Honouring Odysseus
On 3 March 2017 a conference entitled Honouring Odysseus: celebrating the work of Robert Laffineur will be held at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Further information is available at http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/news/eventDetails/honouring-odysseus-celebrating-the-work-of-robert-laffineur. The program will be:
J. Driessen, "Honouring Odysseus: celebrating the work of Robert Laffineur"
E. Kountouri, "Ερευνώτας τη μυκηναϊκή βόρεια Κωπαΐδα: επιφανειακές και ανασκαφικές έρευνες κατά την περίοδο 2011-2016 / Investigating the Mycenaean Northern Kopais: surface survey and excavation research during the period 2011-2016"
J. Wright, "Revolutionizing the social order and the creation of a Mycenaean visual culture"
J. Bennet, "ko-wi-ro-wo-ko (and other specialists in the Mycenaean documents)"
R. Laffineur, "Travelling the World. Thirty Years of Rencontres égéennes internationals/ International Aegean Conferences"
The Archaeology of Forced Migration
On 16-17 March 2017 a workshop entitled The Archaeology of Forced Migration: Conflict-induced Movement and Refugees in the Mediterranean at the End of the 13th c. BC will be held in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Further information is available at https://sites.google.com/minoan-aegis.net/migration. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
J. Driessen and J. Bretschneider: Introduction
Y. Hamilakis, "A Migration Crisis? Displacement, materiality, and experience"
K. Nowicki, "The Late 13th Century BC Crisis in the East Mediterranean: Why the case of Crete matters"