Category Archives: BES

Sacred Law and Women’s Festivals (Carbon, November 2008)

This is a report by Shane Brennan (Exeter) on a paper given at the BES Autumn meeting, November 22, 2008: Mathieu Carbon (Oxford), Sacred Law and Women’s Festivals, From Aristophanes to Mylasa The final paper at the 2008 BES Autumn … Continue reading

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Inscribed evidence for illegal behaviour at the Roman grave (Tupman, November 2008)

This is a report by Duncan Taylor, King’s College London, of a paper given at the BES Autumn meeting, November 22, 2008: Charlotte Tupman (KCL), “Protecting the dead? Inscribed evidence for illegal behaviour at the Roman grave” The first paper … Continue reading

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Autumn Colloquium of the British Epigraphy Society, 22 November

The theme for the Colloquium is “Inscribed Laws” and the event will be held in Strand Campus Room 2C at King’s College, London (directions to follow).  The programme for the Autumn Colloquium is as follows: 10.30: Coffee & Registration 11.00: … Continue reading

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BES newsletter 19 released (but not online)

Paid-up members of the British Epigraphy Society will have last week received a copy of issue #19 of the BES Newsletter, either by email or in print. (I note that the online archive at http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/BES/Newsletter.htm does not have this issue … Continue reading

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Epigraphy Training, York, June 24-26, 2008

Practical Epigraphy Workshop 24-26th June 2008 Yorkshire Museum, York The British Epigraphy Society is pleased to announce a second Practical Epigraphy Workshop in York for those interested in developing hands-on skills in working with epigraphic material. With expert tuition, participants … Continue reading

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BES Spring meeting, Durham

British Epigraphy Society Spring Meeting, Saturday 3 May 2008 Department of Classics & Ancient History, 38 North Bailey, Durham Religion and politics in Greek and Roman epigraphy in Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean Main speakers & topics include: Professor P.J. … Continue reading

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The Afterlife of Inscriptions, 17th November 2007

British Epigraphy Society Autumn Colloquium THE AFTERLIFE OF INSCRIPTIONS & 11th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Saturday, 17th November 2007, Warwick University Organised by Abigail Graham. Full programme in PDF

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BES News ns 17 (Spring 2007)

The BES Newsletter for Spring 2007 has been circulated today. The newsletter is in PDF and back issues (from 9 through to 15) can be downloaded from http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/bes/Newsletter.htm. The Contents for the current issue include: Announcements News of members & … Continue reading

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New Edition of the Athenian Tribute Lists

Bjorn Paarmann, Editing and commenting on the Athenian Tribute Lists in 2007. Saturday 5th May 2007, BES Spring Meeting, Edinburgh. Paarmann spoke about his doctoral dissertation project at Fribourg (due to be awarded Summer 2007) which was to collect, edit, … Continue reading

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Practical Epigraphy Workshop: Programme

27-28th June 2007: Roman Legionary Museum, Caerleon A Practical Epigraphy Workshop is taking place for graduate students and non-student members of the British Epigraphy Society who are interested in developing hands-on skills in working with epigraphic material. With expert tuition, … Continue reading

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Practical Epigraphy Workshop

27-28 June 2007 Roman Legionary Museum, Caerleon A Practical Epigraphy Workshop will be held for graduate students who would like to improve their skills in working with epigraphic material. To request further details or an application form please contact Charlotte … Continue reading

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Afterlife of Inscriptions: Warwick November 2007

17 November (DATE NOW CONFIRMED): XI AGM and Autumn Colloquium on the theme of “The Afterlife of Inscriptions”, University of Warwick. For further details contact Abigail Graham (abigail.graham@warwick.ac.uk). Short reports or posters are very welcome from any member at colloquia. … Continue reading

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