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On 15 December 2015 W.-D. Niemeier and Ο. Κουκά will address the Cycladic Seminar on "'Cycladica' από το Ηραίο και τη Μίλητο" at 7:00 pm at the Archaeological Society (22 Panepistimiou, Athens). Further information is available at http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/lectures/month/2015/11.

AIA 2016

On 7-9 January 2016 the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA 2016) will be held in San Francisco, CA. Further information is available at http://www.archaeological.org. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:

R. Worsham, M. Lindblom, and R. Opitz, "Malthi Mapping Project Preliminary Results

D. M. Nagle, "Spatial Analysis and the Study of Mycenaean Architecture"

C. Maggidis and A. Stamos, "Reinterpreting Glas and Mycenaean Regional Political Geography in the Light of Recent Field Discoveries"

N. G. Blackwell, "The Mycenaean Pendulum Saw: Application, Adaptation, and Reconstruction"

9th International Congress of Peloponnesian Studies

On 30 October-2 November 2015 the Ένατον Διεθνές Συνέδριον Πελοποννησιακών Σπουδών. 9th International Congress of Peloponnesian Studies was held in Nafplion. Further information is available at http://www.oeai.at/tl_files/img/Dateien/programma%20synedrioC.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

J. Rambach, "Τό φρέαρ τῆς Πρωτοελλαδικῆς περιόδου στήν Π.Ο.Τ.Α. Ρωμανοῦ Μεσσηνίας. The Early Helladic well in P.O.T.A. Romanos, Messinia"

Σ. Κατσαροῦ and Ἑ. Ψαθῆ, "Ξαναδιαβάζοντας το Σπήλαιο Φράγχθι: Ἐπιστροφή στήν μελέτη τοῦ Νεολιθικοῦ κεραμέα. Restudying Franchthi Cave: return to the study of the Neolithic potter"

Ἐ. Κόλλια and Ἀ. Σπυρούλιας, "Πρωτοελλαδικός οἰκισμός στήν Κερύνεια Ἀχαΐας. Νέα δεδομένα γιά τήν προϊστορική κατοίκηση στή βόρεια Πελοπόννησο. Early Helladic settlement in Keryneia, Achaia. New data about the prehistoric inhabitation in northern Peloponnese"

It gives us great pleasure to congratulate Professor Dimitri Nakassis on being named a MacArthur Fellow in the class of 2015. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation cited his "rare intellectual breadth, comprising philology, archaeology, and contemporary social and economic theory" in his transformative analysis of the degree of centralization of power and resources in Mycenaean Pylos. The editors of Nestor join the MacArthur Foundation in saluting Prof. Nakassis.

Mediterranean Archaeological Trust

On 31 January 2016 applications for grants (not normally exceeding £2,000) to assist with the publication, excluding subventions, of archaeological excavation or fieldwork in the Mediterranean world, with possible priority to Bronze Age sites, are due to the Mediterranean Archaeological Trust. The application form and further information are available at https://sites.google.com/site/medarchtrust/grants; completed applications are to be sent to Dr. Jai Clifford-Holmes at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; in case of difficulty, please contact him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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