II International Summer School: Epigraphy for the Study of the Latin Language
New deadline for registration: 15 July 2022
Silvia Tantimonaco and Catarina Gaspar (coordenation)
Epigraphy means, in its essence, an act of writing, which implies the use of a specific system of signs (alphabet) and of a codified language. The language of inscriptions is often expressed in standard formulas but also shows different registers and variations as according to the communication goals of different epigraphic categories as well as of chronological and sociological variables. Most of these aspects of the Latin Language do not emerge from the corpus of literary texts. In this sense, Epigraphy represents an invaluable source for our knowledge of the evolutive history, internal diversifications and spoken dimension of the Latin language, an ancient corpus-based language. At the same time, philological knowledges play a fundamental role in the edition of epigraphic texts.
The place of Epigraphy in the philological and linguistic field has been, nevertheless, only seldom emphasized as it would have deserved. This International Summer School focuses specifically on the Latin Language, and aims to create awareness on the potential of the epigraphical evidence for philological and linguistic studies, without disregarding the archaeological and historical dimension of inscriptions in light of sociolinguistic investigation. It provides participants with basic knowledges in Latin Epigraphy and with the main theoretical, methodological and practical tools for linguistic and philological research through epigraphic materials.
The Summer School is especially addressed to BA, MA and PhD students as well as to Postdocs with philological-linguistic interests. Applications of students and specialists from other disciplines as well as of high-school teachers of Latin are also welcome.
For a more profitable attendance of the School, intermediate or advanced Latin skills are recommended. No previous knowledge of Latin Epigraphy is required.
Topics to be handled during the School are: Pre-Roman writing cultures, Archaic Latin, Vulgar Latin, Epigraphic Poetry, and the linguistic value of epigraphic misspellings, among others.
Classes will be held online through the Zoom platform by an international team of expert epigraphers, philologists and linguists.
Prerequisites: Latin skills are highly desirable. Previous knowledge of Latin Epigraphy is not required
Venue: Classes will be held online (Zoom).
Course Language: The course language will be English
Dates: 25/07/2022 a 29/07/2022
Sessions: 10h00 to 18h00
Program
Monday, July 25
9.45 Welcome & Greetings
10.00 Introduction to Latin Epigraphy I (Tantimonaco)
11.15 Break
11.30 Introduction to Latin Epigraphy II (Tantimonaco)
12.45 Lunch Break
15.00 Sociolinguistic & Epigraphic Landscapes (Gaspar)
16.15 Break
16.30 Reading, Editing & Consulting Latin Inscriptions (Tantimonaco)
Tuesday, July 26
10.00 Pre-Roman Epigraphic Cultures of Italy (Marchesini)
11.15 Break
11.30 Multilingual Inscriptions (Estarán Tolosa)
12.45 Lunch Break
15.00 A History of the Latin Alphabet (Urbanová)
16.15 Break
16.30 The Language of Latin Archaic Inscriptions (Meusel)
Wednesday, July 27
10.00 Misspelled Inscriptions: Linguistic Value & Methodological Approach (Tantimonaco)
11.15 Break
11.30 Latin Case System on Stones (Suárez-Martínez)
12.45 Lunch Break
15.00 Linguistic Features of Latin Curse Tablets (Urbanová)
16.15 Break
16.30 The Inscriptions of the Christians: Transition from Latin to Romance (Gaspar)
Thursday, July 28
10.00 The Latin Language in Roman Juridical Inscriptions (Querzoli)
11.15 Break
11.30 The Development of Latin as Reflected by Roman Names (Salomies)
12.45 Lunch Break
15.00 Literary & Epigraphic Sources for the Construction of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae
(Marchionni)
16.15 Break
16.30 Roman Graffiti & Latin Obscene Vocabulary (Marchionni)
Friday, July 29
10.00 The alleged Latin medius sonus in light of Epigraphic Evidence (Suárez-Martínez)
11.15 Break
11.30 Versification, Roman Prosody & Quantitative Problems in Latin Verse Inscriptions
(Paulus)
12.45 Lunch Break
15.00 Literary Aspects of Latin Verse Inscriptions. A Case Study of Elia (CLE 492) (Fernández
Martínez)
16.15 Break
16.30 Teaching Latin through Epigraphy at the Secondary School (Tantimonaco)
17.45 Conclusions
*GMT+1 hours Classes start at 10 & end at approx. 17.45 every day Each class includes 15 min. for questions.
Instructors
María José Estarán Tolosa University of Zaragoza Concepción Fernández Martínez University of Seville Catarina Gaspar University of Lisbon Simona Marchesini Alteritas, Verona Roberta Marchionni Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, Munich Eduard Meusel Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, Munich Nóra Paulus Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Serena Querzoli University of Ferrara Olli Salomies University of Helsinki Pedro Manuel Suárez-Martínez University of Oviedo Silvia Tantimonaco University of Lisbon Daniela Urbanová Masaryk University, Brno
Contact & Registration lisboasummerschool@gmail.com
Registration form must be requested by email.
Registration form and Bank transfer confirmation should be sent to lisboasummerschool@gmail.com
Please include your name in the bank transfer.
New deadline for registration: 15 July 2022
Activation of the School with min. 20 participants
Fees: 80 € for PhD students and Postdocs; 60€ for BA and MA students as well as for highschool teachers.
Payment should be done by bank transfer to:
Bank: Caixa Geral de Depósitos – Agência Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa
Name: FACULDADE LETRAS UNIVERSIDADE LISBOA
Account: 0824005100330
NIB 0035 0824 00005100330 69
IBAN PT50 0035 0824 00005100330 69
BIC SWIFT CGDIPTPL
Certificates of Completion – Certificates of completion will be delivered to participants upon request.
