Digital Methods in Early Christian Studies

Painting of a standing Christ figure with flowing green robes is juxtaposed with computer generated model of a human head with metallic silver skin.

WHEN
Thursday, March 2, 2023
4:00-5:00 p.m. PT

LOCATION
Online
Zoom

PRICE
Free


 

Check out this video to watch the Digital Methods in Early Christian Studies.

Enabling New Discoveries and Confronting Old Challenges

Brought to you by the Global Humanities and Religions Department, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Internet Studies Center, Modern and Classical Languages, and the Political Science Department in partnership with the WWU Alumni Association

The early days of the internet inspired technological utopian visions of the future—a world where information could spread freely, dismantling hierarchies of class and education and enabling global exchanges of data and culture. In colleges and universities, humanists jumped on the bandwagon, developing the field of Humanities Computing, which has since morphed into what we now call Digital Humanities. Have digital and computational methods fulfilled these early promises of unfettered, accessible information sharing? Religious Studies and Biblical Studies were a bit late to the game but in recent years major digital projects, especially in early Christian Studies have launched. How has this work enabled new research discoveries, and in what ways do longstanding challenges in the field—such as colonialism, multilingual accessibility, and a hyperfocus on canon formation—continue to trouble the field?
 
This lecture is part of an annual distinguished speaker series in the Department of Global Humanities and Religions (past speakers can be found here). The department emphasizes interdisciplinary humanities, cultural history, and the study of religion, ancient to modern, and around the globe, with attention to cross-cultural interaction.

Speaker Caroline Shroeder is wearing stylish glasses with blue frames and dramatic burgundy lipstick. She is white and has shoulder length brown hair with blonde highlights.

Caroline T. Schroeder

Speaker

Caroline T. Schroeder is Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Oklahoma, where she is also a member of the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences’ interdisciplinary Data Scholarship Program, an affiliate faculty member in History and Religious Studies, and a Fellow at the Data Institute for Societal Challenges.

Questions and Accommodations

Maureen Christman and Daniel Picus are the coordinators for this event. If you have any questions or comments feel free to email Maureen at GHR@wwu.edu or call (360) 650-3030 or email Daniel at picusd@wwu.edu.

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