Posted for John Bodel:
The Summer Program in Roman Epigraphy at the American Academy in Rome is an intensive two-week course designed to introduce advanced graduate students and early career scholars to the study of Roman epigraphy, particularly the reading, interpretation, and editing of Latin inscriptions from the city of Rome. Participants will learn how to read and classify the main types of Roman inscriptions (on stone, metal, and clay) and how to edit Greek and Latin inscriptions, both in print and according to the EpiDoc conventions for digital editing of epigraphic texts. Instruction will include hands-on practice in reading and recording inscriptions at the American Academy in Rome; epigraphic walks in Trastevere and the old city; visits to major museum collections (notably those of the Museo Nazionale Romano and the Capitoline Museums); and field trips to one or more sites with Roman epitaphs and burials in situ: on the Gianiculum (Doria Pamphili columbaria and tombs), or Vatican (Santa Rosa cemetery), or at Ostia and Isola Sacra. By the end of the course, participants will have had practice editing unpublished inscriptions and will be able to read and understand most basic types of Latin inscription on stone.
