On the Way to the Future of Digital Manuscript Studies

Over the last decades, the ability to exploit digital potential has radically impacted research in the field of manuscript studies. From the most basic facilities, such as the increasing availability of digitized images and documents, to sophisticated attempts at automatizing the entire process of critical editing, the development of digital tools is extraordinary: it has…

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Women and Warfare in the Medieval World – CFP

An online Workshop, to be held in February 2022 (specific dates TBA). The medieval period has long been regarded as inherently violent, an epoch of multiple wars and conflicts, shifting borders, and political transformations. Traditional interpretations of warfare and its outcomes have focussed on these political implications, the development of military institutions, and the male…

Who has Access to the Digital Humanities? Call for Participation

Diversity and  Inclusivity in DH in Ireland and the UK The convenors of an AHRC/IRC funded project to undertake research and consultation towards the implementation of a permanent Digital Humanities association for the UK and Ireland (see list of team members here) invite submissions from individuals to co-create an event relating to DH and inclusion. …

After the Book of Kells: Insular Art in Scotland and Ireland, c. 900 to 1900 – CFP

Examinations of Insular art typically focus upon the eighth and early ninth centuries; and yet, the Insular artistic tradition in Scotland and Ireland continued to flourish and develop into the early modern era. The reliquaries, monuments, and manuscripts made in the earlier period had long lives, with additions and transformations occurring across many generations and…

ANZAMEMS Development Scheme (ADS)

In pre-covid times ANZAMEMS funded PATS (Postgraduate Advanced Training Seminars), which brought HDR students and ECRs together for skills and methods seminars. Since the beginning of the pandemic, it has not been possible to run these workshops for obvious reasons. So, we’ve decided to try something different. In second semester 2021, beginning in mid to…

NWMS Network Graduate Symposium 2021

The North West Medieval Studies Network was created in 2021 out the M6 Seminar and Reading Group. It aims to provide an inclusive platform for interdisciplinary and cross-institutional collaboration which connects researchers of all stages, from MA students to emeriti, across the North West of the UK. The graduate symposium will be held on 20…

Digital Resources, Manuscripts and Texts: An Online Training Event

An online event hosted by the AHRC-IRC Digital Humanities Research Network, Developing a Digital Framework for the Medieval Gaelic World, 7-9 September 2021, 1330-1700 BST (2200-0200 AEST). This event will mark the digitisation of a sixteenth-century Gaelic manuscript, London, British Library, Harley 5280, and the newly digitised images will form the centre of an information…

17th Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop

“Interventions”, February 4-5, 2022 The 17th annual Marco Manuscript Workshop will take place 4-5 February 2022, in person, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The workshop is organized by Professors Maura K. Lafferty (Classics) and Roy M. Liuzza (English), and is hosted by the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. This year’s workshop explores…

Romance, Epic and Hagiography in Medieval Multi-Text Manuscripts – CFP

2-4 December 2021, Anglistik I, Heinrich-Heine University The multi-text manuscript was a key medium for disseminating popular narratives including romances and epic or hagiographical texts across the cultural and linguistic borders of late medieval Europe. The manuscripts that have survived from this period can therefore be read not only as windows into the literary, social…

Securing Power in the Sixth-Century Roman Empire – CFP

Online Workshop, University of Cambridge, 7 December 2021 Imperial power in the sixth-century Roman empire could be fragile. ‘Every emperor had to perform a delicate balancing act to remain in power’ by responding to and accommodating the shifting demands of public opinion and various interest groups: senators, bureaucrats, bishops, soldiers and generals, urban factions, and…

The Past, Present, and Future of Digital Medieval Studies – A Global Digital Medievalist Symposium

The era of COVID-19 has been transformational for medieval digital humanities. Medievalists have come to learn the limits and possibilities of online scholarship, whether in the virtual classroom or in the transfer of knowledge among specialists. Although direct access to material sources and the easy face-to-face exchanges with colleagues are deeply missed, we have come to…