Sym: 0511.18

Date: 12 november 2005
From: P.J. Verkruijsse <p.j.verkruijsse@uva.nl>
Subject: Sym: 0511.18: Congres 'Edities en hun verhalen', Amsterdam, vr 16 - za 17 december 2005

Congres Edities en hun verhalen

The European Society for Textual Scholarship, founded in 2001, provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the theory and practice of textual scholarship in Europe. After three successful colloquia in Leicester (England), Antwerp (Belgium) and Copenhagen (Denmark) and a first conference in Alicante (Spain) last year, the second ESTS conference on the theme "Histories of Editions" will be held in Amsterdam (Netherlands) on December 16-17, 2005.

The conference will focus on the ways in which specific texts have been edited throughout history. The aim of the conference is to chart tendencies that mark different periods in the history of scholarly editing by examining the evolution of editing older and classic texts by authors like Plato, Dante, Chaucer, Avicenna, as well as "modern" classics as Goethe, Schiller, Joyce etc. Most contributions follow the editorial tradition of a text, either within a specific historical period or leading up to the present day, including new developments in electronic editing. However there will also be attention to the history of editing practice during specific historical eras and the question wether it might be necessary during certain periods to distinguish different editorial traditions in different parts of Europe will be adressed.

The conference is organized and sponsored by:
the Huygens Institute (The Hague)
the University of Amsterdam (Huizinga Institute and Institute of Culture and History)
the University of Antwerp

The conference committee consists of:
Dr. Herman Brinkman - Huygens Institute, The Hague
Dr. Jan Gielkens - Huygens Institute, The Hague
Dr. Dirk van Hulle - University of Antwerp
Dr. Annemarie Kets-Vree - Huygens Institute, The Hague
Prof. dr. Joep Leerssen - University of Amsterdam
Prof. dr. Geert Lernout - University of Antwerp
Prof. dr. Marita Mathijsen - University of Amsterdam

Nadere informatie: http://www.huygensinstituut.knaw.nl/conferences/ests2005/.