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[1] From: Isabelle Santaniello <imarthot@d-scribes.org>
Subject: CfP IWCP 2026 (Computational Paleography, ICDAR workshop) (89)
[2] From: Michael Sinatra <michael.sinatra@umontreal.ca>
Subject: Conference "L’édition comme données / Editing as Data" @ Montreal (28-29/09/26) (75)
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Date: 2026-04-15 06:13:43+00:00
From: Isabelle Santaniello <imarthot@d-scribes.org>
Subject: CfP IWCP 2026 (Computational Paleography, ICDAR workshop)
The fourth edition of the International Workshop on Computational Paleography
in conjunction with ICDAR 2026 in Vienna will take place on Friday, September
4th, and will offer an exciting venue to present and discuss current trends in the
application of computational methods to the study of historical handwritings.
The IWCP 2026 welcomes submissions of original, previously unpublished
works relevant to the workshop's topics (see list below) under two formats:
full papers and extendedabstracts.
Full papers: Full papers are suited for the presentation of original,
previously unpublished research results, datasets, tools, or substantial
application studies relevant to the workshop's topics. They should follow
the LNCS format (Springer Guidelines/Templates) and not exceed
17 pages including figures and references. Accepted papers will be
presented orally during the workshop, followed by discussion. Note
that the oral presentation in person is mandatory in order to be included
n the published proceedings.
Extended abstracts: Starting or ongoing projects
based on challenging material and/or research questions requiring
interdisciplinary collaborations, presenting early-stage or prospective
work, preliminary, mid-term or pilot data, newly assembled datasets, or
negative results of broad interest can submit an extended abstract
of a maximum of 2 pages (800 words) not including figures and
references.
Selected extended abstracts will be presented during the workshop
either as short oral presentations or posters, depending on the number
and nature of submissions. They will be available on the workshop website
but will not be included in the LNCS proceedings.
Submission Deadline: May 22, 2026. More instructions on
https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/iwcp2026/submission.html
Topics of Interest
We invite contributions on (but not limited to) the following topics, with
a focus on ancient and historical handwritten artefacts:
Handwriting style analysis and classification, including writer identification
and retrieval,
hand-made pattern detection and recognition, including word spotting in
historical documents
Analysis of writing components (clustering, measurement,
classification)
Reconstruction and restoration of damaged handwriting
(characters, words, or regions)
Material analysis leading to handwriting
recognition and/or visibility enhancement
Software tools and infrastructures designed for paleographic research
NLP applied directly to digitized images (rather than pre-existing
transcriptions) and NLP methods that enhance the understanding of written
elements
Virtual Research Environments, Virtual Libraries and annotated corpora
supporting paleographical research (e.g. IIIF-based
For work on historical documents in general that are not focusing on
handwriting or paleography, we recommend you have a look at 8th
International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP'26)
Please visit the workshop website:
https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/iwcp2026.html
Presenters must register for ICDAR 2026, either Full Access or Workshops
& Tutorials
Registration:
https://icdar2026.org/index.php/registration/
Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Please disseminate to
potentially interested persons.
Looking forward to reading from you and hopefully meeting you in Vienna,
All the best
Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello and Hussein A. Mohammed
Dr. Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello
Assistant Professor
Department of Ancient
Civilizations
University of Basel
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Date: 2026-04-14 15:00:05+00:00
From: Michael Sinatra <michael.sinatra@umontreal.ca>
Subject: Conference "L’édition comme données / Editing as Data" @ Montreal (28-29/09/26)
Dear all,
the next bilingual conference of the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur
les humanités numériques (CRIHN<http://crihn.org/>) will be on the theme
"L’édition comme données / Editing as Data” on September 28th-29th 2026 at the
Université de Montréal.
PLENARY SPEAKERS:
- Ariane Pinche (CIHAM)
- Glenn Roe (University of Oxford)
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:
- Guadalupe González Diéguez
- Michael Sinatra
- Alicia Viaud
- Marcello Vitali-Rosati
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Contemporary transformations in scholarly practice invite us to rethink the
relationships among editing, text, and data. In the humanities and social
sciences, editing is no longer understood solely as a process of establishing,
transmitting, or shaping texts; it also serves as a site for the production,
structuring, and interpretation of textual data. Conversely, the very notion of
“textual data” calls for critical reflection, both on the conditions under which
such data are constituted and on their scholarly uses.
This two-day conference seeks to examine the links between editing and data
through a range of theoretical, methodological, and practical questions. What
distinguishes an edition from textual data? Under what conditions does editing
produce data? What exactly do we mean by “textual data”? How do processes of
editing, annotation, encoding, structuring, and dissemination transform texts
into objects that can be used in research environments? Conversely, how does the
use of textual data shape the ways we read, interpret, and understand texts?
By foregrounding the tension between textual materiality, formalization, and
interpretation, this conference aims to bring together researchers, editors,
librarians, archivists, digital humanities specialists, and anyone interested in
the challenges of scholarly editing and textual analysis.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- conceptual distinctions among text, document, edition, corpus, and data;
- the definition and status of textual data;
- the production of data through editorial practices;
- text encoding, annotation, markup, and structuring;scholarly editing, digital
editing, and enhanced editions;
- the uses of textual data in research;
- methods for text analysis, text mining, visualization, and modeling;
- the relationship between textual data and interpretation;
- the epistemological implications of transforming texts into data;
- technical, ethical, legal, and institutional issues related to textual data;
- case studies, project reports, and works in progress.
We hope this conference will provide a space for collective reflection on what
editing does to texts when it transforms them into data, and on what textual
data, in turn, do to our practices of reading, analysis, and interpretation.
We welcome proposals in either French or English from established scholars as
well as graduate students.
Proposals should include:
- a title;
- an abstract of approximately 250 to 300 words;
- a short biographical note (maximum 100 words).
Accepted papers will be allotted 20 minutes, followed by discussion.
Please send proposals to crihunum@gmail.com by June 1, 2026.
The program will be announced in July 2026.
Michael 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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