{"id":49,"date":"2013-05-31T16:38:20","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T20:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ancientgraffiti.academic.wlu.edu\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2026-03-24T06:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:05:29","slug":"presentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications and coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<h3><strong>Publications of epigraphic editions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>R. Benefiel and H. Sypniewski, &#8220;Regio I &#8211; Latium et Campania. Fasciolo V. Pompeii &#8211; Tituli scariphati.&#8221; <em>Italia Epigrafica Digitale<\/em> ser. 2, (2020), v. 1, n. 2.5. <a style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/rosa.uniroma1.it\/rosa03\/italia_epigrafica_digitale\/issue\/view\/IED%20II%2C%202.5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/rosa.uniroma1.it\/rosa03\/italia_epigrafica_digitale\/issue\/view\/IED%20II%2C%202.5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>R. Benefiel, H. Sypniewski, K. Helms, and E. Zimmerman Damer, &#8220;Regio I &#8211; Latium et Campania. Pompeii et Herculaneum:\u00a0Graffiti,&#8221; <em>Italia Epigrafica Digitale <\/em>ser. 1 (2017), v. 2, n. 3, 856 pp.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/rosa.uniroma1.it\/rosa03\/italia_epigrafica_digitale\/issue\/view\/1169\">https:\/\/rosa.uniroma1.it\/rosa03\/italia_epigrafica_digitale\/issue\/view\/1169<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><br \/>Publications deriving from or related to the Ancient Graffiti Project<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tongen, M., S. Sprenkle, R. Benefiel, and T. Stalnaker, \u201cSemantic Search for Ancient Inscriptions,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/anthology.ach.org\/volumes\/vol0003\/semantic-search-for-ancient-inscriptions\/\"><em>Anthology of Computers and the Humanities<\/em>, vol. 3<\/a> (2025), 513-525.<\/li>\n<li>Benefiel, H. Sypniewski, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/document\/doi\/10.1515\/9783111326306-014\/html?lang=en\">\u201cDocumenting ancient graffiti: Text, image, support, and access,\u201d<\/a> <em>Scratched, Scrawled, Sprayed: Towards a Cross-Cultural Research on Graffiti<\/em>, edited by O. Skrabal, L. Mascia, A. L. Osthof, and M. Ratzke, Studies in Manuscript Cultures vol. 35, Berlin: De Gruyter (2023), 425-465.<\/li>\n<li>R. Benefiel, H. Sypniewski, \u201cWriting on Columns: Graffiti in the Campus of Pompeii,\u201d in: <em>Inscriptions and the Epigraphic Habit: The Epigraphic Cultures of Greece, Rome, and Beyond, <\/em>(eds.) R. Benefiel and C. Keesling, Leiden: Brill (2023), 145-168.<\/li>\n<li>N. Wellington, R. Benefiel, \u201cA Resource for Teachers: Making Ancient Graffiti Accessible and Usable in the Latin Classroom,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclclassics.org\/Portals\/0\/Site%20Documents\/Publications\/Outlook\/97.3%20cover.pdf?ver=UYSYNCvQ75VT41EzAuANeQ%3d%3d\"><em>Classical Outlook<\/em> 97.3<\/a> (2022), 111-120.<\/li>\n<li>R. Benefiel, \u201cResearch Overview: The Ancient Graffiti Project,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-a-a.org\/EAA\/Publications\/Tea\/TEA_73\/Research\/EAA\/Navigation_Publications\/Tea_73_content\/Research.aspx\"><em>The European Archaeologist (TEA), newsletter of the European Archaeologist Association<\/em>, Issue 73<\/a>, Summer 2022, 28-35.<\/li>\n<li>K. Helms, &#8220;Pompeii&#8217;s Safaitic Graffiti.&#8221;<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/journal-of-roman-studies\/article\/abs\/pompeiis-safaitic-graffiti\/4DB3250F453294ED76137DED174FB1B0\">Journal of Roman Studies\u00a0<\/a><\/em>111 (2021), 203-214.<\/li>\n<li>C. Cheung, &#8220;Born Roman Between a Beet and a Cabbage.&#8221; <i>American Journal of Philology<\/i>, vol. 142 no. 4 (2021), 659-697.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1353\/ajp.2021.0021\">https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1353\/ajp.2021.0021<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>R. Benefiel, H. Sypniewski, E. Zimmermann Damer, \u201cWall Inscriptions in the Ancient City: The Ancient Graffiti Project,\u201d <em>From Document to History. Epigraphic Insights into the Greco-Roman World,<\/em> (eds.) C.\u00a0Nore\u00f1aand N.\u00a0Papazarkadas, Leiden: Brill (2019), 179-196.<\/li>\n<li>J. DiBiasie Sammons, H. Sypniewski, &#8220;Hyacinthus and his Verginia in Herculaneum: A new reading of CIL IV.10525 using archival research and digital documentation,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Papyrologie und Epigraphik\u00a0<\/em>210 (2019), 251-262.