Elton Barker has recently joined the Faculty as a lecturer in Classics (from Oxford) and has brought with him the HESTIA (the Herodotus Encoded Space-Text-Imaging Archive) project. He is Principle Investigator for HESTIA, working with Stefan Buzar (University of Birmingham), Chris Pelling (University of Oxford) and Leif Isaksen (University of Southampton).
HESTIA provides a new approach towards conceptions of space in the ancient world, supported by a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Combining a variety of different methods, it examines the ways in which space is represented in Herodotus' History, in terms of places mentioned and geographic features described. It develops visual tools to capture the 'deep' topological structures of the text, extending beyond the usual two-dimensional Cartesian maps of the ancient world.
The project website is at: http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/hestia/index.html. Before the end of the year the project team are planning to post some initial results, including a spatial database (with a user-friendly set of queries that can be asked of it) and various maps that it can generate. They are also looking at developing a 'bookline', (a timeline linked to a map showing how certain places/regions come in and out of focus in the literature over time).
For more about the project, listen to a presentation by Elton Barker on 31 July, which can be downloaded from http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2009.html along with the PowerPoint slides.
For more information about Digital Humantities projects in the Classics see The Digital Classicist website at http://www.digitalclassicist.org/. The Digital Classicist is a decentralised and international community of scholars and students interested in the application of innovative digital methods and technologies to research on the ancient world. The Digital Classicist is not core funded, and nor is it owned by any institution. The main purpose of this site is to offer a web-based hub for discussion, collaboration and communication.
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Friday, 28 August 2009
Monday, 13 July 2009
Deadlines for Digital Economy Research in the Wild
(This story was originally posted on 27 April 2009)
The Digital Economy Programme invites applicants to apply for short-term funding to perform their ‘Research in the Wild’. This call is about allowing researchers in the Digital Economy to expose and test their research ideas with potential beneficiaries – for example, the individual, business and/or society – in order to get closer to achieving a viable proposition with potential for transformational impact.
Projects are limited to up to 18 months in duration and this call will be open for 12 months after which it will be subject to review.
Proposals will go through an Expression of Interest stage before full proposals are invited. Expressions of interest will be assessed internally on a quarterly basis. Deadlines for Expressions of Interest are:
This call is being administered by EPSRC and all application details can be found on their website at http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/RiTW.htm Applications are made through the Je-S system.
The Digital Economy Programme invites applicants to apply for short-term funding to perform their ‘Research in the Wild’. This call is about allowing researchers in the Digital Economy to expose and test their research ideas with potential beneficiaries – for example, the individual, business and/or society – in order to get closer to achieving a viable proposition with potential for transformational impact.
Projects are limited to up to 18 months in duration and this call will be open for 12 months after which it will be subject to review.
Proposals will go through an Expression of Interest stage before full proposals are invited. Expressions of interest will be assessed internally on a quarterly basis. Deadlines for Expressions of Interest are:
- 15 May 2009 (passed)
- 14 August 2009
- 13 November 2009
This call is being administered by EPSRC and all application details can be found on their website at http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/RiTW.htm Applications are made through the Je-S system.
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Report available on feasibility study for a national shared digital research data service
UK Research Data Service (UKRDS) is a joint project between RLUK (the Consortium of Research Libraries in the UK and Ireland), and RUGIT (the Russell Group IT Directors Group).
It is funded by HEFCE (the Higher Education Funding Council for England) under its Shared Services programme, with support from JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee).
The objective of the UKRDS study is to assess the feasibility and costs of developing and maintaining a national shared digital research data service for UK Higher Education sector. Such a research data service is seen by the project sponsors as forming a crucial component of the UK's e-infrastructure for research and innovation, and one which will add significantly to the UK's global competitiveness.
HEFCE has agreed that the full UKRDS Feasibility Study can be made public. It can be found on the UKRDS website. See http://www.ukrds.ac.uk where the link is in the left hand column marked "The Project's Final Report".
The UKRDS project management board has continued to meet and there are discussions under way with HEFCE and JISC as to the next steps in this project. The likelihood is that there will be some funding available for a further interim phase, to work with some case study universities and their researchers and with some of the existing providers in the research data spectrum, leading to a more detailed proposal for the Pathfinder phase towards end 2009/early 2010.
