Announcements:
The ASP was founded in 1961 to further
the study of ancient Greek and Latin papyri and of the materials contained in
them. The Society supports and encourages research in the field, the teaching
of the discipline, and international cooperation by scholars in the field.
The ASP publishes The Bulletin of
the American Society of Papyrologists (BASP), the only North American
journal in the field of papyrology. It also publishes a monograph series, American
Studies in Papyrology, and occasional supplements to BASP.
The ASP holds its Annual Meeting in conjunction
with the APA/AIA Annual Meeting; the Annual Meeting features speakers as well
as the election of officers and other business. As part of the Annual
Meeting, the ASP sponsors a panel of about five papers on a wide range of subjects
within the field of papyrology. The ASP also now sponsors a continuing
panel on "Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds" at the annual meeting
of the Society of Biblical Literature.
Under ASP sponsorship, a consortium of ten universities is hosting a series of intensive summer institutes in papyrology for each of the ten summers from 2003 to 2112. Aimed at advanced graduate students and younger faculty in relevant fields, including Classics, Ancient History, Egyptology, Archaeology, Ancient Religions, and Biblical Studies, the institutes provide participants with sufficient instruction and practical experience to enable them to make productive use of texts on papyrus in their research and to become active scholars in the field of papyrology. Each seminar has a distinctive linguistic, chronological, or thematic focus, reflecting the interests and available resources of the host institution. For a list of institutions, themes, organizers, and other information, click here.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Membership services: American Society of Papyrologists, Department of Classics ML 226, 410 Blegen Library, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0226 U.S.A. Telefax 513-556-4366, E-mail asp@papyrology.org.
Publications: distributed through Oxbow/David Brown Book Company, web www.oxbowbooks.com. Outisde of North American, contact Oxbow Books, 10 Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, OX1 2EW, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 1865 241249, Fax: +44 1865 794449, E-mail: oxbow@oxbowbooks.com; in North America, contact The David Brown Book Company, PO Box 511 (28 Main St.), Oakville, CT 06779, Tel. 860/945-9329, Fax: 860/945-9468, E-mail: david.brown.bk.co@snet.net.
Queries on the society and its activities should be addressed to the appropriate officer; general inquiries to asp@papyrology.org.
The web site for the American Society of Papyrologists is maintained at the University of Cincinnati by William A. Johnson. The site was originally developed by D. L. Clinton under the direction of Jennifer Sheridan at Wayne State University. Please direct comments and suggestions on the web pages to william.johnson@uc.edu.
Last edited: November 27, 2007