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Visiting Scholars
Visiting Scholars

Open House | Choral Performance and Civic Virtues, with James Collins

We were excited to welcome James Collins for an Open House entitled “Performing Wisdom: Choral Performance and Civic Virtues.” The event took place on Friday, May 27 at 4:00 p.m. EDT and was recorded. To get ready for the event you might like to read: Xenophon’s Hellenica 2.4.19–23 Sophocles’ Antigone 332–375 You can watch the recording below or on our YouTube channel. For further videos please visit the Watch page.… Read more

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Open House | Digital Mapping Tools, with Chiara Palladino

We were excited to welcome Chiara Palladino for an Open House entitled “Discovering Ancient Documents with Digital Mapping Tools.” The event took place on Friday, April 22 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and was recorded. This event has a hands-on component. Instructions are beneath the video. You can watch the video below or on our YouTube channel. To follow along with this hands-on component, create an account at Recogito and watch… Read more

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Open House | Can the Digital Humanities Make Us Better Humanists? with Rodney Ast

We were excited to welcome Rodney Ast for an Open House entitled “Can the Digital Humanities Make Us Better Humanists?” The event took place on Friday, March 11 at 11:00 a.m. EST and was recorded. You may find it useful to create an account at papyri.info in order to be able to explore the site and to look at the following two example texts: https://papyri.info/ddbdp/ddbdp;2015;2 https://papyri.info/ddbdp/o.oslo;;2 To get ready for… Read more

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Open House | Apollonius’ Argonautica: Earth, Sky, and Sea, with Jackie Murray

We were excited to welcome Jackie Murray for an Open House entitled “Apollonius’ Argonautica: Earth, Sky, and Sea.” The event took place on Friday, February 25 at 11:00 a.m. EST and was recorded. To get ready for the event, you might like to read Book 1 and Book 2 of the Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes. Translation by R.C. Seaton at Project Gutenberg to read online or download (also available… Read more