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International Young Scholars Conference II
On 15 April 2015 abstracts (350 words or 2500 characters maximum) are due for the International Young Scholars Conference II: Mediterranean Anatolia, to be held on 5-7 November by the Suna - İnan Kıraç Research Institute on Mediterranean Civilizations (AKMED) in Antalya, Turkey. The symposium is open to young scholars who are currently working on or have recently completed (in the last three years before the application deadline) their graduate theses regarding the archaeology, ancient history, art history, architectural history and protection of the cultural heritage of the above-mentioned regions from their prehistory through the end of Middle Ages. Further information and application forms are available at http://gbb.kaleicimuzesi.com/.
SOMA 2015
On 15 September 2015 abstracts (3000 characters with title 200 characters) are due for the 19th annual Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology (SOMA 2015): Time, Space and People, to be held on 12-14 November at Kemer/Antalya, Turkey. Further information is available at http://www.phaselis.org/en/soma2015. Papers will be 20 minutes each in English. The conference sessions and themes will include:
The Western Mediterranean
The Central Mediterranean
The Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean
The Black Sea
The Near East and Egypt
Mediterranean Interactions
Archaeometry
Marine / Seamanship History
Conservation, preservation and archaeological site management
Restoration and Museology
Aegean Seminar in Zagreb
The program of the Aegean Seminar has been announced for spring 2015, to be held at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Further information is available from Helena Tomas at
9 March 2015, 6:30 pm: M. Anastasiadou, "New Insights into Administration in Minoan Kato Zakros - The Sealings from House A"
23 April 2015, 11.00 am: Ž. Tankošić, "The Prehistory of Southern Euboea: The Last Ten Years of Archaeological Research"
6 May 2015, 6.00 pm: N. Blackwell, "Regional Connectivity, Technological Exchange and Stone Working in Late Bronze Age Greece"
7 May 2015, 11.00 am: N. Blackwell, "The Collection of Tools in Metal Hoards from the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age"
2 June 2015, 6.00 pm: W. Lee, "Chariots, Rams, and Helmets: Sharing Military Technology in the Bronze and Archaic Age Aegean"
Πρώτο διεθνές σεμινάριο αρχαίας και παραδοσιακής ναυπηγικής
The program of the Πρώτο διεθνές σεμινάριο αρχαίας και παραδοσιακής ναυπηγικής has been announced for spring 2015, to be held at the National Technical University of Athens. Further information is available at http://www.naval.ntua.gr/sites/default/files/Seminar.pdf. Seminars of interest to Nestor readers will include:
9 March 2015, 7:30 pm: M. Wedde, "Typology and beyond: defining moments in the history of early Aegean watercraft"
11 March 2015, 5:00 pm: Ε. Μαραγκουδάκη, "Πειραματική ανασύσταση της εργαλειοθήκης του Μυκηναϊκού ναυδόμου"
6.00 pm: Χ. Αγουρίδης, "Τα ναυάγια της Ύστερης Εποχής του Χαλκού και η συμβολή τους στη μελέτη της αρχαίας ναυπηγικής"
7.30 pm: Γ. Νάκας, "Τα πλοία της γεωμετρικής και αρχαϊκής εποχής"
Cycladic Seminar
The program of the Cycladic Seminar has been announced for 2015. The seminars begin at 7:00 pm at the Archaeological Society, 22 Panepistimiou, Athens. Further information is available at http://www.archetai.gr/site/content.php?artid=1725.
10 March 2015: L. Morgan, "'A Room with a View': Kea Paintings and Social Context. 'Δωμάτιο με θέα': Oι τοιχογραφίες της Κέας σε συνάρτηση με το κοινωνικό περιβάλλον"
28 April 2015: Π. Σωτηρακοπούλου, "Τα δεδομένα της 'ομάδας του Καστριού' από το Δασκαλιό της Κέρου και τα εξ' αυτών συμπεράσματα για το τέλος της Πρώιμης Χαλκοκρατίας στις Κυκλάδες. The Kastri group evidence from Dhaskalio, Keros and its implications for the late Early Bronze Age in the Cyclades"
10 November 2015: C. Broodbank, "A comparative Mediterranean perspective on the Early Bronze Age Cyclades. Η Μεσόγειος και οι Κυκλάδες της Πρώιμης Εποχής του Χαλκού: Μια συγκριτική προσέγγιση"
15 December 2015: W.-D. Niemeier and Ο. Κουκά, "'Cycladica' από το Ηραίο και τη Μίλητο. 'Cycladica' from Heraion and Miletus"
On 5-7 March 2015 Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και τη Θράκη 28η Επιστημονική Συνάντηση will be held at Aristotle University, Thessaloniki. Further information is available at http://www.hist.auth.gr/sites/default/files/%CE%A0%CE%A1%CE%9F%CE%93%CE%A1%CE%91%CE%9C%CE%9C%CE%91%20%CE%91%CE%95%CE%9C%CE%98.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
Γ. Στρατούλη, Ν. Κατσικαρίδης, E. Μαουσίδου, Τ. Μπεκιάρης, Γ. Πετσάλνικος, and Ε. Τσιόλα, "Τρίτα Κορομηλιάς: μια παραποτάμια προϊστορική θέση στην Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Καστοριάς"
Π. Χρυσοστόμου, Τ. Γιαγκούλης, Ε. Νάιδου, and Α. Κυριάκου, "Ελληνοελβετικό πρόγραμμα συνεργασίας: διάσωση, συντήρηση και τεκμηρίωση ξύλινων αντικειμένων από τους προϊστορικούς λιμναίους οικισμούς του λεκανοπεδίου Αμυνταίου Φλώρινας"
Ε. Κυριατζή, Ν. Μερούσης, and Ε. Στεφανή, "Κεραμική της ύστερης εποχής του χαλκού από το Αγγελοχώρι Ημαθίας: προκαταρκτικές παρατηρήσεις από τη μελέτη του υλικού"
On 14-15 March 2015 the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Annual Conference: Transition and Bridging the Divide: new approaches to archaeological investigation will be held at Oxford University. Further information is available at http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/gao-conferences.html. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
M. Trognitz, "Approaching multi-sided Aegean seals with machine learning techniques"
J. Binnberg, "Birds in the Aegean Bronze Age – an interdisciplinary approach combining anthropology, ornithology and archaeology"
New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium
On 20 March 2015, 6:30 pm, E. Mantzourani will address the New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium at the NYU Institute of Fine Arts, One East 78th Street, NY, New York on "Modeling everyday life in Crete and Cyprus with reference to Egypt." Interested guests are always welcome; please R.S.V.P. 212-992-5803 or
The Aegean Writing Systems
On 20-21 March 2015 a conference entitled Understanding Relations Between Scripts: The Aegean Writing Systems will be held by the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge. Further information is available at http://www.cambridgeadventurer.net/urbs/. The program will be:
S. Ferrara, "Creating writing: Secondary script formation in the Aegean"
R. Decorte, "Cretan Hieroglyphic and the nature of the script"
P. Steele and T. Meissner, "From Linear B to Linear A: The problem of the backward projection of sound values"