The Society is keen to help Schools with lectures and talks on epigraphic topics. The members listed below have indicated their readiness to deliver lectures and talks. Please contact the Society's Secretary if you are interested in hosting an epigraphic talk!

We would also like to draw your attention to a free and open-access publication for schools on A-level materials in Ancient History hosted by the Classical Association, which includes a chapter on "Roman Inscriptions" written by BES member Dr Abigail Graham.

Further online resources provided by BES member Dr Anna Judson:
1) a video and worksheet for any teachers wanting to run their own activities making and writing Linear B tablets, which are freely available from How to make a Linear B Tablet – British School at Athens (bsa.ac.uk) (English and Greek versions available)
2) a board game "Mycenopoly" to introduce students to prehistoric Greece, which is available as a series of files to download and print on request: information at Mycenopoly – It's All Greek To Me (wordpress.com)


Prof Alison Cooley (University of Warwick) - Roman Epigraphy
'The Legacy of Augustus'; 'From wax tablets to wine amphorae: exploring inscriptions in the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum'; 'Looking at life in Pompeii through inscriptions'

Dr Peter Haarer (University of Oxford) - Greek Epigraphy

1. "Alphabetising the Greeks": a short history of the emergence of alphabetic writing up to the appearance of the Greek alphabet in the early eighth century, including some research questions and problems to consider.

2. "Reading Greek inscriptions": a workshop using two to four short texts which aims to introduce the difficulties of making sense of inscriptions in Greek and to bring out aspects which can be accessed by anyone, whether their grasp of the alphabet is basic or more advanced. Copious help, transliterations, translations and explanations are provided throughout, along with worksheets to annotate (comprising images or drawings of the inscribed objects discussed) and plentiful illustrations in colour.

3. "Inscriptions and Archaic Greek History": case studies, illustrated in colour, bringing out the diverse and unique contributions to ancient history which epigraphic texts have to offer to the history of the archaic Greek world ca. 750 to 479 B.C.

Prof Alex Mullen (University of Nottingham) - Roman & Gaulish Epigraphy
Inscriptions on the OCR Ancient History syllabus; Vindolanda writing tablets; Writing in Roman Britain; Voices from Roman Britain; Gaulish inscriptions; Bilingual inscriptions

Ms Charlotte Bell (University of Liverpool) - Roman Epigraphy
Romano-British inscriptions; the significance of gender representation in Romano-British inscriptions and reliefs

Mr Wayne Hart (Lettercarver, Typographer & Sculptor)
Lettercarving and the making of inscriptions in stone, wood, glass and metal

Dr Abigail Graham (Institute of Classical Studies) - Roman Epigraphy
e.g., inscriptions, reading & literacy; Roman rituals; performance politics, and more

Prof Peter Liddel (University of Manchester) - Greek Epigraphy
Any aspect of Greek epigraphy, but especially inscriptions in the A-level specifications, epigraphy and the Peloponnesian War or talks on the Attic Inscriptions Education resources

Dr Anna Judson (University of Durham) - Linear B & history of writing
The Linear B writing system, including make-your-own clay tablet activity; the decipherment of Linear B; Mycenaean Greek archaeology; women's writing in the ancient Mediterranean; writing in Roman Britain; the history of writing in the ancient Mediterranean (e.g. cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Phoenician, Greek, Latin)

Dr Irene Salvo (University of Verona) - Greek Epigraphy
e.g., Greek epigraphy & religion; how to use non-literary sources in historical research