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Resource | YouTube

3Blue1Brown

A great resource for visual and very pedagogical explanations of many topics.

Resource | Tool

A Latin Macronizer

Handy resource for anyone experimenting with reading or writing Latin poetry. This digital tool marks all the long vowels in a text, allowing quicker and easier understanding of t

Resource | YouTube

Alliterative

A YouTube channel dedicated to etymology, centred around the history of English language but exploring near and distant connections with other languages.

Resource | YouTube

American Institute for Conservation and Foundation for Advancement in Conservation

YouTube channel for the American Institute for Conservation and Foundation for Advancement in Conservation.

Resource | Article

An Introduction to Greek and Latin Metre

Videos covering every major Greek and Latin meter. Disclaimer: I haven’t actually used this, but I can’t imagine it’s less helpful than the approach I did use, which was sitting a

Resource | Website

Antigone Open Access Directory

A truly extensive list of free resources for studying the classical world.

Resource | Website

Cambridge Sanskrit Resource List

The website accompanying the textbook The Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit has a list of resources for Sanskrit.

Resource | YouTube

Cambridge Sanskrit YouTube Series

A Youtube series accompanying the textbook The Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit. The videos themselves are pretty informative without the textbook, but it's meant as a supplemen

Resource | Website

Canadian Conservation Institute

Notes aimed at the general public which offer practical advice about issues and questions related to the care, handling and storage of cultural objects.

Resource | Book

Conservation Book Repair: A Training Manual

Please be aware that all interventions by untrained professionals are at your own risk and are neither recommended nor endorsed. This resource is provided for informational purpos

Resource | YouTube

Crash Course Linguistics

A Youtube series covering the contents of an introductory linguistics course in video form.

Resource | YouTube

Curated YouTube playlist for conservation

YouTube playlist curated by a senior objects conservator showing various treatments, seminar talks and conservation conversations.

Resource | Website

D.H. Lawrence Memory Theatre

James Walker and Paul Fillingham specialise in the creation of interdisciplinary collaborative digital works that explore Nottingham’s literary and cultural heritage.

Resource | Website

David Tong

David Tong's lecture notes on basically any topic are a delight to read and come with problem sheets.

Resource | Digital Library

Dickinson College Commentaries

Greek and Latin texts selected and annotated for intermediate students, as well as audio recordings of some texts and useful maps. Also check out the Core Vocabularies and the dig

Resource | Website

Digital Maps of the Ancient World

Fantastic resources on ancient maps, mythology and even dedicated languages sections with resources for grammar and vocabulary for the various UK examination boards.

Resource | Website

Digital Resources for Studying Greek

A list of resources for studying New Testament Greek in particular, curated by Cressida Ryan.

Resource | Textbook

Essentials of Linguistics

An open access textbook covering the core areas of theoretical linguistics, with special attention paid to Canadian English.

Resource | Website

Getty Conservation Publications

Extensive research and publication information on various aspects of conservation by the reknowned Getty Conservation Institute.

Resource | YouTube

Gilbert Strang's Linear Algebra Course

The best introduction to linear algebra on the internet.

Resource | Website

Helma Dik

Professor Helma Dik’s “Nifty Greek Handouts” are one of the best resources I’ve found for mastering and reviewing specific points of Greek grammar and syntax.

Resource | Website

Image Permanence Institute

A university-based preservation research center that supports preservation of cultural heritage collections worldwide.

Resource | Website

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

Information on measures for preventive conservation, including risk assessment and emergency preparedness.

Resource | YouTube

L'Operatorium - Secrets d'Ateliers

YouTube channel by a French conservator with a focus on cultural heritage and historical craftmanship through technical studies and research of crafting techniques

Resource | Digital Library

LacusCurtius

This passion project by Bill Thayer has an extraordinary array of digitized Greek and Latin texts and translations (especially historians and historical sources), reference works,

Resource | Website

Legonium

Simple Latin stories, intermediate texts broken down for easy reading, and some fun and games (including Bella Stellaria – Star Wars!), all entertainingly illustrated with Lego fi

Resource | Podcast

Lingthusiasm

A fun and friendly introduction to topics in linguistics in podcast form. Hosted by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne.