Edited from an email from Jean Sykes, Librarian and Director of IT Services, London School of Economics and Political Science (29/04/09) and the UKRDS website.
It is funded by HEFCE (the Higher Education Funding Council for England) under its Shared Services programme, with support from JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee).
The objective of the UKRDS study is to assess the feasibility and costs of developing and maintaining a national shared digital research data service for UK Higher Education sector. Such a research data service is seen by the project sponsors as forming a crucial component of the UK's e-infrastructure for research and innovation, and one which will add significantly to the UK's global competitiveness.
HEFCE has agreed that the full UKRDS Feasibility Study can be made public. It can be found on the UKRDS website. See http://www.ukrds.ac.uk where the link is in the left hand column marked "The Project's Final Report".
The UKRDS project management board has continued to meet and there are discussions under way with HEFCE and JISC as to the next steps in this project. The likelihood is that there will be some funding available for a further interim phase, to work with some case study universities and their researchers and with some of the existing providers in the research data spectrum, leading to a more detailed proposal for the Pathfinder phase towards end 2009/early 2010.
Edited from an email from Jean Sykes, Librarian and Director of IT Services, London School of Economics and Political Science (29/04/09) and the UKRDS website.
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Reading Experience Database 1450-1945
Version 3 of the Reading Experience Database (RED) is planned for release in summer 2009.
RED was launched in 1996 at the UK Open University. Its mission is to accumulate as much data as possible about the reading experiences of readers of all nationalities in Britain and those of British subjects abroad from 1450 to 1945.
RED currently contains approximately 17,000 records, the majority of which have been verified, edited and released for searching. More entries are contributed and released every day and thus return visits to the database should yield new results each time.
Anyone can contribute information to the database and help to make this resource usefully and fully searchable by providing details of whatever evidence you have of a relevant Reading Experience.
RED is also looking for volunteers to work their way systematically through such materials in order to record evidence of reading.If you are interested in becoming a volunteer see: http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/RED/volunteers.html
What is a ‘reading experience’?
‘Reading’ can mean many things, from reading a book aloud or silently, to the critical ‘reading’ of a text (including dramatic and cinematic texts) in an academic sense, or (metaphorically) ‘reading’ a face, a social situation, or the symbolic value of a text. But in the interests of clarity and manageability the RED has had to exclude certain of these ‘reading experiences’ as outside their remit. For the purposes of the database, a ‘reading experience’ means a recorded engagement with a written or printed text - beyond the mere fact of possession. A database containing as much information as possible about what British people read, where and when they read it and what they thought of it will form an invaluable resource for researchers of book history, cultural studies, sociology and family history, to name but a few.
For more information see: http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/RED/
RED was launched in 1996 at the UK Open University. Its mission is to accumulate as much data as possible about the reading experiences of readers of all nationalities in Britain and those of British subjects abroad from 1450 to 1945.
RED currently contains approximately 17,000 records, the majority of which have been verified, edited and released for searching. More entries are contributed and released every day and thus return visits to the database should yield new results each time.
Anyone can contribute information to the database and help to make this resource usefully and fully searchable by providing details of whatever evidence you have of a relevant Reading Experience.
RED is also looking for volunteers to work their way systematically through such materials in order to record evidence of reading.If you are interested in becoming a volunteer see: http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/RED/volunteers.html
What is a ‘reading experience’?
‘Reading’ can mean many things, from reading a book aloud or silently, to the critical ‘reading’ of a text (including dramatic and cinematic texts) in an academic sense, or (metaphorically) ‘reading’ a face, a social situation, or the symbolic value of a text. But in the interests of clarity and manageability the RED has had to exclude certain of these ‘reading experiences’ as outside their remit. For the purposes of the database, a ‘reading experience’ means a recorded engagement with a written or printed text - beyond the mere fact of possession. A database containing as much information as possible about what British people read, where and when they read it and what they thought of it will form an invaluable resource for researchers of book history, cultural studies, sociology and family history, to name but a few.
