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Joshua D. Sosin

Associate Professor of Classical Studies
Classical Studies
Box 90103, 233 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708-0103
229A Allen Bldg, Dept. of Classical Studies, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Digital Humanities Is Not a Thing - Dept of Religious Studies Grad Student Conference: "Traces and Echoes: Scribal Culture, Texts & Orality in Late Antiquity" · March 2017 Invited Talk
Slaves, Aliens, Freedmen, and Citizens: Ancient Athenian Legal Status · March 2016 Invited Talk Ohio University,
How We Know What We Know: Papyrology · March 2016 Invited Talk Ohio University,
Ancient Texts in a Modern Age: The Promise and Perils of Digital Scholarship · March 2016 Invited Talk Ohio University,
Punk Rock, Bicycles, and Ancient Documents · March 2016 Invited Talk Ohio University,
Integrating Digital Epigraphies (or, if you think the 19th century was bad, try living in the 20th) - Balisage 2015: Symposium on Cultural Heritage Markup · August 2015 Invited Talk
Panel on the Scholarly Monograph · April 2015 Invited Talk National Humanities Center,
Integrating Digital Epigraphies - Coalition for Networked Information · April 2015 Lecture
Triangle Scholarly Communications Insitute team · October 2014 Other
Panel on Open Access · April 2014 Invited Talk National Humanities Center,
After Integrating Digital Papyrology - American Philological Association · January 2014 Lecture

With R. Baumann and H. Cayless

Presentation Panel on Project Management, Doing DH series · November 1, 2013 Lecture Duke
Presentation to Duke University Library Advisory Board · November 1, 2013 Lecture Duke
Endowed Eponymous Festivals on Delos (Did Not Exist) · October 1, 2013 Lecture Duke CLST departmental chat
Panel on “Digital Humanities in Higher Education" · October 1, 2013 Lecture ITHAKA Sustainable Scholarship 2013
Digital Papyrology, Digital Epigraphy · July 1, 2013 Lecture Social, Digital, Scholarly Editing, Saskatoon
Digital Papyrology, Digital Epigraphy - Social Digital Scholarly Editing · July 2013 Invited Talk
From Digital Papyrology to Digital Epigraphy · June 1, 2013 Lecture ITHAKA
Taxing Aliens · April 1, 2013 Lecture UNC Chapel Hill
Digital Papyrology, Digital Humanities · April 1, 2013 Lecture National Humanities Center
International workshop / training session in new digital infrastructure for papyrology · June 1, 2012 Lecture Leiden Papyrological Institute
Papyrological Summer School · January 7, 2012 Lecture Chicago
Mellon Information Technology All-Projects · January 7, 2012 Lecture NYC
Scholarly roundtable on digital infrastructure for Greek and Latin literary papyri · January 7, 2012 Lecture Institut für Papyrologie, Heidelberg
Scholarly roundtable on digital infrastructure for Ancient Greek · January 7, 2012 Lecture Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, NYC
Scholarly Roundtable on the future of Trismegistos and the Brussels Coptic Database · December 1, 2011 Lecture
Scholarly Roundtable on the future of the The Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten · November 12, 2011 Lecture
Scholarly roundtable on digital infrastructure for pre-1800 books; Google and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation · November 11, 2010 Lecture Google, Mountain View, CA
Scholarly roundtable on Collaborative Data Curation; Northwestern and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation · November 11, 2010 Lecture Evanston, IL
Digital Papyrology: A New Platform for Collaborative Control of DDbDP, HGV, and APIS Data · November 11, 2010 Lecture plenary session, 26th International Congress of Papyrology, Geneva, Switzerland
Roundtable on future of Arabic digital publication · December 17, 2009 Lecture Andrew W. Mellon FOundation
Online Humanities Scholarship: The Shape of Things to Come · January 12, 2009 Lecture A Mellon Foundation Conference at the University of Virginia

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Bass Connections Faculty Team Leader - Story+ Project Lead · 2017 Projects & Field Work

Primary Theme:

Service to the Profession


Editorial Board - Bryn Mawr Classical Review · 2010 Editorial Activities
Ex-Officio, Executive Committee - Advanced Papyrological Information System · 2008 - 2011 Other
Director at Large - American Society of Papyrologists · 2005 - 2006 Committee Service
Executive Committee - Advanced Papyrological Information System · 2005 - 2008 Committee Service
Co-PI - Duke component of the Advanced Papyrological Information System · 2003 - 2004 Editorial Activities
Co-Director - Duke Data Bank of Documentary Papyri · 2001 Editorial Activities
Assistant/Associate Editor - Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies · 2001 Editorial Activities