Choose Your Own Adventure: Digital Methods for Byzantinists

Date: Oct 22, 2021 Time: 2:00 PM–3:30 PM Location: Zoom

This workshop, led by A.L. McMichael, will introduce best practice in digital humanities research for Byzantine Studies. Attendees will learn how to conduct an environmental scan of relevant projects, construct humanities research as data, and visualize the research using digital tools. The second half will be a hands-on workshop on building digital collections of historical sources.

About the Workshop Leader

Alice Lynn McMichael, Michigan State University

A.L. McMichael is Director of the Lab for the Education and Advancement in Digital Research (LEADR) at Michigan State University. She is a specialist in late antique architecture and digital humanities, focusing on public scholarship and digital archaeology. Her current research explores spatial relationships in late antique and medieval rock-cut architecture in Turkey. Alice Lynn holds a PhD from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), where she also completed an interdisciplinary Medieval Studies Certificate. She earned an MA in art history from Brooklyn College and a BFA in graphic design from Auburn University. She has taught at Hunter College, Montclair State University, City College of New York, and Baruch College.