Monthly Archives: September 2012

Chasing Krüger’s Dream: Studying the Transmission of Classical and Medieval Manuscripts Using Lattice Theory and Information Entropy

Posted on 2012-09-24 by Tom Elliott

Lecture announcement: http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/news/index.html#sep27 September 27, 2012 Lecture: “Chasing Krüger’s Dream: Studying the Transmission of Classical and Medieval Manuscripts Using Lattice Theory and Information Entropy.” John W. Hessler, Kluge Staff Fellow. 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., LJ-119, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. Reception … Continue reading →

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“Europeana’s Huge Dataset Opens for Re-use”

Posted on 2012-09-14 by Gabriel Bodard

According to this press-release from Europeana Professional, the massive European Union-funded project has released 20 million records on cultural heritage items under a Creative Commons Zero (Public Domain) license. The massive dataset is the descriptive information about Europe’s digitised treasures. … Continue reading →

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BSR conference support scheme

Posted on 2012-09-13 by Gabriel Bodard

Forwarded for Eleanor Murkett: 28 September deadline for proposals for the new BSR Conference Support Scheme Competition 2013-2014 Proposals for 2013-14 are currently being accepted for the BSR’s new Conference Support Scheme. This provides support for promising novel research on … Continue reading →

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities, U.Houston

Posted on 2012-09-12 by Gabriel Bodard

Forwarded for Casey Dué Hackney (full details at UH website): Postdoctoral Fellow Application Information The University of Houston invites applications for a post-doctoral fellowship in Digital Humanities beginning January 16, 2013. The position is available for one year and renewable … Continue reading →

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Word, Space, Time: Digital Perspectives on the Classical World

Posted on 2012-09-06 by smahony

This call for papers was picked up from the Digital Classicist mailing list. Word, Space, Time: Digital Perspectives on the Classical World An interdisciplinary conference organized by the Digital Classics Association University at Buffalo, SUNY Buffalo, NY 14261, USA April … Continue reading →

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3 Jobs for DH developers, London

Posted on 2012-09-04 by Gabriel Bodard

From Jobs.ac.uk: The Department of Digital Humanities (DDH) is an academic department in the School of Arts and Humanities at King’s College London. Formerly called the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, DDH is an international leader in the application … Continue reading →

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Editing Athenaeus Hackathon: Berlin/Leipzig, October 10-12

Posted on 2012-09-01 by Gabriel Bodard

The Banquet of the Digital Scholars Humanities Hackathon on editing Athenaeus and on the Reinvention of the Edition in a Digital Space October 10-12, 2012 Universität Leipzig (ULEI) <http://www.zv.uni-leipzig.de/> & Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI) Berlin <http://www.dainst.org/de/department/zentrale?ft=all> Co-directors: Monica Berti – … Continue reading →

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