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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

In Libris Libertas: Open Access Monographs in Classics, Ancient History, Art History, and Archaeology

It is syllabus time for many once again. If you are like me, you want to save your students from … More

digital humanities, free stuff, hathitrust, open access, pedagogy, syllabus, textbooks

Consider the Anus Radish: Etymologies, Adultery, and the Defense of the Microhistory

Isidore was a learned scholar and the Bishop of the Spanish city of Seville from 600-636 CE. Thousands of manuscripts … More

The Art of the Logographer: Ghostwriting from Antiquity to Trump

Many incorrectly imagine that the life of a Classicist involves a blind obsession with the particulars of the ancient Greek … More

Building the Iron Gates of Alexander: The Migrant Caravan & Geographies of Fear

Thousands of refugees are currently standing at the US-Mexico border. In their 2,500 mile journey from Central America, these women, … More

alexander romance, Alexander the Great, biblical studies, Early Christianity, Early Islam, ezekiel, gog and magog, Judaism, Late Antiquity, medieval history

Book Review: Not All Dead White Men

Over on Ancient Jew Review, I have a review of Donna Zuckerberg’s new book, Not All Dead White Men.  The review was certainly … More

Ancient Jew Review, Book Review, classics, Donna Zuckerberg, misogyny, Red Pill Communities

Digitization ≠ Repatriation: When Digital Humanities Provides Access But Not Restitution

This week over at Hyperallergic, I wrote about new exhibits at the British Library and the Victoria & Albert Museum which … More

arch of titus, British Museum, digital humanities, digitization, Ethiopia, imperialism, manuscripts, museums, NAGPRA, repatriation, UVA

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

How Can Libraries and Digital Humanities Spaces Co-Exist?

Over at Hyperallergic, I have contributed a new article on the removal of books from the fine arts library at … More

carnegie museum of art, DH, digital humanities, hyperallergic, libraries, makerspaces, plaster casts, University of Iowa, UT-Austin, UVA

Teaching Ancient, Early Christian, And Medieval History in the Era of #MeToo: A Short Bibliography

I think we can all agree that sexual harassment and assault are not inventions of the 20th or 21st centuries. … More

#metoo, ancient history, biblical violence, Late Antiquity, medieval, mythology, ovid, pedagogy, sexual assault, sexual violence, women in antiquity

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