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PUBLIC LECTURE: Friends of the Library talk: Recording and Records in the Roman Empire

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The Romans did not invent record keeping but they extended and developed it to a remarkable degree. Many millions of individual documents were generated on every topic from simple receipts through private letters to census returns. Although most have been lost irrevocably, millions still survive as an invaluable source for the Roman world.

By modern standards the system of creating records in the Roman world was akin to that of a current very undeveloped country – ramshackle, inconsistent, disorganized and poorly focused. By ancient standards and even the standards of much of the pre-modern world it was hugely impressive, a significant advance on the recent past and on how most other contemporary civilizations performed.

The talk will look at: What was recorded and How, What survives and What it was for.

About the Speaker

Winthrop Professor David Kennedy is a graduate of the Universities of Manchester (1974) and Oxford (1980). He held teaching positions at the University of Sheffield (1976-1989) and at Boston University (1989-90) before moving to the University of Western Australia (1990) where he teaches Roman Archaeology and History.

His research specializations are the Roman military, settlement in the Roman Empire, Aerial Archaeology and the Roman Near East. His published books include most recently Kennedy, D. L. The Roman Army in Jordan. 2nd edition, 2004, London (Council for British Research in the Levant/ The British Academy); Kennedy, D. L. and Bewley, R. Ancient Jordan from the Air: 2004, London (Council for British Research in the Levant/ The British Academy); and Kennedy, D. L. Gerasa and the Decapolis: A “Virtual Island” in Northwest Jordan, 2007, London (Duckworth).

In recent years a grant from the Packard Humanities Institute has supported a major research project on Aerial Archaeology in Jordan which has now expanded to include all of ‘Arabia’.

Parking is available in Myer Street and Park Way, accessible from Fairway

Members: Free Non Members: $5 donation
Speaker(s) Professor David Kennedy
Location Science Library meeting room (3rd floor)
Contact Stella Ibbott <[email protected]> : 6488 2356
Start Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:30
End Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:30
Submitted by Katie Mills <[email protected]>
Last Updated Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:28
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