Resource | Website

Literature Cambridge

Literature Cambridge offers courses on great literature in English, taught by academics and open to the public.

Resource | Website

MIT Linguistics and Philosophy OpenCourseWare

Free course materials for courses offered by MIT's department of Linguistics and Philosophy.

Resource | Substack

Mutual Intelligibility

An extensive curated list of online resources for introductory topics in linguistics.

Resource | Digital Library (+1)

Open Latin

A collection of free resources for the Latin Language, including lots of public domain educational texts.

Resource | Digital Library

Perseus

A huge collection of digitized Greek and Latin texts, including translations, commentaries, and easy dictionary lookup by clicking on any word. Almost all major classical texts ar

Resource | Article

Polytonic Greek Keyboards

To type classical Greek correctly, with all the breathing and accent marks, you’ll need to activate a specific keyboard setting on your computer. Sarah Abowitz has prepared a guid

Resource | Reading List

Reader's Guide to the Seleucid Empire

An annotated bibliography / reading list of works on the Seleucid Empire, including guidance on where to start for beginners. Prepared by the Hellenistic Age Podcast.

Resource | Free Software

ResearchRabbit

ResearchRabbit's mission is to help researchers do their thing. Their Discovery app unlocks a completely novel way to search for papers and authors, monitor new literature, visual

Resource | Blog

rogueclassicism

The Rogueclassicist (David Meadows) collects and curates Internet articles and links of classical interest. Check out in particular his list of classics-related podcasts, includin

Resource | Website

SASA Ancient Studies Resources

A (seriously) massive database of resources for the ancient world.

Resource | Website

STASH - Storage Techniques for Art, Science & History Collections

An amazing website with resources and instructions for making all kinds of specialty storage solutions for collections.

Resource | Community (+1)

Textkit

In addition to hosting a forum for classical language learners, the Textkit website links to a valuable array of public-domain textbooks available online through archive.org. Some

Resource | Podcast

The C Word

Find out what heritage conservation is all about in this fun podcast run by professional conservators.

Resource | YouTube

The Conservation Starter

YouTube channel run by Australian conservator. Videos introduce different topics related to conservation and show basic care for various types of objects.

Resource | Learned Society

The D.H. Lawrence Society

Society established in 1974 to promote knowledge and understanding of the life and work of D.H. Lawrence

Resource | Podcast

The Endless Knot Podcast

A podcast exploring the connections between language, history, and the cognitive sciences, hosted by a medievalist/philologist and a classicist and featuring lots of guests from d

Resource | YouTube

The Getty Conservation Institute

YouTube channel for The Getty Conservation Institute

Resource | Website

The Institute of Conservation

Official website for the UK-based Institute of Conservation. Holds information on training to become a conservator and other useful resources.

Resource | Website

The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works

Official website for the The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works with information on publications, training and events.

Resource | Digital Library

The Latin Library

It has lots of texts, including early and post-classical Latin, even down to some contemporary compositions.

Resource | Textbook

The NLTK Book

A very beginner-friendly introduction to using the NLTK package for natural language processing in Python. The book doesn't presuppose Python/programming knowledge.

Resource | Textbook

The Syntax of Natural Language: An Online Introduction

An online textbook from 2007 which serves as an introduction to generative syntax.

Resource | Website

Whitaker's Words

Somewhat superseded by Perseus’ digitization of the standard Latin dictionary (Lewis and Short), this is still a useful resource for quick lookups and English-to-Latin dictionary

Resource | Website

World History Encyclopedia

A massive encyclopedia covering all ages of world history. The entries have been vetted for accuracy. The overall effort and care taken in whole project is immediately evident.

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