The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to partner with BSANA to pilot a series of online digital humanities workshops for graduate students and early career researchers in Byzantine Studies. The first workshop, Choose Your Own Adventure: Digital Methods for Byzantinists, will take place on October 22 (details below). Details for spring opportunities will be shared early in the new year.
Choose Your Own Adventure: Digital Methods for Byzantinists, workshop by Dr. A.L. McMichael (Michigan State University), via Zoom, October 22, 2021, 2:00–3:30 pm (ET)
This workshop will introduce best practice in digital humanities research for Byzantine Studies. Attendees will learn how to conduct an environmental scan of relevant projects, construct humanities research as data, and visualize the research using digital tools. The second half will be a hands-on workshop on building digital collections of historical sources.
The workshop is limited to 20 participants. Registration is first come, first served.
Registration closes Monday, October 18 at 1:00 pm (ET).
Who is eligible?
–Graduate students in the field of Byzantine studies who are currently enrolled in a graduate program in North America
–Early career researchers who received their PhD from a North American university and are within 3 years of receiving their degree (i.e., after October 2018). For ECRs who received their degree between 3 and 8 years ago, you may request to be put on a waiting list and will be contacted in the event that there are open spaces in the workshop. To be put on a waiting list, please contact Brandie Ratliff at mjcbac@hchc.edu.
To read a full description of the workshop and register, please visit https://
Contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture, with any questions.