b'DigiPal'http://www.digipal.eu/blog/2016-09-07T17:28:14+00:00TrueRegistration for DigiPal Symposium VI now open2016-08-15T14:00:48+00:002016-09-07T17:28:14+00:00Peter A. Stokeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/pstokes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/registration-for-digipal-symposium-vi-now-open-1/<p>Registration for the <a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/programme-for-digipal-vi/">Sixth annual DigiPal Symposium</a> is now open on <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digipal-vi-the-palaeography-awakens-tickets-27077371146">Eventbrite</a>. There is no cost involved, but registration is compulsory to ensure that we have enough space and catering for everyone. Details are as follows:</p>
<p><strong>What</strong>: DigiPal Symposium VI<br/><strong>Where</strong>: King's College London (Strand Campus, Room K4U.12)<br/><strong>When</strong>: 9:30–7pm on 5 September 2016<br/><strong>Registration</strong>: Via <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digipal-vi-the-palaeography-awakens-tickets-27077371146">Eventbrite</a></p>
<p><strong>Confirmed Speakers</strong> include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Emma Cayley</li>
<li>Vincenzo Damiani </li>
<li>John Reuben Davies</li>
<li>Anna Dlabacova</li>
<li>Charles Farris</li>
<li>Alison Hudson</li>
<li>Débora Marques de Matos</li>
<li>Adi Keinan-Schoonbaert</li>
<li>Erik Kwakkel</li>
<li>Giacomo Signore</li>
<li>Peter Stokes</li>
<li>Joanna Tucker</li>
<li>Alice Taylor</li>
<li>Tessa Webber</li>
</ul>
<p>We very much hope to see you there!</p>Registration Opens for DigiPal V: The Phantom Minuscule2015-08-04T19:33:07+00:002015-08-25T11:01:48+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/digipal2015/<p><strong>Date:</strong> Wednesday 2nd September 2015</p>
<p><strong>Time:</strong> 9.30am-6pm</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> <a href="http://www.digipal.eu/blog/directions-to-nash-lecture-theatre-k231/">Nash Lecture Theatre</a> (K2.31), King's College London, Strand WC2R 2LS</p>
<p><strong>Co-sponsors:</strong> <a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk">Models of Authority</a> and <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/ahri/centres/clams/index.aspx">Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies</a></p>
<p><img height="229" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2014/.thumbnails/SymposiumIV_small.jpg/SymposiumIV_small-490x229.jpg" width="490"/></p>
<p>It is with great delight that the DigiPal team at the Department of Digital Humanities (King's College London) announce the draft line-up for the fifth DigiPal Symposium (see below). As usual, the focus of the Symposium will be the computer-assisted study of medieval handwriting and manuscripts. In addition, there will be pedagogy through computer gaming, crowdsourcing Ælfric, image processing, ontology-based encyclopedias, codicology, Scottish charters and, it goes without saying, but we're saying it anyway... palaeography!</p>
<p>Registration is free and includes refreshments and sandwiches. Judging by previous experience, places will disappear as rapidly as things that disappear rapidly, so please register <span>immédiatement (or "sona" as we say in Old English). It's easy: just <a href="https://digipal-v.eventbrite.com">sign-up with Eventbrite</a>.</span></p>
<p>Very much looking forward to seeing you in September,</p>
<p>Stewart and Peter</p>
<p><strong>Confirmed speakers include:</strong></p>
<p><span>Ben Albritton (Stanford): "Digital Abundance, or: What Do We Do with All this Stuff?"</span></p>
<p>Francisco J. Álvarez López (Exeter/King's College London): "Scribal Collaboration and Interaction in Exon Domesday: A DigiPal Approach"</p>
<p>Stewart Brookes (King's College London): "Charters, Text and Cursivity: Extending DigiPal's Framework for Models of Authority"</p>
<p>Ainoa Castro Correa (King's College London): "VisigothicPal: The Quest Against Nonsense"</p>
<p><span>Arianna Ciula (Roehampton): Closing Round Table </span></p>
<p>Orietta Da Rold (Cambridge): "'I pray you that I may have paupir, penne, and inke': Writing on Paper in the Late Medieval Period"</p>
<p><span>Christina Duffy (British Library): "Effortless Image Processing: How to Get the Most Out of your Digital Assets with ImageJ"</span></p>
<p>David Johnson (Florida State University): "Tracking the Tremulous Hand: Visualizing the Paleography of Punctuation"</p>
<p>Kathryn Lowe (Glasgow): "<span>Crowdsourcing the Medieval"</span></p>
<p><span>Suzanne Paul (Cambridge University Library): "Teaching Palaeography via the Medium of MOOC”</span></p>
<p>Peter Stokes (King's College London): Closing Round Table </p>
<p><span>Dominique Stutzmann (Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes): Closing Round Table </span></p>
<p><span>Maayan Zhitomirsky-Geffet (Bar-Ilan University) and Gila Prebor (Bar-Ilan University): "Towards an Ontopedia for Hebrew Manuscripts"</span></p>
<p><span>Leonor Zozaya (Coimbra University): "Educational Innovation: New Digital Games to Complement the Learning of Palaeography"</span></p>Programme for DigiPal Symposium: Monday 16th September 20132013-09-01T14:28:23+00:002014-07-03T23:04:51+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/programme2013/<p><strong>Date:</strong> Monday 16th September 2013</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> King's College London, Strand WC2R 2LS: Room S-3.20</p>
<p><strong>Co-sponsor:</strong> Centre for Late Antique & Medieval studies, KCL<br/><br/>With great delight, the DigiPal team at the Department of Digital Humanities (King's College London) announce the programme for their third Symposium. This year's theme is the computer-assisted study of medieval manuscripts, and we have a range of papers covering language, manual and automatic script analysis, on-line curation, music notation, image retrieval and palaeography (of course!). </p>
