December 2023
Workshop: Accumulating Notes
Accumulating Notes: Notebooks, Diaries and Related Examples of Everyday
Writing as Multilayered Written Artefacts
People take notes in different contexts of their daily life, thereby producing (or modifying) a wide range of disparate written artefacts. The term ‘note’ is highly polysemic. As ‘a brief written observation, record, or abstract of facts’ (OED), a note can take the form of ephemeral...
Lecture Series: Understanding Written Artefacts. Untold Stories
Equal Opportunity & Diversity Lecture Series
Lecture 6/10
Kaja Harter-Uibopuu
Epigraphik im toten Winkel – tote Winkel in der Epigraphik: Beispiele aus der griechisch-römischen Antike
Tamilex Talk: Computational Resources for South Asian Languages
Computational Resources for South Asian Languages
Miriam Butt, Professor, University of Konstanz. Germany.
Kengatharaiyer Sarveswaran, Herz Fellow, University of Konstanz/University of Jaffna. Sri Lanka.
In this talk, we will outline various computational tools and resources developed for South Asian languages, with a particular focus on Urdu and Tamil. These developments encompass Taggers...
Short Lecture Series: Cultural Heritage and Ethics in Manuscript Studies
Short Lecture Series
Handle with Care: Cultural Heritage and Ethics in Manuscript Studies
Lecture 4/7
Jakob Wigand:
Provenance Issues
Women in Manuscript Cultures Lecture: Julia Bruch
Writing Women. Gender and Class in 15th- and 16th-Century German-Language Songs, Chronicles and Convent Books
PD Dr Julia Bruch (Universität zu Köln)
Julia Bruch currently holds the guest professorship 'Women in Manuscript Cultures' at the Cluster of Excellence 'Understanding Written Artefacts'.
The paper deals with urban manuscripts written by women in German-speaking cities in the 15th and...
Lecture Series: Understanding Written Artefacts. Untold Stories
Equal Opportunity & Diversity Lecture Series
Lecture 7/10
Xiaomeng He
Beyond Silence: Untold Stories of Looted Artefacts from Ancient China and Scholarly Ethical Complexities
Short Lecture Series: Cultural Heritage and Ethics in Manuscript Studies
Short Lecture Series
Handle with Care: Cultural Heritage and Ethics in Manuscript Studies
Lecture 5/7
Davidson MacLaren:
How to Handle Written Artefacts: A Hands-on Session
Workshop series: An Introduction to Studying Manuscripts as Written Artefacts
Workshop series in Arabic
Since the nineteenth century, the study of manuscripts has been carried out in two separate fields. Traditional philology has primarily concentrated on textual analysis, with the goal of reconstructing the original version of a text by comparing its various extant copies. The notion of an authentic and "correct" original text has been key to this analytical framework. In...
Digital Lunch Seminar Series: Wood Profiling
Wood Profiling: Examinations of Wood in the Context of Artefact Analyses
Digital Lunch Seminar Series 2023/2024, Lecture 1/4
Speakers: Professor Dr Jörg Fromm und Dr Marina Creydt
Chair: Malgorzata Grzelec
The first half of the presentation provides a brief overview on wood. No other plant-based substance has had such a strong influence on the history of mankind as wood. With today’s ever...
Lecture Series: Understanding Written Artefacts. Untold Stories
Equal Opportunity & Diversity Lecture Series
Lecture 8/10
Sanja Ewald
Die (fast) vergessene Hall of Fame – Das Projekt Alsen. Zur Speicherung von ephemeren Graffitischriftzügen im ehemaligen Zementwerk Itzehoe
Workshop series: An Introduction to Studying Manuscripts as Written Artefacts
Workshop series in Arabic
Since the nineteenth century, the study of manuscripts has been carried out in two separate fields. Traditional philology has primarily concentrated on textual analysis, with the goal of reconstructing the original version of a text by comparing its various extant copies. The notion of an authentic and "correct" original text has been key to this analytical framework. In...
January 2024
Lecture Series: Understanding Written Artefacts. Untold Stories
Equal Opportunity & Diversity Lecture Series
Lecture 8/10
Martin-Jörg Schäfer
„Ohrenbläser“, „Worteingeber“, „König der Echos“. Hamburger Souffleure, Souffleusen und Soufflierbücher, 1770-1820
Digital Lunch Seminar Series: Wood Profiling
Deterioration of Artefacts – Reasons and Prevention
Digital Lunch Seminar Series 2023/2024, Lecture 2/4
Speakers: Professor Dr Agnes Weiß and Dr Doreen Schröter
Chair: Lucas Voges
The first half of the presentation introduces microorganisms, their natural habitats and nutritional needs as well as their metabolisms. This knowledge forms the basis for identifying how microorganisms may get in...
Lecture Series: Understanding Written Artefacts. Untold Stories
Equal Opportunity & Diversity Lecture Series
Lecture 8/10
Sebastian Schirrmeister
Reise(n) nach Jerusalem. Die verborgenen Wanderungen deutsch-jüdischer Archive
Short Lecture Series: Cultural Heritage and Ethics in Manuscript Studies
Short Lecture Series
Handle with Care: Cultural Heritage and Ethics in Manuscript Studies
Lecture 6/7
Ralf Möller
Ethical Issues in Producing, Storing, and Using Data
Short Lecture Series: Cultural Heritage and Ethics in Manuscript Studies
Short Lecture Series
Handle with Care: Cultural Heritage and Ethics in Manuscript Studies
Lecture 7/7
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