Delaware Valley Medieval Association

Serving Medieval Studies in the Delaware Valley since 1983

Communications Secretary and Membership Secretary

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On August 23, 2016

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This page is visible to authorized Super Users only. It contains the website upkeep and style guide.

Administrator access: https://dvmamedieval.com/administrator

Communications Secretary Duties

Updated August 2019

Weekly Duties

  • Check dvma@dvmamedieval.com emails for event announcements and other communications
  • Event announcements (see Walkthrough and Style Guide below)
    • Post event on website
    • Add event to MailChimp newsletter, linking back to announcement on DVMA website
    • Schedule MailChimp newsletter to deliver to email list and post on Facebook fan page

Occasional Duties

Communicating with Members

  • Fall Welcome Email (~4 weeks before 1st meeting)
    • Publicize year’s schedule of events (decided in May)
    • Advertise prizes offered and deadlines (December 15)
    • Membership benefits (join online!)
      • Discounted Penn card—deadline Dec. 1
      • Questions about membership status? Contact dvma@dvmamedieval.com
    • Direct readers to website / Facebook
    • Ask readers to forward to medievalists new in the area
  • Kalamazoo Blast (May)
    • 2 weeks before conference, request member submissions of their papers/panels
    • 1 week before (or week of) conference, circulate list of member’s papers/panels

Publicizing Meetings

  • 8 weeks out: obtain meeting name, time, location, speakers, titles, schedule, and publicity image from organizer(s)
    • Post on website as received
  • 4-6 weeks out: announcement to email list / Facebook via MailChimp newsletter
  • 2 weeks, 1 week, and 1 day out: reminders to email list / Facebook via MailChimp newsletter

Executive Council

  • Take minutes of meetings, distribute them to EC

 

Walkthrough and Style Guide

Posting New Events to the DVMA Website

Navigate to Content > Articles > Add New Article

Set Category as Announcements. Do not set as Featured.

Title format:

  • For lectures and talks: Author Full Name, “Talk Title” (Host Institution, Date)
  • For symposia and conferences: Conference Title (conference/symposium at Host Institution, Date)
  • For CFPs: CFP: Conference Title (Host Institution, Date)

MailChimp Newsletter

Add new events to the weekly newsletter on MailChimp. Use the same format as above for titles, and link to individual article post on DVMA website. 

Formatting DVMA Announcements vs. External Announcements

Use these formatting guidelines to emphasize DVMA-specific announcements within the newsletter.

  • In the email body, reserve Heading 1 for DVMA-specific announcements. For all others, use Heading 2.
  • Use highlight text for DVMA-specific announcements / designations. Accent color #cc6666  has so far only been used for DVMA announcements such as:
    • Prize winners
    • Buttons for DVMA events
    • Highlight text for DVMA events

 

Membership Secretary Duties

Produce list of active members to submit to Penn Library to make available Penn Card privilege (submit new list every year after first fall meeting; send updated list as requested or when a significant number of new members have registered)

Produce lists of active members as needed for relevant publicity and other purposes.

Answer inquiries regarding membership status from current and past members.

Organize committees for each prize in October-November every year:

In conversation with president, decide on executive council members to invite to serve on each award committee.

Gain commitment from award committee members.

Publicize prizes:

 

  • Deadline: January 15
  • Announcements 8 weeks, 4 weeks, and 2 weeks before deadline (11/15; 12/15; 1/1)

Gather submitted applications and mount to cloud (e.g., DropBox) for distribution to committee members; set deadlines for feedback.

Manage decision making process (January 15 – February 15)

Submit decision to president and communicate name of graduate student paper prize to be presented at next spring or fall meeting (by February 15)

 

CFP for Kalamazoo 2017: New Work on Manuscripts in Philadelphia

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On August 14, 2016

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New Work on Manuscripts in Philadelphia: Looking towards the Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis Project

In 2015, a collaboration led by the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) and including 15 institutions was awarded $500K from the Council on Library and Information Resources for the Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis project, which will digitize and put into the public domain over 400 manuscript codices. This session will celebrate the launch of the project by presenting a variety of papers showcasing the range of collections that will be made available through the BiblioPhilly project.

Have you been working with manuscripts from Philadelphia area collections? Consider submitting a proposal to participate in our session, sponsored by the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies. Please email a brief abstract to Dot Porter at dorp at upenn dot edu by September 15th for consideration.

Call for Papers from the Index of Christian Art

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On August 1, 2016

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The Index of Christian Art invites submissions for two sessions in Image and Meaning in Medieval Manuscripts to honor Adelaide Bennett Hagens at the 52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 11-14, 2017.

Session I: Text-Image Dynamics in Medieval Manuscripts

Session II: Signs of Patronage in Medieval Manuscripts

The full CFP appears at http://ica.princeton.edu/conferences/. Submit proposals by September 15, 2016.

Image Credits

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On June 11, 2016

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All images on this website are of works of medieval art in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. The works of art are in the public domain, and the images are released under a Creative Commons Zero license.

Specific works include:

2016 Schoenberg Symposium Announcement

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On June 9, 2016

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9th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age

November 17-19, 2016

Save the Date! Registration opens at the end of the summer.

