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Individual AFR grant - Call for PhD applicants in the History of Digital History | C2DH | Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History
by AG Spiele in den DHd 27 Jan '23

27 Jan '23

Hello, attached you will find a job/grant offer for a PhD program. --- Dr. Dr. Stefan Höltgen AG Spiele im DHd e.V. E-Mail: email(a)dhspiele.de <mailto:email@dhspiele.de> Web: http:/dhspiele.de > > https://www.c2dh.uni.lu/news/individual-afr-grant-call-phd-applicants-histo… > > Individual AFR grant - Call for PhD applicants in the History of Digital History > > > Individual AFR grant - Call for PhD applicants in the History of Digital History > > The Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) is looking for motivated and qualified candidates with an interest in the history of digital history to develop, with our help, an application for an individual AFR PhD grant <https://www.fnr.lu/funding-instruments/afr/> (Luxemburg National Research Fund). > > The doctoral project would take place within the framework of a new research project & network about the history of digital humanities that is currently being developed by Dr. Gerben Zaagsma <https://www.c2dh.uni.lu/people/gerben-zaagsma> (C²DH) and Prof. dr. Julianne Nyhan <https://www.geschichte.tu-darmstadt.de/institut_fuer_geschichte_1/ifg_konta…> (Technische Universität Darmstadt/ University College London). > > We are interested in applicants who seek to explore the nexus between (digital) technology and changing modes of historical knowledge production. Possible topics include but are not not limited to: > > The early beginnings of historical computing in the 1950s and 1960s or humanities research from this period or before that integrated algorithmic research methods or thinking, not necessarily using machines. > The development of historical computing in the Eastern bloc. > The international Association for History and Computing (1986-2005) > If selected for an AFR, the PhD candidate will be offered a work contract (up to 4 years) at the University of Luxemburg and will be jointly supervised by Dr. Zaagsma and Prof. Nyhan. > > Your profile > > Candidates should have (or expect to achieve) a Master degree in History, Digital History or Humanities, or a related field in the Humanities > Good verbal communication and academic writing skills in English; > Linguistic skills corresponding to your chosen topic (German, Russian, others). > Enthusiasm for research and critical thinking. > We actively encourage applicants from underrepresented social, economic, and cultural backgrounds to apply, as we strongly believe that an intercultural and diverse team strengthens the research and practice of digital history. > > Successful AFR applicants will be offered: > > An exciting multi-disciplinary and international research environment with ample opportunities to exchange with scholars at the University of Luxembourg; > A highly competitive salary for a full-time PhD position for a period of maximum 4 consecutive years (3+1 years); > A package of mentoring, training and career development as well as access to a wide range of courses and seminars offered by the University of Luxembourg. A close connection with the Chair of Humanities Data Science and Methodology, TU Darmstadt will be encouraged, including the opportunity to actively participate in the research-related events and activities of the Chair, as mutually agreeable. > Doctoral candidates are encouraged to actively engage in disciplinary, interdisciplinary as well as transferable skills trainings and to develop their scientific profile and network through participation in international conferences. > > About the University of Luxembourg and the C²DH > > Founded in 2003, the University of Luxembourg is the only public university of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Multilingual, international and research-oriented, it is also a modern institution with a personal atmosphere. 1,420 academic staff (including 950 doctoral candidates) supporting 268 professors, assistant professors and lecturers in their teaching. The academic staff originates from 94 different countries, and the 6,783 students from 130 different countries. > > The Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) is the University of Luxembourg’s third interdisciplinary research centre, focusing on high-quality research, analysis and public dissemination in the field of contemporary Luxembourgish and European history. It promotes an interdisciplinary approach with a particular focus on new digital methods and tools for historical research and teaching. > > How to apply? > > Prepare your complete application including: > > a cover letter including your personal motivation for the PhD project; > a CV (incl. links to publications and/or previous projects); > a project description for your PhD project (max. 2 pages) that includes the research area, and objectives. > Please send your application to gerben.zaagsma(a)uni.lu <mailto:gerben.zaagsma@uni.lu>, whom you can also contact for questions. > > The deadline for applications: 13 February 2023 at midnight CET (Luxembourg time) and candidates will be notified of the outcome of their application by 22 February. The deadline for submitting the AFR grant applications is 8 March 2023. The applicants will be informed by July 2023 whether the application has been accepted for funding. >

