Professor Andrew Prescott
- Professor of Digital Humanities (English Language & Linguistics)
telephone: 01413308041
email: Andrew.Prescott@glasgow.ac.uk
Publications
2018
Prescott, A. (2018) Searchig for Dr Johnson: the digitisation of the Burney Newspaper Collection. In: Brandtzæg, S. G., Goring, P. and Watson, C. (eds.) Travelling Chronicles: News and Newspapers from the Early Modern Period to the Eighteenth Century. Series: Library of the written word - the handpress world. Brill: Leiden, pp. 49-71. ISBN 9789004340404 (doi:10.1163/9789004362871_004)
Prescott, A. (2018) English Chronicle Narratives of the Rising of 1381. In: Connolly, M. and Radulescu, R. (eds.) Editing and Interpretation of Middle English Texts: Essays in Honour of William Marx. Series: Texts and transitions (12). Brepols: Turnhout, pp. 133-154. ISBN 9782503568478 (doi:10.1484/M.TT-EB.5.114037)
Prescott, A. and Hughes, L. M. (2018) Why do we digitize? The case for slow digitization. Archive Journal, (Accepted for Publication)
2017
Papadimitriou, I., Prescott, A. and Rogers, J. (Eds.) (2017) Bridging Open Borders. Uniform Communications: London. ISBN 9780957686885
Prescott, A. (2017) Peasants' Revolt. In: Echard, S. and Rouse, R. (eds.) The Encyclopaedia of Medieval Literature in Britain. Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 9781118396988 (doi:10.1002/9781118396957.wbemlb547)
Prescott, A. and Sommers, S. M. (2017) Searching for the apple tree: revisiting the earliest years of organised English freemasonry. In: Wade, J. (ed.) Reflections on Three Hundred Years of Freemasonry: Papers from the QC Tercentenary Conference. Lewis Masonic.
Sommers, S. M. and Prescott, A. (2017) New light on the life of James Anderson. In: Wade, J. (ed.) Reflections on Three Hundred Years of Freemasonry: Papers from the QC Tercentenary Conference. Lewis Masonic.
2016
Prescott, A. (2016) 'Great and horrible rumour': shaping the English revolt of 1381. In: Firnhaber-Baker, J. and Schoenaers, D. (eds.) The Routledge History Handbook of Medieval Revolt. Series: Routledge history handbooks. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 76-103. ISBN 9781138952225
Papadimitriou, I., Prescott, A. and Rogers, J. (Eds.) (2016) Engineering the future: Digital Design Weekend 2016. Uniform Communications Ltd.. ISBN 9780957686878
Prescott, A. (2016) Introduction: the pursuit of metaphors. In: Anderson, W., Hough, C. and Bramwell, E. (eds.) Mapping English Metaphor Through Time. Series: Oxford linguistics. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 1-12. ISBN 9780198744573 (doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744573.001.0001)
Blanke, T. and Prescott, A. (2016) Dealing with big data. In: Griffin, G. and Hayler, M. (eds.) Research Methods for Reading Digital Data in the Digital Humanities. Series: Research methods for the arts and humanities. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 184-205. ISBN 9781474409605
2015
Prescott, A. (2015) Beyond the digital humanities centre: the administrative landscapes of the digital humanities. In: Schreibman, S., Siemens, R. and Unsworth, J. (eds.) A New Companion to Digital Humanities. Series: Blackwell companions to literature and culture (93). Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 461-475. ISBN 9781118680599 (doi:10.1002/9781118680605.ch32)
Prescott, A. (Ed.) (2015) Big Data in the Arts and Humanities: Some Arts and Humanities Research Council Projects. University of Glasgow: Glasgow. ISBN 9780852619438
Papadimitriou, I., Prescott, A. and Rogers, J. (Eds.) (2015) Crafting our Digital Futures. Uniform Communications Ltd: Great Britain. ISBN 9780957686847
Prescott, A. (2015) Being local and connected. In: Papadimitriou, I., Prescott, A. and Rogers, J. (eds.) Crafting our Digital Futures. Uniform Communications Ltd: Great Britain. ISBN 9780957686847
2014
Prescott, A. (2014) Digitising the Historical Record. Genres of Scholarly Knowledge Production, Umeå, Sweden, 10-12 Dec 2014.