<p>Places are disappearing rather rapidly, so if you'd like to attend, then please send an email to digipal [at] kcl.ac.uk, including your details as you would like them to appear on your name badge. Oh, and do let us know if you are vegetarian.</p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing you later this month,</p>
<p>Stewart Brookes and Peter Stokes</p>
<p><br/><strong>Programme</strong></p>
<p>9.30-9.50 Coffee & registration</p>
<p>9.50 Introduction</p>
<p><strong>10.00-11.15: Session 1: Manuscripts and the Digital Age</strong></p>
<p>1. (10.00-10.20) -- Sarah Biggs and Julian Harrison (British Library): "Beyond the Reading Room: Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age"</p>
<p>2. (10.25-10.45) -- Tony Harris (University of Cambridge) : "Getting to the ‘Hart’ of the Matter – Digitally Speaking"</p>
<p>3. (10.50-11.10) -- Samantha Blickhan (Royal Holloway, University of London: "Musical Perception and Digital Surrogates: On Using E-Resources for Teaching Early Music Notation"</p>
<p><strong>11.15-11.40 Coffee</strong></p>
<p><strong>11.40-12.55: Session II: Letter-forms</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>4. (11.40-12.00) -- Jacob Thaisen (University of Stavanger): "A Survey of Middle English Letter-Forms"</p>
<p>5. (12.05-12.25) -- Peter Stokes (King's College London): "What is DigiPal, Really?"</p>
<p>6. (12.30-12.50) -- Stewart Brookes (King's College London):: "So Long and Thanks For All the F-shaped 'y's"</p>
<p><strong>12.55-14.00 Lunch </strong></p>
<p><strong>14.00-15.50: Session III: Digital Methods</strong></p>
<p>7. (14.00-14.30) Lambert Schomaker (University of Groningen): "Computer Methods for Handwriting Analysis"</p>
<p>8. (14.35-14.55) Jean-Paul van Oosten (University of Groningen): "Word Image Retrieval from Historical Handwritten Document Collections: The Monk System"</p>
<p>9. (15.00-15.20) Vincent Christlein (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg): "A Letter Driven Writer Identification in Medieval Papal Charters"</p>
<p>10. (15.25-15.45) Eleanor Anthony (University of Mississippi): "From the Archimedes’ Palimpsest to the Vercelli Book: Dual Correlation Pattern Recognition and Probabilistic Network Approaches to Palaeography in Damaged Manuscripts."</p>
<p><strong>15.50-16.15 Coffee</strong></p>
<p><strong>16.15-17.25: Session IV: Analysing Letters</strong></p>
<p>11. (16.15-16.35) -- Dominique Stutzmann: (French National Centre for Scientific Research): Automatic Letter-form Identification in the ORIFLAMMS project"</p>
<p>12. (16.40-17.00) -- David Ganz (University of Notre Dame and University of Cambridge.): "'Polygraphism': the Scribe Who Can Write Several Scripts"</p>
<p>13. (17.05-17.25) -- Tessa Webber (University of Cambridge): "The Analysis of Letters: Form, Shape and Stroke" </p>
<p>17.30-18.00 <strong>Roundtable discussion</strong> with Jane Roberts (Institute of English Studies) and Marc Smith (École Nationale des Chartes)</p>
<p><strong><br/></strong></p>Registration Opens for DigiPal Symposium: Monday 16th September 20132013-08-02T14:28:12+00:002014-07-04T12:02:13+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/registration/<h3>Breaking news: Jane Roberts (Insitute of English Studies) has been added to the list of speakers. Full programme soon.</h3>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> Monday 16th September 2013</p>
<p><strong>Event:</strong> DigiPal Symposium III</p>
<p><strong>Co-sponsor:</strong> Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies, King's College London</p>
<p><strong>Location:</strong> King's College London, Strand WC2R 2LS</p>
<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>It is with great delight that the DigiPal team (Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London) announce that registration is now open for the third DigiPal Symposium (list of speakers below).</p>
<p>Attendance is free and open to all, but places are limited and so registration is essential.</p>
<p>As we're celebrating the relaunch of our website and database, we're pleased to offer a *free* sandwich-style lunch to the first 80 participants who register. Who said there's no such thing as a "free lunch"? I guess those who dilly and dally before registering ;-)</p>
<p><strong>How do I register?</strong></p>
<p>To register, send an email to digipal [at] kcl.ac.uk, including your details as you would like them to appear on your name badge. Registration is likely to close on Friday 6th September 2013. Of course, if you want to be in with a chance of the coveted free lunch, then we recommend registering as soon as possible. Oh, and do please let us know if you are vegetarian.</p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing you in September,</p>
<p>Stewart Brookes and Peter Stokes</p>
<p><strong>Speakers</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Eleanor Anthony (University of Mississippi): "From the Archimedes’ Palimpsest to the Vercelli Book: Dual Correlation Pattern Recognition and Probabilistic Network Approaches to Palaeography in Damaged Manuscripts."<br/> </li>
<li>Sarah Biggs and Julian Harrison (British Library): "Beyond the Reading Room: Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age"<br/> </li>
<li>Samantha Blickhan (Royal Holloway, University of London): "Musical Perception and Digital Surrogates: On Using E-Resources for Teaching Early Music Notation"<br/> </li>
<li>Stewart Brookes (King's College London): "So Long and Thanks for All the F-shaped 'y's"<br/><br/></li>
<li>Vincent Christlein (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg): "A Letter Driven Writer Identification in Medieval Papal Charters" </li>
<li>
<p>David Ganz (University of Notre Dame and University of Cambridge.): "'Polygraphism': the Scribe Who Can Write Several Scripts"</p>
</li>
