Virtual Valamo Conference 12-15 May 2026

Virtual Valamo Conference

The Virtual Valamo project is organizing an international researcher conference on May 12-15, 2026. Researchers from all over Europe will gather at the Valamo Monastery to discuss issues related to the digitization and transcription of manuscript collections.

The conference will bring together digitizers of text materials, developers of digital technologies and tools, researchers of Slavic language materials, and holders of large text collections. Speakers include representatives from the University of Freiburg, the National Archives, the Finnish Literature Society, the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Orthodox Church Museum in Riisa.

The Valamo Monastery will also be visited by representatives from Egypt's St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai and Bulgaria's Rila Monastery.

The presentations by top researchers, open to all, will be held on Wednesday 13 May and Thursday 14 May. starting at 9:00 in the hall of the Valamo Cultural Center.

A more detailed program will be updated later.

Welcome!

The conference and the Virtual Valamo project are funded by the Alfred Kordelin Foundation and the Major Cultural Projects grant. https://kordelin.fi/

Discover the groundbreaking project: https://editiot.finlit.fi/exist/apps/valamo/index.html

More information: pasi.hyytiainen@valamo.fi

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myyntipalvelu@valamo.fi or 017 570 1810