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Join our Discord Server
by AG Spiele in den DHd 25 Jan '23

25 Jan '23

Dear folk, our member Ann-Kristin has recently finished setting-up the Discord-Server for our AG. There you will find now channels for project discussion, introductions of members, future plannings, hints on tools and literature and more. If you like, join us: https://discord.gg/CRdurEJG all best, Stefan Höltgen --- Dr. Dr. Stefan Höltgen AG Spiele im DHd e.V. Convenor E-Mail: email(a)dhspiele.de <mailto:email@dhspiele.de> Web: http:/dhspiele.de

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Attending the DHD2023 conference as "AG Spiele"
by AG Spiele in den DHd 20 Jan '23

20 Jan '23

Dear folks, I was asked by the organizers of the DHD2023 conference (https://dhd2023.dig-hum.de/, 13-17.02.2023) if our AG will join it for a team meeting. I think this is a fantastic opportunity: we could establish a proper work group with those of you who will help with the AG’s projects and agenda, discuss some ideas for further AG plans, and even find more people who are interested in our AG. If you like to attend such a virtual(!) meeting at the DHD2023 conference, please send me an email until next monday (23.01.2302). Then I will ask the conference organisers for a time slot at the conference and reply this to you as soon as possble. While preparing for this, Ann-Kristin Potthast is working on the structure of our Discord Server (https://discord.gg/cguGTZyN). It will launch soon. Any discussions and pepraration (e.g. for the DHD2023 AG meeting) can take place there. best, Stefan --- Dr. Dr. Stefan Höltgen AG Spiele im DHd e.V. Convenor E-Mail: email(a)dhspiele.de <mailto:email@dhspiele.de> Web: http:/dhspiele.de

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Call For Papers: Games & Literature. On the literaricity, research, collection, and archiving of computer games. 28–30 June 2023
by AG Spiele in den DHd 16 Jan '23

