[AI Summary]: The Austrian Academy of Sciences’ Institute for Medieval Research, in collaboration with Princeton University and the Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies, announces the fourth annual HTR Winter School focused on automated recognition of handwritten texts in medieval and early modern sources. The program includes three online sessions (October 24, November 7, and November 21, 2025) and a three-day in-person workshop in Vienna (December 11-13, 2025). Participants will work in seven language/script groups (Carolingian Latin, Late Medieval Latin, Medieval Czech, Early Modern German, Byzantine Greek, Syriac, and Medieval Hebrew) using Transkribus to train new HTR models and improve existing ones. The course is free (though participants cover travel costs) and primarily designed for Master’s and PhD students with relevant paleographic and language skills.
Application deadline is September 15, 2025. Submit a short CV and cover letter in a single PDF to HTR.school@oeaw.ac.at. The course consists of 3 online sessions and a 3-day workshop in Vienna (Dec 11-13, 2025). No participation fee, but travel costs are self-funded.
- Application Deadline: September 15, 2025
- Notification Date: September 26, 2025
- Online Sessions: Oct 24, Nov 7, Nov 21, 2025 (14:00-17:00 CET)
- In-Person Workshop: December 11-13, 2025 in Vienna
- Capacity: 10 participants per group (5 for Hebrew group) for in-person; unlimited virtual