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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