Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing@uleth.ca.
A reminder that the next SIMS Online Lecture will take place this Friday, March 18. Registration is required for the zoom link. We look forward to seeing old and new friends there!
March 18, 2022, 1:00 - 2:30 pm EST Wars in the Workshop: Digitizing Manuscript Rolls Natasha Hodgson, Centre for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Nottingham Trent University For more information and to register for the Zoom link, go to Wars in the Workshop: Digitizing Manuscript Rolls | Penn Libraries (upenn.edu)https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/wars-workshop-digitizing-manuscript-rolls
Natasha Hodgson will discuss some of the issues relating to the digitization of manuscript rolls, focusing on a fifteenth-century genealogical roll produced during the Wars of the Roses currently held at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch in New Zealand, the Canterbury Roll. A collaboration between scholars at UC and Nottingham Trent University in the UK, the current project provides a test case for exploring the challenges of representing these large, complex, and delicate material objects in digital form. As the project moves into a new phase, we are exploring new ways to incorporate, compare and contrast more rolls, adding layers of historical interpretation, network analysis, and heritage science data. Dr. Hodgson will discuss how the team will combine three research streams - History, Heritage Science, and Digital Humanities - to better understand the impetus and processes behind the construction of genealogical rolls as well as the establishment of their wider socio-cultural and political importance.