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[1] From: Chiara Palladino <chiarapalladino1@gmail.com>
Subject: Seminar Announcement: Digital Editions of Ancient Text-bearing Objects (54)
[2] From: Michael Eberle Sinatra <michael.eberle.sinatra@umontreal.ca>
Subject: Conference "Hermeneutica in Practice: Honoring the Work and Legacy of Stéfan Sinclair" (10-12/9/25 @ Montreal) (86)
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Date: 2025-04-28 13:03:59+00:00
From: Chiara Palladino <chiarapalladino1@gmail.com>
Subject: Seminar Announcement: Digital Editions of Ancient Text-bearing Objects
Join us for this upcoming event at the Material Digital Humanities seminars
2025:
Making the Implicit Explicit: Digital editions of ancient text-bearing
objects
Speakers: Martina Filosa (Universität Köln), Usama Gad (Ain Shams
University), Gabriel Bodard (University of London)
Date: Friday May 2, 2025, 16:00–17:15 BST. Online Only.
Digital editions of ancient texts and objects follow the
nineteenth/twentieth century tradition of academic editing, but are able to
be more explicit and accessible than their print analogues. The use of
digital standards such as EpiDoc and Linked Open Data, that emphasise
interoperability, linking and sharing, enables—we shall argue, obliges—the
scholarly editor to make the digital publication open, accessible,
transparent and explicit. Ancient text-bearing objects need to be treated
as material artefacts as well as the bearers of (sometimes abstract or
immaterial) strings of historical text. All elements of the publication of
both object and text are interpretive constructs. It is essential that we
not neglect any of the material or immaterial information in all of these
components, in our scholarly quest to make them explicit, interoperable and
machine actionable.
The Material Digital Humanities seminar is organised by Gabriel Bodard
(Digital Humanities Research Hub, University of London, UK) and Chiara
Palladino (Department of Classics, Furman University, USA) in 2025. This
seminar series will present a range of discussions around materiality and
the research possibilities offered by digital methods and approaches.
Beyond just the value of digitization and computational research to the
study of material culture, we are especially interested in theoretical and
digital approaches to the question of materiality itself. We do not
restrict ourselves to any period of history or academic discipline, but
want to encourage interdisciplinarity and collaborative work, and the
valuable exchange of ideas enabled by cross-pollination of languages, areas
of history, geography and cultures.
All welcome
This event is free to attend, but booking is required. It will be held
online with details about how to join the virtual event being circulated
via email to registered attendees 24 hours in advance.
https://www.sas.ac.uk/digital-humanities-research-hub/events/making-implicit-
explicit-digital-editions-ancient-text-bearing-objects
Chiara Palladino, PhD
Associate Professor of Classics
Chair, Ancient Greek and Roman Studies
Shi Institute Faculty Affiliate
Office: Furman Hall 128A
Furman University
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Date: 2025-04-28 06:58:53+00:00
From: Michael Eberle Sinatra <michael.eberle.sinatra@umontreal.ca>
Subject: Conference "Hermeneutica in Practice: Honoring the Work and Legacy of Stéfan Sinclair" (10-12/9/25 @ Montreal)
The Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques
(CRIHN<http://crihn.org>) is very proud to announce a call for papers for:
"Hermeneutica in Practice: Honoring the Work and Legacy of Stéfan Sinclair – A
Conference on Text Analysis, Tool Building, and Critical Digital Humanities"
Université de Montréal, September 10th-12th 2025
Plenary spearkers: Servanne Monjour (Sorbonne Université) and Lauren Tilton
(Richmond University)
We welcome submissions of papers, panels, and tool demonstrations for a
bilingual conference dedicated to examining and building on the scholarly
contributions of Stéfan Sinclair (1972–2020), a leading figure in the field of
digital humanities in Canada and internationally. Stéfan Sinclair’s innovative
work in text analysis, digital tool development, and critical infrastructure
design played a foundational role in shaping methodologies and pedagogical
approaches that continue to influence scholars across disciplines. This
conference will provide a forum for academic exchange and critical reflection on
the legacy of Sinclair’s work, while fostering new directions in the theory and
practice of digital humanities in alignment with the collaborative and
interdisciplinary ethos that characterized his career.
Conference Themes:
This event explores the rich intersections of text analysis, critical
infrastructure, interpretive tools, and collaborative scholarship that defined
Sinclair’s career. We welcome proposals that engage with his legacy in theory
and practice, including but not limited to:
- Text Analysis as Interpretation: Inspired by Hermeneutica and Voyant, how can
we reconceive text analysis as a form of critical reading? What new directions
are emerging in computational literary studies?
- Tool Building and Humanities Infrastructure: Sinclair’s work embodied a
commitment to building accessible, user-focused tools. What role does tool
development play in shaping scholarly practice? How do we sustain and reflect on
our infrastructures?
- Interface and Visualization Design for the Humanities: How do we make meaning
through interface? How do visualizations support and challenge interpretive acts
in cultural heritage and literary studies?
- Collaborative Praxis: Sinclair’s method was always collaborative—technically,
intellectually, and pedagogically. We invite contributions that reflect on or
exemplify this mode of working: co-authorship, co-building, co-teaching.
- Pedagogy and Programming for Humanists: From « The Art of Literary Text
Analysis » to his CFI-funded lab « SHAVLAB », Sinclair reimagined how humanists
could learn, teach, and play with code. What are the most compelling approaches
to teaching digital methods today?
- Digital Humanities and Sustainability: How does the perennity of Voyant speak
to issues of sustainability in the field more generally, including environmental
challenges, and scholarly stewardship?
- History and Future of Digital Humanities: How do we situate Sinclair’s
contributions within the broader development of DH as a field? What are the
paths forward?
We especially encourage proposals that directly engage with or build upon tools
and projects Sinclair helped bring to life, including Voyant, HyperPo, TAPoR,
CWRC, and LINCS, and others.
Presentation Formats:
- 20-minute papers
- Posters
- Hands-on tool demonstrations
Submission Details:
- Please submit a 500-word abstract along with a short bio (100 words) as a PDF
to crihunum@gmail.com with the subject “Sinclair Conference” by 15 June 2025.
Conference Dates: September 10–12, 2025
Abstract submission: June 15, 2025
Results announced: June 30 2025
Program unveiled: July 10, 2025
Conference Organizing Committee:
Michael Sinatra (Université de Montréal), Stéphanie Posthumus (McGill
University), Geoffrey Rockwell (University of Alberta), Susan Brown (University
of Guelph), Diane Jakacki (Bucknell University), Emmanuel Château-Dutier
(Université de Montréal), and Marcello Vitali-Rosati (Université de Montréal)
Colloque CRIHN 2025 en l’honneur de Stéfan
Sinclair<https://crihn.openum.ca/nouvelles/2025/04/13/colloque-crihn-2025-en-honneur-de-stefan-sinclair/>
Michael E. Sinatra <https://www.michaelsinatra.org> |
Professeur titulaire et directeur
Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques
(CRIHN<http://crihn.org>)
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