There will be a new series of seminars at the Zentrum Grundlagenforschung Alte Welt of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Professor Reinhard Förtsch, IT-director of the German Archaeological Institute, will give the first lecture this Wednesday. He is asking “Is Digital Archaeology part of Digital Classics or just "Classics without the Language Thing"?” “
The Corpus Nummorum is currently seeking a new specialist in IT and Digital Humanities, who would develop and enhance our database, as well as manage our web-portal.
A new book entitled ‘Advances in Ancient Black Sea Studies. Scholarly Traditions and Preservation of Cultural Heritage’ and edited by our Romanian colleagues has just been published. Fantastic, this is the eighth volume of the series ‘Pontica et Mediterranea’ printed by MEGA Press. The volume is an outcome of an international conference held in Constanţa in August 2018. It contains 24 interesting papers grouped into four sections.
The ninth workshop organized by the German chapter of the international organization "Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology" will take place in Wilhelmshaven from 23rd to 24th September 2019.
OZeAN = Online Zeitschrift zur Antiken Numismatik: Congratulations – the colleagues in Münster have published the first issue of a new journal on ancient numismatics. This is the first German, open access, peer reviewed online numismatic journal with digital enhanced functions. The articles - in English or German - can be supplemented by film and audio documentation, 3D scans and databases.
The Berlin Münzkabinett is seeking a museum assistant (in training) to start in November 2019. The position is open to applicants of all genders and will be limited to a two year period. The application deadline is September 9, 2019.
As of the last few months, our portal has begun to offer the possibility of exploring not only Thracian coins, but also coins minted in Moesia inferior, Mysia, and the Troad. If you have not yet familiarized yourself with the new material and functionalities of our portal, you are welcome to do so now.
There is a new call for papers for the Digital Classicist Seminar Berlin, which will take place for the sixth time during the winter term of the 2019/20 academic year. The seminar is organised by the "Zentrum Grundlagenforschung Alte Welt" of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, together with the "Berliner Antike Kolleg".
The workshop "Ontologies for Linked Data in the Humanities" sponsored by the ADHO LOD SIG will take place on Monday 08th of July in Utrecht prior to the start of Digital Humanities 2019.
A workshop about digital methods in the field of Classical Archaeology will take place at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken.
International Numismatic Symposium: Coin Hoards in Southeastern Europe (1st-6th century AD)
The Director of the Department of Coins and Medals at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow joins the Corpus Nummorum for a working visit.
Professor Antony Hostein, director at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris, is a visiting scholar at Corpus Nummorum for five months. On Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 4 pm, he will give a public lecture at our centre “Grundlagenforschung Alte Welt” at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Unter den Linden 8, room 07W04. Everybody is warmly welcome.
Victor Cojocaru, a specialist in Black Sea studies, is a senior research fellow (CS I) at the Institute of Archaeology of the Romanian Academy in Iaşi.
In Germany, we have the “Numismatische Kommission der Länder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland,” which was founded in 1950. The commission is a scientific organisation of the federal states for the promotion and processing of coin and monetary history and concerns itself with the collection of information on coin finds. This year, the meeting will take place in Kassel.
The annual meeting of the Europaen Coin Find Network and nomisma.org will be hosted by the University of Messina on May 2–4, 2019.
The 47th Annual Conference "Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology" will take place in Kraków April 23-27, 2019.
Αn international numismatic conference entitled “Monete frazionate. Aspetti economici, questioni cronologiche, quadri regionali” will take place in Milan in September 2019.
Our colleague, Domenic Schäfer, is participating in this conference in Athens.
One of the more perplexing problems we face as students of Archaic and Classical coinage at times is the determination of the precious metal weight standard used to produce a coinage and its denominational structure.
We look forward to welcoming Mirjana Vojvoda from the Archaeological Institute in Belgrade.
Ulrike Peter will give a talk on Monday, March 18th in Warsaw University. You are all warmly invited.
On February 16, 2019, Professor Dr. Bernd Seidensticker celebrates his 80th birthday.
We are extremely sad to announce that Vladilen Afanas‘evich Anochin, an eminent Soviet and Ukrainian numismatist and historian, passed away on January 20, 2019.
The 8th joint meeting of the European Coin finds network and nomisma.org will take place in Messina from May 2nd-4th, 2019, hosted by the Università degli Studi di Messina.
The Team of CN wishes all friends and contributors to our database happy holidays and health and success in the New Year! 2019 starts with a lot of news from us!
CNT takes part in the Pondera online workshop in UCLouvain
First meeting of the ARCH project in Paris
The Münzkabinett Berlin is celebrating its 150th Birthday on November 22nd. We will take part in the celebration festivities and thank the Münzkabinett for the very good collaboration.
Please read our CNT-article on digital numismatics in the Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology 5, n°3, 2018.
