David's blog posts

5/8/2018 David A. Michelson lightening talk @SHARE: “Syriaca.org and Distributed Data & Aggregation””

Source: 5/8/2018 David A. Michelson lightening talk @SHARE: “Syriaca.org and Distributed Data & Aggregation””

Posted by on September 17, 2024 in News


4/18/2023 Syriaca.org Receives New NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grant

Please use this link to view the full blog post at Syriaca.org: Syriaca.org Receives New NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grant

Posted by on September 17, 2024 in News


2/23/2018 “Linking Manuscripts from the Coptic, Ethiopian and Syriac domain” @Universität Hamburg

Source: 2/23/2018 “Linking Manuscripts from the Coptic, Ethiopian and Syriac domain” @Universität Hamburg

Posted by on September 17, 2024 in News


09/24/17 “Manuscripts as Data” @Heidelberg DH Summer School

Source: 09/24/17 “Manuscripts as Data” @Heidelberg DH Summer School

Posted by on September 17, 2024 in News


05/23/17-05/24/17 Syriaca.org Workshop “Mapping Ancient Lives & Social Networks: A Digital Workshop” @Marquette University

Source: 05/23/17-05/24/17 Syriaca.org Workshop “Mapping Ancient Lives & Social Networks: A Digital Workshop” @Marquette University

Posted by on September 17, 2024 in News


Interview with Peter Brown and David Michelson about Syriaca.org: Il mondo siriaco ritrovato

Balzan.org recently spoke with Professor PETER BROWN, 2011 Balzan Prizewinner for Ancient History (Graeco-Roman World), about the Project he undertook with the half of the Prize devoted to research. Since 1986, Peter Brown has been the Phillip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, at Princeton University. Previously he was Professor of Modern History at Royal…

Posted by on March 29, 2017 in News


Vanderbilt University Press Release: Preserving the history of Syriac Christianity in the Middle East

Vanderbilt University has issued a press release about recent publications by Syriaca.org. via Preserving the history of Syriac Christianity in the Middle East.

Posted by on February 8, 2017 in News


David Michelson and Daniel Schwartz essay, “Syriaca.org: New Digital Tools for the Study of the Medieval Middle East”

David Michelson (General Editor of Syriaca.org) and Dan Schwartz (Director of Syriaca.org) have recently published an essay,  “Syriaca.org: New Digital Tools for the Study of the Medieval Middle East,”  in Istoričeskij Opyt Mirovyh Civilizacij I Rossiâ: Materialy IV Meždunarodnoj Naučno-Praktičeskoj Konferencii 13 Noâbrâ 2015 G., edited by I. K. Lapšina and O. V. Zaharova, 19–23. Vladimir: Vladimirskij…

Posted by on January 10, 2017 in Uncategorized


New Publication: A Guide to Syriac Authors

Syriaca.org is pleased to announce the release of a new online publication: A Guide to Syriac Authors Editors: David A. Michelson, Vanderbilt University Nathan P. Gibson, Vanderbilt University A Guide to Syriac Authors is a scholarly manual with entries on nearly 1,000 authors who wrote in Syriac or otherwise had an influence on Syriac literature….

Posted by on October 4, 2016 in Publications


New Publication: Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints

Syriaca.org is pleased to announce the release of a new online publication: Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints Editors: Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, Marquette University David A. Michelson, Vanderbilt University Qadishe (from the Syriac word meaning “saints”) is a scholarly catalogue of over one thousand persons venerated in the Syriac Christian traditions. Qadishe includes entries…

Posted by on October 4, 2016 in Publications