School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University

13/08/2026

Workshop | Foundational Language Data for Indigenous Languages

The *School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University* is organising a workshop on:

*Foundational Language Data for Indigenous Languages: Documentation, Digitisation, and Computational Approaches*

📅 *18 August 2026 (Tuesday)*
🕥 *10:30 AM*
📍 *School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University*

The workshop will introduce participants to *digital and Indigenous language resources*, including corpora developed through the *British Library’s EAP 1300 and EAP 1745 projects* on Santali books and periodicals.

Participants will engage in *hands-on sessions* covering:
• Corpus development
• Language documentation and digitisation
• Metadata creation
• Computational approaches for low-resource languages

Who should apply?

The workshop is intended for *students, researchers, language practitioners, community researchers, and professionals* working with Indigenous/minority languages, digital resources, digitisation, preservation, and cultural heritage.

⚠️ *Only 15 seats are available.* Selection will be based on the applicants’ academic interests and the relevance of their work to the workshop.
✅ *Apply by 16 August.* Selected applicants will be notified by email on *17 August.*
👉 *Fill out the form to apply:* https://forms.gle/Z1UT71Q7sjNXukMA8
📧 *[email protected]*

*Supported by RUSA 2.0*

11/08/2026

In collaboration with the Department of Anthropology, Visva Bharati University, the School of Cultural Texts and Records (SCTR), Jadavpur University, has organised an exhibition featuring digitised archival materials from the British Library Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) Projects EAP 1300 and EAP 1745, documenting collections from India, Bangladesh, and Norway.

The exhibition highlights indigenous knowledge systems, oral literature, the transition from oral to written cultures, the Santal Hul of 1855, songs, hymns, and cultural forms such as Bhenta Katha, Binti, and Kudum.

📍 Venue: Corridor Space, Department of Anthropology, Visva Bharati University
📅 10–14 August 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
🎟️ Open to All

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28/05/2026

Now in its 24th year!

Calling on applications for the Online Post-Graduate Certificate Course in Editing and Publishing.

For details on past courses, see the course blog at https://editpub.blogspot.com/

08/05/2026

📢 Applications are now open for the Online Postgraduate Certificate Course in Digital Humanities and Cultural Informatics offered by the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University.

💻 Session: July – October 2026
📅 Last Date of Application: 24 June 2026

🔗 Application Form: https://forms.gle/BbVsesaEEzGEj4gx8

📄 Please see the flyer for details.

📩 Queries: [email protected]

23/03/2026

Last week, scholars and archivists from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, visited SCTR, fostering meaningful exchanges on archives and digital preservation.

Here are some glimpses from their visit.

20/03/2026

A flashback to our EAP South Asia Hub workshop on Managing Resources for the Preservation of Library and Archive Materials held from 25 to 27 February 2026. Led by Veronica Zoppi and Zoe Voice from the team.

We were thrilled to have special guests, Debanjan Chakrabarti of the British Council and our Dean of ISLM, Prof. Indranil Dutta, inaugurate our workshop.

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