We are very pleased to announce that, beginning in 2017, the Medieval
Academy of America will add a Digital Humanities Prize to its suite of
publication honors, to be awarded alongside the Haskins Medal, the Brown
Prize, and the Elliott Prize. The annual Medieval Academy of America
Digital Humanities Prize will be awarded to an outstanding digital
research project in Medieval Studies created and launched within the
last five years. The Prize – an award of $1,000 – will be presented at
the …
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The Digital Initiatives Advisory Board (DIAB) of the Medieval Academy of
America will select the award-winning project based on DIAB’s
established criteria for high-quality digital medievalist projects,
considering the following criteria, among others: quality of research
and contributions to Medieval Studies; goals and methodologies of the
project; design, presentation, and accessibility of the project;
sustainability of the project and compatibility of its metadata.
Nominations are now being accepted online and must be submitted by
midnight on October 15. Click here[1] for more information about the
MAA DH Prize.
Links:
1. http://www.medievalacademy.org/general/custom.asp?page=DHPrize
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Event: International Medieval Congress
Place: University of Leeds
Date: 3rd-6th July 2017
Needed: You ;-)
Dear all,
Models of Authority and DigiPal are organising two digital methods sessions at Leeds 2017
Session 1: "Digital Methods 1: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Palaeography"
Session 2: "Digital Methods 2: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Manuscript Studies"
Interested? Then send us an abstract! It's all pretty simple really. All you need to do is read the blurbs
below; decide which …
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(we won't count them, but try not to overdo it) to stewart.brookes(a)kcl.ac.uk by 28th September 2016.
Looking forward to reading your abstracts,
Stewart
--
Dr Stewart J Brookes
Department of Digital Humanities
King's College London
"Digital Methods 1: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Palaeography"
Taking palaeography and codicology as its focus, this session will consider how computer-assisted techniques
might advance our understanding of the handwriting of medieval scribes.
"Digital Methods 2: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Manuscript Studies"
The large number of initiatives to digitise medieval manuscripts mean that we now have unprecedented access
to medieval texts. In many ways, this explosion of knowledge can be compared to the early years of the printing
press. But how might we best utilise this growing body of material? This session will explore the potential for the
computer-assisted study of medieval manuscripts; discuss the intersection of manuscript studies and Digital Humanities;
and share methodologies. The topics under discussion will include the encoding and transcription of medieval texts, the
practical and theoretical consequences of the use of digital surrogates and the visualisation of manuscript evidence and
data.
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Dear colleagues (with apologies for cross-posting):
We are pleased to announce that the online catalogue for *Beyond Words:
Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections* is now live:
http://BeyondWords2016.org
Hover over "Catalog" and select "Online" to access the database.
The online catalogue allows for searching by keyword and catalogue
number as well as upper and lower date limits, and provides browse lists
for illuminator, scribe, and place of production. Each of the 249 object
…
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to a full-facsimile Mirador manifest or an institutional record. The
database will be updated as more images become available to us, and full-
text descriptions will be uploaded for many of the manuscripts in the
coming months.
To access the catalogue and learn more about Beyond Words, please visit
our website: http://BeyondWords2016.org. There you will find information
about each of the three exhibition venues, registration and a
preliminary program for the Beyond Words symposium (Nov. 3-5), a
calendar of public programming, and more. On Twitter, find us
@BeyondWords2016.
With regards,
The Beyond Words curatorial team:
Jeffrey F. Hamburger
William P. Stoneman
Anne-Marie Eze
Lisa Fagin Davis
Nancy Netzer
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*Call for Papers: Fifth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance
Studies*
*Saint Louis University*
*St. Louis, MO*
*June 19-21, 2017*
The Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies provides a
convenient summer venue in North America for scholars in all disciplines to
present papers, organize sessions, participate in roundtables, and engage
in interdisciplinary discussion. The goal of the symposium is to promote
serious scholarly investigation of the medieval and early modern …
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We invite proposals for papers, sessions, and roundtables on all topics and
in all disciplines of medieval and early modern studies. Proposals from
learned societies and scholarly associations are particularly welcome. The
deadline for proposals submissions is *December 31*.
