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March Opportunities

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This post will be expanded as new opportunities are found. First published February 28, 2023, latest revision March 8, 2023.

Sources: Bibliographic Society of America newsletter, Penn Workshop in the History of Material Texts listserv, Twitter, TXTDS-affiliated faculty.

Events

  • Coffee with a Codex
    Theme, “Commentary on Aristotle,” Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Online (Zoom), 9a Pacific (12p Eastern), March 2, 2023.
  • “Book History in Bits”
    Christopher Ohge, “Book History in Bits: Digital Textual Scholarship, Hypertext, and Creative-Critical Possibilities,” Oxford Bibliographical Society. Hybrid (Zoom), 9:15a Pacific (5:15p GMT), March 2, 2023.
  • Digital History and Theory: An Open Conversation on the Future of Digital Scholarship
    Hybrid – Brown University and online. March 3-4, 2023.
  • Documenting Social Movement: Bibliography, Archives, and Protest
    Cosponsored by Bibliographical Societies (UK, America, Canada), panel discussion. Online (Zoom). 10a Pacific, March 6, 2023.
  • “Item Not Found” Conference
    “Item Not Found: Accounting for Loss in Libraries, Archives, and Other Heritage and Memory Organizations,” UCLA Center for 17th and 18th Century Studies. Virtual, 9a-1p Pacific, March 8-9, 2023.
  • Coffee with a Codex
    Theme, “Glossed Psalter,” Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Online (Zoom), 9a Pacific (12p Eastern), March 9, 2023.
  • SIMS Online Lecture Series
    Meagan Allen (Science History Institute), “Paleographical Approaches to Determining the Authenticity of Medieval Alchemical Manuscripts.” Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Online (Zoom), 9a Pacific (12-1:30p Eastern), Friday, March 10, 2023.
  • Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation 2023 Summer Workshop
    UCLA and Getty-hosted workshop in cultural heritage conservation for current students and recent grads from historically underrepresented communities. Applications due: 5p, Friday, March 10, 2023.
  • Coffee with a Codex
    Theme, “Medical Encyclopedia,” Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Online (Zoom), 9a Pacific (12p Eastern), March 16, 2023.
  • University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Exhibit
    In-person exhibit in UW Special Collections, “Invisible Cities: The Prints of Giovanni Battisti Piranesi and the Art of the Built Environment.” On display through March 18, 2023.
  • New Directions in Indigenous Book History
    Virtual symposium sponsored by the Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School, Bibliographical Society of America. March 23-24, 2023.
  • CIFNAL Speaker Series
    Aurélie Gadrat (Amalivre), “Collecting Francophone comic books : illustrated reasons to collect Bande dessinées.” Virtual (Zoom), 9a Pacific, March 24, 2023.
  • Virtual Symposium: Pattern & Flow
    Grolier Club virtual symposium, “Pattern & Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper.” Online, 6a-2:30p Pacific (9a-5:30p Eastern), March 24, 2023.
  • California Rare Book School
    Multiple courses available in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles (CA); Washington DC; Italy; and online, June 21-August 18. Deadlines vary.

Calls for Proposals

  • Women’s Writing in History
    “Digital Approaches to Women’s Historical Book Culture,” essays for a volume in Brill peer-reviewed series “Women Writers in History.” Deadline: March 1, 2023.
  • “Digital Humanities Against Dark Times” Conference
    Hosted by the Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities, April 14-15, 2023. Abstracts due March 5, 2023.
  • Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative
    jTEI 2022 Conference edition – for authors of any presentation at the recent conference and members meeting. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
  • ACM Hypertext 2023
    CFP for papers, workshops (deadline 1); late breaking, blue sky, demos, traversals, and doctoral consortium (deadline 2). Conference at Bibliotheca Hertziana (Rome, Italy), September 4-8, 2023. Deadlines: March 31 and May 26, 2023.
  • Inscription: The Journal of Material Text
    Theme “touch.” Full submissions due: May 1, 2023.
  • Manuscript Studies Journal
    CFP for Spring 2024 issue and beyond of Manuscript Studies from SIMS at University of Pennsylvania. Submissions accepted continuously. Deadline for next issue: June 30, 2023 (peer reviewed articles) or August 31, 2023 (non-peer reviewed annotations).
  • European Society of Textual Scholarship 2023 Conference
    Registration now open for April 13-14, 2023 conference, “Authorship, Identity, and Textual Scholarship.” University of Kent (England).

