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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him)
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| teaching fellow . university of reading | | #classics . #buddhism . #centralasia . #criticalAI | | Reading (PhD), HKU (MBuddhStud), and McGill (BA) alumnus | edwardasross.wordpress.com
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · May 24
📜Just Published!📜 Providing #ancientlanguage and #classics staff and students with ethics tutorials on #genAI helps them make informed judgements about using #AI without misplaced faith or excessive fear. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Treading water: new data on the impact of AI ethics information sessions in classics and ancient language pedagogy | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
Treading water: new data on the impact of AI ethics information sessions in classics and ancient language pedagogy
https://cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/treading-water-new-data-on-the-impact-of-ai-ethics-information-sessions-in-classics-and-ancient-language-pedagogy/7EC62BAA5E593C81DB991897729D16DF#article…
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Classics@UnivReading @uorclassics.bsky.social · Jul 11
We have a new blog! Several of our Classics staff were recently nominated and awarded for their teaching, research, and outreach work. We are thrilled to celebrate them.

Read more here:
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Classics Staff awarded for Teaching, Research, and Outreach
As we come to the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, we would like to take a moment to celebrate the recent successes of UoR Classics staff for their teaching, research, and outreach work.   …
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Jun 2
There is one week left to register for in-person attendance to #iGAIAS2025 @uniofreading.bsky.social.

Registration: www.store.reading.ac.uk/conferences-...

#digitalhumanities #classics #ancienthistory #genimageAI #Latin #Greek #Chinese #Tibetan #AIethics #sustainability @uorclassics.bsky.social
(Generative) Artificial Intelligence and Teaching the Ancient World - June 25-26, 2025 - Hybrid Conference - University of Reading - Keynote Speech: Environmentally (un)sustainable AI: rethinking responsibilities for Ancient World Studies? - Prof. Federica Lucivero (Ethox Centre, University of Oxford). This event is supported by the Department of Classics at the University of Reading, the Bristol Digital Game Lab, and the Institute of Classical Studies.
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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · May 27
🗃️What can a marble foot fragment from Aï Khanoum tell us about #AI? 📜

@edwardasross.bsky.social‬ puts Deep Research models to the test in Part 3 of his series on generative AI and #Hellenistic Central Asia 🤖🏺
#digitalhumanities #history #llm

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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · May 27
Thrilled that my third piece as a contributor for @digitalorientalist.bsky.social was just posted.

Have a look to see how #DeepResearch AI models identify the #AiKhanoum foot.

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#AI #AgenticAI #AIBias #ancienthistory #centralasia #hellenistichistory #classics
Hellenistic Central Asia through the Eyes of GenAI – Part 3: Deep Research
This is part three of a three-part series on the biases about Hellenistic Central Asia in generative artificial intelligence (AI) datasets. In this final part, I planned to discuss how Hellenistic …
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · May 20
Had a wonderful time at Università degli Studi di Parma speaking at the Intensive ENCODE Spring School on #generativeAI #ethics and #teaching #AncientLanguages! It was fantastic to discuss digital competencies for ancient writing cultures to so many brilliant students and scholars.
An open air garden in the middle of a yellow building with arched porticos. There is a large tree in the middle. A blue tote bag laying on a table. The tote bag has the words "UNIVERSITA DI PARMA" on the front in while lettering. There is also a logo with the Latin phrase "ALMA . UNIVERSITAS . STUDIORUM . PERMENSIS". A light blue powerpoint slide with digitally manipulated ionic columns on either side of the screen. The text reads: "Ethics and Efficacy: Teaching and Learning Ancient Greek and Latin with Generative AI - Edward A. S. Ross - University of Reading - May 19, 2025 - Intensive ENCODE Spring School - Parma, Italy".
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Apr 18
#AI #GenAI #digitalhumanities #classics #ancienthistory #ancientworld #archaeology #genimageAI #Latin #Greek #Chinese #Tibetan #RomanBritain #AIethics #sustainability
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Apr 18
Registration: www.store.reading.ac.uk/conferences-...
(Generative) AI and Teaching the Ancient World Conference (iGAIAS 2025) | Reading University Store
We invite teachers, researchers, scholars, and practitioners to participate in a new, hybrid conference event exploring the intersection of artificial
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Apr 18
Full Programme: edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/gener...
iGAIAS 2025 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
This conference programme is divided into two sections: (1) an overview of the conference schedule at the top, and (2) a detailed description of paper abstracts and speaker bios in accordion menus …
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Apr 18
Very happy to share that the programme and registration for #iGAIAS2025 @uorclassics.bsky.social is now available.

