PROGRAMME
THURSDAY 1st JULY
19:00: Reception and launch of POINIKASTAS, a new website for the study of early Greek alphabetic writing based on the Anne Jeffery Archive.
FRIDAY 2nd JULY
I: 09.00 - 10.00, Chair: Peter Haarer
History and Principles in the Study of Writing: Questions, Problems and Agendas
Prof. B.B. Powell (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
10.00 - 10.30: coffee
II: 10.30 - 12.45, Chair: Barry Powell
10.30: Phoenician, Hebrew and Philistine: Prof. Jo Ann Hackett (Harvard)
11.15: Aramaic: Prof. Alan Millard (Liverpool)
12.00: Hieroglyphic Hittite: Prof. David Hawkins (SOAS)
12.45 - 14.15: lunch
III: 14.15 - 15.45, Chair: John Bennet
14.15: Cypriot Scripts: Prof. Bonny Bazemore (South Carolina)
15.00: Eteocretan: Yves Duhoux (Louvain)
15.45 - 16.15: tea
IV 16.15 - 18.00, Chair: Yves Duhoux
16.15: Greek Scripts of the Bronze Age: Prof. John Bennet (Sheffield)
17.00: Aspects of Diversity in Early Greek Graphics: Dr. Alan Johnston
17.45: Plenary Session
20.00: Conference dinner
SATURDAY 3rd JULY
V. 09.45 - 12.30, Chair: Alan Millard
09.45 - 10.30: The Local Scripts from Nature to Culture: on the Function of Local Alphabets in Archaic Greece: Dr. Nino Luraghi (Toronto)
10.30 - 11.00: coffee
11.00 - 11.45: The Spread of Alphabetic Writing among the Non-Greek Peoples of Anatolia: Dr. Ignacio-J. Adiego
11.45 - 12.30: Greek and non-Greek writing in S.E. Italy: Dr. Kathryn Lomas (UCL)
12.30 - 14.00: lunch
VI. 14.00 - 15.30, Chair, Nino Luraghi
14.00 - 14.45: Etruscan: Prof. Alessandro Naso (Universita del Molise) & Prof. Enrico Benelli (Instituto di Studi sulle Civilta Italiche e del Mediterraneo Antico)
14.45 - 15.30: Early Hispanic Writings as Responses to Phoenician Consonantal Script: Prof. Javier de Hoz (Madrid)
15.30 - 16.00: tea
VII. 16.00 - Plenary Discussion & Close.
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