Category: News
Guest post: VIRTUAL ANTIQUITY – EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES
| June 12, 2020 | Posted by David Ratzan under Conferences and Workshops, News, Tips and Resources |
Reposted from the ISAW Library blog (post by Jasmine Smith) With the spread of Covid-19, institutions related to the study of antiquity are finding new and creative ways to continue to engage with their communities and wider audiences. Most institutions are of course turning to technology to create virtual events and experiences that users can enjoy from wherever they are so long as they have an internet connection. These include virtual conferences, museum exhibits, and even virtual tours of ancient places. The ISAW Library staff have attended various virtual events. For instance, the annual meetings of the Association of Ancient Historians and the American Research […] more
Press release: The campaign for digital papyrology
| June 10, 2020 | Posted by David Ratzan under News |
Making the study of ancient papyri self-sustainable: we are on the right track In the last six months, $162,523 have been raised towards making papyri.info self-sustainable! This is more than 6.5% of the 2.5 million dollars we need to secure the future of a tool used daily by scholars, students, and members of the general public from all over the world. Papyrology is the science of deciphering and interpreting the books and documents—hundreds of thousands of them—preserved from the ancient world. The bulk of this material was written on papyrus and was found in Egypt; the main language of the texts is […] more
The Ovid Concordance and Other Aspects of Classics Librarianship
| April 9, 2020 | Posted by Rebecca Stuhr under News, Professional Development |
Blogpost contributed by Michael Konieczny, Ph.D. Classics, Harvard 2019 Most of the writing I have done has taken the form of academic papers, student evaluations, and job applications (the worst!): the blog post is a new genre for me, so I apologize in advance if I don’t get it quite right. I’ve been asked to write about the Center for Hellenic Studies from the perspective of someone who has just recently completed their Ph.D. in Classics (I graduated from Harvard in May of 2019); in addition, I will talk about some of my work for the Open Greek and Latin […] more
Brill includes new statement on the ethics of publishing provenanced texts
| January 22, 2020 | Posted by David Ratzan under News, Professional Ethics |
The publication of texts and objects remains a core activity in ancient studies, but the last two decades have witnessed a heightened sensitivity to the importance of provenance, both as a necessary object of scholarly investigation and as a central tenet of professional academic ethics. Recent scandals related to faked manuscripts (e.g., the so-called “Gospel of Jesus’s Wife”) and looted objects or stolen objects or texts (e.g., the alleged theft and sale of Oxyrhynchus papyri by Prof. Dirk Obbink) have proved to be object lessons in the scholarly and ethical obligation to take a careful and critical stance on issue […] more
FCLSC Annual Meeting 2020 Agenda
| November 25, 2019 | Posted by David Ratzan under Conferences and Workshops, News |
The FCLSC will be holding its annual meeting on Sat. Jan. 4, 2020, 11am-1pm, in the “University of D. C.” room at the Marriott Marquis. Please mark your calendars! The proposed agenda for the meeting is now posted online. Please forward any suggestions for items for discussion to David M. Ratzan (dr128@nyu.edu) or Rebecca Stuhr (stuhrreb@pobox.upenn.edu). The officers will also be looking into ways in which the proceedings may be shared with members who will not be in Washington to attend in person, so please stay tuned for further announcements. more
Digital Resources: Alpheios 3.0 now available
| October 29, 2019 | Posted by David Ratzan under News, Professional Development, Tips and Resources |
Alpheios 3.0 is now available. Alpheios provides free, open-source software for studying the world’s classical languages and literatures, currently including Latin, Greek, Arabic and Persian. With this release the user interface has been completely refreshed and new features include the Alpheios Toolbar, User Word Lists, Latin Usage Examples and Persistent Options Configuration. Various other small enhancements and bug fixes are included. Full details are available in the release notes as well as a full set of tutorials. Alpheios works on any website in your desktop via the Chrome, Firefox and Safari browser extensions. The new Alpheios Mobile Reader interface provides […] more
Announcement of FCLSC Annual Meeting at the AIA/SCS meeting in Washington DC, Jan. 2020
| October 28, 2019 | Posted by David Ratzan under Conferences and Workshops, News |
The FCLSC will be having its annual meeting on Sat. Jan. 4, 2020, 11am-1pm, in the “University of D. C.” room at the Marriott Marquis. Please mark your calendars! The officers intend to post an agenda before Thanksgiving, 2019. Please forward any items for discussion to David M. Ratzan (dr128@nyu.edu) or Rebecca Stuhr (stuhrreb@pobox.upenn.edu). The officers will also be looking into ways in which the proceedings may be shared with members who will not be in Washington to attend in person, so please stay tuned for further announcements. more
ISAW Opportunity | ASSISTANT RESEARCH SCHOLAR, DIGITAL INITIATIVES
| November 27, 2018 | Posted by David Ratzan under Job Postings, News, Professional Development |
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The Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University seeks an Assistant Research Scholar to help develop, implement, and extend its digital projects and to participate in the scholarly life of the ISAW community. A key component of the ISAW Library’s mission is to provide access to and support for new and innovative forms of digital scholarship, scholarly communication, and pedagogy in the ancient studies. The Assistant Research Scholar will help the ISAW Library fulfill this charge by collaborating with a diverse group of academic professionals at ISAW and the NYU Division […] more
CLIR POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY IN DIGITAL PUBLICATION AND HUMANITIES AT ISAW LIBRARY
| November 20, 2018 | Posted by David Ratzan under Job Postings, News, Professional Development |
The Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University (NYU), in collaboration with the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities and Digital Scholarship. Applications are due January 4, 2019. For more information about the fellowship and eligibility, please see the CLIR announcement and application materials. ISAW and the NYU Division of Libraries are looking for a creative and technically skilled scholar to collaborate with a vibrant and diverse group of academic professionals to develop, implement, and extend new and innovative methods and forms of digital scholarship, scholarly communication, and […] more
2018 Forum Meeting Draft Agenda
| December 21, 2017 | Posted by Colin McCaffrey under News, Reports and Minutes |
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Our meeting is Friday, January 5, 2018, 9.00 am – 11.00 am in the Tremont Room, the Marriott Boston Copley Place. Below is the DRAFT agenda. Please send Rhea or David any other items you’d like to discuss at the meeting. We look forward to a lively discussion! Best wishes for the holidays, Rhea Lesage, FCLSC Chair, 2017-2019 David Ratzan, FCLSC Secretary, 2017-2019 FCLSC Draft Agenda 1. First Thousand Years of Greek/Open Greek and Latin Project-Updates Collaborative Opportunities (Greg Crane, Lenny Muellner, Lucie Stylianopoulos) 2. Collaborative collection development in the classics (General Discussion) “Collective collections” was the buzzword for 2017. […] more
