Peter A. Stokes

After Honours degrees in Classics and English Literature and in Computer Engineering, Peter Stokes completed a PhD at Cambridge on English Vernacular minuscule ca 990-ca 1035. He was then Research Associate from 2005 to 2007 on the LangScape project of Anglo-Saxon boundary-clauses at the Centre for Computing in Humanities (CCH, now Department of Digital Humanities) at KCL. He was then Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Palaeography at the Department of Anglo-Saxon Norse and Celtic in Cambridge, where he developed new methods of quantitative and computer-based palaeography. He returned to CCH to work on the Anglo-Saxon Cluster and Electronic Sawyer projects before being awarded a major research grant from the European Research Council for his Digital Resource for Palaeography, Manuscript Studies and Diplomatic.

He has spoken at conferences on name-studies, lexicography, Anglo-Saxon charters, image-processing and palaeography. He has been lecturing in palaeography and codicology at the University of Cambridge since 2004, in digital publishing at the Institute of English Studies since 2010, material culture of the book at King's College London in 2011, and formerly in medieval history at the University of Leicester in 2009/10. Other professional positions include Associate Editor of Digital Medievalist and Principal Coordinator of Medieval Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age (MMSDA).

Research

• Awarded Starting Grant from European Research Council (FP7) to lead new four-year project on computing and palaeographical method.
• Designing and deveoping a new web resource to allow the exploration and citation of medieval script in the context of the manuscripts and charters that preserve it.
• Designing, developing and populating a new database for the vernacular script of late Anglo-Saxon England in the vernacular.
• Developing new visual and verbal methods for the exploration and presentation of palaeographical data.

Teaching

• Coordinating two MA modules ('Digital Resources for Historical Studies' and 'Material Culture of the Book').
• Additional teaching in palaeography and book history for Cambridge University and the Institute of English Studies in the University of London.
• Supervising MA and PhD students.
• See Teaching Experience for further details.

Administration

• Director of the DigiPal project with total budget of approx. €1M.
• Member of the Departmental Teaching Committee.
• Principal Coordinator of 'Medieval Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age' (MMSDA).
• Member of several project boards and committees in the UK and Europe (see Offices and Consultancies for further details).
• Chair of Department's Staff Student Liaison Committee (SSLC, from 2012); carried out substantial review and revision of SSLC Terms of Reference (in 2012)
• Deputy Chair of Department's Postgraduate Board of Examiners, 2012–
• Member, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Peer Review College, 'Academic' and 'International' categories, 2012–2015.

October 2001–September 2005 (approved January 2006) PhD The University of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, U.K.

• Dissertation title: English Vernacular Script, ca 990 – ca 1035

February 1995–June 2001 BA (Hons.), BE (Hons.) The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

• Majored in Classics and English Literature for the BA, and Computer Engineering for the BE
• Received First Class Honours in 59 out of 61 classes (modules) taken

Dissertation titles:

• Authority and Appropriation: Heresy and the Struggle for Language in Late Medieval English Literature
• Phase-Locked Loops: Design and Implementation

January 1998–December 1998 Study Abroad Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

• International Exchange Student in the College of Arts and Sciences (Classics and English)
• Overall GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0

October 2010–Present Module Coordinator, Course Tutor, Chair of Staff-Student Liaison Committe, Deputy Chair of Departmental Postgraduate Board of Examiners, MA in Digital Humanities Department of Digital Humanities (formerly Centre for Computing in Humanities), King's College London, U.K.

• Deputy Chair of Departmental Postgraduate Board of Examiners
• Chair of Staff Student Liaison Committee (SSLC, from 2012); carried out substantial review and revision of SSLC Terms of Reference (in 2012)
• Designed, coordinated and co-taught new module, 'Digital Resources for Historical Studies' (from 2011/12).
• Redesigned, coordinating and teaching module 'Material Culture of the Book' (from 2010/11).
• Taught classes 'Digital Representations of Images and Texts' and 'Graphical Representation of Data' in the core module 'Methods and Techniques' (2010).
• First supervisor of MA dissertations.

