https://isaw.nyu.edu https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/2023-publication-event In conjunction with Claire Bubb’s recent lecture “Dissecting History Repopulating the World of Roman Medical Research,” the ISAW Library arranged a display of recent publications (from 2020-2023) by members of the ISAW community. 2026-06-30T20:22:26Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog/teaching-text-analysis-for-historical-language-research Associate Research Scholar, Patrick J. Burns, discusses his motivation for teaching a course on computational text analysis at ISAW in Fall 2023. 2025-01-10T19:15:56Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog/archday22-archaeological-data The Library at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU and the Forum for Classics, Libraries, and Scholarly Communications will host a virtual panel discussion about current trends in the publication, use, and reuse of archaeological data, Excavating the Archaeological Data Cycle: Use, publication, and reuse, at 12pm EST, Dec. 15, 2022 in conjunction with ISAW's Archaeology Day program. 2022-11-10T16:52:21Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/new-publication-on-teaching-with-digital-tools-available-for-download As many colleges and universities around the United States and around the world move to remote teaching in response to COVID-19, ISAW can share news of the publication of the volume DATAM: Digital Approaches to Teaching the Ancient Mediterranean, edited by Clinical Associate Professor Sebastian Heath. DATAM publishes papers presented at a conference of the same name that took place at ISAW in October of 2018 and that was co-organized by ISAW's Associate Director for Digital Programs Thomas Elliott and ISAW's Head Librarian David Ratzan. 2020-03-26T19:16:55Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog/digital-philology-parrots-and-cake-looking-back-on-my-time-at-isaw-library Assistant Research Scholar Patrick J. Burns looks back on memorable moments from his time working at the ISAW Library. 2019-02-01T20:10:46Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-members-attend-the-joint-aia-scs-conference-1 It is the time of year again for the joint annual meetings of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Society for Classical Studies, which will be held January 3-6, 2019 in San Diego. Members of the ISAW community, present and past, can be found throughout the program. Here’s your guide to ISAW presentations and activities at AIA/SCS 2019. 2018-12-10T16:21:36Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-to-host-digital-approaches-to-teaching-the-ancient-mediterranean On Friday, October 26th, ISAW will host the one-day conference Digital Approaches to Teaching the Ancient Mediterranean (DATAM). The event is co-sponsored by the Society for Classical Studies, and the local organizers are Sebastian Heath, David Ratzan, Tom Elliott, and Patrick Burns. 2018-09-17T10:38:22Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/dclp-201712 In November, ISAW submitted a final report to the National Endowment for the Humanities on the "Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri" project (DCLP). This report marked the end of a four-year-long collaborative initiative to launch the creation of a comprehensive, searchable digital collection of literary and subliterary texts surviving on papyrus and similar materials from the area of ancient Egypt and environs. 2018-04-12T20:35:45Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-hosts-conference-on-digital-publication-in-mediterranean-archaeology On October 20, 2017 the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and the Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications, in partnership with the Archaeological Institute of America, hosted a one-day conference on the state of archaeological data publication called Digital Publication in Mediterranean Archaeology: Current Practice and Common Goals. 2017-12-13T17:03:20Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog/dhmontreal The ISAW Library's Patrick Burns and Gabriel Mckee report on #DH2017 and recent developments in the digital study of antiquity. 2020-01-25T15:12:37Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog/dig-pub-med-arch2017 The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and the Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications, in partnership with the Archaeological Institute of America, are pleased to announce a one-day conference on Oct. 20, 2017 (9am-5pm): Digital Publication in Mediterranean Archaeology: Current Practice and Common Goals. 2017-09-28T19:35:44Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-library-participates-in-the-annual-conference-of-the-international-alliance-of-digital-humanities-organizations ISAW's Assistant Research Scholar for Digital and Special Projects Patrick Burns reports on the ISAW Library's presentation of “Mapping Linked Data Subject Headings in the Library Catalog" at the annual conference of the international Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations in Montreal. 