Why digitization and outreach? Why now?
It's been quite a week in the world of Classics and Classical Archaeology and I'm gearing up for a pair of public talks on the Lux Project, so I've been thinking quite a bit about the impetus behind the project lately. Not-so-sunny San Diego Last weekend I, along with my colleagues Conor Whately, Michael MacKinnon, and Peter Miller, attended the annual joint meetings of the Society for Classical Studies and the Archaeological Institute of America in San Diego. This conference in particular was meant to be celebratory, as it is the sesquicentennnial (150th) anniversary of the SCS. For me personally, I had the chance to give out the Women's Classical Caucus' award for professional leadership to my very own PhD supervisor, Ruby Blondell ( https://classics.washington.edu/news/2019/01/08/uw-grad-student-and-faculty-member-win-lcc-and-wcc-prizes ). We also celebrated the excellent work of a group known as The Sportula, who give microgrants to Classics students, esp