PhD Students and other Supervision

• Matilda Watson, Scandinavian Manuscript Fragments, c. 1000-1300 AD. <http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/people/students/watson/> Second supervisor is Dr Lesley Abrams (History; Balliol College Oxford). Commenced in September 2011.
• Debora Matos, Hebrew Book Illumination in Portugal. Cosupervisor with Dr. Andrea Schatz (Dept. Theology and Religious Studies). Commenced in January 2012.
• External Advisor, Alberto Campagnolo, PhD in historical book bindings (Ligatus Unit, University of the Arts London).
• Supervised MA dissertations in Digital Humanities (KCL) and BA dissertations in palaeography (Cambridge).
• Approx. 175 hours of one-on-one or one-on-two undergraduate supervisions in palaeography from 2004–2009 (ASNC).

June 2008–Present Principal Coordinator, COST/AHRC Research Training: 'Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age' <http://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/study-training/research-training-courses/medieval-manuscripts-digital-age/medieval-manuscripts-digit> Under the direction of the Institute of English Studies, in collaboration with King's College London, the Warburg Institute, and the Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, University of Cambridge

• Awarded grants from AHRC and COST to design and run annual six-day training programme for postgraduate students (grants prepared with Prof. Warwick Gould, Prof. Michelle Brown, Prof. Charles Burnett, Dr Hanna Vorholt, Dr Arianna Ciula, Dr Wim van Mierlo, and Jon Millington).
• Received approx. two hundred applications total for the three years to date, along with many enquiries.
• Coordinated specialist instructors from seven institutions in Cambridge and London.
• Designed and implemented course including lectures, visits to libraries, and practical computing sessions (with Dr Hanna Vorholt, Dr Arianna Ciula and Dr Elena Pierazzo).
• Wrote and delivered classes on 'Manuscript-Production', 'Provenance and Bindings', 'Palaeography', 'Digital Imaging', 'Digital Resources, Tools and Projects'.
• Assisted with computer lab exercises on XML markup, TEI for transcription and cataloguing, and digital image-enhancement.

July 2010–Present Module Coordinator, Course Tutor, London Rare Book School and MA in the History of the Book Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, U.K.

• Designed, coordinated and taught a week-long intensive course 'Digital Publishing and Book Studies' for the London Rare Book School (LRBS).
• Redesigned, coordinated and taught the same material as an MA module for the History of the Book.
• First marker for both the LRBS and MA courses.

October 2004–Present Associated Lecturer in Palaeography and Codicology (with additional teaching in Medieval Latin) Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, University of Cambridge, U.K.

• Written and delivered approximately 450 hours of lectures, classes and supervisions on palaeography and medieval Latin.
• Supervised undergraduate dissertations.
• Set and marked examination-papers at BA and MPhil level in Latin and in Palaeography.

October 2009–June 2010 Associated Lecturer in Early Medieval History School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester, U.K.

• Co-convenor of second-year undergraduate module, 'Race and Ethnicity': five lectures and six seminars on Viking history.
• Designed, convened and taught first-year module, 'People and Places: Medieval Worcester'.
• Designed, convened and taught second-year module, 'Early Medieval History: Books, Manuscripts and Documents'.
• All teaching includes writing and delivering lectures, running seminars, and marking exams and essays.

Journal Articles

• 'The Vision of Leofric: Manuscript Text and Context', Review of English Studies Advanced Access (2011). doi:10.1093/res/hgr052
• 'The Digital Dictionary', Florilegium 26 (2009): 37–69. A study of the use of technology in the Dictionary of Old English
• 'King Edgar's Charter for Pershore (AD 972)', Anglo-Saxon England 37 (2008): 31–78. doi:10.1017/S0263675109990159
• 'Palaeography and Image Processing: Some Solutions and Problems', Digital Medievalist 3 (2007/8). <http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/3/stokes/>
• 'The Regius Psalter, 198v: A Reexamination', Notes & Queries 54 (2007): 208–11. doi:10.1093/notesj/gjm152
• 'Shoots and Vines: Some Models for the Ascenders and Descenders of English Vernacular Minuscule', Quaestio: Proceedings of the Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, 5 (2005): 98–109
• 'The Problem of Grade in Post-Conquest Vernacular Minuscule', in Producing and Using English Manuscripts in the Post-Conquest Period, ed. by E. Treharne, O. Da Rold and M. Swan. Special issue of New Medieval Literatures 13 (2011, forthcoming) 7,500 words

