Summer school for digital tools in the Humanities

Summer school for digital tools in the Humanities

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Assist. Prof. Dr. Dimitar Iliev, Assist. Prof. Dr. Maria Baramova, Dobromir Dobrev Center of Excellence in the Humanities "Alma Mater", Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Veranstaltungsort
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Ort
Sofia
Land
Bulgaria
Vom - Bis
07.09.2015 - 14.09.2015
Deadline
15.07.2015
Website
Von
Dimitar Iliev

For the second time after the Summer Workshop in 2013, the Center of Excellence in the Humanities “Alma Mater” at University of Sofia organizes jointly with King's College, London, a training event in digital Humanities. The 2015 Summer School is targeted at historians, archaeologists, classical scholars, philologists, textual critics and other humanitarians with little to moderate skills in computers and IT who would like to enhance their competences in the following fields:

- EpiDoc XML (http://epidoc.sourseforge.net) - marking up of epigraphical monuments with TEI ΧΜL for epigraphers and archaeologists;
- SNAP:DRGN (http://snapdrgn.net/) - marking and connecting between them personal names and prosopographical data for the purposes of historical and philological research;
- Historical GIS - geospatial surveys, digitizing of topographical maps, interactive map layers with historical information;
- Perseids (http://perseids.org/) - a platform for transcribing, editing, and publishing ancient documents and texts;
- SoSOL (Son of Suda Online) - a platform for describing and publishing epigraphic and papyrologic documents.
- ΕΑGLE Europeana (http://www.eagle-network.eu/) - the European network of partner projects for the publishing of ancient documents, objects, and artefacts.

The school is open for applications by MA and PhD students, as well as post-doc and early researchers from all humanitarian disciplines. The applicants should send a CV and a Motivation statement clarifying their specific research interests and training needs to dimitar.illiev@gmail.com no later than 15.07.2015. The places are limited and you will be notified about your acceptance within 7 working days after the application deadline.

The participation fee is 30 EUR. It covers coffee breaks and materials for the participants. The transport and the accommodation are at the expense of the participants.

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Kontakt

Dr. Dimitar Iliev
Sofia University "Sv. Kliment Ohridski", Tzar Osvoboditel 15, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria

dimitar.illiev@gmail.com


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