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A one-day colloquium of work on and informed by Greek epigraphy
In memory of Professor P.J. Rhodes


A colloquium held under the auspices of the British Epigraphy Society (BES) and the Durham Centre for the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East (CAMNE).
Organised by Profs. Ted Kaizer and Polly Low.

Thursday, 23 June 2022, Durham
REGISTRATION:
The conference is free to all participants (in person and online), but registration is essential. If you plan to attend in person, please register by 12 noon on Friday 10th June: Colloquium-Registration.


PROGRAMME:

09.20 - 09.30 Welcome

09.30 - 10.30 Mirko Canevaro (University of Edinburgh), The Athenian boulē: honour, power and inclusion

10.30 - 11.30 Andrea Giannotti (Istituto italiano per gli studi Storici "Benedetto Croce"), The theatre of honours: Athenian honorific practice on stage, once again

11.30 - 12.00 COFFEE/TEA

12.00 - 13.00 Lene Rubinstein (Royal Holloway, University of London), Debts and divinities: how to evade your creditors in Classical and Hellenistic Greece

13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH

14.00 - 15.00 Tom Coward (Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples), Philonikos the all-star statesman and Arideikes the poet-philosopher: two Rhodian funerary verse inscriptions

15.00 - 16.00 Polly Low (Durham University), Nothing to see here? Inscriptions and the early Athenian Empire

16.00 - 16.30 COFFEE/TEA

16.30 - 17.30 Adele Scafuro (Brown University), Returning confiscated land to exiles: reconciliation, arbitration, and court judgment

17.30 - 18.30 Christopher de Lisle (Durham University), The Roman Athenian boulē: participation and exclusion

19.00 - late DRINKS & DINNER.


VENUE:
Department of Classics & Ancient History, 38 North Bailey, Durham DH1 3EU. It will also be possible to participate via Zoom: please state when registering whether you will be attending in person or online. For information on any C19-mitigation measures in operation at the venue, please contact the meeting organisers closer to the date of the event. Information on how to get to the venue, as well as regarding accommodation in Durham, can be found on the Registration-site.
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