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<apologies for cross posting> Pelagios Commons is pleased to announce the second international "Linked Pasts", a symposium dedicated to facilitating practical and pragmatic developments in linking digital resources in History, Classics, Geography and Archaeology. Bringing together leading exponents of Linked Data from both academia and the Cultural Heritage sector, it will address the obstacles to and issues raised by developing a digital ecosystem of online open materials. A preliminary programme is available via our eventbrite page (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-international-linked-pasts-symposium-tickets-28456066862), where tickets for the event can also be reserved. (The event is free, but places are limited.) Refreshments (tea/coffee, lunch) will be provided, along with a reception on Thursday 15th December. A number of travel bursaries are also available: for more information please contact [log in to unmask] best wishes elton Dr Elton Barker | COMMUNITY DIRECTOR, PELAGIOS COMMONS http://commons.pelagios.org/ | @Pelagiosproject http://hestia.open.ac.uk/ | @hestiaproject Reader in Classical Studies The Open University Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA http://www.open.ac.uk/people/eteb2 | @eltonteb Recently published New Worlds from Old Texts: Revisiting Ancient Space and Place (Oxford UP, 2016) http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199664139.001.0001/acprof-9780199664139 Greek Literature, the Digital Humanities, and the Shifting Technologies of Reading, with Melissa Terras (Oxford Handbooks Online, 2016) http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199935390-e-45 Homer: A Beginner's Guide, with Joel Christensen (OneWorld, 2013) https://www.oneworld-publications.com/books/elton-barker-joel-christensen/homer <https://www.oneworld-publications.com/books/elton-barker-joel-christensen/homer>