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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; line-height:100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">Dear list members,
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; line-height:100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">the Cluster of Excellence “Understanding Written Artefacts” is delighted to circulate the CfP for an international
conference taking place in September 2023 at the University of Hamburg. The deadline for submission is
<span style="text-decoration:none">31 August 2022</span>.</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; line-height:100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">Best regards,
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; line-height:100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">Giulia Dovico</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; line-height:100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><b>C</b></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><b>luster
of Excellence “Understanding Written Artefacts”</b></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; line-height:100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">University of Hamburg,
<span style="font-weight:normal">Ce</span><span style="font-weight:normal">ntre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; line-height:100%"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">27–29 September 2023</font></font></font></p>
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<a name="toc_46194"></a><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><b>Studying Written Artefacts: Challenges and Perspectives</b></font></font></font></h2>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">The conference will take place over three days of panel presentations structured in two parallel sessions, on 27–29 September 2023; an additional programme will
be duly announced.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="orphans:2; widows:2"><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">For
a long time, researchers have debated when writing was invented and written artefacts first produced. They have asked whether this was a peculiarity of
</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><em><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-GB"><i><span style="font-weight:normal">homo
sapiens</span></i></span></span></font></font></font></span></em><em><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></em><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">and
what writing actually is, considering whether posing such a question is, in fact, methodologically possible. Most researchers can agree that the invention and use of writing has had such a profound impact on the history of humanity that its consequences continue
even in the most sophisticated digital applications, even though manuscripts and writings still remain with us.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">This conference will provide a unique forum for sharing experiences and views among the international community working on written artefacts, showcasing pioneering
research, and developing new ideas.</font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">UWA Conference 2023 welcomes panels and paper proposals that draw attention to emerging research topics and innovative methodological approaches from within the
humanities and natural and computer sciences, on the study of creation, transmission, and archiving of written artefacts. Welcome also are contributions on single written artefacts important for their revealing features or their challenging typology and categorization,
and small and large scale theoretical reflections on written artefacts. Proposals which transcend the study of particular geographical areas and apply comparative and/or global perspectives are strongly encouraged.</font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">As for written artefacts we take the broad working definition of any artificial or natural object that have written or pictorial (visual) signs. This definition
includes the traditional notion of manuscript, in all attested book forms, and inscription, and at the same time goes well beyond these broad categories.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="orphans:2; widows:2"><a href="https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/uwa2023/call.html"><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal"></span></u></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></a><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><u><a href="https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/uwa2023/call.html" class="OWAAutoLink">The
call for paper is open now</a>.</u></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span lang="en-GB">The deadline
</span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span lang="en-GB">for submissions
</span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span lang="en-GB">is 31 August 2022.</span></font></font></font></p>
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