There are still a few places available at a short conference on the subject INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS IN GREECE AND ROME, which will take place at Gregynog (a delightful country house in Wales) on 17-18 May 2007. The Programme is as follows:

Thursday 17 May

2.00 pm onwards: Registration

3.50 - 4.30 pm: TEA

4.30-4.35 pm: Guy Bradley or Stephen Lambert (Cardiff): Welcome

Insiders and Outsiders in Greece I

4.35-5.25 pm: Josine Blok (University of Utrecht): Citizens, metics and monuments in the Classical Kerameikos

5.25-6.10 pm: Fritz-Gregor Herrmann (Swansea): Socrates and his Foreign Friends

6.10-6.45 pm: Clare Kelly-Blazeby (Cardiff): Ancient Greek Bars as Places of Social Inclusion/Exclusion

6.45-7.00 pm: Discussion

7.00 pm - 8.30 pm: DINNER


Friday 18 May

8.00 am - 9.00 am: BREAKFAST

Insiders and Outsiders in Rome

9.00-9.35 pm: Federico Santangelo (Lampeter): Outsiders in the Age of Sulla

9.35-10.10 am: Richard Evans (Cardiff): The Foreign Affairs of Gaius Marius

10.10-10.30 am: Discussion

10.30-11.00 am: COFFEE

Insiders and Outsiders in Greece II


11.00 am-11.45 am: Karen Bassi (University of California, Santa Cruz): Leaving the City Behind: Spatial Contingencies in Thucydides' History.

11.45 am -12.30 pm: Ruth Rees (Cardiff): Foreign Bankers in Greece

12.30 pm - 1.00 pm: Discussion and Closing Remarks

1.00 pm- 2.00 pm: LUNCH

From 2.00 pm: Free to walk in grounds/depart

The cost (including board and lodging for one night) will be £63 (salaried), £26 (students). If you are interested in attending or would like more information please contact Stephen Lambert at the University of Cardiff (lamberts AT cardiff.ac.uk).