Announcing the Society for Textual Scholarship's 2017 CFP

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*ANNOUNCING THE SOCIETY FOR TEXTUAL SCHOLARSHIP=E2=80=99S 2017 CFP *



(With apologies for cross-posting)


The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
<http://mith.umd.edu/> (MITH) and the Andrew W. Mellon-funded African
American Digital Humanities Initiative
<http://arhusynergy.umd.edu/programs/aadhum/>(AADHum) invite your
participation in =E2=80=9CTextual Embodiments,=E2=80=9D the Society for Tex=
tual
Scholarship=E2=80=99s International Interdisciplinary Conference for 2017.



*Date:* Wednesday, May 31 - Friday, June 2, 2017

*Location:* University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland USA



Program Chairs: Neil Fraistat, Purdom Lindblad, Catherine Knight Steele,
Raffaele Viglianti

Deadline for Proposals: February 26, 2017

Keynote speakers: Marisa Parham
<https://www.amherst.edu/people/facstaff/mparham> (Amherst University)

                                Susan Brown
<https://www.uoguelph.ca/~sbrown/> (University of Guelph)



Our conference theme is "Textual Embodiments," broadly construed. With this
theme we hope to engage a range of issues involving the materiality of
texts, including their physical, virtual, or performative manifestations as
objects that can decay or break down and can potentially be repaired and
sustained over time. It also concerns the processes of inclusion and
exclusion through which bodies of texts take shape in the form of editions,
archives, collections, and exhibition building, as well as the ethical
responsibilities faced by textual scholars, archivists, conservationists,
media archeologists, digital resource creators, and cultural heritage
professionals engaging in these processes.



As always, the conference is open to submissions involving
interdisciplinary discussion of current research into particular aspects of
textual work: the discovery, enumeration, description, bibliographical
analysis, editing, annotation, mark-up, and sustainability of texts in
disciplines such as cultural studies, literature, history, musicology,
classical and biblical studies, philosophy, art history, legal history,
history of science and technology, computer science, library and
information science, archives, lexicography, epigraphy, paleography,
codicology, cinema studies, new media studies, game studies, theater,
linguistics, and textual and literary theory. Considerations of the role of
computational methodologies, tools, and technologies in textual theory and
practice are of course welcome, as are papers addressing aspects of
archival theory and practice as they pertain to textual criticism and
scholarly editing.



Especially welcome are interdisciplinary papers addressing the theme of
Textual Embodiment in the fields of Black Diaspora Studies, Indigenous
Studies, LGBTQ Studies, Latinx Studies, Disability Studies, Women=E2=80=99s
Studies, and Critical Theory.



Submissions may take the following traditional forms:

1.         Papers. Papers should be no more than 20 minutes in length,
making a significant original contribution to scholarship. Papers that are
primarily reports or demonstrations of tools or projects are discouraged.

2.    Panels. Panels may consist of either three associated papers or four
to six roundtable speakers. Roundtables should address topics of broad
interest and scope, with the goal of fostering lively debate with audience
participation.

3.    Workshops. Workshops should propose a specific problem, tool, or
skill set for which the workshop leader will provide expert guidance and
instruction. Examples might be an introduction to forensic computing or
paleography. Workshop proposals that are accepted will be announced on the
conference Web site (http://www.textual.org) and attendees will be required
to enroll with the workshop leader(s).

4. Submissions may also take the form of Open Fishbowl sessions
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishbowl_(conversation)>. Drawing on the
expertise of both speakers and attendees, Fishbowls are small group
discussions in which 5 initial participants face one another in a circle,
in the middle of the larger audience. Participants cycle out as audience
members join the inner circle to create dialogue across perspectives and
different types of research. Submitted proposals should include a brief
statement as to the core idea or theme for the fishbowl, emphasizing its
relation to conference themes or relevance to the larger Textual Studies
community. Naming some or all of the initial five =E2=80=9Cfish=E2=80=9D is
encouraged. Potential
topics for Fishbowl session might include, for example, =E2=80=9CMinimal Co=
mputing,
Globalized Editions,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CParticipatory Editions,=E2=80=9D and=
 =E2=80=9C#ArchivesSoWhite.=E2=80=9D



Proposals for all formats should include a title; abstract (250 words max.)
of the proposed paper, panel, seminar, or workshop; and name, email
address, and institutional affiliation for all participants. Format should
be clearly indicated. Seminar, fishbowl, and workshop proposals in
particular should take care to articulate the imagined audience and any
expectations of prior knowledge or preparation.



