Yearly Archives: 2010

Digital Papyrology Position at NYU

New York University Programmer/Analyst New York University’s Division of the Libraries seeks a Programmer/Analyst to work on the “Papyrological Navigator” (http://papyri.info) and associated systems. Papyri.info is a web-based research portal that provides scholars worldwide with the ability to search, browse … Continue reading

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(Prepress) Digital Epigraphy and Lexicographical and Onomastic Markup

[Note: this is part of a paper written after a conference on Digital Lexicography at the University of Cambridge in 2002, and was scheduled to appear in the print publication of the proceedings. As the publication never took place, and … Continue reading

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Three-year IT position: digitization of the Berlin papyrus collection

Seen in a post, on various lists, by Fabian Reiter: Liebe Kollegen, im Rahmen des von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft geförderten Digitalisierungsprojektes der Berliner Papyrussammlung ist für 3 Jahre die Stelle eines Fachinformatikers zu besetzen, vgl. die Ausschreibung unter den folgenden … Continue reading

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Digital Classics Bibliography

As part of my PhD in Digital Humanities I’m working on a literature review of  publications related to the theme “Classics and Computers”. I’m looking specifically at general surveys, studies and discussions about the history of the relationship between classics … Continue reading

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CFP: 14. Kongress für Griechische und Lateinische Epigraphik 2012 in Berlin

Posted on behalf of Marcus Dohnicht. Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, der 14. Internationale Kongress für Griechische und Lateinische Epigraphik wird auf Einladung der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Verbindung mit … Continue reading

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Digital Technology at Congrès Internationale de Papyrologie

As noted here a few weeks ago, there is a remarkable number of panels on Digital Technology and the Tools of the Trade at the 26e Congrès international de papyrologie, which takes place this week in Geneva, Switzerland. Earlier this … Continue reading

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Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum

New online catalogue of Roman coins at the British Museum. A catalogue of the Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum, with descriptions and chronology based on M.H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (1974) – this catalogue brings together over 12,000 … Continue reading

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Digitizing Cultural Heritage (British Museum, Sept 4, 2010)

Digitising Cultural Heritage British Museum: Stevenson Lecture Theatre. Saturday 4th September 2010, 09:55 – 16:30 Digital technology has revolutionised modern work- and social life. It is also transforming cultural heritage management. The power to store, organise and distribute vast quantities … Continue reading

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: eHumanities Workshop at 40th Annual Meeting of the German Computer Science Society in Leipzig, Germany

Marco Büchler asked me to post the following notice: Workshop: eHumanities – How does computer science benefit? Organiser: Prof. Gerhard Heyer and Marco Büchler (Natural Language Processing / CS, University of Leipzig) SPECIAL HINT: ————————– The workshop is compiled NOT … Continue reading

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Papyrology and technology

(Thanks to Gregg Schwendner for posting the papyrological congress programme at What’s New in Papyrology.) Thursday August 19th, morning 88. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND TOOLS OF THE TRADE I Adam Bülow-Jacobsen  presiding 89. Herwig Maehler Die Zukunft der griechischen Papyrologie 90. Bart … Continue reading

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Blogging the digitization of St. Chad’s Gospel

Christopher Blackwell is with a team now at Lichfield scanning St Chad’s Gospel, and a Wycliffe Bible too. He’s blogging the experience: http://nobleswineherd.blogspot.com/2010/06/litchfield.html And yes, the images will be released under a Creative Commons license.

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An open translation of Plato’s Protagoras

Posted on behalf of Dhananjay Jagannathan: In response to a recent call from a philosopher for better translations of ancient works online for the sake of his students (http://blog.davidhildebrand.org/2010/06/what-to-do-about-old-translations.html), I decided to launch a digital humanities project which will, I … Continue reading

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2 Lectureships in Digital Humanities, KCL

Closing date for applications: July 2, 2010. The two lectureships will be joint appointments between the Department of Digital Humanities (formerly CCH) and the Centre for Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King’s College London. Demonstrated research interests across both … Continue reading

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Job opportunity at the Petrie Museum, London

Full details and application form at UCL HR Research Associate – Networked 3D Design Application for Museums, – Ref:1141523 UCL Department / Division Museums and Collections Specific unit / Sub department The Petrie Museum Grade: 7 Hours: Full Time Salary: … Continue reading

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Digital Classicist 2010 seminars

Digital Classicist 2010 summer seminar programme Institute of Classical Studies Meetings are on Fridays at 16:30 in room STB9 (Stewart House) Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU *ALL WELCOME* Seminars will be followed by refreshments Jun 4 Leif Isaksen … Continue reading

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