Syriaca.org and the Digital Lab at Vanderbilt University are pleased to invite applications for a virtual workshop on “Digital Encoding for the Study of Syriac Literature” to be held 29 June to 9 July, 2026 (with 5 days of live instruction). Participation in the workshop is free of charge and…
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by David Michelson
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Syriaca.org General Editor, David Michelson discussed several current digital research projects in a recent interview with Dr. Ephrem Ishac, Principal Investigator for the FWF project: “Identifying Scattered Puzzles of Syriac Liturgical Manuscripts and Fragments” hosted at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Vienna. The interview has been posted online in…
read moreSyriaca.org director, Daniel L. Schwartz, is one of two faculty members recognized by Texas A&M University Libraries as “champions of open access — a growing movement that promotes publishing and viewing research findings for free or at low cost”. Schwartz’s contributions to open access scholarship have been made over the…
read moreThe list of links and citations below are provided as a reference for the presentation by Syriaca.org General Editor David Michelson to the MA and PhD students of SEERI. Recent Reference Publications: Saint-Laurent, Jeanne-Nicole Mellon. “Languages, Texts, and Inscribed Objects of Early Christianity: A Survey of Digital Resources for Students.”…
read moreCORRECTION! Please use this link for information about the 2026 workshop: https://blog.syriaca.org/2026/05/digital-encoding-for-the-study-of-syriac-literature-a-virtual-workshop-29-june-9-july-2026/ This information below was for the 2025 workshop. Please see the link above for the 2026 workshop. Syriaca.org and the Digital Lab at Vanderbilt University are pleased to invite applications for a virtual workshop on “Digital Encoding for…
read moreContributions can be made online at this link. Dear Colleagues, Would you consider becoming a financial supporter of Syriaca.org? For fifteen years, Syriaca.org has been building free and open access digital reference works for the study of Syriac literature and culture. We have published historical data on 3,030 places, 3,029…
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