Proceedings and Chapters in Books

• 'Palaeography and the "Virtual Library" of Manuscripts', in Digitizing Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture, ed. by B. Nelson and M. Terras. New Technologies in Medieval and Renaissance Studies 3 (Arizona, forthcoming) In proof; 8,500 words
• 'Recovering Anglo-Saxon Erasures: Some Questions, Tools and Techniques', in Palimpsests and the Literary Imagination of Medieval England, ed. by L. Carruthers, R. Chai-Elsholz and T. Silec (New York, 2011), 35–60.
• 'Rewriting the Bounds: Pershore's Powick and Leigh', in Place-Names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape, ed. by N.J. Higham and M.J. Ryan (Woodbridge, 2011), 195–206.
• 'Teaching Manuscripts in the "Digital Age"', in Kodikologie und Paläographie im Digitalen Zeitalter 2 — Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age 2, ed. by F. Fischer, C. Fritze and G. Vogeler, in collaboration with B. Assmann, M Rehbein and P. Sahle. Schriften des Instituts für Dokumentologie und Editorik 3 (Norderstedt, 2010), 229–45. urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-43521
• E. Pierazzo and P.A. Stokes, 'Putting the Text back into Context: A Codicological Approach to Manuscript Transcription', in Kodikologie und Paläographie im Digitalen Zeitalter 2 — Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age 2, ed. by F. Fischer, C. Fritze and G. Vogeler, in collaboration with B. Assmann, M Rehbein and P. Sahle. Schriften des Instituts für Dokumentologie und Editorik 3 (Norderstedt, 2010), 397–430. urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-43605
• 'Computer-Aided Palaeography, Present and Future', in Kodikologie und Paläographie im Digitalen Zeitalter — Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age, ed. by M. Rehbein, P. Sahle and T. Schaan, unter Mitarbeit von Bernhard Assman, Franz Fischer und Christiane Fritze. Schriften des Instituts für Dokumentologie und Editorik 2 (Norderstedt, 2009), 313–42. urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-29782. 1,500-word abstract published in Digital Humanities 2009: Conference Abstracts (College Park, MD, 2009), 266–8. <http://www.mith2.umd.edu/dh09/?page_id=99>
• P.A. Stokes and E. Pierazzo, 'Encoding the Language of Landscape: XML and Databases at the Service of Anglo-Saxon Lexicography', Perspectives on Lexicography in Italy and Europe, ed. by S. Bruti, R. Cella, and M. Foschi Albert (Newcastle, 2009), 203–38.

Digital Resources

• Principal Investigator: Digital Resource and Database for Palaeography, Manuscripts and Diplomatic. <http://digipal.eu/>, King's College London (2011). Project website and blog.
• Sole Analyst and Developer: The Electronic Sawyer (2010/11 release). <http://www.esawyer.org.uk/>, King's College London (2011).
• Lead Analyst; Developer: Anglo-Saxon Cluster. <http://www.ascluster.org/>, King's College London (2010).
• Sole analyst and developer: HandAnalyser and ImageViewer software (first 'alpha' release 30 Sept. 2009). <http://sourceforge.net/projects/handanalyser/> Java software for quantitative palaeographical analysis and for viewing and enhancing images of damaged manuscripts, as described in contributions to Rehbein et al. and Carruthers et al. respectively.
• Research Associate; Database-related development: LangScape: The Language of Landscape: Reading the Anglo-Saxon Countryside. <http://www.langscape.org.uk/>, version 0.9 (2008).

Encyclopedia Entries, Booklets and Book Reviews

• Three articles in the Handbook of Medieval Studies: Terms, Methods, Trends, ed. by A. Classen, 3 vols (Berlin, 2010).
  • 'N.R. Ker', 3:2398–401. doi:10.1515/9783110215588.2398
  • 'E.A. Lowe', 3:2484–87. doi:10.1515/9783110215588.2484
  • 'Scripts', 2:1217–33. doi:10.1515/9783110215588.1217
• Ten articles in The Literary Encyclopedia, ed. by R. Clark et al.:
  • 'The Vercelli Book' (2009): <http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5767>
  • 'The Beowulf Manuscript' (2008): <http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5552>
  • 'Junius 11' (2008): <http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5553>
  • 'Codicology' (2006): <http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1679>
  • 'Cynewulf' (2006): <http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1102>
  • 'Sir Robert Cotton' (2006): <http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1034>
  • 'John Joscelyn' (2006): <http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11743>
  • 'Lawrence Nowell' (2006): <http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11744>
  • 'Matthew Parker' (2006): <http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3481>
  • 'Humfrey Wanley' (2006): <http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11742>
• D.N. Dumville and P.A. Stokes, Liber Vitae Dunelmensis (Trial Version, 2 parts, Cambridge, ASNC 2001)
• Review of A.R. Rumble, ed., Writing and Texts in Anglo-Saxon England (Woodbridge, 2006), for English Historical Review 124 (2009), 113–14. doi:10.1093/ehr/cen421
• Review of D.P. O'Donnell, Cædmon's Hymn: A Multimedia Study, Edition and Archive (Woodbridge, 2005), for Digital Medievalist 5 (2009). <http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/5/stokes/>

