Michele Bianconi | How does one ‘decipher’ a language that is perfectly readable? The joys and sorrows of Messapic philology

PIES grad sem will meet for Week 9 on Thursday, March 6th (not the usual Wednesday) between 6-8pm in Dodd 232 and on Zoom at the following link: https://ucla.zoom.us/my/rehanmuh.

This week, we are delighted to welcome Michele Bianconi (Departmental Lecturer in Classical Philology and Linguistics at Wolfson College, University of Oxford) for a presentation titled “How does one ‘decipher’ a language that is perfectly readable? The joys and sorrows of Messapic philology”.

As usual, the seminar will be accompanied by food and drinks.