The plenary speakers for this year will be *Christopher Baswell
<http://smrs.slu.edu/plenary.html>*, of Barnard College and Columbia
University, and *Bruce Campbell <http://smrs.slu.edu/plenary.html>*, of
Queen's University, Belfast.
The Symposium is held on the beautiful midtown campus of Saint Louis
University <http://slu.edu>, hosted by the Center for Medieval and
Renaissance Studies <http://cmrs.slu.edu>. On-campus housing options
include affordable, air-conditioned apartments and a luxurious boutique
hotel. Inexpensive dorm meal plans are available.
All sessions take place in state-of-the-art classrooms and auditoriums with
complete audiovisual facilities. All sessions, events, meals, and housing
are located within easy walking distance of each other. A rich variety of
restaurants, bars, and cultural venues are also only a short walk away.
During their stay, participants are welcome to utilize the Vatican Film
Library <http://lib.slu.edu/special-collections/collections/vfl> as well as
the rare book and manuscript collections of the nearby Pius XII Library
<http://lib.slu.edu/>. Those interested in using the Vatican Film library,
should contact Susan L'Engle (lengles(a)slu.edu
<lengles(a)slu.edu?subject=Interested%20in%20visiting%20the%20VFL>) by email
or phone at 314-977-3090. Participants may also use the library's regular
collections, which are especially strong in medieval and early modern
studies.
All sessions are 90 minutes long. A variety of session formats are welcome.
Preference will be given to organized sessions that involve participants
from multiple institutions.
[image: http://www.regonline.com/SMRS_CFP2016]
<http://www.regonline.com/SMRS_CFP2017>
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*The John Doran Prize - $500*Dr. John Doran (1966-2012) was senior lecturer
in Medieval History at the University of Chester, UK, and an expert in the
history of the papacy and the city of Rome. In honor of his commitment to
scholarly excellence, the annual John Doran Prize recognizes outstanding
work by a graduate student. The author of the winning paper will receive
$500 and the option to have their paper published in the journal
*Allegorica*. The prize is endowed by the Center for Medieval and
Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. Submissions are due by April
31, and the winner will be announced at the Symposium. More info at
http://smrs.slu.edu/johndoran
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Fifth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
June 19-21, 2017
http://smrs.slu.edu
<http://cmrs.slu.edu>
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Save the Date!
*Global Digital Humanities Symposium*
*March 16-17, 2017*
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Find information and updates at digitalhumanities.msu.edu
Free and open to the public. CFP and further details will be forthcoming in
the next few weeks.
This day and a half symposium looks to continue in the critical and global
spirit of examining digital humanities established at the inaugural Global
DH Symposium in April 2016 (find out more at http://msuglobaldh.org/)…
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Thanks,
Kristen
Kristen Mapes
Digital Humanities Specialist
College of Arts and Letters
Michigan State University
718-216-5695
kristenmapes.com
kmapes(a)msu.edu
kmapes86(a)gmail.com
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9th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age
November 17-19, 2016
Reactions: Medieval/Modern
In partnership with the Rare Book Department<https://libwww.freelibrary.org/rarebooks/index.cfm> of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Schoenberg Institute of Manuscript Studies (SIMS<http://schoenberginstitute.org/>) at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries is pleased to announce the 9th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript …
[View More]Studies in the Digital Age. This year's theme, "Reactions: Medieval/Modern," gives us space to explore the many and varied ways that people have reacted to, and acted upon, manuscripts from the Middle Ages up to today. Reactions take many forms. They include the manipulation of physical objects through, for example, the marking up of texts, addition of illustrations, the disbinding of books or rebinding of fragments, as well as the manipulation of digital objects, thanks to new technologies involved in digitization, ink and parchment analysis, virtual reconstruction, among many other processes. This symposium will also tackle how popular culture has reacted to manuscripts over time as witnessed by their use and appearance in books, games, films, and tattoo art. Our keynote speaker will be Michelle P. Brown, Professor emerita of Medieval Manuscript Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and former Curator of Manuscripts at the British Library.
