ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF LYDIA FROM THE EARLY LYDIAN PERIOD TO THE LATE ANTIQUITY (8TH CENTURY B.C.-6TH CENTURY A.D.): AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
May 17-18, 2017 / Izmir, Turkey

The Izmir Center of the Archaeology of Western Anatolia (EKVAM) is glad to inform you that an
international symposium on the region Lydia in western Turkey will take place on May 17-18, 2017 at the
Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. Lydia was an ancient region, located in inner western
Anatolia, streching from today’s Turkish province of Manisa in the west to Uşak in the east. Since the book
of C.H. Roosevelt, entitled “The Archaeology of Lydia, from Gyges to Alexander”, archaeologically and
historically Lydia became a special focus in the fields of ancient Anatolian studies. We warmly invite
contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines related to this region. The aim of
this symposium is to report on the state of research concerning Lydia between c. 8th century B.C. and 6th
century A.D. Intended to bring together scholars of archaeology, history, historical geography, epigraphy and
other related disciplines in ancient Anatolian studies to discuss a range of issues concerning this region’s
archaeology and history, this symposium should be an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about
this region. The following theme groups are the main questions of the symposium which are prescriptive:
– Archaeological field projects and museum studies in Lydia,
– Lydia during the Iron Age,
– Lydia in ancient mythology,
– Lydia during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods,
– Lydia and Lydians in ancient authors, eg. Homer, Herodotus, Strabo, Hippolytus of Rome and Hierocles,
– Ethno-cultural landscape of ancient Lydia and ethnoarchaeology,
– Lydian language, script and epigraphy,
– First coinage in Lydia: Reasons, circulations, dynamics and mechanisms,
– The Royal Road,
– Relationships between Lydia and Ionia, the Achaemenid Empire as well as other neighbouring regions,
– Historical geography and settlement patterns in Hellenistic, Roman and Late Roman-Early Byzantine Lydia,
– Roads, routes and population in Lydia,
– Lydia as a part of the Roman province Asia and the “seven churches of Apocalypse”,
– Forms of Christian presence in Roman and Early Byzantine Lydia,
– Jews and Jewish heritage in Roman and Early Byzantine Lydia,
– The province Lydia under the tetrarchy reform of Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 296,
– Episcopal sees of the late Roman province of Lydia,
– Population and settlement boom in the “Justinianic” era,
– Miscellanea.
On these themes and questions, all approaches and methods susceptible to bring some progress to our
current knowledge are of course welcome: archaeology, ancient history, historical geography, epigraphy,
numismatic, history of art, cultural anthropology etc. English is the official language of the symposium. The
symposium will take place at the Blue Hall of DESEM in the Chancellery Building of DEU. A local
archaeological journal is planned as a special issue containing the symposium’s abstracts which will also be
made available on the website. The proceedings of the symposium will be published in 2017. The symposium
is free of charge. We will make the required hotel reservations as soon as we know the exact number of
participants. The approximate cost for the accommodation per night + breakfast will be 20 €. A postsymposium
excursion is planned on May 19-21 to Chios, Greece through Izmir-Çeşme. For the participants
who cannot travel to Izmir, we will arrange a video-conference facility through Skype. There are several lowcost
flight companies (Pegasus, Sunexpress, Onur Air, Easyjet, Eurowings etc.) which operate direct flights to
Izmir from several locations. The symposium’s program will be regulating for those who are also planning to
participate to the symposium in Thessaloniki, Greece, entitled “Classical Pottery of the Northern Aegean and
its Periphery “ which will take place on the same date with the Lydia Symposium, i.e. May 17-20, 2017.
We would be delighted, if you could consider contributing to our symposium and contact us with the
required information below before January 1, 2017. Our e-mail address is: terracottas@deu.edu.tr For all
your queries concerning the symposium our phone number is: +90.544.938 54 64. The organizers seek to
widen participation at this symposium, and would like to encourage colleagues from all parts of the world to
attend. The symposium committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community
who would be interested in participating at this symposium, either by forwarding our e-mail, or by printing
this circular and displaying it in your institution. We hope that you will be able to join us at the Dokuz Eylül
University, and look forward to seeing you in Izmir!
Required Information for the Participation to the Symposium
Type of Participation:
Lecturer:
Observer:
Lecturer Through Skype:
Name:
Academic Title:
Institution:
Complete Professional Address:
Cell Phone:
E-mail:
Are you planning to join to the post-symposium excursion to Chios, Greece?:
Any Special Requests:
Title of Your Lecture:
Abstract:
NB: An illustration can be included; it should be sent by e-mail to terracottas@deu.edu.tr