2012

• Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop on Digital Palaeography, Saarbrücken, 19–21 Sept. 2012. Coorganiser, with Tal Hassner (Open University of Israel), Lior Wolf (Tel Aviv University) and Malte Rehbein (Universität Würzburg)
• 'The Wayfaring Scholar: Charting New Routes for Academic Pursuit in the Age of Globalization', Workshop sponsored by the Medieval Academy, International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 9–12 July 2012. Invited participant
• 'Rule and Variation in English Vernacular Minuscule', Session sponsored by APICES, International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 9–12 July 2012. Reviewed paper
• 'The Ongoing Problem of English Vernacular Minuscule: A Digital Approach to Anglo-Saxon Script', International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 10–13 May 2012. Conference paper
• 'Digital Imaging for Medievalists: A Workshop', International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 10–13 May 2012. Invited participant
• 'Digitising the Book' pre-conference workshop and 'Digitising the Document' panel, Australasian Association for Digital Humanities Conference, Canberra Australia, 28–30 March 2012. Workshop organiser and panel participant respectively
• 'Books, Runes and Writing', London Anglo-Saxon Symposium, 21 March 2012. Lecture to interested members of the public
• 'Digital Publication of Manuscripts and Script', Centre for Material Text / Cultures of the Digital Economy Institute Seminar, Cambridge, 13 March 2012. Invited paper

2011

• Meeting of the Working Group on Manuscripts and Textual Tradition, 'Medioevo Europeo - Medieval Cultures and Technological Resources' COST Action IS1005, Heidelberg, 3–5 November. Invited 'expert'
• 'Palaeography: "Traditional", "Computational", "Digital"', Seminar on Texts and Editing, Birmingham, 20 Oct. 2011. Invited paper
• 'Digital Resource and Database for Palaeography, Manuscript Studies and Diplomatic', and 'Resources for Anglo-Saxon Charters', Digital Diplomatics Conference, Naples, 29 Sept–1 Oct. 2011. Conference posters
• 'DigiPal in Theory', Digital Resources for Palaeography Symposium, London, 5 Sept. 2011. Conference paper; Conference co-organiser
• 'Digital Images and What to Do with Them: A Palaeographical Perspective', Text, Image and the Digital Research Environment: Parker Library-Keio EIRI Conference on Medieval Manuscripts and Printed Books, Cambridge, 9 Sept. 2011. Invited paper
• 'Measuring the Immeasurable? A New Approach to the Study of Medieval Script', International Society of Anglo-Saxonists (ISAS) Biennial Conference, Madison WI, 6 Aug. 2011. Conference paper; see abstract at <http://conferencing.uwex.edu/conferences/isas2011/PeterStokes.cfm>
• European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop on Digital Palaeography, Würzburg, 20–22 July 2011 Invited participant
• 'Anglo-Saxon Script: Computing for Palaeography, Manuscripts, and Diplomatic', and 'Digital Anglo-Saxons: Charters, People, and Script', International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 13 July 2011. Conference paper and Session Organiser respectively
• With E. Pierazzo: 'Manuscripts in the Digital Age: New Approaches for Textual Studies, Codicology and Palaeography', MuTEC Conférence-Démo, Institut des Sciences de l'Homme, Lyon, 25 May 2011. Invited paper
• 'Digital Palaeography Research', Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies (CLAMS) Seminar, 28 April 2011. Invited paper
• Round-table, Image Analysis and Systematic Palaeography Symposium, IRHT Paris, 14 April 2011. Invited participant
• 'Monastic Script? Archbishop Wulfstan and his Circle', ManCASS Easter Conference, Manchester, 13 April 2011. Conference paper

