After initiating what turned out to be an animated debate on the TEI-list, we had still not settled on anything yet concerning the Geminationsstriche on the m and the n, which still appear in the form m[m] and n[n] in the edition as it is. There were all in all two valid options: – encoding [...]
Entries from April 2012
Herr Sommer und Frau Sonne (macrons forever)
April 25, 2012
a word for the ladies
April 23, 2012
Almost a year ago – wait, no, I have to go back further in time. Two years ago, the Humboldt University created an award for women junior researchers. The award was to carry the name of the wife of Wilhelm von Humboldt, Caroline. The first year the award was offered was the last possible application [...]
Mythos and Logos of my Mother Tongue for fr.hypotheses.org
April 19, 2012
Après dix années passées en Allemagne dont quatre intégrée à un département de littérature allemande, je croyais avoir fini par régler avec moi-même l’usage de mes deux principales langues de communication. Mon allemand professionnel est bien évidemment moins riche que mon francais (désolée, il n’y a pas de cédilles sur mon clavier allemand), mais il [...]
That’s what I call Digital Intellectuals!
April 18, 2012
The Berlin Academy of Sciences just launched a digital edition of the minutes of the work sessions that were held there between 1746 and 1786. You can consult it here: it is awesome. Not just because it looks awesome (great design, intuitive orientation, no information overload), but also because it is an actually well conceived [...]
The next step
April 15, 2012
In one of my favorite movies (“Ma saison préférée”, by André Téchiné, with Catherine Deneuve and Daniel Auteuil), one of the characters says at some point: The problem is not the wrong step, it is the step after. I find this assertion to be true in all kinds of circumstances. The ability to think the [...]
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