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Simona Stoyanova is a Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, and a researcher on the ERC Crossreads project. She pursues a part-time PhD in Classics and Digital Humanities at King’s College London, focusing on Greek and Latin epigraphy in Thrace. Her work spans digital humanities, epigraphy, and textual criticism, with expertise in EpiDoc XML encoding standards.
Education: BA (Sofia University), MA/PhD (King’s College London, in progress).
Key Projects: Open Greek and Latin, EpiDoc Guidelines, Digital Marmor Parium, COACS project.
Research Interests: Multilingualism in ancient inscriptions, epigraphic palaeography, digital preservation of cultural heritage, and data sustainability. She has contributed to major projects like the Leipzig Open Fragmentary Text Series and the Billion Words project, emphasizing open access and standards-based workflows.
Teaching & Collaboration: Taught digital scholarly editing at the University of Leipzig and Sunoikisis Digital Classics. Provides TEI/XML consultancy for projects like Visible Words and ERC Dharma. Serves as Deputy Treasurer of the European Association for Digital Humanities.
Technical Expertise: Specializes in XML encoding, data modelling, and platform development (EFES publishing framework). Advises on Byzantine seal encoding and collaborates on projects like the Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions.
