8
by Jouni Tuominen 12 Sep '18

12 Sep '18

Dear colleagues, On November 7-8, 2018 we are organising a two-day workshop on digital humanities infrastructure and cultural heritage modelling at the Helsinki Centre for Digital Humanities (HELDIG). Core people of the DH Lab at UCLA (Annelie Rugg and Anthony Caldwell) will share their experiences. The idea is that this is a good chance to develop our thoughts about DH infrastructure, teaching and research at the University of Helsinki and beyond. The workshop is well suited for memory organisations as well. Please remember to sign up in time because the places at the workshop are limited. For more information, see: http://heldig.fi/ucla-dh-workshop-nov-2018 Best regards, Jouni Tuominen -- Jouni Tuominen, Coordinating researcher Helsinki Centre for Digital Humanities (HELDIG) University of Helsinki and Aalto University HELDIG: Room A130, Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40, Helsinki Aalto: Room B126, Computer Science Building, Konemiehentie 2, Espoo +358 50 556 0402 http://seco.cs.aalto.fi/u/jwtuomin/

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Validation of POSTDATA’s data model
by LUCIANA AYCIRIEX . 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

[Apologies for cross-posting] Dear colleagues, One of the main aims of the project POSTDATA is to provide a means to publish European poetry data as Linked Open Data (LOD). With this goal in mind, we created a common data model that must cover any relevant concepts to carry out research about European poetry. The project is very ambitious, and we cannot develop it successfully without your collaboration. What do we need from you? We would like you to select any poetic resource of your interest and try to fill in this form <http://postdata-model-validation.linhd.es> about it with any pertinent information for your research. In exchange for your collaboration, whenever the validation process is over, you will receive an RDF dataset with the data you provided in this form. Thank you very much for your collaboration! POSTDATA Team Luciana Ayciriex R&D Project Manager Laboratorio de Innovación en Humanidades Digitales Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática, UNED Juan del Rosal, 16 28040 MADRID tel. 913988239 [1495805924928_linhd_signature.png] [1487162382233_POSTDATA] www.linhd.es<http://linhd.es/> www.postdata.linhd.es<http://postdata.linhd.es/> AVISO LEGAL. Este mensaje puede contener información reservada y confidencial. Si usted no es el destinatario no está autorizado a copiar, reproducir o distribuir este mensaje ni su contenido. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos que lo notifique al remitente. Le informamos de que sus datos personales, que puedan constar en este mensaje, serán tratados en calidad de responsable de tratamiento por la UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA (UNED) c/ Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015-MADRID-, con la finalidad de mantener el contacto con usted. La base jurídica que legitima este tratamiento, será su consentimiento, el interés legítimo o la necesidad para gestionar una relación contractual o similar. En cualquier momento podrá ejercer sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, supresión, oposición, limitación al tratamiento o portabilidad de los datos, ante la UNED, Departamento de Política Jurídica de Seguridad de la Información<http://portal.uned.es/portal/page?_pageid=93,24432769,93_24432770&_dad=port…>, o a través de la Sede electrónica<https://sede.uned.es/> de la Universidad. Para más información visite nuestra Política de Privacidad<https://descargas.uned.es/publico/pdf/Politica_privacidad_UNED.pdf>.

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"The Library: Spaces of Thought and Knowledge Systems", today opening of the Cologne Mediaevistentagung
by Franz Fischer 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Dear digital medievalists, For spontaneous conference goers: Today opens the 41st Cologne Mediaevistentagung under the title "The Library: Spaces of Thought and Knowledge Systems". http://kmt.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de Admittedly, there are only little digital ingrediences. But Cologne and the conference are always worth visiting for medievalists. Best wishes, Franz

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CFP Kzoo 2019
by Anna Siebach-Larsen 09 Sep '18

