IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1122: Medieval and Early Modern Studies in a Digital Climate
Wednesday 7 July 2021, 11.15-12.45
| Organisers: | Laura Flannigan, Faculty of History University of Cambridge Jack Newman, Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies (MEMS), University of Kent |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Euan Roger, The National Archives, Kew |
| Paper 1122-a | Local History in a Post-Digital Landscape: Mining New Pathways through a Triangulation of Digital, Pedagogic, and Research Interests (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Local History |
| Paper 1122-b | Where the Social Historian Meets the Data Scientist: New Opportunities and Challenges for Researching Digital Early Modern Legal Records (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Law |
| Abstract | Postgraduate and Early-Career Researchers are expected to have or gain wide ranging digital skills for accessing and producing digitised historic records or 'born-digital' scholarship. Furthermore, the diverse range of records and languages require a greater level of digital 'translation' than many modern sources. Despite this, many universities lack the capacity to train researchers in fields which are not traditionally part of the discipline. This disjunct is evident when humanities researchers engage with digital practitioners. This panel aims to create a space for researchers to discuss digital methodologies in their work and to promote a community interested in disseminating digital practices within the field of medieval and early modern studies. |