Four travel bursaries of up to 250 € each are still available for the 2nd DiXiT Convention in Cologne, 15-18 March 2016.
Candidates must be early stage researchers (M.A. students, PhD candidates) and have already registered to attend the conference.
Application:
http://dixit.uni-koeln.de/1435-2/
Programme and registration:
Registration and application deadline is 1 March 2016.
We are very pleased to announce the programme of the second DiXiT convention to be held in Cologne, 15-18 March 2016, ‘Digital Editions: Academia, Cultural Heritage, Society’. Registration is now open!
With a great variety of excellent speakers from various fields the programme comprises sessions on Critical Editing, Building Communities, Cultural Heritage, Social Editing, Funding and Publishing. A large amount of new and current editing projects will be presented during a dedicated poster session. The core programme is preceded by intensive workshops on Publishing Models and Editing beyond XML. Special events will take place in the evening at interesting local venues.
Please find below an outline of the programme. Visit our convention website for abstracts and further details at:
Registration is open & free of charge at:
Early registration is recommended since places for several events are limited.
*** PROGRAMME ***
TUESDAY, 15 March 2016
Workshops, 11 am – 4:30 pm
Future Publishing Models for Digital Scholarly Editions
– Michael Pidd (University of Sheffield)
– Anna-Maria Sichani (Huygens Institute for History of the Netherlands)
– Paul Caton (King’s College London)
– Andreas Triantafyllidis (thinking(dot)gr / vivl(dot)io)
Digital Editing beyond XML
– Fabio Ciotti (University of Roma Tor Vergata)
– Manfred Thaller (University of Cologne)
– Desmond Schmidt (University of Queensland)
– Fabio Vitali (University of Bologna)
– Domenico Fiormonte (University of Edinburgh)
Opening Keynote, 5 pm
Claire Clivaz (University of Lausanne)
Multimodal literacies and continuous data publishing : ambiguous challenges for the editorial competences
WEDNESDAY, 16 March 2016
Critical Editing I, 9 – 11 am
Andreas Speer (University of Cologne)
Blind Spots of Digital Editions: The Case of Huge Text Corpora in Philosophy, Theology and the History of Sciences
Mehdy Sedaghat Payam (SAMT Organization for Research in Humanities, Iran)
Digital Editions and Materiality: A Media-specific Analysis of the First and the Last Edition of Michael Joyce’s Afternoon
Raffaella Afferni, Alica Borgna, Maurizio Lana, Paolo Monella, Timothy Tambassi (Università del Piemonte Orientale)
‘But What Should I Put in a Digital Apparatus’ – A Not-So-Obvious Choice: New Types of Digital Scholarly Editions
Building Communities, 11 am – 1 pm
Monica Berti (University of Leipzig)
Beyond Academia and Beyond the First World: Editing as Shared Discourse on the Human Past
Timothy L. Stinson (North Carolina State University)
The Advanced Research Consortium: Federated Resources for the Production and Dissemination of Scholarly Editions
Aodhán Kelly (University of Antwerp)
Digital Editing in Society: Valorization and Diverse Audiences
Cultural Heritage, 2 – 4 pm
Hilde Boe (The Munch Museum, Oslo)
Edvard Munch’s Writings: Experiences from Digitising the Museum
Thorsten Schassan (Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel)
The Influence of Cultural Heritage Institutions on Scholarly Editing in the Digital Age
Dinara Gagarina, Sergey Kornienko (Perm State University)
Digital Editions of Russia: Provincial Periodicals for Scholarly Usage
Poster Slam & Session, 4 – 6 pm
Museum Lecture, 7 pm
Location: Museum Kolumba
Helene Hahn (Open Knowledge Foundation, Berlin)
OpenGLAM & Civic Tech: Working with the Communities
followed by a reception & guided tour
THURSDAY, 17 March 2016
Social Editing & Funding, 9 – 11 am
Ray Siemens (University of Victoria)
The Social Edition in the Context of Open Social Scholarship
Till Grallert (Orient-Institut Beirut)
The Journal al-Muqtabas Between Shamela.ws, HathiTrust, and GitHub: Producing Open, Collaborative, and Fully Referencable Digital Editions of Early Arabic Periodicals – With Almost No Funds
Misha Broughton (University of Cologne)