Prescott, A. (2014) Made in Sheffield: industrial perspectives on the digital humanities. In: Pidd, M., Ward, E. and Mills, C. (eds.) Proceedings of the Digital Humanities Congress 2012. Series: Studies in the digital humanities (1). The University of Sheffield.
Rogers, J., Papadimitriou, I. and Prescott, A. (Eds.) (2014) Open Collaborative Making. Uniform Communications Ltd: Liverpool. ISBN 9780957686816
Prescott, A. (2014) I'd rather be a Librarian. Cultural and Social History, 11(3), pp. 335-341. (doi:10.2752/147800414X13983595303192)
Prescott, A. (2014) The old charges. In: Bogdan, H. and Snoek, J.A.M. (eds.) Handbook of Freemasonry. Series: Brill handbooks on contemporary religion (8). Brill: Leiden, pp. 33-49. ISBN 9789004218338 (doi:10.1163/9789004273122_004)
2013
Prescott, A. (2013) Bibliographic Records as Humanities Big Data. In: 2013 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 6-9 Oct 2013, pp. 55-58. ISBN 9781479912933 (doi:10.1109/BigData.2013.6691670)
2010
Prescott, A. (2010) The Yorkshire Partisans and the literature of popular discontent. In: Treharne, E. and Walker, G. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Literature in English. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 321-352. ISBN 9780199229123
2009
Prescott, A. (2009) Inventing symbols and traditions : The case of the stonemasons. In: Cherry, J. and Payne, A. (eds.) Signs and Symbols: Proceedings of the 2006 Harlaxton Symposium. Series: Harlaxton Medieval Studies 18. Shaun Tyas: Donington, pp. 100-118. ISBN 9781900289986
2008
Prescott, A. (2008) The Imaging of Historical Documents. In: Greengrass, M. and Hughes, L. (eds.) The Virtual Representation of the Past. Series: Digital research in the arts and humanities. Ashgate: Aldershot, pp. 7-22. ISBN 9780754672883
Prescott, A. (2008) The textuality of the archive. In: Craven, L. (ed.) What are Archives? Cultural and Theoretical Perspectives: a reader. Ashgate, pp. 31-52. ISBN 9780745673101
Davies, M. P. and Prescott, A. (Eds.) (2008) London and the kingdom : essays in honour of Caroline M. Barron. Series: Harlaxton Medieval Studies 16. Shaun Tyas: Donington. ISBN 9781900289917
Prescott, A. (2008) 'Builders of the Temple of the New Civilization': Annie Besant and Freemasonry. In: Heidle, A. and Snoek, J.A.M. (eds.) Women's Agency and Rituals in Mixed and Female Masonic Orders. Series: Aries book series (8). Brill: Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 359-392. ISBN 9789004172395
2006
Hamill, J. and Prescott, A. (2006) 'The Masons' candidate': New Welcome Lodge No. 5139 and the Parliamentary Labour Party. Labour History Review, 71(1), pp. 9-41. (doi:10.1179/174581806X103862)
Prescott, A. (Ed.) (2006) Marking well : Essays on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales and its Districts and Lodges Overseas. Lewis Masonic: Hersham. ISBN 9780853182665
Halstead, J. and Prescott, A. (2006) Breaking the barriers: masonry, fraternity and labour. Labour History Review, 71(1), pp. 3-6. (doi:10.1179/174581806X103899)
2002
Prescott, A. (2002) The Benedictional of St Æthelwold: A Masterpiece of Anglo-Saxon Art: A Facsimile. British Library: London, UK. ISBN 9780712347556
Articles
Prescott, A. and Hughes, L. M. (2018) Why do we digitize? The case for slow digitization. Archive Journal, (Accepted for Publication)
Prescott, A. (2014) I'd rather be a Librarian. Cultural and Social History, 11(3), pp. 335-341. (doi:10.2752/147800414X13983595303192)
Hamill, J. and Prescott, A. (2006) 'The Masons' candidate': New Welcome Lodge No. 5139 and the Parliamentary Labour Party. Labour History Review, 71(1), pp. 9-41. (doi:10.1179/174581806X103862)