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February Opportunities

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This post will be expanded as new opportunities are found. First published January 27, 2023. Latest revision February 24, 2023.

Sources: Bibliographic Society of America newsletter, Penn Workshop in the History of Material Texts listserv, Twitter, TXTDS-affiliated faculty.

Events

  • Dirty Books 2.0
    Professor Kathryn M. Rudy (FBA FRSE, University of St. Andrews, SIMS Visiting Research Fellow), Kislak Center, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Hybrid (available on Zoom), 2:15p Pacific (5:15p Eastern), February 1, 2023.
  • Virtual Exhibition Tour: “Animated Advertising”
    Virtual exhibit tour and Q&A, the Grolier Club. Online (Zoom), 2:30p Pacific (5:30p Eastern), February 1, 2023.
  • Coffee with a Codex
    Theme “Secretum Secretorum,” Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Online (Zoom), 9a Pacific (12p Eastern), February 2, 2023.
  • Queer Bibliography Symposium
    “Queer Bibliography: Tools, Methods, Practices, Approaches,” Institute of English Studies, University of London. Online (Zoom), 4-10a Pacific (12-6p London time), February 3-4, 2023.
  • “Destroyed, Removed, and Reassembled: Book Collections in the Premodern World”
    UCLA, hybrid (Zoom), February 3-4, 2023.
  • Coffee with a Codex
    Theme “Book of Hours,” Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Online (Zoom), 9a Pacific (12p Eastern), February 9, 2023.
  • NCFS Unbound 3.4: Melanie Conroy with Anne O’Neil Henry
    Discussion of Melanie Conroy’s new book Literary Geographies in Balzac and Proust. Online (Zoom). 11a Pacific (1p Central), February 10, 2023.
  • Oxford Bibliographical Society Lecture
    Paul Babinski, “An Orientalist’s Library in Seventeenth-Century Oxford: Thomas Marshall’s Annotated Books.” Hybrid, Lincoln College and Zoom (contact info in flier for link). 9:15a Pacific (5:15p Oxford time), Thursday, February 26, 2023.
  • Coffee with a Codex
    Theme “Armenian Calendars,” Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Online (Zoom), 9a Pacific (12p Eastern), February 16, 2023.
  • Rare Book School
    Online and in-person summer courses at a variety of East US locations. Application deadline: February 19, 2023 (“before February 20”).
  • UW Special Collections Book Club
    “Invisible Cities” exhibit tour and book club discussion of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities, hosted by Assistant Book Arts Librarian Kat Lewis. 4-5p Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
  • UW Libraries Fair Use Workshop
    Hosted by the Open Scholarship Commons. Online, 10-11a, Thursday, February 23, 2023.
  • Coffee with a Codex
    Theme, “Medieval Augustine,” Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Online (Zoom), 9a Pacific (12p Eastern), February 23, 2023.
  • Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation Info Session
    Information session on the 2023 summer workshop at UCLA. Online (Zoom), 12p, Thursday, February 23, 2023.
  • Transkribus for Beginners
    Workshop hosted by READ-COOP. 7-9a Pacific (4-6p Central European time), February 28, 2023.
  • Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation 2023 Summer Workshop
    UCLA and Getty-hosted workshop in cultural heritage conservation for current students and recent grads from historically underrepresented communities. Applications due: 5p, Friday, March 10, 2023.
  • University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Exhibit
    In-person exhibit in UW Special Collections, “Invisible Cities: The Prints of Giovanni Battisti Piranesi and the Art of the Built Environment.” On display through March 18, 2023.
  • California Rare Book School
    Multiple courses available in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles (CA); Washington DC; Italy; and online, June 21-August 18. Deadlines vary.

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Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium

Collage of multiple photos representing different disciplines with text: Undergraduate Research Symposium, May 19, 2023

Submissions are now being accepted for the Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium, which will take place on Friday, May 19, 2023. 

