Presentations

2027
Teaching Late Antiquity (Quickly!): English Etymology Courses
'Late Antique Encounters' Conference, Ghent (Belgium), February
@misc{ teaching-late-antiquity-quickly-english-etymology-courses2027,

title = { Teaching Late Antiquity (Quickly!): English Etymology Courses },
author = { Tom Francis },
howpublished = { 'Late Antique Encounters' Conference, Ghent (Belgium), February },
note = { Presentation },
year = { 2027 }
}
2026
Modeling Alphabet Diffusion and Community Interactions in Ancient Italy with Spatiotemporal Point Processes
with Muhammad Rehan. The Connected Past 2026, Toronto (Canada), September 23
@misc{ modeling-alphabet-diffusion-and-community-interactions-in-ancient-italy-with-spatiotemporal-point-processes2026,

title = { Modeling Alphabet Diffusion and Community Interactions in Ancient Italy with Spatiotemporal Point Processes },
author = { Tom Francis },
howpublished = { with Muhammad Rehan. The Connected Past 2026, Toronto (Canada), September 23 },
note = { Presentation },
year = { 2026 }
}
2026
Point Processes and Spatiotemporal Modeling of Alphabet Spread in Ancient Italy
with Muhammad Rehan. DataX, UCLA, May 19
@misc{ point-processes-and-spatiotemporal-modeling-of-alphabet-spread-in-ancient-italy2026,

title = { Point Processes and Spatiotemporal Modeling of Alphabet Spread in Ancient Italy },
author = { Tom Francis },
howpublished = { with Muhammad Rehan. DataX, UCLA, May 19 },
note = { Presentation },
year = { 2026 }
}
2026
Prose Rhythm and Punctuation as an Interpretive Tool in Diogenes of Oinoanda.
122nd Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Mobile (AL), March 13
@misc{ prose-rhythm-and-punctuation-as-an-interpretive-tool-in-diogenes-of-oinoanda2026,

title = { Prose Rhythm and Punctuation as an Interpretive Tool in Diogenes of Oinoanda. },
author = { Tom Francis },
howpublished = { 122nd Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Mobile (AL), March 13 },
note = { Presentation },
year = { 2026 }
}
2026
Lost Connections: Etruscan Inscriptions in North Africa
Unseen and Unheard: Lost Voices and Visages from the Ancient Mediterranean World, Boulder (CO), January 31
@misc{ lost-connections-etruscan-inscriptions-in-north-africa2026,

title = { Lost Connections: Etruscan Inscriptions in North Africa },
author = { Tom Francis },
howpublished = { Unseen and Unheard: Lost Voices and Visages from the Ancient Mediterranean World, Boulder (CO), January 31 },
note = { Presentation },
year = { 2026 }
}
2026
Alphabets and Language Erasure: The Continuation of Roman Conquest in Modern Editions of Italic Languages
Society of Classical Studies 2026, San Francisco (CA), January 8
@misc{ alphabets-and-language-erasure-the-continuation-of-roman-conquest-in-modern-editions-of-italic-languages2026,

title = { Alphabets and Language Erasure: The Continuation of Roman Conquest in Modern Editions of Italic Languages },
author = { Tom Francis },
howpublished = { Society of Classical Studies 2026, San Francisco (CA), January 8 },
note = { Presentation },
year = { 2026 }
}
2025
The Wandering Whom? Medical and Mystical Displacement of the Womb in Apuleius' Galli Account
Imaginations of the Womb - Uterine Imaginaries, Princeton (NJ), November 21
@misc{ the-wandering-whom-medical-and-mystical-displacement-of-the-womb-in-apuleius-galli-account2025,

title = { The Wandering Whom? Medical and Mystical Displacement of the Womb in Apuleius' Galli Account },
author = { Tom Francis },
howpublished = { Imaginations of the Womb - Uterine Imaginaries, Princeton (NJ), November 21 },
note = { Presentation },
year = { 2025 }
}
2025
All Roads Lead to Veii: Using Networks to Contextualize Etruscan Inscriptions in Anagnia
The Connected Past 2025, Coimbra (Portugal), September 19
@misc{ all-roads-lead-to-veii-using-networks-to-contextualize-etruscan-inscriptions-in-anagnia2025,

title = { All Roads Lead to Veii: Using Networks to Contextualize Etruscan Inscriptions in Anagnia },
author = { Tom Francis },
howpublished = { The Connected Past 2025, Coimbra (Portugal), September 19 },
note = { Presentation },
year = { 2025 }
}
2025
Issues of Lexical Cognacy Encoding in IE-CoR
with Klaus Kim, Laura McLean, and Muhammad Rehan. 27th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Santiago (de Chile), August 21
@misc{ issues-of-lexical-cognacy-encoding-in-ie-cor2025,

title = { Issues of Lexical Cognacy Encoding in IE-CoR },
author = { Tom Francis },
howpublished = { with Klaus Kim, Laura McLean, and Muhammad Rehan. 27th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Santiago (de Chile), August 21 },
note = { Presentation },
year = { 2025 }
}
2025
Don't Sleep on Dreams: Medical Dream Interpretation in Galen and Aristides.
121st Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Urbana-Champaign (IL), March 20
@misc{ don-t-sleep-on-dreams-medical-dream-interpretation-in-galen-and-aristides2025,

title = { Don't Sleep on Dreams: Medical Dream Interpretation in Galen and Aristides. },
author = { Tom Francis },
howpublished = { 121st Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Urbana-Champaign (IL), March 20 },
note = { Presentation },
year = { 2025 }
}
2023
A Semantic Reappraisal of Umbrian *-nky- Perfects
119th Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Provo (UT), March 30
@misc{ a-semantic-reappraisal-of-umbrian-nky-perfects2023,

title = { A Semantic Reappraisal of Umbrian *-nky- Perfects },
author = { Tom Francis },
howpublished = { 119th Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Provo (UT), March 30 },
note = { Presentation },
year = { 2023 }
}
2020
Problems of Verbal Aspect in New Testament Greek: The Perfect Participle.
116th Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Online, May 29
@misc{ problems-of-verbal-aspect-in-new-testament-greek-the-perfect-participle2020,

title = { Problems of Verbal Aspect in New Testament Greek: The Perfect Participle. },
author = { Tom Francis },
howpublished = { 116th Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Online, May 29 },
note = { Presentation },
year = { 2020 }
}