L’ARABIA FELIX, TRA EGITTO E VICINO ORIENTE
Presentation of the volume by A. Lombardi, with contributions by F. Betti
“SOUTH ARABIAN FUNERARY STELAE
FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM COLLECTION”
(Arabia Antica. Archaeological studies, 11; Roma, L’ERMA di Bretschneider, 2016)
14th of December 2017 – h. 15
Università degli Studi di Milano – Palazzo Greppi, Sala Napoleonica – Via S. Antonio, 1
Presentation of the Virtual Museum of Archaeological Computing
Accademia dei Lincei (Rome) – Wednesday, 13th of December 2017
The Virtual Museum of Archaeological Computing is a project of the CNR-ISMA and Accademia dei Lincei (Rome). It aims at retracing the development of a boundary discipline, which set its roots in the 1950s. A virtual tour, guided by specialists, will offer a survey on the history of applications and technological devices, within the framework of the main archaeological sectors involved in the process of data digitisation, including also focuses on Digital Epigraphy (see Projects section).
Call for papers
Please find enclosed a leaflet advertising the launching by the publisher Fabrizio Serra Editore Srl, Pisa-Rome, of a new journal in the field of Greek and Latin epigraphy: The Journal of Epigraphic Studies (JES). The Journal now welcomes articles for the first issue to be published in 2018. Papers may be submitted by January 31, 2018, and will be peer-reviewed. More details about the submission procedure and the editorial rules are included in the attached documents or are accessible through: www.libraweb.net
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The research group LITTERA of the University of Barcelona in collaboration with the Department of Classical Philology of the University of Heidelberg is calling for proposals for the international conference “Manes adite paterni!” Family Spirits in the Greco-Roman World that will take place on the days 20-21 of July 2018 at the Department of Classical Philology of the University of Heidelberg.
The conference aims to reconsider the confused panorama concerning the different types of supernatural beings (Manes, Penates, Lares, Genii, δαίμονες, ἥρωες, etc.), with special emphasis on the family circle. Focus of the conference will be the Greco-Roman world from the origins to the Early Christianity. The objective is to stress the existence of a continuity among the different traditions concerning the beliefs on the life after death. Proposals are expected to deal with the following subjects: the lexical choice to denominate spirits and ghosts; the ritual and material component of the family death cult and the magical practices against spirits; the philosophical thought about the nature of the spirits as well as on the destiny of the human soul, etc.
The approach is multidisciplinary. In this sense, not only philologists are invited to apply but also philosophers, epigraphists, papirologists, archeologists and historians.
The proceedings of the conference will be published in the monographic series of the scientific review Anuari de Filologia Antiqua et Mediaevalia (https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/AFAM/about/submissions) after a double peer-review.
More info
https://ancientmanesconference2018blog.wordpress.com/
MANES ADITE PATERNI POSTER NUEVO
by Francisca Feraudi-Gruénais / Renate Ludwig
Heidelberg 2017
ISBN: 978-3-8253-6693-3
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The research group LITTERA of the University of Barcelona in collaboration with the Department of Classical Philology of the University of Heidelberg is calling for proposals for the international conference
“Manes adite paterni!”
Family Spirits in the Greco-Roman World
that will take place on the days 20-21 of July 2018 at the Department of Classical Philology of the University of Heidelberg.
The conference aims to reconsider the confused panorama concerning the different types of supernatural beings (Manes, Penates, Lares, Genii, δαίμωνες, ῞ηρωες, etc.), with special emphasis on the family circle. Focus of the conference will be the Greco-Roman world from the origins to the Early Christianity. The objective is to stress the existence of a continuity among the different traditions concerning the beliefs on the life after death. Proposals are expected to deal with the following subjects: the lexical choice to denominate spirits and ghosts; the ritual and material component of the family death cult and the magical practices against spirits; the philosophical thought about the nature of the spirits as well as on the destiny of the human soul, etc.
The approach is multidisciplinary. In this sense, not only philologists are invited to apply but also philosophers, epigraphists, papirologists, archeologists and historians.
Papers should not withdraw 20 minutes and will be followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Accepted languages are: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Abstracts (2 pages max., including bibliography) should be sent by the 31 of December 2017 to the following address: ancientmanes2018@gmail.com
The proceedings of the conference will be published in the monographic series of the scientific review Anuari de Filologia Antiqua et Mediaevalia (https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/AFAM/about/submissions) after a double peer-review.
Venue
Seminar für Klassische Philologie
Universität Heidelberg
Marstallhof 2-4
69117 Heidelberg
https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/philosophie/skph/
Fees
40 euros for speakers
20 euros for audience (registrations by the end of May 2018)
Certificates of attendance and participation will be delivered by the Organizers.
