New Biography of St. Francis of Assisi Discussed @ Salisbury House, R 25 Oct

Fr. Augustine Thompson will be discussing his new biography of St. Francis of Assisi at the Salisbury House in Des Moines on Thursday, 25 October, 7:30p.

Doors open at 6:45p for wine and cheese. Tickets are required and are about $15 each (a discount scheme is in effect for members and students).

This event is part of The History Series at Salisbury House & Gardens.

IEMS @ Newberry's Milton Seminar, Sa 27 Oct

The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies announces:

Saturday, October 27, noon.
Milton Seminar
Blaine Greteman, University of Iowa
"The Beginning of Now: John Milton in the Early Modern Social Network"
http://www.newberry.org/10272012-milton-seminar-blaine-greteman

Downloadable PDF flyer—please post and circulate: http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/calendar-attachments/GretemanFlyer.pdf.

This  program is free and open to the public; registration in advance is required.

Associate Professor in Digital Shakespeare Studies

The Department of English at Texas A&M University invites applications for a tenured position at the associate professor rank in Digital Shakespeare Studies to begin in the Fall of 2013.  Applicants must have a Ph.D. in a relevant field and a substantial scholarly record in both Shakespeare Studies and Digital Humanities as well as ongoing research initiatives in these areas.  The successful candidate will teach a 2/2 load, including undergraduate and graduate courses in Shakespeare as well as a range of courses in early modern literature and Digital Humanities.  The DH courses will contribute to the offerings of the Digital Humanities Certificate.  The successful candidate will also assume the role of Executive Editor of Early Modern Digital Projects at the Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture (IDHMC), including the World Shakespeare Bibliography, Digital Donne, eMOP (the early modern OCR project), and the digital Cervantes and Quixote Iconography projects.  The IDHMC, in collaboration with the Visualization Department (the only one in the country) and Computer Science, is developing sophisticated data analysis and visualization capacities to work with one of the largest digitized collections of early modern texts – 45 million page images.

Applicants should submit as PDFs a letter of application specifying how the applicant's work advances research and teaching in Shakespeare Studies and Digital Humanities, together with a CV, by e-mail to Robert Griffin (rjgriffin@tamu.edu).  Applicants should also have 3 letters of recommendation sent to Professor Griffin.  We will begin reviewing applications on November 12, 2012, and continue until the position is filled.  Interviews will be held at the MLA.

Minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply. Texas A&M is an AA/EEO employer, committed to diversity, and responds to the needs of dual-career couples.  Visit the English Department and IDHMC websites at: http://www-english.tamu.edu/ andhttp://idhmc.tamu.edu.

We're launched!

In the spirit of collegiality, Kate Narveson, of Luther College, and I (Jesse Swan of the University of Northern Iowa) agreed to see about encouraging the digital convocation of scholars of early modern culture.

Wanting to be broad and inclusive, we hope that scholars from all disciplines will feel welcome.  Anyone can follow this group, and all scholars are encouraged to join the group as a blog author. To join the group as a scholar - author, click on the email address at the right and send Jesse Swan an email indicating your interest in joining.

Another early modern scholar in Iowa already has happy news of interest to post, and that is the publication of his recent collection on auditory phenomenology and Shakespeare: Who Hears in Shakespeare, edited by Laury Magnus, Professor of Humanities in the US Merchant Marine Academy, and Walter W. Cannon, Professor of English in Central College, Pella, IA.

Send along all and any notices of interest!  Vale.