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To mark the transition of the Aegaeum series and the International Aegean Conference to the Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati, the 21st Conference was organized in honor of Professor Jack Davis and titled NESTOR: Celebrating the Work of Wise Jack Davis. XXIst International Aegean Conference/ XXIe rencontre égéenne internationale.
 
It was held at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, on June 8-11 2026, and is now 
 
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The Conference was organized with the generous support of the Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati, the Institute for Aegean Prehistory, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens.
 
Given the particular purpose of the 21st Conference, the organizing committee, composed of Natalie Abell, Emily Egan, Florence Gaignerot-Driessen, Eleni Hatzaki, Shannon LaFayette Hogue, and Joanne Murphy, has invited 80 scholars among Jack's former students, close colleagues, and collaborators in the field to contribute with papers addressing one of his main areas of fieldwork and research (1. the Cyclades; 2. the Peloponnese; 3. Albania). The proceedings will be offered to Jack as a Festschrift, as volume 51 in the Aegeaum series.
 
However, the 22nd International Aegean Conference, titled SEMA, will resume the open call for papers system that was generally used for the Aegean conferences. It will be held in Heidelberg and co-organized by Maria Anastasiadou and Diamantis Panagiotopoulous  (University of Heidelberg) and Eleni Hatzaki (University of Cincinnati).