Elizabeth A. Meyer is the T. Cary Johnson, Jr. Professor of History at the University of Virginia. A specialist in Greek and Roman history, her research focuses on legal epigraphy, documentary practices, and the social dimensions of law in antiquity. She has published extensively on Greek manumission inscriptions, Roman legal documents, and the cultural significance of writing in the ancient world.

Seminar: “Reconstructing Monuments with the Help of Inscriptions”

Abstract
This seminar is designed as a practicum in understanding the relationship between the inscribed text and the stones on which these texts are inscribed—and what adding in the factor of 'where' and 'on what?' texts are inscribed can add to our understanding of the practices undertaken.