The Archaeological Institute of America Lincoln-Omaha Society is organizing a public lecture at 5:30 p.m. April 4. Dr. Danielle Bennett, curatorial associate at the Menil Collection, will present a talk via Zoom titled “Exploring Fragments: Digital Approaches to the Study of Athenian Vase Painting.” People will need to register to receive a Zoom link for the event.

The talk will present several ways that digital techniques are expanding what we know about Athenian vase painting, including work on a digital humanities project, Athena’s Repository. Digital tools, such as digital databases and computational photography techniques including Reflectance Transformation Imaging and Photogrammetry, can make this class of material culture more accessible to the public and to scholars. As a transformative tool for scholars, Athena’s Repository will greatly enhance our understanding of extant pieces, serve as an archival record in case of their destruction, and facilitate wider access to the materials for educational purposes.

Dr. Bennett is responsible for the research and care of the Ancient World collection. She holds degrees in Art History and Archaeology from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology from Bryn Mawr College. She specializes in Athenian vase-painting and has additional research interests in digital humanities and gender in the ancient world.

For more information about the event, contact Erin Walcek Averett at ErinAverett@creighton.edu.