Category Archives: AIEGL

Epigraphy Training, York, June 24-26, 2008

Posted on 2008-04-19 by Gabriel Bodard

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 →

Posted in BES, events, training | Leave a comment

BES Spring meeting, Durham

Posted on 2008-04-12 by Gabriel Bodard

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 →

Posted in BES, events | 3 Comments

CFP last chance: The Publication and Study of Inscriptions in the Age of the Computer

Posted on 2008-01-16 by Tom Elliott

A reminder that proposals for papers to be included in the following panel are due 1 February 2008: CALL FOR PAPERS 2009 ASGLE Joint AIA/APA Panel Philadelphia, PA, January 8-11 2009 The Publication and Study of Inscriptions in the Age … Continue reading →

Posted in ASGLE, events | Leave a comment

Epigraphy at APA/AIA 2008

Posted on 2008-01-03 by Tom Elliott

UPDATE: added links to all the abstracts I could find The following sessions at the joint annual meetings of the American Philological Association and the Archaeological Institute of America look epigraphical: Friday, 4 January Concrete Text: Epigraphy, Elegy, and Poetic … Continue reading →

Posted in ASGLE, events | Leave a comment

AIEGL election results

Posted on 2007-12-12 by Gabriel Bodard

An email has just been circulated announcing the results of the AIEGL elections: A norma dello Statuto, per il periodo 2008-2012, il Bureau sarà così composto Presidente Stephen MITCHELL Vice-Presidente Manfred SCHMIDT Segretario Generale Angela DONATI Segretario Generale aggiunto Christian … Continue reading →

Posted in AIEGL | Leave a comment

The Afterlife of Inscriptions, 17th November 2007

Posted on 2007-10-17 by Gabriel Bodard

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

Posted in BES, events | Leave a comment

Epigraphy and the Information Technology Revolution

Posted on 2007-09-16 by Valentina Asciutti

Prof. S. Panciera (Rome) in his introductory remarks expresses his willingness and enthusiasm in embracing the IT Revolution and applying it to the study of inscriptions. At the same time, however, he shows frustration and disappointment for the slowness with … Continue reading →

Posted in CIEGL | 1 Comment

CIEGL XIII: Plenary Session 4, ‘Epigraphy and Government’

Posted on 2007-09-07 by Paschalis Paschidis

John Ma (Corpus Christi College, Oxford), “Greek Epigraphy and the Representation of Authority”, offered a refreshingly ‘outside the box’ lecture revolving around the intricate ways inscriptions represent authority. Authority in inscriptions may be specified (the demos, the body politic, the … Continue reading →

Posted in CIEGL | Leave a comment

CIEGL XIII: Thematic panel 2.3, ‘The Epigraphy of Macedonia’

Posted on 2007-09-06 by Paschalis Paschidis

M. B. Hatzopoulos (Research Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity, Athens), “An Old and New Inscription from Mieza: the Constitution of Extensive Landed Properties in the Central Macedonian Plain and the Question of λαοί in Hellenistic Macedonia” dealt with the … Continue reading →

Posted in CIEGL | Leave a comment

CIEGL XIII, Plenary Session 5: ‘Display and Paedagogy’

Posted on 2007-09-05 by Mat Carbon

Susan Walker (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) introduced this session with some remarks about the difficulties involved in persuading administrators to take the display of inscriptions seriously, especially within a large museum environment such as the British Museum. Yet both papers sounded … Continue reading →

Posted in CIEGL | Leave a comment

CIEGL XIII, Thematic Panel 3.1: ‘Athenian Religion and Society’

Posted on 2007-09-05 by Mat Carbon

Julia Shear (University of Glasgow), “Herakleitos of Athmonon, Antigonos Gonatas, and the Panathenaia”, discussed the Athenian decree honouring Herakleitos of Athmonon, IG II(2) 677 (early 250’s BC). She argued, not entirely convincingly, that while most Hellenistic kings were allowed to … Continue reading →

Posted in CIEGL, news | Leave a comment

Giulia Baratta (Universita’ di Macerata, Italy) – “L’Epigrafia nei contesti archeologici”

Posted on 2007-09-05 by Valentina Asciutti

Giulia Baratta focused her attention on the marginal role and inadequacy that affect inscriptions in museums and archaeological sites. An average tourist is resonably more attracted by a monument, in particular if iconographically rich, than an inscribed stone written in an … Continue reading →

Posted in CIEGL | Leave a comment