For more information and to register, visit the website: http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium9.html.
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CFP: Technical Communication in the Middle Ages
International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, 2017)
Proposals due: September 15, 2016
Submit to Wendy Hennequin (mwhennequin(a)gmail.com)
Scholars have long recognized Chaucer’s “Treatise on the Astrolabe” as an
early technical document, yet relatively few medieval texts have been
discussed as specimens of technical communication. This session seeks to
consider the traditions and conventions of medieval technical communication,
as well …
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writing.
Possible texts for consideration might include (but are not limited to)
penitential and conduct manuals, monastic rules, business correspondence,
medical treatises, scientific and pseudo-scientific manuals (including
alchemical and astrological ones), cookery books, law codes, and government
and military documents. Papers should consider the texts as technical
communication, but may focus on any aspect, including writing, layout,
design, etc.
Please submit proposals to Wendy Hennequin (mwhennequin(a)gmail.com) by
September 15, 2016.
With apologies for cross-posting.
--
Dr. M. Wendy Hennequin
Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy
Tennessee State University
3500 John A Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209
MWHennequin(a)gmail.com
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Dear all,
Just to let you know that the full programme for DigiPal VI is now online:
http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/programme-for-digipal-vi/
Date: Monday 5th September 2016
Time: 9.30am-7pm
Venue: Room K4U.12, King's College London, Strand WC2R 2LS
Speakers include:
*Vincenzo Damiani (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
"Anagnosis – A Text-image Alignment Tool for Greek Papyri"
*Adi Keinan-Schoonbaert (British Library)
"Digitisation, Engagement and Digital Scholarship: …
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*Erik Kwakkel (Leiden University)
"Reading an Invisible Manuscript: Using MA-XRF to Trace Medieval Fragments Inside Book Bindings"
*Tom Haines (University College London)
"My Text in Your Handwriting"
*Anna Dlabačová (Université catholique de Louvain) and Giacomo Signore (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
"Mapping Miscellanies. Possible Approaches to Miscellaneous Manuscript Analysis"
*Débora Marques de Matos (King's College London/Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)
"SephardiPal as a Tool for Digital Connoisseurship'
*Peter Stokes (King's College London)
"MultiPal: Towards a Digital Palaeographical Approach to Multigraphism"
All best,
Stewart
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Dr Stewart J Brookes
Department of Digital Humanities
King's College London
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Greek Manuscripts in the British Library
British Library Conference Centre
19 September 2016
To mark the completion of the third phase<http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2014/06/greek-manu…> of the Greek Manuscripts Digitisation Project and the launch of the Greek Manuscripts Online web resource, the British Library is hosting a one-day conference devoted to Greek Manuscripts on 19 September, 2016. Confirmed participants include Sebastian Brock (Oriental Institute, …
[View More]Oxford), André Binggeli (IRHT, Paris); Maria Georgopoulou (Gennadius Library, Athens); Elizabeth Jeffreys (Exeter College, Oxford), Scot McKendrick (British Library); Georgi Parpulov (Plovdiv, Bulgaria); Charlotte Roueché (King’s College London), Christopher Wright and Philip Taylor (Royal Holloway, University of London). Speakers will discuss a variety of topics related to the Library’s digitised Greek collections, such as Greek-Syriac palimpsests, Byzantine illuminated manuscripts, Greek written culture and the digital humanities as well as cultural interactions between Greece and Britain.
The conference will be accompanied by an evening lecture by Michael Wood on ‘The Wisdom of the Greeks’. Michael will be looking at how the legacy of Greece and Byzantium in science, religion and literature was transmitted to the Latin West.
Please book your place in advance and register online at http://www.bl.uk/events/greek-manuscripts-in-the-british-library-day-ticket. The full programme can be found here: http://www.bl.uk/events/greek-manuscripts-in-the-british-library
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