EXTENDED DEADLINE – CALL FOR PAPERS – CAA NL/FL & CAA DE JOINT CHAPTER MEETING
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Dear all,
Herewith, we again would like to remind you about the 2016 Joint Chapter Meeting of CAA Netherlands/Flanders and CAA Germany that will be held in in Ghent, Belgium, November 24–25, 2016, in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology of Ghent University and the Flemish Heritage Agency.
We want to acknowledge the authors who have already submitted their paper proposals in advance of the September 1st, 2016 deadline. As we have received many requests to extend the deadline because of the summer holidays, the final deadline for submission is *Friday September 16th, 2016*.
We welcome proposals for 20-minute papers on any of the above topics. Abstract in English should be sent to mailto:meeting2016@caanlfl.nl. Abstracts will be considered by the committees of CAA NL/FL and CAA DE. Abstract should include name and surname, university, institute or company (if applicable), address and telephone number, e-mail, session for which is applied, and abstract text (max 500 words).
The aim of the CAA meetings is to bring together academic and commercial archaeologists with a particular interest in using mathematics and computer science for archaeological research. For the 2016 Joint Chapter Meeting of CAA, we kindly invite papers focussing on the following themes:
* Statistical Analysis / Network Analysis in Archaeology
* Remote Sensing and Landscape Archaeology
* Digital Archaeology and the Wider Public
* Archival and Management of (3D) Archaeological Data
The conference will be preceded by a LiDAR-workshop (November 23rd, 2016). During this workshop, participants will learn what LiDAR data is, how to effectively work with LiDAR (e.g. by building digital elevation and surface models and by looking into different LiDAR visualisation and analysis
techniques), and how to use it for archaeological research.
For further information, see the conference website (http://www.caanlfl.nl/?q=node/51) or contact the organising committee (mailto:meeting2016@caanlfl.nl).
We are very much looking forward to welcoming you in Ghent at the 2016 Joint Chapter Meeting of CAA Netherlands/Flanders and CAA Germany.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee;
Devi Taelman, Erwin Meylemans, Jitte Waagen, Ronald Visser

TAG TORONTO 2017

Theoretical Archeological Group—North America
The Medium is the Message: Media and Mediation in Archaeology
May 18-20, 2017

Our website is live at http://www.archaeology.utoronto.ca/tag-toronto-2017.html and accepting submissions.
Session proposal deadline: January 15, 2017
Paper abstract submission deadline (to session organizers): March 15, 2017
Completed session rosters due: March 15, 2017
Early bird AND participants registration deadline: March 15, 2017
You can also follow us for updates on twitter, at @TAG2017Toronto and on facebook, at TAG North America.
 
In recognition of the contributions of Toronto scholar Marshall McLuhan, the theme of the meeting is:
“The Medium is the Message: Media and Mediation in Archaeology.”
The theme is intentionally broad and highlights how existence is profoundly conditioned by the material world, an issue that has been of central concern to archaeologists as well as to posthumanists and new materialists in other disciplines.  In the oft cited aphorism, “the medium is the message,” University of Toronto philosopher Marshall McLuhan (1964) intended to stress how technologies, especially print and later digital media, transformed human cognition and social organization.  In a similar vein, archaeological publications commonly declare that social relations, political inequality, and structures of practice were “mediated” by landscapes, ecologies, and assemblages of things and technical orders.  In a sense, mediation becomes synonymous with process itself.  In a recent publication, Arjun Appadurai (2015) has critiqued Latour and other proponents of the material turn, and he proposes that a focus on “mediants” and “mediation” permits more historically sensitive analyses of the formation of diverse social collectives entangling people, places, and things.  At the same time, archaeological research is an inherently mediated enterprise, for interpretation relies on the traces and material signs of past practices.  As Zoë Crossland recently noted (2014: 3): “Archaeology is the exemplary discipline of signs, spinning narratives of past worlds around the material detritus left in the wake of human lives.”  Thus a diverse number of sessions could be considered, ranging from the effects of new digital media on archaeological inference to the problems inherent in archaeological attempts to mediate or translate indigenous lifeways.
Session themes could also address: mediation and materiality; media and aesthetics; the politics of mediatization; mediation as semiosis, media of archaeological interpretation, trace as medium, media of religion and ideology; the present as medium of the past (space as medium of time  and history)—and so forth.
In appreciation of the first President of the University of Toronto, Daniel Wilson (who is credited with coining the term “prehistory”), sessions exploring the history of archaeological thought would also be welcome, along with themes not directly related to media and mediation.
Works Cited
Appadurai, Arjun  2015.  Mediants, Materiality, Normativity.  Public Culture 27(2): 221-237.
Crossland, Zoë  2014  Ancestral Encounters in Highland Madagascar: Material Signs and Traces of the Dead.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
McLuhan, Marshall  1964.  Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. New York: McGraw Hill.

