Workshop 1: Cambridge, 26-27 November

The Changing Face of Research in the Digital Age

Thursday 26^th November

2pm: Greg Toner, ‘Developing a Digital Framework for the Medieval Gaelic World: Aims and Opportunities’

Session 1, 2.15-3pm

The Impact of Digitisation on the Nature of Research: History and Texts (Moderator Joanna Tucker)

Speakers:

Dauvit Broun, University of Glasgow

Pádraic Moran, National University of Ireland Galway

Session 2, 3.15-4

The Impact of Digitisation on the Nature of Research: Language and Linguistics (Moderator Sharon Arbuthnot)

Speakers:

Theodorus Fransen, National University of Ireland, Galway

Mark McConville, University of Glasgow

 Break: 4-4.30pm

Session 3, 4.30-6pm

Artificial Intelligence and Analysing Data (Moderator Máire Ní Mhaonaigh)

Speakers:

Dr Orietta da Rold, University of Cambridge

Prof. Elaine Treharne, Stanford University

Friday, 27^th November

Session 4, 11.30-12.30pm

Structuring Data (Moderator Greg Toner)

Speakers:

Dr María José Estarán Tolosa, University of Zaragoza

Dr Philip Durkin, Oxford English Dictionary

Break: 12.30-2pm

Session 5, 2-3.30pm

Digital Resources for the Medieval Gaelic World: new ways of asking research questions and doing research (Discussion leader David Stifter)

Speaker

Kevin Scannell, St Louis University

Summary of information provided by researchers in existing projects in the field, followed by discussion.