Our keynote speaker, Federica Lucivero (@ethoxcentre.bsky.social), will discuss "Environmentally (un)sustainable AI: rethinking responsibilities for Ancient World Studies?".
(Generative) Artificial Intelligence and Teaching the Ancient World - June 25-26, 2025 - Hybrid Conference - University of Reading - Keynote Speech: Environmentally (un)sustainable AI: rethinking responsibilities for Ancient World Studies? - Prof. Federica Lucivero (Ethox Centre, University of Oxford). This event is supported by the Department of Classics at the University of Reading, the Bristol Digital Game Lab, and the Institute of Classical Studies.
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Apr 7
Absolutely thrilled that the iGAIAS project has won the 2025 University of Reading Collaborative Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning.

Looking forward to continuing our work promoting #AIethics, #AIliteracy, and exploring #AI's impact @uorclassics.bsky.social!
Three images spliced together. The top left image is of four people standing behind a poster for the "Distorted History: AI's Skewed Visions of the Ancient World" exhibit at the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology. The bottom left image shows a red trophy with the University of Reading logo on it. Next to the trophy is the text: "WINNER: University Collaborative Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning". The image on the right side depicts a sword split in half across the blade. The words GLADIVS ANCEPS are on the left and right side of the sword.
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Mar 21
Had a great time presenting at the Southampton Branch of the Classical Association about our work on #GenAI in #AncientGreek and #Latin learning and #GenImageAI yesterday! It was lovely to see some @uorclassics.bsky.social students and alumni as well!
An image of a theatre stage. In front, there is a wooden podium with a crest for King Edward VI School. In the back is a projector screen displaying a slide that reads “Teaching the Digital and Digital Teachers: Generative AI and Teaching Classics”
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Feb 8
Please feel free to send it along! We haven’t started abstract review yet, so we are happy to have it if it comes in the next few days!
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Feb 3
🚨FINAL #CFP: (Generative) Artificial Intelligence and Teaching the #AncientWorld Conference - June 25-26, 2025, @uniofreading.bsky.social.

Abstracts Due: February 7, 2025

Full Details: edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/gener...

#AI #Classics #Teaching
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Artificial Intelligence and Teaching the Ancient World - Interdisciplinary Conference - June 25-26, 2025 - Hybrid - Department of Classics, University of Reading - Call for Papers - Discussion Streams - 1. The Double-edged Sword: Reconciling the Ethics of Using GenAI in Ancient World T&L - 2. Learning by Example: Case Studies of Good Practice - 3. Under Construction: Developing AI Models for Supporting Ancient World T&L - 4. Skewed Visions: GenAI in Public Ancient History and Reception - Submit an abstract, bio, and CV to iGAIAS@reading.ac.uk by February 7, 2025. Full Details Here: https://edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/generative-artificial-intelligence-and-teaching-the-ancient-world/ Text of the Call for Papers Available at: https://edwardasross.wordpress.com/2024/12/02/cfp-generative-artificial-intelligence-and-teaching-the-ancient-world/ Text of the Call for Papers Available at: https://edwardasross.wordpress.com/2024/12/02/cfp-generative-artificial-intelligence-and-teaching-the-ancient-world/
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Feb 3
Would be great to be added to this if you are still adding people! Thanks in advance!
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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · Jan 28
🗃️ Part 2 of @edwardasross.bsky.social's series on 🌍 Hellenistic Central Asia and AI 🤖 explores how generative #AI tools represent ancient music 🎵
#DigitalHumanities #ArtificialIntelligence #HellenisticHistory #CentralAsia

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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Jan 28
Come see our exhibit while it is still open! If you can't, there is an online version here:

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · Jan 25
If you have a professor/teacher who impacted you in a positive way, send them a short email and let them know and tell them what you’re doing these days.

Teaching can be a thankless and exhausting job but one note can energize an educator for a year.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · Jan 17
Yes, this is what some people told me defensively, and its the most ridiculous thing ever. No, the AI industry's environmental toll is not something we can look past. And no, we shouldn't be allowing our students to train the machines for trillionaire techbros instead of getting an education.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · Jan 17
Detecting a shift in the higher-ed dicourse on GenAI; an emergent line of argument seems to be "we already use a lot of other tools with shitty data privacy, and AI isn't the only thing w energy concerns, so choosing not to use it is basically meaningless." Which feels like "oberying in advance" tbh
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Dr Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · Jan 16
I may be a millennial who needs three types of liquids simultaneously but even I drink less water than AI when writing an email
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Jan 13
Quick reminder that there are 3 weeks left to submit an abstract for (Generative) Artificial Intelligence and #Teaching the #AncientWorld!

