WORKSHOP IN EDITING MEDIEVAL TEXTS

A workshop in editing philosophical and theological texts of the 13^th and 14^th centuries will take place at Georgetown University from 9 July to 3 August 2007. It is open to students, graduate and undergraduate, and others in the early stage of their academic careers who have some skill in medieval Latin and in paleography; ten to twelve participants will be admitted. The directors of the workshop will be Dr. Girard Etzkorn and Dr. Gordon Wilson, distinguished editors whose publications include volumes in the Opera Omnia of Henry of Ghent, Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham.

The deadline for application is February 15, 2007, with final selection and notification by March 15. Applications should include: (1) a one-page statement indicating how the workshop fits into one’s career goals, including any present or future projects, and evidence of skill in medieval Latin and paleography (e.g., courses taken or studies with a tutor); (2) two letters of recommendation to be sent directly to the address below.

The following expenses will be paid by funds from the Martin Chair of Medieval Philosophy, Georgetown University: air fare, room and board for a month in a Georgetown University residence hall, a licensed copy of Classical Text Editor (a software program for editing texts). In addition participants will receive $100 a week for incidental expenses. They must, however, supply their own laptop computers.

Topics to be treated include: choosing a project; locating codices: libraries, archives and catalogues; the critical edition: text, apparatus of variants, and apparatus of citations; description and dating of manuscripts; introduction to Classical Text Editor; establishing a basic working text; stemma codicum: it use and limits; test collation: common and unique variants. Other topics include: common paleographical abbreviations in philosophical and theological literature and orthography. In addition, topics of wider interest will be treated, as the question of literary genre, e.g., ordinary questions and questions de quolibet and problems peculiar to editing a text distributed by an exemplar in pecia. Guest speakers will lecture on special topics.

Application materials should be sent to:

Prof. Mark G. Henninger, S.J. or Prof. Neil T. Lewis

Martin Chair of Medieval Philosophy Department of Philosophy

Department of Philosophy Georgetown University

Georgetown University 37^th and O Streets

37^th and O Streets Washington, DC 20057

Washington, DC 20057 lewisn@georgetown.edu

mgh7@georgetown.edu