<li>Tony Harris (University of Cambridge): "Getting to the ‘Hart’ of the Matter – Digitally Speaking"<br/> </li>
<li>Lambert Schomaker (University of Groningen): "Computer Methods for Handwriting Analysis"<br/> </li>
<li>Peter Stokes (King's College London): "What is DigiPal, Really?"<br/> </li>
<li>Dominique Stutzmann (French National Centre for Scientific Research): Automatic letter-form identification in the ORIFLAMMS project"<br/> </li>
<li>Jacob Thaisen (University of Stavanger): "A Survey of Middle English Letter-Forms"<br/> </li>
<li>Jean-Paul van Oosten (University of Groningen): "Word Image Retrieval from Historical Handwritten Document Collections: The Monk System"<br/> </li>
<li>Tessa Webber (University of Cambridge): "The Analysis of Letters: Form, Shape and Stroke"<br/> </li>
</ul>DigiPal Symposium III: 16th September 20132013-06-06T11:51:33+00:002014-07-04T03:33:03+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/digipal-symposium-iii-monday-16th-september-2013/<p><strong>Date:</strong> Monday 16th September 2013</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> King's College London, Strand<br/><br/><strong>Co-sponsor:</strong> Centre for Late Antique & Medieval studies, KCL<br/><br/>It is with great delight that the DigiPal team at the Department of Digital Humanities (King's College London), announce their third Symposium. We've built up a scholarly camaraderie over the last two years and much look forward to our annual opportunity to discuss and debate the computer-assisted study of medieval handwriting and manuscripts. Of course, we'll need some papers. So…<br/><br/><strong>How to propose a paper</strong><br/><br/>Papers of 20 minutes in length are invited on any aspect of digital approaches to the study of medieval handwriting and manuscripts.<br/><br/>The topics below might help guide potential submissions:<br/><br/>• terminology for describing handwriting<br/>• visualisation of manuscript evidence and data<br/>• meaning and mining in palaeography<br/>• automatic letter-form identification<br/>• methods for dating/localising script<br/>• crowd-sourcing in palaeography<br/>• the practical and theoretical consequences of the use of digital images<br/>• examples of research that would benefit from a Digital Humanities (or DigiPal) approach<br/><br/>The above are only serving suggestions, so please don't feel limited to these topics.<br/><br/>To propose a paper, please email a brief abstract (250 words max.) to digipal [at] <a href="http://kcl.ac.uk/">kcl.ac.uk</a><br/><br/>The deadline for the receipt of submissions is 10.23pm on Wednesday 3rd July 2013</p>
<p>Looking forward to receiving your abstracts, Stewart and Peter</p>DigiPal Symposium III: The Return of the Palaeographers2013-05-01T22:10:48+00:002014-07-04T01:24:02+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/save_the_date/<p>We are well aware of the rumours in the media. Could hardly have missed the fevered discussion on the newsgroups and Twitter. Now it’s time to put an end to all that speculation…</p>
<p>The date of the third DigiPal Symposium will be <strong>Monday 16th September 2013</strong></p>
<p>We can’t reveal too much more at this stage, except to say that following last year’s successful <a href="https://www.digipal.eu/blogs/news/programme/" target="_blank">event</a> at the University of Westminster, this year we’ll be back at our ancestral homeland of King’s College London. The Strand campus no less.</p>
<p>More details coming soon, including the heady excitement of a “call for papers”. In the meanwhile, make sure you’ve saved the date.[1]</p>
<p>[1] Monday 16th September 2013</p>Tweeting the Second Symposium2012-11-24T13:43:48+00:002014-07-03T21:08:03+00:00Peter A. Stokeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/pstokes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/tweeting-the-second-symposium/<p>The <a href="http://localhost:8080/blog/news/programme/" title="Update: Programme for “Digital Approaches to Medieval Script and Image” Symposium">Second DigiPal Symposium</a> on Thursday, on the topic of 'Digital Approaches to Medieval Script and Image', was extremely successful, so very many thanks to everyone involved including the speakers, chairs, King's College London, the University of Westminster, and the European Research Council. We had twelve papers from speakers from the UK, Europe and the United States, and seventy-five people in the audience which lead to some lively discussion and useful contacts. In addition, however, the Symposium was covered very closely on Twitter, which you can see if you search for the <a href="https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23digipal" title="Twitter Stream for #digipal">#digipal</a> hashtag. There were many contributions and comments, including (among others):</p>
<ul>
<li>Andrew Prescott (Professor of Digital Humanities at King's College London: <a href="http://twitter.com/ajprescott" title="AJPrescott on Twitter">@ajprescott</a>)</li>
<li>Elaine Treharne (Professor, Dept. English at Stanford: <a href="http://twitter.com/etreharne" title="Elaine Treharne on Twitter">@ETreharne</a>)</li>
<li>Erik Kwakkel (Leiden University: <a href="http://twitter.com/erik_kwakkel" title="Erik Kwakkel on Twitter">@erik_kwakkel</a>)</li>
<li>Orietta Da Rold (University of Leicester: <a href="http://twitter.com/orietta_darold" title="Orietta Da Rold on Twitter">@orietta_darold</a>)</li>
<li>Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts at the British Library (<a href="http://twitter.com/blmedieval" title="BL Medieval MSS on Twitter">@blmedieval</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p>As usual, there were also contributions from others who were not there in person, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Will Noel (Special Collections and Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania: <a href="http://twitter.com/WillNoel" title="Will Noel on Twitter">@WillNoel</a>)</li>
