Daily Archives: 16 March 2012

Manuscripts Online

The Europa Inventa database of medieval manuscripts in Australia, originally developed by NEER, is part of a major new international initiative known as Manuscripts Online.

MANUSCRIPTS ONLINE: Written Culture 1000 to 1500

Manuscripts Online is a new service which will enable users to search an enormous body of online primary resources relating to written and early culture in Britain during the period 1000 to 1500.

A single search engine will enable users to undertake sophisticated full-text searching of literary manuscripts, historical documents and early printed books which are located on websites owned by libraries, archives, universities and publishers. Users will be able to search the resources by keyword, but also by specific keyword types, such as person and place name, date and language (e.g. Middle English, Latin and Anglo-Norman), thanks to a technique called automated entity recognition. Additionally, users will be able to visualise search results using maps of medieval Britain and create their own annotations to the data for public consumption.

Manuscripts Online is funded by the JISC and supported by the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Sheffield and specialists in medieval studies at the universities of Leicester, Birmingham, Glasgow, York and Queen’s University Belfast.

Manuscripts Online is expected to be launched in January 2013.

GET IN TOUCH AND SHARE YOUR VIEWS

Federated searching using such a wide range of electronic resources has not been attempted before and naturally poses practical and intellectual challenges. Be part of the debate and join the discussion!

Project Blog: http://manuscriptsonline.wordpress.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/MedMSSO
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Manuscripts-Online/227994707285229

PhD scholarships – University of Amsterdam and Swansea University – Call For Applications

Two sets of studentships for PhDs have been announced at both Swansea University and the University of Amsterdam:

Swansea University – Academic Supervisor: Dr Liz McAvoy

Funding is available for two PhD studentships focusing on aspects of the literary, spiritual and historical landscapes of Wales and its borderlands during the Middle Ages. Ideally, each will engage with and develop both past and current research in this and associated areas undertaken by members of the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Research (MEMO) in the College of Arts and Humanities, using an interdisciplinary approach to address gaps in our current understanding. In particular, the research will address issues such ethnicities and identity, or the operations of gender, space and spirituality in the regions under scrutiny, especially how such issues played out in the texts and communities of the contested borderland regions.

For further enquiries, please contact Gabriella Wasiniak, Graduate Centre Administrator (g.wasiniak@swansea.ac.uk).

Closing date: 30 April 2012

To see full details of this opportunity and to apply online, please see the College of Arts and Humanities website at:  http://www.swansea.ac.uk/riah/graduate-centre/fully-funded-studentships-2012-13/.

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University of Amsterdam

Two fully funded positions in medieval history are now available at the University of Amsterdam in connection with a project examining Jerusalem as a holy site for Christians by the medieval Franciscan Order. Ideal candidates may come from a medieval history background, but the fields of art history, religion, literature, and archaeology are equally germane so long as candidates are able to access Latin and other medieval texts.

Full details of both positions can be found here: http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/vacatures.cfm/54A2240A-8E46-42E5-91474806E5ED89C6.

Closing date: 15 April 2012

Applications for this position (preferably in pdf format) should be sent to:
Drs. P.J. Koopman, Instituut voor Cultuur en Geschiedenis, Spuistraat 134, 1012 VB Amsterdam, (icg-fgw@uva.nl).
They should consist of:

  1. a letter of application
  2. a curriculum vitae
  3. a copy of recent work, preferably a MA thesis
  4. a sketch (1500-2000 words) in which the applicant is invited to specify his or her own ideas on the research questions addressed in the PhD-project for which (s)he applies

Submission must arrive on or before 15 April 2012 in order to guarantee being reviewed. Please state the vacancy number. Up to three letters of recommendation can be sent directly (via mail or email) to the above address.