Monthly Archives: January 2022

AIMS (Antiquity in Media Studies) Workshop on Analog Games, Saturday, January 15th from 9:30  am – 4:00 pm (CST)

From simple mnemonic language games to complex historical simulations, games have a long history in the ancient world classroom. Outside the classroom too, analog board games, role-playing games, and live action games are thriving, but these two worlds can be challenging to bring together. This one-day online event will show, through practical examples and discussion by teachers experienced in game-based pedagogy, how various kinds of analog games can be used in the ancient world classroom. Whether you are a game-curious teacher or you want to expand your existing use of games in the classroom, this event is for you. We’ll discuss analog games from the large scale (live-action role-playing games like Reacting to the Past and megagames) to the small (tabletop board games and role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons) with demonstrations and practical examples of play and use.

Use this on-line registration portal [https://forms.gle/ZBzA1pvdLgkr9cxh8] to tell us who you are and to help us distribute player roles. The day before the workshop, you will receive the Zoom links, the workshop schedule, and other instructions. We look forward to exploring games with you! For questions, please contact Polly Hoover at phoover@ccc.edu 

We warmly invite you to apply for a five-day training workshop in digital and practical epigraphy at Dartmouth College, March 21-25, 2022.

This workshop, which will be hybrid in format to enable remote and in-person participation, is organized by Gabriel Bodard (Institute of Classical Studies, University of London), Elli Mylonas (Brown University), and Simone Oppen (Dartmouth College). Brinker Ferguson, Julie Hruby, and Jenny Lynn (all of Dartmouth College) will provide additional training. Thanks to the generosity of the Neukom Institute at Dartmouth College, this workshop will be free of charge.

The focus of this workshop will be twofold: to provide training in skills useful for Greek and Latin epigraphy (including squeeze-making, photogrammetry, and EpiDoc); and to work together to digitally publish Corinthian vase inscriptions using EpiDoc. EpiDoc is a consortium of guidelines and tools for the digital publication of inscriptions and ancient texts more generally (epidoc.sf.net). This workshop does not require special computing skills, though basic knowledge of Greek/Latin (or another ancient language), epigraphy, and the Leiden Conventions will be extremely helpful. We welcome participants of all levels, from undergraduate students to professors and other professionals. 

To apply for this workshop, please fill out this form (https://forms.gle/SLjB4bFenDGkwgq57) by Friday January 28, 2022. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email Simone Oppen (simone.a.oppen@dartmouth.edu).

Best,
Simone

Hosted by Neukom Institute at Dartmouth College at Dartmouth College (remote or in-person) on 2022-03-21, March 21-25, 2022 (10:30am-4pm 3/21-22; 1pm-4pm 3/23-3/25, all times Eastern).

RSVP by 2022-01-28.

For more information, click https://forms.gle/SLjB4bFenDGkwgq57 or contact simone.a.oppen@dartmouth.edu.