"From the Body in Text to the Figure in History: Workshop on Physiognomic Character Description"

Workshop as part of the MiMoText Network

Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org - Essays on physiognomy Lavater, Johann Caspar; translated by C. Moore. Published: 1789

Date:

10.11.2023

Place:

 

09:00 AM – 01:00 PM
University of Trier
Guest Room in the Cafeteria

Registration: Interested individuals are welcome. Please pre-register via email by November 9, 2023, to Johanna Konstanciak (konstanciak [at] uni-trier.de (konstanciak[at]uni-trier[dot]de)).

Categories:

Workshop

Contact:

Johanna Konstanciak

Downloads:

Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images [at] wellcome.ac.uk (images[at]wellcome[dot]ac[dot]uk) http://wellcomeimages.org - Essays on physiognomy Lavater, Johann Caspar; translated by C. Moore. Published: 1789
In collaboration with the Department of Romance Studies (Prof. Dr. Folke Gernert), the Department of German Studies (Prof. Dr. Ulrich Port), and the Trier Center for Digital Humanities / 'Mining and Modeling Text' Project (Prof. Dr. Christof Schöch), a workshop on the topic "From the Body in Text to the Figure in History" will take place on November 10, 2023.

Program:

09:45 AM: Introduction to the Project (Folke Gernert / Ulrich Port / Christof Schöch)

09:45 - 10:30 AM: Christine Ott (Frankfurt): Body and Confession (Zoom)

Break

11:00 - 11:45 AM: Agnes Hilger (Würzburg): Character Description in German-language Novels (1789-1914). Examination of a Trend with Mixed Methods

11:45 - 12:30 PM: Élodie Ripoll (Trier): Colors in Character Descriptions. Expectations and Initial Results

12:30 - 1:00 PM: Closing Round: Folke Gernert, Ulrich Port, Christof Schöch

Registration: Interested individuals are welcome. Please pre-register via email by November 9, 2023, to Johanna Konstanciak (konstanciak [at] uni-trier.de (konstanciak[at]uni-trier[dot]de)).

Topics: Computational Literary Studies, Methods of Text Analysis, Digital Literary and Cultural Studies, Software Systems and Research Infrastructure, Science Communication, Networked Research
Projects: Mining and Modeling Text – MiMoText

Keywords: Dissemination and Community Building in the DH