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30 September 2014 Official ending date of the Project.

18-20 September 2014 Organising of, and participation in, the International Seminar on PHerc. 908/1390 (Unknown Author, [On Procreation]), Ercolano (Naples). Speakers: A. Corti, G. Ranocchia. Participants: E. Puglia, S. Laursen, D. Blank, J. Hammerstaedt, W.W. Henry, H. Essler, M. Alessandrelli, K. Fleischer, G. Iovine, Ch. Vassallo. (Photos)

30 June-4 July 2014 Dr. Vassallo participated in the 4th biennial Conference of the International Association for Presocratic Studies with the paper On the Orphic Tradition in the Herculaneum Papyri: Testimonia to Orpheus in Philodemus' On Piety and On Music (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki).

21-26 April 2014 Research stay of Dr. Vassallo at the Institut für Altertumswissenschaften (Papyrussamlung) of Jena University with the purpose of making a new edition of PJena Inv. 660 (Host: Prof. Dr. R. Thiel).

28 March 2014 Presentation of the book Il problema del lektón nello stoicismo antico by Michele Alessandrelli, CNR-ILIESI/Sapienza University of Rome. Introduction: A. Lamarra. Speakers: W. Cavini, F. Ademollo. Chairman: F. Fronterotta

20-21 February 2014 Dr. Corti participates in the International Workshop Epicuro, Sulla Natura: novità e confronti, Università Ca' Foscari, Venice.

15 February 2014 Manual transcription of PHerc. 1639 completed.

18-19 December 2013 Dr. Alessandrelli and Dr. Ranocchia participate in the Research Seminar Papiri Filosofici Adespoti (CPF II.1), Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore.

29 October 2013 Participation in the ERC information day L'avvenire della ricerca di eccellenza at Città della Scienza, Naples.

23 October 2013 Dr. Ch. Vassallo gives a seminar titled Der Beitrag der herkulanensischen Papyri zur vorsokratischen Theologie: die Beispiele des Xenophanes und Parmenides in PHerc. 1428 (University of Trier).

18 October 2013 Dr. Ch. Vassallo gives a paper titled La tradition de Xénophane dans les Papyrus d’Herculanum entre théologie et scepticisme at the the IIIe journée d’étude internationale “Les textes philosophiques antiques et leur réception" (University of Reims).

4 October 2013 Transcription of PHerc. 1199 completed.

12-14 September 2013 Organising of, and participation in, the International Seminar about Philodemus' On Rhetoric Book VII, Sorrento (Naples). Speakers: G. Ranocchia, Ch. Vassallo. Participants: R. Janko, D. Blank, D. Armstrong, J. Hammerstaedt, D. Delattre, F. Longo Auricchio, W.W. Henry, I. Privitera, M. Erbì, M. Alessandrelli, A. Corti. (Photos)

5 August 2013 New textual reconstruction of Epicurus, On nature, Book XXV (PHerc. 454) Corti-Ranocchia uploaded. See the Publications page.

29/07-03/08/2013 The four team members participated with an own paper in the 27th International Congress of Papyrology, Warsaw (Poland).

16 July 2013 Transcription of PHerc. 908/1390 completed. Dr. A. Corti starts transcribing the original manuscript of PHerc. 1199.

1 July 2013 New textual reconstructions of Philodemus, On Piety (PHerc. 1428), frr. 12 and 14 Vassallo uploaded. See the Publications page.

17 June 2013 New textual reconstruction of Anonymous Stoic Author, Unknown Work (PHerc. 1020), cols. 104-112 Alessandrelli-Ranocchia uploaded. See the Publications page.

15 June 2013 At our request, the Officina dei Papiri Ercolanesi was re-opened during the summer on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (by courtesy of its Director, Lady Sofia Maresca).

13 May 2013 Joint visit of the Director of the Department of Chemical Science and Materials Technology of CNR, Prof. Luigi Ambrosio, and the Director of the Department of Human and Social Sciences of CNR, Prof. Riccardo Pozzo, to the Officina dei Papiri.

