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Early-Modern Texts and Digital Resources

Postgraduate Student Event: UCL / KCL / SAS / LAHP / Society for Neo-Latin Studies

Friday, 29 May 2015, 1.30-6.30 pm
University College London
This postgraduate student event is one in a series of annual events for postgraduate students, organized by institutions in London in collaboration with the Society for Neo-Latin Studies (SNLS). It is intended for postgraduate students working on or with early modern material. The event is open to students in any discipline and at all stages, including MA/MPhil/MSt students and undergraduates considering graduate work in the field as well as PhD students.

Postgraduate students in early modern studies are unusually isolated: the UK has no departments of early modern studies, so students are scattered among many departments across the country, including History, English, Classics, Modern Languages, History of Science, Philosophy and Theology. They are often the only student in their department working on an early modern topic. There is a strong need for such students to meet each other, share their research and consult with more senior academics, who are themselves hard to locate and contact for the same reasons.

As a result, it can be difficult to share information on issues such as approaches, methodology, resources and the application of digital technology to early-modern material, which is relevant to all researchers in this field. Therefore this event will offer the opportunity to speak about these issues and hear from people with experience with digitized collections or creating digital resources. There will also be time for informal networking and discussion.

  • If you would like to attend, please book a place by emailing Gesine Manuwald  by 15 May 2015.
  • Please indicate your institution, research area and the stage you are at (e.g. first year PhD; prospective MA student).
  • The event will be free to attend for students, and a sandwich lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Programme

1.30-2.00  Arrival, registration, sandwich lunch

2.00-2.15  Welcome and Introduction (Gesine Manuwald, University College London)

2.15-2.45  Victoria Moul (King's College London)
        Early English Books Online (EEBO)

2.45-3.15  Paul White (University of Leeds)
        Digital resources for the study of handwritten annotations in early printed books

3.15-3.45  Simon Wirthensohn (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Innsbruck)
        The Periochae of Habsburg School Drama: Considerations on the Digital
        Edition of the ÖAW's Periochae Collection

3.45-4.15  Coffee / tea

4.15-4.45  Máté Vince (University of Warwick)
        Casaubon project: Creating critical editions with Classical Text Editor

4.45-5.15  Rembrandt Duits (Warburg Institute London)
        The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

5.15-5.45  Closing Discussion

5.45-6.30  Drinks

6.45  Dinner at local restaurant (optional, on a self-paying basis)

Venue: University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, Galton Lecture Theatre