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Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI)
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The social media account of the Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI) project and database at the University of Basel, curated by Georg Gerleigner.
Very interesting and entertaining evening lecture yesterday in the magnificent Grossratssaal of Basel Town Hall by AVI's founder Rudolf Wachter: "Die kecke Orchidee wird 150. Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft in Basel 1874–2024"
September 10, 2024 at 8:53 AM
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ChatGPT can’t summarise documents. It shortens them, misses key conclusions, adds errors, makes stuff up, and ignores actual summary sections. Use it to summarise important texts like meeting discussions at your peril. ea.rna.nl/2024/05/27/w...
When ChatGPT summarises, it actually does nothing of the kind.
One of the use cases I thought was reasonable to expect from ChatGPT and Friends (LLMs) was summarising. It turns out I was wrong. What ChatGPT isn't summarising at all, it only looks like it. What it...
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July 22, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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June 25 Canberra (4-6pm, Italian Embassy) Embassy of Italy/ANU Classics Museum - Prof Dev event for teachers: Italian Restitution: Language, History and Objects. Registration essential (teachers only): events.humanitix.com/italian-rest...
Italian Restitution: Language, History and Objects | Humanitix
Get tickets on Humanitix - Italian Restitution: Language, History and Objects hosted by ANU Classics Museum. Find event information.
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June 16, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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L'écho de l'amphore | Premier numéro : "Actualités de la céramique grecque 1/2024", feat. @pandosia.bsky.social
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Actualités de la céramique grecque 1/2024
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June 16, 2024 at 9:22 AM
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We're delighted to announce the first VIEWS conference, Writing as Visual Experience, will take place in Cambridge on 20-22 September 2024. If you'd like to present a paper, please do get in touch! Read the Call for Papers here:
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January 30, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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📢🏺Archaeology at the University of Leipzig is at risk!

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English version below Eine Einstellung der Studiengänge „Archäologie und Geschichte des Alten Europa“ B.A. und “Archäologie der Alten Welt” M.A. bedeutet: das Ende der Klassischen Archäol...
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December 6, 2023 at 7:57 AM
AVI on the road: our curator is on the way to a memorial conference in honour of the late François Lissarrague (agenda.inha.fr/events/facon...), where he will give a paper on 'Inscribed Scrolls in Greek Vase-Painting', a topic thoroughly studied by AVI's founding figure Henry Immerwahr.
November 27, 2023 at 11:16 AM
Currently, the AVI database is not available due to technical reasons. Please bear with us while we are working on solving the problem. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact us here or via avi*at*unibas.ch.
November 24, 2023 at 2:10 PM