<\/li>\n<li>R. Benefiel, H. Sypniewski, &#8220;Greek Graffiti in Herculaneum,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/suppl\/10.3764\/aja.122.2.0209\"><em>American Journal of Archaeology\u00a0<\/em>122.2<\/a> (2018), 209-244.<\/li>\n<li>J. DiBiasie Sammons,\u00a0<a class=\"js-work-strip-work-link text-gray-darker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/35289300\/Application_of_Reflectance_Transformation_Imaging_RTI_to_the_study_of_ancient_graffiti_from_Herculaneum_Italy_Journal_of_Archaeological_Science_Reports_Feb._2018_\">Application of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to the study of ancient graffiti from Herculaneum, Italy (<em>Journal of Archaeological Science Reports<\/em>: Feb. 2018)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jacqueline DiBiasie Sammons, &#8220;Herculaneum Graffiti Project 2018,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/2018-12\/NEWSLETTER%2023%20-%20Last%20final.pdf\"><em>Herculaneum<\/em><i> Archaeology Magazine, <\/i>Issue 23<\/a>, (2018), 7.<\/li>\n<li>R. Benefiel, S. Sprenkle, H. Sypniewski and J. White, \u201cThe Ancient Graffiti Project: Geo-Spatial Visualization and Search Tools for Ancient Handwritten Inscriptions,\u201d In\u00a0<a class=\"link-text\" title=\"Conference Website\" href=\"http:\/\/ddays.digitisation.eu\/datech-2017\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">DATeCH2017<\/a>\u00a0<em>Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Digital Access to Textual Cultural Heritage, <\/em>New York:\u00a0ACM (2017),163-168. <a href=\"http:\/\/dl.acm.org\/citation.cfm?doid=3078081.3078104\">http:\/\/dl.acm.org\/citation.cfm?doid=3078081.3078104<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rebecca R. Benefiel and Holly M. Sypniewski. &#8220;Images and Text on the walls of Herculaneum: Designing the Ancient Graffiti Project,&#8221; in A. Felle &amp; A. Rocco, eds. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archaeopress.com\/Archaeopress\/Products\/9781784913229\"><i>Off the Beaten Track: Epigraphy at the Borders<\/i>. Oxford: Archaeopress<\/a> (2016), 26-45.<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca R. Benefiel, Jacqueline DiBiasie Sammons, Holly M. Sypniewski, with contributions from Erika Zimmerman Damer, Kyle Helms, Matthew Loar, Karin Lundqvist, and Fanny Opdenhoff. &#8220;Herculaneum Graffiti Project: Initial Field Season, 2014,\u201d <i>The Journal of FASTI Online<\/i> (2016). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastionline.org\/docs\/FOLDER-it-2016-361.pdf\">http:\/\/www.fastionline.org\/docs\/FOLDER-it-2016-361.pdf<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>News Coverage<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Haaretz<\/em>, by columnist Terry Madenholm\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/archaeology\/2021-11-30\/ty-article\/largest-collection-of-ancient-graffiti-ever-found-in-pompeii-some-are-hysterically-funny\/0000017f-dc01-d856-a37f-fdc1f53a0000\">&#8220;Largest Collection of Ancient Graffiti Ever Found in Pompeii. Some Are Hysterically Funny&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Urbo.com,\u00a0<\/em>by David Morrison\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbo.com\/content\/gaius-was-here-how-ancient-graffiti-reflects-the-human-experience\/\">\u201cGaius Was Here\u201d: How Ancient Graffiti Reflects The Human Experience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>The Local: Italy,<\/em>\u00a0by Catherine Edwards\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelocal.it\/20170720\/pompeii-herculaneum-graffiti-history-archaeology-marginalized-groups-ancient-rome-slaves-women-vesuvius-social-media\">Graffiti In Pompeii and Herculaneum give insight into groups marginalized by history books<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><em>Forbes<\/em>, by Sarah Bond\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/drsarahbond\/2016\/07\/04\/new-project-uncovers-ancient-games-and-gladiators-through-the-graffiti-of-the-fans\/#1e3e7bc43c43\">&#8220;New Project Uncovers Ancient Games and Gladiators through the Graffiti of Fans&#8221;\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>The Atlantic, <\/em>by Adrienne LaFrance\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2016\/03\/adrienne-was-here\/475719\/\">\u201cPompeii\u2019s Graffiti and the Ancient Origins of Social Media\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Mostly<\/em><i>\u00a0Mammoths,<\/i>\u00a0by Jeanne Timmons\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/mostlymammoths.wordpress.com\/2016\/05\/08\/ancient-graffiti-project\/\">The