John Ivor Carlson
Education
- Ph.D. in English Language and Literature - University of Virginia, January 2007
- M.A. in English Language and Literature - University of Virginia, May 1999
- Certification in Medieval Studies - University of Virginia, May 1999
- B.A. in English Language and Literature - College of William and Mary, May 1997
(Summa cum Laude)
Dissertation
The Alliterative Morte Arthure: A ‘Hyper-Critical’ Edition
This dissertation, an edition of the Morte Arthure encoded in extensible
mark-up language (XML), introduces an approach to electronic editing that
eschews common archival models for critical engagement with a single literary
object. It challenges the idea that the digital medium leads to “post-critical”
editing and instead shows how it can encourage scholarship in which editorial
mediation itself becomes an object of active study. Adding significantly to our
understanding of the poem's artistic value, this edition underscores the
importance of traditional textual disciplines while demonstrating new
applications for those skills in digital media.
Advisors: Hoyt N. Duggan, David Vander Meulen, Peter Baker
Honors and Awards
- Finalist in the second annual Nebraska Digital
Workshop (an honor consisting of an award for my dissertation and invitation to
speak), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2007)
- Digital Humanities Summer Institute Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2007)
- Charles T. Wood Dissertation Grant, Medieval Academy of America (2003)
- Departmental Dissertation Fellowship, University of Virginia (2002)
- Phi Beta Kappa (1997)
- Excellence in Critical Writing Award, William and Mary (1996)
- Grant for summer study at Cambridge University, William and Mary (1995)
Grant-Funded Work
- Scholarly Editions Award (Primary Investigator [PI]:
Hoyt Duggan; An award funding work as adjunct editor on the Piers Plowman
Electronic Archive), National Endowment for the Humanities (2004; 2006;
2008)
- Office of Digital Humanities Fellowship Grant
(PI: Timothy Stinson; An award funding work as co-editor on The Siege of
Jerusalem: An Electronic Edition), National Endowment for the Humanities
(2007)
- Andrew W. Mellon Grant for Yale University
Press’ Stalin Digital Archive (PI: Jonathan Brent; An award funding work
as digital production editor on Stalin Digital Archive) (2007)
- Andrew W. Mellon Grant for the University of Virginia
Press' Rotunda Imprint (PI: Mark Saunders; An award
that funded work as project editor on The Papers of Thomas Jefferson and
The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution) (2006; 2007)
Publications (Sole Author)
- “Scribal Intentions in Medieval Romance: A Case Study of Robert Thornton,” Studies in Bibliography 58 (forthcoming, 2009).
- “Translating
the alliterative Morte Arthure into a
Digital Medium: The Influence of Physical Context on Editorial Theory,” Arthuriana
(forthcoming, 2009).
Publications (Contributing Editor)
- The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Digital Edition, Ed. Barbara B. Oberg
and J. Jefferson Looney (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2008); Available online at http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu:8080/founders/TSJN.html.
- Huntington
Library Ms Hm 128 (Hm). Eds. Michael Calabrese, Hoyt N. Duggan and
Thorlac Turville-Petre (SEENET Series A.9, Medieval Academy of America
and Boydell and Brewer, 2007).
- British Library MS Additional 35287 (M). Eds. Eric Eliason and Thorlac Turville-Petre
(SEENET Series A.7, Medieval Academy of America and Boydell and Brewer, 2005).
- MS Laud Misc. 581 Bodleian Library S.C. 987 (L). Eds. Hoyt N. Duggan and Ralph Hanna III
(SEENET Series A.6, Medieval Academy of America and Boydell and Brewer, 2004).
- MS
Oriel College, Oxford 79 (O). Ed. Katherine Heinrichs (SEENET Series
A.5, Medieval Academy of America and Boydell and Brewer, 2004).
- MS B.15.17, Trinity College, Cambridge (W). Eds. Thorlac Turville-Petre and Hoyt N. Duggan
(SEENET Series A.2, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000).