16 Jan '23

Dear folks, attachted I forward a call for participation to a German conference on „Games & Literature“ at the Archive for Litererature in Marbach. The deadline will be January, 31st. To apply use this link: https://stipendienportal.suhrkamp-forschungskolleg.de/form-callforpapers/in… More information can be found here: https://www.dla-marbach.de/forschung/tagungen/tagungen-detail/529/?cHash=17… all best, Stefan --- Dr. Dr. Stefan Höltgen AG Spiele im DHd e.V. E-Mail: email(a)dhspiele.de <mailto:email@dhspiele.de> Web: http:/dhspiele.de > > > > > > Key topics > We invite researchers at all career stages to submit contributions. Based on the key topics outlined, contributions in the following areas are of particular interest: > > Before computer games: Playful and medial forms of literaricity / grey areas of narration > Media shift: Book and game > Storytelling – Text – Code. Narrative techniques in computer games > Describing, researching, and exhibiting computer games as an aesthetic experience > Collecting and archiving software objects > > We are pleased to welcome our keynote speakers Espen Aarseth, Réne Bauer, Astrid Ensslin and Beat Suter. In addition, Lena Falkenhagen will moderate the Game Culture Quartet (organized by the Foundation for Digital Games Culture) at the DLA Marbach. > > Short abstracts (300 words in German or English) for 30-minute papers should be submitted together with a brief CV and a selected publications list by 31 January 2023. > Please submit your abstract and CV by uploading them to this portal: (https://stipendienportal.suhrkamp-forschungskolleg.de/form-callforpapers/in…) > > The conference will be conducted in English. > Accommodation and travel costs will be reimbursed. > > DLA Marbach and Computer Games > In addition to collecting literature in its commonly understood forms, the German Literature Archive Marbach (DLA) also archives and collects computer games as a medial form of literature. The aim of the DLA in doing so is to engage with literature in all its mediality. The substantive reasons for this decision are numerous, but, fundamentally, computer games have long been part of our cultural memory, which must be archived appropriately and examined in relation to established cultural forms. The fact that computer games are discussed in the feature pages of the major daily newspapers, that the German Federal Government awards the German Computer Game Prize, and that computer games are officially recognized as a cultural asset by the Cultural Council is due, among other things, to the work of museums such as the New York Museum of Modern Arts, the Computer Game Museum Berlin, and the Karlsruhe Centre for Art and Media (ZKM). > > As an archive for literature, the DLA has been dealing with hybrid forms of literature for some years now, for literature is not only created and produced between two book covers, but also on the computer, as “born-digital” literature. Within the framework of the “Netzliteratur” project (2013–2017), the DLA has done pioneering work on the systematic analysis and documentation of the creation, playback, performance and mirroring environment of games in line with defined standards. This work is being continued in various projects at the DLA, but a larger international, interdisciplinary conference is needed to further discuss and advance these endeavours with regard to questions of collection and archiving as well as research. To this end, we invite literary scholars, archivists, librarians, as well as researchers in Games Studies, Media and Communication Studies, and game designers to Marbach. > > The “literaricity” of computer games and the collection mandate of a literature archive > The planned conference will encompass various aspects of researching literature and computer games, as well as collecting, archiving, and exhibiting them. Although the intersections, as well as the differences, between literature and computer games have frequently been addressed in the last two to three decades, a systemization of these approaches and a research-led development of a catalogue of criteria for a kind of “literacity” of computer games have only rarely been attempted. Thus, one of the questions to be asked in the context of this conference is which relevance criteria are to be given special consideration in a computer game collection in a literature archive. For just as not every book is relevant to the collection mandate of the DLA, not every computer game will be included in > the collection. For this special collection in the DLA, an interdisciplinary research discussion is still needed to define collection criteria. First significant selection criteria – which are, however, yet to be discussed further – are, for example, the special handling of text and language in a game, in a broader sense than simply through literary objects (such as diaries, manuscripts, libraries, etc.) in the game. Furthermore, we do not wish to ask (as has become the practice in Game Studies) whether computer games are narrative, but rather in what way they are so. In addition to adaptations of literary works, games with reception traces that can be linked to authors and literary works certainly belong in a literature archive. > > Subsequently, the criteria according to which computer games are classified must be clarified, as must the metadata used to list them in the library catalogue. A further challenge is the selection of the accompanying material that is to be archived alongside the game to which it is connected. Possibly there is a game developer’s private library, equivalent to an author’s private library, that needs to be consulted by researchers. And what forms of reception of computer games should the archive and library at the DLA take into account? Numerous activities of gaming culture seem relevant here, for example the staging of a computer game in a Let’s Play; the players and their interaction with and reception of computer games must, with greater urgency, become the subject of research and archives. But even the digital archive has its limits – the goal is never the ‘total archive’ – yet it remains to be determined how social media, for example, is to be collected and archived. > > The analysis instruments > But what definition of text can we use, as a literature archive, with which to approach computer games? The media shift in literature not only calls the concept of text and literature into question, it also repeatedly demands that analytical methods and instruments be expanded and revised. How can computer games be adequately described in such contexts? It is often not enough simply to ‘apply’ established literary terms to computer games – when the aim is to describe computer games in their status as literary forms. These considerations are preceded by the question of what the specific literary narrative of computer games looks like. > > The technologies of archiving and accessibility > In addition to these questions of content, the technical preservation of games and archiving strategies also currently pose challenges. For example, how do we deal with obsolete hardware and software? How can the interaction with recipients, players, be guaranteed at a technical and a curatorial level? How can and should computer games be stored for research in the long term? And finally, institutions are faced with various legal problems: For example, which licences for software and operating systems are to be obtained? > > Concept > Dîlan Canan Çakir – Research Associate MWW – German Literature Archive Marbach > Anna Kinder – Head of Research – German Literature Archive Marbach > > Organization und Coordination > Birgit Wollgarten – Research Secretariat – German Literature Archive Marbach – Tel.: +49 (0)7144 – 848 – 175 – Fax: +49 (0)7144 – 848 – 179 – Email: forschung(a)dla-marbach.de <mailto:forschung@dla-marbach.de> > Marie Limbourg – Coordinator MWW Research Association – German Literature Archive Marbach – Tel.: +49 (0)7144 – 848 – 227 – Email: marie.limbourg(a)dla-marbach.de <mailto:marie.limbourg@dla-marbach.de> > > Contact > Email: forschung(a)dla-marbach.de <mailto:forschung@dla-marbach.de>

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