Call for papers deadline 24 January 2024
Variant, an interdisciplinary network of researchers in the field of textual scholarship and scholarly editing, will hold its XV annual colloquium at the University of Jyväskylä, Musica (M), Boombox, on Friday 16 February 2024 on the theme “On the Trail of Philology”. The colloquium is open to all interested parties. Information about the event will be maintained on the Variant Network website.
This year’s Variant Colloquium will bring together scholars to discuss old, new and future research issues in philology. The event aims to outline the role of philology as a unifying factor between disciplines and as a historical starting point for many humanistic disciplines. What does the history of philology look like in the 21st century? What are classical philology, new philology or Nordic editorial philology today? How are philologies evolving in the age of digital humanities?
Submit a paper for the colloquium
Papers for the colloquium may address a variety of philological research questions and methods across disciplines, provide a history of philological studies, or present case studies of your own new research in the discipline. Possible topics include:
- the different trends in philology, from comparative philology to cognitive philology,
- well-known classics and bygone glories of philology,
- the transfer of European research ideas to Finland,
- the study of manuscripts,
- scholarly editing,
- digitisation, digitalisation and computational methods,
- machine learning,
- linguistic approaches in historical research,
- teaching philology, and
- the philological roots of one’s own discipline, for example in the area of literary studies or folkloristics.
If you are interested in giving a 20-minute presentation in Finnish, Swedish or English, please send a title, a 150-500 word abstract of your topic, your contact details and a short description of yourself by 24 January 2024 to edith@finlit.fi .
Inquiries: Sakari Katajamäki, sakari.katajamaki@finlit.fi
