Ancient Egypt Reimagined: Teaching about the Past Through Digital Humanities
Speaker: Rita Lucarelli (Berkeley)
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 17:00–18:15 BST. Online only.
In this lecture, the role of applying DH methods in courses on the ancient Egyptian funerary art and religion will be outlined and discussed also in the light of the most recent use of AI in the classroom and through three main case-studies: 1. The Book of the Dead in 3D, a student-based project for the 3D visualization of ancient Egyptian coffins; 2. the VR app Return to the Tomb on the digital repatriation of ancient Egyptian sarcophagus to its tomb, developed by an international team of digital scholars and Egyptologists (UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz. The University of Bonn, Virginia Tech); 3. MELC 110: Digital Humanities and Egyptology, an undergraduate course at the University of California, Berkeley.
The Material Digital Humanities seminar is organised by Gabriel Bodard (Digital Humanities Research Hub, University of London, UK) and Chiara Palladino (Department of Classics, Furman University, USA) in 2025. This seminar series will present a range of discussions around materiality and the research possibilities offered by digital methods and approaches. Beyond just the value of digitization and computational research to the study of material culture, we are especially interested in theoretical and digital approaches to the question of materiality itself. We do not restrict ourselves to any period of history or academic discipline, but want to encourage interdisciplinarity and collaborative work, and the valuable exchange of ideas enabled by cross-pollination of languages, areas of history, geography and cultures.
All welcomeThis event is free to attend, but booking is required. It will be held online with details about how to join the virtual event being circulated via email to registered attendees 24 hours in advance.
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