BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 23/04/2026There is no registration fee, but please email brokensong@mu.ie by May 10 if you plan to attend, as we need attendance numbers for the coffee/tea breaks. 000
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 23/04/2026We are very pleased to announce the two-day conference ‘Fragmented Musical Cultures c.1150–c.1350: International Conference of the European Research Council Project BROKENSONG’ (Maynooth University, 15-16 May 2026). @muahi.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/brokensong/i... 163
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 09/03/2026This researcher will to conduct image analysis of the fragmentary and damaged medieval Insular manuscripts imaged within the project. #multispectralimaging #manuscripts #MSI 031
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 09/03/2026The second position with #ERC-BROKENSONG is for a Research assistant/Postdoctoral Researcher with experience in statistical image processing/multispectral image processing. Deadline Mar 29, 2026. my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...my.corehr.com' 144
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Background can be a PhD either in traditional music analysis (musicology, music analysis or music theory) and/or in computational musicology, DH, compsci, or related field, and interested in applying this skillset to the analysis of music data. Closing date March 29, 2026.my.corehr.com' 030
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Two new positions with the #ERC-BROKENSONG project at Maynooth University. The first position is for a Postdoctoral Researcher/Senior Postdoctoral Researcher to conduct analysis of the medieval Insular music corpus recovered, transcribed, and edited within the project. my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...my.corehr.com' 11010
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 14/10/2025#ERC-BROKENSONG at the En plein air conference in Siena! Fascinating conference and especially great panel from the #ERC-SOUNDSPACE panel! @muahi.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu 011
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 02/10/2025CFP deadline is extended to October 24, 2025. The link has all the details! 000
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 14/07/2025CFP!! Come to beautiful @maynoothuniversity.ie for the #BROKENSONG conference! 14-16 May 2026: 'Fragmented Musical Cultures c.1150–c.1350'. CFP deadline 30 Sept 2025. More info and the full CFP: ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/brokensong/i... @erc.europa.eu 021
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 02/07/2025In early June, Karen traveled to London where #BROKENSONG convened a very productive pre-MEC workshop to move forward on encoding pre-mensural notation in MEI - thanks to all involved! She also presented a paper at the 2025 MEC conference #music-encoding @music-encoding.bsky.social 041
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Later in May Karen and Johanna travelled to the amazing Centre for Manuscript Studies @uni-hamburg.de to learn multispectral imaging processing techniques and best practices. We are very excited to start the MSI processing of BROKENSONG's images!! #MSI #manuscripts 060
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 04/06/2025#BROKENSONG has had a busy month. In May the team traveled to the U. of Cambridge for a joint workshop with the #ERC-BENEDICAMUS project at beautiful St John's, & several intensive meetings with experts in plainchant, palaeography, bookbinding & multispectral imaging. A productive 5 days! 080
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 05/04/2025This week, the #BROKENSONG team enjoyed a very good time studying the medieval fragments and books preserved in the Worcester Cathedral Library. #medievalbluesky @erc.europa.eu @worcestercathedral.bsky.social 094
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 25/03/2025And you'd also be working side-by-side with members of the #ERC #brokensong team! 010
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Last weekend, Professor Karen Desmond attended the Leading Women in Medieval Religious Communities conference, with a paper titled 'Networks of Polyphony in 14th-Century England, and Possible Connections to Shouldham’. The event took place at the University of Notre Dame London, UK. 031
Reposted by BROKENSONGNiamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Job alert!! Come work with us @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social on my Pathway project, 'Power and patronage in medieval Ireland: Clonard from the 6th to 12th centuries' @researchireland.bsky.social. Apply below. Email me for details. my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...my.corehr.com' 24837
Reposted by BROKENSONGSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Getting ready to teach my medieval manuscripts class this semester. First week of class we learn...the beautiful, condensed language of catalogue entries. I made this annotated graphic of one to show everything we learn from this brief entry. 1136975
