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British Epigraphy Society Spring Meeting, 2010

Saturday 24 April, 2010
Trinity College Dublin

(In)formal epigraphy
The spring meeting will examine formality and informality within epigraphic
culture. What different types of formality and informality can we detect in
epigraphic material and to what extent is this affected by the survival and
recording of material? How does the use of space (where do we find
epigraphic writing?), agency (who writes? who publishes?), or interaction
with the inscriptions (who views them and why?) construct notions – or
undermine them – about formality/informality? How do these ideas affect the
reuse and reception of inscriptions, ancient and modern?

The meeting will also include a trip to University College Dublin for a tour
of the epigraphic collection of the Classical Museum.

10.30-11.00: Coffee & registration
11.00-11.45: Dr Graham Oliver (University of Liverpool): Formality &
informality in Attic inscriptions
11.45-12.30: Dr Jennifer Baird (Birkbeck College, London): Graffiti &
inscriptions in Dura-Europos
12.30-1.00: Lunch
1.00-1.45: Dr Amanda Kelly (NUI Galway): Informal invective: inscriptions on
sling shots
1.45-2.30: Short reports
2.30-3.30: Travel to UCD
3.30-5.00: Prof. Andrew Smith (UCD): Tour of the epigraphic collection in
the UCD Classical Museum

Colloquium fees
Registration including tea, coffee, and the sandwich lunch:
€15.00 (BES/AIEGL members), €10.00 (BES student members), €25.00 (non-members).

Registration without lunch:
€10.00 (members), €5.00 (student members), €20.00 (non-members).

Taxi fare from TCD to UCD (for museum trip)
Between €5 and €20 one way (depending on how many people share a taxi.
Please bring cash to pay the taxi driver).

For further information, or to reserve a place at the colloquium and a
sandwich lunch, please contact Dr Claire Taylor (claire.taylor AT tcd.ie). The
deadline for registration is 9 April 2010.

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CFP INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM “Twenty Centuries of Greek Science (4th cent. BC – 16th cent. AC)”, Madrid, 19-21 May 2010

The Institute of Classical Studies “Lucius Annaeus Seneca” (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid) and the Departament of Logic, History and Philosophy of Science (UNED) are organizing an International Colloquium on Greek science and its reception under the title: “Twenty Centuries of Greek Science (4th cent. BC – 16th cent. AC)”.

This meeting, to be held in Madrid next 19-21 May 2010, aims at gathering some of the most relevant international specialists on these issues in order to discuss the last research trends and results in the fields of Classical Studies and History of Science. A provisional program with the invited speakers is available at the Institute’s webpage (http://www.uc3m.es/portal/page/portal/inst_lucio_anneo_seneca).

Additionally some shorter papers (about 20 min.) shall be selected by the Scientific Committee. Please send your proposal before March 8th (title, 300 words abstract and short CV) to seneca AT hum.uc3m.es. We beg you help spreading this call for papers among scholars interested on the subject.