To present your work at this event, you must submit an application by Friday, February 12, 2023. The application and information about the Symposium may be found on the Undergraduate Research Program’s Symposium Page. The Symposium is a celebration of undergraduate accomplishments in research, scholarship, and creative expression in all academic disciplines, including the performing and visual arts. More information and resources for applicants and presenters, including support for preparing abstracts, are available on the Apply for Symposium Page. Students may email URP at urp@uw.edu with questions about presenting their work.

If you have not yet begun a research experience, attending the Symposium is a great way to learn about how to get involved, identify potential projects and mentors and to support fellow students. Students are also encouraged to volunteer for the Undergraduate Research Symposium and may sign up to volunteer here.

We hope you will consider participating in this year’s celebration of undergraduate research!

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January Opportunities

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This post will be expanded as new opportunities are found. First published December 28, 2022. Latest revision January 25, 2023.

Sources: Bibliographic Society of America newsletter, Penn Workshop in the History of Material Texts listserv, Twitter, TXTDS-affiliated faculty.

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Calls for Proposals

  • DHNB Conference Workshop
    “Cross-university collaboration in Digital Humanities & Social Science (DHSS) and Digital Humanities & Cultural Heritage (DHCH) Education,” workshop as part of the Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries (DHNB) Annual Conference, online (Zoom), March 7, 2023. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
  • Humanities Data Science Summer Institute
    Calls for applications for faculty/staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students for an institute hosted by the UW Data Science Minor. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
  • SHARP 2023 Conference
    CFP for the online conference for the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP), “Affordances and Interfaces: Textual Interactions Past, Present, and Future.” Conference dates: June 26-29, 2023. Deadline: January 15, 2023 January 31, 2023.
  • RBMS 2023 Conference
    CFP for the Rare Books & Manuscripts Section (of the American Library Association) annual meeting. Submission portal to open in November, deadline: January 20, 2023.
  • Caribbean Digital Scholarship Summer Institute
    Call for applications to week-long residential DH institute at University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) June 11-17, 2023 from the Caribbean Digital Scholarship Collective. Information session: January 17, 2023. Application deadline: January 31, 2023.
  • BSC Annual Conference
    CFP for the Bibliographical Society of Canada’s annual conference at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, York University, May 29-30, 2023. Theme: “Book: Re-imagined and Re-born.” Deadline: January 31, 2023.
  • International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing
    CFP for special issue, “Digital Humanities Pedagogies in Times of Crisis.” Deadline: January 31, 2023.
  • AI and Archives Symposium
    CFP for Full Stack Feminism, Women in Focus, and the Sussex Humanities Lab symposium at University of Sussex (UK) / hybrid, April 27-28, 2023. Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2023 extended to January 31, 2023.
  • Latin American & Caribbean Digital Humanities Symposium
    CFP for symposium from the University of Florida and the University of North Florida to be held in Gainesville (FL) on Friday, March 3, 2023. Submission deadline: February 5, 2023.
  • Digital Humanities Summer Institute
    Multiple CFPs for the fully-online second week programming for DHSI. See link for themes. Deadline: February 10, 2023.
  • Women’s Writing in History
    “Digital Approaches to Women’s Historical Book Culture,” essays for a volume in Brill peer-reviewed series “Women Writers in History.” Deadline: March 1, 2023.
  • Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative
    jTEI 2022 Conference edition – for authors of any presentation at the recent conference and members meeting. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
  • Inscription: The Journal of Material Text
    Theme “touch.” Full submissions due: May 1, 2023.
  • Manuscript Studies Journal
    CFP for Spring 2024 issue and beyond of Manuscript Studies from SIMS at University of Pennsylvania. Submissions accepted continuously. Deadline for next issue: June 30, 2023 (peer reviewed articles) or August 31, 2023 (non-peer reviewed annotations).

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Sarah Faulkner Hosts Book Talk

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If you recall our post in August 2022 about Recent Publications by Textual Studies Students & Alumni, TXTDS graduate certificate alum Sarah Faulkner (English PhD, 2020) was invited to write the introduction to Flame Tree Publishing’s Collector’s Edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus in 2020. In her introduction, Faulkner highlights the historical and literary context for the novel as well as its multimedia afterlife. She concludes with a new reading of the monster as a touchstone for conversations about sexual violence, the climate crisis, and other current issues.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 7, 2022, the UW Alumni Book Club is sponsoring a virtual conversation about Frankenstein with Faulkner. For more information and to sign up for the event, see the UW Alumni Association event page.

