The British Epigraphy Society:

Conferences, Lectures and Seminars

BES SPRING MEETING, DUBLIN: '(IN)FORMAL EPIGRAPHY'

Saturday 24th April 2010, Trinity College, Dublin.

This meeting examines formality and informality within epigraphic culture. What different types of formality and informality can we detect in epigraphic material and to what extent is this affected by the survival and recording of material? How does the use of space (where do we find epigraphic writing?), agency (who writes? who publishes?), or interaction with the inscriptions (who views them and why?) construct notions - or undermine them - about formality/informality? How do these ideas affect the reuse and reception of inscriptions, ancient and modern?

Programme

10.30- 11.00: Coffee & registration
11.00- 11.45: Dr Graham Oliver (University of Liverpool): Formality & informality in Attic inscriptions
11.45- 12.30: Dr Jennifer Baird (Birkbeck College, London): Graffiti & inscriptions in Dura-Europos
12.30-1.00 Lunch
1.00-1.45 Dr Amanda Kelly (NUI Galway): Informal invective: inscriptions on sling shots
1.45-2.30 Short reports
2.30-3.30 Travel to UCD (Coffee on arrival)
3.30-5.00 Prof. Andrew Smith (UCD): Tour of epigraphic collection in the UCD Classical Museum

Colloquium fees
Registration including tea, coffee, and the sandwich lunch:
€15.00 (BES or AIEGL members), €10.00 (BES student members),
€25.00 (non-members).
Registration without lunch:
€10.00 (members), €5.00 (student members), €20.00 (non-members).
Taxi fare from TCD to UCD (for museum trip)
Between €5 and €20 one way (depending on how many people share a taxi. Please bring cash to pay the taxi driver).

Booking
To reserve a place at the colloquium and a sandwich lunch, please contact Dr Claire Taylor by email (claire.taylor@tcd.ie) or by post (Dept of Classics,
Trinity College, Dublin, 2, Ireland), by 9 April and include details of any special dietary requirements. Please note that you will be signed in for the
lunch unless you say that you do not want this. Please pay all fees due on the day in euros during registration.

Location
The colloquium will take place in the Classics seminar room in the Classics Department which is on the 6th floor of the Arts Building at Trinity College.
Maps of the campus are available here: http://www.tcd.ie/Maps/

The colloquium will include a trip to the Classical Museum (Room K216, John Henry Newman Building) at University College Dublin to see the epigraphic
collection. UCD is 5km south of Trinity (which is in the city centre of Dublin) – we will take taxis there and back to the city centre. Please bring cash to pay the taxi fare.

Travel
To Trinity College: http://www.tcd.ie/Maps/directions.php
If travelling from the airport, the Aircoach is convenient as it stops outside Trinity College. You can also pick up the Aircoach for a return trip from UCD if necessary. A return to Trinity costs €12; to UCD €14.

Accommodation
TCD is unable to provide accommodation, but there are a number of hotels close by. Please contact Claire Taylor (claire.taylor@tcd.ie) if you need
assistance.

FUTURE MEETINGS

The Autumn Meeting, 2010, will be held in Cambridge (provisional date: 20 November 2010); the Spring Meeting, 2011, will be held in Manchester.