Malcolm H. Wiener Symposium

On 10 January 2026 (10:30 am PST) the Friends of the INSTAP Study Center will present the 4th Annual Malcolm H. Wiener Symposium, in conjunction with the 2026 AIA annual meeting in San Francisco. Registration for virtual attendance is available at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/-G6Hdv50TMCs5VANkILtrw. The speakers will be:
E. Nodarou and Y. Papadatos, “From pots to politics: ceramic regionalism and political integration in east Crete during the Neopalatial period”

TEKTON

On 12-14 March 2026 a conference entitled TEKTON: Material and Technical Perspectives on Architectural Design and Construction Processes in the Aegean Bronze Age will take place the Acropolis Museum in Athens. Further information is available at https://tekton.ugent.be/. The program will be:
M. Magnisali, T. Bilis, and A. Vlachopoulos, “Monumentality and materiality: construction techniques and symbolism at the Early Bronze Age acropolis of Vathy, Astypalaia”
M. Floquet, M. J. Boyd, and C. Renfrew†, “Maintaining the built environment in the Early Bronze Age Cyclades: new evidence from Dhaskalio, Keros”
M. Marthari, “The development of a complex domestic architecture in the Early Bronze Age Cyclades: The Early Cycladic II settlement of Skarkos on Ios”
V. Şahoğlu, Ü. Gündoğan, O. Kouka, and D. Özkut, “Liman Tepe: the architectural and spatial transformation of a coastal Western Anatolian settlement during the Early Bronze Age”
O. Kouka, “Local and regional planning and building perspectives in East Aegean island sites of the Early Bronze Age”
R. Aslan, “Innovation and adaptation in Bronze Age building traditions: the case of Troy”
P. Hnila, “Decoding Minoan astraki, Mycenaean migma, and Hittite conglomerate through pyrotechnology: timber’s overlooked role in the formation of unintended concrete masonry”
J. Driessen, “Gathering grounds: what can the court building at Sissi tell us about the local development of the ‘Minoan palace?’”
K. A. Jazwa, “Early Helladic building traditions in Attica”
A. Samouris, S. Kyrillidou, S. Andreou, and S. Triantaphyllou, “Rethinking the life history of mudbricks and vernacular architecture through a transdisciplinary approach: the case of Thessaloniki Toumba, Northern Greece”
P. Bacoup, “Wood in the earthen architecture of the Aegean Bronze Age: methodological approach and first insights”
C. H. Roosevelt and C. Luke, “Pragmatic, versatile, and ecologically responsive: the Bronze Age architecture of Kaymakçı in Western Anatolia”
T. Bilis and N. Divari-Valakou, “The walls of Midea: new evidence and interpretations”
I. Bitis, F. Georma, and I. Nikolakopoulou, “Destruction – repair – transformation of the archetype: evidence for Bronze Age Aegean architecture from Akrotiri, Thera”
C. Palyvou, “The Galatas Palace: an opportunity to reassess the innovative character of Minoan architecture”
D. Puglisi and M. Chiricallo, “Designing ‘from above’: new perspectives on Minoan upper-floor architecture from the Villa Reale at Haghia Triada”
J. C. McEnroe, “Building builders buildings: agency and social practice in Neopalatial Gournia”
I. Zogkos and Z. Papadopoulou, “The Mycenaean acropolis at tis Baronas to Froudi: architecture and architectural practices in Siphnos and the Cyclades during the Late Bronze Age”
J. C. Wright, “Vernacular and monumental: what are we talking about?”
M. Devolder, E. Christaki, and M. Prete, “Tracking designers and builders in Bronze Age Cretan architecture: a combined approach to cut-stone and timber masonry, masons’ marks, and building form”
A. Salichou, “Building a new regime: materials used in the construction of the Zakros Palace as a reflection of the special requirements of the project”
E. Mantzourani and G. Vavouranakis, “Selective strategies in cut-stone features of East Cretan villas”
R. Worsham and Y. de Raaff, “Gateways and boundaries: the design and function of the Early Mycenaean gates at Malthi”
E. Abay, “Power, planning, and material practice: elite mobility and urban infrastructure in Late Bronze Age Beycesultan”
S. Günel, “The 2nd millennium BCE settlement of Çine-Tepecik: architecture and reflections on social life”
A. Brysbaert, “Managing the flow of materials in Late Bronze Age Aegean constructions”
N. Karadimas, “The architectural creation of the West Stoa at Agios Vasileios, Laconia”
M. C. Nelson, “Architecture and social production at Iklaina: interactions between elite and non-elite building traditions”
N. G. Blackwell, “Constructing depth: architectural approaches to recessed façades in Mycenaean tholoi”
Ç. Maner, “Meaning-making in Hittite and Mycenaean architecture: elite consumption, internationalism or zeitgeist?”

Österreichischer Archäologentag

On 25-27 February 2026 the 20. Österreichischer Archäologentag (2026) will be held in Wien. Further information is available at https://klass-archaeologie.univie.ac.at/news-events/einzelansicht/news/20-oesterreichischer-archaeologietag/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
B. Huber, “Monumentalisation, Representation and Fortification. Überlegungen zur repräsentativen Funktion von (früh)mykenischen Befestigungen ausgehend von der befestigten Siedlung Ägina Kolonna”
H. Mieling, “Genreszenen der Miniaturfriese des Westhauses von Akrotiri auf Thera und ihr Zusammenhang mit einer möglichen ägäischen Poesie”
J. Weilhartner, “Tierfelle und Lederwaren: Gerbereien in der mykenischen Palastzeit”
F. Blakolmer, “Gesellschaftliche Ungleichheit in der minoisch-mykenischen Ikonographie”
S. Gimatzidis, “Aegean connectivity prior to Greek migration: a revised theoretical and empirical perspective”

02 January 2026

At the Crossroads of Greek Religion

On 13 December 2025 an international workshop entitled At the Crossroads of Greek Religion: Interactions with the Eastern Mediterranean was held in hybrid format at the Swedish Institute at Athens. Further information is available at https://www.sia.gr/en/articles.php?tid=1220. The program was:
R. Laemmle, “A game of two halves? Homer and the invention of a Greek underworld”
F. Lepori, “A non-Greek ritual in the Homeric poems? The pit ritual in the Nekyia (Odyssey 11) from a formulaic perspective”
M. Bachvarova, “From economics to poetics: The role of Samos in the transmission of Near Eastern cult practices”
I. Rutherford, “Pegasus’ bridle and other horsey rituals: A neglected aspect of religious interaction in the Late Bronze Age”

02 January 2026

The December 2025 issue of Nestor (52.12) is available as a free download.

02 December 2025

Michael Ventris Award

On 1 February 2026 applications are due for the Michael Ventris Award for Mycenaean Studies for 2026 (up to £4,000), to be awarded to scholars who have obtained a doctorate within the past eight years or postgraduate students about to complete the doctorate in the field of Mycenaean civilization or kindred subjects, to promote research in (1) Linear B and other Bronze Age scripts of the Aegean and Cyprus, and their historical and cultural connections and (2) all other aspects of the Bronze Age of the Aegean and Cyprus. Further information, including detailed application instructions, is available at https://ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/awards-prizes/michael-ventris-award-mycenaean-studies-2026.

02 December 2025