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Teuchos – An Online Knowledge-based Platform for Classical Philology

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Seminar: Teuchos – An Online Knowledge-based Platform for Classical Philology

Digital Classicist/Institute of Classical Studies Seminar

Friday July 10th at 16:30
STB3/6 (Stewart House), Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU

*Cristina Vertan (Hamburg)*
*Teuchos: An Online Knowledge-based Platform for Classical Philology*

The talk will describe the general architecture of a digital research environment for manuscript and textual studies (particularly those pertaining to ancient Greek and Byzantine texts), and discuss some questions of data representation and encoding in the framework of such an online research platform (Teuchos. Zentrum fr Handschriften- und Textforschung).

ALL WELCOME

The seminar will be followed by wine and refreshments.

For more information please contact Gabriel.Bodard@kcl.ac.uk, Simon.Mahony@kcl.ac.uk, Stuart.Dunn@kcl.ac.uk or Juan.Garces@bl.uk, or see the seminar website at
http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2009.html where a fuller abstract can be found, and audio and slides will be uploaded after the event.

Digital Classicist podcast: http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/seminar.xml

Posted by: Simon Mahony (simon.mahony@kcl.ac.uk).

Call for Applications/Proposals ESF Research Networking Programmes

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For wide dissemination: Call for applications

ESF Research Networking Programmes – 2009 Call for Proposals

An ESF Research Networking Programme is a networking activity bringing together nationally funded research activities for four to five years, to address a major scientific issue or a science-driven topic of research infrastructure, at the European level with the aim of advancing the frontiers of science. Key objectives include:

* creating interdisciplinary fora;
* sharing knowledge and expertise;
* developing new techniques;
* training young scientists.

A successful Programme proposal must show high scientific quality and also demonstrate added value by being carried out at a European level rather than by individual research groups at the national level..
Proposals may be submitted in any scientific field. Deadline for receipt of proposals: 22 October 2009 (16:00 CET).. Full details at http://www.esf.org/programmes.

Posted by: Dan O’Donnell (daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca).

Editing the Medieval Laws of England: Workshop

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Editing the Medieval Laws of England

Date: 24 October 2009
Location: Institute of Historical Research
Description: The Institute of Historical Research, London, will be hosting a free one-day workshop which will bring together established academics and postgraduate students with an interest in early English laws.

The workshop will facilitate discussion about editing the various legal codes, edicts, manuals and treatises composed in England before the issuing of Magna Carta in 1215. It aims to provide participants with an opportunity to share and discuss their ideas about methodology and issues such as digitisation and linguistics in a friendly, informal atmosphere. This event will offer project presentations and demonstrations as well as practical sessions on editing and presenting the laws in the digital age.

Booking: Attendance is free, but places are limited and offered on a first come basis. For more information and/or to register contact Dr Jenny Benham, Institute of Historical Research, University of London.

Posted by: Dan O’Donnell (daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca).

Oxford University: IT Support Officer for the Online Egyptological Bibliography

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Griffith Institute in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford

Information Technology Support Officer for the Online Egyptological Bibliography

University Grade: 8, stages 0104, Salary in the range 36,532 39,920 per annum pro rata to 40%, 16-month fixed-term

The Griffith Institute is seeking to appoint from late 2009 an ICT Officer to provide support for the Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB), which will be moved from Amsterdam to a server in Oxford in late 2009 and will be further developed and migrated to a new software platform over the next year. This is a major database project that involves integrating material from diverse sources, including other databases that are to be incorporated into the OEB, as well as designing new input and search modules for use in a Unicode-compliant system. The successful candidate will have a professional knowledge of database systems, including Microsoft Access and MySQL with complex SQL statements and queries, as well as web-based systems, notably ASP, PHP, internet technologies such as (X)HTML and JavaScript, and general web design. She or he will also manage integrity, security, and online subscriptions to the OEB. This is a challenging position that will suit particularly a specialist in computing for the humanities.

Further particulars, including details on how to apply, should be obtained from http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/ or from the office of The Faculty Board Secretary, Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE, tel. 01865 288202, email orient@orinst.ox.ac.uk , to whom applications should be sent not later than Friday 24 July 2009

The University is an equal opportunities employer.

Seminar: Paper Watermark Location and Identification

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Digital Classicist/Institute of Classical Studies Seminar, Summer 2009

Friday July 3rd at 16:30

Note: STB 9 (Stewart House), Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU

*Roger Boyle & Kia Ng (Leeds)*
*Extracting the Hidden: Paper Watermark Location and Identification*

ALL WELCOME

Watermark studies go back many years, but the advent of large digital repositories and advances in imaging present new opportunities. We present two attacks. Both use a back-lighting approach that delivers good quality, digitally-native images. We exhibit work on a wide range of images, and have uncovered hitherto unseen results.

The seminar will be followed by wine and refreshments.

For more information please contact Gabriel.Bodard@kcl.ac.uk, Stuart.Dunn@kcl.ac.uk, Juan.Garces@bl.uk, or Simon.Mahony@kcl.ac.uk, or see the seminar website at http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2009.html, where a longer abstract is available, and the audio and slides will be posted shortly after the event.

Digital Classicist Podcast: http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/seminar.xml

Posted by: Gabriel Bodard (gabriel.bodard@kcl.ac.uk).