<li>Gabriel Bodard (Dept. of Digital Humanities, King's College London: <a href="http://twitter.com/palaeofuturist" title="Gabriel Bodard on Twitter">@palaeofuturist</a>)</li>
<li>Dot Porter (Digital Library Program, Indiana University: <a href="http://twitter.com/leoba" title="Dot Porter on Twitter">@leoba</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p>Of course this is only a small selection, so have a look at <a href="http://twitter.com/#digipal">the tweet stream</a> yourself before it disappears. The biggest news on the Tweet stream was the announcement from the British Library that low-resolution images would be freely available for reuse; at the time of writing @erik_kwakkel's reporting of this has been retweeted sixty-one times and listed as 'favourite' by nineteen people:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Huge: images in British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts now Public Domain! Free reuse. @<a href="https://twitter.com/willnoel">willnoel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23digipal">#digipal</a> <a href="http://t.co/FpKbGBLo" title="http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/reuse.asp">bl.uk/catalogues/ill…</a></p>
— Erik Kwakkel (@erik_kwakkel) <a href="https://twitter.com/erik_kwakkel/status/271575475514654720">November 22, 2012</a></blockquote>
<p>Ben Brumfield asked about recording the sessions:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>I sure hope the <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23digipal">#digipal</a> presentations are being recorded. Suspect I'm not the only American balancing twitter and thanksgiving.</p>
— Ben W. Brumfield (@benwbrum) <a href="https://twitter.com/benwbrum/status/271627996987785216">November 22, 2012</a></blockquote>
<p>The answer, I'm sorry to say, is no: we didn't think about that, but it's certainly something to keep in mind. It is something to think about next year, though. We will certainly be publishing some of the papers, too, and indeed the volume from the First DigiPal Symposium is now well under way.</p>
<p>I think my favourite tweet, though, goes to Mike Jones in Melbourne:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Curses! I fear all the interesting <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23digipal">#digipal</a> tweets are going to keep some of us in Australia up past our bedtimes.</p>
— Mike Jones (@mikejonesmelb) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikejonesmelb/status/271567160533479424">November 22, 2012</a></blockquote>
<p>I'm sorry to have kept you up, Mike, but I'm glad you enjoyed it, and perhaps we will see you in London next year?</p>
<p>In the end, though, I repeat our own tweet from <a href="http://twitter.com/digipalproject">@digipalproject</a> to sum up my thoughts:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Many thanks to all contributors to brilliant <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Digipal">#Digipal</a> Symposium - esp. to @<a href="https://twitter.com/erc_research">erc_research</a> for funding the day. <a href="http://t.co/qwvmjKYS" title="http://digipal.eu/">digipal.eu</a></p>
— DigiPal Project (@DigiPalProject) <a href="https://twitter.com/DigiPalProject/status/271670036584869888">November 22, 2012</a></blockquote>
<p>I'm already looking forward to next year's Symposium, but in the meantime, we'll see you on Twitter!</p>Update: Programme for "Digital Approaches to Medieval Script and Image" Symposium2012-11-14T13:27:11+00:002014-07-03T19:37:33+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/update-programme-for-digital-approaches-to-medieval-script-and-image-symposium/<p><strong>Date:</strong> 22nd November 2012</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> <a href="http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/visit-us/directions/cavendish" target="_blank" title="Map of University of Westminster, New Cavendish Street building">University of Westminster</a>, 115 New Cavendish Street, W1W 6UW (Room CLG.09)</p>
<p><strong>Time:</strong> 9.30am-5.30pm</p>
<p>As the days darken and the wind starts to bite, we thought it might be worth remembering that there's more to a UK November than fireworks and cold weather. With that in mind, the DigiPal team at King's College London, in association with the Department of English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies, University of Westminster, are delighted to announce the programme for their "Digital Approaches to Medieval Script and Image" Symposium.</p>
<p>If you haven't registered for the Symposium as yet, then now would seem to be the ideal moment to snap up one of the few remaining places. Registration is free -- all you have to do is send an email (with your name and affiliation as you would like them to appear on your name badge) to digipal [at] <a href="http://kcl.ac.uk/">kcl.ac.uk</a></p>
<p>Coffee and registration will be at 9.30am and the Symposium will start at 9.50am. There will be refreshments, but lunch isn't included (we wanted to keep registration free, and it turns out that there's no such thing as a free lunch). For the full programme, see below.</p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing you on the 22nd,</p>
<p>Stewart Brookes and Peter Stokes (King's College London) and Louise Sylvester (University of Westminster)</p>
<p><strong>Programme</strong></p>
<p><strong>9.30-9.50</strong> Coffee and registration</p>
<p><strong>9.50</strong> Welcome</p>
<p><strong>10.00-11.20</strong> Session 1</p>
<ol>
<li>Catherine Karkov (University of Leeds): "Mourning Materiality in the Postdigital Era"</li>
<li>Melissa Terras (University College London): "Trusting What We See: Issues of Provenance When Imaging Manuscript Material in Complex Ways"</li>
