Purpose-driven startup providing accurate information on Islamic art, architecture, and history for wide public audiences. We help students, professionals, and history and cultural enthusiasts through our historical consulting services and online professional development training. Led by Founding Director and Principal Consultant Glaire Anderson, PhD our award-winning projects include Assassin's Creed Mirage and its educational ‘History of Baghdad’ Codex feature (Ubisoft, 2023). The Codex is now available to learners ages 12+ in the Discovery Tour Medieval Baghdad free app (Ubisoft, 2025). Follow us on LinkedIn and Insta and visit us online at www.digitallabivcc.com
Academy & Digital Lab Days (what happened was truly inspiring!)
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Hello Reader, It's been an intense few weeks in the Digital Lab! Over the last two weeks we launched our new online Academy. Simultaneously, we held our very first Digital Lab Days events in Edinburgh and Glasgow. It was incredible how both new initiatives brought people together - online and in-person, longtime supporters and collaborators as well as new members of our community. What brought us together was a shared commitment to accurate, meaningful cultural representation in video games, and bridging games, GLAM, and the academy. For everyone who took part, in-person or online, your participation is moving the needle on our vision of a more inclusive and global past, through games, XR+, and open education! If you missed the first Academy classes, it's not too late to learn with us this summer! The feedback from the first cohort speaks for itself - you can read two eloquent testimonials here and here. To Mohammad, Mourad, and our other Academy participants, a very sincere thank you for the energy and enthusiasm you brought to the sessions! The standalone session on Representing Historical Islamic Societies: Common Pitfalls will be offered for the last time this summer on Monday 14 July - register here. The 'Gunpowder Empires' Unit will be offered for the only time this summer, starting Monday 14 July - register here. And do follow us on LinkedIn to see recaps on Digital Lab Days courtesy of Izzy, Mona, and Deniz, and for more on Academy directly from Sarah. All my best,
Glaire
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Digital Lab for Islamic Visual Culture & Collections (DLIVCC)
Purpose-driven startup providing accurate information on Islamic art, architecture, and history for wide public audiences. We help students, professionals, and history and cultural enthusiasts through our historical consulting services and online professional development training. Led by Founding Director and Principal Consultant Glaire Anderson, PhD our award-winning projects include Assassin's Creed Mirage and its educational ‘History of Baghdad’ Codex feature (Ubisoft, 2023). The Codex is now available to learners ages 12+ in the Discovery Tour Medieval Baghdad free app (Ubisoft, 2025). Follow us on LinkedIn and Insta and visit us online at www.digitallabivcc.com
Hello Reader, This week Ubisoft announced a new, free Discovery Tour Medieval Baghdad app! It incorporates our consultancy and collaborative research work from Assassin's Creed Mirage and its educational Codex feature. You can learn more and download the free app on the Ubisoft website here. I couldn't be happier that the results of our consultancy and collaboration with Ubisoft are now even more accessible to wide publics. My hope is that this app will inspire more people of all ages to...
Hi Reader, Hope you had a wonderful summer break! Here in Edinburgh the Festival season is finally drawing to a close, and we're looking forward to Fall in the Digital Lab. We start back tomorrow, 12pm EST/ 5pm BST on Zoom with a single session on 'Representing Historical Islamicate Societies: Common Pitfalls' with Sarah Slingluff, our History & Education Coordinator. If you'd like to join Sarah for tomorrow's session, it's not too late. Click for Details Hope to see you in the Academy!...
Hello! We're winding down for the summer holidays here in Edinburgh, but September is just around the corner. If you're looking ahead to Fall, enrolment is open for our Fall Academy online classes. New for this year, Sarah will be teaching a new unit, an Introduction to the art, architecture, and history of al-Andalus. Our mission in the Digital Lab is to bring accurate information about medieval Islamic art, architecture, and history to wide public audiences, through video games, and through...