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Here and There, Then and Now – Modelling Space and Time in the Humanities

Here are details for the 1st Call for Papers for the Second Workshop of the NeDiMAH Space and Time Working Group: Here and There, Then and Now - Modelling Space and Time in the Humanities. This is a Satellite Workshop of Digital Humanities 2012, Hamburg, Germany on Tuesday 17th July Spatio-temporal concepts are so ubiquitous that it is easy for us to forget that they are essential to everything we do. Continue reading →

Google funds project investigating the geography of the ancient world

A University of Southampton led project, exploring how people of antiquity viewed the geography of the ancient world, has been backed by $50,000 of funding from Google, Inc. via its Digital Humanities Awards Program. Google Ancient Places (GAP) is developing a Web application which allows users to choose a classical text or book (500BC - 500AD) and then search for references to ancient places within it, presenting the results in a user-friendly interface. Continue reading →