The Artemidorus Papyrus
A one-day conference at St John's College, Oxford,
on Friday, June 13th, 2008
The so-called Papyrus of Artemidorus with it three parts - a text, a
map, and images - is one of the most spectacular artefacts published
in this decade.
The one-day conference at St John's College, Oxford, aims to bring
specialists on all aspects of the papyrus together. We are especially
glad that colleagues from Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the UK, and the
USA have agreed to participate: While Luciano Canfora (Bari/Italy) has
had to cancel due to other commitments, we shall hear Margarethe
Billerbeck (Fribourg/CH), Baerbel Kramer (Trier/Germany), Dirk Obbink
(Oxford/UK), Peter Parsons (Oxford/UK), Nicholas Purcell (Oxford/UK),
Richard Talbert (UNC Chapel Hill/USA), Nigel Wilson (Oxford/UK), and
others.
The aim of the conference, organized by Kai Brodersen and Jas
Elsner, is to study the artefact, and its text, map, and images,
as "gobbets" first >> (in a well-established Oxford tradition),
thus contributing to a deeper understanding of what
the papyrus presents, before discussing probabilities and
authenticities.
You can find further information, and registration details, on
http://www.artemidorus.de
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