17 April 2013 Dr. Corti starts transcribing the original manuscript of PHerc. 908/1390.

16 April 2013 Two new stereo-microscopes for reading papyri financed by the project have been installed in the Officina dei Papiri by permission of the National Library of Naples.

5 April 2013 Brainstorming with the Director of the Institute of Crystallography, Dr. Michele Saviano, and the Director of the Institute for Composite and Biomedical Materials of CNR, Ing. Eugenio Amendola, at the Officina dei Papiri together with other researchers from the former Institute and the University of Perugia about the possibility of using innovative techniques for the stratigraphical mapping of Herculaneum papyri.

2 April-1 May 2013 New multi-spectral imaging of PHerc. 1004, PHerc. 1020 and PHerc. 454 by Prof. Roger MacFarlane from the Ancient Texts Imaging Group of Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah).

29 January 2013 The Italian Minister for Education University and Research, Prof. F. Profumo, receives in Rome a representative of the Italian ERC grantees (G. Ranocchia, G. Rizzarelli, A. Reali, T. Scopigno) in the presence of the President and the General Director of C.N.R. and other ministerial officials to agree upon an administrative procedure for the direct recruitment of the PIs operating in Italy on the part of universities and public research bodies.

3 December 2012 Dr. A. Corti recruited as Junior Research Fellow (assegnista di ricerca) of the Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.

27 November 2012 Dr. G. Ranocchia invited to participate as an external stakeholder in the Focus Group Meeting organised by Deloitte for the External evaluation of the first 3 years of operation of the ERCEA (Brussels, European Commission).

21 November 2012 Dr. Ch. Vassallo reads the paper Sulla contestualizzazione socratica del PSI XI 1215: elementi papirologici e storico-filosofici per una sua possibile attribuzione, Università L’Orientale, Napoli.

From 6 November 2012 General inspection, bibliological and textual reconstruction of PHerc. 454, 908/1390, 989, 1199, 1385, 1639 (Dr. G. Ranocchia, Dr. A. Corti).

2 to 26 October 2012 Manual transcription of inedited text columns of PHerc. 1020 (Dr. M. Alessandrelli, Dr. G. Ranocchia).

17-21 September 2012 Dr. Vassallo and Dr. Corti were admitted to participate in the Conference and Summer School Philologia philosophica Herbipolensis II: "Academy from Outside" (Würzburg).

12 September 2012 The Italian Minister for Education University and Research Prof. F. Profumo received in Rome a small representative of the Italian PIs (B. de Divitiis, I. Giardina, G. Ranocchia, G. Rizzarelli, T. Scopigno) for issues concerning the status and perspectives of the ERC Grantees in the national academic and research system.

31 July 2012 New critical reconstruction of the text columns of PHerc. 1020 formerly edited by Hans von Arnim (Dr. M. Alessandrelli, Dr. G. Ranocchia).

25-26 June 2012 Participation in the event The ERC, 5 Years of Achievements and National Info Days FP7 Ideas Programme, Rome, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.

21-22 June 2012 Joint seminar in Naples about the critical reconstructions of PHerc. 1020 so far effected by Dr. Alessandrelli and Dr. Ranocchia.

20 June 2012 Joint visit to the Villa dei Papiri of Herculaneum excavations led by the archaelogist Dr. E. De Carolis and the restorer Mr. Zolfo, by a special authorisation of the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei.

18 June 2012 Miss Corti receives the Doctoral degree in Philosophy at La Sapienza University of Rome.

16 June 2012 Dr. Vassallo reads the paper Die herakliteische Überlieferung bei den herkulanischen Rollen, mit besonderem Bezug auf den Fall der Rhetorik Philodems, at the Colloquium Quellentexte antiker Philosophie und ihre Rezeption (organiser: Dr. Katrin Beer), Seminar für klassische Philologie, University of Trier.

