Proposals received after February 17 will be returned to the sender. Forwarded on behalf of the undersigned, to whom responses and inquiries should be directed. Sixteen invited speakers from Britain and abroad will give papers. No attempt will be made to achieve a comprehensive coverage of language contact in the ancient Mediterranean world, but the focus will instead be on Greek and Latin in contact both with each other and with other languages. We hope that the programme of papers will offer a combination of sociolinguistic, literary, cultural and historical approaches to the subject.
All rooms have handbasins, and there are some rooms with en-suite facilities.
Please let us know if you require a room on the ground floor. It is not possible to provide double rooms. Breakfast is included in the price of accommodation and coffee, lunch and tea are included in the conference fee. On the first night there will a reception in the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology hosted by the Department of Classics. On the second night a conference dinner will be held in the Orange Room, University of Reading.