09 Sep '18

Dear colleagues, Please find below a CFP for K’zoo 2019 which may be of interest, and don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Best wishes, Anna Siebach-Larsen, Ph.D. Director, Rossell Hope Robbins Library & Koller-Collins Center for English Studies River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester annasiebachlarsen(a)rochester.edu *CFP for Kalamazoo ICMS 2019* *Bibliothecarii ex machina**: Medievalist Librarians at the Nexus of Production of and Access to Medieval Studies Scholarship * *Sponsored by the International Society for Medievalist Librarians* In the Middle Ages, the *bibliothecarius* was responsible for a local book repository (monastic, cathedral, chapter, college, etc.). The librarian ensured the accuracy of record-keeping concerning the library’s holdings and made those books appropriately accessible to community members (or for the purposes of inter-community lending). In mastering the contents of their libraries, these early information professionals often were masters of the subject matter contained in those books, serving in a variety of other capacities within their communities (e.g., as masters, cantors, sacristans/porters). Although the types of media held by libraries have altered drastically in the intervening centuries ( and especially in recent decades), modern *bibliothecarii*, or “scholar librarians,” still must be masters of subject-specific knowledge as well as information professionals since their positions place them at the intersection of the production and publication of scholarly communication: as scholars and as information professionals, they collect and analyze information, facilitating others’ access to that data; they are thus involved in all aspects of and every point in the scholarly communications process. Whether the information that they produce, analyze, and store is in digital or analog format, librarians are responsible for facilitating access to that information on the part of other scholars (faculty, staff, students) within and without (visiting faculty, independent researchers, the public) their institutions, accomplishing all of this in a way that allows for self-reflection in order to engender continuous improvement in each process. This roundtable provides a space for medievalist librarians and archivists to discuss the unique issues facing them as scholars of the Global Middle Ages and as information professionals working in 21st century libraries and repositories. Subjects of interest for our roundtable include: the segregation of access to data-by-subscription (databases, e-books, images, video, audio, and other digital content) and the barriers to access that are faced by contingent and independent scholars; dealing with the lifecycle of digital content—longevity, discovery, and accessibility; information professionals integrating Medieval Studies scholarship into their professional lives in the face of 12-month appointments and lower status within the academic hierarchy; challenges to effective instruction and collection building unique to Medieval Studies programs; and, addressing the invisibility of librarians’ work within an academic ecosystem. We welcome submissions from library science students who are medievalists (or adjacent) as well as established professionals. Presentations should be no more than 10-15 minutes in length, leaving ample time for group discussion. The International Society for Medievalist Librarians is a recently established group intended to promote and support scholarly, academic, and informational outreach activities by medievalists who are employed in, studying to enter, or interested in library or information professions. Membership is open and there are currently no dues associated with membership. *Please send abstracts and participant forms to Julia Schneider (**jschneid(a)nd.edu) <jschneid(a)nd.edu)>** and Anna Siebach-Larsen (**annasiebachlarsen(a)rochester.edu) <annasiebachlarsen(a)rochester.edu)>** by September 15.*

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DPh 7.1
by Albert Lloret 08 Sep '18

08 Sep '18

Dear all, The new issue of Digital Philology came out a couple of weeks ago featuring a special number devoted to the Storia de Espanna Digital, a digital archive dedicated to the late thirteenth-century chronicle of Spain directed by King Alfonso X of Castile. Guest-edited by Aengus Ward, DPh 7.1 includes articles by Barbara Bordalejo, Heather Bamford and Emily Francomano, Polly Duxfield, and Aengus Ward. It also contains an essay by Brian J. Reilly on authorship verification through modern translations of Old French texts. Here is the TOC: http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/38874 . Enjoy! Albert Albert Lloret, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Spanish and Catalan Director of Spanish and the SpanPort Unit University of Massachusetts Amherst Managing Editor, Digital Philology https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/digital-philology-journal-medieval-cultur es

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CFP IMC2019 Text as object in the Middle Ages
by Dominique Stutzmann 06 Sep '18

