On
15
February
2011
applications
are
due
for
the
Michael
Ventris
Memorial
Award for
Mycenaean
Studies of
up
to
£2000,
to
be
awarded
to
a
junior
scholar
who
has
obtained
a
doctorate
within
the
past
eight
years
or
to
a
postgraduate
student
about
to
complete
a
doctorate
in
Mycenaean
studies
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,
or
(2)
all
other
aspects
of
the
Bronze
Age
of
the
Aegean
and
Cyprus.
Applications
(6
single‐sided
A4
pages
maximum)
should
be
sent
to
the
Deputy
Director,
Institute
of
Classical
Studies,
Senate
House,
Malet
Street,
London
WC1E
7HU,
United
Kingdom
or
via
email
(compatible
with
Word
2003)
to
Latest
American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meetings (ASOR 2011)
On
15
February
2011
abstracts
are
due
for
the
American
Schools
of
Oriental
Research
Annual
Meetings
(ASOR
2011),
to
be
held
in
San
Francisco,
CA
from
16‐19
November
2011;
abstracts
may
be
submitted
with
a
late
fee
until
1
March
2011.
Abstracts
for
papers
that
fit
into
the
sessions
described
in
the
list
of
2011
sessions
should
be
submitted
via
the
online
abstract
submission
database
on
the
ASOR
website
(http://www.asor.org);
applicants
are
strongly
urged
to
email
the
Session
Chair
in
advance
of
the
deadline.
Presentations
that
do
not
fit
into
established
sections
are
also
invited,
and
should
be
tagged
"Individual
Submissions"
on
the
online
database.
Submissions
must
be
made
by
email.
On
15
August
2011
messages
of
intent
for
participation
in
the
"Projects
on
Parade"
poster
session
are
due
to
Morag
Kersel
at
New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium
The
program
of
the
New
York
Aegean
Bronze
Age
Colloquium has
been
announced
for
winter
and
spring
2011.
All
lectures
will
be
held
at
the
Institute
of
Fine
Arts,
One
East
78th
Street
at
6:30
pm.
Please
R.S.V.P.
to
212‐992‐5803
or
28 January 2011: N. Momigliano, "Bronze Age Carians at Iasos"
11 February 2011: R. Janko, "From Bronze Age to Iron Age: Linguistic Continuities and Discontinuities in the Aegean"
11 March 2011: M. Iakovou, Title TBA
Aegean Seminar
The
following
lectures
have
been
delivered
to
the
University
of
Zagreb
and
the
Aegean
Seminar in
Zagreb.
Further
information
is
available
from
Helena
Tomas
at
26 October 2010: C. Shelmerdine, "Fragrances of the Past: All about Mycenaean Perfumes" and "The Iklaina Project: Adventures in Aegean Archaeology"
7 December 2010: R. Fitzsimons, "Monuments for the Living, Monuments for the Dead: A Stone‐by‐Stone Guide to Mycenaean State Formation"
18 January 2011: P. Pavuk, "Between the Aegean and Anatolia. The shifting character of Troy in the Middle and Late Bronze Age" and "Beyond the Coast: Western Anatolia in the 2nd Millennium BC"
The December 2010 (37.9) issue and the 2010 Index of Nestor are now available as a free download.
This is the fourth issue under the new publication model for Nestor. We encourage subscribers to switch to this free digital format for 2011, instead of continuing to pay to receive paper copies.