What is LostMa?
A digital humanities research project that blends AI, complexity science, and philological expertise to unravel the mysteries behind the deviation from pure chance of a text's transmission.
We are funded by the European Research Council (ERC) for five years, 2024-2029. Our offices are in the Campus Condorcet's Hôtel à projets and we are hosted by the École nationale des chartes in Paris, France.
Data
A big milestone of the LostMa project is to assemble and publish a multilingual corpus of textual traditions. A narrative's inclusion in the corpus is defined by the following criteria:
What
Describes a hero or epic adventure.
How
First circulated in manuscript form.
When
First copies were written before the printing press.
Where
Circulated within Western Europe.
Methods
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Output
Scientific articles, conference presentatations, and other publications.
Publications
Scientific articles, conference presentatations, and other publications.
Releases
Versions of datasets, models, and software released for download.
Events
Conferences, hackathons, and other in-person events.
People
Meet the Team
Our core team is responsible for the project's milestones and the French-language part of the corpus.
- Jean-Baptiste CampsProject Leader
- Kelly ChristensenData Architect
- Ulysse GodreauPostdoc
- Théo MoinsAI Engineer
- Beatriz Tadeo FuicaAdministrator
Meet Our Collaborators
We collaborate with specialists in various literary traditions. They contribute data from different language communities to broaden the scope of the project's corpus.