October 19 and 20, 9:30am-4:30pm Digital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript is a 2-day workshop for graduate students which covers the fundamentals of digital editing while tackling the codicological challenges posed by medieval manuscripts. Participants will collaboratively transcribe, annotate, and encode (with TEI P5) the text and images of Houghton Lat. 159, a late medieval …
Digital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript Workshop Oct 19-20 |9.30 am – 4.30 pm | TBA Digital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript is a 2-day workshop for graduate students which covers the fundamentals of digital editing while tackling the codicological challenges posed by medieval manuscripts. Participants will collaboratively transcribe, annotate, and encode (with TEI P5) …
Throughout the academic year, the Program in Islamic Law hosts an "Islamic Law Lecture Series," in which distinguished faculty and fellows present their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present. In the first installment of the Program in Islamic Law's "Islamic Law Lecture Series," Maya Shatzmiller , Professor, Western University, will present on her …
"Anglo-Persian Texts and the Colonial Understanding of Religion" What: Lecture by Carl Ernst, William R. Keenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Where: William James Hall 1550 When: October 24, 2019, 4-5:30pm
Research/Writing Projects HLS J.D. and LL.M. students may register for the Winter Term Writing Program and devote Winter Term to intensive, independent research and writing under the supervision of an HLS faculty member. Please see the Winter Term Writing Program information in the HLS Handbook of Academic Policies for more information, including specifics regarding credits, and this …
October 30-31, 10am-2pm Mapping is an effective tool for reconstructing the past, which reveals the spatial relationships that stimulated cultural, social and political change over time. In this workshop, we will introduce digital tools and workflows for visualizing and interpreting historical data. We will cover the basics of QGIS, web mapping with Leaflet, georeferencing historical …
Mapping History Workshop Oct 30-31 |10 am – 2 pm Mapping is an effective tool for reconstructing the past, which reveals the spatial relationships that stimulated cultural, social and political change over time. In this workshop, we will introduce digital tools and workflows for visualizing and interpreting historical data. We will cover the basics of …
A conference on “Status and Justice in Law, Religion, and Society” will be held at Washington and Lee University School of Law, November 1-3, 2019. It will include lots of interest for legal historians. The organizers are Timothy Lubin and Kemilya Atanasova, both of Washington and Lee University. Clifford Ando (University of Chicago) and Winnifred Fallers Sullivan (Indiana University) will give keynote lectures on citizenship …
Prof. Marcus Milwright, "The Shock of the New? Writing and the Propagation of Religious Ideology in early Islam" Tue 5 Nov, 6pm G.06, 50 George Square University of Edinburgh The prominent role played by writing in the visual cultures of the Islamic world is, of course, well known. Ornamental scripts adorn buildings and objects of …
The Islamicate Digital Humanities Network is hosting their second IDHN member’s meeting on Wednesday, November 6th, 2019. IDHN members will receive an invitation with the access code and link in the network’s newsletter. Guests can request an access code by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. The network welcomes contributions from both members and guests developing or employing digital …