<li>Kathleen Doyle and Sarah Biggs (British Library): "Challenges and Opportunities in Digitising Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library"</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>11.20-11.40</strong> Coffee</p>
<p><strong>11.40-12.50</strong> Session II</p>
<ol>
<li>Stewart Brookes (King's College London): "You Can't Always Get What You Want: Selecting Images for the DigiPal Database"</li>
<li>Peter Stokes (King's College London): "Describing Handwriting, Describing Decoration – Then Finding it Again"</li>
<li>Jonathan Taylor (British Museum): "Towards a Digital Palaeography of Cuneiform"</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>12.50-13.45</strong> Lunch</p>
<p><strong>13.45-15.25</strong> Session III</p>
<ol>
<li>Marc Michael Epstein (Vassar College): "The Chiasmatron: Hyperlinks and Pedagogical Methodology in the Study of the Iconography of Manuscripts Made for Jews in the Middle Ages"</li>
<li>Neel Smith (College of the Holy Cross) "Analyzing Early Manuscripts of the Iliad with Scholia"</li>
<li>Sarah Weston (Stanford University): "ST(M)EMS (Stanford Tree of (Medieval and) Early Modern Scripts) and the Implications of Online Paleographic Tools"</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>15.25-15.45</strong> Coffee</p>
<p><strong>15.45-17.15</strong> Session IV</p>
<ol>
<li>Florence Codine (Bibliothèque Nationale de France): "Letters in Sharp Relief: Digital Images and Epigraphy through the Example of Coin Inscriptions" </li>
<li>Rachel Hart (Universities of St Andrews and Dundee): "Teaching and Learning Palaeography on Both Sides of the Tay: Physical and Digital realities"</li>
<li>Elaine Treharne (Stanford University): "Will the Real Palaeographer Please Stand Up"</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>17.15-17.30</strong> Closing words</p>Update: List of Speakers for the "Digital Approaches to Medieval Script and Image" Symposium2012-10-25T15:21:46+00:002014-07-04T11:06:09+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/update-list-of-speakers-for-the-digital-approaches-to-medieval-script-and-image-symposium/<p>DigiPal One-Day Symposium</p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> 22nd November 2012</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> <a href="http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/visit-us/directions/cavendish" target="_blank" title="Map of University of Westminster, New Cavendish Street building">University of Westminster</a>, 115 New Cavendish Street, W1W 6UW (Room CLG.09)<br/><strong><br/>Time:</strong> 9.30am-5.30pm</p>
<p>It is with great pleasure that the DigiPal team announce the full list of speakers for the "Digital Approaches to Medieval Script and Image" Symposium in November. If you haven't registered yet, then now would be the ideal moment to snap up one of the few remaining places! All you have to do is send an email (with your name and affiliation as you would like them to appear on your name badge) to <span>digipal [at] kcl.ac.uk</span></p>
<p>All best, and hope to see you there,</p>
<p>Stewart Brookes and Peter Stokes</p>
<h2>Speakers and confirmed titles</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/people/research/brookes/index.aspx">Stewart Brookes</a> (King's College London) -- "You Can't Always Get What You Want: Selecting Images for the DigiPal Database"</p>
<p>Florence Codine (<a href="http://www.bnf.fr">Bibliothèque Nationale de France</a>) -- "Letters in Sharp Relief: Digital Images and Epigraphy through the Example of Coin Inscriptions"</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bl.uk/researchregister/1.10/?app_cd=RR&page_cd=RESEARCHER&l_researcher_id=179">Kathleen Doyle</a> and Sarah Biggs (British Library)</p>
<p><a href="http://faculty.vassar.edu/maepstein/" target="_blank" title="About Marc Michael Epstein">Marc Michael Epstein</a> (Vassar College) -- "The Chiasmatron: Hyperlinks and Pedagogical Methodology in the Study of the Iconography of Manuscripts Made for Jews in the Middle Ages"</p>
<p><a href="http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/saims/teachingstaff.htm">Rachel Hart</a> (Universities of St Andrews and Dundee) -- "Teaching and Learning Palaeography on Both Sides of the Tay: Physical and Digital Realities"</p>
<p><a href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/fine_art/07_Staff/Current/ck.html" target="_blank" title="About Catherine Karkov">Catherine Karkov</a> (University of Leeds) -- "Mourning Materiality in the Postdigital Era"</p>
<p><a href="http://shot.holycross.edu/~nsmith/">Neel Smith</a> (College of the Holy Cross) -- "Analyzing Early Manuscripts of the Iliad with Scholia"</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/people/academic/stokes/index.aspx">Peter A Stokes</a> (King's College London) -- "Describing Handwriting, Describing Decoration – Then Finding it Again"</p>
<p><a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/staff/middle_east/jonathan_taylor.aspx">Jonathan Taylor</a> (British Museum) -- "Towards a Digital Palaeography of Cuneiform”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dis/people/melissaterras" target="_blank" title="Abut Melissa Terras">Melissa Terras</a> (University College London) -- "Trusting What We See: Issues of Provenance When Imaging Manuscript Material in Complex Ways"</p>
<p><a href="http://english.stanford.edu/bio.php?name_id=501" target="_blank" title="About Elaine Treharne">Elaine Treharne</a> (Stanford University) -- "Will the Real Palaeographer Please Stand Up"</p>
<p>Sarah Weston (Stanford University) -- "ST(M)EMS (Stanford Tree of (Medieval and) Early Modern Scripts) and the Implications of Online Paleographic Tools"</p>Registration Opens for "Digital Approaches to Medieval Script and Image"2012-09-11T13:34:36+00:002014-07-05T09:50:46+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/registration-opens-for-digital-approaches-to-medieval-script-and-image/<p><span>DigiPal One-Day Symposium</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Date:</strong></span> 22nd November 2012</p>
