Scott Coleman, BA (Hons), MA.

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I am a doctoral candidate in Public History at Carleton University in Ottawa. My research engages with scholarly processes in East Roman Studies, emphasizing the disruption of methodological and theoretical practices at the intersection of archaeology, numismatics, digital humanities, and public history. My dissertation questions the use of the label ‘Byzantine’ for East Roman coins, proposing that a digital-postcolonial critique and theoretical approach to address the Wicked 'Byzantine' Problems in the knowledge production and construction of meaning in the public reception of East Roman coinage (498-1453). Additionally, my research investigates Personal Knowledge Management software for open-access notes, exploring its potential applications in numismatic research, digital accessibility, and open-access scholarly practices. I participated in the Çadır Höyük Archaeology Project in Yozgat Province, Turkey, and since 2022 have been involved in the Inhabiting Byzantine Athens Project (University of Virginia / Athenian Ancient Agora Excavations) as a Byzantine Numismatics Research Associate. I also participate in the Computational Creativity and Archaeological Data Project (aka X-Lab: Carleton University) under Dr. Shawn Graham. I hold an MA in Greek and Roman studies from the University of Calgary (Supervisor: Dr. Marica Cassis), a BA(Hons) and a Diploma in Ancient Worlds from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

My other research interests are how scholars can use digital methods to create more accessible numismatic databases, digital approaches to the wear-use analysis of coins in archaeological contexts, and how coins were used as tools for creating the ‘Imagined Community’ in the ancient and medieval world, to name a few.

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