Guess what folks – we are back! We have not been sleeping since our 2017 exhibition but rather busily working hard on the next phase of the Estoria project. Watch this space for more news. Exciting developments are on their way this autumn.
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The conference is this week!
The final conference is almost here, friends and colleagues from afar are already on the plane, those based closer to Birmingham will be arriving tomorrow and Tuesday morning, and although we can hardly believe it ourselves, the edition is ready to launch. You read that correctly. I know! I did wonder many times whether I was … Continue reading “The conference is this week!”
The Edition launch is fast approaching!
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!”
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
September Update
The launch and conference in December will soon be upon us, and the Estoria team has been hard at work on both the edition and our Impact activities. The HRI in Sheffield has begun to produce our exhibition and teaching materials. A mockup of the opening page currently (but not for long) looks like this: … Continue reading “September Update”
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”