<p><span><strong>Venue:</strong></span> <a href="http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/visit-us/directions/cavendish" target="_blank" title="Map of University of Westminster, New Cavendish Street building">University of Westminster</a>, 115 New Cavendish Street, W1W 6UW (Room CLG.09)<br/><span><strong><br/>Time:</strong></span> 9.45am-5.30pm</p>
<p>The DigiPal team (<a href="http://digipal.eu/" target="_blank" title="DigiPal URL">http://digipal.eu/</a>) at King's College London are delighted to announce that registration is now open for their second symposium. If you haven't pre-reserved a place, you can register by emailing <span>digipal [at] kcl.ac.uk</span></p>
<p>This year's theme is the implications of the increasing reliance of the scholarly community upon digital images and technologies. Bringing together art historians, palaeographers, medievalists and the Digital Humanities, the symposium will share theoretical approaches and methodologies and, crucially, test prevalent assumptions.<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>Invited speakers include</span></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://faculty.vassar.edu/maepstein/" target="_blank" title="About Marc Michael Epstein">Marc Michael Epstein</a> (Vassar College)<br/><a href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/fine_art/07_Staff/Current/ck.html" target="_blank" title="About Catherine Karkov">Catherine Karkov</a> (University of Leeds)<br/><a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dis/people/melissaterras" target="_blank" title="Abut Melissa Terras">Melissa Terras</a> (University College London)<br/><a href="http://english.stanford.edu/bio.php?name_id=501" target="_blank" title="About Elaine Treharne">Elaine Treharne</a> (Stanford University)</p>
<p><strong><span>Proposing a paper</span></strong></p>
<p>It is still not too late to propose a paper. For details, see<br/><a href="http://localhost:8080/blog/news/digipal-cfp/" target="_blank" title="DigiPal Call for Papers">/blog/news/digipal-cfp/</a></p>
<p>The deadline for the receipt of submissions is <strong>10.23pm on Friday 14th September 2012</strong></p>
<p>We look forward to hearing from you,</p>
<p>Stewart Brookes and Peter Stokes</p>
<p> </p>DigiPal Call for Papers: "Digital Approaches to Medieval Script and Image"2012-08-12T19:29:07+00:002014-07-03T20:19:48+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/digipal-call-for-papers-digital-approaches-to-medieval-script-and-image/<p>DigiPal One-Day Symposium</p>
<p>22nd November 2012, King’s College London</p>
<p>The DigiPal team (<a href="http://digipal.eu/" target="_blank" title="DigiPal homepage">http://digipal.eu/</a>) are delighted to invite submissions for their second<br/>symposium at King's College London. This year's theme is the implications of the increasing reliance of the scholarly community upon digital images and technologies. Bringing together art historians, palaeographers, medievalists and the Digital Humanities, the symposium will share theoretical approaches and methodologies and, crucially, test prevalent assumptions.</p>
<h2>How to propose a paper</h2>
<p>Papers of 20 minutes in length are invited on any relevant aspect of digital approaches to the representation of script and manuscript art. We would like to facilitate a wide-ranging debate and so welcome submissions from scholars whose primary experience is not with digitising images, or necessarily the medieval period.</p>
<p>Possible topics could include:</p>
<ul>
<li>the practical and theoretical consequences of the use of digital images</li>
<li>the relevance of art historical theories to the digital representation of medieval manuscripts</li>
<li>the problems and potentials presented by digital imaging technologies</li>
<li>palaeographical method for 'Digital' and 'Analogue' palaeography</li>
<li>reassessing the terminology used in manuscript studies and palaeography</li>
<li>reports from projects that make use of digitised images</li>
</ul>
<p>To propose a paper, please email a brief abstract (250 words max.) to digipal [at] kcl.ac.uk.</p>
<p><strong><span>The deadline for the receipt of submissions is 10.23pm on Friday 14th September 2012</span></strong></p>
<p>Please note that it is our intention to collect selected papers from the symposium as part of a forthcoming publication and so you may wish to submit an abstract even if you can't attend. Several papers from last year's symposium are being edited as part of our forthcoming volume, "Digital Palaeography" (Ashgate).</p>
<h2>Registration</h2>
<p>Registration will officially open from Thursday 20th September, but if you'd like to pre-reserve a place, then please let us know at your earliest convenience by emailing digipal [at] kcl.ac.uk</p>
<p>We look forward to hearing from you,</p>
<p>Stewart Brookes and Peter Stokes</p>Directions to Council Room, Strand Campus KCL2011-08-23T14:33:12+00:002015-03-08T20:27:56+00:00Peter A. Stokeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/pstokes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/directions-to-council-room-strand-campus-kcl/<p>The Strand Campus at KCL is confusing at the best of times, and so here are some detailed directions to the Council Room (K2.29).</p>
<p>The Strand Campus is made up of several buildings, most of which are now joined together internally. This means that you may not notice when you move from one building to the next, but it is important to be aware of this in order to keep your orientation. In our case, the main entrance from the Strand is into the ground floor of the Strand Building, but the Council Room is in the adjacent King's Building.</p>
