ASOR 2017
On 15 December 2016 proposals for sessions and workshops are due for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR 2017), to be held on 15-18 November 2017 in Boston, MA. On 9 January-15 February 2017 proposals for papers will be open, and from 9 January-1 August 2017 proposals for posters will be open. Further information is available at http://www.asor.org/am/2017/sessions.html.
South by Southeast
On 15 December 2016 abstracts (150 words in English) are due for an international conference entitled South by Southeast: The History and Archaeology of the Southeast of Crete, from Myrtos to Kato Zakros, to be held on 1-2 July 2017 in Pacheia Ammos, Crete. This conference aims to promote a holistic and diachronic discussion of the available archaeological and historical information from all periods about this vibrant region, its role in the major coastal and maritime networks of East Crete, and its unique culture, as well as its current interpretations. Abstracts should be sent to
13th International Congress of Thracology
On 31 December 2016 abstracts and registration are due for the 13th International Congress of Thracology. Ancient Thrace: Myth and Reality, to be held on 3-7 September 2017 in Kazanlak, Bulgaria. On 31 March 2017 transfer of the conference fee is due. Contributions concerning any aspects of and approaches to Thracian antiquity are welcome, including Thracian and related history, archaeology, art, culture, language, religion, numismatics, epigraphy, and interdisciplinary studies in a time-span ranging from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. The congress languages will be English, German and French. Further information is available at http://www.thracology2017.com/en/index.php.
Dynamics and Organisation of Textile Production
On 15 January 2017 paper titles and abstracts (ca. 250 words) are due for an international conference entitled Dynamics and Organisation of Textile Production in Past Societies in Europe and the Mediterranean, to be held on 21-22 June 2017 at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Łódź, Poland. Abstracts should be submitted to
XIXth ICCA
On 15 March 2017 proposals for panels are due for the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology (XIXth ICCA), to be held on 22-26 May 2018 in Bonn and Cologne; the calls for papers and workshops, and registration will open on 1 May 2017. The primary theme will be "Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World." Further information is available at http://www.aiac2018.de/. Panels concerning Greco-Roman civilization and their neighbouring cultures from the Aegean Bronze Age to the end of Late Antiquity are invited for the following sessions:
The human factor: demography, nutrition, health, epidemics
The impact of natural environmental factors on ancient economy: climate, landscape
Systems of production: land use, industry, technology, artistic production
System of extraction: mining, pollution, technology,
Distribution: trade and exchange, monetarization, credit, networks, transport, infrastructure (e.g. ports)
Consumption: daily and luxury consumption, conspicuous consumption, waste, recycling, diet
Economy of cult: investment, religious and ritual consumption, economics of death
The role of the city in the ancient economy: urban infrastructure, relations between town and country
The military economy at war and peace
Economy of knowledge: education, innovation, literacy
Methodology: survey archaeology, natural sciences, quantification
Other topics outside the main theme of the conference are open to suggestions
4th Symposium of Greek Gastronomy
On 20 April 2017 abstracts (300 words maximum) and short speaker biographies (100 words maximum) in either Greek or English are due for oral presentations (15 minutes) at the 4th Symposium of Greek Gastronomy: Known, forgotten and lost grains, to be held on 29-30 July 2017 in Chania, Crete; on 20 April 2017 abstracts (70 words maximum) and speaker biographies (100 words maximum) in either Greek or English are due for posters. Proposals are invited from academics, independent scholars, and professionals in the fields of humanities and social sciences (such as archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, anthropology, sociology, history, cross-cultural studies, education, ethics, women studies, literature, philology, etc.), ethnobotanologists, botanologists, grain growers, bakers, artisans, brewers, cooks and chefs, artists and activists, journalists and writers, in the form of oral and poster presentations, literary reflections, pieces of art, performances and interactive experiments relating to the theme of the Symposium. Further information is available at https://greekgastronomy.wordpress.com/2016/09/01/known-forgotten-and-lost-grains-4th-symposium-of-greek-gastronomy-call-for-papers/. Topics will include but are not limited to:
Early human grain consumption
History of floury grains
Bread, beer, and other uses of grains
Forgotten and lost grain crops
Cultivation, grain processing, bread–making and gender
Grain choices and social class
Cultural differences in processing and consumption
Grains, bread, feast and famine
Cereal grains and politics
Grain prices: scarcity and abundance
Grain trade and market efficiency
Grains, bread, city and country connections
History of technology, environmental history and grains
How grains became a standardized commodity
Trends in grain / bread consumption through history
Leavened and unleavened: Christian identity and self-definition
Grains, farming, eating and their influence on art and literature