I noted in a previous post that twelve positions in digital scholarly editions are now available, including one in palaeography in the University of Graz with Dr Georg Vogeler. Further information about that specific position is now available from a flier on the DiXiT website. Please remember once ...
No fewer than twelve Marie Curie fellowships for early stage researchers are now available – including one in palaeography – as part of the new DiXiT international network on Digital Scholarly Editing. These are intended to fund people beginning PhDs in relevant topics, but others are also eligible to ...
David N. Dumville, Sixth-century Professor in History, Palaeography and Celtic at the University of Aberdeen, will be giving a series of open lectures in London on 'Insular script in context: a 1500-year history of a European cultural phenomenon'. David Dumville has published extensively on Insular, Celtic and Anglo-Saxon script, among ...
The eighteenth International Colloquium of Latin Palaeography has just come to an end. Held at St Gall, it was a fascinating set of discussions on a wide range of topics relating to Latin palaeography. The schedule, including detailed abstracts for all papers, is available online and makes for ...
I've been bothered for a while by anxieties about digitisation of manuscripts and how well they do and do not capture the material aspect of the original. That they do not reproduce the original is surely beyond debate, but this is not to say that they are flawed any more ...