<p>The easiest route to the Council Room is probably to go in through the revolving doors at the main entrance on the Strand. You will then be in the large open space visible on the right in the map of the <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/content/1/c6/06/21/31/StrandBuildinginternalmaplevel01.pdf">Strand Building Ground Floor</a> on the KCL website. You will see elevators in front of you, and just to the left of that a corridor going straight ahead (marked 'To King's Building' on the map). Take that corridor, and you will then be in Level 0 of the King's Building. This is shown in a <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/content/1/c6/06/21/31/KingsBuildinginternalmaplevel0.pdf">second map</a> on the KCL website. Note, however, that this map is rotated 90° clockwise relative to the previous one, so you will be coming in from the far left on this map whereas you went out the top of the previous one. If you continue straight down the corridor (from left to right on the map) you will come to a large foyer which opens out on your right, and the Great Hall on your left. You will also see some large staircases going up in the foyer; take these, or the lifts on your left just past the Great Hall, to King's Building Level 2 (for which there is yet another <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/content/1/c6/06/21/31/KBLevel2forweb.pdf">map</a>). At Level 2, you will see the Chapel; if you go down the corridor to your left as you face the Chapel (so back towards the Strand Building) you will find the Council Room on the left. It is Room K2.29.</p>Symposium: Provisional Schedule2011-08-23T13:43:42+00:002014-07-04T07:59:51+00:00Peter A. Stokeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/pstokes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/symposium-provisional-schedule/<p><strong>[<em>Update</em></strong>: The Symposium is now full and with a substantial waiting-list. Unfortunately the room cannot fit any more people, and so <strong>if you have not registered already then you will not be able to attend</strong>. We are happy to put you on the waiting-list, but it is very unlikely that a space will become available at this stage.]</p>
<p>This is the full schedule for the Symposium on <strong>5 September 2011</strong>. Please note that it is provisional -- in particular the order of papers could change -- but the overall picture should not. Any questions can be sent to the usual e-mail address: digipal [at] kcl.ac.uk</p>
<p>We look forward to seeing you there!</p>
<p><strong>Location</strong>: Council Room (K2.29), Strand Campus, King's College London. For directions see <a href="http://digipal.eu/blogs/uncategorized/directions-to-council-room-strand-campus-kcl/" title="Directions to Council Room, Strand Campus KCL">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong>9:30-10:00</strong>: Coffee and registration<br/><strong>10:00–11:00</strong>: Introduction, followed by</p>
<ul>
<li>Plenary Lecture: Elaine Treharne (Florida State University), <em>A Site for Sore Eyes: Digital, Visual and Haptic Manuscript Studies</em></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>11:00–11:20</strong>: Coffee Break</p>
<p><strong>11:20–12:30</strong>: Session 1. Chair: Orietta da Rold (University of Leicester)</p>
<ul>
<li>Peter Stokes (King’s College London): <em>DigiPal in Theory</em></li>
<li>Stewart Brookes (King’s College London): <em>DigiPal in Practice</em></li>
<li>Erik Kwakkel (Leiden University): <em>The Digital Eye of the Paleographer: Using Databases to Identify Scribes and Date their Handwriting</em></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>12:30-13:30</strong>: Lunch (provided for all registered participants)</p>
<p><strong>13:30–15:00</strong>: Session 2. Chair: Ségolène Tarte (University of Oxford)</p>
<ul>
<li>Wim Van Mierlo (University of London): <em>How to Work with Modern Manuscripts in a Digital Environment — Some Desiderata</em></li>
<li>John McEwan and Elizabeth New (Aberystwyth University): <em>The Seals in Medieval Wales Project: Towards a New Standard in Digital Sigillography</em></li>
<li>Ben Outhwaite and Huw Jones (Cambridge University Library): <em>Navigating Cambridge’s Digital Library: the Cairo Genizah and Beyond</em></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>15:00–15:20</strong>: Coffee Break</p>
<p><strong>15:20–16:50</strong>: Session 3. Chair: Malte Rehbein (Universität Würzburg)</p>
<ul>
<li>Franck Le Bourgeois (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon): <em>Overview of Image Analysis Technologies</em></li>
<li>James Brusuelas (University of Oxford) and John Wallin (Middle Tennessee State University): <em>The Papyrologist in the Shell</em></li>
<li>Els De Paermentier (Ghent University): <em>Diplomata Belgica: Towards a More Creative and Comparative Palaeographical Research on Medieval Charters</em></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>16:50–17:00</strong>: Short Break</p>
<p><strong>17:00–17:30</strong>: <em>Panel Discussion</em> with Michelle Brown (University of London), Donald Scragg (University of Manchester) and Marc Smith (École Nationale des Chartes), chaired by Clare Lees (King's College London)</p>
<p>There is no formal evening event, but we will be having dinner in a local restaurant. If you are interested in attending (at your own expense) then please email the organisers at digipal [at] kcl.ac.uk.</p>Registration: ‘Digital Resources for Palaeography’ Symposium2011-08-02T17:11:22+00:002014-07-03T22:01:06+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/registration-digital-resources-for-palaeography-symposium/<p><strong>Monday 5th September 2011, 9.30am-5.30pm</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>King's College London, Council Room, Strand WC2R 2LS</strong></p>
<p>The 'Digital Resource and Database of Palaeography, Manuscripts and Diplomatic' (DigiPal) at the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London, is delighted to announce that registration is now open for our one-day symposium on digital resources for palaeography.</p>
