Archivists rarely dwell in a sense of finality, rather many archivists position their work as capturing – actively and interventionally – “representative” snapshots of life activities both past and present. We try to supplement the storied box of archival materials that arrives at an archive, with specific dialogue, interviews, or… read more
A Semester in Review by Zoé Thomas
For the months of August through December 2018, I had the opportunity to work with the archival staff of the Program of Aegean Scripts and Prehistory on a large collection of miscellaneous letters found among the various personal effects of Emmett Bennett, Jr. The collection, which consists of nearly 300… read more
The Phaistos Disk: A New Way of Viewing the Language behind the Script
Make time in your holiday schedule for the upcoming talk by Brent Davis on the Phaistos Disk! When and Where: Monday January 14, 2019. 12 noon – 2 PM in WAG 116 Seminar Room This talk outlines a new linguistics-based method of investigating the languages behind the undeciphered members of… read more