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In Memory of Spiros Iacovides

On 6 May 2015 a conference in memory of Spiros Iacovides was held at the British School at Athens. The program was:

Ν. Πολυχρονάκου-Σγουρίτσα, "Αναμνήσεις μιας φοιτήτριας αρχαιολογίας"

Α. Κάσδαγλη, "Οι παλαιοί μαθητές του θυμούνται τον Σπύρο Ιακωβίδη"

Ε. Μπάνου, "Κύριε, υποκλίνομαι"

On 8 May 2015 a conference in memory of Vincenzo La Rosa entitled Festòs e Haghia Triada: bilanci e prospettive di ricerca was held at the Scuola Archeologica Italiana, Athens. The program was:

E. Greco, "Saluti e Introduzione ai lavori"

F. Carinci, "Vincenzo La Rosa: l'uomo e lo studioso"

S. Todaro, "La Messarà occidentale prima dei palazzi: a great Minoan triangle ante litteram"

On 11-15 May 2015 the 37. Uluslararası Kazı, Araştırma ve Arkeometri Sempozyumu, 11-15 Mayıs, Atatürk Üniversitesi, Erzurum. 37th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeomtry organized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture was held at Ataturk University, Erzurum. The program is available at http://ukaas.atauni.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sem2015prENG.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

I. Hodder, "Çatalhöyük Excavations 2014"

M. Özdoğan, "Kırklareli Mound 2014 Activities"

F. Gerritsen, "2014 Excavations at Barcın Höyük"

On 12-13 May 2015 the international congress III Diálogos Micénicos: Lengua, Textos, Historia was held at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Further information is available at http://www.estudiosclasicos.org/iii-dialogos-micenicos-lengua-textos-historia/. The program was:

A. Bernabé, "La religión micénica: dificultades de una reconstrucción"

R. Gómez Guiu , "La 'portadora de la llave' en época micénica: análisis del personaje de la ka-ra-wi-po-ro"

I. Borguñó Ventura, "Personal femenino dependiente. Primeros testimonios en el mundo micénico y Homero: a-pi-qo-ro, ἀμφίπολοι"

On 21-23 May 2015 a conference entitled Salamis of Cyprus, History and Archaeology from the Earliest Times to the Late Antiquity was held at the University of Cyrus, Nicosia. Further information is available at http://www.salamis2015.com/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

V. Karageorghis, "Excavating at Salamis: reminiscences"

M. Yon, "Un cinquantenaire. Les fouilles de l'Université de Lyon à Salamine"

J. Karageorghis, "Jean Pouilloux le Salaminien"