06 Sep '18

Dear Digital Medievalists, in addition to the specific Digital Medievalist CFP for the IMC 2019, we would like to draw your attention on the following CFP: *Text as object in the Middle Ages*. Deadline : Sept. 25th. Best regards, Dominique Stutzmann, Katharina Kaska, Sébastien Barret, Christoph Egger, Paul Bertrand, Georg Vogeler Text as object in the Middle Ages Call for Papers - Leeds International Medieval Congress, 1-4 July 2019, Leeds The International Medieval Congress (IMC) is the largest medieval studies conference in the world. More than 2,900 medievalists from more than 60 countries participated in the 25th annual International Medieval Congress (IMC) from 2-5 July 2018. In line with the Special Thematic Strand in 2019 “Materialities” ( https://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/imc2019_call.html) and the recent creation of the strand “Manuscript studies”, we organize sessions on *“Text as object in the Middle Ages”*. Texts, indeed, are at the same time an idea and a form. The latter is the result of a combination of inherited social uses and specific intentions by the various actors involved in transmitting the text as idea. This process begins with the authors, continues to the craftsmen (parchment and paper makers, copyists and chancery clerks, painters and illuminators, sculptors and weavers, booksellers…) and then on to possessors, readers, archives and libraries. All textual artefacts are concerned: manuscripts, charters, inscriptions, tapestries, seals, coins, etc. What scholars can study nowadays is however only one specific, if not final, state of those manuscripts, documents and inscriptions, from which they seek to reconstruct the respective intents of the actors. Under the topic “Text as object in the Middle Ages”, we intend to study the interplay of the original creation act, the possible transformations, and modern scholarship, especially along the following lines: “archaeology of a research concept”, “materiality in scholarly editions”, “genre and materiality”, “fragments”, “imaging techniques and physicochemical analysis” - *Archaeology of a research concept: awareness of materiality in the 15th-19th centuries* Medieval library catalogues started including *dictiones probatoriae* or *secundo folio* as identifiers of a given manuscript as object rather than as the bearer of a text; additional information on the physical appearance could also be indicated (size of the script, illumination, …). Cartularies and registers, but also inventories, sometimes include a description of the original charter, be it in a text form, be it as a drawing (“copie figurée”), also for elements which are no validation signs. These are early examples of an awareness of material aspects in textual artefacts. “materiality” as a term is rather new in historiographical research, however there is a complex archaeology of this research concept applied to texts. Starting in the Middle Ages, it became more prominent with the rise of the “auxiliary sciences” such as palaeography and diplomatics in the 17th and 18th century which were very much focused on the material aspects of written objects. By the 19th century it found its way into the bibliographic descriptions, either in a scholarly environment or in auction and sales catalogues as part of a bibliophilic interest. This pre-historical time of “materiality” as a research concept is not well known. We welcome proposals dealing with examples of a “material” approach to manuscripts and documents in medieval and early modern times, and evidencing the consequences of this past material concern on modern scholarship (e.g. identification of well described manuscripts in past collections vs. apparently lost collections). - *Materiality in Scholarly Editions* When doing editorial work, scholars may take the materiality of the text into account and either decide to discard their observations or communicate them to the user. From imitative, so-called “diplomatic” editions to very normalizing ones, several models coexist depending on editorial goals, national traditions, text genres, or witness tradition with regard to the nature of the textual work. Discussions of former editions and practices are welcome, as well as proposals discussing the current developments in scholarly editions. This could include reflections on the tensions resulting from tight schedules due to fixed-term contracts and the ideal of exhaustive material description and analysis. - *Genre and materiality: literary genre and their influence on layout, decoration, and scripts* The connection between text and object is reflected by specific requirements for the written object in the fields of diplomatics, epigraphy, codicology (layout, material structure), art history (iconography, decoration), and palaeography (script types, abbreviations, script size and degree of formality). Recurrent patterns in book production have already been identified, such as books of hours and prayers for lay people being small in size, illustrated, and written in long lines, or genealogies and universal histories being written in scroll format in order to stress the continuity. There are also illuminators working mainly in the production of one or two literary genres, for whom it is not always possible to ascertained if it is a consequence of being hired by one librarian or if they specialized into specific iconographic types. Illuminated charters as a category may also be connected with specific conditions in their creation. Connexions between script types and text genres also may be a medieval reality uncovered by modern research (Beneventan/Caroline scripts depending on genres) or a historiographical construct (such as the misleading “gothic liturgical script” or Uncial as Christian script). In this regard, cultural divide and contact zones (Beneventan, Wisigothic vs. Caroline; Humanistic vs. Gothic) deserve special attention, as well as a further study of “pragmatic literacy” under the pragmatic aspect of writing. Medieval autographs form a cross-genre domain, in which the intervention of the author may provide modern scholars with additional information. Yet, only a reciprocal analysis of text and handwriting in their context should allow the expertise of autography. Theoretical proposals and case studies demonstrating how material (here mainly palaeographic) and textual inquiries interact are welcome. Papers could focus on new results within these known patterns or new connections between text and materiality. - *Fragments and damaged text objects: an ex post decided layout and format definition* Fragments are a challenging form to study manuscripts both as texts and objects. They pose specific challenges for the identification of the textual contents as well as the objects’ origin and life. Proposals may present innovative tools and projects, as well as scholarly research based on virtual or physical reconstruction of dismembered or fragmentary text objects. The organizers particularly welcome proposals dealing with the fragment as source for the broader historical context (e.g. textual history, reception and cultural transfers). - *Imaging techniques and physicochemical analysis of medieval text objects* The material analysis is not a new field any more. Imaging techniques available for manuscript research include those based on physicochemical properties (multispectral, X-ray fluorescence, etc.) as well as those that allow a better perception of the object (Reflectance Transformation Imaging, 3D scan). Recent technological advances now allow a better coordination of textual studies,imaging and physicochemical research. Examples include the Archimedes palimpsest, the manuscripts from Mount Sinai or the rolls from Herculanum and Ein Gedi. For this session we expect proposals illustrating how material analyses or imaging techniques can reveal hidden or illegible text layers and therefore have a direct impact on our understanding of the textual content and its history. Papers of 20 minutes in length are invited. To propose a paper, please send a brief abstract (250 words max) to · dominique.stutzmann(a)irht.cnrs.fr · katharina.kaska(a)univie.ac.at · sebastien.barret(a)cnrs-orleans.fr · paul.bertrand(a)uclouvain.be · christoph.egger(a)univie.ac.at · georg.vogeler(a)uni-graz.at The deadline for receipt of submissions is 25th September 2018. –– M. Dominique Stutzmann Chargé de recherche à l'Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes (CNRS, UPR 841)

