DOCTORAL WORKSHOP ON ROMAN EPIGRAPHY
Casa de Velázquez (Madrid) – Universidad de Alcalá.
February 20 – 22, 2019. 

ÉCOLE THÉMATIQUE DOCTORALE SUR L’ÉPIGRAPHIE ROMAINE
Casa de Velázquez (Madrid) – Universidad de Alcalá.
20 – 22 février 2019.

TALLER DOCTORAL SOBRE EPIGRAFÍA ROMANA
Casa de Velázquez (Madrid) – Universidad de Alcalá.
20 – 22 de febrero de 2019.

Latin Epigraphy in the Roman World: Researching, Editing and Enhancing the Value of Inscriptions

L’épigraphie latine dans le monde romain: recherche, édition et valorisation

Epigrafía latina en el mundo romano: investigación, edición y puesta en valor

In the context of the project to produce the pertinent fascicules of the new edition of CIL II covering the inscriptions of the colony of Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain), members of the research team are organizing a Doctoral Workshop on Roman Epigraphy at the Casa de Velázquez (Madrid) and at the University of Alcalá, home of the Centro CIL II, from 20 to 22 February 2019.

Dans le cadre du projet de préparer les fascicules pertinents de la nouvelle édition du CIL, II qui traitent des inscriptions de la colonie d’Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Espagne), les membres de l’équipe de recherche organisent une École Thématique doctoral sur l’épigraphie romaine à la Casa de Velázquez et à l’Université d’Alcalá, où se trouve le Centre CIL II, les 20, 21 et 22 février 2019.

En el contexto del proyecto de preparar los fascículos pertinentes de la edición nueva del CIL II, que presentan las inscripciones de la colonia Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Espagne), los miembros del equipo de investigación organizan un Taller doctoral sobre epigrafía romana en la Casa de Velázquez y en la Universidad de Alcalá, donde se localiza el Centro CIL II, los días 20, 21 y 22 de febrero de 2019.

Coordination: Antonio Alvar Ezquerra (Universidad de Alcalá), Jonathan Edmondson (York University)

Organisation: École des hautes études hispaniques et ibériques (Casa de Velázquez, Madrid), Universidad de Alcalá

Collaboration: Centro CIL II (Alcalá de Henares), Consorcio Ciudad Monumental de Mérida, Museo Nacional de Arte Romano de Mérida, York University (Toronto), Fundación Pastor de Estudios Clásicos (Madrid), Universidad de Cantabria

Deadine for Applications/ Date limite de l’appel de candidatures  / Fecha límite para la presentación de solicitudes :

            21 January 2019, 6.00 p.m. (local time, Madrid)

            21 janvier 2019, 18h (heure locale, Madrid)

            21 de enero de 2019, 18:00 h. (hora local, Madrid)

Applications may be made via the links below (in French, Spanish and English):

Vous trouverez ci-dessous les liens définitifs d’accès à l’appel à candidatures dans les trois langues (français, espagnol, anglais):

Formulario de solicitudes de inscripción (en tres idiomas: español, inglés y francés) disponible a través del siguiente enlace:

https://www.casadevelazquez.org/fr/novedad/lepigraphie-latine-dans-le-monde-romain-recherche-edition-et-valorisation/

https://www.casadevelazquez.org/es/novedad/epigrafia-latina-en-el-mundo-romano-investigacion-edicion-y-puesta-en-valor/

https://www.casadevelazquez.org/en/news/latin-epigraphy-in-the-roman-world-researching-editing-and-enhancing-the-value-of-inscriptions/

Practical Details

The sessions will take place in Madrid on 20-21 February, 2019, and in Alcalá de Henares on 22 February. The organizing institutions will arrange transport between both centres. Registration is free. Accommodation in double rooms at the Casa de Velázquez, as well as breakfast and lunch, will be provided by the workshop organizations. Individual participants will be responsible for their own transport costs to Madrid from their places of origin. 

