On 3 October, David Zbíral successfully passed the first step in the procedure towards full professorship. In his lecture for academic public, he presented the digital humanities approach towards medieval history.
He introduced DISSINET project’s original approach to data collection and the InkVisitor software, outlined several possible patterns for analysis of structured data from inquisition trials and discussed which answers can be obtained through computational methods, also mentioning possible pitfalls. The DISSINET team keeps fingers crossed for the future steps in front of scientific boards of the faculty and the university.
Evaluation board of the professorship procedure
Chair: prof. PhDr. Mgr. Tomáš Knoz, Ph.D. (Filozofická fakulta MU)
Members:
Prof. dr. Philippe Buc (Univerzita Leiden, Univerzita Vídeň)
prof. PhDr. Petr Sommer, CSc., DSc. (Akademie věd ČR)
Prof. dr hab. Stanisław Rosik (Vratislavská univerzita)
prof. PhDr. Martin Wihoda, Ph.D. (Filozofická fakulta MU)
It is a familiar image: a woman in distress, surrounded by men examining her soul in a dimly lit inquisitorial chamber. In fear of physical torture, she confesses to crimes she never committed. We bring you an online version of our article originally published in History Today.
DISSINET has developed an interactive map of the occupations, dissident religious affiliations, and locations of residence of nearly 900 persons suspected of heresy in the inquisition register of Bologna, 1291–1310.
