Dear all,

(apologies for cross-posting)

The new collaboration between RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) and the University of Rochester that is now named "Rochester Cultural Heritage Imaging, Visualization, and Education" ("R-CHIVE") will be holding a small conference on 6/19-20th (6/19 at RIT, Tuesday 6/20 at the UR). The conference is intended to stimulate interest in the growing and important field of imaging to recover cultural heritage. The general areas of focus of the conference are best practice for imaging of cultural heritage and how studies of materials (parchment, papyrus, and ink) can help in the imaging and image processing. Confirmed speakers include Ira Rabin of Federal Institute for Material Research and Testing in Berlin and the Center for the Studies of Manuscript Cultures at the University of Hamburg, Chet Van Duzer, NEH-Mellon Fellow at the U.S. Library of Congress, and Michael Phelps of the Early Manuscripts Electronic Library.

Everyone who is interested in the field is invited to attend. The conference has a small registration fee of $10 for students and $30 for faculty and staff to cover costs. Register at the "Conference" tab at www.r-chive.net

Feel free to contact Helen Davies (hdavies2@ur.rochester.edu ) with any questions.

For a sneak peak of the kind of things we will be discussing at the conference: https://www.ted.com/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_o...

Thank you,

Helen Davies

PhD Student

University of Rochester

Department of English