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‘Pliny the Younger in Late Antiquity’
As part of the Panegyrici Latini Project, the School of Archaeology, Classics, and Egyptology, Liverpool University and the School of Classics, University of St Andrews are delighted to announce a one-day conference, to be held in Swallowgate, St Andrews on Saturday 16th May 2009.
Conference Programme
Saturday, 16th May 2009
School of Classics, Swallowgate, University of St Andrews
| 9.30 | Introduction: Professor Bruce Gibson (Liverpool) and Dr Roger Rees (St Andrews). |
|---|---|
| 10.00 | ‘A couple of things Pliny can't help with; Panegyrici Latini XI(3)’ Professor John Henderson (Cambridge) |
| 10.45 | 'Managing the past: Plinian strategies in late antique panegyric' Professor Bruce Gibson (Liverpool) |
| 11.30 | Coffee |
| 12.00 | ‘Pliny and Symmachus’ Dr Gavin Kelly (Edinburgh) |
| 12.45 | Lunch (in Swallowgate) |
| 1.45 | ‘Pacatus, a poet doing Plinian prose’ Dr Roger Rees (St Andrews) |
| 2.30 | ‘Pliny’s Panegyricus and the Historia Augusta' Mr Diederik Burgersdijk (Amsterdam) |
| 3.15 | Tea |
| 3.45 | ‘Salvian, Pliny's Panegyricus and the Gallic Panegyrics' Dr David Lambert (St. Andrews) |
| 4.30 | 'Sidonius' Pliny: from Constantius and Clarus to Firminus and Fuscus' Professor Roy Gibson (Manchester) |
| 5.15 | End |
Registration
The deadline for Registration is 1 May 2009.
The conference fee of £10 covers conference documents, lunch and morning and afternoon refreshments. Postgraduate students may attend without charge, but need to register.
The dinner will be in a local restaurant, and there will be an additional charge. Please let us know if you wish to join us.
To register for the conference, please download and complete the conference booking form (doc), then return it to :
Mrs Margaret Goudie
School of Classics
University of St Andrews
Swallowgate
Butts Wynd
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9AL
UK
Tel.: 01334 462608
Email: classcon@st-and.ac.uk
Enquiries
For further information, please email rdr1@st-andrews.ac.uk or bjgibson@liverpool.ac.uk.
