Editing and Transcribing Premodern Texts: Digital Tools, Methods and Resources

Education facts

Code: HUXD01

<p>How can ancient manuscripts be made accessible to modern readers - digitally? In this course, you learn how scholars transcribe, edit, and present historical texts using digital tools. </p>This course introduces digital methods for working with historical texts, especially those found in manuscripts. You learn how texts are transcribed, edited, and digitally presented. You also explore different types of projects where researchers, libraries, and archives collaborate to make premodern texts available to both scholars and the public. <br/><br/>The course is offered online and is an international collaboration between researchers in Sweden, Italy, Germany, and Belgium.

Entry requirements

General requirements for university studies in Sweden

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Editing and Transcribing Premodern Texts: Digital Tools, Methods and Resources

  Lund University

  Lund

  Start date: 2 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %