Category Archives: methodology

Nono Seminario Avanzato di Epigrafia Greca

Dal’8 al 10 gennaio 2025 si terrà la nona edizione del Seminario Avanzato di Epigrafia Greca (SAEG IX), che da quindici anni costituisce per la comunità scientifica degli antichisti un’importante occasione di comunicazione, dialogo e confronto sui temi dell’epigrafia greca. … Continue reading

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New resource: A tale of two wives (and four husbands?): the story of two exceptional women from Imperial Rome

From a recent blog post on the MAPPOLA webpage: There is a new short documentary film which tells the stories of two exceptional women from Imperial Rome as told by two verse inscriptions (in Latin and Greek) preserved at the … Continue reading

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International Conference «Writing and Religious Traditions in the Ancient Western Mediterranean» (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 23-25 November 2023)

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. WRITING AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS IN THE ANCIENT WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN (VENICE) Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 23-25 November 2023 THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2023 Ca’ Foscari, Aula Mario Baratto 14.30 WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Chair: Giovannella CRESCI Maria DEL VALLE … Continue reading

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Call for posters: «Writing and Religious Traditions in the Ancient Western Mediterranean», Venice 23-25 November 2023

SPIN Project «SaInAT-Ve» – Sacred Inscriptions from the Ancient Territory of Venetia   Call for posters International Conference «Writing and Religious Traditions in the Ancient Western Mediterranean» Ca’ Foscari University of Venice 23 – 25 November 2023   Epigraphic documents … Continue reading

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Stonecutters and Mosaicists at Work (call for papers)

Open Call for Papers  Stonecutters and Mosaicists at Work: Identifying Craftspeople and Their Workshops Through the Lens of Epigraphy ERC-funded conference on the methodologies of workshop studies Warsaw 30 November–1 December 2023 The main objective of the STONE-MASTERS project, funded from … Continue reading

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The Epigraphy of the Aegean Islands: Studying Greek Inscriptions on Paros, 11-24 June 2023

The summer school ‘Epigraphy of the Aegean Islands’ is back for a third year in a row. Students will have the opportunity to become familiar with the nature of epigraphic documents, will be introduced to the expertise required in the … Continue reading

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Artificial Intelligence and Ancient Writing Cultures – ENCODE

The ENCODE team is pleased to announce the ENCODE Project Conference “Artificial Intelligence and Ancient Writing Cultures” (26 January 2023, 9:15AM–1:00PM CET), which will be held in presence at the University of Bologna and online.  To participate in the conference, … Continue reading

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Officina di IG XIV²

It is a pleasure to announce, on behalf of Roberta Fabiani, the creation of a website, ‘Officina di IG XIV²’, which aims to support and accompany the development of the new edition of volume XIV of Inscriptiones Graecae, stimulating knowledge, scientific debate and … Continue reading

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The Epigraphy of the Aegean Islands: Studying Greek Inscriptions on Paros

Epigraphy of the Aegean Islands (Paros and Athens, Epigraphical Museum; June 20 – July 2, 2022) This course aims at introducing the participants to the study of Greek inscriptions from the Archaic Period to the Roman times with an emphasis … Continue reading

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Opportunities and practicalities of Machine Learning for Epigraphy

ENCODE Project seminar – 11 FEBBRAIO 2022, 15:00-17:00 (CET)   Thea Sommerschield (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia): Applying AI to epigraphy Charlotte Tupman (University of Exeter): Applying Machine Learning to epigraphic layouts Jonathan Prag (University of Oxford): The potential of AI in epigraphy   Aula Celio, Department … Continue reading

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ENCODE Conference and Training Event – Leuven

Posted on behalf of Tom Gheldof. From November 2nd -5th, the Research Unit of Ancient History (KU Leuven) hosts an online conference and training workshop on Multilingual and Multicultural Digital Infrastructures for Ancient Written Artefacts. The conference and workshop are … Continue reading

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Call for Papers -17th International Colloquium on Roman Provincial Art – May 2022

17th International Colloquium on Roman Provincial Art Vienna / Carnuntum, 16th–21st May 2022 Time(s) of transition and change The main topic of the conference are the stone monuments of the Roman provinces in their various forms of appearance as components … Continue reading

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