Ancient Graffiti Project &#8212; Ancient Worlds Revived by Modern Scholars<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><em>Creighton Magazine\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:p5A4xOKhU9sJ:www.creighton.edu\/creightonmagazine\/2017smrunewsancientgraffiti\/+&amp;cd=2&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us\">Professor Works to Share, Preserve Ancient Graffiti<\/a>&#8221; (Kyle Helms)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"il\"><em>Sewanee<\/em><\/span><i> <span class=\"il\">Features<\/span>\u00a0<\/i><span class=\"il\">\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewanee.edu\/features\/story\/herculaneum.html\">Saving the Scribbles<\/a>&#8221; (Jacqueline DiBiasie Sammons)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>The<\/em><i> Jackson Clarion-Ledger<\/i>\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/2014\/10\/18\/millsaps-team-seeks-preserve-ancient-graffiti\/17530825\/\">Millsaps Team seeks to preserve ancient graffiti<\/a>&#8221; (Holly Sypniewski)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Presentations:<br \/><\/strong><b><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><strong><b>* <\/b>denotes student presentations; ** denotes faculty-student collaborations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Holly Sypniewski, <strong>Keynote Address<\/strong> for the International Graffiti Symposium <a href=\"https:\/\/go-indigo.eu\/\"><em>Go INDIGO<\/em> <em>2023<\/em><\/a>, Vienna, Austria, June 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Nicole Wellington and Rebecca Benefiel, \u201cThe Ancient Graffiti Project: Features for Teachers,\u201d American Classical League 74<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Institute, [zoom], June 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Benefiel and Erika Zimmermann Damer, \u201cPompeii Live: Writing in the early Roman empire,\u201d <em>National Junior Classical League Convention,<\/em> Richmond, VA, July 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Benefiel, \u201cChallenges and next steps for the Ancient Graffiti Project,\u201d <em>Visible Words (Mots \u00e0 Savoir): Digital Epigraphy in a Global Perspective<\/em>, Brown University, October 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Erika Zimmermann Damer, \u201cThe Ancient Graffiti Project,\u201d Virginia Governor\u2019s Latin Academy, Randolph Macon College, July 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Benefiel and AGP team, \u201cThe Ancient Graffiti Project,&#8221; <em>Ancient Maker Spaces: Digital Tools for Classical Scholarship<\/em>. A workshop showcasing digital projects at the annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, Toronto, January 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Jacqueline DiBiasie Sammons and Holly M. Sypniewski, \u201ciGraffiti: Digital Recording of Ancient Graffiti from Herculaneum, Italy,\u201d Archaeological Institute of America annual meeting, Toronto, Canada, January 2017. \u00a0Winner: Best Poster Presentation, first runner-up.<\/li>\n<li>*Grace Gibson, \u201cPictorial Graffiti in Context: An Analysis of Drawn Graffiti in Herculaneum,\u201d Archaeological Institute of America, Toronto, CAN, January 2017.<\/li>\n<li>**Jacqueline DiBiasie Sammons and Grace Gibson, \u201cThe Ancient Graffiti Project: Using Graffiti in the Latin Classroom,\u201d Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Assoc., Murfreesboro, TN, November 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Erika Zimmermann Damer, \u201cThe Writing on the Wall: Roman Graffiti in the Digital Age,\u201d <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_463735611\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday<\/span><\/span> Seminar for K \u2013 College Latin educators, Randolph Macon College, October 2016.<\/li>\n<li>*Nathan Brewer, Michael Dik, Lillian MacDonald, and Alicia Martinez. \u201cHerculaneum Graffiti Project and the Ancient Graffiti Project\u201d \u2013 Summer Scholars presentation, Washington and Lee University, July 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Benefiel. NEH Summer Seminar at Gustavus Adolphus College on Roman Daily Life, July 2016, Prof. Benefiel taught participants about ancient graffiti and introduced resources available in AGP.