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Date: 15 Apr 2014
From: Maggie Nassif <mnnassif at byu.edu>
Subject: Digital Islamic Humanities Workshop at Brown University

Textual Corpora and the Digital Islamic Humanities: A Workshop
October 17-18, 2014 | Brown University
Call for Applications

The Middle East Studies Initiative at Brown University is pleased to
announce a two-day workshop on October 17-18, 2014, which will be devoted
to digital textual corpora. Online libraries and digital repositories such
as al-Maktaba al-Shamela and al-Warraq – which contain thousands of texts
and hundreds of millions of words – are transforming the study of Islamic
literatures and history. This workshop will comprise a series of
introductory sessions on various digital tools and methodologies (e.g.
geo-referencing, text encoding and processing, graph visualization, and
other topics) aimed to provide scholars of the Islamic world with an
orientation to the valuable research possibilities afforded by these tools.

No prior experience is necessary to apply. The sessions will be highly
interactive and introductory in nature. There will be a poster session for
more advanced participants to showcase their work designing, developing,
and utilizing textual corpora.

This event builds on the success of last year’s landmark conference on “The
Digital Humanities and Islamic & Middle East Studies,” which was held at
Brown in October 2013. The workshop is generously supported by the Brown
Humanities Research & Teaching Initiative.

Applications:
We welcome applications from faculty members, post-doctoral fellows, and
graduate students in diverse disciplines. Interested candidates are kindly
requested to submit:

(1) a brief statement of their interest in the workshop and any relevant
experience in the digital humanities;

(2) an up-to-date CV.

Applicants who would like to present their work in the poster session
should also submit a brief abstract that describes the project that will be
presented.

Applications should be submitted via email to
digitalhumanitiesconference at gmail.com. The deadline for applications is May
15, 2014, and successful applicants will be notified by early June.

All participants must pay for their own travel expenses, but limited
funding may be available to cover hotel accommodations, with priority given
to graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Brown University is located
in Providence, Rhode Island, one hour south of Boston and easily accessible
by train and plane.

For any questions, please contact Dr. Elias Muhanna at the email address
above. Additional information will soon be available on the project website
(http://islamichumanities.org).

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