4th Summer School in Textual Criticism July 2nd – July 7th University of Ferrara Department of Humanities The Department of Humanities at the University of Ferrara will offer an intensive six-day summer school in Textual Criticism. The course is designed for both graduate and PhD students (max. 20 people) from different disciplines who would like to improve their knowledge in the field of Textual Criticism and discuss their research topics with instructors and colleagues. An introduction to current theories as well as the presentation of individual research subjects will be covered in the first 3 days. The final days will be spent delving more deeply into particular aspects of Textual Criticism, both in modern and classical languages, featuring more recent developments, and discussing individual research. A free guided visit to Ferrara medieval and Renaissance Art Collections is scheduled. Online option. The classroom meetings are live streamed for registered students (unife.adobeconnect.com/textcrit). They will receive an email with the link and a personalized username and pw to login. Among the programme instructors you will find Dàniel Kiss (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), Federico Marchetti (Ferrara), Roberto Rosselli Del Turco (Pisa), Francesco Stella (Siena), Elisabetta Tonello (e.Campus), Luciano Formisano (Bologna) and Paolo Trovato (Ferrara). The enrolment dead-line is on 11th June. For further information and application forms see our website: http://www.unife.it/studenti/pfm/perfez/2017-18/textual or contact the Director of the Summer School: Professor Paolo Trovato, Department of Humanities, University of Ferrara, Italy, email: trp@unife.it Subject line: SUMMER SCHOOL Programme: Module A: Theories (July 2nd – July 5th) July 2nd July 3rd June 3rd July 4th July 5th 14:00 – 17:00 IUSS, c.so Ercole I d’Este 32, room E1 09:30 – 12:30 Dept. via Paradiso, 12 14:00 – 17:00 Dept. via Paradiso, 12 09:30 – 12:30 IUSS, c.so Ercole I d’Este 32, room E1 09:30 – 12:30 IUSS, c.so Ercole I d’Este 32, room E1 TROVATO, “Bédier’s schism” TROVATO, “A more in-depth look at some essential concepts” TROVATO, “The criticism of linguistic features in multiple-witness traditions” TROVATO, “The ineluctability of critical judgement” Welcome and Opening Remarks / Introduction of Attendees and their Research Interests TROVATO, “Lachmann’s method” Discussion / Questions and answers about individual research interests Discussion / Questions and answers about individual research interests Discussion / Questions and answers about individual research interests Discussion / Questions and answers about individual research interests Discussion / Questions and answers about individual research interests Module B: History Cases (July 7th – July 10th) July 5th July 6th July 6th July 7th July 7th 14:30 – 17:00 (B1, B2) IUSS, c.so Ercole I d’Este 32, room E1 09:30 – 13:00 (B3, B4) IUSS, c.so Ercole I d’Este 32, room E1 15:00 – 18:00 (B5, B6) IUSS, c.so Ercole I d’Este 32, room E1 09:30 – 13:30 (B7, B8) IUSS, c.so Ercole I d’Este 32, room E1 15:00 – 18:00 IUSS, c.so Ercole I d’Este 32, room E1 SCRIBAL COPIES AND PRINTER’S CORRECTIONS CONTAMINATION AND DIFFRACTION IN CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL TRANSMISSIONS LUCIANO FORMISANO, DIGITAL HUMANITIES FEDERICO MARCHETTI, “Comparison among MSS copies and exemplars in 14th and 15th century” PAOLO TROVATO, “Printer’s corrections in Tasso’s Aminta” (1573-1590) Discussion / Questions and answers about individual research interests DÁNIEL KISS, “Divide and rule: dealing with contamination in the textual transmission of Catullus” CECILIA VICENTINI Medieval and Renaissance Art Collections (Visit) “Lectio difficilior and diffraction” ELISABETTA TONELLO, FRANCESCO STELLA, “Typologies of digital editions” Discussion / Questions and answers about individual research interests ROSSELLI DEL TURCO, “An introduction to digital philology with special reference to TEI Critical Apparatus” “Contamination in Dante’s MS tradition” Conclusion greetings and Discussion / Questions and answers about individual research interests Discussion / Questions and answers about individual research interests CANDIDATE PROFILE MA, PhD students Questions and answers about individual research interests TUITION FEES Module A + Module B 590€ (Accommodation is not included in the tuition fees). Please see: http://www.unife.it/studenti/pfm/allegati/en/faq (How can I pay the tuition fee?) CONTENTS INFO tnllbt@unife LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION English ENROLMENT INFO altaformazione@unife.it 2