Author Archives: Gabriel Bodard

Short reports from BES Autumn Meeting

Posted on 2009-11-26 by Gabriel Bodard

Reports given at British Epigraphy Society Autumn Meeting, November 21, 2009. (Brief summary by Gabriel Bodard) 1) Nicholas Milner on recent work at Oinoanda Nicholas reported on the ongoing epigraphic work at the Oinoanda excavations (where he has been resposible … Continue reading →

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Silvia Ferrara, ‘Writing in Cypro-Minoan: Beyond decipherment’

Posted on 2009-11-24 by Gabriel Bodard

Paper presented at British Epigraphy Society Autumn Meeting. (Brief report by Gabriel Bodard) Writing in Cypro-Minoan: Beyond Decipherment. Silvia Ferrara, Oxford,  November 21, 2009 In this paper, Ferrara introduced the audience to problems in the decipherment and interpretation of inscriptions … Continue reading →

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Processes in the Making of Roman Inscriptions by Richard Grasby

Posted on 2009-11-20 by Gabriel Bodard

PROCESSES IN THE MAKING OF ROMAN INSCRIPTIONS STUDIES BY R.D. GRASBY: SEPTEMBER 2009 The Studies present inscriptions at various stages of their making from draft text to carefully constructed letters set out on the stone itself, brush painted and carved. … Continue reading →

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Epigraphy and the Greek Historian (London, Spring 2010)

Posted on 2009-11-16 by Gabriel Bodard

EPIGRAPHY AND THE GREEK HISTORIAN Institute for Classical Studies Ancient History Seminar Thursdays at 4.30 pm G 22/26 South Block, Senate House Spring term 2010 Organiser: Christy Constantakopoulou (Birkbeck) c.constantakopoulou@bbk.ac.uk 14 January Graham Oliver (Liverpool) Destroying inscriptions: the authorised and … Continue reading →

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CSAD blog

Posted on 2009-11-09 by Gabriel Bodard

Caillan Davenport reports: The Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents (CSAD) at Oxford University has started a new blog to update students, scholars and the general public on the centre’s research projects. https://cairo.csad.ox.ac.uk/users/csad/

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Foreign Epigraphy (Oxford, November 21, 2009)

Posted on 2009-10-30 by Gabriel Bodard

British Epigraphy Society Autumn Colloquium FOREIGN EPIGRAPHY or “Epigraphy, but not as we know it” & XIII Annual General Meeting Saturday, 21 November 2009, MBI Al Jaber Building, Corpus Christi College, Oxford 10.30 (coffee) – 17.30 (close) Full programme at … Continue reading →

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I contesti magici nell’antichità (Roma, November 4-6, 2009)

Posted on 2009-10-30 by Gabriel Bodard

We receive short notice of an international congress on ancient magic, to be held in Rome next week: Contextos Magicos / Contesti Magici. Full programme is online at the Italian Culture Ministry: announcement.

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Sito Italiano di Epigrafia Greca (SITEG)

Posted on 2009-10-25 by Gabriel Bodard

Lucia Criscuolo writes from Bologna with an announcement of a new Italian site for news and discussion of Greek epigraphy (https://www.siteg.it), which includes listings of news items and of meetings and colloquia (it is not clear from the website if … Continue reading →

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Decoding Pasts, Building Futures (KCL, Oct 23)

Posted on 2009-10-22 by Gabriel Bodard

You are cordially invited to a triple-decker inaugural lecture at King’s College London: “Decoding Pasts, Building Futures”: Richard Beacham, Professor of Digital Culture Charlotte Roueche, Professor of Late Antique & Byzantine Studies Harold Short, Professor of Digital Humanities Centre for … Continue reading →

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Object, Artefact and Script: digital approaches to inscribed objects

Posted on 2009-10-05 by Gabriel Bodard

October 8-9, 2009, e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh Organisers: Gabriel Bodard and Stuart Dunn Programme:  https://wiki.esi.ac.uk/Object_Artefact_Script The text upon an object is both evidence for and part of its form and therefore its function; just as the construction … Continue reading →

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AIEGL training grants

Posted on 2009-07-22 by Gabriel Bodard

Forwarded for Stephen Mitchell: The Association Internationale d’Épigraphie Grecque et Latine offers grants of up to 1000 Euros to support Epigraphic Educational and Training Courses and Workshops. The following conditions apply. Applicants must be AIEGL members. Due to limited funds, … Continue reading →

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New AIEGL Website and letter from president

Posted on 2009-07-05 by Gabriel Bodard

To all members of AIEGL 1 July 2009 Association Internationale d’Épigraphie Grecque et Latine Dear colleagues, The new AIEGL web-site has now been launched and can be accessed at the following URL https://www2.bbaw.de/aiegl. Or you can go the existing site … Continue reading →

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