The University of Edinburgh, School of History and Classics
May 5th 2007
The BES spring meeting 2007 will be held at the University of Edinburgh
on May 5th, 2007. The Meeting is organised by the School of History and
Classics at Edinburgh University, and will take place in the David Hume
Tower Conference Room. The Meeting will concentrate on epigraphic
manifestations at the borders of empire - in both a geographic and an
ideological sense.
The Meeting will be preceded by the Gordon MacKay Public Lecture on May
4th 2007, to be given by Prof. Paco Beltran (Zaragoza).
A complete programme and the booking form will be availabe shortly at:
http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/classics/index.htm
Programme:
May 4th 2007, 18.00:
Prof. Paco Beltran (Zaragoza), 'The first epigraphies in Spain: 2nd to
1st centuries BC'
May, 5th, 2007, 10.00:
Prof. L.J.F. Keppie (Hunterian, Glasgow), 'The distance slabs from the
Antonine wall: an introduction'
and
Prof. David J. Breeze (Historic Scotland), 'The distance slabs in their
international setting'
12.00:
Dr Eberhard Sauer (Edinburgh), 'Milestones: misunderstood stone monuments?'
14.30:
Short reports
15.30:
Dr Bjorn Paarmann (Fribourg), 'Editing and commenting on the Athenian
Tribute Lists in 2007'
17.00:
Reception
For further information and a booking form please contact the organiser,
Dr Ulrike Roth (U.Roth AT ed.ac.uk) or visit our web-site:
http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/classics/index.htm (from December 1st)