Posts Tagged by publication
Toward a commented edition of Eumelus
| January 31, 2012 | Posted by Andrea Debiasi under Blog, Epigraphy/Papyrology, History, Language/Literature |
Similar to other fellows, in my first post I am presenting my main research project. In the course of nearly a decade, the interest in and knowledge about the epic material attributed to Eumelus of Corinth has grown remarkably. On this area, I myself have endeavored to contribute via a series of studies beginning in 2003 to the present, including the monograph L’epica perduta. Eumelo, il Ciclo, l’occidente (Rome, «L’Erma» di Bretschneider, 2004). Now I feel the time is ripe to draft an edition that assembles the testimonia and fragments of Eumelus with a detailed introduction and commentary. The task is fairly compelling considering the absence of such a comprehensive resource in the current literature of studies on Greek epics. The commented edition I propose will consider the latest exegetical essays and some conjectural accounts of attribution (mostly mine) that considerably enrich the material collected in the modern editions (without… more
Publishing Texts in the Second “Century of Papyrology”
| October 6, 2010 | Posted by Todd Hickey under Art/Archaeology, Blog, Epigraphy/Papyrology, History, Language/Literature |
My awareness of CHS’s interest in the future of scholarly publishing was one of the reasons why I was eager to come to Washington this semester. As manager of a research center and a part-time librarian (i.e., someone who lies awake at night worrying about budgets), this is an issue that has also been on my mind for some time. And not simply the matter of increasing costs: The culture of the library has also had a significant impact on my views about the accessibility of scholarship. Its influence has led me, for example, to post the full text of all of my research on our departmental website. (If you’ve not thought much about how you present your research and manage your intellectual property, I encourage you to take a look here, though doubtless your own institutions have comparable initiatives.) Another of the hats that I wear is that of… more
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