Category Archives: General

Announcing TAPoR version 1.0

Posted on 2007-04-24 by smahony

Seen on Humanist: Announcing TAPoR version 1.0 http://portal.tapor.ca We have just updated the Text Analysis Portal for Research (TAPoR) to version 1.0 and invite you to try it out. The new version will not appear that different from previous versions. … Continue reading →

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Digital preservation of Pompeii

Posted on 2007-04-23 by juangarces

From the ANCIEN-L list (via Thoughts on Antiquity): Friends and colleagues: The ruins of Pompeii are crumbling, but the digital imaging project known as CyArk is generating a three-dimensional record of the site that will be available for future generations. … Continue reading →

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New galleries at the Met

Posted on 2007-04-22 by scaife

Nice panoramic images of the new galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art here. Also of interest: “Metropolitan Museum and ARTstor Announce Pioneering Initiative to Provide Digital Images to Scholars at No Charge“

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Toward Open Access in Ancient Studies: The Princeton-Stanford Working Papers in Classics

Posted on 2007-04-21 by Tom Elliott

Noted by way of the Blegen Library News blog (but not seen yet) in the latest edition of Hesperia: J. Ober, et al., “Toward Open Access in Ancient Studies: The Princeton-Stanford Working Papers in Classics,” Hesperia 76.1 (Jan-Mar 2007), 229ff., … Continue reading →

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Digital Humanities Summit Wrap-up

Posted on 2007-04-21 by Tom Elliott

Dan Cohen has posted an extensive summary of the recent summit of U.S.-based digital humanities centers and funding bodies organized by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Essential reading for those who want to stay current in this area.

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3D Visualisation in the Arts student award

Posted on 2007-04-18 by Gabriel Bodard

From the ICT Methods Network blog: The JISC 3D Visualisation in the Arts Network (3DVisA) invites submissions to the 3DViSA Student Award 2007. The award will be for an essay on an innovative application of 3D computer graphics to any … Continue reading →

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Pulitzer Prizes need updated categories

Posted on 2007-04-17 by scaife

Winners of the 2007 Pulitzer Prizes in various categories were announced yesterday.  Unfortunately, there isn’t yet a prize for a blogger.  If there had been, I can’t imagine a more deserving recipient than K.C. Johnson, for bravely staring down the … Continue reading →

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First issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly

Posted on 2007-04-11 by smahony

The first issue of this new open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal is now out. Have a look. The following text is copied from the Digital Classicist mailing list: We are very pleased to announce the first issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly … Continue reading →

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Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo support GeoRSS

Posted on 2007-04-06 by Gabriel Bodard

Seen in Slashdot: This week, Microsoft announced their new Live Maps, in addition to supporting Firefox on Windows for 3D, now supports the GeoRSS standard. They join Google which recently announced the support of GeoRSS and KML mapping in their … Continue reading →

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ImaNote – Image and Map Annotation Notebook

Posted on 2007-04-04 by smahony

This looks a useful tool. Anyone tried it? Claims to allow annotation and links to be added to images with RSS to keep track of everything. Following text copied from Humanist: We are really happy to announce the release of … Continue reading →

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Citizendium debuts

Posted on 2007-03-27 by scaife

from the CHE: Citizendium Starts With a Little Knowledge Citizendium, the peer-reviewed “progressive fork” of Wikipedia (The Chronicle, October 18, 2006), has opened for business. The site unveiled its public face on Sunday and as of this afternoon boasts more … Continue reading →

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Digital Humanities 2007 registration open

Posted on 2007-03-15 by Tom Elliott

By way of John Unsworth’s note to the HASTAC list, we learn that the schedule and online registration are now available for Digital Humanities 2007, complete with an unfunny logo.

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Archaeologists erect new walled garden on web

Posted on 2007-03-13 by Tom Elliott

ArchaeoSeek bills itself as a new “Social Network for Archaeologists” with an exclusive membership policy: This network is for real archaeologists, i.e. those engaged or interested in the study of archaeology. No creationists, or crackpots need apply. If you do … Continue reading →

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TEI Workshops @ Kalamazoo

Posted on 2007-03-02 by smahony

Copied from Humanist: The Medieval Academy of America Committee on Electronic Resources is pleased to announce two TEI workshops to be held at the International Medieval Congress, Kalamazoo, MI, in May 2007. Both workshops will be on Thursday, May 10 … Continue reading →

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APA to “use technology in new and exciting ways”

Posted on 2007-03-01 by Gabriel Bodard

First off, the APA are asking for generous donations toward an endowment of $4 million to build a new American Center for Classics Research and Teaching. The point of this centre, among other things, is to: The aim of the … Continue reading →

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