H.B. Mattingly Conference, Athens May 21-23

Posted on 2010-05-07 by Gabriel Bodard

The Greek Epigraphic Society and the BSA will host from 21st – 23rd May a conference in honour of Prof. H. B. Mattingly entitled Η ΤΩΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΑΡΧΗ. The Athenian Empire: old and new problems. The papers will include:

H. B. Mattingly, The Chalkis decree (IG I(3) 40).
A. L. Boegehold, Most Is Not All: Thucydides’ Use of Some Superlatives
J. K. Davies, Kimon, Kleon, and Kleophon: the logic of an inherited agenda
P. J. Rhodes, What Remains of Periclean Imperialism?
R. S. Stroud, Dating Greek Inscriptions by Letterforms: A Vice
Adele Scafuro, Penalty and punishment formulae in fifth century Attic decrees
C. V. Crowther, Justice for Phaselis: IG I(3) 10 (EM 6918) revisited
Akiko Moroo, Three Mysterious Inscriptions Concerning Erythrai
R. K. Pitt, The decree on Hestiaia IG I(3) 41
N. Papazarkadas, Reassessing IG I(3) 17: Athens, Sigeion, and the Politics of Approbation in the Ionian War
A. P. Matthaiou, New fragments and old problems
M. Piérart, The Missing List. Old and New Problems
B. Paarmann, The Historian and the Epigraphist. Considerations on ATL and IG I(3) 259-290
Nike Makres, The Hephaistia inscription (IG I(3) 82) revisited
Mariko Sakurai, The Date of IG I(3) 136 and the Cults of Bendis in Athens in the Fifth Century
Kevin Clinton, The Athenian Cleruchy on Lemnos (the paper will be read by L. Threatte)
G. Stainhauer, The Loukou Erechtheis Stele
D. Sourlas – N. Papazarkadas, A new fragment of the Argives Casualty List
A. P. Matthaiou – G. Kavvadias, A new fifth century Inscription from the North Slope of Akropolis

For further information see www.bsa.ac.uk

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Graham Oliver, ‘Formality and informality in Attic epigraphy’ (Dublin, April 24th)

Posted on 2010-05-06 by Charlotte Tupman

(Paper given at the British Epigraphy Society Spring Meeting, Dublin, April 24th, 2010. Brief report by Charlotte Tupman.)

Formality and informality in Attic epigraphy

Graham Oliver

In the first paper of the day, Graham Oliver applied the theme of the colloquium (formality and informality in epigraphy) to a selection of inscribed materials ranging from the Archaic to the Imperial period. Noting that the method of categorising inscriptions in traditional corpora tends to prevent us from fully examining the potentially complex nature of those inscriptions, Oliver introduced three topics through which we might begin to interpret the subject of formal and informal epigraphy: authority, institutions and location; the formalities of formal and informal epigraphy; and genre.

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EpiDoc Training, London, and bursaries

Posted on 2010-05-04 by Gabriel Bodard

The Summer 2010 EpiDoc training workshop will now take place in London, at the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King’s College London, from June 28 – July 1. Thanks to the generosity of the Association Internationale d’Épigraphie Grecque et Latine (AIEGL) we have €500 available for bursaries to help students attend this event. The workshop will be taught by Gabriel Bodard (KCL) and James Cowey (Heidelberg). There will be no charge to attend this workshop.

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Etruscan Literacy (London September 22-23, 2010)

Posted on 2010-04-20 by Gabriel Bodard

Etruscan Literacy in its Social Context
Conference – 2nd Call for Papers

September 22-23, 2010
Institute of Classical Studies
University of London

See https://www.ucl.ac.uk/accordia/Conf.Etr.Literacy.htm for for details and call for papers (page seems to be one large image, so we can’t copy any details here).

