The conference report by Irene Rabl (conference: “Monasteries in the Digital Humanities” in Czestochowa, 12.-15.09.2017) is online:
Call for papers: The querelle that wasn’t? “Old” and “New” in the intellectual culture of Habsburg Europe, 1700‒1750.
On 11‒13 October 2018, the conference “The querelle that wasn’t? ‘Old’ and ‘New’ in the intellectual culture of Habsburg Europe, 1700‒1750”, organized by the FWF-Project “Benedictines, State Reform and the Church in Austria, 1720‒40”, will take place at the University of Vienna, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna.
Here you can find the call for papers.
Please send an abstract to ines.peper@univie.ac.at by 31 December 2017.
The organizers are applying for funding to reimburse travel and accommodation costs.
PEZ DESIGN SPRINT, Vienna
With the help of Milan-based digital designer Marco Quaggiotto, we are going to take a week off to visualize Pez data.
If you want to see the results, come join us for a drink on FRIDAY 8 SEPTEMBER at 17h at the Pez Workshop at Maria-Theresien-Straße 9/4. If you want to experience the process, come join in for a coffee at the same venue during office hours on WEDNESDAY 6 – FRIDAY 8 SEPTEMBER (c. 10h-17h).
Please drop a line beforehand: thomas.wallnig@univie.ac.at
Learn about Design Sprints in general: http://www.republicofletters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Como-Notes-COST-Action-IS1310-Reassembling-the-Republic-of-Letters.pdf
Cistercienser in der res publica litteraria
On 18 October 2017, Thomas Wallnig will for once be dealing not with Benedictines, but with Cistercians as part of his lecture “Cistercienser in der res publica litteraria” at the colloquium “Religiöse Volkskunde der österreichischen Prälatenklöster in der Frühen Neuzeit” at the Abbey of Heiligenkreuz. Program.
A Transforming Edition
Irene Rabl will give a talk about “The Letters of the Pez-Correspondence: A Transforming Edition” at the international conference “Monasteries in the digital humanities” in Poland (Częstochowa-Jasna Góra, Pauline Monastery, 12–15 September 2017). Here is the Program_MiDH.
Katholische Aufklärung
On 13 September 2017, Thomas Wallnig will give a talk with Wolfgang Göderle (Graz) about “Nutzen und Grenzen des Forschungsparadigmas »Katholische Aufklärung«” at the annual conference of the “Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts” in Münster. Program.
Wissen in Wien um 1780
On 20 June 2017, Thomas Wallnig will speak about “Wissen in Wien um 1780: Kontexte, Netzwerke, Instiutionen” at the international conference “Schöne Wissenschaften. Sammeln, Ordnen und Präsentieren unter Kaiser Joseph II.”. The conference is being organised by the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Program.
“Die Rolle der religiösen Gemeinschaften …
… in der österreichischen Wissenschaftsgeschichte” is the title of a talk that Thomas Wallnig will give at 6:00 p.m. on April 27, 2017 in the Festival Hall of the Archive of the University of Vienna. The event is being organized by the Austrian Society for the History of Science. More information can be found here.
“Digitale Edition” (KONDE)
The Pez project is one of several groups and institutions working towards a requirements catalog for digital editions within the framework of the “Wissens- und Kompetenznetzwerk ‘Digital Edition’ (KONDE)” under the direction of the Zentrum für Informationsmodellierung – Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities at the University of Graz. More information can be found here.
International Conference in the Charterhouse of Gaming
On 12 March 2017, Patrick Fiska will give a talk about “Die Briefkorrespondenz des Gaminger Bibliothekars Leopold Wydemann” during the international conference “The Charterhouse of Gaming as a Reservoir of Memory and a Monument of Austrian History” at the Charterhouse of Gaming. Program.
Pez Workshop 