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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">(Re)</span></b></span><span class="spellingerror"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">imag</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">(in)</span></b></span><span class="spellingerror"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">ing</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black"> the
Past</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">: Physical, Digital, and (Con)textual Analysis of Historical Manuscripts</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"></span></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">International Symposium </span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"></span></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">4-6 December 2024, </span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">Gjøvik</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">,
Norway</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"></span></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121">Dear colleagues,</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">At the conclusion of the research project <b><a href="https://lyingpen.uia.no/" title="https://lyingpen.uia.no/"><span style="color:#0078D7">Lying
Pen of Scribes</span></a></b>:</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black"> </span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Manuscript
Forgeries, Digital Imaging, and Critical Provenance Research<b> </b>(2019-2024), we are happy to organize an international symposium fully dedicated to recent discoveries in the vast world of manuscript studies. We invite you to contribute to a 3-day immersion
into state-of-the-art topics such as:</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Findings and reflections related to the Dead Sea Scrolls, their provenance, reception, and authenticity</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Materiality of ancient manuscripts, their facsimiles, and their publication</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Digitization and archiving of manuscript collections</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Access challenges</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Capture, processing, visualization, and scientific analysis of color and spectral images</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">The use of artificial intelligence in deciphering ancient texts</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Digital representations and physical reproductions for knowledge production</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">We welcome short <b>contributions</b> in the form of <b>extended abstracts accompanied
by a summary illustration </b>(max. 2 pages or 500 words, including references). Accepted works will be invited as oral talks. The book of abstracts will be shared with the symposium participants, and it will be made publicly available on </span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Zenodo</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black"> repository.
Original and <i>ex-novo</i> contributions are welcome, but not required, and commentaries/ extensions of previously published works are allowed. The contribution must be written in the provided Word template (provided in the conference website).</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">The participants in the symposium will be offered free registration to a <b>training school </b>on advanced digitization techniques for cultural heritage
objects, that will take place just before the main event, between 2 and 4 December. </span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121">See the conference website<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://s.ntnu.no/lyingpen" title="https://s.ntnu.no/lyingpen"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://s.ntnu.no/lyingpen</span></a>
for more information. Please also kindly distribute this call for abstracts in your network.</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121">On behalf of the organizing committee,</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">-- </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Hilda Deborah, PhD</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Senior Researcher / Forsker</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121"><a href="https://www.ntnu.edu/colourlab#/view/about" title="https://www.ntnu.edu/colourlab#/view/about"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Colourlab</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Department
of Computer Science (IDI) – Gjøvik Campus</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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