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December Opportunities

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This post will be expanded as new opportunities are found. First published November 29, 2022, latest revision December 21, 2022.

Sources: Bibliographic Society of America newsletter, Penn Workshop in the History of Material Texts listserv, Twitter, TXTDS-affiliated faculty.

Events

  • AAS Book Talk
    “Publishing Plates: Stereotyping and Electrotyping in Nineteenth-Century US Print Culture,” Jeffrey Makala. Online, 11a Pacific (2p Eastern), December 1, 2022.
  • Python Introductory Workshop
    Naomi Alterman of the UW eScience Institute will lead an intro workshop to the Python programming language as a tool for qualitative humanities work. In person, 9a-12p Pacific, MGH 076, Friday, December 2, 2022.
  • Workshop in the History of Material Texts
    Chi-ming Yang (Penn), “Finding Octavia E. Butler in the Archives and around Black Pasadena,” hybrid event from University of Pennsylvania Material Texts program. 2:15p Pacific (5:15p Eastern), December 5, 2022.
  • Coffee with a Codex
    “In the Stars” online show and tell event from University of Pennsylvania Libraries’ Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies with Curator Dot Porter. Zoom, Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 9a Pacific (12p Eastern).
  • Aeromoto Library webinar
    “Activing Aeromoto Library: Cultivating Community-Based Curation Curiosity, and Imagination,” sponsored by BSA. Online via Zoom, 12p Pacific (1p CDMX), December 7, 2022.
  • SIMS Online Lecture Series
    Federico Botana (Institute of English Studies, University of London & 2022-23 Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies Visiting Research Fellow), “The Card Index of Leo Olschki and the Trade in Medieval Manuscripts in the Early 20th Century.” Online, 9a Pacific (12-1:30p Eastern), December 9, 2022.
  • Coffee with a Codex
    “Genealogical Roll” online show and tell event from University of Pennsylvania Libraries’ Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies with Curator Dot Porter. Zoom, Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 9a Pacific (12p Eastern).
  • University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Exhibit
    In-person exhibit in UW Special Collections, “Invisible Cities: The Prints of Giovanni Battisti Piranesi and the Art of the Built Environment.” On display through March 18, 2023.

Calls for Proposals

  • AI and Archives Symposium
    CFP for Full Stack Feminism, Women in Focus, and the Sussex Humanities Lab symposium at University of Sussex (UK) / hybrid, April 27-28, 2023. Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2023.
  • Humanities Data Science Summer Institute
    Calls for applications for faculty/staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students for an institute hosted by the UW Data Science Minor. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
  • SHARP 2023 Conference
    CFP for the online conference for the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP), “Affordances and Interfaces: Textual Interactions Past, Present, and Future.” Conference dates: June 26-29, 2023. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
  • RBMS 2023 Conference
    CFP for the Rare Books & Manuscripts Section (of the American Library Association) annual meeting. Submission portal to open in November, deadline: January 20, 2023.
  • Caribbean Digital Scholarship Summer Institute
    Call for applications to week-long residential DH institute at University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) June 11-17, 2023 from the Caribbean Digital Scholarship Collective. Information session: January 17, 2023. Application deadline: January 31, 2023.
  • BSC Annual Conference
    CFP for the Bibliographical Society of Canada’s annual conference at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, York University, May 29-30, 2023. Theme: “Book: Re-imagined and Re-born.” Deadline: January 31, 2023.
  • International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing
    CFP for special issue, “Digital Humanities Pedagogies in Times of Crisis.” Deadline: January 31, 2023.
  • Digital Humanities Summer Institute
    Multiple CFPs for the fully-online second week programming for DHSI. See link for themes. Deadline: February 10, 2023.
  • Manuscript Studies Journal
    CFP for Spring 2024 issue and beyond of Manuscript Studies from SIMS at University of Pennsylvania. Submissions accepted continuously. Deadline for next issue: June 30, 2023 (peer reviewed articles) or August 31, 2023 (non-peer reviewed annotations).

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November Opportunities

Fall leaves on the ground at UW campus

This post will be expanded as new opportunities are found. First published October 28, 2022. Latest revision November 23, 2022.

