![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.
Speakers include Richard Ansell, Eleonora Brignola, Vicky Donnellan, Celeste Farge, Leonardo Giustiniani, Raphaële Mouren, Paul Roberts, Grete Stefani, Roey Sweet.
Programme
10.00 – Welcome
Raphaële Mouren (British School at Rome)
Recent projects developped around the world
Grete Stefani (Parco archeologico di Pompei) and Paul Roberts (Ashmolean Museum Oxford
William GEll at Pompei: current project
Vicky Donnellan (British Museum)
The Gell archive at the British Museum: ideas and options
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Break
Roey Sweet (University of Leicester / British School at Rome)
Recent research on William Gell
Richard Ansell (Birkbeck University of London)
Transcribing William Gell’s notebooks
Eleonora Brignola & Leonardo Giustiniani (EmmeBiSoft Rome)
Preparing manuscript documents for online publication
