'It felt strange to make all this effort to recover a piece of Nazi propaganda. Normally, that is something you would rather leave erased.' Kyle Ann Huskin and her colleagues at CSMC have reconstructed a puzzling piece of Harburg’s history csmc.uni-hamburg.de/blog/2022-01-1…

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I’ve left academia, and we’re moving next week to coastal Massachusetts, our happy place. If anyone needs editing/copy editing/proofreading on a writing project, academic or otherwise, please let me know as I’m eager to delve into publishing services. Here’s to a fresh start!

We're happy to report that as of today we have a temporary office set up! As archival recovery continues and mutual aid efforts are still deeply needed, our team is working around the clock right now. Need help or have help to give? Go to appalshop.org/floodsupport.

Please take a moment to look through this list of Appalachian flood support resources by Appalshop. From donations and mutual aid funds to volunteering to help clean-up efforts, there are a number of ways to support our neighbors. appalshop.org/news/appalachi…

We're looking for a PhD student to conduct a self-designed project on (e.g.) multilingual or multiscriptual written artefacts, written artefacts and provenance studies, sustainable conservation work, and the history of science related to written artefacts uni-hamburg.de/stellenangebot…

📢We're looking for a doctoral student to join our grad school and to pursue a dissertation project in our Research Fields 'Inscribing Spaces' or 'Graffiti' uni-hamburg.de/stellenangebot…

Spending your #lunchbreak in front of a screen is usually a bad idea - unless it's for the Digital Lunch Seminar Series! In easily digestible bites, two scientists from two disciplines present their joint research on #manuscripts csmc.uni-hamburg.de/news/2022-10-1…

What can the study of #material evidence tell us about the transmission of #manuscripts in different cultures?

Doing research on #cultural #heritage objects often provokes ethical dilemmas. In a short lecture series, members of our #ethics working group reflect on the manifold moral responsibilities of researchers: csmc.uni-hamburg.de/register-semin… All lectures in hybrid format, all welcome!

Re-found this spider squashed inside a book from 1492 when checking a reference. First time we saw it, we meant to ask if any scientists out there are interested in doing #DNA analysis of #insects, #flies, #moths, #spiders etc we have found in ancient books or MSS. If so, DM us.

“We recognize what the challenges are to be here, and we want to be able to help folks navigate that as we navigate it,” Royse said. “We’re not leaving.” Read more at: kentucky.com/news/state/ken…

The call for applications for the next HLCEES Summer School, "Working in Manuscript Studies: Traditional and New Approaches, with a focus on the Ethiopian and Eritrean tradition" (4-15 September in Hamburg), is now open until 15 March. We particularly welcome female participants.

📢Vacant position: We're looking for a PhD student to join our Grad School and participate in the our Research Fields on 'Multigraphic Written Artefacts' or 'Multilingual Written Artefacts' Applications welcome until 30 March! uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenange…

Major in English, minors in French and women's studies. Now I'm a multispectral imaging technician at a major university. My English degree introduced me to manuscripts, codicology, and paleography, and helps me translate science info to humanist colleagues. #iwasanenglishmajor

Just MSI being awesome blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

Last week, we launched 'With Stylus, Brush, or Quill', an introduction to #writing across cultures for children at primary school. After the first session on #cuneiform tablets, we can't wait for the next sessions on #Chinese, #Hebrew, and #Arabic scripts! csmc.uni-hamburg.de/news/2023-03-0…

Join us in Hamburg this July for our most comprehensive #SummerSchool to date, 'An Interdiscplinary History of #Writing'! Accommodation is included, fee waivers and substantial support for travel costs are available csmc.uni-hamburg.de/study-at-csmc/…

We are looking forward to be back Schülerforschungszentrum Hamburg in March and April for an exciting course on #ancient and #medieval #inks and the methods we use to recover them. Pupils in grades 8 to 10 can sign up until 29 March sfz-hamburg.de/angebote/koope…