Summer School: 22nd– 26th July 2013
Programme
Programme
Venue: International Society for the Study of Medieval Latin Culture, Via Montebello 7, 50123 Florence
Monday 22nd July 2013
09.30 – 11.00 Opening seminar: Research infrastructures and new transnational research questions
(Dr. Jonathan Gumz, University of Birmingham)
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 13.00 Panel discussion: CENDARI - a research infrastructure that gets librarians, escientists, digital humanists, medieval and modern historians to work together
(Members of CENDARI partner institutions)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 16.00 Seminar: Transnational questions raised by the collections of the Fondazione Ezio Franceschini
(Prof. Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, International Society for the Study of Medieval Latin Culture)
16.00 – 17.00 Break
17.00 Keynote Address: The undetermined nature of transnational history
(Prof. Jay Winter, Yale University)
(Dr. Jonathan Gumz, University of Birmingham)
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 13.00 Panel discussion: CENDARI - a research infrastructure that gets librarians, escientists, digital humanists, medieval and modern historians to work together
(Members of CENDARI partner institutions)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 16.00 Seminar: Transnational questions raised by the collections of the Fondazione Ezio Franceschini
(Prof. Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, International Society for the Study of Medieval Latin Culture)
16.00 – 17.00 Break
17.00 Keynote Address: The undetermined nature of transnational history
(Prof. Jay Winter, Yale University)
Tuesday 23rd July 2013
09.30 – 11.00 Seminar: How sources become "institutionalized". From items, objects and fonds to metadata records
(DrGraham Jefcoate)
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 13.00 Seminar: Search algorithms and machine translation
(Dr Alex O'Connor, Trinity College Dublin)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 16.00 Hands-on-session: Working with the Fondazione collections and finding aids
(Prof. Nicole Bériou)
16.30 Optional: Guided Tour of Florence – details to be confirmed
(DrGraham Jefcoate)
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 13.00 Seminar: Search algorithms and machine translation
(Dr Alex O'Connor, Trinity College Dublin)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 16.00 Hands-on-session: Working with the Fondazione collections and finding aids
(Prof. Nicole Bériou)
16.30 Optional: Guided Tour of Florence – details to be confirmed
Wednesday 24th July 2013
09.30 – 11.00 Colloquium: Presentation of the participants' research projects; discussion with special emphasis on organization of sources and critical reflection on the potential of digital methodologies
(Moderated by Dr Jakub Beneš, Dr Pavlina Bobič and Dr Klaus Richter, University of Birmingham)
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 13.00 Colloquium: Continued
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 16.00 Seminar: How research methodologies translate into digital methodologies
(Prof. Sheila Anderson, King’s College, London)
16.00 – 17.00 Break
17.00 Reception at University of Florence (see link)
(Moderated by Dr Jakub Beneš, Dr Pavlina Bobič and Dr Klaus Richter, University of Birmingham)
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 13.00 Colloquium: Continued
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 16.00 Seminar: How research methodologies translate into digital methodologies
(Prof. Sheila Anderson, King’s College, London)
16.00 – 17.00 Break
17.00 Reception at University of Florence (see link)
Thursday 25th July 2013
Sessions hosted by Dr. Jean-Daniel Fekete (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique) and Dr. Emiliano Degl’Innocenti (Fondazione Ezio Franceschini)
09.30 – 11.00 Demonstration: Cutting-edge projects for the procession of historical data
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 13.00 Brainstorming Session: What makes a usefultool for historical research?
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 16.00 Hands-on session: Designing a digital tool for historical research
16.00 – 17.00 Break
17.00 Optional Cultural Programme: details to be confirmed
09.30 – 11.00 Demonstration: Cutting-edge projects for the procession of historical data
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 13.00 Brainstorming Session: What makes a usefultool for historical research?
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 16.00 Hands-on session: Designing a digital tool for historical research
16.00 – 17.00 Break
17.00 Optional Cultural Programme: details to be confirmed
Friday 26th July 2013
09.30 – 11.00 Panel Discussion: Problems with multilingual sources
Louise Edwards, Franco De Vivo, Dr. Jakub Beneš, Dr. Pavlina Bobič and Dr. Klaus Richter
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 13.00 Keynote Address: Digital History - A paradigm shift?
Dr. Hugh Denard, Trinity College Dublin
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 16.00 Final plenary discussion: Challenges of transnational history and historical sources
16.00 Close
Louise Edwards, Franco De Vivo, Dr. Jakub Beneš, Dr. Pavlina Bobič and Dr. Klaus Richter
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 13.00 Keynote Address: Digital History - A paradigm shift?
Dr. Hugh Denard, Trinity College Dublin
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 16.00 Final plenary discussion: Challenges of transnational history and historical sources
16.00 Close