Reposted by BROKENSONGKaren Desmond @karendesmond.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Delighted to be giving a talk today at the #DCU musicology seminar series and introducing my #ERC BROKENSONG project! 032
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Deadline fast approaching!! Apply by February 25: spread the word... 011
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Come join us! We're hiring a new senior postdoc for the #BROKENSONG project. Closing date Feb 25, 205. Background in computational musicology #DH, computer science, AI, and/or mathematics/statistics. Full details and a link to the job posting here: www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...timeshighereducation.comSenior Post Doctoral Researcher, Music - Maynooth, Ireland job with MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY | 386975The candidate should have several years of demonstrated programming experience, preferably post PhD, in relevant programming ... 021
Reposted by BROKENSONGKaren Desmond @karendesmond.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Brilliant to be able to combine my BL manuscripts visit, in preparation for the paper I’ll give at the upcoming #ND ‘Leading Women’ conference (isla.nd.edu/news-and-eve...), with a visit to the @britishlibrary.bsky.social ’Medieval Women’ exhibition! 071
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Members of #BROKENSONG are in beautiful York and London this week, working at the York Minster Library, the British Library, The London Archives, and the National Archives. #medievalbluesky (literally) 020
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 29/01/2025And here's the schedule: isla.nd.edu/news-and-eve... 000
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Prof. Karen Desmond will be presenting a paper at this fabulous conference on Leading Women in Medieval Religious Communities hosted by Notre Dame London March 8-9, 2025: isla.nd.edu/news-and-eve... 110
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 23/01/2025PhD student on the #Brokensong project at The SMI/ICTMD-IE Postgraduate Conference! @sminews1.bsky.social On January 16th, Inês Trindade presented her research ‘The Veneration of Saint Scholastica in the British Isles: The Worcester Gradual F. 160 as Case-Study’, at @tcddublin.bsky.social 051
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Prof Karen Desmond (@maynoothuni.bsky.social) will give a talk tomorrow afternoon at University College Dublin @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social Research Seminar Series introducing the #brokensong project 292
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Inaugural lecture's focus is Prof Desmond's research on medieval music fragments & music reconstruction and the #Brokensong project at @maynoothuni.bsky.social #medievalsky: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...maynoothuniversity.ieProf Karen Desmond delivers Inaugural Lecture on medieval musicProf Karen Desmond, an internationally recognised scholar in medieval musicology, delivered her inaugural lecture at Maynooth University, titled "Medieval Parchment Fragments and Musical 021
Reposted by BROKENSONGDavid Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Brilliant inaugural lecture by Prof Karen Desmond @brokensong2023.bsky.social (Maynooth Music) in @maynoothuni.bsky.social this afternoon: manuscripts, fragmentary music, multispectral imaging, musical reconstruction - what more can one want? 2112
Reposted by BROKENSONGArts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social · 19/11/2024@maynoothuni.bsky.social’s amazing Professor Karen Desmond talking about her @brokensong2023.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu project this evening 0112
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Thanks! And such a wonderful audience and question time! 010
Reposted by BROKENSONGElizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 19/11/2024@brokensong2023.bsky.social Prof. Karen Desmond's inaugural professorial lecture at Maynooth this afternoon was one of the most interesting & inspirational lectures I have ever heard. Fragments & music from medieval England brought alive in modern Ireland. #ERC #medievalsky 1296
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Prof. Karen Desmond will give her Professorial Inaugural Lecture. She'll present her research and introduce the #Brokensong project @maynoothuni.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/professori...eventbrite.ieProfessorial Inaugural Lecture Series-Arts & Humanities: Prof Karen DesmondThe Inaugural Lecture Series invites a newly-appointed Professor from each Faculty to give a lecture in celebration of their appointment. 051
BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 18/11/2024BROKENSONG has a website! ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/brokensong/ahi.maynoothuniversity.ieBROKENSONG 040