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Historical and Archaeological Atlas of Ancient Asia Minor (Symposium)

Posted on 2010-04-16 by Gabriel Bodard

(posted for Stephen Mitchell)

Historical and Archaeological Atlas of Ancient Asia Minor Project

International symposium
Université de Franche-Comté/ Institut des Sciences et Techniques de l’Antiquité
Besançon (France)
November 26th and 27th, 2010

Call for papers (deadline: June 30th, 2010)

Since the nineteenth century, numerous and varied historical and archaeological works have been launched in Asia Minor – essentially in Turkey – by international teams, but the scientific data, which are complex and numerous too, have been published in total dispersion. The Anatolian area is a crossroad of several famous civilizations and of many populations and cultures (Hittites, Luwians, Phrygians, Lydians, Urartu kingdom for example) from Europe (Thracians, Celts, Greeks, Macedonians, Romans), from Asia (Persians, Mesopotamians) and from Africa (Egypt), often in connection with city-states of Mesopotamia and the Near-East, with ancient Iran, the Caucasian area, Egypt and Greece.

The meeting that will be held in Besançon (France) on November 26th and 27th, 2010 is open to all the persons who want to carry on the researches on ancient Asia Minor differently, with a collective and a positive spirit. Yet the Historical and Archaeological Atlas of Ancient Asia Minor and its launching will be discussed. After the most complete statement as possible on the recent researches (discoveries, prospections), the detailed discussions will deal with the scientific organization of the project, with the future research trails, and with all the actual and expected partnerships. Then the results of the meeting will be published as soon as possible.

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“L’AFRICA ROMANA”, XIX Convegno internazionale di studi Sassari, 16-19 dicembre 2010

Posted on 2010-04-13 by Valentina Asciutti

The Department of History and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies on Roman Provinces at the University of Sassari (Sardinia, Italy), together with the Association Internationale d’Épigraphie Grecque et Latine and the Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e per l’Oriente are pleased to announce the XIX International Conference on “Roman Africa”. The conference will be held in Sassari on 16-19 of December 2010 and the main theme of the Conference will be: “Trasformazioni dei paesaggi del potere nell’Africa settentrionale fino alla fine del mondo antico. Scontri, integrazioni, transizioni e dinamiche insediative. Nuove prospettive dalla ricerca”. The conference will therefore focus on the change of power in the Roman provinces of North Africa throughout the ancient world.

The current programme has an epigraphy session scheduled for Sunday 19th of December 2010, 9.00-12.00 am. The following papers may be of particular interest to epigraphists:

  • Marc Mayer (Bacelona): La presenza degli Antonini nell’epigrafia delle città africane
  • Roger Hanoune (Paris): Le poème épigraphique de Sétif AE 1916, 7-8

People interested in this conference, and for more information,  should contact the Department of History by the end of July 2010 (Dipartimento di Storia – Università degli Studi di Sassari (Viale Umberto n. 52 – I – 07100 SASSARI — fax 079 2065241; e-mail: africaromana@uniss.it).

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Posted on 2010-03-25 by Lucia Criscuolo

S emin a r i o  I n t e r n a z i o n a l e  d i  S t u d i
“Gli Ateniesi fuori dall’attica
Modi d’intervento e di controllo del territorio”
Torino, 8-9 Aprile 2010
Biblioteca Centrale della Facoltà di Lettere
Università degli Studi di Torino
Via Po 17, Torino

