Calls for Papers/Jan 23, 2019

Culture and Society in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt

Culture and Society in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt lead image

Culture and Society in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt, panel at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, Washington, D.C., January 2–5, 2020

The American Society of Papyrologists invites proposals for papers for its panel “Culture and Society in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt” at the 2020 meeting of the Society for Classical Studies in Washington, DC (2-5 January). Although the scope of papyrological studies is wide, submissions for this panel must meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • they must deploy evidence for ancient literary cultures that is preserved on papyri, ostraka, or wooden tablets (in Greek, Latin, Coptic, demotic Egyptian, Arabic, or other pertinent languages);
  • they must investigate aspects of the histories or cultures of Egypt from the Hellenistic to the early Islamic period.

 Submissions from graduate students and faculty at all levels are welcome.