Announcements and News
- Register for this exciting, in-person SIMS-sponsored event at the Free Library of Philadelphia: Sephardic Culinary Heritage: Conversation and Reception, presented by SIMS Visiting Research Fellow Dr Helene Jawhara Piñer and Chef Mike Solomonov, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 6:00–7:30PM EST, Free Library of Philadelphia, Skyline Room, 4th floor, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
- Register for 2023–2024 SIMS Graduate Student Fellow Julia Pelosi-Thorpe’s Penn Libraries Presents, Lil Nas X’s Montero and Dante’s Divine Comedy, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 12:00–1:00PM EST, Class of ’55 room, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, University of Pennsylvania (in-person and via Zoom).
- Register for our upcoming SIMS Online Lecture, Principles of Manuscript Poetics (Francesco Marco Aresu, University of Pennsylvania) Friday, April 26, 2024, 12:00–1:30PM EST (via Zoom).
- Are you a graduate student in the Philadelphia area? Interested in working with manuscripts and learning about the day-to-day operations of the Schoenberg Institute during next academic year? Apply for a 2024–2025 SIMS Graduate Student Fellowship, due Wednesday May 1st, 2024. Further details and application instructions here.
- Interested in conducting funded, in-person manuscript research in Philadelphia for a month? Apply for a 2024–2025 SIMS Visiting Research Fellowship, due Wednesday May 15th, 2024. Further details and application instructions here.
- Please help us plan the future of OPenn (https://openn.library.upenn.edu), the University of Pennsylvania Libraries’ site for open access manuscript images and metadata, by answering this brief survey by May 15th.
- Discover BASIRA, the Books as Symbols in Renaissance Art database, a new digital resource for book history hosted by the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies. Enter the database or visit the project website to learn more.
- All issues of Manuscript Studies are now available in Diamond-level Open Access via Project Muse, including the Fall 2023 issue (Vol. 8.2).
- SIMS is pleased to announce the following Visiting Research Fellows for the 2023–2024 academic year: Peera Panarut (University of Hamburg), Hélène Jawhara Piñer (Universities of Tours and Bordeaux-Montaigne), and Suzette van Haaren (Ruhr University Bochum).
- Join us every Thursday at 12:00PM Noon EDT / 5pm BST for Coffee with a Codex (via Zoom; registration required).
Video Orientations
Major Initiatives:
- The Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts
- A twice-annual journal (Manuscript Studies)
- A digitized manuscript discovery platform (Penn in Hand)
- A digitized manuscript repository (OPenn)
- A regional digitization initiative (Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis)
- An annual symposium dedicated to Manuscript Studies
- A series of monthly virtual lectures
- A weekly encounter with a manuscript (Coffee with a Codex)
- Teaching and showcasing the collection
- Advocacy for Manuscript Studies and Open Data globally
Other Projects:
- Developing new research tools: Viscoll, BASIRA, DS 2.0 planning
- Enhancing the collection via new acquisitions and research
- Establishing partnerships with projects such as CULTIVATE MSS
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