![William Gell, Alhambra, Bosque del Alhambra, El Mirab, Torre de Comares, ca. 1808-10, BSR Special collections, WG[MS]-6-162. CC BY-NC-ND](https://bsr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/COPERTINE-2026-33-1.png)
With speakers invited to look at recent and future projects on the numerous notebooks documenting the travels and research of William Gell (1777-1836), the well-known English antiquary and topographer, the workshop will mark the completion of Professor R. Sweet’s project, War, travel & cultural exchange: William Gell & the British in Iberia, 1750-1830, and will explore new avenues offered by Digital Humanities to study, publish, and disseminate Gell’s legacy.
Programme
10.00 – Welcome & Coffee
Raphaële Mouren (British School at Rome)
Recent projects developed around the world
Grete Stefani (Parco archeologico di Pompei) and Paul Roberts (Ashmolean Museum Oxford)
Pompeiana III – rediscovering Gell’s lost masterpiece
Vicky Donnellan and Celeste Farge (British Museum)
The Gell archive at the British Museum: ideas and options
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Break
Roey Sweet (University of Leicester)
Recent research on William Gell
Richard Ansell (Birkbeck University of London)
Transcribing William Gell’s notebooks
Eleonora Brignola and Leonardo Giustiniani (EmmeBiSoft Rome)
Preparing manuscript documents for online publication
Hybrid event – You’re welcome to attend in person—no registration is needed, and access is free. If you would like to join us online, register using the link above.
