There is not long to go until we launch our digital edition of the Estoria de Espanna, which we have been working on for the best part of four years now, and which Aengus was preparing and envisioning for many years before that. So what’s going on as we make the last few tweaks and … Continue reading “The Edition launch is fast approaching!”
Author: Polly Duxfield
October Update
Things are starting to get really busy here at Estoria Towers. We are now within two months of launching our digital edition, and four years of work, plus countless years of preparation put in by Aengus before the start of the project, are all coming to fruition. Enrique has been working really hard on both … Continue reading “October Update”
Register for the 4th Annual Estoria de Espanna Digital Project Colloquium
You can now register for the 4th Annual Estoria de Espanna Digital Project Colloquium. Please follow this link to register. Register by 4th November 2016 to join us at the conference dinner. estoria-de-espanna-digital-project-poster-2
Preparing the reader’s edition and planning the colloquium
August has been as busy as ever here at Estoria Towers, especially as we are now moving into the last semester of the project before the launch of the digital edition – yes really! Everyone is working on their own part of the project. Aengus is busy collating the witnesses ready for the reader’s edition, … Continue reading “Preparing the reader’s edition and planning the colloquium”
Professor Emeritus Roger Wright honoured by the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language
Estoria project research fellow Fiona Maguire has written the following blog for the blog of the Modern Languages and Cultures department at the University of Liverpool. It was first published here on Friday 5th August. Fiona has kindly allowed us to reproduce the text of the blog on our website. Professor Emeritus Roger Wright honoured … Continue reading “Professor Emeritus Roger Wright honoured by the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language”
Other transcription projects
As part of my PhD research I have been looking at a handful of other transcription projects that use crowdsourcing. Some of our readers might be interested in checking them out so I thought I would put some information about them here. 1. Transcribe Bentham This is a transcription project over at UCL where volunteers … Continue reading “Other transcription projects”
The 4th Annual Colloquium of the Estoria de Espanna Digital Project: Programme
It is with great pleasure and excitement that we can now publish the provisional programme of our upcoming colloquium. Programme Preparations for the colloquium are now well underway, and you can now register here. We hope to see as many people as possible at our fourth annual colloquium which will also see the launch of … Continue reading “The 4th Annual Colloquium of the Estoria de Espanna Digital Project: Programme”
The completion of the transcription stage
Yesterday was a big day at Estoria Towers, even though it almost passed without us noticing. It was the day that the biggest and most time-consuming task of the project was finally completed. For three and a half years we have been working on transcribing the five witnesses of the Estoria de Espanna, and yesterday Enrique … Continue reading “The completion of the transcription stage”
Alfonso vuelve al cole
La intensa “gira” por la Península que llevamos a cabo Aengus y yo recientemente tenía también entre sus objetivos establecer un primer contacto con los colegios e institutos de Secundaria y Bachillerato que hace un año nos prestaron su apoyo a la hora de solicitar los fondos del AHRC para la divulgación de nuestra investigación. … Continue reading “Alfonso vuelve al cole”
April 2016: Archives and exhibitions
Enrique and Aengus spent 10 days on a whistle stop tour of Spain at the end of April to examine manuscripts of the Estoria de Espanna and to make arrangements for our Impact activities which will take place from January 2017 onwards. Day 1 for Aengus was spent at the Instituto de Patrimonio Cultural de … Continue reading “April 2016: Archives and exhibitions”