8 APRILE
10.00-10.30: INTRODUZIONE a cura di M. Moggi (Università di Siena)
10.30-11.10: D. Knoepfler (Collège de France), L’occupation athénienne du territoire d’Oropos en diverses
périodes : une clérouquie délibérément dissimulée?
11.10-11.50: O. Philaniotou (K’ Ephoria, Mitilene,Grecia), Données nouvelles sur les récentes fouillesarchéologiques à Lemnos
11.50-12.10: PAUSA
12.10-12.40: D. Marchiandi (Università di Torino),Considerazioni sulla topografia di Myrina
12.40-13.10: L. Ficuciello (Università di Napoli “Orientale”), Il territorio di Myrina: indizi archeologici
sull’occupazione e sullo sfruttamento delle risorse
13.10-13.50: DISCUSSIONE
13.50-15.30: PAUSA PRANZO
15.30-16.00: C. Bearzot (Università Cattolica di Milano), Lemno, gli oratori e il “nuovo Iperide”
16.00-16.30: A. Correale (Università di Napoli “Orientale”), Il santuario in proprietà Lazaridis a Efestia
16.30-16.50: PAUSA
16.50-17.20: R. Leone (Università di Torino), Tra Lemno e Samotracia: il santuario degli dei Cabiri
17.20-17.50: F. Rocca (Università di Torino), Le iscrizioni di manomissione dal Cabirio di Lemno
17.50-18.20: DISCUSSIONE
9 APRILE
9.30-10.00: E. Culasso Gastaldi (Università di Torino), L’epigrafia ateniese dell’isola di Lemno
10.00-10.30: L. Gallo (Università di Napoli “Orientale”), Problemi della terra a Lemno
10.30-11.00: F. Landucci Gattinoni (Università Cattolica di Milano), La cleruchia ateniese di Samo nelle fonti letterarie
ed epigrafiche
11.00-11.20: PAUSA
11.20-11.50: W. Held – B. Ruhl (Università di Marburg), The Athenians on Imbros
11.50-12.20: K. Rhomioupoulou (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Atene), The Athenians in Potidea-Chalkidike
12.20-13.10: DISCUSSIONE
13.10-15.30 PAUSA PRANZO
15.30-16.00: M. Mari (Università di Cassino), Atene, l’impero e le apoikiai. Riflessioni sui primi tredici anni di vita
di Anfipoli
16.00-16.30: S. Gallotta (Università di Napoli “Orientale”), Atene e il Chersoneso
16.30-17.00: C. Lasagni (Università di Torino), Histiaia- Oreos e l’insediamento ateniese
17.00-17.30: CONCLUSIONI a cura di M. Lombardo (Università di Lecce)

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Practical Epigraphy Workshop, June 22-24, 2010

Posted on 2010-03-24 by Gabriel Bodard

Practical Epigraphy Workshop

FINAL CALL

22-24 June 2010, Great North Museum, Newcastle

A Practical Epigraphy Workshop is taking place for those who are interested in developing hands-on skills in working with epigraphic material. The workshop is aimed at graduate students, but other interested parties are welcome to apply, whether or not they have previous experience. With expert tuition, participants will learn the practical aspects of how to record and study inscriptions. The programme will include the making of squeezes; photographing and measuring inscribed stones; and the production of transcriptions, translations and commentaries. Participants may choose to work on Latin or Greek texts.

The course fee is £100 but we hope to be able to provide bursaries to participants to assist with the cost. Accommodation will be extra, but we are arranging B&B nearby for around £30-40.

If you wish to apply for a place on this course please contact Dr Charlotte Tupman by e-mail immediately. The closing date is 31 March but we shall consider applications which have been received by 10.00 a.m. on Tuesday 6 April.

For further details please contact Dr. Charlotte Tupman: charlotte.tupman@kcl.ac.uk.

The Practical Epigraphy Workshop is sponsored by The British Epigraphy Society, an independent ‘chapter’ of the Association Internationale d’Epigraphie Grecque et Latine.

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ASGLE First North American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy

Posted on 2010-03-22 by Paul Iversen

CALL FOR PAPERS
ASGLE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN CONGRESS OF GREEK AND LATIN EPIGRAPHY
5 January 2011, San Antonio, Texas

The American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (ASGLE) invites abstracts for the First North American Epigraphical Congress, to be held on January 5th, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas at the Marriott Riverwalk, over the course of a single day, immediately before the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association (APA) and the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA). The topic will be broadly defined as Greek and Latin Epigraphy.

Abstracts will be adjudicated anonymously by a committee of ASGLE; they should include the title but not the author’s name and they should not be longer than one double-spaced page.  There is a limit of one abstract per person. The abstracts themselves, along with a completed abstract submission form, should be sent electronically as pdf files to: Nora Dimitrova, Vice-President, ASGLE, at nmd5@cornell.edu. The deadline is June 15, 2010.

