Archaeology News and Announcements

from Brown University's Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World

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Funding & Fellowships: Fellowship Opportunities in Jordan 2020-2021 (ACOR)

ACOR is now accepting applications for over 20 awards for undergraduate, and pre- and post-doctoral students.  Deadlines for these awards are in February 2020. Please find the details on eligibility, requirements, and how to apply to each award in the file below or from our website https://www.acorjordan.org/2020-21-acor-fellowships/

ACOR offers federally funded prestigious fellowships including a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) post-doctoral award and pre- and post-doctoral CAORC awards. We encourage applications from researchers with appropriate degrees of all stages of their careers who work on topics related to Jordan and/or surrounding countries in the humanities and social sciences. 

Funding & Fellowships: ASCSA Programs and Fellowships, 2020-2021

STUDY IN GREECE 2020-2021 ASCSA PROGRAMS AND FELLOWSHIPS
For more see: https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/apply 
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens was founded in 1881 to provide American graduate students and scholars a base for their studies in the history and civilization of the Greek world. Today it is still a teaching institution, providing graduate students a unique opportunity to study firsthand the sites and monuments of Greece. The School is also a superb resource for students and senior scholars pursuing research in many fields ranging from prehistoric to modern Greece, thanks to its internationally renowned libraries, the Blegen, focusing on all aspects of Greece from its earliest prehistory to late antiquity, and the Gennadius, which concentrates on the medieval to modern Greek world, as well as the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Sciences.

FUNDING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS FOR STUDY AT THE ASCSA (FULL ACADEMIC YEAR AND SUMMER PROGRAMS)

REGULAR MEMBER FELLOWSHIPS: Up to twelve fellowships are available for the School’s Regular Members. Fellowships provide a stipend of $11,500 plus room and board at Loring Hall on the School grounds and waiver of School fees. Regular Member fellowships are awarded for the entire nine-month program. All awards are made on the recommendation of the Committee on Admissions and Fellowships and are based on the results of the qualifying examinations and materials submitted with the application. Fellowships include two in archaeology, one in history and literature, and nine unrestricted as to field. $50 application fee.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2020.

STUDENT ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP: For advanced graduate students who plan to pursue independent research projects and do not wish to commit to the full Regular Program. DEADLINE: ROLLING

ADVANCED FELLOWSHIPS: Several fellowships for the full academic year at the School with a stipend of $11,500 plus room, board, and waiver of School fees are available to students who have completed the Regular Program or one full year as a Student Associate Member and plan to return to the School to pursue independent research, usually for their Ph.D. dissertation.Advanced Fellowships fields awarded by the School include one each in art and architecture of antiquity, history of architecture, Mycenaean archaeology or Athenian architecture and/or archaeology, and the study of pottery; and three unrestricted as to field.
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2020.

FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS:  Visit the Fulbright website (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html) for fellowship details and stipend information. Simultaneous application to both the Fulbright and the ASCSA is required. Candidates must submit the ASCSA application by the due date for the Fulbright application.
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 8, 2019.

OSCAR BRONEER TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP: Ph.D. candidate or recent Ph.D. (not more than five years since the awarding of the Ph.D.) and former Member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) for study in Rome using the American Academy in Rome (AAR) as a base from which to pursue work through trips to sites, museums, or repositories of materials of interest to the Fellow’s studies. Minimum of three and a maximum of six months. The award is for a maximum of $30,000.
DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2020.

SUMMER SESSION: Six-week students, and secondary school and college teachers. Fee of $4,900 includes tuition, travel within Greece, room, and partial board. Scholarships available.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 10, 2020.

SUMMER SEMINARS: Two 18-day sessions designed for those who wish to study specific topics in Greece and visit major monuments with exceptional scholars as study leaders, and to improve their understanding of the country’s landscape, archaeology, material culture, history, literature, and culture. Enrollment is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and to high school and college instructors of classics and related subjects. Fee of $2,750 includes tuition, travel within Greece, room, partial board in Athens, and museum and site fees. Scholarships available.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 10, 2020.

FUNDING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTGRADUATES FOR STUDY AT THE ASCSA (FULL ACADEMIC YEAR)

THE M. ALISON FRANTZ FELLOWSHIP: Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D.s (not more than five years since the awarding of the Ph.D.) for work in the Gennadius Library. A stipend of $11,500 plus room, board, and waiver of School fees.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2020.

THE JACOB HIRSCH FELLOWSHIP: For projects carried out in Greece; eligibility is limited to U.S. or Israeli citizens, Ph.D. candidate writing a dissertation or recent Ph.D. (not more than five years since the awarding of the Ph.D.) revising a dissertation for publication. A stipend of $11,500 plus room and board at the ASCSA, and waiver of School fees.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2020.

