The School of History, Classics, and Archaeology will host an international conference on Sidonius Apollinaris in November. HTML The conference is generously funded by the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust and organised by Gavin Kelly (University of Edinburgh) and Joop van Waarden (University of Amsterdam). The speakers are international experts in the field, from Europe, the Unites States, and Australasia. Image Event description The conference brings together the contributors to a major collaborative volume on Sidonius, members of the Leverhulme-funded International Network dedicated to producing a comprehensive commentary on Sidonius’ work, as well as other scholars with an interest in Sidonius, later Latin literature, and fifth-century Gaul. Document Conference programme (414.5 KB / PDF) More information on the Leverhulme International Network Event details Thursday 20 November 2014, 10.00am Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, George Square For full details of start and end times and locations please see the event schedule above. Event begins Thursday 20 November at 15.00 in seminar room 2, Chrystal Macmillan building. How to find us Speakers Speakers will take a variety of disciplinary viewpoints, including literary studies, linguistics, reception and history of scholarship, and political, social and religious history. There will be two public lectures open to all: Ralph Mathisen (Urbana-Champaign), Sidonius’ People (Meadows Lecture Theatre, 6pm, Thursday 20 November) Jill Harries (St Andrews), East versus West: Sidonius, Anthemius, and the Empire of the Dawn (Meadows Lecture Theatre, 6pm, Friday 21 November) [Sponsored by the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology] Costs and funding The price will be £40 registration and £30 for students or unwaged. Free places will be available for up to 10 University of Edinburgh graduate students: please contact Dr Gavin Kelly. The Classical Association is kindly sponsoring up to four bursaries for graduate students from outside Edinburgh to cover registration, conference dinner, and a contribution towards travel and accommodation costs. Please write to Dr Kelly by 5 November briefly explaining the relevance of the conference to your studies and detailing your costs, and ask a supervisor to provide a short statement of support by the same date. Register online Registration is now open, please register online via the University's online booking system. Register online with ePay Contact the conference organisers For further information on this conference please contact the conference organisers. Professor Gavin Kelly Head of Subject Area; Classics School of History, Classics and Archaeology University of Edinburgh Contact details Email: Gavin.Kelly@ed.ac.uk Dr Joop Waarden University of Amsterdam Contact details Email: j.a.vanwaarden@uva.nl This article was published on 2024-08-01
