a:14:{s:10:"item_title";s:49:"Digital Humanities Speaker Series: Walter Sheidel";s:12:"source_title";s:55:"&quot;Editors-at-Large&quot; via Large in Google Reader";s:9:"item_date";s:31:"Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:46:07 +0000";s:11:"item_author";s:5:"ronda";s:12:"item_content";s:1537:"<p><strong>Digital Humanities Speaker Series: Walter Scheidel</strong><br>
<strong>Redrawing the Map of the Roman World</strong></p>
<p>In March, Dr. Walter Scheidel, Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Classics and History, and Chair of the Department of Classics at Stanford University, spoke about ORBIS, a tool developed at Standord that models the geospatial network of the Roman world.</p>
<p>Summary:<br>
Ancient societies were shaped by logistical constraints that are almost unimaginable to modern observers. “ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World” (<a href="http://orbis.stanford.edu/">orbis.stanford.edu</a>), for the first time, allows us to understand the true cost of distance in building and maintaining a huge empire with pre-modern technology. This talk explores various ways in which this novel Digital Humanities tool changes and enriches our understanding of ancient history. </p>
<p>The Digital Humanities Speaker Series is co-sponsored by <a href="http://www.iath.virginia.edu/">IATH</a>, <a href="http://shanti.virginia.edu/">SHANTI</a>, and the <a href="http://www.scholarslab.org/">Scholars’ Lab</a>.</p>
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