papyri

Visiting Scholars

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

Visiting Scholars

Open House | “And Then an Amazon Came:” Homeric Papyri, with Casey Dué

We were pleased to welcome back Casey Dué, University of Houston, for a discussion on Homeric papyri. This event was streamed live on Thursday, March 28th, 2019, at 11 a.m. EDT, and was recorded. In preparation for this event you might like to read the following passages, by following these links: The description of the Shield of Achilles in Iliad 18.463–610 The Proclus summaries of the Epic Cycle You may… Read more