Events

Mar
2
Mon
Introduction into digital Methods for CH @ Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities
Mar 2 – Mar 5 all-day

University course

Teacher: Vogeler, Georg, Ass.-Prof. Dr.phil. M.A.

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.

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Mar
9
Mon
Digital Edition @ Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities
Mar 9 – May 11 all-day

University seminar “Digital Edition”

Teacher: Vogeler, Georg, Ass.-Prof. Dr.phil. M.A.

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 Preparing historical documents for research is a task in many humanities disciplines.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.

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Mar
11
Wed
Legal Aspects of the Internet and New Media @ Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities
Mar 11 – Jul 1 all-day

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.

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.

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Apr
27
Mon
Kick-Off Meeting: co:op @ Brevnov monastery
Apr 27 @ 10:30 – Apr 29 @ 11:00

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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:

Programme: Kick-Off Meeting

If you would like to continue to the detailed programme of the international conference as a whole, please follow the link hereafter:

Programme: International conference

May
12
Tue
Academic course on Palaeography and Diplomatics in Italy @ Naples
May 12 – May 13 all-day

Learning the past, understanding today

Field trip

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

May
28
Thu
Status quo and Outlook for Archival Glagolitic Heritage @ Državni arhiv u Pazinu
May 28 @ 09:00 – May 29 @ 17:30

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.

640px-Glago_Sign_2006-08-26The 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).

Jun
2
Tue
Sharing experiences on EU-funded project participation @ Era svět
Jun 2 @ 09:40 – 13:30

Sestava 1Our 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).

 

Jun
16
Tue
International research projects – Italy @ Department of Humanities of the University of Naples Federico II
Jun 16 all-day

Open house daydsu-italy

The Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici / Department of Humanities of the Universita’ degli Studi di Napoli Federico II / University of Naples “Federico II” (IT) has collected numerous experiences in international research projects over the past years. On this occassion the Department holds an open house day for the public in order to give an overview of the various international projects and present the significant advantages of participating in international cooperations.

Prof. Antonella Ambrosio will present the achievements of the ENArC  (European network on Archival Cooperation) project and give a short preview of the current EU-funded project co:op (community as opportunity. the creative archives’ and users’ network) which is funded within the Creative Europe programme 2014-2020.

Programme

Jun
19
Fri
First Croatian topotheque online! @ Istrien
Jun 19 all-day

Since 2013 the Istrian Archival Society (Croatia) has been searching for an uncomplicated online repository to publish the results of their projects online, as well as to offer the cultural institutions from Istria and Kvarner a possibility for making their archival fonds and collections available to the public. The topotheque tool proved to be the perfect solution to this issue and thus the Istrian Archival Society was able to establish their first topotheque “Ysterreich”. “Ysterreich” is the historical name of the area of Istria and the West Kvarner and the geographical area covered by this topotheque. YsterreichThe topotheque “Ysterreich” is extraordinary in many ways: it is the first topotheque used by archives, the first topotheque in Croatia and a milestone within the history of the topotheque in general as it is the first one beyond the national borders of Austria. It has been made possible by the EU-funded project co:op – community as opportunity. the creative archives’ and users’ network. The goal of topotheque “Ysterreich” is to be an online archive for the named region. A place for researchers to work jointly on geographically divided but now virtually rejoined fonds, and discovers unknown or distant archives. “With archives presented in a modern and well-designed way through the topotheque, we believe to finally have a useful didactic aid to enter the educational curriculum and present archives in high schools in an interesting way. We consider the topotheque a valuable way for archives, libraries and museums to open and present their archives, entire fonds or a selection to the public. Hereby we call up to all institutions with records on Istria throughout Europe willing to open up and share with the public to contact us, because school starts in autumn…” Markus Leideck (Istrian Archival Society, HR and co-founder of the topotheque “Ysterreich”)

Click here to discover “Ysterreich” yourself!

Topotheque in general

Jul
10
Fri
Workshop: Innovation Policies for Cultural Heritage Institutions @ National Széchényi Library
Jul 10 @ 09:00 – 17:30

co:op project at workshop on innovation policies for Cultural Heritage Institutions in Budapest (HU)

The co:op project will be presented at the National Library in Budapest (HU) within a workshop that deals with the question of what kind of policies can be applied to cultural institutions in order to best prepare them for cooperation with citizens and their organisations in research on cultural heritage.

In this context the opportunities of the topotheques as cultural heritage preserving tools, run by citizens themselves and as vital part of the co:op activities, will be introduced to the workshop participants.

cvc_web_logo-220x180The workshop is being organized by Civic Epistemologies – Development of a Roadmap for Citizen Researchers in the Digital Culture.

 

Please click here to find out more about the workshop’s background and the detailed programme.