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CFP Graph Technologies in the Digital Humanities (18-19 January 2019, Mainz Germany)
by Joris van Zundert 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

Dear Colleagues, I kindly would like to point you to the CFP for a conference on Graph Technologies in DH inlined below. The full call is also online and downloadable at https://graphentechnologien.hypotheses.org/tagungen/graphentechnologien-2019 Apologies for possible cross posting. Kind regards --Joris van Zundert # Modellierung, Erschließung, Vergleich: Graphen in den Digitalen Geisteswissenschaften # ## Call for papers (English version: see below) ## Tagung am 18. und 19. Januar 2019 in der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz Graphdatenbanken werden seit einigen Jahren in Forschungsvorhaben zur Modellierung von Forschungsdaten und erschließendem Wissen genutzt. Infolgedessen sehen wir jetzt eine weit verbreitete Erforschung ihres Potenzials in den Geisteswissenschaften: Graphen werden verwendet um soziale Netzwerke, Korrespondenznetze, Textvariationen, Texttraditionen, prosopographische Daten uvm. zu repräsentieren. Sie ergänzen zunehmend relationale oder auch auf XML beruhende Forschungsdatenrepositorien. In den verschiedenen Anwendungszusammenhängen werden heterogene Modellierungsansätze verfolgt. Diese verschiedenen Modellierungsansätze sollen im Rahmen der Tagung als erster Schritt für eine denkbare Harmonisierung vorgestellt und diskutiert werden. Ziel der Tagung ist es, ein breites Spektrum an Möglichkeiten für graph-basierte Anwendungen in den Geisteswissenschaften aufzuzeigen. Dabei steht die Vielfalt der Modellierungsansätze und Anwendungen im Vordergrund, gleichzeitig soll die Möglichkeit der Generalisierung von Datenstrukturen für verschiedene Anwendungsbereiche untersucht werden. Die Konferenz wird sich daher sowohl auf eine Vielzahl von kreativen Ansätzen als auch auf die Identifizierung von Gemeinsamkeiten für die community-getriebene Entwicklung geisteswissenschaftlicher Graphmodelle konzentrieren. Die geplante Tagung widmet sich folgenden Schwerpunkten: 1. Flexibilität versus Interoperabilität Graphstrukturen ermöglichen es, hochspezifische Daten, Informationen und Interpretationen auszudrücken. Dies erleichtert die geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung, die sich durch heterogene Daten, situierte Interpretation, komplexe Forschungsfragen und projektspezifische ephemere Forschungsgestaltung auszeichnet. Gleichzeitig erfordern Forschungseinrichtungen, Datenrepositorien, Forschungsinfrastrukturen und digitale Archive eine Standardisierung der Daten und die Interoperabilität der Werkzeuge, um deren Nachhaltigkeit und Wiederverwendung zu erleichtern. Stehen diese beiden Merkmale grundsätzlich im Widerspruch zueinander, oder können sie unterschiedliche Seiten derselben Medaille sein? 2. Generische Strukturen Der zweite Schwerpunkt schließt sich unmittelbar an und behandelt Erschließungsstrukturen im Graphen. Wie könnten möglichst einfache, generische Strukturen aussehen, aus denen heraus sich dann disziplinenspezifische Annotationssysteme entwickeln lassen. Wie sieht eine minimale, nachhaltige geisteswissenschaftlich orientierte generische Graphendatenstruktur aus, und ist es mit einer solchen Struktur möglich, die hochspezifische Semantik zu unterstützen, die die geisteswissenschaftliche Forschungen erfordern? 3. Recherchestrategien Aus Sicht der Interoperabilität sind vergleichende Abfragestrategien für verschiedene Forschungsdatenrepositorien von größter Bedeutung. Es gibt mehrere graphenorientierte Abfragesprachen (z.B. GraphQL, OpenCypher, Gremlin, SPARQL), aber welche Anforderungen sollten an eine speziell auf geisteswissenschaftliche Forschungsdaten und Fragestellungen ausgerichtete Graphenabfragesprache gestellt werden? Wie können solche Strategien aussehen? Gibt es Möglichkeiten hier disziplinübergreifende Ansätze zu finden? Im Mittelpunkt der Tagung stehen also der Austausch über Anwendungsszenarien von Graphentechnologien, nicht zuletzt um Doppelentwicklungen zu vermeiden und das Community-Building rund um Graphentechnologien. Insbesondere begrüßt werden Vorschläge zu theoretischen Ansätzen, die sich im Wesentlichen mit einem dieser Schlüsselthemen befassen, sowie