The sessions will comprise practical lectures offered by a team of tutors on how to handle epigraphic sources and how to use and exploit them effectively in historical research. The languages of the workshop will be Spanish, French, English and Portuguese. 

Applicants, who must be current doctoral students, will be informed whether their applications have been accepted by January 25, 2019 at the latest. 

Conditions pratiques

Les sessions auront lieu à Madrid (20 et 21 février) et à Alcalá de Henares (22 février). Les organisateurs offrent le transport entre les deux établissements. L’inscription est gratuite. L’hébergement en chambre double partagée à la Casa de Velázquez, le petit déjeuner et le déjeuner sont à la charge de l’organisation. Le transport jusqu’à Madrid depuis les lieux d’origine est à la charge des personnes inscrites.

Les sessions consistent en des leçons pratiques données par les formateurs sur la gestion des sources épigraphiques, leur utilisation et leur exploitation. Les langues utilisées seront l’espagnol, le français, l’anglais et le portugais.

Les candidats (doctorants) seront informés de leur acceptation ou non de leur candidature avant le 25 janvier 2019.

Condiciones prácticas

Las sesiones tendrán lugar en Madrid (día 20 y 21 de febrero) y en Alcalá de Henares (día 22). La organización facilita el transporte entre ambas sedes. La inscripción es gratuita. El alojamiento en habitación doble en la Casa de Velázquez, desayuno y almuerzo corren por cuenta de la organización. El transporte hasta Madrid desde los lugares de origen es responsabilidad de  los inscritos.

Las sesiones consisten en lecciones prácticas impartidas por los formadores sobre manejo de fuentes epigráficas, su uso y explotación. Los idiomas empleados serán el español, francés, inglés y portugués.

Los solicitantes (estudiantes de doctorado) serán informados sobre su aceptación antes del día 25 de enero de 2019.

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DOCTORAL WORKSHOP ON ROMAN EPIGRAPHY

The days are getting longer even as the temperatures hang in the low double-digits here in North Dakotaland. The football season is ending (or it seems almost certain to end for my Eagles this weekend), the cricket season “down under” is in full swing, and the NBA has entered that the fascinating mid-season malaise when even the best teams struggle to balance survival mode with the desire to win games. 

It was also the first week of classes, which is alway exciting. The new year, new project, new plan, a new calendar…. everything is turning over and it seems like as good a time as any for some quick hits and varia:

• Dan-el Padilla Peralta response to the events at last weeks SCS/AIA conference.
• The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology.
• Giving up on conferences.
• The Monastery of Strofades on Zakynthos.
• Epoiesen, volume 2.
• Eurocentrism and African Art.
• Rock music and the fantastic.
• Brutalism.
• Reviving the Omega Caliber 321.
• Changes at Perma.CC.
• Ambient Sounds from Yellowstone.
• RIP Paul Sherwen.
• What I’m reading: Victor Bruchli, The Archaeology of Socialism. (1999) 
• What I’m listening to: Black Thought, Streams of Thought, vol. 1 and 2.

Dinamiche politiche e istituzionali nell’epigrafia delle Cicladi

Kentron est une revue pluridisciplinaire du monde antique qui ouvre ses pages aux littéraires, philosophes, linguistes, historiens et archéologues. Son champ de recherche couvre les mondes européen, méditerranéen et proche-oriental.

Les anciens numéros (à partir de l’année 1994) sont accessibles au format PDF sur le site des Presses universitaires de Caen (http://www.unicaen.fr/puc/html/spip848a.html?rubrique142) et seront progressivement mis en ligne en texte intégral sur ce site.

