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Conference and workshop announcements in computing,
scholarly editing and stemmatics
The Centre for Technology and the Arts (CTA) and the
Canterbury Tales Project (CTP), De Montfort
University, announce two events relating to the
impact of computing methods on textual studies in
general, and scholarly
editing in particular.
On 29-30 April the CTA will host a workshop in
stemmatics and computer methods organized by the
STEMMA project. STEMMA is an interdisciplinary
project which seeks to explore the application of
the techniques of evolutionary biology to the study
of manuscript traditions. It is a
collaboration between The Department of
Biochemistry, Cambridge, and the CTA. A major
purpose of STEMMA has been to test different
techniques developed in evolutionary biology on
various manuscript traditions, using data developed
in several text editing projects (notably, the
Canterbury Tales Project; the Greek New Testament
Projects at M¾nster and Birmingham;
the Parzifal project at Basel). This work has given
us insights into which methods of data collection,
analysis and publication offer the most useful
results. The workshop will show the methods we have
developed, and give workshop participants the chance
to use these for themselves. Twenty places only
will be available for participants. There will be a
charge of £75 per person, including costs for
lunches, refreshments and a dinner on Tuesday
evening. See the workshop website
http://www.cta.dmu.ac.uk/projects/stemma/workshop.html
for more details.
On 7-9 July, 2003 the CTA and the CTP will host a
conference on 'New Technologies, Old Texts'.
Conference papers and sessions will address:
electronic editions, new technologies for the study
of texts, the impact of technology on editorial
theory, the use of computers in textual studies,
computer software and the study of manuscripts, the
role of the reader, the role of the editor, the
process of publication, printed vs. electronic
editions. The range of areas covered includes
medieval English and Italian texts; the Greek New
Testament; Modernist texts; advanced search systems in
Old English and other texts. Confirmed speakers
include Peter Shillingsburg, David Parker, Lou
Burnard, Martin Foys, Peter Robinson, Linne Mooney
and Dirk Van Hulle. The conference fee is £187
including all accommodation and fees. Day-only
registration, not including accommodation, is also
available. See the workshop website
http://www.cta.dmu.ac.uk/projects/ctp/confprog.html
for more details.
For further information contact Barbara Bordalejo at
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