The Institute’s third lecture of this academic year will take place on
Wednesday 5 December, starting at 7.30 pm in the library of the
Institute (Dionysiou Aiginitou 7, ground floor, Ilisia. Metro: Megaro
Mousikis). Dr. Hallie Marshall (Assistant Professor, Department of
Theatre & Film, University of British Columbia) will give a talk
entitled, "
How to Shop for Books in late 5th-Century Athens".
“The book trade in fifth century Athens is rarely discussed, and issues
of literacy in classical Athens, and indeed in later periods, generally
focus on questions of what portion of the population would have been
literate, education and literacy, degrees of literacy, and the place and
function of writing in Athens. This paper will explore our evidence for
the selling and buying of books in late fifth-century Athens and argue
that, in light of that evidence, we need to reframe our conception of
what a book was for Greeks of this period.”
You are all most welcome to join us next Wednesday evening for what promises to be a most interesting presentation.
Jonathan Tomlinson
Assistant Director
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