FUNDING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS OR POSTGRADUATES FOR STUDY AT THE ASCSA (SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIPS)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (AIA) ANNA C. AND OLIVER C. COLBURN FELLOW:  Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D.s (not more than five years since the awarding of the Ph.D.) whose field is classical archaeology. Visit the Archaeological Institute of America website for more information. Simultaneous application to both the AIA and the ASCSA is required. Two fellowships of $5,500 each. Fellowship runs in even years.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2020.

THE HARRY BIKAKIS FELLOWSHIP: North American or Greek graduate students researching ancient Greek law or Greek graduate students working on a School excavation. A stipend of $1,875. School fees are waived.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2020.

COTSEN TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP FOR RESEARCH IN GREECE:  Short-term travel award of $2,000 for senior scholars and graduate students for projects and research at the Gennadius Library. At least one month of residency required. School fees are waived.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2020.

THE GEORGE PAPAIOANNOU FELLOWSHIP: Awarded to both senior and early career scholars – including PhD candidates – of any nationality researching Greece in the 1940’s and the post-war period, civil wars and the history of the Second World War. Fellows are required to make use of and refer to the George Papaioannou Papers housed at the Archives of the Gennadius Library. Stipend of €2,000. School fees are waived for a maximum of two months.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2020.

THE HENRY S. ROBINSON CORINTH RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP: Ph.D. candidate or Ph.D. for research on a doctoral dissertation or primary publication specifically on Corinth, requiring the use of the resources, archaeological site, and collections at the ASCSA excavations at Ancient Corinth. Open to all nationalities. One or more grants for up to three months, maximum amount of stipend is $4,000. School fees are waived. Runs every other year.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2020.

WIENER LABORATORY RESEARCH ASSOCIATE APPOINTMENTS: Short-term funding for Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral scholars from colleges and universities worldwide pursuing archaeological research related to the ancient Greek world at the Wiener Laboratory. Variable amounts up to $7,000. Term variable, up to nine months.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2020

TRAVELING AND EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIPS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTGRADUATE STUDY

COULSON/CROSS AEGEAN EXCHANGE, Program of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC):  Short-term fellowships for Greek nationals and scholars to pursue research in Turkey under the auspices of the American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT). Stipend of $250 per week plus up to $500 for travel expenses. Submit online application to ASCSA.
DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2020.

MULTI-COUNTRY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS, Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC): Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral scholars with research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences requiring travel to several countries with an American overseas research center. Consult CAORC website for application and deadline: www.caorc.org.

THE PAUL REHAK MEMORIAL TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP: Regular members and Student Associate members already attending the School for the entire academic year. Grant of $1,000 or grants of lesser amounts. School fees are waived. The purpose is to allow individuals to travel in Greece and Italy to conduct a research project during the current academic year from September 1, 2019 to July 1, 2020. Compensation for travel that transpired during the prior fall and winter terms or planned for the spring term of the 2019-2020 academic year will be considered.  
DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2020.

FUNDING FOR SENIOR SCHOLARS FOR STUDY AT THE ASCSA

KRESS PUBLICATIONS FELLOWSHIPS: Postdoctoral scholars working on assigned material from excavations at Ancient Corinth, the Athenian Agora, Lerna, and affiliated projects of the ASCSA to support research for publication of the excavated material. Grants for at least three months (up to $10,000) to a maximum of nine months (up to $30,000).
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2020.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH) FELLOWSHIPS: Awards for postdoctoral scholars and professionals in the humanities. Terms: Two to four fellows will be selected for awards of 4, 5, or 9-month duration. The monthly stipend per fellow is $4,200 allocated from a total pool of $75,600 per year. School fees are waived. U.S. citizens or foreign nationals being U.S. residents for three years before application deadline. Applicants must hold their Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree at the time of application. Submit online application to ASCSA.
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31, 2019.

WIENER LABORATORY POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (2020-2023): Three-year fellowship for individuals who have received their Ph.D. within the last seven (7) years. For individuals from colleges and universities worldwide pursuing archaeological research related to the ancient Greek world and adjacent areas through the application of interdisciplinary methods in the archaeological sciences. Stipend of $35,000 per year.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2020

Funding & Fellowships: ARIT Fellowships for 2020-2021

The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to announce 2020-2021 fellowship programs for students and scholars based in the U.S. and Canada: 

ARIT / National Endowment for the Humanities Advanced Fellowships for Research in Turkey cover all fields of the humanities, including prehistory, history, art, archaeology, literature, and linguistics as well as interdisciplinary aspects of cultural history.  The fellowships support applicants who have completed their academic training.  The terms may range from four months to a full year.  Stipend per month is $4,200.

ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey are offered for research in ancient, medieval, or modern times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences.  Post-doctoral and advanced doctoral fellowships (PhD candidate) may be held for various terms, from one month up to one academic year.  Stipends range from $2,500 to $15,500.

Applications for ARIT and ARIT NEH fellowships must be submitted to ARIT by November 1, 2019.  The fellowship committee will notify applicants by late January, 2020.

ARIT Summer Fellowships for Advanced Turkish Language in Istanbul offers intensive advanced study of Turkish at Bogazici University during the summer 2020.  Participants must have two years of Turkish language study or the equivalent.  The fellowships cover round-trip airfare to Istanbul, application and tuition fees, and a maintenance stipend.   The application deadline will be in early February, 2020

CFP: Space and Spectacle in Antiquity

Call for Papers
The 2020 University of Colorado Boulder Classics Graduate Colloquium: Space and Spectacle in Antiquity
Friday, January 31 – Saturday, February 1, 2020

Keynote address by Sarah Levin-Richardson, University of Washington

In antiquity as today, the circumscription of space, real or imagined, dictated how individuals and groups perceived and reacted to their environment. Politicians, architects, artists, and writers manipulated space as a means of directing responses from their ‘audiences,’ creating artificial environments to help guide experience; viewer response to these surroundings in turn informed the construction of later structures. Spaces built for spectacle are good examples of such environments: they are meant to affect a broader public, and also seek to produce a focused viewer experience. In consequence they enforce the reciprocity of this culture-defining process.

This colloquium will thus explore the relationship between space and spectacle and social and cultural experience. We welcome submissions from graduate students working in any discipline that helps inform our understanding of the ancient world; interdisciplinary approaches too are very welcome. We are interested in topics that consider the manufactured nature of space and spectacle and hope to foster discussion on topics that include but need not be limited to the articulation of space in public buildings; the relationship between spectacle and text; ritual or political performance; and literary ekphrasis. Papers may explore these phenomena as they manifest in any geographical area of the ancient Mediterranean and its surrounding regions, including Egypt, the Near East, Anatolia, Byzantium, the Levant, and the further expanses of the Roman Empire. We are particularly interested in those topics that fall into lesser studied periods.

Relevant areas in which we welcome submissions include:
-Religious performances (ritual, processions, sacrifices, divination, etc.)
-Performance of politics (public works, oratory, triumphs)
-Athletics and spectacle (gladiatorial combat, amphitheaters, circuses)
-Musical performance
-Ceremony in its literary contexts
-Tragedy, comedy, and mime, especially of the Hellenistic and Imperial periods and in the provinces

Please submit abstracts via email to calliope@colorado.edu by September 1, 2019, with the subject line “Boulder Classics Graduate Colloquium 2020 Submission.” Abstracts should include a title for the paper and be anonymous PDF files, no longer than 300 words. Please include your name, institution, and the title of your abstract in the body of your email. Presentations should be no longer than 20 minutes.

Questions about the conference should be submitted to the same email address.

Fieldwork Opportunity: Basic Underwater Archaeology- Croatia

Calling all archaeology students and researchers with an interest in maritime archaeology. We are inviting applicants to apply to join an underwater archaeology field school in Croatia this September 2-13, 2019. This field school is offered FREE OF CHARGE. Accommodation is included, students need only cover the cost of their flights to Croatia. This field school is run by the International Center of Underwater Archaeology, Zadar, and co-organised and co-instructed by Oxford University DPhil student in Archaeological Science, and National Geographic Explorer, Lisa Briggs.

The course will consist of theoretical and practical (hands on) instruction in underwater documentation and archaeological excavation. The main aim of the course is to to allow the participants acquire the best possible knowledge of basic underwater archaeology research techniques.

Students of ANY GENDER are encouraged to apply.

Students are required to have an entry level diving qualification prior to attending (PADI Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent) and the field school also includes training and certification in two diving specialties: Peak Performance Buoyancy, and Underwater Navigation.

For further details, and to apply, please follow the link below.

https://icua.hr/en/courses/342-call-for-applications-basic-underwater-archaeology-course-2019

We hope to see you in Croatia!