• 34 | 2018
  Jeux et jouets

• Abréviations[Full text]
• Caroline Blonce and Typhaine Haziza
  Avant-propos[Full text]

• Dossier thématique : Jeux et jouets

  • Véronique Dasen and Typhaine Haziza
    Introduction. De l’exposition au dossier thématique dans Kentron[Full text]
  • Véronique Dasen
    Histoire et archéologie de la culture ludique dans le monde gréco-romain. Questions méthodologiques[Full text]
  • Michel Casevitz
    Les noms du jeu et du jouet en grec[Full text]
  • Maia Pomadère
    Ambiguïté des jeux et jouets dans la culture matérielle du monde égéen aux âges du bronze moyen et récent[Full text]
  • Ulrich Schädler
    Encore sur la « marelle ronde » : cent ans après Carl Blümlein[Full text]
  • Alex de Voogt and Jelmer W. Eerkens
    Cubic Dice: Archaeological Material for Understanding Historical Processes[Full text]
  • Luc Bourgeois
    Du char de guerre à la tour : le destin d’une figure du jeu d’échecs en Occident[Full text]

• Varia

  • Typhaine Haziza
    Les Sept Sages et l’Égypte[Full text]
  • Charles-Alban Horvais
    L’expédition d’Atilius Regulus en Afrique (256-255 av. J.-C.). Une remise en contexte[Full text]

• Comptes rendus

  • Jérôme Bastick
    Roman grec et poésie. Dialogue des genres et nouveaux enjeux du poétique (Actes du colloque international, Nice, 21-22 mars 2013), M. Biraud, M. Briand (éd.)[Full text]
  • Christine Dumas-Reungoat
    Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, Gabriella Pironti, L’Héra de Zeus. Ennemie intime, épouse définitive[Full text]
  • Maud Pouradier
    Claudio William Veloso, Pourquoi la “Poétique” d’Aristote ? Diagogè[Full text]

• 33 | 2017
  Approches historiennes des images (II)
• 32 | 2016
  Approches historiennes des images (I)
• 31 | 2015
  Les Socratica de Xénophon
• 30 | 2014
  L’emprunt, une pratique d’écriture
• 29 | 2013
  L’Hortus sanitatis
• 28 | 2012
  Transferts, emprunts, réappropriations
• 27 | 2011
  Le rêve et les rêveurs dans l’Antiquité
• 26 | 2010
  L’imaginaire utopique dans le monde grec
• 25 | 2009
  Histoire et actualité des sciences de l’Antiquité
• 24 | 2008
  L’imaginaire utopique, de ses sources dans le monde grec à la Renaissance
• 23 | 2007
  La démesure (fin)

Kentron 30, 2014
Kentron 29, 2013
Kentron 28, 2012
Kentron 27, 2011
Kentron 26, 2010
Kentron 25, 2009
Kentron 24, 2008
Kentron 23, 2007
Kentron 22, 2006
Kentron 21, 2005
Kentron 20, 1-2, 2004
Kentron 19, 1-2, 2003
Kentron 18, 1-2, 2002
Kentron 17, 2, 2001
Kentron 17, 1, 2001
Kentron 16, 1-2, 2000
Kentron 15, 2, 1999
Kentron 15, 1, 1999
Kentron 14, 1-2, 1998
Kentron 13, 1-2, 1997
Kentron 12, 2, 1996
Kentron 11, 2 (1995) et 12, 1 (1996)
Kentron 11, 1, 1995
Kentron 10, 2, 1994
Kentron 10, 1, 1994

A commemoration of Angela Donati will be held in Rome on the next January 31st.

Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics (BAGL), in conjunction with the Centre for Biblical Linguistics, Translation, and Exegesis at McMaster Divinity College and the OpenText.org project (www.opentext.org) is a fully refereed on-line and print journal specializing in widely disseminating the latest advances in linguistic study of ancient and biblical Greek. Under the senior editorship of Professor Dr. Stanley E. Porter and Dr. Matthew Brook O'Donnell, along with its assistant editors and editorial board, BAGL looks to publish significant work that advances knowledge of ancient Greek through the utilization of modern linguistic methods. Accepted pieces are in the first instance posted on-line in page-consistent pdf format, and then (except for reviews) are published in print form each volume year. This format ensures timely posting of the most recent work in Greek linguistics with consistently referencable articles then available in permanent print form.

