Roman Emperors Dir Www Conference
Ancient Studies -- New Technology: The World Wide Web
and Scholarly Research, Communication, and Publication
in Ancient, Byzantine, and Medieval Studies
Sponsored by:
Philosophy Department, Salve Regina University
An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
The Perseus Project
The Stoa ConsortiumDESCRIPTION OF THE CONFERENCE
Classical, Medieval, and Byzantine scholars have long relied on academic symposia and printed media to disseminate the fruits of their research. In the last two decades, the Internet and the World Wide Web have made new forms of publication possible. Electronic journals have been founded, such as the Bryn Mawr Classical Review and the Medieval Review. Academic websites, including De Imperatoribus Romanis, Perseus, Diotima, Electronic Antiquity, ORB, Lacus Curtius, the Stoa, and the Medieval Sourcebook, provide wide audiences with primary materials, scholarly studies, and access to other resources. Search engines like Argos have been developed to help navigate the rapidly multiplying opportunities of this new medium.
In spite of these advances, the Internet is just beginning to fulfill its potential as a scholarly medium. This conference will address various ways in which the World Wide Web is being, and can be, developed, in the fields of Classical, Medieval, and Byzantine studies. Participants are encouraged to use their imaginations in considering different ways in which the WEB can help to promote ancient and medieval studies. Presentations are not only of a theoretical nature, but also of a practical, "how-to", nature.
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS AND PANELS
Primary Organizers
| Professor Michael DiMaio, Jr.
Department of Philosophy Salve Regina University mdimaio@ids.net |
Professor Ralph Mathisen
Department of History Uinversity of South Carolina N330009@VM.SC.EDU |
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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If you wish information about Newport its environs, visit Newport Online.
If you are planning to attend the conference, we urge you to contact us as soon as possible so that we can send you further information. If you need accommodations and are familiar with the area, check out the web site of the Newport Convention and Visitors Center and select the heading accomodations from the menu system Rooms will be in great demand then and the local supply is limited. To ensure a place to stay, we strongly advise that you consider reserving lodgings far in advance; indeed, it is not too early to do so now. Please email us if you have any special needs which need to be accomodated.
We advise those of you who do not know Newport to use the two reservation companies listed below. They will serve all of your required accomodations (Hotels, Motels, B&B;, etc.) Please mention the name of the conference here at Salve Regina: "Ancient Studies -- New Technology." Since both companies are in Newport, they can find the accommmodations most suited to your needs. Both companies are on the WWW and can be contacted by email. Reservations can be made online! Accomodatiuons in the Newport area are always in demand; therefore, DELAY MAY RESULT IN DISAPPOINTMENT.
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will be mailed out in September 2000 to those will have registerd with us. The registration deadline is September 10,
2000, but please feel free to let us know that you are interested in the event that vacanies appear. If you have any questions about the logistics of the conference, please
contact either Dolores Woolhouse
or Michael DiMaio. If you need to fax us, we can be reached at 1-401-341-2972
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information via mail, please address requests to:
DIRECTIONS
From North of Newport, RI and Western Massachusetts
Take the Mass Pike to Exit 10A.
Follow Route 146 South.
Stay on Route 146 South to Providence where it joins I-95 South.
Follow I-95 South. Keep left.
Take Exit 9 (left exit) for Route 4 South.
Follow Route 4 South to the junction of Route 1 South. (About 10 miles from Route 4 to Route 1.)
Shortly after the junction on Route 1, take the Exit for 138 East, (Newport) - this exit is not numbered and it comes quickly on the right - the sign is fairly small.
Follow sign for Jamestown/Newport Bridges.
Travel on 138 East over the Jamestown Bridge and continue to the Newport (Pell) Bridge ($2 toll).
Coming over the Newport (Pell) Bridge, take the first exit (Scenic Newport).
Turn right at the bottom of the ramp onto Farewell Street.
Turn right at the second traffic light onto America’s Cup Avenue. (America’s Cup Avenue goes along the waterfront and turns into Memorial Blvd. at the Post Office on the left.) Stay in the left lane and travel up the hill (Memorial Blvd).
Turn right at the traffic light at the top of the hill onto Bellevue Avenue.
Turn left at the next traffic light onto Narragansett Avenue
Travel down Narragansett Avenue and turn right onto Ochre Point Avenue. The Admissions Office is located on the first floor of Ochre Court, which will be to your left as you enter campus.
From South of Newport, RI
Follow I-95 North to Rhode Island.
Take Exit 3 for Route 138 East.
Stay on Route 138 East through Richmond and Kingston (past University of Rhode Island).
Follow signs to Route 1.
Turn left at the traffic light where Route 138 East and Route 1 join.
Travel on Route 138 East/Route 1 North for several miles.
Bear right at exit for Route 138 East to Newport.
Follow sign for Jamestown/Newport Bridges.
Travel on 138 East over the Jamestown Bridge and continue to the Newport (Pell) Bridge ($2 toll).
Coming over the Newport (Pell) Bridge, take the first exit (Scenic Newport).
Turn right at the bottom of the ramp onto Farewell Street.
Turn right at the second traffic light onto America’s Cup Avenue. (America’s Cup Avenue goes along the waterfront and turns into Memorial Blvd. at the Post Office on the left.) Stay in the left lane and travel up the hill (Memorial Blvd).
Turn right at the traffic light at the top of the hill onto Bellevue Avenue.
