W&L Faculty to Present Collaborative Project at LAWDI Institute
Graffiti Project InterfaceRebecca Benefiel, associate professor
of classics at Washington and Lee University, and Sara Sprenkle,
assistant professor of computer science at W&L, will present
their prototype of a new web application involving the ancient
graffiti of Pompeii at the Linked Ancient World Data Institute
(LAWDI) later this month.  "It's a great honor," said Benefiel,
"because this institute has been organized by leading figures in
the field of digital humanities; it is being sponsored by the
National Endowment for the Humanities and is designed
specifically for projects that are working with the ancient
world [the ancient Mediterranean and ancient Near East]. This is
a very competitive field and we're thrilled that our project was
selected to participate."  The institute will bring together an
international group of humanities scholars, library and museum
professionals, communications and IT specialists, and advanced
graduate students