Evolving Perspectives on Digital Classics

Evolving Perspectives on Digital Classics contributes to a broader understanding of how digital humanities methods enhance classical studies. It offers an overview of current approaches and considers how new techniques can address diverse research questions.

The volume includes contributions from Sweden, Norway, Greece, Italy, the US, UK, and Australia, and primarily examines ancient textual and material data that connect multiple disciplines, focusing on what researchers can do beyond rigid boundaries. The first section discusses annotating and describing ancient narratives and entities. The second explores the digital representation and modelling of ancient spaces. The third highlights computational and AI-driven literary analysis. The fourth focuses on philological methods in textual analysis. The final section considers innovative applications in cultural and educational contexts.

Evolving Perspectives on Digital Classics demonstrates how digital methodologies can deepen understanding of the ancient world. The book encourages readers to adopt sound practices in data curation and analysis. It will appeal to scholars and students from a wide range of disciplines, including digital humanities, classics, philology, archaeology, and ancient history.

Clelia R. LaMonica is Senior Lecturer at Uppsala University and a research affiliate at the Culture, Cognition, and Coevolution Lab at Harvard University. Research interests include digital humanities, socio-linguistics, philology, and natural language processing.

Anna Foka is Professor of Digital Humanities and Founder and Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities at the Department of ALM (Archives, Library and Information Studies, Museum and Heritage Studies), at Uppsala University. Her research focuses on digital humanities, especially the use of AI and digital technologies in cultural heritage and historical collections. She explores intersections with classics, archaeology, and gender studies, and is interested in concepts of sustainability, diversity, and the impact of digital methods and infrastructure on knowledge production in the humanities.