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The Practical Christology of Philoxenos of Mabbug
Citation: Michelson, David A. The Practical Christology of Philoxenos of Mabbug. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Publisher Information: Available directly from Oxford University Press. Click here for a flyer and author discount code (AAFLYG6). Sample Chapter: Introduction and Index About the Book: Philoxenos of Mabbug (c. 440-523) was a prolific late-antique theologian and polemicist who…
Posted by David Michelson on February 26, 2015 in News, Publications
Mar. 27, 2015 Kate Cooper on “Virgins, Mothers, and Martyrs: Women in Early Christian Africa”
The Robert Penn Warren Center seminar on Late Antiquity is pleased to announce a lecture: “Virgins, Mothers, and Martyrs: Women in Early Christian Africa” Prof. Kate Cooper, University of Manchester Date: March 27th, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Location: Divinity 122 Kate Cooper is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester (UK). In this…
Posted by David Michelson on February 26, 2015 in events
3/7/15 Syriaca.org Introductory Workshop
In conjunction with Hugoye Symposium IV, Syriaca.org will be holding a one day workshop for interested collaborators on 3/7/15 at Rutgers University. The workshop will introduce the linked open data sets and open-source software created by Syriaca,org and demonstrate how it can be re-used for related projects. The workshop will also include an opportunity for…
Posted by David Michelson on February 26, 2015 in Uncategorized
3/6/15 Hugoye Symposium IV: Syriac and the Digital Humanities
Syriaca.org is pleased to be a co-sponsor of Hugoye Symposium IV: Syriac and the Digital Humanities which will be held on 3/6/15 at Rutgers University. The symposium will feature thirteen presentations by scholars working in varied aspects of Syriac studies including corpus linguistics, digital libraries, manuscript cataloging, and prosopographical research. An online program is here:…
Posted by David Michelson on February 26, 2015 in Uncategorized
Feb. 24, 2015: Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent on Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches
The Warren Center Late Antiquity Seminar will meet on Tuesday, Feb 24, 12:10-1:30 pm, at the Warren Center. Lunch will be provided. We will be have the opportunity to meet with Prof. Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, Assistant Professor of Theology, Marquette University, who will discuss “Hagiographical Portraits of Jacob Baradaeus,” a chapter from her forthcoming book…
Posted by David Michelson on February 17, 2015 in events
2/2/15 Introductory Session on TEI for Manuscripts @Vanderbilt University
Syriaca.org editor David Michelson will present to an informational session on on TEI for Manuscripts at Vanderbilt University on 2/2/2015. These are the links for that presentation XML: http://dh.obdurodon.org/what-is-xml.xhtml Gentle Introduction that shows TEI in use: http://uvatango.wordpress.com/class-materials/tei-handout-poetry-edition/ Simple and sample exercise for using TEI for manuscripts: http://tei.oucs.ox.ac.uk/Talks/2009-04-galway/exercise-D2_describing-a-manuscript.xml Examples: http://wwwb.library.vanderbilt.edu/manuscripts/index.html Sample Entry: https://github.com/srophe/manuscripts/blob/master/747.xml Sample file:…
Posted by David Michelson on February 2, 2015 in Uncategorized
1/4/15 Syriaca.org Editors Present at the American Historical Association: “The Digital Humanities and the Study of Christianity in Late Antiquity”
On January 4, 2015 Syriaca.org editors Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, David Michelson and Daniel Schwartz along with Syriaca.org research assistant James Walters participated in a panel on “The Digital Humanities and the Study of Christianity in Late Antiquity: Reflections on a Disciplinary Intersection” at the 129th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association. The panel was…
Posted by David Michelson on January 4, 2015 in Uncategorized
11/24/14 AAR/SBL Panel on “Eastern Christian Spirituality: Perspectives on Ecology, Nature, the Body, and States of the Soul”
Syriaca.org editor David Michelson will present a paper on 11/24/14 at the American Academy of Religion meeting in San Diego, California. The title of the paper is “The Syriac Gazetteer (www.syriaca.org/geo): A New Reference Work for the Geographic Environment of Middle Eastern Christianity”. For those following the talk live, here is a list of the…
Posted by David Michelson on November 11, 2014 in public presentations, Syriac Gazetteer
11/23/14 SBL Panel “Digital Humanities in Biblical, Early Jewish, and Christian Studies”
Syriaca.org editors Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David Michelson will present at the Society of Biblical Literature in San Diego, California on 11/23/14 as part of the panel “Digital Humanities in Biblical, Early Jewish, and Christian Studies” Their talk will be entitled “Using Linked Open Data to Explore Manuscript Collections: A Case Study from Syriaca.org”. For those following…
Posted by David Michelson on November 11, 2014 in Digital Humanities, LAWDI Linked Open Data, public presentations, TEI XML
NEH Humanities Magazine Article on Syriaca.org
The official magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities has a short article on The Syriac Gazetteer in its “Curio” section. The author, Steve Moyer, notes: “These days, most speakers of Syriac come from Syria and Iraq, two countries which are wracked by civil war and from which many Syriac speakers are fleeing. An NEH-funded…
Posted by David Michelson on November 11, 2014 in press coverage, Syriac Gazetteer
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