2010

• 'Medieval Manuscripts and the Digital Humanities', Palaeography and Post-Palaeography: Manuscripts from the First to the Twenty-first Century, London, 3 December 2010 Invited Paper
• 'TEI for Anglo-Saxon Integration', TEI Members' Meeting, Zadar, 11–14 November 2010 Conference Paper
• 'Manuscripts in the Digital Age: Traps and Possibilities', Digital and Tangible: Medieval Book Culture and Modern Manuscript Studies, Bergen, 8–10 November 2010 Invited Paper
• 'The Anglo-Saxon Cluster: Problems in Integration', Anglo-Saxon Charters Symposium, The British Academy, London, 14 Sept. 2010 Conference Paper
• 'Metadata and encoding for Anglo-Saxon Charters', Moduli di Archivistica Informatica, Arezzo, 7 Sept. 2010 Invited Paper
• 'Proving Palaeography? Script Development and a Database of Letterforms', Medieval Seminar, University of Leicester, 4 March 2010 Invited Paper
• 'Annotating Digital Collections', Digital Manuscripts Uses and Interoperability Workshop, The Mellon Foundation, Paris, 14–15 January 2010 Invited respondent: see slides at <http://lib.stanford.edu/digital-manuscript-uses-and-interoperation-public-site/abstracts-and-presentations>

2009

• 'Restoration, Palaeographical Knowledge Bases and Classification of Letter-forms', Understanding Image-Based Evidence: Second e-Science and Ancient Documents (eSAD) Workshop, Oxford, 17 November 2009 Invited paper
• 'Removing the Guesswork? Palaeographical Databases in Theory and Practice', Medieval Manuscripts Seminar, Institute of English Studies, London, 22 October 2009 Invited lecture
• 'Scribal Influences From Overseas? Vernacular Minuscule in the Reigns of Harold, Harthacnut, and the "Confessor"', Conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists (ISAS), St John's, Newfoundland, 26–31 July 2009 Conference Paper
• 'Digital Palaeography: Teaching and Research on the Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge', International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds, 13 July 2009 Invited paper

• 'Computer-Aided Palaeography: Present and Future', Digital Humanities, College Park, MD, 20–25 June 2009 Conference Paper; selected for consideration for volume of 'oustanding papers'.

  Repeated for Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age conference, Munich, 3 July 2009 Invited paper; also invited on panel discussion. Paper selected as one of four best contributions.

• 'Is Palaeography no more than Authoritarian Guesswork? Some Questions of Method', Dept. of ASNC Guest Lecture, Cambridge, 1 June 2009 Invited lecture
• 'How Many Hands, How Many Scribes? Computers and "Objective Palaeography"', Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Postgraduate Conference, Manchester, 3 March 2009 Invited keynote lecture

2008

• 'A Ninth-Century Insular t? Statistical Palaeography at Work', Medieval English Research Seminar, Oxford, 12 November 2008; repeated for the ASNC Research Seminar, Cambridge, 28 November 2008 Invited papers
• 'Digital Palaeography', Conference of the Digital Archive Research Center (Keio, Japan) and the Centre for Computing in Humanities (KCL, London), London, 21 November 2008 Invited paper
• 'Scribes, Hands and Glosses', Boethius Commentaries Project Annual Workshop, Oxford, 24 July 2008 Invited paper
• 'LangScape: The Toponymic Wealth of Anglo-Saxon Charter Bounds', Seminar of the Place-Names Department of the Nordic Research Institute (Afdeling for Navneforskning, Nordisk Forskningsinstitut), University of Copenhagen, 23 April 2008 Invited paper
• 'Recovering Palimpsests: Some Tools and Techniques', Palimpsestes : criture, effacement et rinscription dans l'Angleterre mdivale. Colloque du Centre d'tudes mdivales anglaises (CEMA), Paris, 27–29 March 2008 Invited paper

2007

• 'Palaeography can be Fun! Old English Manuscripts Online', Teachers of Old English in Britain and Ireland (TOEBI) Annual Conference, Cambridge, 20 October 2007
• With Elena Pierazzo (KCL): 'Encoding the Language of Landscape: XML and Databases at the Service of Anglo-Saxon Lexicography', Lexicography in Italy and Europe conference, Pisa, 20 October 2007 Delivered by Dr Pierazzo
• 'Objective Palaeography? Digitisation and the Analysis of Script', The Parker Library Now symposium, Cambridge, 6–7 September 2007
• 'A Previously Unnoticed Version of the Pershore Orthodoxorum Charter (S.786)', and organiser of panel 'Surveying the Past: Charters, Mapping, and the Anglo-Saxon Countryside', Conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists (ISAS), London, 31 July 2007
• 'Late Old English at Evesham: The Case of Cotton Vespasian B.xxiv', Writing England: Books 1100–1200, Leicester, 7 July 2007 Conference-paper
• With Winfried Rudolf (Jena): 'Writing, Form and Language', The Production and Use of English Manuscripts symposium, Leicester, 6 July 2007 Invited workshop
• 'Computing, Charter Bounds, and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape', Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies (MANCASS) Annual Conference, Manchester, 13 April 2007

