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I am a Roman Historian and Digital Humanist, with research interests in geography, epigraphy, imperial administration, and scholarly communication. I have been employed by New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World since 2008 as Associate Director for Digital Programs and Senior Research Scholar.

Education


  • Ph.D. 2004: Ancient History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). Dissertation: Epigraphic Evidence for Boundary Disputes in the Roman Empire.

  • M.A. 1997: Ancient History, UNC-CH. Second field: Spatial Analysis. Thesis: Diocletianic Census Inscriptions from the Aegean Islands and Asia Minor.

  • 1992-1995: Post-baccalaureate study of Latin, The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

  • B.S. 1989: Computer Science, Duke University, cum laude. Second major: Classical Studies.

  • 1985: Graduated high school from The Randolph School, Huntsville, Alabama.

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Content warning:#HuntsvilleAL local nerd license plates Yesterday I spotted another local nerd’s custom license plate: “NSFW”. Adding to my custom local nerd collection, which already includes TARDIS, NAZGUL1, SHDWFAX, GWAIHIR, NCC1701, CTRLSEE, FIREFLY (2023-12-22 ↗)

Cut our use of the word "powerful" in descriptions of #DH tools and research methods in 2024 challenge. (2023-12-18 ↗)

Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer the editorial college published 9 new and 119 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Denitsa Dzhigova, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Rosemary Selth, and R. Scott Smith. https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-11-18-december-2023 #ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #HGIS (2023-12-18 ↗)

Sneak peek: new in the #PleiadesGazetteer this week I aim to publish the regular "Last week" blog post on Monday or Tuesday. Five contributors have already provided 9 new and 44 updated place resources this week. Here's an example new entry by Jeffrey Becker: The Cissbury Ring Iron Age hillfort, located north of Worthing in West Sussex, England. It is the second largest hillfort in England. https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/370546554 #ancientGeography #archaeology #HGIS (2023-12-15 ↗)

Pasts Imperfect (12.14.23) is out: "This week, classicist and pun gold medalist Tori Lee presents her annual Classicist’s Gift Guide 2023. Then, the editors of Eidolon take over the newsletter with updates, reading suggestions, and insights galore. Finally, there are new journal issues that will give you some ancient world reading into the new year—although we’d also suggest just reading some fun fiction over the break." https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-121423 #classics #ancientHistory #archaeology (2023-12-14 ↗)

Blog Posts

    Publications


    • Bagnall, Roger S., and Richard J. A. Talbert, eds., Pleiades a Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. (Chapel Hill; New York: Ancient World Mapping Center ; Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.) http://pleiades.stoa.org/ [accessed 4 December 2014]

    • Elliott, T., ‘Constructing a Digital Edition for the Peutinger Map’, in Cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Fresh Perspectives, New Methods, ed. by Richard J.A. Talbert and Richard W. Unger, Technology and Change in History, 10 (Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2008), pp. 99–110

    • Elliott, Thomas, ‘Epigraphic Evidence for Boundary Disputes in the Roman Empire’ (unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004)

    • Elliott, Thomas, Sebastian Heath, and John Muccigrosso, ‘Report on the Linked Ancient World Data Institute’, Information Standards Quarterly, 24 (2012), 43 https://doi.org/10.3789/isqv24n2-3.2012.08

    • Elliott, Thomas R., ‘Diocletianic Census Inscriptions from the Aegean Islands and Asia Minor’, 1997

    • Elliott, Tom, ‘Cumulative Bibliography of Works by Richard Talbert’, in Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography: Studies in Honor of Richard J.A. Talbert, ed. by Lee L. Brice and Daniëlle Slootjes (Leiden; New York: Brill, 2015), pp. 12–25

    • ———, Demarc: An Open-Access and Slowly Refactored and Enhanced Version of Tom Elliott’s 2004 Ph.D. Dissertation, 2012, GitHub, paregorios/demarc https://github.com/paregorios/demarc [accessed 4 December 2014]

    • ———, ‘Epigraphy and Digital Resources’, in The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy, ed. by Christer Bruun and Jonathan Edmondson (Oxford University Press, 2014), pp. 78–85 http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195336467.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780195336467-e-005

    • Elliott, Tom, and Sean Gillies, ‘Digital Geography and Classics’, Digital Humanities Quarterly, 3 (2009) <http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/003/1/000031.html&gt; [accessed 27 February 2009]

    • Talbert, Richard JA, and Tom Elliott, ‘New Windows on the Peutinger Map of the Roman World’, in Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS Are Changing Historical Scholarship, ed. by Anne Kelly Knowles and Amy Hillier (Redlands, Calif.: ESRI Press, 2008), pp. 199–218

    Memberships


    • Archaeological Institute of America

    • Society for Classical Studies

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