14th International FIEC Congress
25-30 August 2014
Bordeaux (France)

Second Circular
REGISTRATION PROCESS
I. General Information
You are most welcome to attend the 14th International Congress of the International
Federation of the Societies of Classical Studies (FIEC), which will be held in Bordeaux (France)
between Monday 25th August and Saturday 30th August 2014.
All relevant information concerning scientific or practical matters related to this event is to befound on the Congress website (http://fiec2014.sciencesconf.org/). This information will be graduallyand regularly updated until the beginning of the Congress. You can download the first circular(November 2012), in which you will find the terms of the call for papers.
The Congress will comprise two different types of papers:
1) Lectures (45 minutes) pronounced during plenary sessions by the speakers invited by theInternational Committee.
2) Communications (20 minutes) taking place during the different panels. The Organization
Committee will select those communications from unsolicited applications. The organizers are
particularly interested in papers that focus on new material evidence, new interpretations of texts or new
interpretive paradigms.
Anyone wishing to make a communication of 20 minutes should submit a title and an abstract(max. 200 words) to the Organization Committee, indicating in which panel they wish to participate. The
details should be sent exclusively by using the form provided on the website. We shall ignore any
abstract submitted either without this form or after September 30th, 2013. The candidates will
receive a notification from the Organization Committee as to whether or not their abstract has been
accepted by the end of November 2013.
In order to make exchanges easier, the papers should be presented in one of the following
languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

II. Fees, conditions and registration procedure.
Registration will be managed through the Congress website, as of May 30th, 2013. It will bepossible to pay by credit card, bank transfer or cheque. There are different levels of participation, eachwith a different fee (Regular, Students, Accompanying persons, Invited speakers, Delegates of the FIEC
member associations). We would like to draw your attention to the following points:
1. Online registration through the conference website is mandatory for everyone.
2. The payment for registration provides access for all participants (excluding accompanying persons)to the following benefits:-free access to all plenary and various panels of the conference-management of online registration, practical and tourist information, monitoring andpersonalized welcome, badge, program, conference kit folder, coffee breaks-gala dinner on Thursday, August 28th (at the Palais de la Bourse)

3. Accompanying persons (husbands or spouses or partners not attending the conference) pay small
registration rights (corresponding to the amount for registration). They can also register for the galadinner and excursions.
4. The general assembly of the FIEC Delegates and the FIEC Board will take place on Wednesday,
August 27th in the afternoon. It will be followed by a dinner (provided by the organizing Committee ofthe Congress).
5. Concerning accommodation, a list of hotels will be automatically sent to participants when registering.
University housing on the campus of the University of Bordeaux will be available to students whorequest it through the online registration form.
6. Guided tours of historic Bordeaux and excursions to the vineyards (with tasting) will be available toparticipants at very competitive rates, through the online registration form.

Categories of participants
Regular-speakers-listeners
Students

Online registration

mandatory
mandatory

Registration fees230€
Pay Options : excursions
100€

from 01/04/2014
260€

150€

Pay Options : excursions
Accompanying persons(not attending the conference)

Invited speakers

mandatory30€
Pay Options :Gala dinner, excursions

mandatory

free50€Pay Options : excursions
Delegates of the FIEC
member associations

mandatory

230€

260€

Pay Options : excursions

Proposals for communications can be submitted as from now on the website:
http://fiec2014.sciencesconf.org
We hope to see a great many of you in Bordeaux and remain at your disposal for any further information.
Sincerely,

Valérie Fromentin Sophie Gotteland (contact : fiec2014@gmail.com)