CALL FOR PAPERS: Second International Conference on Natural Sciences and Technology in Manuscript Analysis, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), Warburgstraße 26, Hamburg, Germany, 29 February – 2 March 2016.
Our time witnesses increasing demand in application of modern technologies and material analysis in the manuscript studies. The second conference dedicated to natural sciences and technology in manuscript analysis continues the tradition of bringing together scholars and scientists from the fields of humanities, informatics, chemistry, physics and biology. Also this time the conference will provide a forum for discussions on various aspects of manuscripts and presentations of new results, technologies and approaches. Contributions are solicited for original research work stressing the role of natural sciences and technology in the following areas:
* Image analysis of visual manuscript features
* Recovering lost writing
* Material analysis of writing material
* Cutting edge techniques.
The conference will consist of invited talks, contributed talks and poster sessions. Abstracts will be reviewed by the International Advisory Board members who will make recommendations for oral or poster presentations.
Invited talks have a gross duration of 60 min that breaks down to 45 min for presentation and 15 min for discussion. Oral presentations have a gross duration of 30 min that breaks down to 20 min for presentation and 10 min for discussion.
Invited Speakers:
Marina Bicchieri, (ICRCPAL, Istituto Centrale per il Restauro e la Conservazione del Patrimonio Archivistico e Librario, Rome, Italy); Vito Mocella (CNR-IMM-Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi-Unità di Napoli, Italy); Peter A. Stokes (King’s College London, UK) and Leif Glaser (DESY – Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron).
Conference Chair:
Michael Friedrich (Director of CSMC, University of Hamburg, Germany) and Oliver Hahn (CSMC, University of Hamburg, BAM, Berlin, Germany).
Deadline for abstract submission is 27 November 2015. Notification of Acceptance: 11 December 2015. The programme will be available in January 2016.