Organizers
Catarina Gaspar – Silvia Tantimonaco
Research Group HPRT3-Epigraphica
This activity has been funded by Portuguese national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the scope of the research project UIDB/00019/2020.
& is under the auspices of
AIEGL – Association Internationale d’Épigraphie Grecque et Latine.
Epigraphy for the Study of the Latin Language
International Summer School
June 21-25, 2021
Epigraphy is, in its essence, an act of writing, which implies the use of a specific alphabet and a codified language. The language of Latin inscriptions is often expressed in standard formulas, but it also shows different registers and variations owing to the communication goals of different epigraphic categories as well as to chronological and sociological variables. Most of these aspects of the Latin Language do not emerge from the corpus of literary texts. Epigraphy thus represents an invaluable source for our knowledge of the evolutionary history, internal diversifications and the spoken dimension of Latin, an ancient corpus-based language. At the same time, philological knowledge plays a fundamental role in the editing of epigraphic texts.
This International Summer School aims to develop an awareness of the potential of the epigraphical evidence for philological and linguistic studies, without disregarding the archaeological and historical dimensions of inscriptions in light of sociolinguistic investigations. It provides participants with a basic knowledge in Latin Epigraphy and the main theoretical, methodological and practical tools for linguistic and philological research through epigraphic materials.
Target Groups: The Summer School is especially addressed to BA, MA and PhD students as well as to Post-docs with philological-linguistic interests. An interest in participation from students and specialists from other disciplines as well as high-school teachers of Latin is also welcome.
Prerequisites: Latin skills are highly desirable. Previous knowledge of Latin Epigraphy is not required
Venue: Classes will be held online (Zoom).
Course Language: The course language will be English
Program
Program*
Monday, June 21
9.45 Welcome & Greetings
10.00 Introduction to Latin Epigraphy I (Tantimonaco)
11.15 Break
11.30 Introduction to Latin Epigraphy II (Tantimonaco)
12.45 Lunch Break
15.00 Sociolinguistics of Latin Inscriptions (Gaspar)
16.15 Break
16.30 Reading, Editing & Consulting Latin Inscriptions (Tantimonaco)
Tuesday, June 22
10.00 Pre-Roman Epigraphic Cultures of Italy (Marchesini)
11.15 Break
11.30 Multilingual Inscriptions (Estarán Tolosa)
12.45 Lunch Break
15.00 Archaic Latin Alphabet (Urbanová)
16.15 Break
16.30 The Language of Archaic Latin Inscriptions (Poccetti)
Wednesday, June 23
10.00 Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Gaspar)
11.15 Break
11.30 Misspelled Inscriptions: Linguistic & Cognitive Approach (Tantimonaco)
12.45 Lunch Break
15.00 The Development of Latin as Reflected by Roman Names (Salomies)
16.15 Break
16.30 Latin Curse Tablets: General Overview & Linguistic Features (Urbanová)
Thursday, June 24
10.00 Juridical Latin in Epigraphic Records (Tarrío)
11.15 Break
11.30 The alleged Latin medius sonus in light of Epigraphic Evidence (Suárez-Martínez)
12.45 Lunch Break
15.00 Latin Case System on Stones (Suárez-Martínez)
16.15 Break
16.30 The Inscriptions of the Christians: Transition from Latin to Romance (Gaspar)
Friday, June 25
10.00 Versification, Roman Prosody & Quantitative Problems in Latin Verse Inscriptions (Paulus)
11.15 Break
11.30 Literary Aspects of Latin Verse Inscriptions (Fernández Martínez)
12.45 Lunch Break
15.00 Epigraphy & Lexicography: Thesaurus Linguae Latinae & Graffiti (Marchionni)
16.15 Break
16.30 Teaching Latin through Epigraphy at the Secondary School (Tantimonaco)
17.30 Final Remarks
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*GMT+1 hours Classes start at 10 & end at approx. 17.45 every day Each class includes 15 min. for questions
Instructors
María José Estarán Tolosa University of Zaragoza Concepción Fernández Martínez University of Seville Catarina Gaspar University of Lisbon Simona Marchesini Alteritas, Verona Roberta Marchionni Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, Munich Nóra Paulus Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Paolo Poccetti University of Rome Tor Vergata Olli Salomies University of Helsinki Pedro Manuel Suárez-Martínez University of Oviedo Silvia Tantimonaco University of Lisbon Ana María Tarrío University of Lisbon Daniela Urbanová Masaryk University, Brno
Contact & Registration lisboasummerschool@gmail.com
Registration form must be requested by email.
Registration form and Bank transfer confirmation should be sent to lisboasummerschool@gmail.com
Please include your name in the bank transfer.
Deadline for registration: 15 May 2021
Fees
80 € for PhD Students & Postdocs
60 € for BA & MA Students as well as for high-school teachers
Payment should be done by bank transfer to:
Bank: Caixa Geral de Depósitos – Agência Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa
Name: FACULDADE LETRAS UNIVERSIDADE LISBOA
Account: 0824005100330
NIB 0035 0824 00005100330 69
IBAN PT50 0035 0824 00005100330 69
BIC SWIFT CGDIPTPL
Certificates of Completion – Certificates of completion will be delivered to participants upon request.
Activation of the School with min. 20 participants
Organizers
Catarina Gaspar – Silvia Tantimonaco
Research Group HPRT3-Epigraphica
This activity has been funded by Portuguese national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the scope of the research project UIDB/00019/2020.
& is under the auspices of
AIEGL – Association Internationale d’Épigraphie Grecque et Latine.