Review: Reconstructing Ptolemy and his Global Legacy
By Alberto Bardi | June 5, 2020
A longstanding tendency to ethnocentrism and Hellenophilia implicit in the narrative of the rebirth of Greek science in the Renaissance has shaped the historiography of science and early modern historiography more generally. However, a digital project called Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus (PAL) presents an interdisciplinary, broadly conceived, and ongoing (2013–2038) challenge to this , which lies at the crossroads of Classics, Arabic Studies, History of Science and Digital Humanities.
Blog: Dissertation Spotlight: Understanding the Roman Appropriation of Ancient Egyptian Religion
By Vivian Laughlin | May 10, 2019
This month, we spotlight the graduate research of Dr. Vivian A. Laughlin, who recently defended her dissertation on the Roman imperial appropriation of Serapis this spring.