Crowd-Funding the Digital Scholarly Edition: What We Can Learn From Webcomics, Tip Jars, and a Bowl of Potato Salad
Publishing, 11 am – 1 pm
Mike Pidd (University of Sheffield)
Scholarly Digital Editing by Machines
Anna-Maria Sichani (Huygens Institute for History of the Netherlands)
Beyond Open Access: (Re)use, Impact and the Ethos of Openness in Digital Editing
Alexander Czmiel (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities)
Sustainable Publishing: Standardization Possibilities For Digital Scholarly Edition Technology
Licenses, 2 – 4 pm
Walter Scholger (Graz University)
Intellectual Property Rights vs. Freedom of Research: Tripping Stones in International IPR Law
Wout Dillen (University of Antwerp)
Editing Copyrighted Materials: On Sharing What You Can
Merisa Martinez (University of Borås), Melissa Terras (University College London)
Orphan Works Databases and Memory Institutions: A Critical Review of Current Legislation
Club Lecture/DiXiT meets Cologne Commons, 7 pm
Location: Stereo Wonderland
Ben Brumfield (Independet Scholar, Texas)
Accidental Editors and the Crowd
Frank Christian Stoffel (Cologne Commons)
My 15 min. fame with creative commons
followed by a live performance by Grüner Würfel Drehkommando
FRIDAY, 18 March 2016
Critical Editing II, 9 – 11 am
Charles Li (University of Cambridge)
Critical Diplomatic Editing: Applying Text-critical Principles as Algorithms
Vera Faßhauer (University of Frankfurt)
Private Ducal Correspondences in Early Modern Germany (1546-1756)
Cristina Bignami, Elena Mucciarelli (University of Tübingen)
The Language of the Objects: ‘Intermediality’ in Medieval South India
Closing Keynote, 11 am
Arianna Ciula (University of Roehampton)
Modelling Textuality: A Material Culture Framework
Die Sprachliche und die Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche
Informationsverarbeitung der Universität zu Köln lädt ein zu einem Gastvortrag von Prof. Dr. Christoph Schommer von der Universität Luxembourg:
“About Data Science”
Do., 28.01.16, 10.00 Uhr
HS 80
Abstract:
The sensors of the Big Data hype have engulfed the digital world as well as our society. Technical innovations, scientific achievements, and an insistent data-centric thinking have made it possible that data has been put in front more than ever before. This leads to consequences, for example a deeper understanding of own data, but also the necessity to clearly differentiate between correlation and causality and what should be public and what should be private. Today, the ‘dealing with data’ has become a fundamental concern. In this regard, the lecture is split into two parts: first, I’d like to motivate the field of Data Science. Second, I will present some of the projects that are currently performed at my research group.
Christoph Schommer ist seit 2009 Professor für Computer Science and Communication an der Universität Luxembourg. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Data Mining, Text Mining, Maschinelles Lernen und Intelligente Datenbanken.
The Thomas-Institute at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Cologne invites applications for four full-time positions as Research Associates, one of which in Digital Humanities, three in Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin Philosophy, starting May 1, 2016.
The Thomas-Institute conducts a long-term project of critical editions of the writings on Natural Philosophy by the Arabic philosopher Averroes (Ibn Rušd, 1126–1198) and his immediate predecessor Avempace (Ibn Bāǧǧa, c. 1070–1139): “Averroes (Ibn Rushd) and the Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin Reception of Aristotle’s Philosophy of Nature”. The project will produce a total of 18 critical editions of the preserved Arabic original texts and their medieval Hebrew and Latin translations, which will be published both in print and as digital editions. Starting in 2016, the project is scheduled to run for 25 years, and has received funding for the entire period of its duration from the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. Directors: Prof. Dr. Andreas Speer, Jun.-Prof. Dr. David Wirmer.