Turn left at the next traffic light onto Narragansett Avenue
Travel down Narragansett Avenue and turn right onto Ochre Point Avenue. The Admissions Office is located on the first floor of Ochre Court, which will be to your left as you enter campus.
From Route 195 West
Follow Route 195 West to Fall River. Take Exit 8A for Newport - Route 24 South.
Follow Route 24 South over the Sakonnet River Bridge
Take the third exit (Exit 1) which is marked Newport/Middletown Beaches-Route 138.
Turn right at the end of the exit ramp.
At this point you are in the town of Portsmouth. Continue to follow Route 138.
Turn right at the first traffic light.
At the next traffic light you will see a Cumberland Farms on your right and a large church on your left. After two more traffic lights you will see the Rhode Island State Police Barracks on your right. After the next traffic light you will be entering the town of Middletown.
At the first traffic light in the town of Middletown there will be Chaves Gardens on your left and a large nursery on your right. Begin to get into the left lane. You will be coming upon two traffic lights very close together.
Turn left onto Route 138A (Acquidneck Avenue) in Middletown (Dunkin Donuts will be on your right and a Texaco station will be on the left).
Follow signs to Middletown and Newport Beaches (Route 138A South). At the second traffic light at the bottom of the hill, turn left. This is still Acquidneck Avenue.
Bear right at the next traffic light and travel past Easton’s Beach on the left. Acquidneck Avenue. becomes Memorial Blvd. in Newport.
Travel to the top of the hill. Turn left onto Bellevue Avenue at the traffic light at the top of the hill (Talbots will be on the left).
Turn left onto Narraganset Avenue at the next light.
Travel down Narragansett Avenue and turn right onto Ochre Point Avenue. The Admissions Office is located on the first floor of Ochre Court, which will be to your left as you enter campus.
From Boston
Take Route 128 to Route 24 South to Fall River. Follow signs to Newport.
Follow Route 24 South over the Sakonnet River Bridge
Take the third exit (Exit 1) which is marked Newport/Middletown Beaches-Route 138.
Turn right at the end of the exit ramp.
At this point you are in the town of Portsmouth. Continue to follow Route 138.
Turn right at the first traffic light.
At the next traffic light you will see a Cumberland Farms on your right and a large church on your left. After two more traffic lights you will see the Rhode Island State Police Barracks on your right. After the next traffic light you will be entering the town of Middletown.
At the first traffic light in the town of Middletown there will be Chaves Gardens on your left and a large nursery on your right. Begin to get into the left lane. You will be coming upon two traffic lights very close together.
Turn left onto Route 138A (Acquidneck Avenue) in Middletown (Dunkin Donuts will be on your right and a Texaco station will be on the left).
Follow signs to Middletown and Newport Beaches (Route 138A South). At the second traffic light at the bottom of the hill, turn left. This is still Acquidneck Avenue.
Bear right at the next traffic light and travel past Easton’s Beach on the left. Acquidneck Avenue. becomes Memorial Blvd. in Newport.
Travel to the top of the hill. Turn left onto Bellevue Avenue at the traffic light at the top of the hill (Talbots will be on the left).
Turn left onto Narraganset Avenue at the next light.
Travel down Narragansett Avenue and turn right onto Ochre Point Avenue. The Admissions Office is located on the first floor of Ochre Court, which will be to your left as you enter campus.
Alternate Directions for Summer traffic from Route 24 South
Follow Route 24 South over the Sakonnet River Bridge
Take the third exit (Exit 1) which is marked Newport/Middletown Beaches-Route 138.
Turn right at the end of the exit ramp.
At this point you are in the town of Portsmouth. Continue to follow Route 138.
Turn right at the first traffic light.
At the next traffic light you will see a Cumberland Farms on your right and a large church on your left. After two more traffic lights you will see the Rhode Island State Police Barracks on your right. After the next traffic light you will be entering the town of Middletown.
At the first traffic light in the town of Middletown there will be Chaves Gardens on your left and a large nursery on your right. Begin to get into the left lane. You will be coming upon two traffic lights very close together.
Turn left onto Route 138A (Acquidneck Avenue) in Middletown (Dunkin Donuts will be on your right and a Texaco station will be on the left).
Follow signs to Middletown and Newport Beaches (Route 138A South). At the second traffic light at the bottom of the hill, turn left. This is still Acquidneck Avenue.
Bear right at the next traffic light and travel past Easton’s Beach on the left. Acquidneck Avenue becomes Memorial Blvd. in Newport.
Travel half-way up the hill. You will see a sign with an arrow pointing to Salve Regina University. Make a left U-turn after the sign - as if you were to travel back down Memorial Blvd.
Turn right immediately onto Annendale Road.
At the end of Annendale Road, turn left onto Narragansett Avenue.
Turn right onto Ochre Point Avenue. The Conference is being held on the first floor of Ochre Court.
Air Traffic: If you want to obtain cheap airplane tickets to Providence, I suggest you check Expedia.Com or Travelocity.Com. Air traffic is through Logan Airport in Boston or Greene Airport in Providence. Limo or rental automobiles are available at each airport; contact you own airline about these transportation services. Additonally Cozy Cab of Newport (1-800-846-1502, 1-401-846-2500) runs an hourly shuttle between the airport and Newport which cost about $20.00.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Local Planning Committee:
Michael DiMaio, Salve Regina University
George Antone, Salve Regina University
Michael Thombs, Salve Regina University
Joseph Pucci, Brown University
Nina Coppolino, College of the Holy Cross