Check out the full #CFP here: edwardasross.wordpress.com/2024/12/02/c...

#GenAI #AI #classics #buddhism #history @ics.bsky.social @uorclassics.bsky.social
Artificial Intelligence and Teaching the Ancient World - Interdisciplinary Conference - June 25-26, 2025 - Hybrid - Department of Classics, University of Reading - Call for Papers - Discussion Streams - 1. The Double-edged Sword: Reconciling the Ethics of Using GenAI in Ancient World T&L - 2. Learning by Example: Case Studies of Good Practice - 3. Under Construction: Developing AI Models for Supporting Ancient World T&L - 4. Skewed Visions: GenAI in Public Ancient History and Reception - Submit an abstract, bio, and CV to iGAIAS@reading.ac.uk by February 7, 2025. Full Details Here: https://edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/generative-artificial-intelligence-and-teaching-the-ancient-world/
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Australasian Classical Reception Studies Network (ACRSN) @acrsn.bsky.social · Jan 7
#CFP (Generative) Artificial Intelligence and Teaching the Ancient World - June 25-26, 2025 - hybrid/University of Reading UK - edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/gener... Due by Feb 7
(GENERATIVE) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND TEACHING THE ANCIENT WORLD
Above: Image generated by ChatGPT-4o (22 November 2024 version) on 26 November 2024. Prompt: “An ancient Indian statue with intricate carvings and a serene expression, seamlessly blended with advan…
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Jan 4
Looking forward to Jackie Baines and my presentation at #AIASCS2025 on #GenAI images and the #AncientWorld!

Thanks to the Digital Classics Association for organizing the panel!
8:00am-10:30am EST, Salon K (Hybrid) - SCS-40: HYBRID: Opening Up Classics with AI (organized by the Digital Classics Association) - Neil Coffee, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Organizer - 1. Neil Coffee, University at Buffalo, SUNY - Introduction - 2. Samuel Huskey, University of Oklahoma - Opening Up Bottlenecks in Digital Classics Workflows with Human-in-the-Loop AI - 3. Patrick Burns, New York University - Prompt Engineering for Latin Teachers - 4. Edward Ross, University of Reading, and Jackie Baines, University of Reading - Generative Image AI and Teaching Classics: A Case of Exaggeration - 5. Gregory Crane, Tufts University - AI, Machine Actionable Publication and Assigning Credit - 6. Joseph Dexter, Harvard University, and Pramit Chaudhuri, University of Texas at Austin - Benchmarking Generative AI Models for Classical Literary Criticism
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Dec 17
2024 #Academic Year-in-Review:
✅ #PhD Complete
✅ 4 grants received
✍️ 2 articles published
🏦 1 museum exhibit opened
❌ 17 fellowship/grant rejections
📜 8 conference presentations
📚 65 seminar classes taught

#ecr #AcademicChatter #classics #GenAI #buddhism #NormalizeRejection #AncientBluesky
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Dec 4
#CFP: (Generative) Artificial Intelligence and #Teaching the #AncientWorld Conference - June 25-26, 2025, @uorclassics.bsky.social.

Abstract Submissions Due: February 7, 2025

Further Details: edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/gener...

#AI #GenAI #Classics #Edusky #AIinEdu #AncientBluesky
Artificial Intelligence and Teaching the Ancient World - Interdisciplinary Conference - June 25-26, 2025 - Hybrid - Department of Classics, University of Reading - Call for Papers - Discussion Streams - 1. The Double-edged Sword: Reconciling the Ethics of Using GenAI in Ancient World T&L - 2. Learning by Example: Case Studies of Good Practice - 3. Under Construction: Developing AI Models for Supporting Ancient World T&L - 4. Skewed Visions: GenAI in Public Ancient History and Reception - Submit an abstract, bio, and CV to iGAIAS@reading.ac.uk by February 7, 2025. Full Details Here: https://edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/generative-artificial-intelligence-and-teaching-the-ancient-world/ Text of the Call for Papers Available at: https://edwardasross.wordpress.com/2024/12/02/cfp-generative-artificial-intelligence-and-teaching-the-ancient-world/ Text of the Call for Papers Available at: https://edwardasross.wordpress.com/2024/12/02/cfp-generative-artificial-intelligence-and-teaching-the-ancient-world/
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · Nov 20
I also highly recommend this seminar series: www.create.humanities.uva.nl/events/categ...
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