CSMC News (2022)22 December 2022|CSMC NewsJerusalem: City of the BookPhoto: CSMCOn 18 December, CSMC and Jüdischer Salon am Grindel invited Benjamin Balint to present his ‘Jerusalem: City of the Book’ in a conversation with Sebastian Schirrmeister. The video is now online.20 December 2022|CSMC NewsHumanities-Centred Artificial IntelligencePhoto: Gwen MelzerFrom 19-23 September 2022, the 45th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held in Trier. For the second time, the programme included a workshop on 'Humanities-Centred Artificial Intelligence' (CHAI), the proceedings of which are now available online. 16 December 2022|CSMC NewsGiovanni Ciotti Selected Among 'EuropeIndia40 Leaders' 2022Photo: Ciotti/CSMCThe Europe India Centre for Business Industry has selected its '#EuropeIndia40 Leaders' for the fourth time, featuring 28 persons under the age of 40 who have made profound contributions to promoting relations between India and the EU. Among them this year is CSMC's Indologist Giovanni Ciotti.5 December 2022|CSMC NewsCuneiform Culture and the Akkadian LanguagePhoto: CSMCA winter school on ‘Cuneiform Culture and the Akkadian Language’ will take place from 20-24 February 2023. The course is taught at introductory level and participation is open to students from all backgrounds.28 November 2022|CSMC NewsWritten Artefacts of NepalPhoto: Bidur BhattaraiNepal's manuscript collections are exceptionally diverse, both in terms of scripts and languages as well as materials used. In short videos, Bidur Bhattarai explains how these collections are preserved. The latest one shows traditional techniques to protect raw clay seals in palm-leaf documents.22 November 2022|CSMC NewsCSMC Announces J.P. Gumbert Dissertation Award 2023Photo: J.P. GumbertWith the J. P. Gumbert Dissertation Award, the CSMC honours the best doctoral thesis defended in 2022 that contributes to any aspect of the study of manuscripts and other written artefacts. We now welcome nominations.19 November 2022|CSMC NewsVacant Research Associate PositionPhoto: CSMCWe invite applications for a Research Associate in the project 'Tamilex', which will create the first comprehensive electronic corpus of classical Tamil texts from the first millennium along with a historical dictionary.18 November 2022|CSMC NewsBuilding the Digital Future of the PastPhoto: CSMCIn early November, the Joint Scientific Conference admitted eight new consortia to the German National Research Data Infrastructure. Among them is 4Memory, a consortium of historically oriented humanities in which the Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts is one of the participants.16 November 2022|CSMC NewsTamilex: New Academy Project on Classical Tamil LiteraturePhoto: Eva WildenIt is a milestone for classical Tamil studies: In 2023, the long-term project Tamilex will be included in the programme of the Academy of Sciences. Initiated by Eva Wilden, it will create the first comprehensive electronic corpus with a historical dictionary of key texts from the first millennium. 14 November 2022|CSMC News'Thus speaks Tarām-Kūbi' Wins at Film Festival in SplitPhoto: dalmatinski PortalGreat success for Vanessa Tubiana-Brun and Cécile Michel: their documentary 'Thus speaks Tarām-Kūbi – Assyrian Correspondence' won the award for best film at the 7th International Archaeology Film Festival in Split. 9 November 2022|CSMC NewsWeek of AI in LübeckPhoto: Simon SchiffFrom 1 to 4 November, several institutions in Lübeck hosted the ‘Week of Artificial Intelligence’ for the second time, including a range of events. One of them featured CSMC's Data Linking group, wich introduced our robot colleague Pepper to the visitors.8 November 2022|CSMC NewsJerusalem: City of the BookPhoto: Frédéric BrennerOn 18 December, Benjamin Balint presents his ‘Jerusalem: City of the Book’ at CSMC and Jüdischer Salon. In a conversation with Sebastian Schirrmeister, he will share his forays into the city's libraries and archives and his encounters with the custodians who safeguard Jerusalem’s literary legacies.3 November 2022|CSMC NewsJonas Karlsson Succesfully Defends PhD DissertationPhoto: CSMCJonas Karlsson has passed his viva voce examination, thus completing his dissertation project in Ethiopian studies.2 November 2022|CSMC NewsNew Faces at CSMCPhoto: CSMCAt the beginning of November, we welcome new project leaders, research associates, and visiting researchers at CSMC.25 October 2022|CSMC NewsReassessing Tables Of ContentPhoto: CSMCVolume 18 of the journal 'manuscript cultures' is out now. Edited by Bruno Reudenbach, the new edition contains the proceedings of the conference 'Indices – Tables of Contents – Registers', held at CSMC in February 2017. Like all previous editions, it is available as open access.24 October 2022|CSMC NewsMojtaba Mahmoudi Khorandi Succesfully Defends PhD DissertationPhoto: UHHMojtaba Mahmoudi Khorandi has passed his viva voce examination, thus completing his dissertation project in archaeometry.20 October 2022|CSMC NewsRecovering Lost WritingPhoto: UHHIn a video series recently launched by Universität Hamburg, researchers from the university explain what they are working on and how society at large can benefit from what they do. In the latest episode, Ivan Shevchuk and Kyle Ann Huskin of CSMC show why lost writing isn’t necessarily lost forever.19 October 2022|CSMC NewsNew MA Cohort Gets StartedPhoto: Karsten HelmholzWith the beginning of the winter semester, a new cohort of students has started studying the MA programme ‘Manuscript Cultures’ at the Graduate School of CSMC. The programme is composed equally of modules in the humanities and the natural sciences, which makes it unique in Germany.18 October 2022|CSMC NewsThe Digital Lunch Seminar Series is BackPhoto: Karsten HelmholzThis winter semester, the CSMC is hosting the Digital Lunch Seminar Series for the second time. Two scholars, one hour, one topic: by bringing together different perspectives, the series brings the idea of cross-disciplinary research to life.14 October 2022|CSMC NewsChange of Spokesperson at the Cluster of ExcellencePhoto: CSMCSince the beginning of October, the Cluster of Excellence ‘Understanding Written Artefacts’ has a new spokesperson: Konrad Hirschler has taken over from Michael Friedrich, who has officially retired.More articles
