Interedition

Bootcamp and Bursaries announced

TEI & Interoperability Think Tank

Recently we witnessed an engaged debate over twitter and the TEI-list focusing on interoperability as a future avenue for furthering the goals of TEI. The ESF COST Action IS0704 'Interedition', specifically focused on interoperable tools for textual scholarship, is organizing a half day Think Tank on this subject during the upcoming TEI-meeting at the Universität Würzburg. We've found Sebastian Rathz (Oxford University Computing Services) and Doug Reside (New York Public Library) prepared to fire off the discussion with key pitches.

Bursaries

Interedition is delighted to offer several bursaries for attending this Think Tank on 12 October 2011 that is coinciding and co-organized with the 2011 Annual Conference and Members' Meeting of the TEI Consortium: "Philology in the Digital Age" held at Würzburg University, 10-16 October 2011.

About Interedition

The goals of Interedition < www.interedition.eu > is to promote the interoperability of the tools and methodology used in the field of digital scholarly editing and research. Equally, Interedition seeks to raise the awareness of the importance of sustainability of the digital artifacts and instruments we create. To this end, Interedition is supporting this conference at the University of Würzburg to explore the tools, methodologies, and approaches to better support a shared model for the creation of sustainable infrastructure for digital text. Applications are being accepted for bursaries for early stage researchers to attend this event with a thematic focus on digital scholarly editing, pre-conference workshops and tutorials and keynote presentations by leading textual scholars (Edward Vanhoutte, Andrea Rapp). Half of the bursaries are reserved for those researchers giving papers (full paper or micropaper) or presenting a poster. To apply for bursaries, candidates must be:

• an emerging scholar, which is defined by the ESF as someone who has not been in an established position for more than five years, with exceptions for parental, medical, and national service leaves. The ESF notes that ‘students, post-doctorate researchers and lecturers within 5 years of appointment would be amongst those included in this definition’.
• affiliated to a an institution in one of the signatory country of Interedition (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Polan, Spain, or the UK).
• joining the Interedition Think Tank meeting on October 12

Bursaries will be awarded of a fixed amount of 400 Euros. Expenses will be reimbursed after the event in line with COST procedures. If you fit the above criteria and would like to apply for consideration, please send no more than 300 words on the following: a) a very brief CV on your career history and current academic affiliation, b) a motivation on how this workshop will intersect with your research. If applicable, please attach a letter of acceptance of your contribution (paper, poster) by the Program Committee of the conference. Please send your application to joris.van.zundert-at-huygens.knaw.nl no later than 25 September.

07.09.2011, 14:51 Uhr