praxisorientierte Arbeiten, die die praktische Anwendung von Graphentechnologien auf geisteswissenschaftliche Forschungsarbeiten zu diesen Themen beschreiben bzw. praktische technische Lösungen und Ansätze zu diesen Schlüsselfragen oder verwandten Themen wie zum Beispiel: * Graphenbasierte Datenmodelle, theoretische und praktische Untersuchungen * Anwendungen von Graphentechnologien in den Geisteswissenschaften * Text als Graph (TAG) * Lösungen zur Abfrage und zum Vergleich verschiedener Graphenmodelle * Strategien für den (rechnergestützten) Zugriff auf geisteswissenschaftliche * Daten und Informationen in Form von Graphen * Graph-basierte Repräsentation spezifischer Personennetzwerke, Objekte und Informationen zu geisteswissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen * Interaktion mit Graphen und Graphen-Interaktionsdesign * Graphen als Lösung für die geisteswissenschaftliche Informations- und Datenannotation * Graphen als Modelle zur Darstellung der Provenienz und Übertragung von Information * Graphen als Modelle für historische Daten und Informationen, die über die Analyse sozialer Netzwerke hinausgehen * Technische Lösungsansätze zur Analyse, Traversierung und Abfrage von graph-basierter Datenstrukturen in spezifischen geisteswissenschaftlichen Forschungskontexten * Vergleich und Interpretation von Graphen, Teilgraphen und graph traversals Interessierte werden gebeten, ein kurzes Abstract in Deutsch oder Englisch (ca. 300 bis max. 500 Wörter, exkl. Literaturhinweise) bis einschließlich 15.10.2018 an graphentechnologien(a)adwmainz.de zu mailen. Eine Benachrichtigung über die Annahme des Beitrags wird bis zum 25.11.2018 erfolgen. Die Autoren der angenommenen Beiträge werden gebeten eine 20-minütige Präsentation vorzubereiten, an der sich eine kurze Diskussion anschließen kann. Die Keynote hält Prof. Dr. Thomas Stäcker, Direktor der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Darmstadt. Die Organisatoren der Konferenz bemühen sich um die Finanzierung der Reisekosten für die Vortragenden jedes angenommenen Beitrags (ein Stipendium pro Beitrag). Die vorgestellten Beiträge werden online veröffentlicht, das Programmkomitee beabsichtigt jedoch, ausgewählte Beiträge in einer geeigneten Peer-Review-Publikation zu veröffentlichen. ### Programmkomitee Prof. Dr. Tara Andrews (Universität Wien) Dr. Andreas Kuczera (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz) Dr. Thomas Efer (Universität Leipzig) Franziska Diehr (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin) Dr. Elena Spadini (University of Lausanne) Drs. Joris van Zundert (Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, Amsterdam) #### English Version # Graph Technologies in the Digital Humanities: Modelling, Access, Comparison ## Call for papers for a two day international exploratory conference organized by the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz, 18–19 January 2019. Although graph models as a computing technology are several decades old, it is only through advancement of generally available computing capacity in the last few years that the application of graph models has become feasible for many humanities projects. As a result we are now seeing a widespread exploration of their potential in the humanities: graphs are being used to express social networks, correspondence networks, text variation, textual traditions, prosopographical data, and so forth. Furthermore, they increasingly complement relational or XML-based research data repositories. The exploratory state of graph application in the humanities is marked by a great variety of modelling approaches and various understandings of graphs as data and information structures. These different modelling approaches are to be presented and discussed at the conference as a first step towards conceivable harmonisation. The purpose of this conference is to cast a wide net, soliciting contributions that represent the many applications that humanities researchers are currently finding for graphs. While keeping the rich variation in modeling approaches and applications in the foreground, we aim at the same time to explore the possibility of generalizing data structures for different application domains. The conference will thus focus both on celebrating a multitude of creative approaches and on identifying