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Call for Entries: SHFG Thomas Jefferson Prize

The Society for History in the Federal Government (SHFG) seeks entries for its 2011 Thomas Jefferson Prize for documentary histories published in 2009 or 2010. The prize recognizes the editor(s) of a single volume or one or more volumes in a project that contributes significantly to the understanding of the history of the federal government. It will be awarded at the SHFG annual meeting in College Park, Maryland in March 2011. See www.shfg.org for criteria, a list of past winners, and general requirements for all SHFG prizes.

A copy of each entry with a letter briefly stating its qualifications and merits should be sent to each of the Jefferson Committee members by November 15, 2010:

  • Richa Wilson, US Forest Service Intermountain Region, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401
  • Annette Amerman, Marine Corps History Division, 3078 Upshur Avenue, Quantico, VA 22134
  • Fred Stielow, 1235 Boucher Ave., Annapolis, MD 21403

The SHFG, founded in 1979, is a nonprofit professional organization that promotes the study and broad understanding of the history of the United States Government. It also serves as the voice of the Federal historical community. For more information, see http://www.shfg.org/SHFGv3AWREQ.html.

Contact: Richa Wilson rwilson@fs.fed.us

Events

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania seeks a Project Intern to work on a pilot digital historical documentary editing project. This 15-hour per week, two-year, grant-funded position reports to the Project Manager.

Responsibilities include:

  • Serve as project intern for the Greenfield digital project. This interpretive project, based on HSP’s Albert M. Greenfield Papers, one of HSP’s largest and most significant collections documenting Philadelphia’s 20th-century history, will focus on the early years of the Great Depression in Pennsylvania. Project intern will:
    • Transcribe and XML encode documents and images from the Greenfield Papers and related collections
    • Work with HSP digitization staff to digitize documents and images
    • Research and write annotation and contextual essays
    • Contribute to development of related educational resources
    • Work with Project Manager and Director of Information Technology to develop user-friendly, engaging public interface on HSP’s Web site
    • Assist on HSP print publications (Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and Pennsylvania Legacies) as needed

Qualifications: Master’s degree (or working towards a graduate degree) in American history or related field, specialization in 20th-century history preferred; experience in scholarly editing and knowledge of XML encoding a plus. Computer skills and willingness to work as part of a team essential. Salary $15/hour, 15 hours/week, 45 weeks/year.

Send letter of application with cover letter, resume, list of references, and writing sample to: Tamara Gaskell, Director of Publications and Scholarly Programs, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, or to tgaskell@hsp.org. Deadline September 17. EOE. www.hsp.org.

TEI Workshops

The Brown University Women Writers Project is pleased to announce a new series of workshops on topics in TEI encoding and tools for digital humanists. These workshops are aimed at humanities faculty, librarians, students, and anyone interested in getting a strong introduction to digital humanities concepts, methods, and tools. Each workshop combines hands-on practice with discussion and lectures, and participants are encouraged to work with their own project materials. These small group events offer a wonderful opportunity to learn about other digital projects as well as to master important methods and concepts in an exploratory setting.

More information, including detailed workshop descriptions and registration information, can be found at http://www.wwp.brown.edu/encoding/workshops/.

Students and members of the TEI consortium receive a 33% discount on registration.

All workshops are held at Brown University and are led by Julia Flanders, Syd Bauman, and John Melson.

September 24-25, 2010
Introduction to Manuscript Encoding with TEI
$300 ($200 for students and TEI members)

November 5-6, 2010
Essential Tools for Digital Scholarship
$300 ($200 for students and TEI members)

December 3-4, 2010
Introduction to Manuscript Encoding with TEI
$300 ($200 for students and TEI members)

Coming in 2011: Introduction to XSLT

We hope to see you in Providence!

Advanced TEI seminars on manuscript encoding

These seminars assume a basic familiarity with TEI, and provide an opportunity to explore manuscript encoding topics in more detail, in a collaborative workshop setting. We will focus on the detailed challenges of encoding manuscript materials, including editorial, transcriptional, and interpretive issues and the methods of representing these in TEI markup. We'll also be looking at the recently proposed new module for genetic editing, which includes very advanced methods of representing revision processes and editorial analysis.

These seminars are part of a series funded by the NEH and conducted by the Brown University Women Writers Project. They are intended to provide a more in-depth look at specific encoding problems and topics for people who are already involved in a text encoding project or are in the process of planning one. Each event will include a mix of presentations, discussion, case studies using participants' projects, hands-on practice, and individual consultation. The seminars will be strongly project-based: participants will present their projects to the group, discuss specific challenges and encoding strategies, develop encoding specifications and documentation, and create encoded sample documents and templates. We encourage project teams and collaborative groups to apply, although individuals are also welcome. A basic knowledge of the TEI Guidelines and some prior experience with text encoding will be assumed.

**Travel funding is available of up to $500 per participant.**

For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.wwp.brown.edu/encoding/seminars/

The rest of the seminar schedule is as follows:

University of Maryland
January 2011 (precise date TBA)
Application deadline: September 6, 2010
This workshop will focus on the encoding of contextual information.

Brown University
Hosted by the Center for Digital Scholarship
April 28-30, 2011
Application deadline: December 1, 2010
This workshop will focus on the encoding of contextual information.