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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; line-height:100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Dear list members,
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; line-height:100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">the Cluster of Excellence “Understanding Written
Artefacts” is delighted to circulate the CfP for an international conference on Written Artefacts taking place at the University of Hamburg <span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px">in September 2023</span>. The deadline for submissions
is </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">31 August 2022</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; line-height:100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Giulia Dovico</span></font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; line-height:100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">C</span></b></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">luster
of Excellence “Understanding Written Artefacts”</span></b></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; line-height:100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">University of Hamburg,
</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Ce</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">ntre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; line-height:100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">27–29 September 2023</span></font></font></font></p>
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<a name="toc_46194"></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Studying
Written Artefacts: Challenges and Perspectives</span></b></font></font></font></h2>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">The conference
will take place over three days of panel presentations structured in two parallel sessions, on 27–29 September 2023; an additional programme will be duly announced.</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="orphans:2; widows:2"><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">For
a long time, researchers have debated when writing was invented and written artefacts first produced. They have asked whether this was a peculiarity of
</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><em><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-GB"><i><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">homo
sapiens</span></i></span></span></font></font></font></span></em><em><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">
</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></em><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">and
what writing actually is, considering whether posing such a question is, in fact, methodologically possible. Most researchers can agree that the invention and use of writing has had such a profound impact on the history of humanity that its consequences continue
even in the most sophisticated digital applications, even though manuscripts and writings still remain with us.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">This conference
will provide a unique forum for sharing experiences and views among the international community working on written artefacts, showcasing pioneering research, and developing new ideas.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">UWA Conference
2023 welcomes panels and paper proposals that draw attention to emerging research topics and innovative methodological approaches from within the humanities and natural and computer sciences, on the study of creation, transmission, and archiving of written
artefacts. Welcome also are contributions on single written artefacts important for their revealing features or their challenging typology and categorization, and small and large scale theoretical reflections on written artefacts. Proposals which transcend
the study of particular geographical areas and apply comparative and/or global perspectives are strongly encouraged.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">As for written
artefacts we take the broad working definition of any artificial or natural object that have written or pictorial (visual) signs. This definition includes the traditional notion of manuscript, in all attested book forms, and inscription, and at the same time
goes well beyond these broad categories.</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="orphans:2; widows:2"><a href="https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/uwa2023/call.html"><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal"></span></u></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></a><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><u><a href="https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/uwa2023/call.html" class="OWAAutoLink"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">The
call for paper is open now</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">.</span></u></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">
</span></span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span lang="en-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">The deadline
</span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span lang="en-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">for submissions
</span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">is 31 </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">August
2022.</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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