Daniel L. Schwartz

Daniel L. Schwartz is an Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University, serving as Associate Department Head. He specializes in Roman History, History of Religion, Digital Humanities, and Cultural Heritage Informatics, with a focus on Syriac language and literature. His research integrates digital tools like linked open data and TEI encoding to advance Syriac Studies.

Education: Ph.D. in History from Princeton University. Research includes directing Syriaca.org, an open-data project preserving Syriac heritage, and co-editing SPEAR (Syriac Persons, Events, and Relations), a prosopographical tool. He has authored Paideia and Cult: Christian Initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia and co-edited works on religious conversion in Late Antiquity.

His recent articles explore digital prosopography methodologies, religious violence in Syriac texts, and Late Antique eschatology. He currently leads NEH-funded projects digitizing Syriac literary sources. Collaborations include co-editing the Syriac Taxonomy and developing OER (Open Educational Resources) for Syriac studies.