Sources: Bibliographic Society of America newsletter, Penn Workshop in the History of Material Texts listserv, Twitter.

Events

  • Coffee with a Codex: “Antiphonary” online show and tell event from University of Pennsylvania Libraries’ Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies with Curator Dot Porter. Zoom, Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 9a Pacific (12p Eastern).
  • Informational Session: RBS Lang Fellowship: Info session for the Rare Book School’s M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources. Zoom, 4p Pacific (7-8p Eastern), November 1, 2022.
  • “Maps as Text and Text as Maps”: Talk by Katie McDonough (Alan Turing Institute) followed by a tutorial with Ludovic Moncla (National Institute of Applied Sciences & LIRIS Laboratory). In-person at UW campus, 2:30-4:30p Pacific, Wednesday, November 2, 2022.
  • Workshop in the History of Material Texts: Peter Stallybrass (Penn), “The Ten Commandments and/as Erasable Wax Tablets,” hybrid event from University of Pennsylvania Material Texts program. Zoom, 2:15p Pacific (5:15p Eastern), November 7, 2022.
  • Building Digital Humanities Symposium: Digital Humanities Research Initiative open online symposium (free). East Australia Time. November 7-25, 2022.
  • Coffee with a Codex: “Poetry and Prose” online show and tell event from University of Pennsylvania Libraries’ Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies with Curator Dot Porter. Zoom, Tuesday, November 8, 2022, 9a Pacific (12p Eastern).
  • Center for Book Arts online workshop: “Zines! Zines! Zines!” with Beth Sheehan. Wednesday, November 9, 2022, 3p Pacific (6-8 Eastern). Registration deadline: November 2, 2022.
  • Center for the History of Print & Digital Culture book talk: University of Wisconsin at Madison hosts a talk for Christine Pawley on her new book, Organizing Women: Home, Work, and the Institutional Infrastructure of Print in Twentieth-Century America. Zoom, 11:30a Pacific (1:30p Central), Wednesday, November 9, 2022.
    Canceled, will be rescheduled.
  • CDHI Speaker Series talk: Critical Digital Humanities Initiative Visiting Speaker Series, Prof. Elaine Treharne (Stanford University), “New Directions in Manuscript Studies: The Digital and Manual Future.” Online via Zoom, 1p Pacific (4p Eastern), November 9, 2022.
  • Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age: “Translating Science,” hybrid symposium from the University of Pennsylvania. Zoom, November 10-12, 2022.
  • “Victor Hammer, The Man from Uncial”: BSA and University of Kentucky Libraries’ King Library Press sponsored lecture from type designer and independent scholar Richard Kegler. Hybrid event 4p Pacific (7p Eastern), November 11, 2022.
  • Workshop in the History of Material Texts: Marcy Norton (Penn), “Indigenous Epistemology and Early Modern Science: The Creation of ‘De historia animalium Novae Hispaniae’ (1571-1577),” hybrid event from University of Pennsylvania Material Texts program and Department of History. Zoom, 2:15p Pacific (5:15p Eastern), November 14, 2022.
  • BSA/Grolier Club book talk: Dr. Denise Gigante (Stanford University) speaking about her new book Book Madness. Hybrid event, 3p Pacific (6p Eastern), November 14, 2022.
  • Coffee with a Codex: “Persian Herbal” online show and tell event from University of Pennsylvania Libraries’ Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies with Curator Dot Porter. Zoom, Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 9a Pacific (12p Eastern).
  • Center for Book Arts online workshop: “Colors by Nature” with Iviva Olenick. Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 3p Pacific (6-8 Eastern). Registration deadline: November 9, 2022.
  • University of Washington Libraries Special Collections exhibit: In-person exhibit in UW Special Collections, “Invisible Cities: The Prints of Giovanni Battisti Piranesi and the Art of the Built Environment.” On display through March 18, 2023.
    • Exhibit Tour and Book Club Discussion: Exhibit co-curator Kat Lewis will lead tour of the exhibit and discussion of Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi. Allen Library North, Basement, Special Collections Classroom, 5-6:30p, November 16, 2022.
  • Workshop in the History of Material Texts: Margaret McAleer (Library of Congress), “Paper + Digital: No Longer Format Agnostic,” hybrid event from University of Pennsylvania Material Texts program. Zoom, 2:15p Pacific (5:15p Eastern), November 21, 2022.
  • Coffee with a Codex: “Italian Herbal” online show and tell event from University of Pennsylvania Libraries’ Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies with Curator Dot Porter. Zoom, Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 9a Pacific (12p Eastern).
  • Workshop in the History of Material Texts: Julie Davis (Penn), “Learning with the Tress Collection,” “Partnership in the Studio: Reconsidering Ōi and Hokusai,” hybrid event from University of Pennsylvania Material Texts program. Zoom, 2:15p Pacific (5:15p Eastern), November 28, 2022.
  • Coffee with a Codex: “Gradual” online show and tell event from University of Pennsylvania Libraries’ Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies with Curator Dot Porter. Zoom, Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 9a Pacific (12p Eastern).

