The Vassiliadis Chair and the Department of History at the University of California, San Diego present: Freedom of Speech and Self-Censorship in Late Antiquity
Medieval History

The Vassiliadis Chair and the Department of History at the University of California, San Diego present: Freedom of Speech and Self-Censorship in Late Antiquity


The Vassiliadis Chair and the Department of History at the University of California, San Diego present:


Freedom of Speech and Self-Censorship in Late Antiquity


February 8, 2013

9:30-4:30, UCSD Faculty Club, Rooms 1-2



9:30: Introductory Remarks

Edward Watts, UCSD

9:45 ?The Perils of Authorship in Late Antiquity: Dangerous Speech, Self-Censorship, and the
Policing of Opinion?

Anthony Kaldellis, Ohio State


10:30 ?(Self-)Censorship or (Self-)Fashioning? Gaps in Libanius' Letter Collection?

Lieve Van Hoof, K. U. Leuven



11:15 ?Pagans and Christians in Constantine's Rome?

Michele Salzman,
University of California, Riverside


12:00-1:30 Lunch



1:30 ?Persecution and the Art of Writing Between the Lines?

Elizabeth Digeser, UCSB



2:15 ??Epistolary satire in the Variae of Cassiodorus?

Shane Bjornlie, Claremont-McKenna


3:00 ?Performing parrhesia. Hierarchy and Morality in Late Antiquity?

Peter Van Nuffelen, Ghent



3:45: Concluding Discussion



Because space is limited, please contact Edward Watts ([email protected]) if you are interested in attending.

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Edward Watts

Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and Professor of History


University of California, San Diego

Department of History, Mail Code 0104

Humanities and Social Science Building, Room 4005

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla, CA 92093-0104

Phone: (858) 534-2733




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