CfP: Workshop "Early modern Jesuit science in a digital perspective - The Jesuit Science Network"
****Call for Papers: Workshop "Early modern Jesuit
science in a digital perspective - The Jesuit Science Network"****
Wuppertal University, Germany
26-27 November, 2015
*Description*
In recent years, an ever growing number of scholars in
the humanities have realized the benefits they can gain from using digital
methods in their work. This holds particularly true when it comes to dealing
with large amounts of similarly structured information, as is the case in the
study of early modern Jesuit science: biographical information of the involved
actors, bibliographical information of published scientific works and
unofficial manuscripts, chronologies of colleges and their scientific chairs, and
so on. In order to record, categorize, and then map out all this data in a
sensible way, it would only seem obvious to use computers, thus allowing for
truly comprehensive studies to be made.
In our workshop "Early modern Jesuit science in a
digital perspective - The Jesuit Science Network", we want to discuss such
digital approaches in practice. As a particular example, we want to present the
titular Jesuit Science Network (JSN), a biographical database on Jesuit
scholars in early modern science that is currently in its last stages of
development at Wuppertal University. After completion, it will contain around
1000 entries and will be put online for other researchers to use (expected
launch mid 2016). Aside from discussing the JSN, the workshop also wants to
give ample opportunity to address other digital methods and how the study of
early modern Jesuit science can benefit from them.
*Submission guidelines*
We are now inviting proposals for papers. Depending on
the number of responses, presentations will have 20-30 minutes available (plus
additional time for discussion). Please send your submissions (including a
title, an abstract of 1-2 pages, and a short CV of maximum one page) to Dagmar
Mrozik at mrozik@uni-wuppertal.de.
We would like to particularly encourage young scholars to submit their papers.
The deadline is September 4, 2015.
*Practical information*
The workshop is hosted by the Interdisciplinary Centre
for Science and Technology Studies (IZWT) at Wuppertal University and will be
held in English. We are able to reimburse lodging costs for contributors, but
because funds are limited, please let us know in advance if you will need
support to cover traveling expenses.
If you have any further questions, please contact Dagmar
Mrozik at mrozik@uni-wuppertal.de.
Please also feel free to inform others, especially young academics, about the
workshop and this call for papers. We look forward to your participation!
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Dagmar Mrozik
IZWT
Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Gaußstr. 20
42119 Wuppertal
Germany