David's blog posts
6/21/2015 Live Demo of Syriaca.org at #NASS7
Syriaca.org editors will be giving a live demo session of the project in conjunction with the 2015 North American Syriac Symposium held June 21-24, 2015 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Details are here and here. The demo will occur on Monday June 22 at 7:30 P.M., David A. Michelson, Jeanne-Nicole Mellon…
Posted by David Michelson on June 19, 2015 in Uncategorized
6/18/15 Syriaca.org Featured in Presentation at ATLA 2015 Conference
A discussion on the important role of librarians in collaboration on Syriaca.org was part of a presentation given by Vanderbilt University library staff as part of “Mining the Information Landscape” the 2015 annual meeting of the American Theological Library Association held June 17-20, 2015 in Denver Colorado. The presentation, “Doing Digital Humanities in Theological Libraries,”…
Posted by David Michelson on June 18, 2015 in Uncategorized, Conference, Digital Humanities, public presentations, Syriac Gazetteer, Vanderbilt University
3/31/15 Presentation: “Nineveh No More: Cultural Genocide in Contemporary Iraq and Syria.”
On 3/31/15, Syriaca.org general editor David Michelson gave a presentation, “Nineveh No More: Cultural Genocide in Contemporary Iraq and Syria,” as part of the Spring Faculty Assembly at Vanderbilt University. The presentation focused on the current cultural and political crises in Iraq and discussed the cultural preservation work of Syriaca.org. A press release from Vanderbilt…
Posted by David Michelson on May 6, 2015 in Uncategorized
Syriaca.org Receives NEH Implementation Award
Syriaca.org is pleased to announce that it has received funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities under the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program. The award to be directed by Daniel Schwartz (Texas A&M University) will be used to develop three new resources: 1. an open-source data curation and editorial module which will allow…
Posted by David Michelson on March 23, 2015 in Uncategorized
3/26/15 Presentation “Syriaca.org: Preserving the Lost History of Christianity in Syria and Iraq”
Syriaca.org general editor David Michelson will present on the research of Syriaca.org in a guest lecture at Texas A&M University, hosted by the Department of History and the Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture. The lecture will be held on March 26, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in 311 Glasscock and is free and open to…
Posted by David Michelson on March 20, 2015 in Uncategorized
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
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