03-04/2026: Inside the Doctoral Colloquium: Dialogues on Methods and Materials

On Tuesday 14 April, Rolf Wissmann introduced the fundamentals of working with TEI and MEI—key formats at the core of our ongoing edition of Tartini’s didactic writings—during our weekly doctoral colloquium for the spring term 2026 at the University of Graz.These Tuesday meetings have gradually become a cornerstone for everyone involved in the Tartini project. They are not only a space to discuss project-related issues, but also a fertile ground for methodological reflection, exchange of ideas, and dialogue across individual research paths.Over the past weeks, the range of topics has been remarkably broad: from questions of prosopography and cultural mobility in the 18th century, to network visualisation and digital infrastructures, from the conceptual challenges of scholarly editing in the digital era to the material study of sources, including copyists’ hands and watermarks.It is precisely this interdisciplinarity—combined with the diversity of perspectives brought by both internal members and invited guests—that makes…