Events
Bodies of Work: Digital Corpora for Teaching and Research
Date and Time
Friday, September 28, 2018 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Description
Bodies of Work: Digital Corpora for Teaching and Research
September 28, from 3-4 p.m.
Lake Ontario Hall, room 179,
Allendale Campus
Following his work during the 2018
NEH Institute for Advanced Technology in Digital Humanities, Peter
Anderson, professor of classics, will discuss his current project on
early modern Latin translations of ancient Greek texts. When Greek
texts were rediscovered and began to be published in volume during the
15th-17th centuries, they were often printed with a Latin translation,
which was usually the point of access for most readers. Thousands of
pages of these translations are increasingly available as digital
images. Anderson will explore the potential and challenges of
“translating” these image resources into useable bodies of textual
data for his research project. More broadly, Anderson will discuss
opportunities for teaching, and faculty and student research
collaborations, that can occur through creating sustainable digital
humanities resources. This event is sponsored by the Classics Department.
Contact
For more information, visit gvsu.edu/bigdata.