2017-08-22T15:19:29Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog/isaws-digital-antiquity-research-showcase-2017 The ISAW Library and Digital Programs hosted our latest installment of the Linked Ancient World Data Initiative New York (LAWDNY) series last month on Friday, April 14. The event, “Digital Antiquity Research Showcase 2017,” aimed to give the public a sense not only of the wide variety of digital work now going on at ISAW, but also of the way in which this work is increasingly integrated and interconnected both within ISAW and with colleagues, projects, and systems in the wider scholarly world. 2018-03-01T18:22:16Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-dh-showcase2017 The ISAW Library and Digital Programs hosted our latest installment of the Linked Ancient World Data Initiative New York (LAWDNY) series last month on Friday, April 14. The event, “Digital Antiquity Research Showcase 2017,” aimed to give the public a sense not only of the wide variety of digital work now going on at ISAW, but also of the way in which this work is increasingly integrated and interconnected both within ISAW and with colleagues, projects, and systems in the wider scholarly world. 2018-03-01T18:21:40Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog/announcing-digital-antiquity-research-showcase-at-isaw ISAW Library and Digital Programs is excited to announce the program for the upcoming Linked Ancient World Data Initiative New York (LAWDNY) event "Digital Antiquity Research Showcase 2017" on Friday, April 14. 2017-04-03T19:00:36Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog/ancient-makerspaces-at-scs-2017 The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies in Toronto saw the introduction of a new event in the conference program: Ancient MakerSpaces, an all-day digital classics workshop organized by Head Librarian David Ratzan and Digital Projects Associate Patrick Burns. Ancient MakerSpaces featured a wide variety of hands-on demonstrations, research papers, and concluded with a state-of-the-field panel. 2017-02-01T16:58:41Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-organizes-digital-classics-workshop-ancient-makerspaces Patrick Burns of the ISAW Library reports on ISAW's activities at this year's joint AIA/SCS Meeting in Toronto, including organizing a digital classics workshop "Ancient MakerSpaces." 2017-02-01T16:26:29Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-members-attend-the-joint-aia-scs-conference In early January, ISAW members, including staff, students, scholars, and faculty will attend and present at the joint AIA/SCS Meeting in Toronto. 2016-12-22T14:43:14Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/pleiades-201611 ISAW's Associate Director for Digital Programs, Tom Elliott, summarizes recent improvements to the grant-funded Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places and announces an impending award to the project. 2016-11-29T19:11:43Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/lawdi-news-fall2015 On Oct. 2 thirty students, scholars, and librarians gathered at ISAW for a day-long conversation about digital projects in ancient studies. 2016-01-27T18:29:08Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/epidig Announcing "EpiDig": a free and open bibliography of digital resources for the discovery, publication, study, and teaching of epigraphy. 2016-09-22T17:34:32Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/elliott-neh On Friday, 25 September, ISAW's Associate Director for Digital Programs Tom Elliott will participate in a public meeting of digital humanities project directors in Washington, D.C. 2021-10-28T21:30:59Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/website-upgrades Over the past year, we have been engaged in a significant effort to improve the Institute's website. In August we reached an important milestone in that effort: the rollout of a new visual design. 2016-01-27T17:59:51Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/awol-index Announcing The AWOL Index, an open-access catalog of ancient-world resources on the World-wide Web. 2016-01-27T18:00:24Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/digital-literary-papyri An update on work in progress by the international Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri Project, co-directed by Roger Bagnall (ISAW) and Rodney Ast (Institut für Papyrologie, Heidelberg). 2016-01-27T18:19:47Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/awol-aia-award Ancient World Online Blog recognized for outstanding work in digital archaeology 2023-09-06T16:32:45Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/awib-work-2014 Digitizing the 35mm slides of Cornelius and Emily Vermeule and improving technical infrastructure for better access and digital preservation. 2016-01-27T20:09:14Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/elliott-eagle-2014 2016-01-27T20:11:04Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/dll-2014 2016-01-27T18:35:13Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/elliott-trip-perseus During the week of March 3, I participated in a workshop at Tufts University, hosted by the Perseids Project and organized by Bridget Almas. 2016-01-27T18:58:04Z News Item