The Voynich Ninja

Thanks for letting me know, Cary. I'll get in touch with the organizers and find out what's going on there.

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The conference isn't until November, so registration isn't open yet. Right now we are working on gathering proposals for presentations. Registration won't open for several months yet.

Seems like that might be something to add to the message, as it is, it gives the impression that one has missed it.

But i wasn't looking to register. I was looking to see how to submit an abstract. 

Quote:The submission process entails two phases:


Abstract/Summary: 

Provide an abstract/summary for the work that is to be submitted.  This should be no longer than 750 words.  Please use the abstract submission component of the EasyChair submission link below to input your abstract/summary directly.  Be specific with contribution, findings and methodologies used.  Successful submissions will be invited to submit a paper (5-9 pages) for the conference.

Quote:Abstract/Summary Deadline: 30th June, 2022 (11:59 Central European Summer Time)

Quote:Submissions will be carried out on the EasyChair platform, kindly click here to access the website.

I clicked on the link below (just above in this message), i logged in, and what i posted in the message above was the result.

Can technical problems or questions over usage with the website please be directed to their websupport. Thanks.

Oh this is excellent news! 
Thank you for sharing the info, LisaFaginDavis!
Looking forward to seeing all the presentations!
I hope they will be stringent in the peer-review process. And I hope covid will be truly tamed and other chaos will abate so nothing gets in the way of this conference happening. This could be amazing.

It's an online conference, so it should be relatively covid-proof...

(11-03-2022, 09:44 PM)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It's an online conference, so it should be relatively covid-proof...

Way the world is at the moment, some damn thing will pop up to force them to cancel! 

Lisa (and/or others involved), what is your opinion on submissions about the imagery? Although the list of options is non-exhaustive, the subject of imagery is still conspicuously absent.

Is the conference purposefully focused on linguistics and digital applications because this is the specialization of the organizing professors?

I understand that a lot of nonsense is written about the imagery, and also a lot of things that cannot be mathematically proven. In part this is because the VM imagery attracts its fair share of fantasies. But another factor is that iconography in itself, even about non-VM subjects, is more interpretative than certain other disciplines.

So I wonder if it is at all possible to have a submission about the imagery approved for the conference? I think I have a fairly good idea of what is not desired, but what kind of research on the imagery could be accepted?


(Lisa, I asked this by PM but then thought it might be relevant for others too, so you can ignore my PM).

Proposed iconography can be verified by historical research and by the investigation of internal details in the VMs illustrations. When structure lies unseen in the illustrations, it's not because the artist failed to create the image. It's because the investigator cannot recognize the things that can be seen. 

Ask a linguist to identify a nebuly line.