Halstead, J. and Prescott, A. (2006) Breaking the barriers: masonry, fraternity and labour. Labour History Review, 71(1), pp. 3-6. (doi:10.1179/174581806X103899)
Books
Prescott, A. (2002) The Benedictional of St Æthelwold: A Masterpiece of Anglo-Saxon Art: A Facsimile. British Library: London, UK. ISBN 9780712347556
Book Sections
Prescott, A. (2018) Searchig for Dr Johnson: the digitisation of the Burney Newspaper Collection. In: Brandtzæg, S. G., Goring, P. and Watson, C. (eds.) Travelling Chronicles: News and Newspapers from the Early Modern Period to the Eighteenth Century. Series: Library of the written word - the handpress world. Brill: Leiden, pp. 49-71. ISBN 9789004340404 (doi:10.1163/9789004362871_004)
Prescott, A. (2018) English Chronicle Narratives of the Rising of 1381. In: Connolly, M. and Radulescu, R. (eds.) Editing and Interpretation of Middle English Texts: Essays in Honour of William Marx. Series: Texts and transitions (12). Brepols: Turnhout, pp. 133-154. ISBN 9782503568478 (doi:10.1484/M.TT-EB.5.114037)
Prescott, A. (2017) Peasants' Revolt. In: Echard, S. and Rouse, R. (eds.) The Encyclopaedia of Medieval Literature in Britain. Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 9781118396988 (doi:10.1002/9781118396957.wbemlb547)
Prescott, A. and Sommers, S. M. (2017) Searching for the apple tree: revisiting the earliest years of organised English freemasonry. In: Wade, J. (ed.) Reflections on Three Hundred Years of Freemasonry: Papers from the QC Tercentenary Conference. Lewis Masonic.
Sommers, S. M. and Prescott, A. (2017) New light on the life of James Anderson. In: Wade, J. (ed.) Reflections on Three Hundred Years of Freemasonry: Papers from the QC Tercentenary Conference. Lewis Masonic.
Prescott, A. (2016) 'Great and horrible rumour': shaping the English revolt of 1381. In: Firnhaber-Baker, J. and Schoenaers, D. (eds.) The Routledge History Handbook of Medieval Revolt. Series: Routledge history handbooks. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 76-103. ISBN 9781138952225
Prescott, A. (2016) Introduction: the pursuit of metaphors. In: Anderson, W., Hough, C. and Bramwell, E. (eds.) Mapping English Metaphor Through Time. Series: Oxford linguistics. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 1-12. ISBN 9780198744573 (doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744573.001.0001)
Blanke, T. and Prescott, A. (2016) Dealing with big data. In: Griffin, G. and Hayler, M. (eds.) Research Methods for Reading Digital Data in the Digital Humanities. Series: Research methods for the arts and humanities. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 184-205. ISBN 9781474409605
Prescott, A. (2015) Beyond the digital humanities centre: the administrative landscapes of the digital humanities. In: Schreibman, S., Siemens, R. and Unsworth, J. (eds.) A New Companion to Digital Humanities. Series: Blackwell companions to literature and culture (93). Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 461-475. ISBN 9781118680599 (doi:10.1002/9781118680605.ch32)
Prescott, A. (2015) Being local and connected. In: Papadimitriou, I., Prescott, A. and Rogers, J. (eds.) Crafting our Digital Futures. Uniform Communications Ltd: Great Britain. ISBN 9780957686847
Prescott, A. (2014) Made in Sheffield: industrial perspectives on the digital humanities. In: Pidd, M., Ward, E. and Mills, C. (eds.) Proceedings of the Digital Humanities Congress 2012. Series: Studies in the digital humanities (1). The University of Sheffield.
