was about to say the same thing but GB has said it more eloquently - so
I'll simply agree!
Simon
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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