{"id":81,"date":"2026-04-24T11:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marcoinstitute\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:45:12","slug":"ms-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/ms-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuscript Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-media-text-cta has-light-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-390953e2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-002ffff5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-utkwds-left-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"ancient manuscript page\" class=\"wp-image-82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-8ff61abe wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manuscript Workshop<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marco Manuscript Workshop, originally founded by emeriti professors Roy Liuzza (English) and Maura Lafferty (Classics) is annual celebration of manuscript studies, paleography, codicology, and textual editing in the medieval world. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each year, it brings together a range of scholars \u2013 from graduate students to senior professors \u2013 to present their work on a specific manuscript or group of manuscripts as it relates to the annual theme. The workshop is intended to be more like a class than a conference, with participants encouraged to share new discoveries and unfinished work, to discuss both successes and frustrations, to offer practical advice and theoretical insights, and to work together towards developing better professional skills for textual and codicological work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Previous Manuscript Workshops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2026: \u201cDestruction &amp; Preservation\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2025-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2025-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\">2025:\u00a0\u201cBorder Crossing\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2024-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2024-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\">2024:\u00a0\u201cThe Whole Book\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2023-manuscript-workshop\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2023-manuscript-workshop\/\">2023:\u00a0\u201cWriting the World\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2022-manuscript-workshop\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2022-manuscript-workshop\/\">2022:\u00a0\u201cInterventions\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2021-manuscript-workshop\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2021-manuscript-workshop\/\">2021:\u00a0\u201cImmaterial Culture\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2020-manuscript-workshop\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2020-manuscript-workshop\/\">2020:\u00a0\u201cThe Ends of Manuscripts\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2019-manuscript-workshop\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2019-manuscript-workshop\/\">2019:\u00a0\u201cBits and Pieces\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2018-marco-manuscript-workshop-transmission\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2018-marco-manuscript-workshop-transmission\/\">2018:\u00a0\u201cTransmission\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2017-marco-manuscript-workshop-envisioning-knowledge\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2017-marco-manuscript-workshop-envisioning-knowledge\/\">2017:\u00a0\u201cEnvisioning Knowledge\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2016-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2016-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\">2016:\u00a0\u201cPerforming Texts\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2015-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2015-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\">2015:\u00a0\u201cMind the Gaps\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2014-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2014-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\">2014:\u00a0\u201cTextual Communities\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2013-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2013-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\">2013:\u00a0\u201cTexts at Work\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2012-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2012-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\">2012:\u00a0\u201cReaders\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2011-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\" id=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2011-marco-manuscript-workshop\/\">2011:\u00a0\u201cEditions and E-ditions: New Tools for Old Texts\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2010: \u201cUnruly Letters &amp; Unbound Texts\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2009: \u201cTextual Trauma: Violence Against Texts\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008:&nbsp;\u201cTexts in Motion\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2007:&nbsp;\u201cEverything but the Text\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2006:&nbsp;\u201cMarco Manuscript Workshop\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manuscript Workshop The Marco Manuscript Workshop, originally founded by emeriti professors Roy Liuzza (English) and Maura Lafferty (Classics) is annual celebration of manuscript studies, paleography, codicology, and textual editing in the medieval world. Each year, it brings together a range of scholars \u2013 from graduate students to senior professors \u2013 to present their work on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":62,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"no-title","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manuscript Workshop - The Marco Institute for Medieval &amp; Renaissance Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/ms-workshop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manuscript Workshop - The Marco Institute for Medieval &amp; Renaissance Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manuscript Workshop The Marco Manuscript Workshop, originally founded by emeriti professors Roy Liuzza (English) and Maura Lafferty (Classics) is annual celebration of manuscript studies, paleography, codicology, and textual editing in the medieval world. Each year, it brings together a range of scholars \u2013 from graduate students to senior professors \u2013 to present their work on [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/ms-workshop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Marco Institute for Medieval &amp; Renaissance Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-01T13:45:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ-1024x576.webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/events\\\/ms-workshop\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/events\\\/ms-workshop\\\/\",\"name\":\"Manuscript Workshop - The Marco Institute for Medieval &amp; Renaissance Studies\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/events\\\/ms-workshop\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/events\\\/ms-workshop\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ-1024x576.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-24T15:36:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-01T13:45:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/events\\\/ms-workshop\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/events\\\/ms-workshop\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/events\\\/ms-workshop\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ.webp\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/events\\\/ms-workshop\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Events\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/events\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Manuscript Workshop\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Marco Institute for Medieval &amp; Renaissance Studies\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsci.utk.edu\\\/marco\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Manuscript Workshop - The Marco Institute for Medieval &amp; Renaissance Studies","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/ms-workshop\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Manuscript Workshop - The Marco Institute for Medieval &amp; Renaissance Studies","og_description":"Manuscript Workshop The Marco Manuscript Workshop, originally founded by emeriti professors Roy Liuzza (English) and Maura Lafferty (Classics) is annual celebration of manuscript studies, paleography, codicology, and textual editing in the medieval world. Each year, it brings together a range of scholars \u2013 from graduate students to senior professors \u2013 to present their work on [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/ms-workshop\/","og_site_name":"The Marco Institute for Medieval &amp; Renaissance Studies","article_modified_time":"2026-05-01T13:45:12+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ-1024x576.webp","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/ms-workshop\/","url":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/ms-workshop\/","name":"Manuscript Workshop - The Marco Institute for Medieval &amp; Renaissance Studies","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/ms-workshop\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/ms-workshop\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ-1024x576.webp","datePublished":"2026-04-24T15:36:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-01T13:45:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/ms-workshop\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/ms-workshop\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/ms-workshop\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/AdobeStock_409668290_1920w_LJ.webp","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/ms-workshop\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Events","item":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/events\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Manuscript Workshop"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/#website","url":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/","name":"The Marco Institute for Medieval &amp; Renaissance Studies","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}