Prescott, A. (2014) The old charges. In: Bogdan, H. and Snoek, J.A.M. (eds.) Handbook of Freemasonry. Series: Brill handbooks on contemporary religion (8). Brill: Leiden, pp. 33-49. ISBN 9789004218338 (doi:10.1163/9789004273122_004)
Prescott, A. (2010) The Yorkshire Partisans and the literature of popular discontent. In: Treharne, E. and Walker, G. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Literature in English. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 321-352. ISBN 9780199229123
Prescott, A. (2009) Inventing symbols and traditions : The case of the stonemasons. In: Cherry, J. and Payne, A. (eds.) Signs and Symbols: Proceedings of the 2006 Harlaxton Symposium. Series: Harlaxton Medieval Studies 18. Shaun Tyas: Donington, pp. 100-118. ISBN 9781900289986
Prescott, A. (2008) The Imaging of Historical Documents. In: Greengrass, M. and Hughes, L. (eds.) The Virtual Representation of the Past. Series: Digital research in the arts and humanities. Ashgate: Aldershot, pp. 7-22. ISBN 9780754672883
Prescott, A. (2008) The textuality of the archive. In: Craven, L. (ed.) What are Archives? Cultural and Theoretical Perspectives: a reader. Ashgate, pp. 31-52. ISBN 9780745673101
Prescott, A. (2008) 'Builders of the Temple of the New Civilization': Annie Besant and Freemasonry. In: Heidle, A. and Snoek, J.A.M. (eds.) Women's Agency and Rituals in Mixed and Female Masonic Orders. Series: Aries book series (8). Brill: Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 359-392. ISBN 9789004172395
Edited Books
Papadimitriou, I., Prescott, A. and Rogers, J. (Eds.) (2017) Bridging Open Borders. Uniform Communications: London. ISBN 9780957686885
Papadimitriou, I., Prescott, A. and Rogers, J. (Eds.) (2016) Engineering the future: Digital Design Weekend 2016. Uniform Communications Ltd.. ISBN 9780957686878
Prescott, A. (Ed.) (2015) Big Data in the Arts and Humanities: Some Arts and Humanities Research Council Projects. University of Glasgow: Glasgow. ISBN 9780852619438
Papadimitriou, I., Prescott, A. and Rogers, J. (Eds.) (2015) Crafting our Digital Futures. Uniform Communications Ltd: Great Britain. ISBN 9780957686847
Rogers, J., Papadimitriou, I. and Prescott, A. (Eds.) (2014) Open Collaborative Making. Uniform Communications Ltd: Liverpool. ISBN 9780957686816
Davies, M. P. and Prescott, A. (Eds.) (2008) London and the kingdom : essays in honour of Caroline M. Barron. Series: Harlaxton Medieval Studies 16. Shaun Tyas: Donington. ISBN 9781900289917
Prescott, A. (Ed.) (2006) Marking well : Essays on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales and its Districts and Lodges Overseas. Lewis Masonic: Hersham. ISBN 9780853182665
Conference or Workshop Item
Prescott, A. (2014) Digitising the Historical Record. Genres of Scholarly Knowledge Production, Umeå, Sweden, 10-12 Dec 2014.
Conference Proceedings
Prescott, A. (2013) Bibliographic Records as Humanities Big Data. In: 2013 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 6-9 Oct 2013, pp. 55-58. ISBN 9781479912933 (doi:10.1109/BigData.2013.6691670)
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