*All abstracts should indicate what if any technological support will be
required.*

Inquiries and proposals should be submitted electronically to
https://goo.gl/forms/B6xi4SmZAkmwWB9o2/. Responses will be sent by March 10=
.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><b><span=
 style=3D"line-height:14.95px;color:rgb(2,23,50)">ANNOUNCING THE SOCIETY FO=
R TEXTUAL SCHOLARSHIP=E2=80=99S 2017 CFP=C2=A0</span></b><span style=3D"lin=
e-height:14.95px;color:rgb(2,23,50)">=C2=A0</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal=
" style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font=
-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px;background-image:initial;b=
ackground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initia=
l;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">(With apologies for cr=
oss-posting)</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><s=
pan style=3D"line-height:14.95px;background-image:initial;background-positi=
on:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-ori=
gin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px;background-im=
age:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-=
repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The<span =
style=3D"color:rgb(116,116,116)">=C2=A0</span></span><a href=3D"http://mith=
.umd.edu/" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px;background-=
image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;backgroun=
d-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Marylan=
d Institute for Technology in the Humanities</span></a><span style=3D"line-=
height:14.95px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;backgro=
und-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;backgr=
ound-clip:initial">=C2=A0(MITH) and the Andrew W. Mellon-funded=C2=A0</span=
><a href=3D"http://arhusynergy.umd.edu/programs/aadhum/" target=3D"_blank">=
<span style=3D"line-height:14.95px;background-image:initial;background-posi=
tion:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-o=
rigin:initial;background-clip:initial">African American Digital Humanities =
Initiative=C2=A0</span></a><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px;background-im=
age:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-=
repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">(AADHum)<=
span style=3D"color:rgb(116,116,116)">=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"li=
ne-height:14.95px;color:rgb(2,23,50)">invite your participation in =E2=80=
=9CTextual Embodiments,=E2=80=9D the Society for Textual Scholarship=E2=80=
=99s International Interdisciplinary Conference for 2017.</span></p><p clas=
s=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"=
 style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><b><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px">Date:</s=
pan></b><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px">=C2=A0<span class=3D"gmail-aBn"=
 tabindex=3D"0"><span class=3D"gmail-aQJ">Wednesday, May 31 - Friday, June =
2, 2017</span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:1=
2.8px"><b><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px;color:rgb(2,23,50)">Location:<=
/span></b><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px;color:rgb(2,23,50)">=C2=A0Univ=
ersity of Maryland, College Park, Maryland USA</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNor=
mal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"f=
ont-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px;color:rgb(2,23,50)">Pro=
gram Chairs: Neil Fraistat, Purdom Lindblad, Catherine Knight Steele, Raffa=
ele Viglianti</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><=
span style=3D"line-height:14.95px;color:rgb(2,23,50)">Deadline for Proposal=
s:=C2=A0<span class=3D"gmail-aBn" tabindex=3D"0"><span class=3D"gmail-aQJ">=
February 26, 2017</span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"f=
ont-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px;color:rgb(2,23,50)">Key=
note speakers:=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://www.amherst.edu/people/facsta=
ff/mparham" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px">Marisa Pa=
rham</span></a><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px;color:rgb(2,23,50)">=C2=
=A0(Amherst University)</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size=
:12.8px"><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px;color:rgb(2,23,50)">=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://www.uoguelph.ca/~sbrown/"=
 target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px">Susan Brown=C2=A0</s=
pan></a><span style=3D"line-height:14.95px;color:rgb(2,23,50)">=C2=A0(Unive=
rsity of Guelph)</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px=
"><span style=3D"font-size:14pt;line-height:21.4667px;color:rgb(2,23,50)">=
=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:14pt;line-height:21.4667px;background=
-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;backgrou=
nd-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">=C2=A0=
</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D=
"background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initi=
al;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:init=
ial">Our conference theme is &quot;Textual Embodiments,&quot; broadly const=
rued. With this theme we hope to engage a range of issues involving the mat=
eriality of texts, including their physical, virtual, or performative manif=
estations as objects that can decay or break down and can potentially be re=
paired and sustained over time. It also concerns the processes of inclusion=
 and exclusion through which bodies of texts take shape in the form of edit=
ions, archives, collections, and exhibition building, as well as the ethica=
l responsibilities faced by textual scholars, archivists, conservationists,=
 media archeologists, digital resource creators, and cultural heritage prof=
essionals engaging in these processes.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" sty=
le=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(2,23,50)">=C2=A0</span></p=
><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"backgroun=
d-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;backgro=
und-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">As al=
ways, the conference is open to submissions involving interdisciplinary dis=
cussion of current research into particular aspects of textual work: the di=
scovery, enumeration, description, bibliographical analysis, editing, annot=
ation, mark-up, and sustainability of texts in disciplines such as cultural=
 studies, literature, history, musicology, classical and biblical studies, =
philosophy, art history, legal history, history of science and technology, =
computer science, library and information science, archives, lexicography, =
epigraphy, paleography, codicology, cinema studies, new media studies, game=
 studies, theater, linguistics, and textual and literary theory. Considerat=
ions of the role of computational methodologies, tools, and technologies in=
 textual theory and practice are of course welcome, as are papers addressin=
g aspects of archival theory and practice as they pertain to textual critic=
ism and scholarly editing.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-s=
ize:12.8px">=C2=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><sp=
an style=3D"background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background=
-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;backgroun=
