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Digital Encoding for Syriac Studies: A Virtual Workshop (July 29-31, 2025)
Syriaca.org and the Digital Lab at Vanderbilt University are pleased to invite applications for a virtual workshop on “Digital Encoding for Syriac Studies” to be held July 29-31, 2025.
Participation in the workshop is free of charge and will be held via Zoom at the following times:
Live Instruction: Tuesday, July 29th and Thursday, July 31, 2025: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (14:00-18:00 PM UTC/GMT)
Optional Consultation: Wednesday, July 30, 2025: 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (14:00-17:00 PM UTC/GMT)
We invite researchers, graduate students, faculty members, independent scholars, librarians, and technologists with expertise in Syriac Studies to join this workshop to learn best practices for encoding Syriac data using the Syriaca.org data model. All training will be in English.
VDS Founder's Medalist 2025
"My VDS coursework has both affirmed my call to ordained ministry and expanded my evolving commitments to interreligious community building. My classes in Wesleyan theology, United Methodist mission and polity, and Jewish Studies were particularly transformative, and I am confident that I can now be a leader in ecumenical and interfaith dialogue because of my life-changing experience at Vanderbilt Divinity School.
I will continue seeking ordination in The United Methodist Church though the Order of Elder and have accepted a job as the Program Coordinator for Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust at The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. I'm thrilled to begin this meaningful work at the intersection of education and religion, and I hope to continue a ministry that recognizes and proclaims all people as being made in the image of God!"
- Thornton Taylor Muncher, M.Div.'25 and Founder's Medalist for the Divinity School
