Helsinki, Finland

The first workshop takes place in Helsinki, January 27–30, 2010.

The goals of the first workshop were:

• To create a common ground in stemmatological questions, i.e., to be sure we all understand each other,
• To get an overview of the earlier and current methods,
• To identify the major challenges, and pros and cons of the current approaches,
• To ponder the different applications of stemmatology,
• To set aims for future,
• To plan the programme of the following workshops,
• To have serious fun within and outside the field of textual scholarship.

Practical Information

Accommodation

Rooms are reserved for the invitees at Hotel GLO, Kluuvikatu 4 (Glogatan 4 in Google Maps), Helsinki. In Google Maps.

Workshop Venue

The workshop will take place at the University of Helsinki, in Auditorium VII, Main Building (two blocks form the hotel). Click here for walking directions.

Workshop Program

Click on the talk title to get an abstract.

Wednesday 27 January

19.00 Welcoming Dinner for the Foreign Delegates
Restaurant Olo, Kasarmikatu 44, Helsinki. (directions)

Thursday 28 January

9.30–11.00 Session 1: Aims of Stemmatological Study
University Main Building (Auditorium VII)

• Opening of the Workshop
• Odd Einar Haugen: Is stemmatology inherently dichotomous? On the silva portentosa of Old Norse stemmata
• Barbara Bordalejo: The editorial paradox: Using phylogenetic analysis critically

11.00–11.30 Coffee Break

11.30–13.00 Session 2: Methods of Stemmatology I

• Gerd Haverling: On Latin texts, textual criticism, and language change
• Peter Robinson: Refining variant statements for phylogenetic analysis and building a community of interest
• Teemu Roos: Some recent methods based on probabilistic graphical models

13.00 Lunch
Cafe Engel, Aleksanterinkatu 26, Helsinki. (directions)

14.30-16.00 Session 3: Methods of Stemmatology II

• Philipp Roelli and Dieter Bachmann: Generating the Stemma codicum of Petrus Alfonsi's Dialogus
• Wendy Phillips-Rodriguez: Descent without modification, the impossible ideal of traditional text genealogy
• David Chiang: What can computational linguistics do for computational stemmatology?

19.00 Dinner
Tuomas Heikkilä's Residence (Ruusulankatu 14 B; directions; Teemu and Petri will lead the troops from the hotel at 18.45)

Friday 29 January

9.30–11.00 Session 4: Current Challenges

• Tuomas Heikkilä: A Historian's View on Stemmatology
• Caroline Mace: Is contamination really a disease?
• Heather Windram: Combining Phylogenetic Trees Using Consensus Network Methods

11.00–11.30 Coffee Break

11.30–13.00 Session 5: Where Do We Want to Go?

• Chris Howe: Phylogenetics beyond genes
• Michael Stolz: The stemmatology of multiple textual versions. Some remarks concerning the Parzival Project
• Daniel Apollon: Diachronic text traditions as "systems" Where the worries begin

13.00 Lunch
Restaurant Salutorget (directions)

14.30–16.00 Session 6: New Artificial Textual Traditions

• Presentation of a Tradition based on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: Teemu Roos & Tuomas Heikkilä
• Discussion: The Road Ahead; Petri Myllymäki (chair)

18.00 Dinner (note changed time)
Restaurant Uunisaari, Uunisaari Island (directions; transportation from the hotel will be provided at 17.45)

• Optional Sauna and Ice-Swimming

Saturday 30 January

Extracurricular Activities

13.00 Lunch
Restaurant Stridberg (directions)

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:

• National Library of Finland
  Unioninkatu 36
  
  A rare possibility to acquaint oneself with the collection of medieval parchment fragments at the National Library of Finland. Meet the young scholars of the Written Culture of Medieval Finland research project in the lobby of the library at 11.30.

MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITIONS:

• National Museum (open Sat 11-18)
  Mannerheimintie 34
  
• Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (open Sat 10-18)
  Mannerheiminaukio 2
• Finnish National Gallery Ateneum
  (NB: the museum will be closed on January 29-31, otherwise open Fri 10-18, Wed & Thu 10-20)
  Kaivokatu 2
  
• Helsinki City Museum (open Sat 11-17)
  Several museums: e.g. Sofiankatu 4, Aleksanterinkatu 16-18
  

CHURCHES:

• Temppeliaukio church ("Rock church") (open Sat 9-18)
  Lutherinkatu 3
• Tuomiokirkko (open Sat 9-18)
  Senaatintori
• Uskenskij cathedral (Orthodox) (open Sat 9.30-14)
  Kanavakatu 1

OPERA:

• Finnish National Opera
  Helsinginkatu 58
  On Saturday, at 14 o'clock: John Cranko, The Taming of the Shrew (ballet)

OTHER:

• Design District Helsinki
• Suomenlinna Fortress (ferry timetables)
• VisitHelsinki

Organizers

• Tuomas Heikkilä
• Teemu Roos
• Petri Myllymäki

Other links:

• "Unveiling Finland's mediaeval secrets"
• STAM Project
• Computer-assisted stemmatology challenge