Johns Hopkins University
April 22
Rachel Danford (Loyola University Maryland)
Erica Harman (University of Pennsylvania)—DVMA Paper Prize Winner!
Giancarla Periti (University of Toronto / CASVA)
Erin Rowe (Johns Hopkins University)
Elly Truitt (Bryn Mawr College)
The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS) is now accepting applications for the 2017-2018 Visiting Research Fellowship program. Guided by the vision of its founders, Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, SIMS aims to bring manuscript culture, modern technology, and people together to provide access to and understanding of our shared intellectual heritage. Part of the Penn Libraries, SIMS oversees an extensive collection of pre-modern manuscripts from around the world, with a special focus on the history of philosophy and science, and creates open-access digital content to support the study of its collections. SIMS also hosts the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts and the annual Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age.
The SIMS Visiting Research Fellowships have been established to encourage research relating to the pre-modern manuscript collections at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, including the Schoenberg Collection. Affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, located near other manuscript-rich research collections (the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Chemical Heritage Foundation, and the Rosenbach Museum and Library, among many others), and linked to the local and international scholarly communities, SIMS offers fellows a network of resources and opportunities for collaboration. Fellows will be encouraged to interact with SIMS staff, Penn faculty, and other medieval and early modern scholars in the Philadelphia area. Fellows will also be expected to present their research at Penn Libraries either during the term of the fellowship or on a selected date following the completion of the term.
Applications are due May 1, 2017. More information on eligibility and the application process is available here: https://schoenberginstitute.
For more information on SIMS, go to http://schoenberginstitute.
Friday, March 17th
8:30 - 5:30pm
Van Pelt Library - Rm 626/627
Keynote Address - Larry Scanlon - "Nature's Unnatural Authority"
To register please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. A detailed schedule will soon be available at medieval-auctoritas.tumblr.com
NICHOLAS HERMAN, AMEY HUTCHINS, WILL NOEL, & DOT PORTER
23rd May – 28th June 2017 (Summer Session 1), T—W—Th 10:00-12:00
Vitale Media Lab, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
This non-credit course will introduce graduate students working in medieval and Renaissance periods to the disciplines of manuscript studies, such as codicology and paleography, and will provide an opportunity for students to analyze manuscripts relevant to their research interests in Penn’s collections.
Students will develop familiarity with digital humanities as applied to manuscript studies and gain confidence in using manuscript catalogs, working in special collections libraries, handling pre-modern manuscripts, and reading manuscript text.The course instructors are all staff members of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies and the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts: Will Noel, Director; Dot Porter, Curator of Digital Research Services; Nicholas Herman, Curator of Manuscripts; and Amey Hutchins, Manuscripts Cataloging Librarian.
The only requirement for course participation is an interest in working with manuscripts in research. While knowledge of Latin is useful, it is not required. We welcome graduate students, undergraduate students, and library staff from Penn and other local institutions. There is no fee for taking this course, but participants are encouraged to purchase the course textbook, Introduction to Manuscript Studies (Clemens & Graham).The deadline for applying is April 3rd. To confirm your interest in participating in this course, please email Amey Hutchins at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., describing any past paleographical experience, knowledge of Latin and other languages, and reasons for wishing to take this course.
http://schoenberginstitute.org
April 28th and 29th, 2017
Yale University
This graduate training workshop will cover topics in:
No prior paleography or encoding experience is required.
The workshop covers the fundamentals of digital editing while tackling the codicological challenges posed by manuscript rolls. Practical sessions inform collective editorial decision-making: participants will undertake the work of transcription and commentary, and encode (according to TEI P5 protocols) the text and images of a medieval manuscript roll. The workshop will result in a collaborative digital edition.
The workshop will run April 28th and 29th, 2017 (Friday-Saturday) 9.30am-4.30pm. This graduate-run workshop is free of charge, and lunches will be provided for participants. A limited number of small need-based travel bursaries are available for participants traveling to New Haven. The workshop will be limited to ten places – preference will be given to graduate students with demonstrated need for training in manuscript study and text encoding.
An information booklet and syllabus can be found on the website – please read this document before applying, and apply online by March 15. Applicants will be notified whether they can be offered a place by March 28th.
For more information, see the project website (digitalrollsandfragments.com/
The DVMA would like to offer its sincere gratitude to the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries and the Princeton Index of Christian Art for their continued support of our programs.
