On 25th April an online mini symposium entitled Writing as Visual Experience in the Bronze Age Aegean and Cyprus was held by the Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems (VIEWS) project. Further information is available at https://viewsproject.wordpress.com/. The program was: J. Hruby, “The materiality of the Linear B tablets from Pylos” C. Donnelly, “Writing and marking the senses: a sensory approach to the marking strategies of Late Bronze Age Cyprus” G. Paglione, “The making of AROMA: Reevaluating an incense burner motif across Aegean scripts, iconography, and archaeology” J. Evrenopoulos, “Missing the fourth and human dimension in the study of Linear B ideograms/logograms/sematograms”
The 31st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA 2025), scheduled to be hosted in Belgrade on 3-6 September 2025, will be held fully online. Further information is available at https://www.e-a-a.org/eaa2025.
On 23 April 2025 applications for grants to assist with the publication of archaeological fieldwork in the Mediterranean world, with priority to Bronze Age subjects, are due to the Mediterranean Archaeological Trust. The application forms differ for small (up to £4,999) and large (£5,000–£10,000) grants. Further information is available at https://medarchaeotrust.org/.
Fitch Bursary Awards
On 30 April 2025 applications are due for the Fitch Bursary awards 2025-26 from PhD students or early career scholars (up to 8 years upon receiving their PhD) to support research at the Fitch Laboratory, British School at Athens (BSA) for up to 3 months in the academic year (September 2024-July 2025) in any of the fields in which the Laboratory is active and/or hosts facilities. The Bursary includes a monthly stipend (400€), BSA membership and accommodation at the BSA Hostel in Athens and, if required for research purposes, also in Knossos. Further information is available at https://www.bsa.ac.uk/awards/bursaries/fitch-bursaries/.
Petros D. Goneos Memorial Award for Studies on the Culture of the Cyclades
On 3 May 2025 applications and letters of recommendation from young researchers are due for the third year of the Petros D. Goneos Memorial Award for Studies on the Culture of the Cyclades ($7000) for the academic year 2025-2026. Further information is available at https://cycladic.gr/en/research/chrimatiko-epathlo-sti-mnimi-petrou-goneou/?srsltid=AfmBOoorXl86Hi-3kufCNULNjFiNph-eupb1Bw8zd_2YO1L8dm-S2b5X. The Goneos award seeks to encourage, support, and promote high quality research from new researchers who focus on topics related to the culture of the Cyclades from the Neolithic up to the post-Byzantine period or its perception in modern times, approached through disciplines such as archaeology, anthropology, and art history, as well as natural and physical sciences. Innovative and pioneering approaches, collaborative, interdisciplinary projects, and the use and development of information technologies are encouraged. Applications should: • Outline clearly and in detail how this award will enable the proposed research and lead to its completion • Demonstrate how the outcomes of the project are expected to contribute to the field by filling research gaps and promoting further research • Demonstrate the capability of the researcher/s to achieve the proposed outcomes. This can be proven through past academic achievements, prior publications, and reference letters The application in pdf format, to be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., should include a research proposal (1000 words, not including bibliography and references) and a curriculum vitae demonstrating the applicant’s qualifications to conduct the proposed research. Applicants should initiate and secure two letters of recommendation, to be sent by the referees to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and are to supply the names and contact information of their referees with their application.
On 30 April 2025 proposals (300 words maximum) are due for the Ε΄ Διεθνές Κυκλαδολογικό Συνέδριο. Κυκλάδες: Αειφορία – Πολιτισμός, to be held on 17-20 September 2025 in Adamas, Milos. Proposals should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 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.. Further information is available at https://www.ekyklamel.gr/2025/01/28/e%ce%84-diethnes-kikladologiko-sinedrio-2/. The proposed thematic sections of the conference are: • Environment, Natural and Anthropogenic, (geology, geoarchaeology, flora, fauna, paleobotany, physical anthropology, nutrition, health, etc.) • Archaeology: new research in the Cyclades, special studies on Milos • Conservation, restoration, management of antiquities, monuments and museums o Architecture—Planning—Settlements o History, Demography, Society, Law: individual and collective behaviors o Philosophy-Literature o Spiritual Life-Arts o Economy, Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Resources and Trade Networks o Social Anthropology, Popular Culture
Stone, Glass, Ceramics, Metals
On 16 May 2025 abstracts (250 words maximum) for oral presentations or posters are due for an Archaeometry Conference on Stone, Glass, Ceramics, and Metals, to be held on 6-8 November 2025 in Chania, Crete, hosted by the UISPP Commission on Archaeometry of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Inorganic Artefacts, Materials and their Technologies. Further information is available at https://chania2025.sciencesconf.org/.
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