Calls for Proposals

  • “Item Not Found” Virtual Conference: CFP for “Item not Found: Accounting for Loss in Libraries, Archives, and Other Heritage and Memory Institutions. Organized by UCLA Clark Library & Oakland University Libraries, March 8-9, 2023. Abstract deadline: Friday, November 4, 2022.
  • RBMS 2023 Conference: CFP for the Rare Books & Manuscripts Section (of the American Library Association) annual meeting. Submission portal to open in November, deadline: January 20, 2023.
  • BSC Annual Conference: CFP for the Bibliographical Society of Canada’s annual conference at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, York University, May 29-30, 2023. Theme: “Book: Re-imagined and Re-born.” Deadline: January 31, 2023.
  • International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing: CFP for special issue, “Digital Humanities Pedagogies in Times of Crisis.” Deadline: January 31, 2023.

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October Opportunities

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This post will be expanded as new opportunities are found. First published Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Latest revision Wednesday, October 26, 2022.

Sources: Bibliographic Society of America newsletter, Penn Workshop in the History of Material Texts listserv, Twitter.

Events

  • University of Washington Libraries Special Collections exhibit: In-person exhibit in UW Special Collections, “Invisible Cities: The Prints of Giovanni Battisti Piranesi and the Art of the Built Environment.” On display through March 18, 2023.
  • Grolier Club Aubrey Beardsley online exhibit: The Grolier Club’s current exhibit “Aubrey Beardsley, 150 Years Young” includes an online component.
  • RBMS 2023 Collaboration Sessions: Opportunity to discuss potential panel ideas and connect with other attendees interested in submitting proposals for the Rare Books & Manuscripts Section (RBMS) Conference in 2023. October 19, 2022, 11a Pacific (1p Central); October 26, 2022, 1p Pacific (3p Central).
  • Workshop in the History of Material Texts: Event series from the University of Pennsylvania’s Material Texts program, available in hybrid format. Elly Truitt (Penn), “Why Are Clocks?” Monday, October 24, 2022 at 2:15p Pacific (5:15p Eastern).
  • Coffee with a Codex: “Human Anatomy” show and tell event from University of Pennsylvania Libraries’ Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies with Curator Dot Porter. Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 9a Pacific (12p Eastern).
  • Digital Humanities Online Workshop: “Concepts of Digital Humanities” with Christopher Ohge and Caio Mello at the Digital Humanities Research Hub, School of Advanced Study, University of London. 7:30a Pacific (3:30-5p London time), October 27, 2022.
  • Center for Book Arts online workshop: Online course, “Handcarved Blockprints on Fabric and Paper: More Ideas and Techniques” with Elaine G. Chu on Saturday, October 29, 2022, 12p Pacific (3-5p Eastern). Registration deadline: October 22, 2022.
  • Workshop in the History of Material Texts: Jamal Elias (Penn), “Writing Commentaries on Non-Existent Texts: The Mystery of Ismail Ankaravi’s Commentary on the 7th Volume of Rumi’s Masnavi,” 2:15p Pacific (5:15p Eastern), October 31, 2022.
  • Center for Book Arts online workshop: “Book Ornamentation: Theory and Practice” with Mirko Velimirovic. Fridays, November 4-18, 2022, 3-5p Eastern. Registration deadline: October 27, 2022.