<\/li>\n<li>Sara Sprenkle, &#8220;Thinking Like a Computer Scientist about Ancient Roman Graffiti,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/bam\/\">Linking the Big Ancient Mediterranean Conference<\/a>, University of Iowa, June 2016<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Benefiel, &#8220;Roman Graffiti and Digital Humanities,&#8221; University of Houston, April 2016<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Benefiel, &#8220;Writing and Reading in Ancient Herculaneum,&#8221; Foreign Language Association of Virginia, April 2016<\/li>\n<li>Jacqueline DiBiasie Sammons, &#8220;Picturing 1000 Words: Digital Archaeology at Pompeii and Herculaneum<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonfreepress.com\/events\/2016\/feb\/26\/millsaps-friday-forum-dd566c2a\/?et=21493\">,<\/a>&#8221; Miillsaps College, February 2016<\/li>\n<li>Erika Zimmermann Damer and Holly M. Sypniewski, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/classicalstudies.org\/annual-meeting\/147\/abstract\/herculaneum-graffiti-project-ancient-wall-inscriptions-and-digital\">The Herculaneum Graffiti Project: Ancient Wall Inscriptions and Digital Humanities<\/a>,&#8221; Society\u00a0for Classical Studies Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 2016<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Benefiel, Holly Sypniewski, and Erika Zimmermann Damer, \u201cWall Inscriptions in the Ancient City: The Herculaneum Graffiti Project,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/aleshire.berkeley.edu\/schedule\">American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy<\/a>, Berkeley, CA, January 2016<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Benefiel and Holly Sypniewski, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.archaeopress.com\/ArchaeopressShop\/Public\/download.asp?id=%7BE7B2AAC6-9986-4C41-9842-6AA93BE7ACD9%7D\">Images and Text on the Walls of Herculaneum: Designing the Ancient Grafiti Project,<\/a>&#8221; Epigraphy at the Borders, Bari, Italy, September 2015<\/li>\n<li>*Mary Beth Smith and Jamie White, &#8220;Computing and Ancient Inscriptions,&#8221; Summer Research Scholar Series, Washington &amp; Lee, July 2015<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Benefiel, &#8220;Ancient Graffiti at Herculaneum,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalarchaeology.org.uk\/annual-conference\/\">Institute for Digital Archaeology Conference<\/a>, Oxford, May 2015<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Benefiel and\u00a0Holly Sypniewski, &#8220;The Ancient Graffiti Project,&#8221; Let&#8217;s Get Digital Panel at the Classical Association of Canada Annual Conference, Toronto, May 2015<\/li>\n<li>Holly M. Sypniewski, &#8220;Social Media in Ancient Rome,&#8221; Herrin Speaker Series, Hendrix College, March 31, 2015<\/li>\n<li>*Pasquale Toscano, &#8220;HGP Brings Classics into the 21st Century,&#8221; Science, Society &amp; the Arts Undergraduate Conference, Washington &amp; Lee University, March 2015<\/li>\n<li>Jacqueline DiBiasie Sammons, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26149972\/Flashdance_Application_of_Reflectance_Transformation_Imaging_to_Wall_Inscriptions_from_Pompeii_and_Herculaneum\">Flashdance: Application of Reflectance Transformation Imaging to Wall Inscriptions from Pompeii and Herculaneum,<\/a>&#8221; AIA Annual Meeting, January 10, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Margaret Hicks, Manchester Middle School Latin Club, November 2014<\/li>\n<li>*Braxton Rasmussen and Melanie McCrory, &#8220;Herculaneum: A Study of Ancient Graffiti and the State of Conservation,&#8221; UT Archaeology Playdate, October 21, 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Jacqueline DiBiasie Sammons,&#8221;New Approaches to Photographing Graffiti,&#8221; UT Archaeology Playdate, October 21, 2014<\/li>\n<li>*Mary Beth Smith, Kathryn Clikeman, Megan Rebman and Gia Nyhuis, Donna Dollings and Margaret Hicks, Foreign\u00a0Language Association of Virginia, October 2014<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Benefiel, &#8220;An epigraphic field school in the Bay of Naples: The Herculaneum Graffiti Project,&#8221; CAMWS Southern Section, October 18, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Erika Zimmermann Damer, &#8220;Herculaneum Graffiti for the (Twenty-)First Century,&#8221; Southeastern College Art Conference, October 10, 2014<\/li>\n<li>**Jace King, Megan Rebman and Holly M. Sypniewski, &#8220;Recording Roman Voices: Ancient Graffiti in the Shadow of Mt. Vesuvius.&#8221;\u00a0 Millsaps College Forum Series, October 3, 2014<\/li>\n<li>*Mary Beth Smith and Paqui Toscano, W&amp;L AntiquiTEA, September 2014<\/li>\n<li>Jinyu Liu, History on the Wall: Report on Archaeology in an Ancient Roman City , Shanghai Normal University, July 4, 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nPublications of epigraphic editions R. Benefiel and H. 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