University course
Teacher: Vogeler, Georg, Ass.-Prof. Dr.phil. M.A.
“Introduction into digital Methods for CH” (in the EuroMACHS-Study program)
Introduction into XML and TEI, introduction into the work of archives.
Download the teaching material here.
University seminar “Digital Edition”
Teacher: Vogeler, Georg, Ass.-Prof. Dr.phil. M.A.
How can the documents preserved in the archives be published with digital methods to satisfy requirements of scholarship? Preparing historical documents for research is a task in many humanities disciplines.
The result, the “scholarly edition” sees fundamental changes due the use of digital technologies: Not only a new, digital publishing medium takes the place of paper, but new forms of analysis, semantization, research and the production of multiple representation formats based on one edition (text) source have been developed.
The participants discuss the scholarly debate on the issue theoratically and work on practical examples coming from the scholarly domain of the participants, introducing fundamental techniques like TEI.
Download the teaching material here.
University seminar “Legal Aspects of the Internet and New Media”
The internet has long been an integral part of private, academic and professional everyday life. Search engines, information services, internet platforms and social networks are just as naturally used by millions of users, as electronic forms of publication. Nevertheless, the legal framework, especially for the use and publication of digital resources in teaching and research are often inadequate and lead to significant limitations.
Teacher: Scholger, Walter, Mag.phil.
The course is devoted to the Austrian legal framework and will treat Copyright, Privacy, but also topics like computer security and ethical issues from a practical user’s perspective.
Also, we will look for international legal texts (such as EU Directives, UNESCO guidelines and the legal situation of neighboring countries), as well as alternative forms of publication such as Open Access and Creative Commons”.
Teaching material will be made available for download here.
The Croatian ICARUS days “Archives and cooperation in the Digital Age” will take a closer look at the Croatian archival landscape in the scope of international cooperation. The programme can be found Informational conference for PhD students
The event is directed towards those PhD students in the German speaking regions that currently complete their doctorates in a Basic Historic Sciences and/or can imagine to do research on this topic in the future.
Furthermore, the students will be informed on possible research funding programmes.
More information (in German) is available here.
The event will be held in German.
Public panel discussion: „Quo vadis?“
Within the framework of the colloquium for PhD students “Quo vadis? Neues aus den Historischen Grundwissenschaften”, topics such as how can Basic Historic Sciences be better anchored in academic structures, what can be learned from the past for the future and which role does digitization play in the future of didactic and research activities?
The leaflet can be viewed here (in German).
The public panel discussion will be held in German.
The Sound of Music – from music archives to Europeana Sounds
The conference aims at developing the topics of a previous conference, “Recondita Armonia – Musical archives” (June 2014) dealing with the hidden (recondita) harmony of music, disseminated in archieves and libraries all over Europe.
The Sound of Music – a title inspired by the famous 1965 musical film – starring Julie Andrews, now wants to focus on the already exhisting online resources for musical research and the opportunities offered by Europeana Sounds, the gateway to Europe’s sound and music heritage.
On the opening day of the conference, Beatrice Romiti (Univerity of Rome, La Sapienza) and Anna Maria Tammaro (IFLA, The Hague) will present the proceedings of Recondita Armonia.
The EU-funded project “community as opportunity – the creative users’ and archives’ network” (co:op) will officially be inaugurated with a first Kick-Off Meeting at Břevnov Archabbey in Prague (CZ).
co:op is an international project comprised of 17 archival and scientific institutions from 12 European countries and aims at strengthening transnational cooperation between archives and their users. A variety of creative, pedagogical and didactic activities will further not only the safekeeping of our shared European history but even more explore this shared history of ours, lowering thresholds between institutions and user communities.
Detailed information on the project aims and the planned activites will be soon available on the project’s homepage which is currently still under construction.
The Kick-Off Meeting will take place parallel to the international conference “Archival Cooperation and Community Building in the Digital Age”.