Calls for Proposals

  • ASECS Annual Meeting Roundtable CFP: Benjamin Pauley (Eastern Connecticut State University) is seeking panel participants for a roundtable on “Technologies of Bibliography and Book History” for the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Annual Meeting. Deadline: Monday, October 24, 2022.

Funding & Awards

  • APHA Awards 2022: Call for nominations for the American Printing History Association Individual Laureate and Institutional Awards. Deadline: Tuesday, November 1, 2022.
  • BSA Event Funding: Application open for event funding from the Bibliographic Society of America for events happening December 2022-June 2023. Deadline: Friday, November 4, 2022.
  • Rare Book School Scholarships: Multiple scholarships for attending Rare Book School; single application process. Deadline: Tuesday, November 1, 2022.
  • SHARP Book History Book Prize: Call for nominations of books in or related to the field of book history, in English and copyrighted in 2022 for award from the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP). Deadline: Friday, January 13, 2023.
  • RBS-Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography: Rare Book School fellowship program, 2023-2025 Junior Fellows Program cohort applications are open. Deadline: Friday, November 18, 2022.
  • Antiquarian Book Seminars Diverse Voices Fellowship: Fellowship for individuals interested in learning about selling use and rare books and who have found themselves isolated in or distanced from the bookselling trade by reason of race, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, and/or income. Deadline: November 6, 2022.

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Dawg Daze with the Textual Studies Program

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We are pleased to announce that the Textual Studies Program will be hosting an event with the UW Libraries Special Collections to promote the new minor in Textual Studies and Digital Humanities for Dawg Daze, new students’ week-long introduction to all things University of Washington!

Old Books, New Technologies: UW Special Collections and the new minor in Textual Studies and Digital Humanities
10-11:30 am Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Allen Library South, Basement
Maps/Special Collections Classroom (B069)

Are you interested in the history and future of books, texts, reading and information, from the scrolls of antiquity to medieval manuscripts and handprinted books to today’s e-books and massive book databases like Google Books? Are you thinking about a career in libraries, archives, publishing and editing, and in fields devoted to preserving and making accessible cultural materials? Come discover UW Libraries Special Collections and its extraordinary resources: medieval manuscripts; 15th-century books; an iron handpress, to name only a few items. And learn about the new minor in Textual Studies and Digital Humanities. Meet faculty, students and librarians who will talk about their experiences in the TS & DH minor. Courses in the minor emphasize hands-on, project-oriented work with historical materials, archival sources and artists’ books; and with techniques, skills, and tools for developing and publishing digital editions and exhibits, and for building, analyzing, and understanding text-oriented databases.

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2022 Capstone Event for Textual Studies Graduate Certificate

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Engraving from Pamela, 1745 - Rijksmuseum

Textual and Digital Studies Capstone Presentations
Friday, June 3, 3-4:30pm
Simpson Center, CMU 202

On June 3, Francesca Colonnese and Nikita Willeford Kastrinos will be giving short presentations as part of the capstone for completion of the Graduate Certificate in Textual and Digital Studies.

The TDS certificate is open to any student enrolled in a graduate program at the UW interested in the history of texts from antiquity to today, including any and all aspects of the creation, publication, editing, reception, circulation, adaptation and materiality of texts. You are especially encouraged to attend if you are interested in the program.

Francesca Colonnese, English
“When I am Read: The Temporality of Christina Rossetti in the Newspaper”

Christina Rossetti’s morbid little poem “Song [When I am Dead]” experienced a second life on the American Newspaper page, being reprinted numerous times in different papers. This eschatological lyric itself evokes temporality and yet what does it mean to alter its medium from printed collection to the densely printed periodical? This project explores the spatiality of newspaper pages to ask questions about readerly attention and whether or not the periodical context alters the reader’s temporal experience.

Nikita Willeford Kastrinos, English
“Intimate Threads: Text and Textile in the Pages of Pamela“

This paper explores the expansive material textuality of Samuel Richardson’s eighteenth-century novel Pamela by investigating the connections between bodies, clothing, and texts present in the novel’s rag pulp paper. Recuperating the extensive material literacies of its eighteenth-century readers, this paper argues for a renewed attention to the interactions of text and textile in the novel and the primacy of touch in reading practices of the rag paper period.