Digital Archimedes Palimpsest

Upcoming Lectures


On October 29, 2008 the Digital Archimedes Palimpsest was released on the internet for everybody. You will discover more about it on this website, particularly under "Digital Palimpsest." The following talks are being given about this release.

November 6-8, 2008
The Digital Archimedes Palimpsest
Text Encoding Initiative Annual Meeting
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London, UK
Mike Toth, Doug Emery

November 20, 2008
Rescuing the Past: Prayer Books, Parchment and Multi-Spectral Imaging
Darwin Lecture Theatre, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
1.15pm, University College London, Lunch Hour Lectures
Chris Carey
Please arrive early as places are limited. Admittance is on a first-come first-served basis

January 21/22, 2009
Pseudo-color enhanced x-ray fluorescence imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest
Uwe Bergmann and Keith Knox
Invited talk at
Document Recognition and Retrieval Conference
San Jose, CA

January 29, 2009
Splashing out of the Bath: The Digital Archimedes Palimpsest
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC, Public Lecture, Music Room,
5.30pm
William Noel
Free; Reservations: 202 339 6940

May 8, 2009
Secrets in the Ancient Goatskin - Archimedes Oldest Writings Revealed by X-rays
Uwe Bergmann
Lunch talk at
Society of California Archivists 2009 Annual Meeting
Riverside, CA

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