The Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, based at Ghent University, will be launched on-line in the near future. The database has been created thanks to a Hercules grant from the Flemish Government. Further research on book epigrams within our team, including elaboration of the DBBE, will benefit from a Ghent University GOA grant from 2015 on. Therefore, this seemed the right moment to organize a workshop. We have asked Byzantinists (philologists, palaeographers, cultural historians) to try out a test version of the database, exploring it with their own research interests in mind. They will present their observations, propose improvements, and offer suggestions for future research. The one-day workshop will be concluded with a round-table discussion. Everyone is invited to attend the workshop and to participate in the discussion. Please contact floris.bernard@ugent.be for further information and for registration.
You can find the full programme of the workshop here: ProgramWorkshopDBBE.