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Working Together to Transcribe Ancient Documents During COVID-19

As the pandemic known as COVID-19 grips the globe, thousands of instructors in the United States and elsewhere have been … More

COVID-19, crowdsourcing, DH, digital humanities, distance learning, epigraphy, open access, papyri, participatory archives, transcription

The Jewish Colosseum: Revising the Memory of Rome’s Flavian Amphitheater

Originally known as the Flavian Amphitheater, the Roman Colosseum is oftentimes directly associated with the death of Christians; however, as … More

ancient history, colosseum, digital humanities, Early Christianity, gladiators, Judaism, martyrdom, rome

Taking a Sapphic Stanza: Papyri, Digital Humanities, and Reclaiming the Work of Ancient Women

This semester, I am teaching our department’s Archaic to Classical Greek Survey. I specialize in late antique Roman history and … More

ancient Greek, DH, digital humanities, digitization, homer, Inscriptions, ostraca, papyri, pedagogy, Sappho, translation

Anno Domini: Computational Analysis, Antisemitism, and the Early Christian Debate Over Easter

This post was originally published at the SCS Classics blog on March 30, 2018.  In the 6th century CE, a … More

AD, blogging, calendars, CE, computus, dating, dionysius exiguus, easter, infographics, Late Antiquity, scs

Replacing the Squeeze? Teaching Classical Epigraphy With 3D Models

This semester, I am incorporating more epigraphy into my undergraduate and graduate level courses. The University of Iowa has a … More

3D, ancient history, classics, DH, digital humanities, digital models, epigraphy, Late Antiquity, open access, pedagogy, sketchfab

Eating Nocturnal Fruits: A Round-Up Of My Favorite Ancient and Medieval Posts of 2017

One of my favorite reflections on the act of writing was written by a late Roman historian, poet, and rhetorician … More

academic writing, ancient history, blogs, classics, history, Judaism, late antique, medieval, roman, round-up

From Dissertation to Book: A Few Things I Learned Over the Past 10 Years

I don’t tend to get overly personal on this blog very often. Although I adore social media (clearly), the first person … More

academic conferences, blogging, disreputable trades, dissertation, michigan press, monographs, trade and taboo, writing a book

‘Bind His Hands’: Curse Tablets and Charioteer Magic in Ancient Sports

Over on the Forbes blog this week, I wrote a bit about how social anxiety can be viewed through magic. … More

ancient sports, charioteers, curse tablets, epigraphy, Greek, lead tablets, magic, red sox, rivalries, roman, wrestling, yankees

Tattoo Taboo? Exploring The History Of Religious Ink And Facial Tattoos

Over on my Forbes blog, I explore the history of religious tattoos. This post stems from my interest in the use of … More

constantine, coptic, Early Christianity, epigraphy, Late Antiquity, manichaeans, roman law, tattoo

‘Can I Get Your Autograph?’: A Short History of Signature Collecting

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with collecting the signatures of the Atlanta Braves baseball players. It was … More

augustus, epigraphy, Greek, Inscriptions, papyri, roman, seals, signatures

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