Volume 7 (2018)

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7.1	The Conceptualization of Communication in the New Testament: A Feature Description Paul L. Danove Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA This article develops five features that describe the conceptualizations of the event of communication grammaticalized by New Testament verbs and uses these features to formulate a model of the observed New Testament usages of communication. The discussion resolves all NT occurrences of verbs that designate communication into one of twenty-one usages with distinct feature descriptions, offers guidelines for interpreting and translating verbs with each usage, and clarifies elements of the conceptualization of communication in relation to specific examples. (Article) Keywords: Feature, communication, semantic, syntactic, verbal usage
7.2	Categories of Contrast in New Testament Greek Nicholas P. Lunn Wycliffe Bible Translators, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK The following aims to provide something lacking in the field of New Testament Greek studies, which is an overview of the various forms in which the logical relation of contrast may be realized in the surface structure of the language. Here seven distinct categories are described, illustrated, and differentiated, with regard to both their inherent relation and their respective connectors. Variations, where such exist, within each basic category are included, along with any sub-categories. A final section demonstrates the relevance of the presentation for the related tasks of translation and exegesis, offering analyses of several texts where there has been some confusion or misunderstanding with respect to the contrasting relation. (Article) Keywords: Concession, replacement, exception, connector, translation
7.3	Cohesive Harmony Analysis for Ancient Greek: SelPap I:112 and PMich VIII:491 as a Test Case John J.H. Lee McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON, Canada Ruqaiya Hasan’s Cohesive Harmony Analysis (CHA) is a useful tool to quantifiably predict the degree of the reader’s perception of the coherence of an English text. This work adopts and reconfigures her ideas to make them applicable to ancient Greek texts. This article then applies the modified version of Hasan’s CHA to investigate and compare the degrees of the perceived coherence of two family letters written in the second century AD. Based on the textual analyses, the conclusion is drawn that CHA is a promising tool to quantifiably predict the degree of coherence of ancient Greek texts. (Article) Keywords: Cohesion, coherence, cohesive tie, cohesive chain, cohesive harmony analysis, ancient Greek
7.4	Monosemy: A Theoretical Sketch for Biblical Studies Ryder A. Wishart McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON, Canada This paper explores linguistic monosemy and the methodological priorities it suggests. These priorities include a bottom-up modeling of lexical semantics, a corpus-driven discovery procedure, and a sign-based approach to linguistic description. Put simply, monosemy is a methodology for describing the semantic potential of linguistic signs. This methodology is driven by the process of abstraction based on verifiable data, and so it incorporates empirical checks and balances into the tasks of linguistics, especially (though not exclusively) lexical semantics. This paper contrasts lowest common denominator and greatest common factor methodologies within biblical studies, with three examples: (a) Porter and Pitts’s analysis of the semantics of the genitive within the Greek case system in regard to the πίστις Χριστοῦ debate; (b) disagreement between Ronald Peters and Dan Wallace regarding the Greek article; and (c) the Porter–Fanning debate on the nature of verbal aspect in Greek. Analysis of the Greek of the New Testament stands to benefit from incorporating the insights of monosemy and the methodological correctives it steers toward. (Article) Keywords: Linguistic modeling, minimalism, traditional grammar, Saussure, Columbia School, semantics
7.5	Aspect and Imperatives Once More Stanley E. Porter McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON, Canada In this paper, I revisit the question of the aspectual nature of the imperative, or rather, examine the aspectual nature of imperatives and some other forms that function alongside the imperative as forms of command and prohibition. I divide my comments into three sections: imperatives and the Greek mood system, verbal aspect and the imperative, and some abiding issues— three in particular—that continue to be raised, despite the discussion that has transpired over the last nearly thirty years. (Article) Keywords: Imperative, aspect, mood, frequency
7.6	May the Force Be with You: Volition, Direction, and Force: A Communicative Approach to the Imperative Mood Joseph D. Fantin Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX, USA Compared to other grammatical phenomena, the Greek imperative mood has received minimal attention. This article will explore and evaluate the traditional approach to the meaning and usages of this mood. These having been found deficient, an alternate approach will be proposed. The imperative mood will indeed be found to mean “command”; however, a “command” can be understood as harsh and inappropriate in certain relational situations. It will be discovered that communicators use various strategies to nuance and in some cases weaken the force of the “command” depending on the intended purpose of the imperative and the relationships of the participants in a communication situation. Thus, degree of force is one way (among others) to classify an imperative. (Article) Keywords: Imperative mood, command, neurocognitive stratificational linguistics, relevance theory
7.7	“Evidence that Commands a Verdict”: Determining the Semantics of Imperatives in the New Testament James D. Dvorak Oklahoma Christian University, Edmond, OK, USA This article discusses the semantics of the imperative mood (directive attitude) in biblical Greek. The author leads into this discussion by first defining “semantics” (meaning) from the perspective of two major interpretive paradigms that are operative in current linguistic studies of biblical Greek: the logical-philosophical paradigm, which undergirds Chomskyan linguistic theory, and the ethnographic-descriptive paradigm, which lies behind Hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistics. The semantics of the imperative mood is then discussed from each of these perspectives, and it is argued that an SFL approach to the imperative is the most linguistically defensible. Examples are provided from the New Testament. (Article) Keywords: Systemic functional linguistics, SFL, context, context of culture, context of situation, semantics, directive attitude, imperative mood, command