12-14 April 2012 International Workshop Space in Hellenistic Philosophy, Anacapri (Naples). Convenor: G. Ranocchia. Speakers: K. Algra, M. Alessandrelli, T. Tieleman, D. Konstan, H. Essler, C. Lévy, R. Bett, E. Spinelli, J. Mansfeld, C. Serck-Hanssen, G. Cantillo. Chairs: D. Frede, Charles Brittain, Voula Tsouna, Ch. Horn. Other participants: Miira Tuominen, Ada Bronowski, Aurora Corti, Ch. Vassallo, J.Y. Lee, F. Verde.

30 March 2012 Dr. Ranocchia reads the paper Ariston et Diogène dans le PHerc. 1004 (Philodème, Sur la rhétorique, Livre incertain). Reconsidération du problème, in the framework of the ‘Cycle de conférences Léon Robin 2011-2012’, Centre Léon Robin de Recherches sur la Pensée Antique, CNRS - Paris IV Sorbonne - École Normale Superieure Ulm.

10 January 2012 Dr. M. Alessandrelli starts transcribing the original manuscript of PHerc. 1020.

21 December 2011 Miss A. Corti confirmed as part-time collaborator of the Project for the year 2012.

15 December 2011 Preliminary roll reconstruction of PHerc. 1020 completed (Dr. G. Ranocchia, Dr. M. Alessandrelli).

5 December 2011 The CNR’s Board of Directors decides to bestow a premium fund on the CNR Institutes hosting an ERC Grant.

2 December 2011 Dr. Ch. Vassallo starts transcribing the original manuscript of PHerc. 1004.

1 December 2011 Dr. Ch. Vassallo recruited as Junior Research Fellow (assegnista di ricerca) of the Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.

30 November 2011 Preliminary roll reconstruction of PHerc. 1004 completed (Dr. G. Ranocchia, Dr. Ch. Vassallo).

22 November 2011 The Italian Minister for Education, University and Research, Prof. F. Profumo, holds in Rome an operational meeting with the ERC Grantees of CNR on issues related to their projects and on the strategies for future funding attraction.

16 November 2011 Dr. G. Ranocchia talks about Antonio Piaggio’s Diario Vesuviano (1779-1795) during the inauguration ceremony of MAV.2 – Museo Archeologico Virtuale di Ercolano (Naples).

14 November 2011 Invitation of the Italian ERC Grantees to the Conference ‘Europa 2020: rendere l’Italia protagonista’, organised in Rome by Accademia dei Lincei and Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana ‘G. Treccani’ at the presence of the President of the Italian Republic, G. Napolitano.

From 4 October 2011 General inspection of the original manuscripts of PHerc. 1020 and of PHerc. 1004.

3 October 2011 The Officina dei Papiri of the National Library in Naples reopens.

30 September 2011 Miss A. Corti reads the paper Plutarch in Defense of Arcesilaus and against Colotes: a Moral Value of epoche? at the IX International Meeting of the International Plutarch Society, Ravello (Salerno), 29 September-1 October 2011.

6 September 2011 High School in Classical Philology: courses attended and exams passed during the 2nd Semester: Classical philology (Naples, Prof. G. Abbamonte).

12 July 2011 Dr. G. Ranocchia and Prof. L. Verolino (Federico II University of Naples, Faculty of Engineering) hold a joint conference about The new technologies for the study of the Herculaneum papyri at the invitation of the ‘Gens’ Foundation and of the Department of Biology and of Cellular and Molecular Pathology ‘L. Califano’ of the Federico II University of Naples. See:
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4 July 2011 A newspaper article about the Project by V. Esposito has appeared in Corriere del Mezzogiorno.

3 July-3 September 2011 Dr. Ch. Vassallo stays two months at Oxford University for examining and transcribing Oxonian apographs of the Herculaneum papyri.

From 1 July 2011 Bibliological and textual reconstruction of PHerc. 1020 (Dr. G. Ranocchia, Dr. M. Alessandrelli).

