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On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Melissa Terras <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I agree with the avoidance of duplication of effort (and email lists) - and
> the more the merrier, imho.
>
> Melissa
>
> On 19/05/2010 11:18, Gabriel Bodard wrote:
>>
>> I have always intended for Digital Classicist to be welcoming to
>> Byzantinists, in the hope that this is not seen as academic
>> imperialism! (I'm sure DM would say the same thing... I suppose it
>> depends to what extent the needs of Byzantinists overlap with those of
>> ancient Hellenists [Greek encoding, primary text issues] and to what
>> extent with Western Mediaevalists [time period, manuscripts].) Michael
>> Jerrfreys and Charlotte Roueché were among the first scholars invited
>> to the advisory board.
>>
>> As a general rule I would tend to urge against the miltiplication of
>> entities and bodies, but I suppose the really deciding factory would
>> be, to what extent would you expect Byzantine scholars to be put off
>> by association with a Classicist community, as opposed to a community
>> of their own.
>>
>> Would it help if we added a few words to this effect to the DC front page?
>>
>> G
>>
>> On 19 May 2010 10:11, Charlotte Roueche<[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Dear All
>>>
>>> With so much work on MSS (transcribed in the Byzantine period!) and
>>> scholia
>>> (frequently by Byzantine scholars) I have been wondering about outreach
>>> to
>>> Digital Byzantinists. We (Byzantinists) could set up a separate DigByz
>>> list,
>>> with links to DigClass and DigMed. Is that kind of multiplication a good
>>> thing? Or could we create DigClassPlus? Would DigClass be prepared to
>>> slightly extend its self-definition - the ancient and Byzantine worlds? -
>>> and then extend a formal invitation to Byzantinists to join?
>>>
>>> Charlotte
>>> ----------------------------
>>> Professor Charlotte Roueché
>>> Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies/Department of Classics
>>> King's College
>>> London WC2R 2LS
>>> direct tel. + 44 20.7848 2515
>>> fax + 44 20.7848 2545
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/bmgs/staff/roueche.html
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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