Participants will acquire intensive practical training in reading late medieval and early modern scripts of Spain and Latin America. The institute will concentrate on skills needed for the accurate reading and transcription of the wide variety of Spanish documentary and book scripts that scholars often encounter in historical and literary research in these fields. All participants will receive a stipend. For more information, please contact Sidney Tibbetts at tnst-hrc@mail.utexas.edu. Applications are due by March 1, 2007.

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Mellon Summer Institute in Italian Paleography at The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, July 16–August 9, 2007 -- Directed by Maddalena Signorini, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”

This four-week residential course offers intensive training in the accurate reading and transcription of handwritten Italian vernacular texts from the late medieval through the early modern periods. Scholars will acquire the skills to deal with primary sources. All participants will receive a stipend. For more information, please contact Joli Kishi at JKishi@getty.edu. Application deadline is March 1, 2007.