May 1, 2026 (Friday)

9:00: Welcome to Day 2 of Materialities of Ancient Texts (Moritz Hinsch, LMU)

Materiality, papyrology and empire

9:10: The Things We Leave Behind: Papyri, Materiality, and Documentary Practice Across the Greco-Roman World (Matthias Stern, LMU)

9:50: Empire and individual on sherds of clay (Michael Hahn, LMU)

10:30: Coffee Break

Materiality, classical literature and religion

11:00: Letters to the Gods? The Materiality of Writing Oracles (Moritz Hinsch, LMU)

11:40: Materiality and intertextuality, or why it matters that we know how much books cost in the Roman world (David M. Ratzan, ISAW)

12:20: Hearing the holy voice of Memnon, I missed you …”. The Memnon Colossi and Material culture (Alexander Free, LMU)

13:00: Lunch (for registered partcipants only)

Materiality and late antique documentary and administrative practices

14:10: Materiality of ancient papyrus petitions: A case study from 4th century Egypt (Giulia Grossi, LMU)

14:50: Cross meets Crescent: The materiality of Early Islamic documentary papyri and the pagarchs under Arab rule (Younes Köhler, LMU)

15:30: Coffee Break

Panel Discussion and Concluding remarks

16:00: Reflections on the proceedings (Jonathan Leite, Lauren Malkoun, Anna Selden, Greg Woolf, ISAW)

16:45 Concluding remarks on the workshop (Alexander Free, LMU)

17:15: Reception