This study juxtaposes the concerns of Catholicos Timothy I (r. 780–823), leader of the Church of the East, with those of al-Jāḥiẓ (about 776–868/9), a popular Muslim writer, regarding the dangers for each community when Christians appear as plaintiffs or defendants in Islamic courts. Timothy’s Canons attempt to obviate some of the reasons…[Read more]

This article considers the impact of both historical and digital transhuman practices in archaeology with an eye toward recent conversations concerning punk archaeology, slow archaeology, and an archaeology of care. Drawing on Ivan Illich, Jacques Ellul, and Gilles Delueze, the article suggests that current trends in digital practices risk both…[Read more]

This is a short article that discussed the impact of austerity on the University of North Dakota and its long-standing literary journal, North Dakota Quarterly.

A short paper describing recent research in the area of EF1 at Polis Chrysochous on Cyprus.

The 2013-2014 academic year was exceptionally productive for the Working Group in Digital and New Media. Members of the Working Group delivered numerous papers, wrote grant proposals, won grants, submitted articles, forged new collaborations, and published and performed digital datasets, games, and new pieces of music. The Working Group sponsored…[Read more]

The Working Group in Digital and New Media emerged as the result of funding awarded from the President’s 2009 call for collaborative and transdisciplinary white papers in his New Initiative funding program. The Working Group is dedicated to the support and development of digital and New Media projects across the disciplines on campus. Since 2…[Read more]

The Working Group in Digital and New Media emerged as the result of funding awarded from the President’s call for collaborative and transdisciplinary white papers in his New Initiative funding program. The Working Group is dedicated to the support and development of digital and new media projects across the disciplines on campus. Beginning in t…[Read more]

This is an unpublished paper that documents my use of the University of North Dakota’s Scale-Up Classroom for teaching an introductory Western Civilization class.

This paper considers the impact of so-called digital divides in digital approaches to teaching about the Ancient and Medieval worlds. My experience mostly derives from teaching a large (150+ student) introductory level “Western Civilization” class at the University of North Dakota. UND is a mid-sized, “High Research Activity” university (accord…[Read more]