@viglundur.bsky.social
PhD in Old Nordic Religion and Belief, currently teaching a course of the same name at the University of Iceland. Research interests include ONR, supernatural beings, emotion studies, the belliphonic, and translation studies.
Laptop screen showing HTR software in use with a digitized medieval manuscript image visible on screen.
The #ANTIDOTE expert workshop on 'Scale and Scalability' is now underway at @tcddublin.bsky.social.
This week, we cover data scraping & wrangling, OCR & HTR, corpus linguistics & visualisation techniques for historical texts and manuscripts.
antidote.hi.is
#DH #medievalsky
🇪🇺📜 ANTIDOTE is a European network of 7 institutions funded by Erasmus+ KA2, offering training in the digitization of older texts.
We cover a range of digital skills: creating, processing, linking & managing text and image data, designing datasets, databases & digital editions.
antidote.hi.is
🎥 The National Film Archive of Iceland has been busy preserving some of the country’s earliest moving images, and some exciting milestones are happening. 🧵👇
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Time for a life update
#PhDone 🎓🎉
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💻 Við erum komin á YouTube! / We are now on YouTube! ✨
We upload learning resources on digital tools and methods for the humanities and arts, practical guides and short video tutorials.
Stay tuned! youtube.com/@MSHLIceland
Jæja, föstudaginn 2. maí mun ég verja doktorsritgerð mína í íslenskri málfræði: Norwegian Influence on Icelandic Literary Language in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: An Examination of 75 Scribal Hands 🎓🪶
Vörnin hefst kl. 13.00 og verður haldin í hátíðarsal HÍ.
Öll velkomin!
🗺️ Ný útgáfa af sögulega mann- og bæjatalinu er komin í loftið!
Gagnagrunnurinn nýtist jafnt fræðimönnum sem og þeim sem vilja rekja ættir sínar eða sögu tiltekinna staða. Öll gögn eru aðgengileg og hægt að hlaða þeim niður í CSV-sniði. Þú getur hlustað á viðtal við Pétur Húna Björnsson í Hugvarpi ⬇️
Missið ekki af spennandi málstofu MSHL á morgun!
07.03.2025 07:09 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Öll velkomin! 😊
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Þrívíðar rannsóknir - málstofa á Hugvísindaþingi 2025
📅 8. mars, kl. 10-12 | 📍 Árnagarði 306
Í þessari málstofu kynnumst við verkefnum sem nýta sér 3Dskönnun og tæki í eigu MSHL, og skoðum notagildi 3Dskönnunar.
Nánari upplýsingar: mshl.is/vidburdir/th...
#Hugvísindaþing2025 #3Dscanning #dh
We visited the #RÚV archives, Iceland's largest collection of audio & video footage, on behalf of @mshl-cdha.bsky.social to discuss how to make Icelandic media & cultural history accessible to the public.
The best part? You can explore the database and watch or listen to older material yourself!
Á föstudaginn mun ég kynna helstu niðurstöður doktorsritgerðar minnar. Endilega kíkið við í Málvísindakaffi í stofu 209 í Eddu, kl. 12!
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Hefur þú áhuga á að búa til þrívíddarmódel úr raunverulegum hlutum? Nú færðu tækifæri! Kíktu við á básnum okkar á UTmessunni.
Ever wanted to turn real objects into digital models? Now’s your chance! Swing by our booth at UTmessan!
📅 8. Feb. 11-16:00
📍 Silfurberg, Harpa
#utmessan #3dscanning
Ever wanted to turn objects into digital models in real-time? Now’s your chance! I’m very excited to be part of this.
If you’re in Reykjavík, come by on Saturday! The event is free and promises lots of fun.
3D scan of an Icelandic turf house in black and white
How can 3D scanning help preserve Icelandic turf houses? 🌿🏡
Kathryn Teeter, PhD researcher at the University of Iceland, uses structural engineering and conservation science to study how these historic buildings adapt to temperature and moisture changes.
#DH #3DScanning #HeritageConservation
The Historical Farm and People Registry Database (SMB)
The Historical Farm and People Registry aims to provide a reliable infrastructure for research on people and places in Iceland from 1703 to 1920. 🇮🇸 🗺️
The project uses official census data to transform static lists into an interconnected network of nodes.
👉 smb.mshl.is
Happy New Year 🎉
We wish you all an incredible start to 2025 and want to remind you that applications are still open for the next Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse Board 👇
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07.12.2024 11:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Much appreciated, thank you
17.11.2024 15:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Hello, would it be possible to put my name on the list as well? Would be much appreciated.
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