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Session Overview
Session
LP-06: Textual Encoding, Periodicals Digitization and Manuscript Transcription
Time:
Wednesday, 16/July/2025:
9:00am - 10:30am

Session Chair: Simon Gabay, Université de Genève
 Location: B203 (TB)
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Presentations

Vital Signs Between the Lines? Reconsidering Textual Genesis Encoding in a Digital Future

Brett Barney1, Katrin Henzel2, Joshua Schäuble3, Nooshin Shahidzadeh Asadi4, Ashlyn Stewart5

1Walt Whitman Archive, United States of America; 2Kiel University Library, Deutschland; 3Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Nederland; 4Universiteit Antwerpen, België; 5Boston College Digital Scholarship, United States of America

Does manuscript encoding still have a place in Digital Humanities? Under what conditions? Panelists will reflect on over a decade of experiences with projects, tools, and theories, interrogating what encoding once offered, what it failed to deliver, and what lessons its rise and decline hold for the future of DH


Accessing Historical Periodicals: Newspaper Discourse on Slovene Language

Vojko Gorjanc1,2, Ajda Pretnar Žagar2, Filip Dobranić2, Darja Fišer2

1University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; 2Institute for Contemporary History, Ljubljana, Slovenia

This study examines the discourse on the Slovene language from the late 18th to early 20th centuries using the sPeriodika corpus. Findings indicate that this discourse facilitates linguistic planning and national identity formation, highlighting the significance of historical newspapers in understanding the interplay between language, culture, and identity.


Transcribing Western modern manuscripts (1500-2020): an economical, ecological and secured approach

Simon Gabay1, Tobias Hodel2, Ronald Sluijter3, Élodie Paupe4, Jean-Claude Rebetez4, David Rabouin5, Vincent Giovannangeli5, Walter Boente6, Elodie Bascoul1, Marion Philip1, Marie-Laure Massot7,8, Vincent Ventresque9,10, Serena Crespi11, Pauline Jacsont12, Yvan Jauregui1, Loraine Chappuis1, Esther Solé13, Elias Zimmermann1,6, Maxime Humeau14, Myriam Lamrayah1, Justine Falciola1, Alix Chagué15,16,17

1Université de Genève, Switzerland; 2Universität Bern; 3Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis; 4Archives de l'ancien Évêché de Bâle; 5SPHERE--UMR 7219, C.N.R.S. Paris; 6Universität Zürich; 7CAPHÉS-UAR 3610, C.N.R.S. Paris; 8École normale supérieure de Paris | Université Paris Sciences et Lettres; 9TRIANGLE-UMR 5206, C.N.R.S. Lyon; 10École Normale Supérieure de Lyon; 11Université de Tours; 12Académie suisse des sciences humaines et sociales; 13Universitat de Lleida; 14Université de Lausanne; 15Inria Paris; 16École Pratique des Hautes Études; 17Université de Montréal

We present a massive model for Western cursive hands. The model shows good performances used from scratch, and even excellent ones when being fine tuned. Entirely open, it is a flexible and efficient solution for projects with limited funding or strict security requirements.