PLAKAT NOVI FINAL

CFP: Young Investigator Symposium and Fellowship with MHAAM

SEEKING STUDENTS INTERESTED IN GRADUATE STUDY IN THE SCIENCE OF THE HUMAN PAST:  AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND IN JENA, GERMANY 

The Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean (MHAAM), a collaboration between The Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard (SoHP) and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany (MPISHH), announces an opportunity for recent and graduating seniors and Master’s students to participate in a Young Investigator Symposium scheduled at Harvard University on Friday, November 2nd, 2018.  Students will have an opportunity to present cross-disciplinary research which utilizes modern scientific tools and knowledge to illuminate the history of humanity, and to network with other students and faculty members similarly engaged.  An interest in the Ancient Mediterranean is desirable but not indispensable.
For students coming from outside the Boston/Cambridge area for the November 2nd Symposium, a limited number of awards of up to $500 to defray lodging and travel costs are available.  Students interested in applying for the Symposium should arrange to send a letter of application, along with an abstract of research to be presented, a CV, an academic transcript, and a letter of recommendation, to be submitted by October 18th at the latest to sohpchair@fas.harvard.edu
MHAAM is also offering a new PhD Fellowship opportunity for the 2019-2020 academic year and beyond.  This 5-year fully-funded PhD fellowship for study and research on the science of the human past is an opportunity for interdisciplinary study at Harvard and in Jena, Germany.  An interest in the Ancient Mediterranean and in ancient DNA is useful but not required. PhD degrees will be awarded through Harvard University, notably in the following departments:

  • The Archaeology Program within the Anthropology Department (Deadline: December 15, 2018)
  • History (Deadline: December 15, 2018)
  • Human Evolutionary Biology (Deadline: December 1, 2018)
  • Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (Deadline: December 1, 2018)
  • Additional Departments Forthcoming

Candidates for the Fellowship will apply for admission to one of these Harvard University PhD Programs to be considered eligible for this full funding opportunity through the Max Planck-Harvard collaboration.  Applicants must specify their interest in the MHAAM Fellowship Program within the application, and must additionally send a copy of the application to sohpchair@fas.harvard.edu, or via mail to:
Lisa Ransom Lubarr
Harvard University
Robinson Hall M-03
35 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA  02138
Further information on MHAAM (including highlights on current fellowship recipients, and interdisciplinary research) can be found at: archaeoscience.org, and inquiries can be sent to: sohpchair@fas.harvard.edu

CFP: Unguentarium Symposium

The Izmir Center of the Archaeology of Western Anatolia (EKVAM) is organizing an international symposium entitled “Unguentarium: A terracotta vessel form and other related vessels in the Hellenistic, Roman and early Byzantine Meditterranean” that will take place on May 17-18, 2018 at the Dokuz Eylul University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. The first circular of this symposium as well as its poster are attached.
An unguentarium is a small ceramic or glass bottle, found in relatively large quantities in the entire Mediterranean, from Spain to Syria and Egypt to France, where they were produced from the early Hellenistic to the early Medieval periods. In this symposium we only focus on terracotta unguentaria between c. mid fourth century B.C. and mid sixth century A.D., and attempt to set out a comprehensive model for the study of terracotta unguentaria, including their definition, typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics, and distribution patterns in the whole Mediterranean geographies, including eastern Mediterranean, Roman provinces in the western Mediterranean, north of Alps (Germania and Britannia etc.) and north Africa.
We warmly invite contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines of ancient studies related to this vessel form. The symposium is free of charge. A post-symposium excursion is planned on May 19-21 to Lesbos, Greece through Ayvalik.
We would be delighted, if you could consider contributing to our symposium and contact us with the required information below before January 1, 2018. Our e-mail address are: gulserenkan@hotmail.com or terracottas@deu.edu.tr
For more updates on this symposium:
https://independent.academia.edu/TheLydiaSymposium
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/The_Lydia_Symposium
Best wishes from Izmir,
Dr Gulseren Kan Sahin
Unguentarium First Circular – English – Notice
Unguentarium Poster

CFP: Religion and Cult in the Dodecanese during the 1st millennium BC – Recent discoveries and research results

UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES
DEPARTMENT OF MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES
Religion and Cult in the Dodecanee during the first millennium BC: Recent discoveries and research results
International Conference
Rhodes, October 2018
FIRST CIRCULAR
Rhodes, 09 June 2017
Dear colleagues and friends,
We are pleased to invite proposals for papers at the international conference Religion and Cult in the Dodecanese during the first millennium BC to be held at the University of the Aegean on Rhodes in October 2018.
Religion has always been one of the major components of peoples’ lives, an integral part of social, economic and political contexts, contributing to the formation of culture and history. In order to study and understand the religious and cult practices of a particular region, it is necessary to explore their various expressions through material culture and written sources.
The oldest known cult remains in the Dodecanese can be dated to the end of the tenth and early ninth centuries B.C. and throughout the first millennium B.C. These display the existence of a vibrant island society with various evolving cult practices. As a major stopover on maritime trade routes, the southeastern Aegean was influenced by contacts from throughout the Greek world and beyond. This conference will explore the archaeology and literature that testify to the development and continuation of cults in the Dodecanese, from the Early Iron Age through to the first century B.C.
The conference will particularly welcome papers in the following thematic circles:

