Current Research on Greek Tablets in the British Library - 20/05/2019, London (England)

This one-day conference presents the latest research on late antique Greek tablets of the British Library collections.

FECHA/DATE/DATA: 20/05/2019

LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Knowledge Centre, The British Library, London (London, England)

ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Jean-Luc Fournet (Collège de France/École Pratique des Hautes Études); Todd Hickey (University of California, Berkeley)

INFO:

INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Gratis/free/gratuito Deadline: 15/05/2019

Aquí/here/qui

Please note that places are limited.

PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA: Disponible también en PDF/Also available in PDF/Anche disponibile in PDF

9.00-9.30: Registration

9.30-9.45: Welcome from Scot McKendrick (British Library); words of introduction from Jean-Luc Fournet (Collège de France/École Pratique des Hautes Études) and Todd Hickey (University of California, Berkeley)

9.45-10.15: Julia Lougovaya (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg), “Late antique education in light of BL Add. MS 41203”

10.15-10.45: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer (University of Oxford), “A new epilepsy amulet (BL Add. MS 57302) and the tradition of apotropaic exorcisms in Late Antiquity”

10.45-11.00: Coffee break

11.00-11.30: Todd Hickey, “BL Add. MS 33369 and the socio-economic landscape of the late antique Panopolite”

11.30-12.15: Sam Stubblefield (University of California, Berkeley), “Model petitions in BL Add. MS 33369”

12.15-13.45: Break

13.45-14.15: Valérie Schram (Collège de France), “BL Add. MS 33369 and business education”

14.15-14.45: Textual difficulties in BL Add. MS 33369 (workshop)

14.45-15.00: Coffee break

15.00-15.30: Textual difficulties in BL Add. MS 33369 (workshop cont’d)

15.30-15.45: Closing remarks