On September 2-3, 2011, the Sara B. Aleshire Center for the Study of Greek Epigraphy, in collaboration with the Collège de France, and with the generous financial support of the France-Berkeley Fund and the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, organized an international symposium entitled “The Epigraphy and History of Boeotia: New Finds, New Developments”.
Day 1 (Friday, September 2)
Welcome
Session 1: The New Epigraphy of Thebes
* V. Aravantinos, Inscriptions from the Temenos of Herakles at Thebes (9.20-10.00)
* A. P. Matthaiou, Two new bronze tablets from Thebes (10.00-10.40)
Discussion (10.40-11.00)
* N. Papazarkadas & V. Aravantinos, New Theban Epigrams (11.00-11.40)
* M. Bonanno-Aravantinos, New Inscribed Funerary Stelai from Thebes (11.40-12.20)
Discussion (12.20-12.40)
Session 2: Boeotian Epigraphy: Beyond Thebes, part 1
* C. Grenet, The Chronology of the Chaironeian Slave-Dedications: New Considerations (3.10-3.50)
* I. Pernin, Land Administration and Property Law in the Proconsular Edict from Thisbe, Syll.3 884. (3.50-4.30 pm)
Discussion (4.30-4.50)
* F. Marchand, Theos Tauros in Thespiai (4.50-5.30)
Discussion (5.30-5.40)
Day 2 (Saturday, September 3)
Session 3: Boeotian Epigraphy: Beyond Thebes, part 2
* Y. Kalliontzis, Digging in Storerooms of Antiquities: Unpublished Inscriptions from the Archaeological Museum of Thebes (9.20-10.00)
* A. Robu, The Epigraphy of Hellenistic Megara: Towards a New Chronology (10.00-10.40)
Discussion (10.40-11.00)
* R. Pitt, Contractors and Temple Builders at Lebadeia (11.00-11.40)
Discussion (11.40-11.50)
Session 4: Boetian History: New Interpretations
* E. Mackil, Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Boiotian Koinon (2.10-2.50)
* C. Müller, A koinon after 146? Reflections on the political and institutional situation of Boeotia in the second half of the 2nd century B.C. (2.50-3.30)
Discussion: (3.30-3.50)
* H. Beck, The language of (dis)unity. Ethnic identity and integration in Boeotian epigraphy (3.50-4.30)
* D. Knoepfler, ΕΧΘΟΝΔΕ ΤΑΣ ΒΟΙΩΤΙΑΣ: The Expansion of the Boiotian Koinon towards Central Euboia in the beginning of the 3rd century B.C (4.30-5.10)
Discussion (5.10-5.30)
6.00-7.00: Round Table: Towards a new corpus of Boeotian inscriptions (IG VII2)
The proceedings of the symposium The Epigraphy and History of Boeotia: New Finds, New Prospects were edited by N. Papazarkadas and published in 2014 by Brill Publishers.