What Does Evil Look Like? Horror, Macabre, and Ideological Control throughout the Ancient Mediterranean World

NEW Date: March 24 – 26, 2017
Location: The Ohio State University
NEW Abstract Submission Deadline: January 3, 2017

What was the role of evil and what did it look like in the ancient world? What good came from looking upon and exploring evil? Can evil be good, misinterpreted, or effectively reinterpreted?
The Department of Classics at The Ohio State University invites paper proposals for its 2016 Graduate Student Conference, “What Does Evil Look Like? Horror, Macabre, and Ideological Control throughout the Ancient Mediterranean World”. The goal of this conference is to investigate the presence of evil in its manifold forms be they physical, artistic, poetic, historical, architectural, psychological, religious, profane, or philosophical.
We invite submissions from graduate students in all disciplines, including: Classics, History, Byzantine Studies, Art History, Reception Studies, Archaeology, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Near Eastern Studies, and Judaic Studies.
Possible paper topics include, but are not limited to:

• Evil’s effects and affects
• Corruption and control in ancient government
• Suppression and oppression
• The banality of evil
• Morality’s relationship with evil
• Fear, death, and disgust
• Heroes and gods who do evil
• Invective and free speech

Please send a 150-200-word abstract, a short CV, and any queries to osuclassics2016@gmail.com by January 3, 2017. Presentations will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for questions.
We will notify applicants of acceptance or rejection by January 10, 2017.

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Environment, Landscape and Society: Diachronic Perspectives on Settlement Patterns in Cyprus

Description: workshop and publication on diachronic landscape analyses in the eastern Mediterranean, organized by the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) and the Cyprus Institute.
Date: 17-19 February 2017, to be held at CAARI in Nicosia, Cyprus
How did people choose where to live? What environmental, social and economic factors went into the decisions to build a settlement, and why were settlements abandoned? The aim of this workshop is to investigate the changing patterns of human interaction with their physical environment from prehistory into historic periods (into the medieval period). It seeks to clarify the ways in which societies balanced landscape, natural resources, and the needs of social groups, and the impact these relationships had in shaping and reshaping settlement location and layout, economic development, ritual patterns, and was a key factor in establishing territoriality. We invite diachronic approaches to establish how and why communities chose to live in certain places and engage in certain economies at any given time. We aim to compare a range of settlements in their environmental and landscape (and seascape) contexts from Cyprus, test hypotheses about how and why humans chose to settle in particular places and demonstrate how this affected social change. The organizers are especially interested in studies that show explicit relationships between settlement patterns, uses of the landscape and environmental factors.
The diachronic nature of this conference means that papers will be accepted from a wide range of periods, from early prehistory to the medieval period, and we are particularly interested in a broad representation of disciplines.
A 300-word abstract should be sent to:
director@caari.org.cy and evimargaritis@gmail.com
before 1 October 2016 for consideration by the Steering Committee. Abstracts submitted after the deadline may be accepted or rejected at the discretion of the Committee.
Abstracts should include:

1. the name and full contact details and affiliation of the contributor
2. the title of the proposed paper
3. what the proposed paper intends to cover
4. an outline of the approach

Individual presentations will be limited to 20 minutes with additional time for questions.
We expect that some travel funding will be available to qualified participants and it is anticipated that the proceedings of this workshop will be published as part of the CAARI Monograph Series.

The final deadline for all submissions for the 2017 AIA Annual Meeting, which will be held in Toronto, Canada from January 5-8 is rapidly approaching. Submissions are still being accepted for workshops and open session paper or poster presentations. We would also like to encourage undergraduate students to submit to the undergraduate poster and paper sessions.
Deadline for Submissions – Sunday, August 7, 2016 and Sunday, August 21, 2016 (with $25 fee)
Full details on all submission types and requirements are available in the Annual Meeting section of our website. Questions about the online submission process may be directed to 2017annualmeeting@aia.bu.edu. All submitters are encouraged to review the Call for Papers (available at www.archaeological.org/meeting/CFP) prior to submitting. Submission forms can be accessed at www.archaeological.org/meeting/CFP/forms.
All submissions must be completed by August 21st and the administrative fee must be paid for any paper submitted after the August 7th deadline.
* View the 2017 Call for Papers: www.archaeological.org/meeting/CFP
* Online Submission Forms: www.archaeological.org/meeting/CFP/forms