Author Archives: Elton Barker

Connected Histories and Data Mining: New Tools for the Digital Humanities

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Elton Barker

Bob Shoemaker (Professor of Eighteenth-Century British History, University of Sheffield), one of the primary academics behind the Old Bailey on-line archive (http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/), recently came to address our Digital Humanities seminar (22 November 2010). Having been set up with an AHRC … Continue reading →

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Crossing boundaries in Strasbourg: a workshop at the European Science Foundation

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Elton Barker

Back at the end of October I attended a two-day workshop put on by the European Science Foundation (yes, Humanities research counts as Science in the European Union). The Workshop (http://tinyurl.com/2wbrtjj) addressed the issue of Research Communities and Infrastructures in … Continue reading →

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To dig hums or not to dig hums? Some thoughts from an early career academic using digital resources in research for the first time, Elton Barker (Classical Studies)

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Elton Barker

This is my first blog post. You’ll probably be able to tell. I’m fumbling around for the right kind of structure, right words, right length… It’s a new medium to me, somewhere in between an email and an essay (and … Continue reading →

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