DiBS - Digital Byzantine Studies

Full Title
DiBS - Digital Byzantine Studies: Creating a Sustainable Infrastructure for Research-Based Teaching in Byzantine Studies

Funding Information
VolkswagenStiftung, World Knowledge – Structural Support for “Rare Subjects” (2022-2028)

Available

 * https://dibs.uni-koeln.de/

Principal Investigators

 * Claudia Sode (Universität zu Köln)
 * Claes Neuefeind (CCeH)

Researchers

 * Martina Filosa (Universität zu Köln)
 * Christos Malatras (Universität zu Köln)
 * Sviatoslav Drach (CCeH)

Student Assistants

 * Pia Tabea Charlene Evening (Universität zu Köln)
 * Olga Theocharopoulou (Universität zu Köln)

Description
Based on an already existing focus on Byzantine Sigillography, the strategic concept DiBS - Digital Byzantine Studies developed in cooperation with the Cologne Center for eHumanities (CCeH) aims at the innovative further development of a cluster of four Byzantine so-called auxiliary disciplines - Sigillography, Numismatics, Epigraphy and Greek Manuscript Studies. The concept is based on research-based teaching and implements the following measures: (1) Object-related scientific research of collections, processing of superordinate historical questions and interpretation of historical knowledge. (2) Design of new courses (online courses, streamed lectures, asynchronous teaching units, webinars and podcasts) for existing BA and MA programs as a polyvalent course offering. Establishment of a new supplementary module "Digital Byzantine Studies" and integration into other ancient studies programs and into the Digital Humanities. (3) Knowledge transfer to museums and collections by training curators in SigiDoc and Dome-RTI (Reflective Transformation Imaging) techniques.

Contacts

 * Mailing List (low traffic): dibs-byzantinistik[at]uni-koeln[dot]de
 * Social Media (Twitter-X): @digibyzantine

Recommended Readings

 * Sopracasa, Alessio, Martina Filosa, and Simona Stoyanova. 2020. “The Digital Enhancement of a Discipline Byzantine Sigillography and Digital Humanities: Byzantine Sigillography and Digital Humanities.” Magazén 1: 101–28. https://doi.org/10.30687/mag//2020/01/006.
 * Sopracasa, Alessio. 2022. “La Sigillographie Byzantine à l’épreuve Du Numérique: SigiDoc 1.0.” Revue des Études Byzantines 80: 315–31. https://doi.org/10.2143/REB.80.0.3290904.