CSMS Annual General Meeting and Symposium 2017 "Digital Cuneiform: New Approaches to the Study
The annual symposium of The Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies / La Société canadienne des études mésopotamiennes takes place on Saturday, 30 September 2017, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, at Auditorium 108, Koffler House, 569 Spadina Avenue, St George Campus, University of Toronto.
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 30/09/2017
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Auditorium 108, Koffler House, 569 Spadina Avenue St George Campus, University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: The Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies / La Société canadienne des études mésopotamiennes
INFO: web - cams@chass.utoronto.ca
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Registration form
Miembros/members/membri: $45
Estudiantes miembros/students members/studenti membri: $10
No miembros/ non members/ non membri: $50
Estudiantes no miembros/students non members/studenti non membri: $15
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA: Disponible también en PDF/Also available in PDF/Anche disponibile in PDF
12:15-12:30 Registration
12:30-1:00 Annual Meeting - Society members only; memberships may be renewed or opened at the door.
Digital Cuneiform: New Approaches to the Study of Ancient Near Eastern Written Sources Cuneiforme numérique: Nouvelles approches pour l'étude des sources textuelles du Proche-Orient ancien
1:00-1:15 Welcome and Introduction
1:15-2:00 ORACC: The Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus Steve Tinney, University of Pennsylvania
2:00-2:45 MTAAC: Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Émilie Pagé-Perron & Lucas Reckling, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
2:45-3:15 Break
3:15-4:00 Investigating Neo-Assyrian society using digital prosopography Heather D. Baker, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
4:00-4:45 Let's get to the bottom of the wedge – methods for capturing images of cuneiform artefacts and cylinder seals Klaus Wagensonner, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University
4:45-5:00 Concluding Remarks and General Discussion