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Turning the Page

The NVS team is now assisting volume editors build NVS editions digitally–start to finish–using the back-end tools that Dr. Bryan Tarpley developed for the project. One of the tools, featured above, is a transcription tool that will help editors create plain text transcriptions of all witnesses (all of the important editions of any given play) for each NVS volume. Editions now in production include Richard III, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Antony and Cleopatra (updates). With 12 additional editions in the production queue, the NVS team has a full agenda. More updates to come!

The Digital NVS Featured in The Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Interface

CoDHR is delighted to announce the publication of The Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Interface, edited By Clifford Werier and Paul Budra, which includes a book chapter authored by Drs. Mandell, Burdick, Tarpley, and Torabi, titled “Using Data and Design to Bring the New Variorum Shakespeare Online.” The book is available Here beginning August 24, 2022.

The Digital NVS at ISC

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Laura Mandell was invited to present the digital NVS at the prestigious International Shakespeare Conference this summer. This is an international gathering of leading Shakespeare scholars who meet every two years to present their research and to participate in seminars. Attendance is by invitation only.

Presenting the NVS at RSA and SAA

The NVS team at CoDHR has had the opportunity to present the digital edition of the New Variorum Shakespeare at some of the top conferences around the world, including the Renaissance Society of America in Dublin and the Shakespeare Association of America in Jacksonville this spring. Additionally, Dr. Laura Mandell and Dr. Katayoun Torabi will host a workshop titled “Engaging Students and Empowering Research with the Digital NVS” at the Shakespeare Association of America Conference in 2023, which will feature teaching modules developed for a Shakespeare course that utilizes the NVS. These modules, which were created as part of the research needed by Dr. Anne Burdick (NVS Designer) and Dr. Bryan Tarpley (NVS Developer) to design and program the NVS, are also featured in a forthcoming book chapter that Drs. Mandell, Burdick, Tarpley, and Torabi authored, titled “Using Data and Design to Bring the New Variorum Shakespeare Online” in The Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Interface.

The Digital NVS: Looking Ahead

Now that we’ve launched the digital editions of The Winter’s Tale and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the 11th World Shakespeare Congress, Singapore, we are looking forward to the next phase of the project, which involves making Corpora available to new NVS editors who wish to create NVS editions digitally–start to finish–using the web application’s many features. We are currently working on contracting with new volume editors in order to add sixteen additional NVS editions to the site!

Presenting the NVS at the WSB Mini-Symposium

The NVS team has had the pleasure of presenting the newly-launched digital NVS at the World Shakespeare Bibliography Mini-Symposium on September 22, 2021, and has plans to publicize the site at various conferences in the coming year. Stay tuned!

The Digital NVS Officially Launched

Virtual NVS Booth at the World Shakespeare Congress, Singapore 2021

We are happy to announce that we’ve just successfully launched the digital NVS featuring digital versions of The Winter’s Tale and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the 11th World Shakespeare Congress, Singapore. The conference runs from July 18 to July 24; however, our virtual exhibit which includes our logos, video, website, and a feedback webform will be on display at the virtual NVS booth through June 30, 2022 (feel free to look at the website, video, and web form at the above links).

Many thanks to the NVS Board, the General Editors, and the design team for making excellent progress on this project despite the many challenges we faced in 2020 and continue to face this year.  

Also, special thanks to Kayley Hart and Lindsey Jones, graduate students in the English Department at Texas A&M, for working with the NVS design team to prepare the digital NVS for publication!