Reactions: Medieval/Modern

In partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Schoenberg Institute of Manuscript Studies (SIMS) at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries is pleased to announce the 9th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age. This year’s theme, “Reactions: Medieval/Modern,” gives us space to explore the many and varied ways that people have reacted to, and acted upon, manuscripts from the Middle Ages up to today. Reactions take many forms. They include the manipulation of physical objects through, for example, the marking up of texts, addition of illustrations, the disbinding of books or rebinding of fragments, as well as the manipulation of digital objects, thanks to new technologies involved in digitization, ink and parchment analysis, virtual reconstruction, among many other processes. This symposium will also tackle how popular culture has reacted to manuscripts over time as witnessed by their use and appearance in books, games, and films. Our keynote speaker will be Michelle P. Brown, Professor emerita of Medieval Manuscript Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and former Curator of Manuscripts at the British Library.

For more information and a list of speakers, visit the website: http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium9.html.

DVMA Announcements & Events

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On June 9, 2016

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Check this page frequently for announcements of local events and opportunities for medievalists in the Delaware Valley!

Got something to share? Send event announcements to dvma@dvmamedieval.com to share your event with local medievalists.

Digital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript Roll & Fragment (November 18-19, 2016): Call for Applications

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On June 9, 2016

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Organizers are pleased to announce a call for applicants to two digital humanities and manuscript studies workshops, running concurrently in fall 2016.

Digital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript Roll
&
Digital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript Fragment

18-19 November 2016
Yale University

More information, syllabi and application links can be found on our website, www.digitalrollsandfragments.com/workshops/. Applications are due by July 15, 2016.

Online Latin

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On June 8, 2016

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In the summer of 2016 William Turpin (Swarthmore College), Jen Faulkner (East Longmeadow High School) and Larry Swain (Bemidji State University) will offer another free online Medieval Latin translation course, using the Zoom video conferencing program.  This summer we will read the “Life of Patrick” by Muirchú, and Patrick’s “Confession,” which are written in relatively straightforward, intuitive Latin.  User-friendly editions (with a lot of vocabulary help) are or will be posted (see below).
 
The course is aimed above all at those who have completed a year or so of classical Latin at the college level, or the equivalent in high school. It should also be suitable for those whose Latin may be a little rusty, or for more accomplished Latinists with an interest in medieval Latin. The intention is to replicate the experience of a student in (say) a college Latin class at the early intermediate level, minus the quizzes, tests, and continuing assessment; there is no mechanism for awarding credit or certificates of attendance. The most immediate model, in fact, may be an informal reading group: the basic premise is that a small community of interested participants can both encourage and enhance what is essentially a private encounter with a text. 
 
Zoom will allow eight active participants (i.e. people who may wish come online to translate a particular section of text) and an unlimited number of auditors, who will be able to submit questions and comments using the messaging function. The sessions will also be archived on YouTube. We will provide a webpage for interested participants to sign up for particular sections of the text; such participants will then be invited to translate and to raise questions or comment as seems appropriate. The instructors and other active participants will offer assistance and comments as necessary, just as in an ordinary class with participants sitting around a table. 
 
Sessions will begin on Sunday, June 5, at 2PM Eastern time.  General information about the course and subsequent online “discussions”  can be accessed by joining the Google Plus “Community” entitled “Medieval Latin (Summer 2016): St. Patrick: Muirchu, Vita S. Patricii and Patrick’s “Confessio.”  (https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106839324668039713380).   The Google Plus page has a link to a webpage for the course, where you can find the texts and sign-up sheet for joining one of the weekly sessions as active participant (or go straight to https://sites.google.com/a/swarthmore.edu?tab=m3)
 
Active participants will need a webcam and to install Zoom (which is free and easy to install); observers will find the link posted on the Google Plus page shortly before the session begins.  
 
Questions may be addressed directly to wturpin1@swarthmore.edu.

Call for Applications: Digital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript Roll & Fragment

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On June 8, 2016

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Organizers are pleased to announce a call for applicants to two digital humanities and manuscript studies workshops, running concurrently in fall 2016.

Digital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript Roll
&
Digital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript Fragment

18-19 November 2016
Yale University

More information, syllabi and application links can be found on our website, www.digitalrollsandfragments.com/workshops/. Applications are due by July 15, 2016.

Free Online Latin Course for Summer 2016

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On June 8, 2016

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In the summer of 2016 William Turpin (Swarthmore College), Jen Faulkner (East Longmeadow High School) and Larry Swain (Bemidji State University) will offer another free online Medieval Latin translation course, using the Zoom video conferencing program.  This summer we will read the “Life of Patrick” by Muirchú, and Patrick’s “Confession,” which are written in relatively straightforward, intuitive Latin.  User-friendly editions (with a lot of vocabulary help) are or will be posted (see below).
 
The course is aimed above all at those who have completed a year or so of classical Latin at the college level, or the equivalent in high school. It should also be suitable for those whose Latin may be a little rusty, or for more accomplished Latinists with an interest in medieval Latin. The intention is to replicate the experience of a student in (say) a college Latin class at the early intermediate level, minus the quizzes, tests, and continuing assessment; there is no mechanism for awarding credit or certificates of attendance. The most immediate model, in fact, may be an informal reading group: the basic premise is that a small community of interested participants can both encourage and enhance what is essentially a private encounter with a text.
 

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