For more information see: http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/RED/
Monday, 27 April 2009
Digital Economy Research in the Wild
The Digital Economy Programme invites applicants to apply for short-term funding to perform their ‘Research in the Wild’. This call is about allowing researchers in the Digital Economy to expose and test their research ideas with potential beneficiaries – for example, the individual, business and/or society – in order to get closer to achieving a viable proposition with potential for transformational impact.
Projects are limited to up to 18 months in duration and this call will be open for 12 months after which it will be subject to review.
Proposals will go through an Expression of Interest stage before full proposals are invited. Expressions of interest will be assessed internally on a quarterly basis. Deadlines for Expressions of Interest are:
This call is being administered by EPSRC and all application details can be found on their website at http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/RiTW.htm Applications are made through the Je-S system.
Projects are limited to up to 18 months in duration and this call will be open for 12 months after which it will be subject to review.
Proposals will go through an Expression of Interest stage before full proposals are invited. Expressions of interest will be assessed internally on a quarterly basis. Deadlines for Expressions of Interest are:
- 15 May 2009
- 14 August 2009
- 13 November 2009
This call is being administered by EPSRC and all application details can be found on their website at http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/RiTW.htm Applications are made through the Je-S system.
Friday, 27 March 2009
AHRC and BT Research Networking Pilot Funding Call
Deadline: 4pm, Thursday 21 May 2009
'Digital Heritage: understanding the personal, social and cultural contexts of consumers of cultural heritage'
The AHRC and BT are working together to develop a collaboration to bring together the arts and humanities research community with BT researchers and other stakeholders and partners with an interest in digital heritage to facilitate knowledge exchange and collaborative research. Project proposals to this call should involve BT through for example, provision of staff expertise and/or ‘in-kind’ access to technology and capability. Academic researchers should contact John Seton from BT Research (john.seton@bt.com) to discuss appropriate BT involvement and/or other parties with a potential interest in participating in this call.
The AHRC/BT Pilot Research Networking call is intended to support interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers to explore the theme of ‘Digital Heritage: understanding the personal, social and cultural contexts of consumers of cultural heritage’. The AHRC and BT welcome networks which involve academic colleagues from the arts and humanities and BT staff as well as non academic organisations, businesses and other parties whose interests compliment the aims of the pilot programme.
For more information see:http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Pages/AHRCandBTResearchNetworkingPilotFundingCall.aspx
'Digital Heritage: understanding the personal, social and cultural contexts of consumers of cultural heritage'
The AHRC and BT are working together to develop a collaboration to bring together the arts and humanities research community with BT researchers and other stakeholders and partners with an interest in digital heritage to facilitate knowledge exchange and collaborative research. Project proposals to this call should involve BT through for example, provision of staff expertise and/or ‘in-kind’ access to technology and capability. Academic researchers should contact John Seton from BT Research (john.seton@bt.com) to discuss appropriate BT involvement and/or other parties with a potential interest in participating in this call.
The AHRC/BT Pilot Research Networking call is intended to support interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers to explore the theme of ‘Digital Heritage: understanding the personal, social and cultural contexts of consumers of cultural heritage’. The AHRC and BT welcome networks which involve academic colleagues from the arts and humanities and BT staff as well as non academic organisations, businesses and other parties whose interests compliment the aims of the pilot programme.
For more information see:http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Pages/AHRCandBTResearchNetworkingPilotFundingCall.aspx
Monday, 19 January 2009
JISC Funding call for transatlantic humanities digitising projects
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) invites institutions to submit funding proposals for digitisation projects in the humanities. These grants provide funding for 18 months of development from August 2009. All projects must be completed by the end of March 2011.
Funding of up to £600,000 (approximately $900,000) will be available to support digitisation projects in the humanities that will support international collaboration. Awards for each project will range from £135,000-£200,000 (approximately $200,000 to $300,000) for a period of eighteen months to share between the two project partners.
The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12 noon on Thursday 26 March 2009.
Further information can be found on the JISC website at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2008/12/grant1308.aspx.
Funding of up to £600,000 (approximately $900,000) will be available to support digitisation projects in the humanities that will support international collaboration. Awards for each project will range from £135,000-£200,000 (approximately $200,000 to $300,000) for a period of eighteen months to share between the two project partners.
The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12 noon on Thursday 26 March 2009.
Further information can be found on the JISC website at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2008/12/grant1308.aspx.
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