Author Archives: Gabriel Bodard

Wiesehöfer (ed.) on Theodor Mommsen, reviewed

Posted on 2007-04-07 by Gabriel Bodard

A review (en français) of a collection of essays (auf Deutsch) on one of the fathers of modern epigraphy in BMCR this morning: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2007.04.07 Josef Wiesehöfer (ed.), Theodor Mommsen: Gelehrter, Politiker und Literat, unter Mitarbeit von … Continue reading →

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Epigraphic seminars: summer 2007

Posted on 2007-04-05 by Gabriel Bodard

University of Reading Wednesday, 9 May, 4 p.m., HUMSS 301 ‘Locus datus: Latin inscriptions and the Roman state’ Gregory Rowe, University of Victoria University of Cambridge 31 May Dr Roman Roth: ‘Families’ and Individuals in the Funerary Self-Representation of Etruscan … Continue reading →

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Reviewed: Texte als Medium und Reflexion von Religion im römischen Reich

Posted on 2007-04-05 by Gabriel Bodard

Reviewed in BMCR 2007.04.03: Dorothee Elm von der Osten, Jörg Rüpke, Katharina Waldner, Texte als Medium und Reflexion von Religion im römischen Reich. Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 14. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2006. Pp. 260. ISBN 3-515-08641-2. EUR 49.00 (pb). Reviewed … Continue reading →

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NEH funds Cuneiform Forensics

Posted on 2007-04-04 by Gabriel Bodard

Seen at NEH Digital Humanities awards Cuneiform Forensics: 3D Digital Analysis of Cuneiform Tablet Production CUNY Research Foundation, Brooklyn College — Brooklyn, NY H. Arthur Bankoff, Project Director Outright: $29,850 (Funding for this award provided by the Institute of Museum … Continue reading →

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BMCR 2007.04.01, BMCR Books Received (March)

Posted on 2007-04-03 by Gabriel Bodard

Titles of potential interest to epigraphers exerpted below: ———- Titles marked by an asterisk are available for review. Qualified volunteers should indicate their interest by a message to classrev@brynmawr.edu, with their last name and requested author in the subject line. … Continue reading →

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CIL Online

Posted on 2007-03-30 by Gabriel Bodard

As just reported by AIEGL, the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum have launched a website available in German and English at https://cil.bbaw.de/. The site appears to contain: Searchable database of CIL numbers, listing photographs, squeezes, and bibliography among the results Sample indices … Continue reading →

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Literary Epigraphy workshop

Posted on 2007-03-28 by Gabriel Bodard

Peter Liddell and Polly Low (Manchester University) have been working for a couple of years now on a collection of inscriptions “quoted or mentioned in ancient Greek and Latin literary texts”. For reference purposes, a prototype database showcasing some of … Continue reading →

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BSA Postgraduate Taught Course

Posted on 2007-03-12 by Gabriel Bodard

Announcement just seen on Classicists: In case anyone would like to incorporate the course into their PG training programme undertakings to the AHRC for particular individual graduate students, here is an early warning of the Sixth Biennial British School of … Continue reading →

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AIEGL Prize

Posted on 2007-03-09 by Gabriel Bodard

The A.I.E.G.L. Scientific Committee approved the President’s and Bureau’s proposal to award two prizes for epigraphic publications at the next International Epigraphic Conference in Oxford: one will be awarded to a work in the field of Greek epigraphy, the other … Continue reading →

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New Inscriptions from Argos

Posted on 2007-03-06 by Gabriel Bodard

Announcement from BES: Dr Charalambos Kritzas, until recently director of the Epigraphic Museum in Athens, will give a special lecture on: NEW INSCRIPTIONS FROM ARGOS: THE ARCHIVES OF THE SACRED TREASURY (4th century BC). in LONDON tomorrow (Weds 7th March … Continue reading →

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Hispania Epigraphica 12

Posted on 2007-03-05 by Gabriel Bodard

Reported via AIEGL, the latest volume of Hispania Epigraphica: HEp 12 reviews Portuguese and Spanish inscriptions published during the year 2002, although it ocassionally covers later publications. In total 677 Paleohispanic (i.e. those writen in Celtic or Latin and using … Continue reading →

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BMCR Books Received (February).

Posted on 2007-03-02 by Gabriel Bodard

BMCR 2007.03.01 Books Received (February). (I have exerpted those titles that may be of particular interest to epigraphers and those in related fields. Sometimes I have had to guess from a somewhat ambiguous title.) *Breeze, David J., J. Collingwood Bruce’s … Continue reading →

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