Research and Planning Committee Agenda June 2007

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WESS Research and Planning Committee Agenda

Sunday, June 24, 2007

D.C. Conference Center 155

• I. Topics in European Studies.
  "Augustan Rome Online: A Digital Sourcebook of the Emperor and the City." (Daniel C. Mack) (30 minutes)

• II. Advice for Coutts Nijhoff Applicants. (Richard Hacken and Charlene Kellsey) (30 minutes).
  (Because of an unfortunate conflict with a GNARP meeting, Dick will present his comments by proxy. If anyone would like to volunteer to set these remarks to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, please contact me as soon as possible.)

• III. Committee business.
  1. Introductions (5 minutes)
  2. Discussion of draft proposal on support for travel to European book fairs. (55 minutes)

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"Augustan Rome online: a digital sourcebook of the emperor and the city"

Daniel C. Mack

The Pennsylvania State University

Abstract:

The last thirty years have seen a resurge of scholarship on Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor (67 BCE-14 CE). Researchers have reassessed long-known primary sources, and new ones have come to light. In addition, scholars have produced a substantial corpus of secondary literature on the reign of Augustus in various languages and formats. There exists a large body of primary sources, including literary texts, papyri, inscriptions, official documents, and archaeological artifacts documenting this program. Two thousand years of scholarship accompany these sources from Augustus’ own age to the present. This project will identify, locate, analyze, and make available the primary and secondary literature documenting Augustus’ life, and of the topography and monuments of Rome during his reign. This will include sources of all types (historical, literary, epigraphic, numismatic, and archaeological) in original languages and in translation, including accessible modern editions, as well as twenty centuries of relevant secondary literature. Field work in Rome during my sabbatical in 2008 will provide me with the opportunity to conduct a GIS survey of important Augustan sites and to conduct historical and philological research in the city’s main collections for classical antiquity, including the libraries at the American Academy in Rome, the British School in Rome, the Deutsche Archäologische Institut, and the Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana. Dissemination will be via the Web, and will include interactive media, images, video files, and a bibliographic database of primary and secondary sources.