Works in Progress
Editions
- The Morte Arthure:
An Electronic Critical Edition. Ed. John Ivor Carlson (Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts (SEENET)); Notice for this work is available at
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/seenet/publications.html.
- Siege of Jerusalem: An Electronic Edition. Eds. John Ivor Carlson and Timothy Stinson (SEENET); Notice for this work is available at http://www.iath.virginia.edu/seenet/publications.html.
- Piers Plowman Electronic Archive:
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 213 (D.4.12) (E). Eds. John Ivor Carlson
and Hoyt N. Duggan (SEENET).
Digital Archives (as Project/Digital Production Editor)
- Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution. (Rotunda Digital Imprint, University of Virginia Press, forthcoming).
- Stalin Digital Archive / Digitized Annals of Communism. (Yale University Press, forthcoming November 2009).
- Yale Religion Online / Anchor Bible Series. (Yale University Press, forthcoming).
Papers and Conferences
- “Literary
Text as Equation: The Critical Implications of Digital Humanism,” TEI
at 20: 20 Years of Supporting the Digital Humanities (TEI Members'
Meeting), University of Maryland, College Park, November 2007.
- John
Carlson, Mary Ann Lugo, and David Sewell, “Outsourcing Complex
Digitization: Lessons Learned” (Poster session), TEI at 20: 20 Years of
Supporting the Digital Humanities (TEI Members' Meeting), University of
Maryland, College Park, November 2007.
- “Old Wine in New Skins:
Medieval Metrics and TEI Hypertext,” New Horizons in Teaching and
Research Conference, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, May 2007.
- “An
Application of Hypertext to Metrical Studies: Practical
Recommendations,” International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western
Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 2007.
- "Editorial
Perversity: Random Observations on the Morte Arthure, Metrics, and
Hypertext Studies," Johns Hopkins University/University of Virginia
Medieval Manuscript Digitization Workshop, March 2007.
- Participant in Scholars' Advisory Panel for the Digital Library Federation, Washington D.C., May 2006.
- “Breaking
the Code: Isolating Archetypal Versification Patterns in the Morte
Arthure through computerized analysis,” Studies in the History of the
English Language, Northern Arizona University, September 2005.
- "Creating
a dynamic archive: PPEA and XSL," Piers Plowman Archive Workshops,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, August 2005.
- “Versification
Patterns in the Morte Arthure,” Conference on the Metre of Alliterative
Verse, University of Bristol, Bristol, July 2005.
- “The
Application of Thought to Textual Criticism: Reconciling Critical
Editing and the Digital Medium,” South Atlantic Modern Language
Association Conference, Roanoke, November 2004.
- “Hyper-Criticism
and the Piers Plowman Electronic Archive: Some Proposals,” Piers
Plowman Electronic Archive Workshops, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, July 2004.
- “A Theory of Hyper-Criticism:
Critical Editing in an Electronic Age,” International Congress on
Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 2004.
- “A
New Direction in Hypertextual Studies,” University of Virginia Graduate
Student Conference, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, April 2004.
- “Yorkshire’s
Gifted Amateur: A Reexamination of Robert Thornton’s Scribal Habits,”
University of Virginia Graduate Student Conference, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville, April 2002.
- “Hugh of Lincoln and
Twelfth-Century Moral Theology: A Comparative Study of Adam of
Eynsham’s Magna Vita Hugonis and Giraldus Cambrensis’ Vita Sancti
Hugonis,” International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan
University, Kalamazoo, May 1999.
