Short Bio
Daniel L. Schwartz is Associate Professor of History. His research lies at the intersection of Roman History, History of Religion, Digital Humanities, and Cultural Heritage Informatics with a particular focus on the literature and culture in the Syriac language. Syriac is a dialect of Aramaic that flourished in the Middle East from the third to the ninth centuries C.E. and continues to be used by communities throughout the Middle East and India today. Dr. Schwartz directs Syriaca.org, a linked-open data project dedicated to advancing scholarship in the field of Syriac Studies and to preserving Syriac cultural heritage. He is also the general editor of SPEAR: Syriac Persons, Events, and Relations (beta version), an online prosopographical research tool; and the co-editor (with Sergey Minov) of the Syriac Taxonomy (forthcoming), a domain ontology for Syriac Studies. He is the author of Paideia and Cult: Christian Initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia and the co-editor (with Arietta Papaconstantinou and Neil McLynn) of Conversion in Late Antiquity: Christianity, Islam, and Beyond. He has also published articles and book chapters on Digital History and religious conversion and religious violence in Late Antiquity.
Scholarly IDs
ORCID: 0000-0001-6986-9650
Academia.edu
Department of History
TAMU 4236
College Station, TX 77483-4236