Then and Now
In a previous post, I shared some work that Mike Sperling and I were doing to visualize and analyze the rabbinic citation network in the Babylonian Talmud, that is, who cited whom. I am very pleased to announce that we have just released our … [Continue reading] about The Rabbinic Citation Network
Please note - and this is important - that the following position announcement is tentative and pending both funding and final institutional approval. If you are interested in the position, please contact Professor Michael Satlow at … [Continue reading] about Expected Job Opening: Project Manager for “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine”
Over the last few years, attempting to ease myself into the field of "digital humanities," I have attended a few related conferences. The largest was DH2019 in Utrecht, which I frankly found inspiring. The conference kicked off for me a year that I … [Continue reading] about Digital Humanities: Some Updates
July 15 is Tax Day, the day that most income tax returns are due. The nationwide extension from the normal date of April 15 is, from what I can tell, unprecedented. A state or region celebrating a holiday or hit by disaster occasionally get an … [Continue reading] about The Birth and Death of a Quirky Tax Exemption
As many of you know, over the past year, I have been directing an NEH/Mellon Humanities Open Book Grant to digitize 52 volumes from the backlist of Brown Judaic Studies. I have written about the project here, here, and here. The project will draw … [Continue reading] about BJS Open Book White Paper