Organizers: Colloquium and workshop organized by Jean-Luc Fournet and Todd Hickey (University of California, Berkeley).
Date: May 20, 2019
Location: British Library, London
This one-day conference presents the latest research on late antique Greek tablets from the British Library collections.
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"
11:00-11:30 - Todd Hickey (University of California, Berkeley), "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"
13:45-14:15 - Valérie Schram (Collège de France), "BL Add. MS 33369 and business education"
14:15-15:30 - Textual difficulties in BL Add. MS 33369 (workshop)
15:30-15:45 - Closing remarks
In connection with the British Library's exhibit "Writing: Making your mark":
19:15-20:30 - Public lecture, Jean-Luc Fournet "Rediscovering the writings of Antiquity through the papyri"
