British Epigraphy Society (BES) Spring Meeting 2025

The Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (ACE) is pleased to announce that it will host the British Epigraphy Society (BES) Spring Meeting 2025 on 9 May 2025, at the University of Liverpool, in the Jane Herdman Building Lecture Theatre, from 11:30 to 17:00 (GMT+0).

Friday 9th May 11.30am - 17.00pm (UK) | Jane Herdman Building Lecture Theatre or online | Open to the public, and University of Liverpool staff and students

The theme of this year’s meeting is “Graffiti in Desert Landscapes.”

The event has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the British Epigraphy Society (BES), the Institute of Classical Studies (ICS), the Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (ACE) at the University of Liverpool, and the Leverhulme Trust.

To attend this event online, please click here.

Full Programme

11:30-12:05 Coffee break and arrival

12:05-12:20 Beatrice Pestarino (Liverpool): Introduction

Session 1, Chair Marina Escolano Poveda  (Liverpool)

12:20-12:50 Ilaria Bucci (Durham): Voices at the City Gates: Graffiti in Liminal Spaces at Dura-Europos and Hatra

12:50-13:20 Rachael Banes (Wien): Between Personal and Monumental: The Late Antique Graffiti from Wadi Hajjaj (Sinai)

13:20-14:20 Lunch

Session 2, Chair John Davies (Liverpool)

14:20-14:50 Ian Rutherford (Reading): Graffiti in caves

14:50-15:20 Michael Zellmann-Rohrer (Macquarie University): Greek graffiti from the Temple of Ptah at Karnak (online)

15:20-15:50 Coffee break 

Session 3, Chair Silvia Zago (Liverpool)

15:50-16:20 Colin Adams (Liverpool) Graffiti from Wadi Hammamat and Eastern Desert

16:20-16:50 Roland Enmarch (Liverpool) Bronze Age Graffiti at Hatnub (Egypt)

16:50-17:00 Conclusive remarks