News Sources Recommended By Friends
I asked friends on social media for low-nonsense sources of news. Here's what they said.
I asked friends on social media for low-nonsense sources of news. Here's what they said.
Idiosynratic "lessons learned" from 15 years of teleconferencing in academia. The more people on the call, the more valuable these tips, but even for a one-on-one call, they can help alot.
I just blogged at Current Epigraphy about three EpiDoc/epigraphy jobs with the DHARMA project.
This morning, one of the interesting things turned up by my feed reader was a BMCR review written by Kassandra Miller, who is currently Visiting Assistant Professor in Classics at Union College:
I've put the Ben-Dov/Doering book on my "to read" list. I'm also looking forward to the appearance of Prof. Miller's forthcoming multi-authored Brill volume on "short time" in the ancient Mediterranean, which (I assume) springs from this 2017 conference at the University of Chicago.
Bryan, William. “Wheelin’ Around Wheeler Dam: Transporting the Saturn I.” NASA History (blog), March 4, 2019. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/wheelin-around-wheeler-dam-transporting-the-saturn-i.html.
Thanks to a post by Lisa Maurizio on the Digital Classicist listserv, I've learned about a two-year, 2-2 lectureship at Bates College teaching Roman history and culture and Latin starting this fall. "Research or teaching interest in issues of social justice, and expertise in digital humanities are especially welcome." One notes also that "a Ph.D. is preferred, but ABD candidates will be considered." Applications are due April 15, 2019.
The Pelagios Commons team has announced a small grants call for 2019 with proposals due by Monday 1 April 2019 for funding of up to £4,000 for work to be completed not later than 31 October 2019.
I've been using taskwarrior for several months now and like it. Today I duckduckgo'd across Ralph Bean's taskw, which made it easy to scratch an itch I've been feeling for a while: scripting more complex taskwarrior usage.
Transcripts of talks delivered in Richard Talbert's panel at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies.
Apparently there's a new way to install QGIS under OSX. It is easy. And it works.