d-clip:initial">Especially welcome are interdisciplinary papers addressing =
the theme of Textual Embodiment in the fields of=C2=A0</span><span style=3D=
"color:rgb(2,23,50)">Black Diaspora Studies, Indigenous Studies, LGBTQ Stud=
ies, Latinx Studies, Disability Studies, Women=E2=80=99s Studies, and Criti=
cal Theory.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=
=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"col=
or:rgb(2,23,50);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;backgr=
ound-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;backg=
round-clip:initial">Submissions may take the following traditional forms:</=
span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"c=
olor:rgb(2,23,50);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;back=
ground-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;bac=
kground-clip:initial">1.</span><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;times new r=
oman&quot;;color:rgb(2,23,50);background-image:initial;background-position:=
initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin=
:initial;background-clip:initial">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(2,23,50);background-image:in=
itial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat=
:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Papers. Papers =
should be no more than 20 minutes in length, making a significant original =
contribution to scholarship. Papers that are primarily reports or demonstra=
tions of tools or projects are discouraged.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal=
" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(2,23,50);background-i=
mage:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background=
-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">2.</span=
><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;;color:rgb(2,23,50);=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(2,23,50);backgr=
ound-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;back=
ground-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Pa=
nels. Panels may consist of either three associated papers or four to six r=
oundtable speakers. Roundtables should address topics of broad interest and=
 scope, with the goal of fostering lively debate with audience participatio=
n.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=
=3D"color:rgb(2,23,50);background-image:initial;background-position:initial=
;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initia=
l;background-clip:initial">3.</span><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;times =
new roman&quot;;color:rgb(2,23,50);background-image:initial;background-posi=
tion:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-o=
rigin:initial;background-clip:initial">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0</span><span=
 style=3D"color:rgb(2,23,50);background-image:initial;background-position:i=
nitial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:=
initial;background-clip:initial">Workshops. Workshops should propose a spec=
ific problem, tool, or skill set for which the workshop leader will provide=
 expert guidance and instruction. Examples might be an introduction to fore=
nsic computing or paleography. Workshop proposals that are accepted will be=
 announced on the conference Web site (<a href=3D"http://www.textual.org/" =
target=3D"_blank">http://www.textual.org</a>) and attendees will be require=
d to enroll with the workshop leader(s).</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" s=
tyle=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(2,23,50);background-imag=
e:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-re=
peat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">4. Submissi=
ons may also take the form of=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.o=
rg/wiki/Fishbowl_(conversation)" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"backgroun=
d-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;backgro=
und-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Open =
Fishbowl sessions</span></a><span style=3D"color:rgb(2,23,50);background-im=
age:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-=
repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">. Drawing=
 on the expertise of both speakers and attendees,=C2=A0</span><span style=
=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initia=
l;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initi=
al;background-clip:initial">Fishbowls are small group discussions in which =
5 initial participants face one another in a circle, in the middle of the l=
arger audience. Participants cycle out as audience members join the inner c=
ircle to create dialogue across perspectives and different types of researc=
h. Submitted proposals should include a brief statement as to the core idea=
 or theme for the fishbowl, emphasizing its relation to conference themes o=
r relevance to the larger Textual Studies community. Naming some or all of =
the initial five =E2=80=9Cfish=E2=80=9D is encouraged.=C2=A0</span>Potentia=
l topics for Fishbowl session might include, for example, =E2=80=9CMinimal =
Computing, Globalized Editions,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CParticipatory Editions,=
=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9C#ArchivesSoWhite.=E2=80=9D</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"=
 style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-=
size:12.8px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(2,23,50);background-image:initial;bac=
kground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;=
background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Proposals for all format=
s should include a title; abstract (250 words max.) of the proposed paper, =
panel, seminar, or workshop; and name, email address, and institutional aff=
iliation for all participants. Format should be clearly indicated. Seminar,=
 fishbowl, and workshop proposals in particular should take care to articul=
ate the imagined audience and any expectations of prior knowledge or prepar=
ation.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0</=
p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><i><span style=3D"color=
:rgb(2,23,50);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;backgrou=
nd-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;backgro=
und-clip:initial">All abstracts should indicate what if any technological s=
upport will be required.</span></i></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font=
-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(2,23,50);background-image:initial;ba=
ckground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial=
;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Inquiries and proposals=
 should be submitted electronically to=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://goo.g=
l/forms/B6xi4SmZAkmwWB9o2" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:10.5p=
t;line-height:16.1px;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-image:initial;backgroun=
d-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;backgr=
ound-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">https://goo.gl/forms/B6xi4S<wb=
r>mZAkmwWB9o2</span></a><span style=3D"color:rgb(2,23,50);background-image:=
initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repe=
at:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">/. Responses =
will be sent by=C2=A0<span class=3D"gmail-aBn" tabindex=3D"0"><span class=
=3D"gmail-aQJ">March 10</span></span>.</span></p></div>

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