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Dear members of the Digital Medievalist Community,
On behalf of the Executive Board of Digital Medievalisthttps://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/about/executive-board/, I write to update members of the DM community on recent activities of and news from the DM Executive Board as we set forth in the (relatively) new academic year.
New 2021-2022 Board Roles
· Director: Lynn Ransom
· Deputy Director: Claudia Sojer
· Conference Representatives: Lisa Fagin Davis, Rose Faunce, Laura Morreale, Kivilcim Yavuz
· Social Media Admin: Tobias Hodel
· Website Admin: Tobias Hodel and Rose Faunce
· DM-L Admin: Gustavo Riva
· Early Stage Researchers Subcommittee Liaison: Luise Borek
· Journal Associate Editorial Board: Lisa Fagin Davis, Gustavo Riva, and Kivilcim Yavuz, joining Franz Fischer (Editor-in-Chief) Greta Franzini, Mike Kestemont, Daniel O'Donnell, Peter Robinson, and Virgil Granfield (Managing Editor)
DM at Kalamazoo 2022 DM will be holding a workshop "Medieval Digital Humanities: How to Get Started" at the virtual International Congress of Medieval Studies taking place online Monday, May 9, through Saturday, May 14, 2022. This workshop will introduce digital humanities strategies to those interested in computer-based methodologies for teaching and research. The session will feature members of the Digital Medievalist organization, and cover data visualization, topic modelling, linked open data, data modelling, and AI techniques.
Coding Codices Podcast Since December 2020, the DM Early Stage Researchers Subcommitteehttps://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/about/postgraduate-subcommittee/ has posted seven podcasts all available here Coding Codices - Podcast (digitalmedievalist.org)https://podcast.digitalmedievalist.org/. They will be starting their next season of podcast in the coming weeks. Please subscribe and follow on Twitter @digitalmedievalhttps://twitter.com/digitalmedieval or subscribe to the podcast on your preferred platform. For more info, go to About - Coding Codices (digitalmedievalist.org)https://podcast.digitalmedievalist.org/about/.
DM Journal The editors are delighted to announce a special issue forthcoming in 2021. The issue features results from The Canterbury Tales Projecthttp://canterburytalesproject.com/ and is edited by Barbara Bordalejo with contributions by Nicole Atkins, Kendall Bitner, Barbara Bordalejo, Kyle Dase, Peter Robinson, and Adam Alberto Vázquez. The editors are also currently seeking submissions for future issues. If you are interested in submitting to DM please go to https://journal.digitalmedievalist.org/ for more info.
Digital Medieval Webinar Repository (DMWR) Led by board member Laura Morreale, the DM board created the curated Zenodo community DMWRhttps://zenodo.org/communities/dmwr/?page=1&size=20 last year to house recorded presentations on medieval topics, especially those that involve digital work. DMWR follows best practices for digital preservation that encourage storing materials in multiple locales. For more info, including instructions on how to upload your presentations, go to https://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/digital-medieval-webinar-repository.... Be sure to check out new presentations from this summer's DV Virtual Conference that have recently been uploaded, with more to come soon. Feel free to add your own content anytime!
If you have any questions or comments on the above, have ideas for other community resources, or want to inquire about how to get more involved with DM, please don't hesitate to contact the board at Dmedievalist@googlegroups.commailto:Dmedievalist@googlegroups.com, or start a discussion on this list. Either way, we look forward to hearing from you!
Best, Lynn Ransom Director, Digital Medievalisthttps://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/