CENDARI Summer School
Historical Sources & Transnational Approaches to European History
22 -26 July 2013 – Florence, Italy
Closing date for applications is 15 April 2013
Introduction
The CENDARI project, in collaboration with the COST Action: IS 1005, ‘Medioevo Europeo: Medieval Studies and Technological Resources’ (www.medioevoeuropeo.eu), will host the first of three annual CENDARI Summer Schools in Florence, Italy. Over the course of one week, we will invite participants to address specifically how CENDARI aims to resolve the difficulties of historical research through the application of digital technologies and methods.
Programme
Sessions will apply the concept of ‘transnational moments’ to examine ways in which historical research is complicated by the nature of material records of the past. The Summer School will provide a context for the various collections-level challenges to transnational history, such as how to identify sources that have become ‘hidden’ or lost through accidents of history. Researchers will examine the linguistic, quantitative and methodological challenges facing them today.
The five-day programme, which is currently being finalised, will be a combination of expert speakers, hands-on sessions and collaborative design workshops. All attendees at the Summer School will be invited to present their own research questions and will learn about the digital methods and tools that can be applied.
Participants will present their own work and receive feedback from peers; attend seminars by leading authorities in transnational modern and medieval European history, as well as in Digital Humanities; deepen their understanding of the impact of the material record on the practice of history; gain familiarity with powerful new tools in research-oriented information technology.
Applications are invited from historians and collections experts working within the CENDARI case study areas of the First World War and Medieval European Culture, as well as researchers working in the digital humanities who wish to sharpen their understanding of these vital research questions.
The full Programme for the Summer School is available to download here:
Bursaries
A number of bursaries, varying in value, funded by the CENDARI project and by the COST Action: IS1005, are available for participants.
Applications
Applications to the CENDARI Summer School 2013 can be made online via the link below and should be submitted on or before the 15th April 2013. Places at the School will be offered on a competitive basis.
Successful applicants will receive an offer of a place at the Summer School by 3rd May 2013 and will be asked to confirm their intention to take up a place no later than 17th May 2013.
In the event that not all places are filled, a second round of offers may be made after the 17th May 2013.
Online Application Form
Please click here to be directed to the online application form for the CENDARI Summer School 2013.
Source de l’information : CENDARI
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