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Simon Mahony

• Research Associate
• Centre for Computing in the Humanities,
• King’s College London
• simon.mahony (at) kcl.ac.uk

Activities:

Research Associate at the Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH), King’s College London.

Co-ordinator and tutor of the following CCH modules at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level

• Introduction to Digital Humanities
• Digital Tools for Research and Teaching
• MA Foundation module

Student Support Manager: MA War in the Modern World and MA Air Power in the Modern World e-Learning programmes at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London

Member of the Centre for Distance Education at the University of London.

Co-founder and co-organiser of the Digital Classicist

Editor of the Stoa Consortium weblog.

Publications

• With Gabriel Bodard eds. (forthcoming under contract) Digital Research in the Study of Classical Antiquity, Ashgate

• With Gabriel Bodard eds. (2008) "Though much is taken, much abides": Recovering antiquity through innovative digital methodologies, Digital Classicist special issue, Digital Medievalist 4 (2008), available at:http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/4/

• Simon Mahony (2007) 'Using digital resources in building and sustaining learning communities', Body, Space & Technology Journal, Vol 07/02. Available at: http://people.brunel.ac.uk/bst/vol0702/simonmahony/

Conference panels

• Gabriel Bodard, Stuart Dunn and Simon Mahony. Digital Classicist panel: A discipline-specific community of practice and interdisciplinary methods, Digital Resources for the Humanities and Arts 2008 (University of Cambridge September 2008). Programme at: http://www.rsd.cam.ac.uk/DRHA08/assets/docs/DRHAProgramme08.pdf

• Gabriel Bodard, Simon Mahony, Digital Classicist Panel 1: Research into people and places
• Gabriel Bodard, Simon Mahony, Digital Classicist Panel 2: Interdisciplinary approaches to research and pedagogy. Classical Association Annual Conference 2007: Birmingham University. Panel abstracts at: http://www.ca2007.bham.ac.uk/CAProgramme.pdf

Conference papers

• Using collaborative resources to develop a programme for teaching and supporting information literacy, Interface: 1st International Symposium for Humanities and Technology (University of Southampton July 2009) Paper available at: http://www.scribd.com/group/77000-interface

• HumSlides 2.0: a second generation on-line collaborative image resource for teaching and learning, Digital Resources for the Humanities and Arts 2008 (University of Cambridge September 2008). Abstract at: http://www.rsd.cam.ac.uk/drha08/speakerabs.aspx?absid=26

• An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Building Learning Communities within Digital Humanities, Digital Humanities 2008 (University of Oulu - Finland, June 2008) Abstract at: http://www.ekl.oulu.fi/dh2008/Digital%20Humanities%202008%20Book%20of%20Abstracts.pdf

• Using digital resources in building and sustaining learning communities. Digital Resources for the Humanities and Arts 2007 (Dartington College September 2007) Programme at: http://www.dartington.ac.uk/drha07/

• New tools for learning and collaborative research: the Digital Classicist Wiki. Classical Association Annual Conference 2007 (Birmingham University April 2007) Abstract at: http://www.ca2007.bham.ac.uk/CAProgramme.pdf

• Humslides: creating an on-line digital resource for teaching and learning. Digital Resources for the Humanities and Arts 2006 (Dartington College September 2006) Programme at: http://www.dartington.ac.uk/drha06/

• New Tools for Collaborative Research: the Example of the Digital Classicist Wiki. Computers Literature and Philology (King’s College London, June 2006) Abstract at: http://www.cch.kcl.ac.uk/clip2006/redist/abstracts_pdf/paper31.pdf

• co-authored with Martyn Jessop The pedagogy of Humanities Computing, Digital Resources for the Humanities 2005 (University of Lancaster September 2005) Programme at: http://www.drh.org.uk/drh2005-programme.pdf

Seminars organised

• (with Gabriel Bodard): Digital Classicist Work-in-Progress summer series 2009, Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House London. Programme, abstracts and podcasts with slides at: http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2009.html

• Digital Classicist Work-in-Progress summer series 2008, Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House London. Programme, abstracts and podcasts with slides at: http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2008.html

• Digital Classicist Work-in-Progress summer series 2007, Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House London. Programme and abstracts at: http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2007.html

• Digital Classicist Work-in-Progress summer series 2006, Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House London. Programme and abstracts at: http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2006.html

Invited speaker

• Using your computer for research. University College London, Department of Geography Residential Weekend for PhD Students (October 2008)

Workshops:

• Open Source Critical Editions workshop King’s College London. (ICT Methods Network expert seminar series). Respondent: Collaboration. Programme at: http://wiki.digitalclassicist.org/OSCE_Programme

See also the mini-bio at: http://www.cch.kcl.ac.uk/legacy/tmp/profiles/sm.htm

Extra-curricula activities:

• Transatlantic yachtsman