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Evina Steinova deposited Call for Papers | Networks of Manuscripts, Networks of Texts (Oct 22-23 2020, Amsterdam) in the group
Textual Scholarship on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months ago This conference aims to bring together researchers applying network analysis to pre-modern manuscripts and manuscript texts. Key topics include:
• Theoretical reflections on the challenges and advantages of applying network analysis, including social network analysis, to pre-modern written cultures;
• Application of network analysis to corpora of pre-modern manuscripts and texts;
• Network analysis as a means of understanding the circulation of texts and transmission of knowledge in the pre-modern period;
• Quantitative study of networks of medieval book exchange and letter exchange;
• Network analysis as a tool of textual criticism and text editing;
• Network graphs as stemmata of texts and genres with complex textual history;
• Networks of co-citation of pre-modern authors and authoritative texts;
• Networks of co-occurrence and compilation of texts in medieval manuscripts;
• Network analysis as a tool for the study of annotation practices and commentary traditions in pre-modern manuscript cultures;
• Network analysis as a tool for the study of citation and reception in pre-modern manuscript cultures.