The Digital Humanities position assigned to this project has the task
* to evaluate existing editing tools and to adapt them to the needs of the present project;
* to assist the editors in the encoding in XML/TEI of complex editorial findings;
* to implement ― on the basis of an existing framework (http://dare.uni-koeln.de/) ― solutions for the display of the critical apparatus;
* to contribute to the development of an TEI schema for edition meta-data;
* to further develop the technical framework with a view to standardized technologies and sustainability.
Appointment requirements are: either a university degree (Master) in computer science and a good knowledge of questions and methods used in the humanities, especially in edition philology or a university degree (Master) in a field related to the subject-matter of the edition project and in-depth knowledge in informatics. Eligible candidates should demonstrate an excellent knowledge of XML/TEI, XML-databases, XML editors and their customization, other XML-related standards and web technologies. In addition, some experience in the creation of print masters is desirable.
For further information see: http://ukoeln.de/F1JI1
Applicants for the positions in Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin Philosophy should be competent in more than one area. Appointment requirements are: a university degree and PhD in a field related to the subject-matter of the edition project (e.g. History of Philosophy, Classical Philology, Oriental Studies, Jewish Studies, etc.). Eligible candidates should demonstrate an excellent knowledge of either Arabic, Hebrew, or Latin, working knowledge of at least one of the other languages, and close familiarity with Medieval philosophy. The appointed editors are expected to work independently but in close collaboration with their colleagues.
For further information see: http://ukoeln.de/KYP7X
The University of Cologne is an equal opportunities employer. Applications of women are thus especially encouraged; applications of disabled persons will be given preferential treatment to those of other candidates with equal qualifications. Candidates should submit a cover letter that describes their research, two letters of recommendation, and a current curriculum vitae. To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 1st of March 2016. Please send your documents to:
Averroes Edition
Thomas-Institut
Universitätsstraße 22
50923 Köln
For additional information please contact david.wirmer@uni-koeln.de.
Am Donnerstag, 17. Dezember, veranstaltet das CCeH eine Weihnachtsfeier, zu der alle Kolleginnen und Kollegen, Freunde und Verwandte herzlich eingeladen sind.
Die Feier startet um 18 Uhr in den Räumen des CCeH, Universitätsstr. 22, Dachgeschoss. Für Getränke und Speisen wird ebenso gesorgt sein wie für einen Kicker und jahresendzeitstimmungsvolle Hausmusik, dargeboten von der House-Formation “CC(eH) Catch”.
Merry X-mas!
Goldene Promotion Dr. Paul Otto Samuelsdorff
50 Jahre Computerlinguistik in Köln
25 Jahre Sprachliche Informationsverarbeitung
Programm, 4. Dezember 2015, 16-18:00 Uhr
Jürgen Rolshoven: Einführung
Andreas Speer: Goldene Promotion Dr. Paul Otto Samuelsdorff
Paul Otto Samuelsdorff: Genesis der Computerlinguistik
Pause (ca. 15 Min.)
Guido Mensching: De quel problème les ordinateurs ne trouvent-ils pas la solution?
Hörsaal C, Hörsaalgebäude
Albertus Magnus Platz
50923 Köln
Die Probevorträge für die beiden W2-Professuren im Bereich der Digital Humanities finden zu den folgenden Terminen statt:
Am Donnerstag, dem 12. November 2015, im Raum 0.212 (Philosophikum)
14:00 Uhr
Dr. Tara L. Andrews, A manipulate digital model for complex
textual traditions
15:45 Uhr
Dr. Øyvind Eide, Critical Stepwise Formalisation as a computer assisted modelling technique. Introducing a method and a toolset for the study of media differences.