Research and Teaching Interests
Medieval literature; Textual studies (scholarly
editing, paleography, codicology); Digital humanism; History of the book; History
of the English language (historical linguistics); Alliterative metrics; Medieval
romance; Chaucer and his imitators (especially Scottish Chaucerians); New media
Teaching Experience
Graduate Instructor, Department of English, University of Virginia (1999-2005)
List of Courses:
- History of Literature in English I – Discussion section for survey class covering
literature from Beowulf to 1700 (Fall 2005; Fall 2003; Fall 2000)
- A Fractured Mirror for Princes: Shakespeare’s
History Plays – Independent literature course (Spring 2004)
- Arthurian Legends – Composition Course (Spring 2003; Spring 2002; Fall 2001)
- Tales and their Tellers – Introductory literary criticism course (Spring 2002)
- Beauty and Monstrosity – Introductory literary criticism course (Fall 2001)
- Medieval Society – Composition Course (Spring 2001)
- Religion and Academics – Composition Course (Spring 2000; Fall 1999)
Further Digital Humanities Experience
Digital Production Editor, Yale University Press (2008-Present) (http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/23480) Responsibilities for this position include
managing the digitization of the Annals of Communism series, the
personal papers of Joseph Stalin, and several other projects. This position is funded
with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Reference Contact: David Schiffman, Director
of Digital Publishing (Yale University Press); Jonathan Brent, Executive Director (YIVO Institute for Jewish
Research) / formerly Editorial Director (Yale University Press).
Adjunct Editor, Piers Plowman Electronic Archive (1998-Present) (http://www.iath.virginia.edu/seenet/piers/) Responsibilities for this position involve every
stage of the editing and publishing processes, including the creation of
linguistic descriptions, manuscript descriptions, proof-reading from manuscript
images, digitization, etc. (see publication list above for specific volumes). I
share primary responsibility with Hoyt Duggan for editing Trinity College, MS
213 (D.4.12). Reference Contact: Professor Emeritus Hoyt N. Duggan, English
Department, University of Virginia.
Project Editor, Rotunda Electronic Imprint (University of Virginia Press) (2007-2008) (http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/) Responsibilities for this position included digitizing
editions within the American Founding Era
series (Washington Papers, Jefferson Papers, etc.). This position was partially
funded with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Reference Contact: David Sewell, Editorial and Technical Manager,
Rotunda Digital Imprint/University of Virginia Press.
Digital Conversion Consultant (Web, XML), Digital Library Federation (2004-2007) (http://www.diglib.org/) Responsibilities for this position included
converting DLF (Digital Library Federation) publications into TEI-compliant
XML, maintaining an extensive registry of digital library resources, and designing
other internet resources. This position involved participation on several
scholarly advisory committees. Reference Contact: David Seaman, Associate Librarian for Information
Management (Dartmouth University) / formerly Executive Director of the
DLF.
Programmer/Text Encoder, University of Virginia’s Electronic Text Center (2003-2007) (http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/etext/history.html) Responsibilities included encoding a wide range
of texts in Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) extensible mark-up language (XML). This
position involved work on many text-related programming tasks and required
knowledge of languages like Perl, PHP, MySQL, XSLT, Xforms, XSL-FO, etc. Reference Contact: Matthew Gibson, Managing Editor, Encyclopedia
Virginia / formerly Associate Director of the University of Virginia’s
Electronic Text Center.
Other Related Experience
Medieval Area Representative, Graduate Student Association (2003-2004) In this role, I served as liaison between
graduate students and faculty, finalizing the medieval English graduate
program’s language requirements and helping schedule upcoming course offerings.
The position also involved organizing an inter-departmental reading group for
graduate students and faculty focused on medieval topics.
Languages
- Middle and Old English
- Classical and Medieval Latin
- French, Spanish, and German (read)
- Various programming languages
Professional Memberships
- Medieval Academy of America
- Modern Language Association
- Text Encoding Initiative
- Digital Medievalist
Academic References
- Hoyt N. Duggan, Professor Emeritus of English, University of Virginia
- David Vander Meulen, Professor of English, University of Virginia
- Peter Baker, Professor of English, University of Virginia
- Timothy L. Stinson, Assistant Professor of English, North Carolina State University
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