The Return of Cultural Objects

On 14 November 2013 a conference entitled Restitution and Repatriation: The Return of Cultural Objects will be held at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago. Further information is available at http://law.depaul.edu/centers_institutes/art_museum/archaeological/generalinfo.asp. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

C. B. Rose, "Beyond the UNESCO Convention: the Case of the Troy Gold in the Penn Museum"

Cycladic Seminar

On 25 November 2013 J. L. Davis, S. R. Stocker, and H. Brecoulaki will address the Cycladic Seminar on "Of ships - and sealing wax, fig trees - and kings: The Theran miniature frieze, the Pylos ship frieze, and power in the Mycenaean world" at the Greek Archaeological Society in Athens. Further information is available at http://www.archetai.gr/site/content.php?artid=1726.

Textiles and Cult

On 21-22 November 2013 a conference entitled Textiles and Cult in the Mediterranean Area in the first millennium BC will be held at the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research, SAXO Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Further information is available at http://ctr.hum.ku.dk/conferences/2013/Workshop_Textiles_and_Cult_preliminary_programme_october_2013.pdf/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

T. Boloti, "Offering of cloth and/or clothing to the sanctuaries: a case of ritual continuity from the 2nd to the 1st millennium B.C. in the Aegean?"