IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 903: Early Career Researchers in Digital Medieval Studies: A Round Table Discussion
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 19.00-20.30
| Sponsor: | Postgraduate Subcommittee, Digital Medievalist |
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| Organiser: | Hannah Busch, Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences, Amsterdam |
| Moderator/Chair: | Hannah Busch, Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences, Amsterdam |
| Abstract | As a relatively young and constantly emerging field, the Digital Humanities (DH) encompasses a large group of early career researchers with different backgrounds and diverse career paths. Digital Medieval Studies as a subfield of DH is characterised by various disciplines as well as a high number of international collaborations and is populated by scholars with different educational backgrounds: from scholars trained as medievalists who implemented digital components only during their postgrad studies to scholars who approached medieval studies through their technical skills. This round table discussion brings together early career scholars from this domain on the border between traditional humanities research and DH to discuss the challenges and opportunities of their diverse career paths. Participants include Helen Davies (University of Colorado), Bastien Dubuisson (Université de Luxembourg / Université de Namur), Tessa Gengnagel (Universität Köln), and Aylin Malcolm (University of Pennsylvania). |