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Aegean Lectures

The program of the Aegean Lectures has been announced for autumn 2014. Unless otherwise stated, all seminars begin at 7:00 pm at the Swedish Institute, Mitseon 9, Athens. Further information is available at http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/aegean-lectures.

26 September 2014: A. Kossyva, "Από το κέντρο στην περιφέρεια: Η πρωτοελλαδική κατοίκηση στη νότια Αργολίδα"

17 October 2014, 8:00 pm: N. Momigliano, "lasos and Minoanisation"

14 November 2014: O. Philaniotou, "Θερμή Λέσβου: 1936-2014"

12 December 2014: C. Ziota, "Σωστική ανασκαφική έρευνα στον Κλείτο Κοζάνης: Η νεολιθική κοινότητα στο χώρο και στο χρόνο. Η διαχρονική χρήση της θέσης"

Cyprus Seminar

The program of the Cyprus Seminar has been announced for autumn 2014. The seminars begin at 7:00 pm at the Museum of Cycladic Art, 4 Neophytou Douka, Athens. Further information is available at http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/lectures/month/2014/.

6 October 2014: Γ. Παπασάββας, "Κυπριακή χαλκοτεχνία στο μεσογειακό κόσμο κατά την Υστερη Εποχή του Χαλκού"

3 November 2014: Δ. Πηλείδου, "Η κεντρική Κύπρος στην Ύστερη Εποχή του Χαλκού: οι νέες ανασκαφές στον Άγιο Σωζόμενο"

Mycenaean Seminars

The University of London School of Advanced Study, Institute of Classical Studies has announced the following schedule of Mycenaean Seminars for 2014-2015, to take place in the Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House South Block Ground Floor G22 / 26, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Unless otherwise stated, Mycenaean Seminars begin at 3:30 pm. Further information is available at http://icls.sas.ac.uk/institute/meetingslist/index.html or from Dr. Olga Krzyszkowska at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; telephone: 020-7862-8700.

15 October 2014: L. Bushnell, "The sweet smell of success: Cypriot and Mycenaean speciality oils and mid-second millennium trading enterprises in the eastern Mediterranean"

29 October 2014, 5:00 pm: O. Vikatou, "Recent excavations in the western Peloponnese: new insights into the settlements and cemeteries of Mycenaean Elis" (Autumn Lecture with the British School at Athens)

12 November 2014: A. Livarda, "Foodscapes, plants and ecofacts in Bronze Age Greece"

3 December 2014: P. Steele, "Aegean and Cypriot script reforms: ruptures and continuities"

14 January 2015: C. von Rüden, "Tracing diversities in Eastern Mediterranean fresco painting"

11 February 2015: S. Voutsaki, "Social change in the Middle Helladic period"

11 March 2015: F. Blakolmer, "Interacting Minoan arts: seal images and mural iconography in Minoan Crete"

20 May 2015, 5:00 pm: G. Rethemiotakis, "Galatas" (Michael Ventris Memorial Lecture)

New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium

The New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium has announced the following lectures, to take place at the NYU Institute of Fine Arts, One East 78th Street, NY, New York at 6:30 pm. Interested guests are always welcome; please R.S.V.P. 212-992-5803 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

17 October 2014: L. Manioudakis-Papazoglou, "Life and Death in Mycenaean Achaea: a new settlement and a tholos tomb on Mygdalia Hill, near Patras"

14 November 2014: K. Chalikias, "a new settlement and a tholos tomb on Mygdalia Hill, near Patras"

12 December 2014: T. Carter, "All that glisters is not gold: EB II Mochlos in its Eastern Mediterranean Context"

Cycladic Seminar

The program of the Cycladic Seminar has been announced for autumn 2014. The seminars begin at 7:00 pm at the Archaeological Society, 22 Panepistimiou, Athens. Further information is available at http://www.aegeussociety.org/images/uploads/lectures/2014/Cycladic-Seminar-2014.pdf.

4 November 2014: Κ. Ζάχος and A. Ντούζουγλη, "Τα δεδομένα της φάσης Καστριού στο Σπήλαιο του Ζα στη Νάξο"

9 December 2014: R. L. N. Barber, "Pottery classes from Phylakopi: recent work on the collections of the National Archaeological Museum"

5th International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology

On 13-15 October 2014 the 5th International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology: The Age of Sensing will take place at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Further information is available at http://space2place.classicalstudies.duke.edu/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

M. Forte, N. Lercari, E. Shiferaw, and R. Kopper, "Reshaping Remote Sensing and Virtual Reality at Çatalhöyük"

N. Lercari, "Terrestrial Laser Scanning at Catalhöyuük: New Methodologies, Results, and Research Perspectives"

K. Fisher, "Investigating Late Bronze Age urban landscapes on Cyprus using terrestrial and aerial remote sensing"

Too cold for this p(a)lace?

On 27-28 October 2014 a workshop entitled Too cold for this p(a)lace? Climate and environment in the late 2nd millennium B.C. Mediterranean will take place at the Salle du Sénat Académique, Université catholique de Louvain. Further information, including the registration form, is available at http://sites.uclouvain.be/arc-crisis/?p=7423. The program will be:

J. Driessen, "Introduction sur le Projet ARC. Introduction on the ARC project"

S. Jusseret, "Climate and environment in the late 2nd millennium B.C. Mediterranean: introduction to the workshop"

B. Drake, "Magnitude and impact: how much climate change was too much for Late Bronze Age Mediterranean societies?"

On 19-22 November 2014 the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) will take place in San Diego, CA. Contact and registration information is available at http://www.asor.org/am/index.html. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

A. Faust, "The 'Philistine Tomb' at Tel 'Eton: Culture Contact, Colonialism and Local Responses"

M. Novak and S. Kulemann-Ossen, "The Iron Age I to II at Sirkeli Höyük: An Elusive Transition?"

M.-H. Gates and G. Lehmann, "The Iron I-Iron II Transition at Kinet Höyük"

XVII World UISPP

On 1-7 September 2014 the XVII World UISPP. XVIIe Congrès Mondial de l'Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques (UISPP). XVII Congresso Mundial de UISPP was held in Burgos, Spain. Further information is available at http://www.burgos2014uispp.es/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:

J. Gil Fuensanta, A. J. James, A. Mederos Martín, and E. Boynikoglu, "On Culture and Genetics: Some Observations on the First Inhabitants of Anatolia"

C. Papoulia, "The Northeastern Mediterranean and the Origins of Seafaring"

D. Delfino, "War Psychology in European Copper and Bronze Age and Its Marks in Fortified Settlements"

INSTAP 2015

On 1 November 2014 applications are due to the Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) for 2015 New or Renewal Research Grants, the Post-Doctoral Fellowship, the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete (SCEC) Librarian Fellowship, Six-Week Research Grants at INSTAP SCEC, and the Petrography Internship at INSTAP SCEC. On 31 March 2015 applications are due for the 2015 Richard Seager Doctoral Fellowship at INSTAP SCEC; applications for Publication Team Support and Publication Subventions have no specific due dates. Further information and applications are available at http://www.aegeanprehistory.net/; applications can be submitted via e-mail as MS WORD documents or fillable PDF forms.

Mediterranean Archaeological Trust

On 31 January 2015 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 John Bennet at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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  2. Future Lectures and Conferences
  3. Saluting Ellen N. Davis
  4. Crossroads II