Epigraphical Documents: Reflection of Reality or Construction of Historical Knowledge?
The preliminary program has just been posted for the August 2009 conference in Berlin of the Fédération internationale des Associations d’études classiques / International Federation of the Societies of Classical Studies. Among the panels listed there, we find one on the topic “Epigraphical Documents: Reflection of Reality or Construction of Historical Knowledge?”
I take the liberty of reproducing the list of speakers, with titles and links to abstracts in pdf:
Invited speakers:
Francisco Beltrán Lloris:
Angelos Matthaiou: Palmyrazugelassene Bewerber in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Alejandr García González (Universidad de Valladolid, España)
Los ‘otros’ epitafios y dedicaciones greco-latinos: inversiones, burlas y parodiasAnja Knebusch (Berlin, Deutschland)
Die metrischen Inschriften Germaniens als Spiegelbild provinzieller BildungAleksandr Koptev (Helsinki, Finlandl):
A possible lacuna in the Roman Fasti ConsularesSophia Kravaritou (Archaeological Institute for Thessalian Studies, Greece):
Greek “Calendars”: ancient documents through modern considerationLuca Maurizi (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Autorappresentazione senatoria nell’agorà di Atene e un nuovo proconsul AchaiaeVladimir P. Petrovic (Académie Serbe des Sciences et des Arts, Serbia)
Les erreurs dans l’interpretation scientifique de Tabula Peutingeriana: L’emplacement de la station balnéaire de Aquae Bas sur la route Naissus-LissusCecilia Ricci (Università del Molise, Italia)
Le coorti urbane: braccio armato del potere senatorio a Roma o polizia al servizio della città? Una riflessioneJosé Vela Tejada (Universidad de Zaragoza, España)
Koine Eirene and the Satraps’ Revolt in the Inscription of Argos (IG IV 556=SIG3 182): Historical Reality or Panhellenical Propaganda?Gustavo Veneciano (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina)
La inscripción IvO 7
Update: I also notice the following papers of probable epigraphic interest listed in other sections:
Silvia Barbantani (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano, Italia)
The symbol of the spear in funerary or honorary epigrams/inscriptions for Ptolemaic philoi and soldiersRebecca R. Benefiel (Washington and Lee University, USA):
Pompeii and her Neighbors: ancient graffiti and civic identityDanijela Stefanovic (Serbian Society for Ancient Studies, Serbia):
Roman Funerary Stelae from Egypt – An OverviewJessica Piccinini (Wolfson College, University of Oxford, Great Britain)
Geographical provenance and social status of the customers of the oracle of DodonaJudith Hallett (University of Maryland, College Park, USA) / Jacqueline Fabre-Serris (, Université de Lille, France):
AE 1928.73 (Epitaph of Petale Sulpicia) and Ovid, Tristia 3.7: Gender, Class and Roman Women’s PoetryMichael Johnson (Davidson College, USA):
Mommsen lecture notes at Rutgers UniversityBurak Takmer (Akdeniz Üniversitesi Antalya, Turkey)
Lex Portorii Provinciae: Zollinschrift aus Andriake von neronischer Zeit

It seems not very appropriate but I am also giving an epigraphical paper (Historical Truth and Official Language: an isopoliteia between Nagidos and Arsinoe) at the Berlin conference. I do not know why but it is now in Panel 2.
Comment by Sara Saba — 14 January, 2009 @ 10:39
Sara:
Thanks very much for your comment — it is completely appropriate to alert us to this oversight on my part. I am sorry that I missed the mention of your paper in the program the first time.
Best,
Tom
Comment by Tom Elliott — 15 January, 2009 @ 00:14
Sara,
You will be delighted to know that the Water book is done. Could you contact me, so that I can get an address from you!
Cynthia
Comment by Cynthia Kosso — 1 May, 2009 @ 19:00