On 3‐5 March 2011 the 15th annual Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology (SOMA 2011) took place at Catania University, Sicily. Further information and the registration form are available at http://ml.ci.uc.pt/mhonarchive/archport/msg10207.html or from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
A. Czeszewska, "Wall paintings at Neolithic site Çatalhöyük. How can we interpret prehistoric art?"
C. T. Fontebrera, "The crocus in the Aegean: medical and ideological symbolism in the women's world."
D. Sylviane, "Reconstructing the Landscape of the Dead. Some Observations on the Minoan Funerary Space in the Agiopharango Valley (South Central Crete)"
D. Yılmaz, "New Observations on the Troy I Culture in the Light of the Some Survey Finds from the Coastal Troad"
Students, researchers, and professors with an interest in the history and archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean are invited to visit the website of the New Archaeological Research Network for Integrating Approaches to ancient material studies (NARNIA) at http://narnia-itn.eu/ for information about the range of fellowships and training courses that have been announced, or will be announced soon, on the constantly updated project's website.
NARNIA is a cross‐disciplinary network integrating approaches from a diverse array of research fields for the study of ancient materials from the Eastern Mediterranean. While the prime objective of the project is to train early stage researchers that are just about to embark on PhD research, the training courses and two conferences that will be organized in the four-year duration of the project are open to all interested individuals.
The February 2011 (38.2) volume of Nestor is now available as a free download. This is the new free digital publication model for all future issues of Nestor.
On 1 March 2011 abstracts are due for a workshop on Commensality and Social Organisation, to be held on 6‐9 October 2011 organized by ToRS (Institute for Cross‐cultural and Regional Studies), University of Copenhagen. Abstracts (300 words maximum) should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
113th AIA Annual Meeting (2012)
On 13 March 2011 (27 March with a late fee) submissions for colloquia, workshops and open‐session papers and posters needing an early decision to acquire a visa or obtain funding are due for the 113th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA 2012), to be held in Philadelphia, PA from 5‐8 January 2012. On 7 August 2011 (21 August with a late fee) submissions are due for all other workshops, open session papers and posters, and any provisionally accepted colloquia that are resubmitting. Submission forms and further information are available at http://www.archaeological.org.
Destruction: Archaeological, philological and historical perspectives.
On 30 April 2011 titles and short abstracts are due for an international round table entitled Destruction: Archaeological, philological and historical perspectives. Perspectives archéologiques, philologiques et historiques, to be held on 24‐26 November 2011 at Louvain‐la‐Neuve, Belgium by Le Centre d'étude des mondes antiques at the Université catholique de Louvain. Abstracts for 20 minute papers in English or French should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
On 7‐8 March 2011 M. Tanret will deliver a lecture to the Aegean Seminar in Zagreb entitled "Writing in the Aegean and writing in Babylon: origins and functions" and will conduct a workshop on the Cuneiform script at the University of Zagreb. Further information is available from Helena Tomas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
1st Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies Postgraduate Conference
On 11‐12 March 2011 the 1st Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies Postgraduate Conference - Understanding the Peloponnese: Work-in-Progress will be held at the University of Nottingham. Further information is available at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/csps/conferences.aspx. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include
C. Gallou, "Investigating the world's oldest submerged town: Pavlopetri in Laconia"
S. Farnham, "Burial rites in the north‐east Peloponnese during the Geometric period"
D. Smith, "'Hierarchy' in the Early Helladic Peloponnese"
