Seminar Programme (2015/2016)
Seminars take place on Tuesdays (starting at 17:00 c.t.) on a fortnightly basis at the TOPOI Building Dahlem or at the DAI (see below).
For Students
The seminar is also part of the academic programme of the Freie Universität under the name “Digitale Methoden in den Altertumswissenschaften” (Seminaristische Übung 13926, see the FU’s Vorlesungsverzeichnis).
The seminar is recognised with 5 credit points (ECTS): this requires the attendance of the seminars and a 15 minute poster presentation on one of the topics covered by the seminar series. The poster presentations can be either in Eglish or German and will take place after the end of the seminars on 19.04.2016 in the TOPOI building dahlem.
Please note: unlike stated in the Vorlesungsverzeichnis the course language is English.
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title | Venue | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.10.2015 | Chris Forstall and Lavinia Galli Milić (University of Geneva) | Thematic features for intertextual analysis | TOPOI Dahlem | abstract video slides |
| 27.10.2015 | Gregory Crane (University of Leipzig) | Digital Philology, World Literature, and sustainable Global Culture | DAI | abstract video slides |
| 10.11.2015 | Jorit Wintjes (University of Würzburg) | Diekplous! – understanding ancient naval warfare through simulations | TOPOI Dahlem | abstract video slides |
| 24.11.2015 | Silke Vanbeselaere (KU Leuven) | Love Thy (Theban) Neighbours, or how neighbour networks could help us solve the witness issue in Ptolemaic contracts | DAI | abstract video slides |
| 8.12.2015 | Marion Lamé (CNRS, France & University of Pisa), Federico Ponchio (ISTI CNR, Pisa), Ivan Radman (Archeological Museum of Zagreb) and Bruce Robertson (Mount Allison University) | Across the Pond: an Experiment in Ancient History Teaching and Digital Epigraphical Research | TOPOI Dahlem | abstract video slides |
| 5.1.2016 | Christian Fron (University of Stuttgart) | Beyond the visual. The acoustic reconstruction and simulation of ancient senate sessions | DAI | abstract video slides |
| 19.1.2016 | Torsten Roeder (Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg) and Yury Arzhanov (Ruhr University Bochum) | Mapping the Words. Experimental Visualizations of Translation Structures between Ancient Greek and Classical Arabic | TOPOI Dahlem | abstract video slides |
| 2.2.2016 | Pau de Soto (University of Southampton) | Network Analysis to Understand the Roman Commerce. Connectivity and Transport Costs of the Roman Networks | DAI | abstract video slides |
| 16.2.2016 | Mike Kestemont (University of Antwerp), Francesco Mambrini (German Archaeological Institute) and Marco Passarotti (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan) | Deep Learning and Computational Authorship Attribution for Ancient Greek Texts. The case of the Attic Orators | TOPOI Dahlem | abstract video slides |
Venues
TOPOI Building Dahlem
Freie Universität Berlin, Topoi Building Dahlem, Hittorfstraße 18 D-14195 Berlin (map)
DAI Wiegandhaus
Podbielskiallee 69-71, 14195 Berlin map
The seminar will be followed by wine and refreshments.
For more information contact the organisers or check the website http://de.digitalclassicist.org/berlin.