2006

• 'Post-Conquest Vernacular Script and the Problem of Charter Bounds', Anglo-Saxon Charters Symposium, The British Academy, London, 14 September 2006 Invited talk
• 'The Language of Landscape: Reading the Anglo-Saxon Countryside', Poster-presentation, Digital Resources for the Humanities and Arts, Dartington, 3–6 September 2006
• 'Anglo-Saxon Charter Bounds and the Language of Landscape', English Place-Name Society (EPNS) Annual Lecture, London, 12 July 2006 Invited lecture
• 'The LangScape Database: Future Prospects', PASE2/LangScape Workshop, London, 13 May 2006
• 'The Problem of Grade in Post-Conquest Vernacular Minuscule', International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS), Kalamazoo (Michigan), 6 May 2006
• With Joy Jenkyns (KCL): 'The Language of Landscape', Society of Name-Studies in Britain and Ireland (SNSBI) conference, Bristol, 7 April 2006

2005

• 'The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the Reign of Edward the Confessor', Manuscripts from the Time of Edward the Confessor, London, 8 October 2005 Conference-paper
• 'The Demise of Square Minuscule', London Palaeography Workshop, London, 27 June 2005 Invited talk

2004

• 'From Square to "Thoroughly Caroline": Continental Influences on the Development of English Vernacular Minuscule', International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds, 15 July 2004
• 'Computer-Based Approaches to Manuscript-Studies', Cambridge Inference Group Seminar, Cambridge, 16 April 2004 Invited talk
• 'Shoots and Vines: Some Models for the Ascenders and Descenders of English Vernacular Minuscule', Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic (CCASNC), Cambridge, 7 February 2004

2003

• 'Old Books and Archbishops, or, What's So Special about the Parker Library?', Leckhampton Society, Cambridge, 4 December 2003 Invited talk
• 'Deciphering Greek Palimpsests using Adobe Photoshop', Beyond the Human Eye, Athens (Greece), 10 May 2003 Conference-paper

October 2010–September 2011 Research Fellow; Principal Investigator and Director of 'Digital Resource and Database of Palaeography, Manuscripts and Diplomatic' <http://digipal.eu/> Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London, London, U.K.

• Awarded Starting Grant from European Research Council (FP7) to lead new four-year project on computing and palaeographical method.
• Designing and deveoping a new web resource to allow the exploration and citation of medieval script in the context of the manuscripts and charters that preserve it.
• Developing new visual and verbal methods for the exploration and presentation of palaeographical data.

January 2010–September 2010 Research Associate (Analyst) Centre for Computing in Humanities, King's College London , London, U.K.

• Analyst for the Anglo-Saxon Cluster, a JISC-funded project to integrate four pre-existing projects at CCH. <http://www.ascluster.org/>
• Developed use-cases and encoding models, and helped to develop two prototypes to test approaches to integration.
• Principal author of project documentation including report for ASCluster (published on project website).
• Develop E-Sawyer website with technologies including TEI and CEI XML, XSLT, Solr, Cocoon and xMod 2.0. <http://www.esawyer.org.uk/>
• Helped to develop proposal for new AHRC bid, including principal author of Technical Appendix.

October 2009–June 2010 (part-time) Associated Lecturer in Early Medieval History School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester, U.K.

• Co-convenor of second-year undergraduate course, 'Race and Ethnicity': five lectures and six seminars on Viking history (course code HS2206)
• Designed, convened and taught first-year module, 'People and Places: Medieval Worcester' (course code HS1100)
• Designing, convened and taught second-year module, 'Early Medieval History: Books, Manuscripts and Documents' (course code HS2343)
• All teaching includes writing and delivering lectures, running seminars, and marking exams and essays

October 2007–September 2009 (full time) Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.

• Research topic: 'Computer-Based Analysis of Scribal Hands'
• Developing and applying objective and computer-based methods in palaeography
• Conducting original research into the scripts of Eleventh and Twelfth-Century England
• Writing new software in Java to enhance images of damaged text, and to analyse and extract quantitative measures from images of scribal hands
• Developing new web interface for palaeographical database using Django and XSLT/Cocoon

October 2007–December 2007 (part time) Consultant Palaeographer Hearth Tax Project, Roehampton University, London, U.K.

