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Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World XI
Orality and Literacy: Voice and Voices
Call for Papers

The Department of Classics and the Program in Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Emory University invites all classicists, historians, and scholars with an interest in oral cultures to participate in the Eleventh Conference on Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World, to take place in Atlanta, GA, September 17-21, 2014.

The conference will follow the same format as the previous ten conferences, held in Hobart (1994), Durban (1996), Wellington (1998), Columbia, Missouri (2000), Melbourne (2002), Winnipeg (2004), Auckland (2006), Nijmegen (2008), Canberra (2010), and Ann Arbor, Michigan (2012). It is planned that selected refereed proceedings once again be published by E.J. Brill as Volume 11 in the Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World series (anticipated for 2016).

Location: The Emory Conference Center, Atlanta, GA (USA)
Dates: Wednesday 17 Sept. (registration) to Sunday 21 Sept. 2014
Theme: Voice and Voices
Keynote speaker: Professor Elizabeth Minchin (Classics, Australian National University), “Voice and Voices: The Oral Traditional Poet and the Stewardship of Memory”

The theme for the conference is “Voice and Voices,” and papers in response to this theme are invited on topics related to the ancient Mediterranean world or, for comparative purposes, other areas. Also welcome are papers that engage with the transition from an oral to a literate society, or which consider the topic of reception.

Accommodations will be available at the Emory Conference Center as well as other local options; further details of other activities will be circulated in February 2014.

Abstracts of 250 words should be sent by 31 March 2014 by mail or email as Word attachments to:

Niall W. Slater
Department of Classics
221F Candler Library
550 Asbury Circle
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322-1006 USA

nslater AT emory.edu