The opening ceremony for the 25th International Congress of Papyrology was held on Sunday, July 29, 2007 in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater at the University of Michigan. Streaming video of the ceremony is available to watch or download, and the program of speakers is given below.
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Program
- Introduction
- Traianos Gagos (University of Michigan)
Associate Professor of Papyrology and Greek,
Archivist of the Papyrus Collection
- Traianos Gagos (University of Michigan)
- Performance
- Nicholas Phan, tenor
Carolyn Herrington, pianist
W.A. Mozart, Die Zauberflöte
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön
- Nicholas Phan, tenor
- Welcoming Remarks
- Paul Courant (University of Michigan)
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Economics,
University Librarian and Dean of Libraries - Ludwig Koenen (University of Michigan)
Herbert C. Youtie Distinguished University Professor,
Professor Emeritus of Papyrology - Richard Janko (University of Michigan)
Gerald F. Else Collegiate Professor of Classical Studies,
Chair, Department of Classical Studies - Ruth Scodel (University of Michigan)
D.R. Shackleton Bailey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Latin,
President, American Philological Association (APA)
- Paul Courant (University of Michigan)
- Performance
- Nicholas Phan, tenor
Carolyn Herrington, pianist
C.W. Gluck, Iphigénie en Tauride
Unis dés la plus tendre enfance
- Nicholas Phan, tenor
- Presidential Address
- Dorothy Thompson (University of Cambridge), FBA, MA, PhD,
Life Fellow, Girton College,
President of the International Association of Papyrologists (AIP)
- Dorothy Thompson (University of Cambridge), FBA, MA, PhD,
- Performance
- Nicholas Phan, tenor
Carolyn Herrington, pianist
I. Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress
Here I Stand
- Nicholas Phan, tenor