• Checked volunteers' transcripts against original seventeenth-century English manuscripts (checked Hundreds of Chelmsford, Colchester, Tendring, and Uttlesford, all in Essex)
• Oversaw, coordinated, and held ultimate responsibility for the work of the second consultant who checked the remaining hundreds for Essex
• Liased with the remainder of the Hearth Tax team

October 2005–September 2007 (full time) Post-Doctoral Research Associate Centre for Computing in Humanities, King's College, London, U.K.

• Research Associate and database-related development for the 'LangScape' project
• Checked digital texts of about 1,000 Anglo-Saxon boundary clauses against all extant original manuscripts
• Identified and entered newly discovered and missing texts and variant manuscript versions
• Helped to provide a clear statement of editorial policies
• Added text-markup in XML to provide comprehensive tagging, lemmatisation, and translation of texts
• Developed tools, databases, and prototype websites using Java, Visual Basic, XSLT/XPath, Perl, Python, and SQL

May 2003–August 2004 (part time) Examination Invigilator, Duty Librarian Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, U.K.

• Invigilated undergraduate examinations for the College and University in College
• Assisted with production of confidential results-book for College Tutorial Office
• Supervised undergraduate College library during summer-school programme

February 2003–March 2004 (part time) Manuscript Image Enhancer Dept. of Pre-1600 Manuscripts, The British Library, London, U.K.

• Carried out work on pan-European Rinascimento Virtuale project
• Enhanced digital images of Greek palimpsested manuscripts using Adobe Photoshop
• Prepared material for project talks and public displays
• Delivered presentation and chaired session at 'Beyond the Human Eye', Athens, May 2003

December 2000–February 2001 (full time), March–April 2001 (part time) Project Engineer Softronics Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia

• Ported Verilog implementation of IEEE-1394a Link Layer from Xilinx to QuickLogic FPGAs
• Increased speed of 1394 Verilog code by two chip grades, and reduced gate count by over 20%
• Designed two four-layer PCBs with JTAG (IEEE-1149.1) and 400Mb/s IEEE-1394a interfaces
• Debugged port of custom serial drivers from NT4 to Win2000 under severe time constraints
• Began development of Verilog PCI test bench

July 1999–September 2001 (part time) Freelance Contract Programmer Self-employed, Melbourne, Australia

• Developed software applications for clients including the Drycleaning Institute of Australia and Xanthein Marketing
• Designed and implemented MS Access database, with Visual Basic modules
• Developed VBA module to automatically generate formatted Excel spreadsheets from flat text files
• Developed application using MFC in Visual C++ for commercial distribution
• Wrote technical documentation and user manuals for all systems

December 1999–February 2000 (full time) Summer Research Scholar The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

• Worked on Active Vision project in the Research School for Information Sciences and Engineering
• Developed and implemented real-time control and vision software for 2DOF robot head
• Ported 2DOF monocular software to 4DOF binocular head
• Developed software using C, C++, and Intel MMX on Linux platform
• Delivered written report and technical seminar to Research School and other Summer Scholars

January 1999–February 1999 (full time) Student Engineer Open Software Associates, Melbourne, Australia

• Investigated technologies for Web-based three-tired Defect Tracking Customer Care System
• Developed prototypes using Java servlets, JDBC, and RMI technologies
• Wrote reports and feasibility studies on technologies investigated
• Delivered technical seminar to company lab and management

June 1998–August 1998 (full time), September 1998–December 1998 (part time) Technical Assistant Georgetown University Information Systems, Washington, D.C.

• Developed NSAPI remote verification software in C for UNIX and NT platforms
• Developed upgrade to University-wide Job Employment database and Web interface
• Assisted with implementation of single sign-on throughout the university
• Maintained and developed Perl and Cold Fusion scripts, and MS Access Databases
• Assisted with administration of Solaris boxes and NS Enterprise Servers

December 1996–February 1997 (full time) Student Vacation Engineer Telspec Australia Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia

• Performed hardware modifications (incl. hand soldering surface-mount components)
• Developed device driver software for SCC port using RS232 and RS485 protocols
• Developed and modified code in ANSI C and 68000 Assembly Language
• Tested and debugged software and hardware