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Guide to Evagrius Ponticus

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The inaugural edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus, a digital-only, peer-reviewed reference work about the fourth-century monastic theologian, has been released. Updated quarterly, it provides definitive, integrated lists of Evagrius’s works, of editions and translations of those works, and of studies related to his life and thought. The Guide also includes a sourcebook of key ancient testimonies to Evagrius and his reception, in English translation, as well as a checklist of images from the ancient world.

The Guide takes relatively new approaches to open-access academic publishing in the digital humanities, and so is anticipated to develop over the coming years. Future editions will include a manuscript checklist, images of manuscripts, transcriptions of those manuscripts, and open-source critical editions of Evagrius’s writings.

http://evagriusponticus.net/

Posted by: Joel Kalvesmaki (kalvesmakij@doaks.org).

Vercelli Book: Grants for Graduate Foreign Students

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GRANTS FOR GRADUATE FOREIGN STUDENTS 2012/2013
GUIDELINES FOR APPLICANTS

The Fondazione Museo del Tesoro del Duomo e Archivio Capitolare announces two short-term Library Research Grants for graduate students to promote scholarly use of its important collections. The first one is dedicated to The Memory of mons. Giuseppe Ferraris and the second one dedicated to Vercelli Book and Anglo-Saxon Studies.

These Library Research Grants, which have a value of up to € 2.000 each, are meant to help defray expenses incurred in traveling to and residing in Vercelli during the tenure of the grant. The length of the grant will depend on the applicant’s research proposal, but is ordinarily up to one month.

Library Research Grants awarded in this year are tenable from May 2012 to April 2013 (except from 18th July to 4th September), and the deadline for applications is 15 April 2012. No applications will be accepted after that date.

Applicants are asked to complete an Application Form (download from http://www.tesorodelduomovc.it/) and submit a Word or PDF file (the latter is the preferred format) containing a Budget Form, a full Curriculum Vitae and a Research Proposal not exceeding one thousand words in length. Application should be sent by postal mail to the Library Research Grants Committee or by Email at the address given below. Applicants must also arrange for two Confidential Letters of Recommendation to be sent directly to the Library Research Grants Committee by postal mail or Email.

The proposal should address specifically the relevance to the proposed research of unique resources found in the Biblioteca and Archivio Capitolare collections or in the Museo del Tesoro del Duomo collection (The Memory of mons. Giuseppe Ferraris Grant) and in the Biblioteca Capitolare collections (Vercelli Book and Anglo-Saxon Studies Grant). Prospective grantees are urged to contact the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books for detailed descriptions of the collections. The Fondazione Museo del Tesoro del Duomo e Archivio Capitolare reserves the right to have a copy of the research that the applicant will publish at the end of her or his studies.

A committee consisting of members by University of Piemonte Orientale, Turin, Göttingen, Kiel and of the Library Management will award the grants on the basis of the relevance of the proposal to unique holdings of the library and museum, the merits and significance of the project, and the applicant’s scholarly qualifications.

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© 2011-2012
Fondazione Museo del Tesoro del Duomo e Archivio Capitolare
piazza Alessandro D’Angennes, 5
13100, Vercelli – ITALY
http://www.tesorodelduomovc.it/

Dr Timoty Leonardi
Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books
timoty.leonardi@tesorodelduomovc.it
Phone and fax: +39 0161 51650

Posted by Roberto Rosselli Del Turco

CFP: Society for Digital Humanities / Société pour l’étude des médias interactifs

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Society for Digital Humanities /
Société pour l’étude des médias interactifs

Call for Papers
(See the French version below)

Crossroads: Scholarship for an Uncertain World
2012 Annual Meeting of the Society for Digital Humanities / Société pour l’étude des médias interactifs

The Society for Digital Humanities (SDH/SEMI) invites scholars, practitioners, and graduate students to submit proposals for papers and sessions for its annual meeting, which will be held at the 2012 Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, from 28-30 May.

The society would like in particular to encourage submissions relating to the central theme of the Congress–“Crossroads: Scholarship for an Uncertain World.” While this year’s Congress theme is well suited to the interests of SDH/SEMI, we encourage submissions on all topics relating to both theory and practice in the evolving field of the digital humanities.