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XI’AN, CHINA—Xinhua reports that a cluster of 12 tombs estimated to be more than 1,500 years old has been discovered in northern China. The tombs are thought to date to the Sixteen Kingdoms period, from A.D. 304 to 439. Liu Daiyun of the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology said the tombs were arranged in two rows and may have belonged to a single family. Each tomb has a passage, a door, and a path leading to the coffin chamber. “Some new burial customs, such as placing stones in a small pit at the corner of the tomb and the feet of some of the bodies in the tombs being held down by square stones, have been discovered for the first time,” Liu said. Figurines of warriors, servants, and animals made of pottery, and mirrors, stamps, hair clasps, pins, bracelets, bells, and coins made of bronze were also found in the tombs. Two of the burials contained piglet skulls and millet shells. DNA tests could reveal whether the occupants of the tombs were members of the same family, Liu added. For more on burial practices in China, go to “Tomb from a Lost Tribe.”

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND—According to a report in Science Magazine, an international team of scientists led by Sarah Karstens of the University of Auckland examined 25 sets of remains of people who lived in Mongolia between about 3,500 and 2,700 years ago for signs of health. The researchers found very little evidence of inflammation or infection in the bones, or signs of diseases brought on by malnutrition, such as rickets or scurvy. Injuries commonly inflicted through fights or falls from horseback, such as broken noses, ribs, and legs, were detected in the bones, however. Wear and tear associated with horseback riding was also seen in the people’s spines. Karstens and her colleagues concluded that Bronze-Age Mongolians probably lived in small nomadic groups that enjoyed plenty of exercise and avoided living near accumulations of their own waste. For more, go to “In Search of History's Great Rulers: Genghis Khan, Founder of the Mongol Empire.”

LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND—An archaeological investigation ahead of a construction project uncovered a section of Roman road in northwestern England, according to a report in The Lancashire Evening Post. “People have been trying to find the line of that road since the 1850s,” said David Hunt of the South Ribble Museum. Made of rounded cobbles and gravel, the road was wide enough to accommodate the Roman military, and stretched about 17 miles to connect the towns of Wigan and Walton-le-Dale. Ian Miller of the University of Salford said he was surprised to find a well-preserved section of the road that had not been plowed up by 2,000 years of farming in the area. For more, go to “Slime Molds and Roman Roads.”

DOCTORAL WORKSHOP ON ROMAN EPIGRAPHY

Dinamiche politiche e istituzionali nell’epigrafia delle Cicladi

A commemoration of Angela Donati will be held in Rome on the next January 31st.