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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>- With apologies for cross-posting – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Deadline for submitting abstracts to the online conference <b>Perceptions of Writing in Papyri. Crossing Close and Distant Readings</b> has been extended to <b>May 31</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Wishing you all the best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello and Claire Clivaz<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>*****<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please find below a Call for Papers for the online conference <b>Perceptions of Writing in Papyri. Crossing Close and Distant Readings, </b><i>online from</i><b> </b><i>Lausanne & Basel (CH), 7-8 December 2023, o</i>rganized by Claire Clivaz (DH+, SIB, Lausanne) and myself.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wishing you a very nice weekend,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=IT style='font-size:12.0pt'>Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=IT style='font-size:12.0pt'>d-scribes.org</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>Faculty of Arts and Humanities, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>University of Basel</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>Call for Papers</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><u><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>Argument</span></u><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>: This online conference will </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>analyze how digital culture has changed the perceptions of writing styles in papyri. Studies conducted by modern scholars have always been the main way of evaluating papyri, determining their dates and content. From the beginning of the century, the clearly subjective nature of this research has been highlighted by scholars such as Kim Haines-Eitzen in <i>Guardians of Letters</i> (2000) and Brent Nongbri in <i>God’s Library</i> (2018).</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>We will evaluate the current ways scholars view the aesthetics of papyri in a world where close and distant readings are intersecting more every day. A large part of ancient scholarship successfully used the traditional close read, whereas today, a small group of newer scholars have integrated computer analysis into their research. The following questions will be addressed: To what extent is computer analysis of quantitative data bringing objectivity into the study of writing styles in papyri? What are the potential limits or biases of computer analysis? Does this confirm insights from the past, or to the contrary, does this change our evaluation of dates, content, and genre implications within papyri studies? We will review these questions considering the various fields currently working with papyri in different languages. </span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>Papers of the conference will be proposed to the OJS journal </span><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/pylon/"><i><span lang=EN-AU style='color:windowtext'>Pylon. Editions and Studies of Ancient Texts</span></i></a></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please submit paper proposals of ca. 300 words by the <b>3<span style='color:#1F497D'>1</span>th of <span style='color:#1F497D'>May</span> 2023</b> to </span><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:claire.clivaz@sib.swiss"><span lang=EN-AU style='color:windowtext'>claire.clivaz@sib.swiss</span></a></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'> and </span><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:i.marthot-santaniello@unibas.ch"><span lang=EN-AU style='color:windowtext'>i.marthot-santaniello@unibas.ch</span></a></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><u><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>Confirmed Guests Speakers </span></u><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>(alphabetical order):</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Garrick Allen and Kelsie Rodenbiker, University of Glasgow</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin, University of Oslo</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Claire Clivaz, DH+, SIB, Lausanne</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Jean-Luc Fournet, Collège de France, Paris</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Pedro Garcia-Baro and Olga Serbaeva Saraogi, Universities of Zurich and Basel</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Nesina Grütter, University of Fribourg</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello, University of Basel</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Pasquale Orsini, Ministry of Culture, Central Institute for Archives, Rome</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Mladen Popovic, University of Groningen</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Dominique Stutzmann, IRHT, Paris and Humboldt-Universität, Berlin</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Marja Vierros, University of Helsinki</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>