Applications are now being accepted for the TEMiC (Textual Editing and Modernism in Canada) summer institute being held this year at Trent University.
TEMiC is offered free of charge to all EMiC cluster participants and affiliated students, who are also eligible for a limited number of travel subventions.
Please note that we have moved the dates of TEMiC to the end of the summer to facilitate increased participation and to reduce the number of events taking place in the late spring and early summer.
New Developments
TEMiC 2011 consists of two consecutive 5-day sessions, co-directed by Zailig Pollock and Dean Irvine:
In the first week, the institute directors will lead participants through an intensive study of contemporary editorial theory in Canada and abroad. One of the new developments at TEMiC for 2011 is the reconceptualization of the second week to encourage participation not only among emerging scholars who may be new to the field of scholarly editing but also among experienced scholars who may already have editorial experience and who may already have an EMiC-affiliated editorial project underway. These advanced participants need not register for the first week, which is principally intended for emerging scholars (students, postdocs, junior faculty). We especially want to invite TEMiC participants from previous years to return and take part in the new project planning and development session in week 2.
By taking part in a summer institute that brings together established scholars to speak about their challenges, problems, and practices in undertaking EMiC editorial projects, these advanced participants will receive expert feedback and advice on matters related to project design and management from experienced fellow editors and from the directors of the summer institute. At the same time, emerging scholars will learn from these expert-led discussions while they acquire skills to develop—in consultation with the institute directors—a project plan that will enable them to succeed in their own editorial work.
Each day of the second week will be divided into sessions devoted to specific tasks in editorial project management, including selecting texts, applying for funding, budgeting resources, establishing timelines, negotiating permissions and contracts, establishing training and mentorship roles, working with collaborators and trainees, following best practices in digitization and data storage, developing editorial principles and procedures, creating project guidelines and governance documents, choosing digital tools and software, and publishing in print and digital media.
Both sessions will be supplemented by talks by visiting speakers, who will also serve as mentors to EMiC emerging scholars.
Preparation
Because of the intensive nature of TEMiC, participants registered for the first week are strongly advised to do preparatory reading in the areas of Canadian modernism and textual editing.
Reading Course Option
Trent University offers its students the option of taking TEMiC 1 and 2 in combination as a graduate reading course. If you are interested in this option and are studying at an institution which would support it please contact Zailig Pollock.
Registration
To register for TEMiC, please fill out a Registration Form. The registration deadline is June 15, 2011.