In collaboration with and under the auspices of
Seminar für Klassische Philologie – Universität Heidelberg
DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Facultat de Filologia – Universitat de Barcelona
LITTERA – Laboratori per a la Investigació i Tractament de Textos Epigràfics, Romans i Antics
Revistes Científiques de la Universitat de Barcelona
Scientific Committee
Alejandra Guzmán Almagro (LITTERA / Universitat de Barcelona)
Jürgen Paul Schwindt (Universität Heidelberg)
Silvia Tantimonaco (LITTERA / DAAD Fellow – Universität Heidelberg)
Javier Velaza Frías (LITTERA / Universitat de Barcelona)
Organizing Commitee
Alejandra Guzmán Almagro: aguzman@ub.edu
Silvia Tantimonaco: silvia.tantimonaco@uni-heidelberg.de
More information
https://ancientmanesconference2018blog.wordpress.com/
Epigrafia Ostiense – Warning for subscribers
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Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, San Diego, CA, January 3-6, 2019
Paula Perlman and Cristina Carusi (The University of Texas at Austin), organizers
A growing number of digitized photographs and squeezes of inscribed and painted Greek and Latin texts are available online, providing readers today easy access to significantly more information about the format of the texts and the layout of the texts on the objects that bear them than was possible prior to the digital revolution. At the same time, today’s presentation software (e.g. PowerPoint, Prezi, Haiku Deck) sensitizes producers and consumers of texts to the impact of text formatting (layout, letter size and font, color, etc.) on meaning and reader response.
Ancient writers of Greek and Latin texts that were inscribed and painted on stone and other materials appear to have employed strategies similarly, with the intent thereby (at least in part) of affecting (and effecting) the meaning of their texts and the response of their audience (reader and non-reader) to them. These strategies include:
We believe that greater attention should be paid to these strategies, which we refer to collectively as “graphic display”, in the interpretation of Greek and Latin inscribed and painted texts on stone and other materials (excluding papyri). Within these parameters, we invite papers that investigate any aspect of the relationship of “graphic display”, content, and audience response. Among the questions that papers might address are the following:
The panel invites abstracts for 20-minute papers. Abstracts should be submitted via email as an attachment toinfo@classicalstudies.org with the subject line “Graphic Display. Form and Meaning in Greek and Latin Writing” by February 8, 2018. For guidelines for abstracts, see https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/guidelines-authors-abstracts. Please note, the text of the abstract should not mention the name of the author. The organizers will review all submissions anonymously and inform submitters of their decision by March 15, 2018.
Epigraphy in China – Buddhist Stone Sutras on Cliffs and in Caves
by Claudia Wenzel, Heidelberg
Fausto Zevi et alii, Epigrafia ostiense dopo il CIL. 2.000 iscrizioni funerarie, Edizioni Ca’ Foscari, Venice, forthcoming in February 2018.
Until 31 January 2018 individuals and institutions can preorder a copy of the book at 50% of the cover price. All information in the attached files.
Call for Papers: ‘New Voices in Epigraphy’ Graduate Conference
12-13 April 2018
Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford
Keynote Speaker: Charlotte Roueché
Concluding Remarks: Riet van Bremen
We invite Masters and Doctoral students working on or with Greek and/or Latin inscriptions to submit abstracts for a conference entitled ‘New Voices in Epigraphy’. The aim of this conference is to give graduate students a forum to discuss their epigraphic research, as well as to facilitate a conversation about the future of the field. As epigraphic studies, particularly Greek epigraphy, have been somewhat dominated by male scholars in the past, we intend to achieve fair gender representation in speakers (and, we hope, attendees), and to highlight the contribution of women epigraphists.
We encourage abstracts for 25-minute papers in English relating to Greek or Latin inscriptions from the Archaic period to Late Antiquity, dealing with but not limited to:
The conference will take place at the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford, which is fully wheelchair accessible, from 13:00 on Thursday 12th April to 18:00 on Friday 13th April 2018. Attendance will be open to academics and researchers at all stages of their career. Accommodation for speakers will be provided for two nights. We also intend to offer some financial support for travel costs for students who would otherwise be unable to participate.
Please submit an abstract of 200-300 words and a short biography (including current position and preferred pronouns) to gradepigraphyconference@gmail.com by 15 December 2017. Any enquiries may be sent to the same address.
Organisers: Elizabeth Foley (PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin)
Martin Hallmannsecker (DPhil candidate at New College, University of Oxford)
Leah Lazar (DPhil candidate at New College, University of Oxford)
