Forwarded for the organizers:
KCL International Postgraduate Workshop “Inscriptions in Historiography and Historiography in Inscriptions. Two Sides of the Same Coin: History”
The workshop will take place on 28 September 2018 at the Strand Campus, King’s College London (King’s Building, River Room). Our confirmed keynote speaker will be Dr Paola Ceccarelli (University College London).
To attend the workshop, registration via Eventbrite is mandatory for all attendees (excluding confirmed speakers). The conference is free to attend and lunch and refreshments will be provided. The Eventbrite registration for the event will close at 11pm on 25 September 2018.
We are looking forward to welcoming you all in London!
The Organising Committee (Dr Steven Cosnett, Dr Giulia Donelli, Dr Federica Scicolone)
PROGRAMME09:15-09:45 Registration and welcome address
09:45-10:15 CAMERON G. PEARSON (University of Warsaw) – Croesus Remembered: Early Local History in a New Theban Epigram
10:15-10:30 Discussion10:30-11:00 GIORGIA PROIETTI (University of Trento) – Shaping History between Monuments and Historiography. The Memory of the Battle of Marathon before, and in, Herodotus
11:00-11:15 Discussion11:15-11:45 Coffee Break
11:45-12:15 JAN HAYWOOD (The Open University) – Inscriptions as evidence in Xenophon
12:15-12:30 Discussion12:30-13:00 ANDREA GIANNOTTI (Durham University) – Through Literature, Politics and History: How to Read SEG 28:46 (Theozotides’ Decree)
13:00-13:15 Discussion13:15-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-15:00 ANTONIO IACOVIELLO (The University of Edinburgh) – Shaping History through Stone: Purpose and Narrative Bias in the Chremonides’ Decree (IG II3 912)
15:00-15:15 Discussion15:15-15:45 KRZYSZTOF ZIMNY (University of Warsaw) – Do as You’re Told: Magnesia on Maiandros and the God Twins
15:45-16:00 Discussion16:00-16:30 JULIAN G. SCHNEIDER (University of Zurich) – When Judges Become Historians. Local Historiography and its Impact on Conflict Resolution
16:30-16:45 Discussion16:45-17:15 Tea Break
17:15-18:15 Dr PAOLA CECCARELLI (UCL) – Josephus’ Poetics: Sources, Resources, and the Art of Authenticity
18:15-19:00 Closing remarks and wine reception
19:15 Conference Dinner