Our keynote speaker and recipient of this year’s award for Outstanding Achievement for Computing in the Arts and Humanities is Ronald Tetreault (Dalhousie University).

The conference will also present joint sessions with ACCUTE and Canadian Game Studies Association/Association Canadienne d’Études Vidéoludiques (http://sdh-semi.org/). Proposals should specify any preference for inclusion in this joint session.

Proposals for papers (20 min.), posters, and panels or roundtables (2-6 speakers for a 1½ hour session) will be accepted until 1 February 2012 and must be submitted at http://www.sdh-semi.org/conference/. Abstracts should be between 200 and 400 words long, and should clearly indicate the paper’s thesis, methodology and conclusions. There is a limited amount of funding available to support graduate student travel. Please note that all presenters must be members of SDH/SEMI at the time of the conference.

Selected papers from the conference will appear in a special collection published in the society journal, Digital Studies/Le champ numérique (http://www.digitalstudies.org).

Program committee: Brent Nelson (program chair), Aimée Morrison (local organizer), Eric Moore, Harvey Quamen, Jon Saklofske, Susan Brown, Stéfan Sinclair, Dan O’Donnell, Michael Eberle-Sinatra

Appel de communications

À la croisée des chemins: Le savoir face à un monde incertain Réunion annuelle de 2012 de la Society for Digital Humanities / Société pour l’étude des médias interactifs (SDH/SEMI)

La Société pour l’étude des médias interactifs invite chercheurs et étudiants aux cycles supérieurs à soumettre des propositions de communication et de session pour sa réunion annuelle, qui se tiendra au Congrès 2012 de la Fédération canadienne des sciences humaines à l’Université Wilfrid Laurier et l’Université de Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, du 28 au 30 mai.

La Société souhaite encourager en particulier des propositions concernant le thème central de la réunion : « À la croisée des chemins : Le savoir face à un monde incertain ». Bien que le thème du congrès de cette année soit bien adapté aux intérêts de la SDH/SEMI, nous encourageons également toute communication qui traite des sciences humaines numériques, tant au niveau théorique que pratique.

Ronald Tetraul (Dalhousie University), récipiendaire du prix 2012 pour une contribution exceptionnelle dans le domaine des arts et sciences humaines informatiques, sera notre conférencier plénier.

La conférence présentera aussi des sessions conjointes avec ACCUTE et le Canadian Game Studies Association/Association Canadienne d’Études Vidéoludiques (http://sdh-semi.org/). Les participants devraient indiquer leur intérêt à participer aux sessions conjointes.

Les propositions de communication (20′), posters et de session ou table-ronde (2-6 participants pour une période d’une heure trente) seront acceptées jusqu’au 1 février 2012 et doivent être soumises à
http://www.sdh-semi.org/conference/. Les résumés devraient compter entre 200 et 400 mots, et indiquer clairement la thématique, méthodologie, et conclusion. La société a des fonds limités pour les frais de déplacements pour les étudiants. Veuillez noter que tout présentateur devra être membre de la SDH/SEMI au moment de la conférence.

Une sélection des présentations de la conférence sera publiées dans un numéro spécial du journal de la Société, le Digital Studies/Le champ numérique (http://www.digitalstudies.org).

Comité scientifique: Brent Nelson (program chair), Aimée Morrison (local organizer), Eric Moore, Harvey Quamen, Jon Saklofske, Susan Brown, Stéfan Sinclair, Dan O’Donnell, Michael Eberle-Sinatra

Posted by: Brent Nelson (brent.nelson@usask.ca).

Digital Humanities Job at Washington University in Saint Louis

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Mark Steinberg Weil Early Career Fellowship in Digital Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis.The Humanities Digital Workshop at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for /a three-year early-career fellowship in digital humanities/, to begin July 1, 2012. We seek scholars with expertise in any of a broad range of humanities topics and methods — quantitative history, network analysis, topic-modeling, statistical approaches to book history, lexicography, computer-assisted stylistics, text-processing, or human-computer interaction.The fellow’s research program should employ analysis of digitized texts or data to extend or contest current understandings of literary, political, social, or cultural history. Candidates must have completed their doctorates after 2008, and must have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. before July 1, 2012.

