Welcome to Ancient Societies 2011-2012! Here is the schedule for fall quarter:

October 18th: Cliff Ando, “Legal Pluralism and Legal Change in the Roman Empire”

October 25th: David Schloen, “Economy and Society in Ugarit, a Late Bronze Age Kingdom on the Syrian Coast”

November 8th: Jacobo Myerston, “The Derveni Papyrus and Akkadian Commentaries”

November 15th: Brian Muhs, “Literacy, Law and the Economy in Ancient Egypt”

November 22nd: Emily Wilson, “Religion and the glyptic iconography of the Aramaic tablets in the Persepolis Fortification Archive”

November 29th: Paul Keen, “Towards the Koinon Kyprion: Cypriot Cities in the Ptolemaic Empire”

All talks, unless otherwise noted, will be held at 3:30 pm in CL 21. They will be followed by a reception in the Classics Lounge.