From 1 June 2011 Bibliological and textual reconstruction of PHerc. 1004 (Dr. G. Ranocchia, Dr. Ch. Vassallo).

18 May 2011 Meeting of the ERC Grantees of CNR with the Vice-President and Commissioner for Transport of the European Commission, Mr. A. Tajani, by invitation of the President of CNR, Prof. L. Maiani.

14 May 2011 Dr. Ch. Vassallo reads a paper about Philod. De rhet., Lib. inc. (PHerc. 1004) at the International Colloquium Quellentexte antiker Philosophie und ihre Rezeption (organisers: Prof. J. Grethlein and Dr. A. Schwab), Seminar für klassische Philologie, University of Heidelberg.

1 April-30 June 2011 Dr. Ch. Vassallo invited as Gastwissenschaftler at the Seminar für klassische Philologie and at the Institut für Papyrologie of the University of Heidelberg (Inviter: Prof. A. Jördens).

7 February 2011 Mr. Ch. Vassallo receives the Doctoral degree in Philosophy at the University of Naples ‘Federico II’.

22 February 2011 High School in Classical Philology: courses attended and exams passed during the 1nd Semester: Herculanean payrology (Naples, Prof. F. Longo Auricchio).

17 January 2011 Mr. Ch. Vassallo and Miss A. Corti confirmed as part-time collaborators of the Project for the year 2011.

11-16 October 2010 Mr. Ch. Vassallo has been admitted to attend the Sommerschule zur griechischen Paläographie, Handschriftenkunde und Editionswissenschaft (coordinator: Prof. B. Seidensticker, with the partecipation of Prof. O. Primavesi and Prof. Em. D. Harlfinger), Berlin, Akademie der Wissenschaften.

4 October 2010 The Officina dei Papiri of the National Library in Naples closes up "out of security reasons".

20-25 September 2010 Dr. M. Alessandrelli and Miss A. Corti have been admitted to attend the Ottavo Seminario Papirologico Fiorentino, Florence, Istituto Papirologico 'G. Vitelli', (lecturers: Profs. G. Bastianini, G. Messeri, A. López, R. Pintaudi).

14 September 2010 High School in Classical Philology: courses attended and exams passed during the 2nd Semester: Codicology (Rome, Dr. D. Bianconi) and Greek palaeography (Cassino, Prof. E. Crisci).

12 May 2010 Dr. G. Ranocchia gives the seminar A new comic fragment of the ἀρχαῖα (Philod. de vit. X, PHerc. 1008, col. 13, 
3-4 Ranocchia). An attempt of interpretation, at the Università 'L’Orientale' of Naples (inviter: Prof. A. Roselli).

4 May 2010 The President of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Prof. L. Maiani, receives in Rome the 2009 C.N.R. Starting Grant winners.

1 April-1 October 2010 Mr. Ch. Vassallo invited as Akademischer Gast at the Graduierten-schule für antike Philosophie of the Humboldt-Universität Berlin (Host: Prof. Ch. Helmig).

18 March 2010 An article about the Project has appeared in La Voce, 265 (2010), ‘Tecnoscienze. Filosofia e tecnologia’: La riscoperta dei classici diventa hi-tech, by M. Pasquali.

15 March 2010 Definitive list of 2009 Starting Grant Winners published.

10 March 2010 An article about the Project has appeared in the Almanacco della Scienza. Quindicinale del C.N.R., 1 (2010), ‘Vita CNR’: Recuperare i classici con l’hi-tech, by F. Gorini.

26 Februar 2010 High School in Classical Philology: courses attended and exams passed during the 1st Semester: Greek Papyrology (Naples, Prof. G. Messeri) and Introduction to Classical Philology (Rome, Prof. M. Passalacqua).

9 November 2009 Dr. G. Ranocchia and Dr. M. Alessandrelli respectively recruited as Primo Ricercatore and Ricercatore of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.

1 October 2009 Official starting date of the Project.