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Minoan Seminar

The program of the Minoan Seminar has been announced for spring 2018. All lectures will be held at 19:00 at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9, Athens). Further information is available at https://www.aegeussociety.org/.
19 January 2018: B. Montecchi, “Agency and literacy in Minoan inscribed pottery”
2 March 2018: S. Mandalaki, “West of Knossos, east of Malia. New evidence on the relations and contacts between palatial regions”
4 May 2018: E. Banou, “Crossing the Aegean in the middle of the 2nd millennium B.C.: The Minoan Peak Sanctuary at Ayios Yeoryios sto Vouno, Kythera (2011-2015)”

17. Österreichischer Archäologentag (2018)

On 26-28 February 2018 the 17. Österreichischer Archäologentag (2018) will be held in Salzburg. Further information is available at https://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=207182. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
F. Blakolmer, “Gab es Löwen und Affen im minoischen Kreta? Ein ikonographisches Problem”
G. Nightingale, “Perlen als Opfergaben in der Inatos‐Höhle, Kreta”
J. Weilhartner, “The missing mother: Zur fehlenden Darstellung stillender Mütter in der minoischen Bilderwelt”
W. Wohlmayr and A. Karathanou, “Neues aus Ägina‐Kolonna”
M. Vetters, “Mykenische Werkstätten”
V. Moser, “Trimorphe (dreigestaltige) Figurinengruppen der mykenischen Palastzeit”
K. Strobel, “Das ‘Lange 12. Jahrhundert’ im Mittelmeerraum”
I. Benda‐Weber, “Überlegungen zur Überkleidung frühgriechischer Frauen”
V. Moser, “Übergang der Phase FH II auf FH III”
J. Schnöll, “Mykenische Figurinen aus Ägina‐Kolonna”
M. Stadler, “Vergleich anthropomorpher Figurinen aus Aghia Irini, Aghios Stephanos, Koukonisi und Phylakopi mit Beispielen aus dem minoischen Kreta”

Gender Transformations in Prehistoric and Archaic Societies

On 8-10 March 2018 an international workshop entitled Gender Transformations in Prehistoric and Archaic Societies will be held in Kiel, Germany. Further information is available at https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/termine-35944. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
B. Kaczmarek, “Children in the Mycenaean workshop. Linear B writing versus grave goods”

15 years of ΑΙΓΕΙΡΟΣ

On 1-2 December 2017 an international conference entitled 15 years of ΑΙΓΕΙΡΟΣ: Building a Research Network for Young Scholars in Athens was held at the German Archaeological Institute at Athens. Further information is available at https://www.dainst.org/dai/meldungen. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
P. Baeriswyl, “The Aphrodision Quarter of Argos in the Mycenaean Period”
D. Frank, “Life beyond the Palace. A Mycenaean Settlement in the Vicinity of Tiryns”
A. Duray, “Excavating Archives: Archaeological Knowledge Production, Disciplinary Intersections, and the Late Bronze Age – Early Iron Age Transition in Greece”

Burial Tumuli in the Balkans

On 9 December 2017 an open workshop entitled Burial Tumuli in the Balkans was held at the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece. Further information is available at http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/news/eventDetails/burial-tumuli-in-the-balkans. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
A.-Z. Chemsseddoha, “Tumuli in Northern Greece: an old tradition, various realities”
C. Kleitsas, “The burial tumuli of Epirus through time and space: Not so rare after all”
R. Kurti, “Recent research on tumuli from northwest Albania”
E. Agolli, “Regional and intra-regional networks in late prehistoric Illyria: choices of architecture and topography of burial tumuli”
M. Gori, “Tumuli in central Dalmatia: old excavations and new research perspectives”
A. Touchais and N. Papadimitriou, “The prehistoric tumuli of Marathon- Vranas. Reassessing the data of an old excavation: new evidence and new queries”

Aegean Seminar in Zagreb

On 18-19 December 2017 M. Boyd delivered lectures to the Aegean Seminar in Zagreb entitled “The sanctuary at Keros in the Early Bronze Age: from centre of congregation to centre of power” and “Becoming Mycenaean? Developments in Mycenaean burial practices and their role in wider social change.” Further information is available from Helena Tomas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Social Archaeology of Early Iron Age and Early Archaic Greece

The database of the ARISTEIA European project entitled The Social Archaeology of Early Iron Age and Early Archaic Greece is now available at http://aristeia.ha.uth.gr/index.php. Registration is required to use the database. The language of the research tools is English. 

2018 Harriet Boyd Hawes Fellowship

On 1 February 2018 applications are due for the 2018 Harriet Boyd Hawes Fellowship ($3000) to support investigation of the role of women or gender studies in Bronze Age Crete at the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete, highlighting spheres and aspects of ancient life that have not yet received sufficient attention in Aegean Bronze Age studies. Applicants should be scholars in the field of the Aegean Bronze Age/Early Iron Age who have completed a PhD in Archaeology, Anthropology, Art History, Ancient History, or Classics. Applications should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; application forms and instructions for supporting documents are available at http://www.instapstudycenter.net/general-information/hawes-forms.html. Desirable methods of inquiry include:
Ethnography/experimental archaeology
Exploration of written archives and collections from various periods
Library research
Examination of archaeological materials, including artifacts, bones, and other organic remains

2018 Michael Ventris Award

On 15 February 2018 applications are due for the Michael Ventris Award for Mycenaean Studies for 2018 (up to £2000), to be awarded to scholars who have obtained a doctorate within the past eight years or postgraduate students about to complete the doctorate in the field of Mycenaean civilization or kindred subjects, to promote research in (1) Linear B and other Bronze Age scripts of the Aegean and Cyprus and their historical and cultural connections, or (2) all other aspects of the Bronze Age of the Aegean and Cyprus. Applications (6 pages maximum) should be sent by email, ideally as a PDF attachment to the Classics Manager, Valerie James (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Further information, including detailed application instructions, is available at https://ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/award-prizes.

Andrew Sherratt Fund

On 15 March 2018 applications are due for the Andrew Sherratt Fund for 2018 (up to £1000), to assist postgraduate students in Old World Prehistory, from academic institutions anywhere in the world, to travel or gain access to resources that would otherwise be unavailable to them. Further information, including a link to the Google form for application, is available at https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/research/andrew-sherratt-fund.

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