David A. Michelson

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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 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 on June 18, 2015 in Uncategorized, , , , ,

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 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 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 on March 20, 2015 in Uncategorized

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 on February 26, 2015 in Uncategorized

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