03/07/2026
The University of Galway College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies has generously provided support for two days of public-facing manuscript activities this July, hosted by the STEMMA team. The events will be free of charge, and there is funding for ECR travel (defined as studying for or ≤7 years post-PhD, with preference given to those not yet in permanent employment).
Thursday, 23 July will begin with a training day aimed at an early career audience (but open to all), featuring a hands-on workshop at 10 am about making quills and ink and an early modern palaeography training session offering training not currently available in Ireland. The day will conclude with a public lecture by Prof Steven May at 5 pm.
Friday, 24 July will include a mini-symposium in the morning featuring 20-minute conference-style papers on any topic related to early modern manuscript culture. The mini-symposium will be followed by an international transcribathon led by Prof Joshua Eckhardt, in which palaeographers in Galway will be joined by others around the world via Zoom.
We are wary of sharing the registration link on social media, but if you contact us directly, we can share the form to register your interest and/or apply for funding. You can also log any dietary requests or other notes on that form.
We are aware that these dates are approaching rapidly, so we encourage you to reach out with questions and EOIs as soon as possible but no later than midnight on 8 July. We aim to respond to selected participants by 10 July.
