To access the folders of course materials online, go to https://github.com/cmohge1/lrbs-scholarly-editing.

Course readings are either hyperlinked in the plan of each of day or downloadable at https://github.com/cmohge1/lrbs-scholarly-editing/scholarly-editing/readings. (Please save paper by reading these on your computer or tablet.)

Schedule

Day 1: Brief History of Scholarly Editing; Transcription and digital workflow.

Day 2: Documentary Editing; Introduction to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).

Day 3: Eclectic editing; TEI continued.

Day 4: Genetic Criticism, Sociology of Text, and Fluid Text Editing; customising TEI.

Day 5: Alternative markup; Computer-assisted collation; Open discussion on publishing editions.

Detailed Schedule (Subject to Change)

(Please note that I will hold office hours in Room 242 for further consultation between 8.30–9.30 and 16.00–17.00)

Day 1 (Monday, 2 July)

Time Topic Type
12.30 Registration  
13.00 Senate House Library Talk Presentation
14.00 Seminar 1: Brief history of Scholarly Editing Presentation, Discussion
16.00 Seminar 2: Digital Editing Workflow, Transcription; Brief Introduction to XML Digital lab

Day 2 (Tuesday, 3 July)

Time Topic Type
9.30 Seminar 3: Introduction to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Presentation, Discussion
11.30 Seminar 4: Documentary Editing Digital lab
14.00 (in SHL) Seminar 5: Using TEI for documentary editions: letters and journals Discussion
16.00 Library Time  

Day 3 (Wednesday, 4 July)

Time Topic Type
9.30 Seminar 6: Eclectic/clear text editing; Critical Apparatus Presentation, Discussion
11.30 Seminar 7: Encoding critical apparatus in TEI Digital lab
14.00 (in SHL) Seminar 8: Editing a clear text: stories, essays and poems Discussion; Digital lab
16.00 Library Time  

Day 4 (Thursday, 5 July)

Time Topic Type
9.30 Seminar 9: Thinking about, writing, and encoding textual apparatus and annotation Presentation, Discussion
11.30 Seminar 10: Intro to genetic criticism, social text editing, fluid text editing Digital lab
14.00 Seminar 11: Using TextLab to create manuscript-based genetic editions in TEI Digital lab
16.00 Library Time  

Day 5 (Friday, 6 July)

Time Topic Type
9.30 Seminar 12: Problems with TEI; alternative markup with LMNL; Computer-Assisted Collation Overview; Quick introduction to XPath and XSLT Presentation, Digital lab
11.30 Seminar 13: Open discussion on publishing digital editions; course review Discussion