The long life of manuscripts: from material to immaterial texts
RUTTER TRAINING SCHOOL
The long life of manuscripts: from material to immaterial texts
Host institution: RUTTER Project, CIUHCT, UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA
Organizers: Silvana Munzi & Luana Giurgevich
When: 11-15 September 2023
Where: Anfiteatro FCiências.ID (FCUL); Biblioteca da Ajuda; Academia das Ciências (Lisbon, Portugal)
Language: English (written sources in Portuguese, Spanish, Italian)
Course aim: This course provides a thorough overview of multidisciplinary approaches to early modern scientific writing practices. The course consists of three parts. The first is a theoretical part with lectures providing knowledge on book history, manuscript terminology, recording methods, cultural heritage and digital humanities. The second, practically oriented part, will provide training on documentation techniques, including paleographical, linguistical and computer skills with fieldwork at Ajuda’s Library and the Academia de Ciências. The third part will focus on how the collection and analysis of archival data are used to write new historical narratives. Throughout three crucial moments of historical investigation, the participants will gain familiarity with a great variety of written texts, sources and case studies, as well as general competencies of the digital tools applied to historical research. All these core skills will help researchers to use historical knowledge to demystify simplistic ideas and interpret scientific phenomena in a new way.
Target group: The course is open to students, researchers and professionals from any area of study wishing to enrich their experience in archival work. Students planning careers in early modern history and history of science will find this course especially beneficial. No previous knowledge is required.
Number of participants: min. 10 – max. 20
Registration and prices: The course is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format, including a practical component. However, for those individuals who are unable to physically travel to Lisbon, there is the option to register solely for the theoretical lessons that will be conducted online.
1) In-presence format, complete course: 125 € for Master students and unemployed; 180 € for PhD students; 250 € for Professional and postdocs.
2) Online format, only theoretical lessons: 85 € for Master students and unemployed; 125 € for PhD students; 175 € for Professional and postdocs.
To register send an email to: ssmunzi@fc.ul.pt including a motivation letter, a brief biography sketch and the indication if you will follow the in-presence or the online course.
Program – Timetable
Don’t Trust One Sole Source: Manuscripts’ Cross-check – Ana Duarte Rodrigues (Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa)
Architectural Heritage Narratives: Virtual Environments and Digital Workflows – Ana Tomé (CERIS, DECivil, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa) and Jesse Rafeiro (Tokyo College, UTIAS, The University of Tokyo)
Crypto-Books. In Search of the Lost Manuscripts of the Avis Dynasty – Armando Norte (Centre for History of the University of Lisbon, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa)
Introduction to the Biblioteca de Ajuda – Cristina Pinto Basto and Fátima Gomes (Biblioteca da Ajuda)
Rescuing Manuscripts from the Flames: The Role of Censures in Assessing the Content of Forbidden Books – Francisco Malta Romeiras (Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa)
Ancient Documents and New Technologies — Concluding Remarks – Henrique Leitão (Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa)
IHC’s Digital Humanities Lab: collaborative and interdisciplinary projects with digital methods – Joana Vieira Paulino and Daniel Alves (Laboratório de Humanidades Digitais, Instituto de História Contemporânea, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas – NOVA FCSH)
Manuscript Production and Circulation in Early Modern Times: The Portuguese-Asian Sphere – Jorge Flores (Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa)
No Paleography, no Party. An Introduction to a Fundamental Tool in Historical Methodology – José María Moreno Madrid and Luís Ribeiro (Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa)
Paleography: Practical Part – José María Moreno Madrid, Luís Ribeiro and Nuno Vila-Santa (Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa)
Textual Perils Left and Right: Digitisation Adventures in Arabic and Portuguese – Juan Acevedo (Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa)
The Digital Collections of the Royal Society – Louisiane Ferlier (Digital Resources Manager, Royal Society)
Eclipsed Libraries: The Role of Religious Orders in the Dissemination of Knowledge in Early Modern Portugal – Luana Giurgevich (Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa)
A Sea of Books: the RUTTER Virtual Library – Luana Giurgevich (Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa)
How to Edit and Publish New Archival Documents – Nuno Vila-Santa (Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa)
The Digital Vatican Library So Far – Paola Manoni (Head of the Coordination of IT Services, Vatican Apostolic Library)
Restoring Music Manuscripts, Rethinking Music History: Two Case Studies – Paulo Estudante (Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Coimbra)
Rediscovery of a Classic of Travel Writing: The Edition of D. García de Silva y Figueroa’s Comentarios (1614-1624) – Rui Manuel Loureiro (Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes)
Galileo’s Original Letter to Benedetto Castelli and its Manuscript Diffusion – Salvatore Ricciardo (Department of Human and Social Sciences, Università degli Studi di Bergamo)
Hands, Minds & Matter: Handling Sources of Material Culture in the History of Science – Samuel Gessner (Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa)
Transkribus – The Art of AI Powered Text Recognition – Stefan Zathammer (University of Innsbruck)