  • New archaeological finds on sanctuaries and cult practices in the Dodecanese
  • Epigraphical and literary evidence on the religion and cults in the Dodecanese
  • The context of religion and cult practice in the Dodecanese
  • Theoretical issues on the relation of archaeology, religion and cult

Please complete and return the attached participation form (Religion_and _Cult_participation_form) by Monday 30th October 2017 to the Colloquium Secretariats at the following e-mail addresses:
gmavroudis@rhodes.aegean.gr  and  msd15001@aegean.gr
Notifications of acceptance will be announced in early January of 2018. A second circular with further information concerning the conference and a provisional programme will be circulated in January 2018.
The duration of papers should not exceed 20 minutes.
CONFERENCE LANGUAGE
English
REGISTRATION
There is no registration fee. Participants are required to cover their own travel and other costs.
ACTS of the Conference: The acts of the Conference will be published (following peer review) in a volume by Archaeopress Publishing Limited, Oxford.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Georgios Mavroudis: gmavroudis@rhodes.aegean.gr
Eirini Savigkou: msd15001@aegean.gr
CONFERENCE WEBSITE
to be announced
THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Manolis I. Stefanakis (University of the Aegean)
Georgios Mavroudis (University of the Aegean)
Fani Seroglou (Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese)
Paolo Daniele Scirpo (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens -Italian Archaeological School at Athens)
Nicholas Salmon (Birkbeck College – The British Museum)
Eirini Savigkou (University of the Aegean)
Evangelia Demetriou (University of the Aegean)
 
Religion_and _Cult_Circular-01
Religion_and _Cult_participation_form

CFP: Ohio State Classics Graduate Student Conference – NEW DATES

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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CFP: Refuge and Refugees in the Ancient World, Columbia University (Abstracts due May 2)

Refuge and Refugees in the Ancient World
Columbia University Ancient World Graduate Student Conference
November 11-12, 2016. Columbia University in the City of New York, USA.

Keynote Speakers: Demetra Kasimis (University of Chicago) and Elena Isayev (University of Exeter)
We invite papers from graduate students working across disciplines related to the ancient world for a two-day conference which will explore the issues of refuge and refugees. From representations of refugees and the notions of “refuge” to their physical traces in the archaeological record, we hope to discuss how ancient societies experienced and conceptualized the flight and plight of displaced peoples.
In light of the recent upsurge in work on ancient Mediterranean migration and exile, as well as current events, new questions arise: What heuristic value does the term “refugee” have for our understanding of the ancient equivalent? How do we define refuge and refugees? Where do we look for the voices of refugees among the ancient evidence? What and where are the sites of “refuge” attested across the ancient Mediterranean world?
We welcome papers in any disciplinary field––and interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged––pertaining to the ancient Mediterranean world and surrounding regions, including Egypt, the Near East and the expanses of the Roman Empire, and falling within the period spanning from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity.
Potential topics could include:
• Literary and artistic representations of flight, refuge, or supplication, for example in epic, tragedy, vase or wall painting.
• Classical reception (contemporary engagements with classical representations of refuge and refugees).
• Philosophical and theoretical conceptualizations of refuge, for example in Stoic thought.
• Locations of refuge, such as sanctuary spaces.
• Intersections between refugees and the related spheres of ancient migration, exile, and diaspora.
• Ancient histories of migration catalyzed by displacement through war or other factors.
• The demographic impact of ancient refugees on ancient cities, landscapes, and economies.
• Archaeological evidence, for example, hoards and their significance in tracing ancient refugees.
• Refugee identity, for example, the transition from being a “refugee” to becoming a citizen of a new city.
The conference will include a roundtable on how the content and themes discussed in the context of the ancient world can be brought into dialogue with the contemporary refugee crisis.
Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be emailed to cuconference2016@gmail.com no later than May 2, 2016. In the body of your email, please include your name, institution, contact information, and the title of your abstract. The abstract should be anonymous and sent as an attachment. Papers should be no longer than 20 minutes in length in order to accommodate questions.

Housing accommodations will be provided by Columbia graduate students on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information please visit: cuancientrefugees2016.wordpress.com

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