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Commensality and Social Organisation Workshop
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
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
Aegean Seminar
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
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"
On 11 February 2011 M. Lowe Fri lectured on "Experimental Archaeology – a helping hand in understanding the manufacturing process and use of the Minoan double axe" at the Swedish Institute at Athens in association with the Minoan Seminar.
The January 2011 (38.1) volume of Nestor is now available as a free download. This is the new free digital publication model for all future issues of Nestor.