To view the general time schedule of the co:op Kick-Off Meeting, register and find information on accommodation possibilites, please follow the respective links below:
If you would like to continue to the detailed programme of the international conference as a whole, please follow the link hereafter:
Learning the past, understanding today
Field trip
In the winter semester 2014/2015, the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II / University of Naples Federico II (IT) organized an academic course on Palaeography and Diplomatics for Master Degree students in History, taught by Prof. Antonella Ambrosio and her tutor Maria Rosaria Falcone.
Field trip: from theory to hands-on experiences
Direct access to original historic documents.
After having studied the charters of the Santi Pietro e Sebastiano monastery in the virtual charters archive Monasterium, Prof. Antonella Ambrosio took her students on a field trip to the Biblioteca della Società Napoletana di Storia Patria – the place where the original documents are being kept – in order to give them the unique opportunity to directly experience the originals themselves.
Click here to view the virtual collection.
Palaeographical Reading
Palaeographical Reading by Prof. Antonella Ambrosio and PhD Ciro Romano.
A further event at the end of the academic course included a ‘Palaeographical Reading’, guided by Prof. Ambrosio herself, of a selection of 15th century folios from an account book of the Santi Pietro e Sebastiano Neapolitan nunnery. Also, PhD student Ciro Romano (Jyväskylän yliopisto / University of Jyväskylä, FI) shared his thesis research experiences on the critical edition of said account book with the group of students.
Culinary pleasures from the past, today
One way of experiencing history today: ancient recipes.
Next stop: the Restaurant ECOMESARA in Napoli / Naples, IT. The kitchen staff prepared a special culinary delight for the group of students: a meal created on the basis of recipes from the monastery’s account book dating back to the XIV-XV century.
A through and through creative and hands-on approach of bringing history to life.
On-site exploration
Finally, the students continued to visit the ancient cloister of the Santi Pietro e Sebastiano nunnery, guided by Maria Rosaria Falcone (UNINA) and Jole Benoffi (Convitto Vittorio Emanuele II). Today is is located in the building of the Convitto in Napoli / Naples, IT.
Visiting the original environment.
Making the connection between theoretical research, enabled by the virtual charters’ archive Monasterium, to the actual original historic documents hand in hand with real life experiences of the knowledge contained within these documents and exploration of original sites, proofs to be modern way of education in the digital age which allows future generations of professionals to learn how to apply modern research technologies and directly dare to experience history today.
Within the EU-funded project co:op (community as opportunity – the creative archives’ and users’ network), the State Archives in Pazin cordially invite to presentations on the glagolitic alphabet in the Istrian and Kvarner region as well as additional regions on 28 May 2015.
The day will be rounded off with a trip to the Glagolitic Alley – the extraordinary glagolitic monumental complex between Roč and Hum. In the parrish church of Hum (Istria), Dražen Vlahov will present two glagolitic editions:
- the Registry of baptisms and marriages from Draguć in Istria and
- the three Glagolitic Registry Books from Prvić Island (1689–1711).
On 29 May 2015 the convention will be continued at the State Archives in Rijeka focusing on the glagolitic alphabet in education, ecclesiastical, literary and traditional heritage as well as the glagolitic alphabet in activities and collections.
The sessions will be followed by a round table (English & Croatian) on the topic of the preservation of archival materials of glagolitic ecclesiastical origin.
Further information on the programme available here (Croatian & English).
Our colleague from the Národní Archiv (Czech National Archives) will share their experiences on participating in international, EU-funded projects at this event organized by the Czech Cultural Contact Point.
The Národní Archiv has been a partner within our recently concluded ENArC – European Network on Archival Cooperation – project which was part of the European Education and Culture Programme 2007-2013. Now, they are also partner within the co:op project – community as opportunity. the creative archives’ and users’ network which is co-funded by the current Creative Europe programme.
Click here for details on the event’s programme and to register (in Czech only).