common ground for community-driven development of humanities-specific graph models. Key topics of the conference include: 1. Flexibility versus Interoperability Graphs are versatile structures able to express highly specific data, information, and interpretation. This facilitates humanities research, marked as it is by heterogeneous data, situated interpretation, complex research questions, and project-specific ephemeral research design. At the same time research institutions, data repositories, research infrastructures, and digital archives require standardization of data and interoperability of tools to facilitate their sustainability and reuse. Are these two features fundamentally at odds with each other, or can they be different sides of the same coin? 2. Generalization Closely related to the first key topic is the question of modelling in graph structures and possibilities of generalization. Can we define generic terms, concepts, and structures from which discipline-specific annotation systems can then be developed? What does a minimally-sustainable humanities-oriented generic graph data structure look like, and is it possible with such a structure to support the highly specific semantics required by most humanities research? 3. Approaches to Querying and Access To support different research strategies it is paramount that interoperable research data repositories support adaptable query and information retrieval approaches. Several graph-oriented query languages exist (e.g. GraphQL, OpenCypher, Gremlin, SPARQL), but what requirements should be set for a graph query language geared especially towards humanities research data and questions? What can such strategies look like? Are there opportunities to find interdisciplinary approaches here? We welcome proposals for theoretical papers that engage substantially with any of these key topics, as well as for practice-based papers that describe the practical application of graph technologies to humanities research work to these topics and/or argue practical engineering solutions and approaches to these key questions or related topics such as: * Graph-based data models, theoretical and practical explorations * Applications of graph technologies in the humanities * Text-as-Graph (TAG) * Solutions for query and comparison of different graph models * Strategies for, or demonstration of, various kinds of (computational) access to humanities data and information represented as graphs * Graph representation of specific networks of persons, objects, and information relating to humanities research questions * Interacting with graphs and graph interaction design * Graphs as a solution for information and data annotation in the humanities * Graphs as models for representation of provenance and transmission of information * Graphs as models for historical data and information, above and beyond social network analysis * Engineering solutions to analysis, traversal, querying graph structure data in specific humanities research contexts * The comparison and interpretation of graphs, subgraphs, and traversals Proposals (between 300 and 500 words, excluding bibliographic references) should be submitted to graphentechnologien(a)adwmainz.de by 15 October 2018. Abstracts may be submitted in English or German. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent out on 25 November 2018. Authors of successful submissions will be allotted 20 minutes for their presentations, as well as a few minutes for discussion thereafter. A keynote by Prof. Dr. Thomas Stäcker, Director of the State and University Library in Darmstadt, will be presented at the conference. The organizers of the conference are seeking funding to support travel costs for the presenters of each accepted paper (one bursary per paper). Presented papers will be published on line at the very least, however the program committee intends to publish selected papers in a suitable peer reviewed publication. ### Program Committee: Prof. Dr. Tara Andrews (Universität Wien) Dr. Andreas Kuczera (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz) Dr. Thomas Efer (Universität Leipzig) Franziska Diehr (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin) Dr. Elena Spadini (University of Lausanne) Drs. 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