Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age (MMSDA) -
DiXiT Camp 1
28 April – 2 May 2014, Cambridge & London
We are very pleased to announce the fifth year of this course, funded
by the Digital Scholarly Editions Initial Training Network (DiXiT), and
run by DiXiT with the Institute of English Studies (London), the
University of Cambridge, the Warburg Institute, and King’s College
London. For the first time, the course will run in two parallel
strands: one on medieval and the other on modern manuscripts.
The course is open to any arts and humanities doctoral students working
with manuscripts. It involves five days of intensive training on the
analysis, description and editing of medieval or modern manuscripts to
be held jointly in Cambridge and London. Participants will receive a
solid theoretical foundation and hands-on experience in cataloguing and
editing manuscripts for both print and digital formats.
The first half of the course involves morning classes and then
afternoon visits to libraries in Cambridge and London. Participants
will view original manuscripts and gain practical experience in
applying the morning’s themes to concrete examples. In the second half
we will address the cataloguing and description of manuscripts in a
digital format with particular emphasis on the Text Encoding Initiative
(TEI). These sessions will also combine theoretical principles and
practical experience and include supervised work on computers.
The course is free of charge but is open only to doctoral students (PhD
or equivalent). It is aimed at those writing dissertations relating to
medieval or modern manuscripts, especially those working on literature,
art or history. Some bursaries will be available for travel and
accommodation. There are eighteen vacancies across the medieval and
modern strands, and preference will be given to those considered by the
selection panel likely to benefit most from the course. Applications
close on 14 February 2014 but early registration is strongly
recommended.
For further details see http://dixit.uni-koeln.de/mmsda.html
or contact dixit-mmsda@uni-koeln.de
