Society for Classical Studies 158th Annual Meeting
JANUARY 7-10, 2027
BOSTON
Call for Papers for Panel Sponsored by the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy
Epigraphy and the Senses
Organized by Laura Gawlinski, Loyola University Chicago
The American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy invites proposals for papers for its panel “Epigraphy and the Senses” at the 2027 meeting of the Society for Classical Studies in Boston (7–10 January). We seek contributions that bring inscribed texts of all kinds into conversation with the sensorium. Inscriptions are experienced through the senses as they are written, viewed, or heard. The sense of sight tends to dominate the discussion through the interest in how inscribed texts were read, but research has also recognized the involvement of kinesthesia (moving around texts), or touch (manipulating smaller inscribed objects). Newer techniques like 3D printing can enhance our capabilities for perception when studying them.
Topics may include but are not limited to:
- research that engages with inscribed texts in their contexts
- senses and the crafting of texts
- evidence for visual markers for reading
- cognitive approaches
- digital methods for reconstructing experiential processes
- inscriptions as evidence for the sensorium
Please send abstracts that follow the guidelines for individual abstracts (see the SCS Guidelines for Authors of Abstracts) by email to Laura Gawlinski (Loyola University Chicago) at lgawlinski@luc.edu by February 13, 2026.
Please ensure that the abstracts are anonymous.
The organizers will review all submissions anonymously, and their decision will be communicated to the authors of abstracts by April 3, 2026, with enough time that those whose abstracts are not chosen can participate in the individual abstract submission process for the upcoming SCS meeting.