<p>Attendance is free and open to all, but places are limited and so registration is essential.</p>
<p>To register, email your details as you would like them to appear on your name badge to <span>digipal [at] kcl.ac.uk</span> by <strong>Monday 22nd August 2011</strong>. Refreshments and a sandwich-style lunch will be provided, so do let us know if you are vegetarian.</p>
<p>A flyer is available <a href="http://digipal.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DigiPal_Symposium.pdf">here</a>. For directions and a map, see <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/campuses/strand/Strand.aspx" title="Map">here</a>.</p>
<h2>Speakers</h2>
<p><strong>Elaine Treharne</strong> (Florida State University), 'A Site for Sore Eyes: Digital, Visual and Haptic Manuscript Studies'</p>
<p><strong>Peter Stokes</strong> (King's College London), 'DigiPal in Theory'</p>
<p><strong>Stewart Brookes</strong> (King's College London), 'DigiPal in Practice'</p>
<p><strong>Wim Van Mierlo</strong> (University of London), 'How to Work with Modern Manuscripts in a Digital Environment — Some Desiderata'</p>
<p><strong>Franck Le Bourgeois</strong> (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon), 'Overview of<br/>Image Analysis Technologies'</p>
<p><strong>Erik Kwakkel</strong> (Leiden University), 'The Digital Eye of the Paleographer: Using Databases to Identify Scribes and Date their Handwriting'<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>John McEwan</strong> and <strong>Elizabeth New</strong> (Aberystwyth University), 'The Seals in Medieval Wales Project: Towards a New Standard in Digital Sigillography'<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Els De Paermentier</strong> (Ghent University), 'Diplomata Belgica: Towards a More Creative and Comparative Palaeographical Research on Medieval Charters'</p>
<p><strong>James Brusuelas</strong> (University of Oxford) and <strong>John Wallin</strong> (Middle Tennessee State<br/>University), 'The Papyrologist in the Shell'<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Ben Outhwaite</strong> and <strong>Huw Jones</strong> (Cambridge University Library), 'Navigating Cambridge's Digital Library: the Cairo Genizah and Beyond'</p>
<p>Closing discussion with <strong>Michelle Brown</strong> (University of London), <strong>Donald Scragg</strong> (University of Manchester) and <strong>Marc Smith</strong> (École Nationale des Chartes)</p>‘Digital Resources for Palaeography’ One-Day Symposium2011-06-16T16:27:37+00:002014-07-04T04:46:55+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/digital-resources-for-palaeography-one-day-symposium-info/<p><strong>5 September 2011, King’s College London, 9.30am-5.30pm</strong></p>
<p>The 'Digital Resource and Database of Palaeography, Manuscripts and Diplomatic' (DigiPal) at the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London, is pleased to announce the list of speakers for their one-day symposium on digital resources for palaeography.</p>
<p>Information about registering for the symposium, etc. will appear here closer to the time. In the meanwhile, if you have any questions, then please contact us at digipal [at] kcl.ac.uk</p>
<h3>Speakers</h3>
<p>Elaine Treharne, 'A Site for Sore Eyes: Digital, Visual and Haptic Manuscript Studies'</p>
<p>Peter Stokes, 'DigiPal in Theory'</p>
<p>Stewart Brookes, 'DigiPal in Practice'</p>
<p>Wim Van Mierlo, 'How to Work with Modern Manuscripts in a Digital Environment -- Some Desiderata'</p>
<p>Franck Le Bourgeois, 'Overview of Image Analysis Technologies'</p>
<p>Erik Kwakkel, 'The Digital Eye of the Paleographer: Using Databases to Identify Scribes and Date their Handwriting'</p>
<p>John McEwan and Elizabeth New, 'The Seals in Medieval Wales Project: Towards a New Standard in Digital Sigillography'</p>
<p>Els De Paermentier, 'Diplomata Belgica: Towards a More Creative and Comparative Palaeographical Research on Medieval Charters' </p>
<p>James Brusuelas and John Wallin, 'The Papyrologist in the Shell'</p>
<p>Ben Outhwaite and Huw Jones, 'Navigating Cambridge's Digital Library: the Cairo Genizah and Beyond'</p>CfP: 'Digital Resources for Palaeography' One-Day Symposium2011-04-08T12:12:13+00:002014-07-04T12:02:34+00:00Peter A. Stokeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/pstokes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/cfp-digital-resources-for-palaeography-one-day-symposium/<h4>5 September 2011, King’s College London</h4>
<p>The 'Digital Resource and Database of Palaeography, Manuscripts and Diplomatic' (DigiPal) at the Centre for Computing in Humanities at King's College London is pleased to announce a one-day symposium on digital resources for palaeography.</p>
<p>In recent years, scholars have begun to develop and employ new technologies and computer-based methods for palaeographic research. The aim of the symposium is to present developments in the field, explore the limits of digital and computational-based approaches, and share methodologies across projects which overlap or complement each other.</p>
<p>Papers of 20 minutes in length are invited on any relevant aspect of digital methods and resources for palaeography and manuscript studies. Possible topics could include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Project reports and/or demonstrations</li>
<li>Palaeographical method; 'Digital' and 'Analogue' palaeography</li>
<li>Quantitative and qualitative approaches</li>
<li>'Scientific' methods, 'objectivity' and the role of evidence in manuscript studies</li>
<li>Visualisation of manuscript evidence and data</li>
<li>Interface design and querying of palaeographical material</li>
</ul>
<p>To propose a paper, please send a brief abstract (250 words max) to <a href="mailto:digipal@kcl.ac.uk">digipal [at] kcl.ac.uk</a>. The deadline for receipt of submissions is 8th May 2011.</p>