The Weil fellowship was established to foster the professional development of gifted scholars and the further enrichment of the university’s vigorous research environment. The HDW fellow is expected to pursue her or his own research, but will also join the research team of one or more of the projects currently supported by the HDW; the Fellow is expected to participate in the intellectual life of the HDW as well as of other units relevant to the Fellow’s research interests. Teaching responsibilities include a course each Fall and Spring semester, as well as supervision of a small number of students.Some courses may be centered in the Fellow’s substantive discipline; others may straddle disciplines, but with a methodological focus in digital scholarship. Fellows are expected to be in residence during the entire fellowship period, apart from research-related travel. Fellows will receive a salary of $60,000 per year, plus Washington University postdoctoral benefits; and a $5,000 annual research/travel stipend.

Applicants should submit a CV, graduate school transcript, two letters of recommendation, a description of the proposed research project, a brief account of the applicant’s involvement in digital humanities, and a proposal for a seminar (introductory or advanced) in digital humanities. Submit all application materials electronically
to the HDW Fellowship Search Committee, c/o hdw-artsci@wustl.edu .Inquiries may be directed to Joseph Loewenstein jfloewen@wustl.edu or Douglas Knox dknox@wustl.edu .*Applications must be received by March 1, 2012*.Washington University in St. Louis is an AA/EO employer, and strongly encourages applications from women, ethnic minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

Posted by: Dot Porter (dot.porter@gmail.com).

Beyond Accessibility: Textual Studies in the 21st Century

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Beyond Accessibility: Textual Studies in the 21st Century

Call for Papers

The Textual Studies team of INKE (Implementing New Knowledge Environments) wish to invite presentation proposals for Beyond Accessibility: Textual Studies in the 21st Century . June 8, 9, and 10, 2012, University of Victoria, Victoria BC, Canada.
Keynote speakers: Adriaan van der Weel (Leiden University) and Sydney Shep, (Victoria University of Wellington)

At the end of the 20th century, textual studies witnessed a revolution in accessibility to texts with the explosion of the internet. Now we simply take it for granted that digital processes infuse every step of our study, editing, production, and dissemination of texts. The Textual Studies team of INKE invites presentations that address the questions “What is the state of textual studies in the 21st century? What is the important work of textual studies in the 21st century? What are the outstanding issues, challenges, concerns, emerging trends, methods, attitudes, and exciting developments in textual scholarship? Papers may address such questions as

* What is the state of the scholarly edition after the transition from print to print and digital?
* What is the impact on the material book and on book history of the different kinds of access enabled by the digital medium?
* How have authorship attribution studies been transformed by access to so many more searchable texts?
* How has the new age of access to materials affected the state of textual studies in various regions of the globe?
* How well are scholars being served by traditional and emerging infrastructures for the study, creation, production, and dissemination of texts?
* What is the future of, for example, the study of readership and letter writing, genetic editing, and reception history?

INKE is a multi-national, multi-disciplinary research initiative, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and partnering organizations, to study, develop, and implement digital environments for reading and research (www.inke.ca). The Textual Studies Team of INKE is researching ways in which the age of manuscript and print production can inform our development and implementation of electronic reading technologies.

We invite proposals for papers, posters/demonstrations, and roundtable discussions that address these and other issues pertinent to research in textual studies. Proposals should contain a title, a detailed and focussed abstract (of approximately 300 words) plus list of works cited, and the names, affiliations, and Website URLs of presenters. Please send proposals before 15 December 2011 to richard.cunningham@acadiau.ca.

Potential participants in the conference, particularly those coming from abroad, might be interested to take advantage of the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, which will just before our conference, from 4-8 June, also at the University of Victoria (http://www.dhsi.org/). A limited number of scholarships for workshop tuition will be available for graduate students participating in the Beyond Accessibility conference. Also of potential interest is the annual conference of the Society for Digital Humanities (SDH/SEMI) at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, 28-30 May, 2012 (http://www.sdh-semi.org/).

Posted by: Brent Nelson (brent.nelson@usask.ca).