The September 2012 issue of Nestor is now available as a free download.
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INSTAP
On 1 November 2012 applications are due to the Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) for 2013 New or Renewal Research Grants, the Post-Doctoral Fellowship, the SCEC Librarian Fellowship, the Petrography Internship at SCEC, Six-Week Research Grants at SCEC, and the Richard Seager Doctoral Fellowship at SCEC. Applications for Publication Team Support and Publication Subventions have no specific due dates. Further information and applications are available at http://www.aegeanprehistory.net/; applications can now be submitted via e-mail as MS WORD documents or fillable PDF forms.
Tytus Scholars
On 15 January 2013 applications are due for the Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program at the University of Cincinnati, Classics Department in the fields of archaeology, history, or philology, tenable during the academic year 2013-2014. Tytus Fellows will ordinarily be at least five years beyond receipt of the PhD, and will come to Cincinnati to pursue their own research. The minimum and maximum terms for Long Term Fellows are one academic quarter (two and a half months) to one academic year; Short Term Fellows will reside in Cincinnati for one to two months. Both categories of Tytus Fellows receive housing, a transportation allowance, and office space, as well as the use of the University of Cincinnati and Hebrew Union College Libraries; a monthly stipend of $1,000 is additionally provided for Long Term Fellows.
On 15 February 2013 applications are due for the Tytus Summer Residency Program at the University of Cincinnati, Classics Department in the fields of archaeology, history, or philology, tenable for one to three months during the summer of 2013; summer fellows receive free university housing, office space, and the use of the University of Cincinnati and Hebrew Union College Libraries. Further information is available from the Director, Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0226;
Mediterranean Archaeological Trust
On 31 January 2013 applications for grants (not normally exceeding £2,000) to assist with the publication of archaeological excavation or fieldwork in the Mediterranean world, with possible priority to Bronze Age subjects, are due to the Mediterranean Archaeological Trust. Applications comprise a description of the proposed work (maximum 1500 words), an outline budget, and either two references in a sealed envelope or the names of the referees if the references are sent directly by the referees. Applications should be sent to Professor Sir John Boardman, Mediterranean Archaeological Trust, Classics Centre, 66 St. Giles, Oxford OX1 3LU, G.B. Additional information is available at: https://sites.google.com/site/medarchtrust/mediterranean-archaeological-trust-home
VAST 2012
On 23 September 2012 papers are due for the 12th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (VAST 2012), to be held on 19-21 November 2012 in Brighton, UK. Further information is available at http://www.vast2012.org. Contributions are sought that that advance the state of the art in the information technologies available to support cultural heritage, particularly in the following areas:
Data Acquisition and Processing
Metadata Handling
Presentation
Practitioners' Experience
Economics and Business
Staging Death
On 1 October 2012 abstracts (300-400) are due for proposals of additional papers related to the prehistoric and early Iron Age Aegean for inclusion in an edited volume entitled Staging Death: Funerary Performance, Architecture and Landscape in the Aegean, expanding a colloquium at the 113th Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, January 5-8, 2012). Abstracts should be submitted to Anastasia Dakouri-Hild and Michael Boyd at
Affordances of place
'Landscaped' buildings, 'architectonic' landscapes
Movement and interplaces
Places and bodies
Beyond the specular
Modes of containment and knowledge
Aesthetics and politics of the hidden
Boundaries and divisions
Biographies and memory
Contested places
Performance
CAA 2013
On 10 October 2012 abstracts for papers or posters are due for the 41st Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA 2013): Across Space and Time, to be held on 25-28 March 2013 in Perth, Australia. Abstracts should consist of two parts: a 100 word short abstract, which will be used for the conference booklet, and an extended abstract up to 500 words, providing further information on which reviewers can assess the submission. Further information, including a list of sessions, is available at http://caa2013.org/drupal/.
Conflict in the Peloponnese
On 10 October 2012 registration forms and abstracts (200 words maximum) are due for the 2nd Postgraduate & Early Career Researcher Work in Progress Conference: Conflict in the Peloponnese: Social, Military and Intellectual, from prehistory to modernity, to be held on 22-23 March 2013 at the University of Nottingham by the Centre for Spartan & Peloponnesian Studies (CSPS). Registration forms can be downloaded at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/csps/events/conflict-in-the-peloponnese.aspx and can be returned by email to
The Mediterranean Mirror
On 6-8 October 2012 an international post-doc and young researchers conference entitled The Mediterranean Mirror: Cultural Contacts in the Mediterranean Sea between 1200 and 750 B.C. will take place in Heidelberg. Further information is available at http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/philosophie/zaw/ufg/MM2012/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
On 24-27 October 2012 a conference entitled Cult and Ritual on the Levantine Coast and Its Impact on the Eastern Mediterranean Realm will take place in Beirut. Further information is available at http://cultandritualinlebanon2012.com Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include: