Structure and topics of lectures:
I. INTRODUCTORY PART (what is epigraphy + the development of writing; the development of Latin epigraphy: basics of Early Latin, Classical Latin and Mediaeval Latin epigraphy + language of Early Mediaeval inscriptions)
II. BASICS OF LATIN EPIGRAPHY (the making of epigraphic monuments; how to describe, document and read the inscription; types of monuments with inscriptions)
III. EPIGRAPHIC CONTENT AND ANALYSIS (anthroponymy and status of individuals; sepulchral inscriptions; votive monuments; res municipales; res militares; significance of epigraphic monuments for historical, social, economic and other studies)
IV. OTHER (digital epigraphy; characteristics of Dalmatian epigraphy; glagolitic alphabet and inscriptions)
V. EXERCISES AND PARTICIPANTS' ESSAYS (during the field trip and in the afternoons the participants will practice what they learned on real monuments)
A detailed programme will be send to the participants in advance.
Lecturers:
1. Prof. Manfred Hainzmann, Full professor, Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology – OREA, The Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
2. Prof. Anamarija Kurilić, Full professor, University of Zadar, Department of History, Zadar, Croatia
3. Prof. Dražen Maršić, Full professor, University of Zadar, Department of Archaeology, Zadar, Croatia
4. Prof. Robert Matijašić, Full professor, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History, Pula, Croatia
5. Prof. Krešimir Matijević, Full professor, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Institute of Social Sciences and Theology, Flensburg, Germany
6. Dr. Kristijan Juran, Associate professor, University of Zadar, Department of History, Zadar, Croatia
7. Dr. Fulvia Mainardis, Associate professor, University of Trieste, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Trieste, Italy
8. Dr. Ivan Basić, Assistant professor, University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History, Split, Croatia
9. Dr. Nada Bulić, Assistant professor, University of Zadar, Department of Classical Philology, Zadar, Croatia
10. Dr. Ivan Matijević, Assistant professor, University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History, Split, Croatia
11. Dr. Zrinka Serventi, Assistant professor, University of Zadar, Department of History, Zadar, Croatia
12. Dr. Ankica Bralić Petković, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Zadar, Department of Classical Philology, Zadar, Croatia