Registration for the Congress must be made online here. The registration fee before December 1, 2010 is $35 for student and $50 for non-student participants, which includes a group dinner. After December 1, 2010 the rate will be $50 for students and $70 for non-students.  ASGLE full members receive a $10 discount and ASGLE student/retirees a $5.00 discount.  To become a member of ASGLE, see here.  There will be a stipend  available for at least one student whose abstract is accepted.

In the future, these congresses are expected to be held immediately before the APA/AIA meetings. This should have the additional benefit of attracting a large number of Classicists and archaeologists to the audience of the congress and promoting epigraphy among graduate students attending the meetings.

Interested scholars from all countries are encouraged to participate.

Please cross-post this announcement.

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Claire Taylor, Graffiti or Inscriptions

Posted on 2010-03-19 by Gabriel Bodard

(Paper given at the Ancient History Seminar, London, March 11th, 2010. Brief report by Caroline Barron.)

Graffiti or Inscriptions? The Epigraphic Habit in Attica
Claire Taylor

Dr Taylor’s talk focussed on the problems that arise through the categorisation of some inscriptions as Graffiti. She suggested that by making such a stark categorisation, some ‘marks’ have not received the attention that that might deserve, and that, therefore, their full potential as not been realised. These categories also encourage us to view the texts in a certain way. In the modern world, graffiti is often considered part of an illicit subculture, with a common critical response. By referring to these marks and texts as graffiti, we are therefore imposing the judgement that they too are illicit, as well as unconsciously (or consciously?) comparing them less favourably with other epigraphic forms. This is further complicated by the variety of texts and marks that are called graffiti: Individual Letters, Names, Trademarks, Commercial notations, Dedications, Sexual references and pictures. Dr Taylor argued that each mark must be considered in terms of the context in which it appeared eg. A commercial notation on is an important communication for both the buyer and the seller. That it was added to the pot later on, and by a different hand, shouldn’t become more important than the trade information that it relates. Equally, the sexual graffiti found in Pompeii is entirely appropriate for the place in which it was found – a brothel. So, while there is very little that connects the Greek pot’s commercial notation and Pompeii’s sexual graffiti, they are both found in the same category of Graffiti.

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X. Epigraphic Round Table (Debrecen, March 30-31, 2010)

Posted on 2010-03-05 by Gabriel Bodard

Xe Table ronde de l’épigraphie grecque et latine

Debrecen, 30-31. 03. 2009.

Debreceni Egyetem Főépület III. em. 316.

A konferencia plakátja innen letölthető.

More information: https://delfin.unideb.hu/~history/okor/X_epigraphicai_kerekasztal.html

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Low, Constructing Lives from Stones (March 4)

Posted on 2010-03-05 by Gabriel Bodard

(Paper given at the Ancient History Seminar, London, March 4th, 2010. Brief report by Susan Fogarty.)

Constructing Lives from Stone: Inscriptions and Biographical Traditions
Dr. Polly Low, Manchester

This lively seminar set out to explore whether the development of literary biography in the 4th C can be seen to be reflected in the epigraphic practice of the period. There is a change in style detected in the epigraphic material in the Classical and early Hellenistic periods and, concentrating on mostly Athenian examples, Dr. Low certainly posed some very interesting questions.

In exploring how an epigraphic text may be classed as biographical, Dr. Low looked at honorific decrees which concentrate on the moral qualities of the individual – for example IG i3 158 (honours for Corinthios) the honorand is simply an ἀνὴρ ἀγαθός, or IG i3 97 (Eurytion and his father) shows a shift to abstraction in describing them as possessing ἀνδραγαθία. These moral qualities are presented as paradigms of behaviour. The publication formula states the reason for the publication: “so that all other men may know”. This method and intention is seen in literary texts also: Isocrates’ Evagoras describes his individual characteristics (ἐυσεβία, σοφία) in order that he be emulated by the young (Evagoras 73-77). Therefore there is an overlap between the literary and the epigraphic with regard to individual character but this is not the same thing as biography. Dr. Low stated that it is the interaction between the abstract and the individual that is biographical and while Greek epigraphy is a good source for character at this stage, it is less so for action.

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