Aegean Lectures

The program of the Aegean Lectures has been announced for spring 2015. Unless otherwise stated, all seminars begin at 7:00 pm at the Swedish Institute, Mitseon 9, Athens. Further information is available at http://www.sia.gr/files/Aegean-Lectures-2015-EN.pdf

23 January 2015: P. Tomkins, "Fragments of Complexity. Piecing together the puzzle of 'Prepalatial' Knossos (c. 3600-2000 BC)"

20 February 2015: B Burke, "The Mycenaean Age and its endurance at ancient Eleon in Boeotia"

27 March 2015: P. Pavúk, "Beyond Argolis. Survival of MH traditions into LBA in Central Greece"

17 April 2015: T. Giannopoulos, "The traditional paradigm of the Indo-European problem and the 'Coming of the Greeks'"

May 2015: J. Zurbach, "Reappraising Kirrha. New evidence on landscape, economy and society from Southern Phocis"

Cyprus Seminar

The program of the Cyprus Seminar has been announced for spring 2015. The seminars begin at 7:00 pm at the Museum of Cycladic Art, 4 Neophytou Douka, Athens. Further information is available at http://www.cycladic.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=NODE&cnode=294&clang=1. Lectures of interest to Nestor readers will include:

4 May 2015: Ν. Παπαδημητρίου, "Κυπριακό και αιγαιακό εμπόριο κατά τη 2η χιλιετία π.Χ. Μια συγκριτική προσέγγιση"

EKVAM Spring Seminars on the Archaeology of Izmir

The program of EKVAM Spring Seminars on the Archaeology of Izmir has been announced for spring 2015. The seminars begin at 4:30 pm at the French Institute of Izmir. Lectures of interest to Nestor readers will include:

3 March 2015: O. Pinar, "Prehistory of Izmir from the Paleolithicum until the Beginning of Chalcolithicum"

17 March 2015: A. Aslan, "Izmir and its Close Surroundings during the Early and Middle Bronze Ages"

CIG 2015

On 6-7 February 2015 the 2015 Biannual Graduate Student Conference of the Canadian Institute in Greece (CIG 2015) will be held at the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada). Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

T. Ross, Archaeological Illustration Workshop

K. Banks, "Repurposing Akrotiri: The Minoanization of a Cycladic Town"

R. Bennett and W. Chennette, "Minoan Metamorphosis: Repurposing at Palaikastro"

S. Schofield-Mansur, "From Birth to Burial: Connections to Fertility and Maternity in the Intramural Infant Container Burials of Late Bronze Age Crete"

V. Newson, "The Non-Locals of Grave Circle A"

R. Dewan, "Recycled Religion: The Mycenaean Adoption, Integration, and Manipulation of Minoan Religious Symbols and Practices"

A. Belza, "Reexamining the Philistine Question: Continuity or Imitation of Mycenaean Material Culture?"