17:30 Uhr
Dr. Ingo Frommholz, Der Einsatz von Suchtechnologien zur
Bereitstellung digitaler Dienste in den Geisteswissenschaften
Am Freitag, dem 13. November 2015, im Raum 0.212 (Philosophikum)
14:00 Uhr
Dr. Hubert Mara, Objekte, Zeichen, Spuren – Forensik für Digitalisate
15:45 Uhr
Dr. Armin Volkmann, Perspektiven der semi-automatisierten Ortsnamenextraktion aus frühen Manuskripten und deren Analyse in Geografischen Informationssystemen GIS.
Am Montag, dem 16. November 2015, im Raum 0.212 (Philosophikum)
14:00 Uhr
Prof. Dr. Chris Biemann, Brückenschlag zwischen Informatik und den Digital Humanities
15:45 Uhr
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christian Chiarcos, Automatisches Textverstehen und Geisteswissenschaft: Anwendung, Technologie,
Theorie
Am Dienstag, dem 17. November 2015, im Raum 0.212 (Philosophikum)
14:00 Uhr
Dr. Hagen Peukert, Von linearen zu hierarchischen Sprachstrukturen: Eine computerlinguistische Simulationsstudie zum frühen Syntaxerwerb.
15:45 Uhr
Prof. Dr. Andreas Witt, Texte, Annotationen und die Corpus Query Lingua Franca
Alle Vorträge sind öffentlich.
Gemäß einer von der Mellon Foundation finanzierten und jüngst durch das Council on Library and Information Resources veröffentlichten Studie rangiert die Universität zu Köln mit ihren DH-Lehrstühlen und Studiengängen, dem Cologne Center for eHumanities, Datenzentrum und CodArchLab unter den “Klassenbesten” aller Digital Scholarship Organisationen weltweit:
Building Expertise to Support Digital Scholarship: A Global Perspective, by Vivian Lewis, Lisa Spiro, Xuemao Wang, and Jon E. Cawthorne. CLIR, October 2015; esp. p. 44.
Der Report ist online einsehbar unter: http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub168
Am Freitag, 11. September 2015, werden Prof. Martin Bloomer and Dr. Andrew Irving von der University of Notre Dame das Digital Schoolbook (DSB) Projekt vorstellen:
“An introduction to the Digital Schoolbook (DSB) Project: its goals, objectives, scope and interest. We shall introduce the significance of the text of the Disticha Catonis for our work, challenges that have arisen, and discuss how we hope new ways of engaging with this fundamental but little studied text and its transmission in the Middle Ages might both transform standard histories of medieval education, and re-invigorate Latin pedagogy today. We are beginners in digital humanities, so we welcome your ideas, know-how, and questions, both before the talk, and at it.”
Datum: Freitag, 11.09.2015
Zeit: 14-16 Uhr
Ort: Seminarraum des CCeH, Universitätsstr. 22, Dachgeschoss
Alle Interessenten sind herzlich willkommen.
Auch in diesem Jahr gibt wieder eine Cologne Commons, dieses mal allerdings ohne Konferenz, dafür aber mit vielen tollen Bands mit unterschiedlichen Musikstilen an einem Abend. Wir würden uns über zahlreiches Erscheinen sehr freuen. Es lohnt sich.
Cologne Commons, die Vierte
5. September 2015 – Gebäude 9, Köln
Einlass 19 Uhr. Beginn 20 Uhr (pünktlich!). Eintritt 10 €.
mit:
OneDropLeft (Reggae / Weltmusik, Köln)
Vienna Ditto (Elektro-Blues, Oxford)
Louis Lingg And The Bombs (Anarcho-Punkrock, Paris)
Gull RYk (Indietronic, Köln)
Erich Schall (Techno, Duisburg)
For Example John (Trash-Pop, Köln)
Die Bands können hier angehört werden:
http://www.cologne-commons.de/