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Divine networks: a novice’s comparison of Hesiod’s Theogony and the Babylonian Enuma Eliš

written by Valquirya Borba, graduate student, University of Oxford In March 2021, during the coronavirus pandemic, I signed up to take part in an introductory digital humanities course, convened by Dr. Rada Varga (UBB), and held online. During this course, … Continue reading

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Linked Pasts 6 (London, Dec 2020) call for activities

Linked Pasts 6 December 2–16, 2020 University of London and British Library The annual Linked Pasts conference, which has previously been held at KCL, Madrid, Stanford, Mainz and Bordeaux, brings together scholars, heritage professionals and other practitioners with an interest … Continue reading

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Cataloguing Open Access Materials Workshop

The Combined Classics Library and Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, held a one-day workshop on Thursday July 11, 2019, related to the Cataloguing Open Access Classics Serials (COACS) project, which is now moving from journals to a focus … Continue reading

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Registration Extended: Epigraphy.info workshop in Hamburg

Via email from the organizer, Franziska Weise, we learn: the registration deadline for the 4th epigraphy.info workshop has been extended until 30th September 2019. Please pass this message on to colleagues and institutions, who might be interested in participating in … Continue reading

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Report: Digital Palaeography panel (at ICP, Lecce, July 2019)

On the morning on Wednesday, July 31st 2019, there was a two-hour session of the International Congress of Papyrology, in Lecce, Italy, on Digital Palaeography. This session was convened by Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello, Klaas Bentein and myself, although I only attended … Continue reading

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Digital Classics at FIEC/CA 2019

There will be three panels (two-hour sessions of varying structures) of interest to digital classicists running as part of the joint conference of the Fédération internationale des associations d’études classiques and the Classical Association, next week. I’ll try to get … Continue reading

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Survey on Digital Humanities collaborations

Posted for Max Kemman: A distinguishing feature of DH is the collaboration between humanists and computational researchers. As part of my PhD research on digital history practices, I therefore am conducting an online survey to investigate the practices of collaboration. … Continue reading

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OEDUc: recommendations for EDH person-records in SNAP RDF

At the first meeting of the Open Epigraphic Data Unconference (OEDUc) in London in May 2017, one of the working groups that met in the afternoon (and claim to have completed our brief, so do not propose to meet again) … Continue reading

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OEDUc: EDH and Pelagios NER working group

Participants:  Orla Murphy, Sarah Middle, Simona Stoyanova, Núria Garcia Casacuberta Report: https://github.com/EpiDoc/OEDUc/wiki/EDH-and-Pelagios-NER The EDH and Pelagios NER working group was part of the Open Epigraphic Data Unconference held on 15 May 2017. Our aim was to use Named Entity Recognition … Continue reading

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Open Epigraphic Data Unconference report

Last month, a dozen or so scholars met in London (and were joined by a similar number via remote video-conference) to discuss and work on the open data produced by the Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. (See call and description.) Over the … Continue reading

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Unlocking Sacred Landscapes, by Giorgos Papantoniou

Project report by Dr Giorgos Papantoniou, papantog@uni-bonn.de Previous multi-dimensional approaches to the study of ancient Mediterranean societies have shown that social, economic and religious lives were closely entwined. In attempting to engage with Cyprus’s multiple identities – and the ways … Continue reading

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Job advertisement: Postdoctoral Research Associate (KCL)

Posted on behalf of Will Wootton (to whom enquiries should be addressed): Training in Action: From Documentation to Protection of Cultural Heritage in Libya and Tunisia As part of this new project funded by the British Council’s Cultural Heritage Protection … Continue reading

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Open Epigraphic Data Unconference, London, May 15, 2017

Open Epigraphic Data Unconference 10:00–17:00, May 15, 2017, Institute of Classical Studies This one-day workshop, or “unconference,” brings together scholars, historians and data scientists with a shared interest in classical epigraphic data. The event involves no speakers or set programme … Continue reading

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Roman Society Summer Placements

The Roman Society is pleased to invite applications for its 2017 bursary scheme.  The placements may be held at the following museums / organisations: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: http://www.ashmolean.org/ Roman Baths, Bath: http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/ British Museum, Department of Greece and Rome: http://www.britishmuseum.org/ … Continue reading

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Cataloguing Open Access Classics Serials

The Institute for Classical Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of Simona Stoyanova for one year as a new Research Fellow in Library and Information Science on the Cataloguing Open Access Classics Serials (COACS) project, funded by a development … Continue reading

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