Change and power entanglements

On 30 September 2024 abstracts (approximately 300 words) and personal details (title, full name, affiliation, email address) are due for an Early Career Researchers Conference entitled Change and power entanglements: Investigating a reciprocal relation in the Bronze Age Aegean, to be held on 7-9 March 2025 in Heidelberg. Abstracts should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Further information is available at https://www.academia.edu/121726391/Change_and_Power_Entanglements_Investigating_a_reciprocal_relation_in_the_Bronze_Age_Aegean. Contributions will be welcomed on the following themes/axes:
• Continuities and discontinuities: development of power versus abrupt changes
• Nurturing power: changes in the economy, trade and social networks, (re)sources, settlements patterns, administration
• Holding on to power: resilience of power institutions through periods of crisis
• Nature as a driving factor for change: topographical constants, climate change, geographic isolation, tectonic activity
• Showcasing power: changes in iconography, architecture, performance, material culture, ceremonial and social practices
• Changes in mnemonic strategies: past as catalyst and a resource