Kleos Bulletin

20/03/2024

CALL FOR ENGLISH EDITORS

Are you an enthusiastic researcher, (R)MA or PhD-student and would you like to gain academic publishing experience as part of an interdisciplinary team of academic peers?

Apply now for the positions of English Editors for Kleos. The deadline for the application is Friday April 19th, so be sure to mail us your application in time!

More information on how to apply for this position is provided on the poster!

14/02/2024

𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢-𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
On Thursday February 29th, the biennial Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture will be delivered in 2024 by Dr. Mark Garrison, associate professor of ancient Near Eastern art history at Trinity College in Texas, United States. His lecture (which will be delivered in English) will focus on the Persepolis Fortification Archive, excavated in Iran in 1933-1934. Garrison talks about the masterfully carved scroll seal images from the archive that were used by three particularly important figures of the Achaemenid Empire: Queen Irtašduna, her son (prince) Iršama, and her chancellor Šalaman.

Date: Thursday February 29th 2024
Time: 20:00 - 21:00 (doors open from 19:30, there will be drinks afterwards)
Location: Tempelzaal in the RMO museum (Rapenburg 28, Leiden)

For more information or if you are interested to sign up for this lecture, please click the link below: https://www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/activiteiten/sancisi-weerdenburg-lezing-2024/?mc_cid=2822da36ca&mc_eid=a3ef00382c

15/01/2024

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐎 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
Today the deadline for applications for the fifth Annual Meeting of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East closes. The meeting will be held on Thursday 25th of January 2024 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

The keynote lecture will be given by Prof. dr. J. Cale Johnson, titled ''Philology as an Experimental System: Two Moments in the History of Cuneiform Notation''. Other speakers at the NINO meeting include: Margaretha Folmer, Miguel John Versluys, and Aleksander Tsankov.

When: Thursday January 25th
Where: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam
Time: 9:30 - 17:00 (excl. drinks at the end)

For more information on the program, the speakers, or how to apply, please make sure to click the following link:
https://www.nino-leiden.nl/event/5th-nino-annual-meeting-invention-ingenuity

11/12/2023

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽: 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 – 𝟯𝟬 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰

Archon, the Netherlands Research School for Archaeology, is organizing a workshop on the 30th of January about mortuary archaeology. This one-day workshop aims to focus on innovations and new developments in mortuary archaeology, featuring keynote speakers in the first session highlighting digital innovations. The remainder of the workshop will provide a platform for Archon members to present their recent, current, and ongoing research, encouraging diverse themes to advance mortuary archaeology and fostering inclusive discussions for researchers in the Netherlands and beyond.

For more info, see the site of the event: https://www.archonline.nl/january-2024/mortuary-archaeology-workshop-digital-innovations-and-new-developments-30-january-2024/

06/12/2023

On Friday, December 15th, the next OIKOS Text in Context Day will be held at the University Library of Groningen (RUG), starting at 11.00. During the day, four experts will be talking about Aristophanes' Plutus (627-770), contextualizing this passage from the fields of ancient literature, ancient history, and ancient religion studies. For more information as well as the details of the program, visit:https://www.rug.nl/research/research-let/oikos/documents/2023-oikos-text-in-context-day-15-december.pdf

27/11/2023

𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄
𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒

Are you an enthusiastic (R)MA or PhD-student and would you like to gain academic publishing experience as part of an interdisciplinary team of academic pears?

Apply now for the positions of Archaeology Editor and Ancient History Editor within the editorial board of Kleos. The deadline for the application is 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝐭𝐡, so be sure to mail us your application in time!

More information on how to apply for this position is provided on the poster!
NOTE: We have made an error in a previous version of the Call. Please send your application to [email protected]. Please check if you have sent your mail to this address, and not to the one we communicated earlier ([email protected])!

25/11/2023

On Thursday the 23rd and Friday the 24th of May 2024, the annual Jozef IJsewijn Lecture and IJsewijn Laboratorium will be held in Leuven. On Thursday, Professor Eric MacPhail (Indiana University) will hold a lecture about 'Erasmus and the Latin Deficit in Leuven'. On Friday, the Laboratorium will be held, including a full-day program devoted to ongoing Neo-Latin research aiming to create an active exchange among the participants, in order to address and discuss promising research perspectives. If you like, you can actively participate by submitting your proposal (no more than 250 words) before 15 December. For more information, see the following website:

The Seminarium Philologiae Humanisticae organizes the new IJsewijn Lecture & Laboratorium. This initiative revives the annual Jozef IJsewijn Lecture in a novel format, but preserving some classical ingredients.

20/11/2023

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬
ARCHON – Research School of Archaeology is organizing a workshop for current data management practices meant for (r)MA and PhD students of Archaeology. The course touches upon all aspects of data management, with examples drawn from archaeological research practice. The event will take place the 1st of December at the University of Leiden.

Click the link below for more information on the workshop:
https://www.archonline.nl/december-2023/data-management-for-archaeologists-1-december-2023/

23/10/2023

𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒

Are you an enthusiastic (R)MA or PhD-student and would you like to gain academic publishing experience as part of an interdisciplinary team of academic pears?

Apply now for the positions of Archaeology Editor and Ancient History Editor within the editorial board of Kleos. The deadline for the application is 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 so be sure to mail us your application in time!

More information on how to apply for this position is provided on the poster!

06/10/2023

𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝟔 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭!!

The sixth Kleos issue has been released! As always we are proud to present the work of starting scholars of (r)MA and PhD level. The papers included in the issue cover a wide range of subjects, including 𝐽𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦, 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑅𝐶𝐻𝑂𝑁 𝐷𝑎𝑦 2022, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑒𝑧𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑧𝑢𝑘𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑠 (6𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝐶𝐸), 𝐺𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜́𝑧𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑧 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑 "𝐷𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑙𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑑. 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑙𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐹𝑎𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛" 𝑏𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑠 & 𝐷𝑟. 𝑀𝑎𝑟 𝐺𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑟𝑜-𝑃𝑖𝑐𝑜.

We hope you enjoy reading this issue as much as we do and we are already preparing the next Issue 7!

You can find all the articles and the complete issue on our website: https://www.kleos-bulletin.nl/current-issue/ or on our Academia page: https://www.academia.edu/107522709/Kleos_Amsterdam_Bulletin_of_Ancient_Studies_and_Archaeology

27/09/2023

𝗭𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

For the second time, the Zenobia foundation is encouraging everyone involved in education of Antiquity to submit a plan for a project aiming to make education in Antiquity more inclusive and diverse. Grants will be awarded of up to 500 euros for project resulting in products or studies in all possible ways.

For more information about the grant, see the website of Zenobia: https://www.stichtingzenobia.nl/de-zenobiabeurs-onderwijseditie-2023/

22/09/2023

𝐒𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧

Our upcoming issue includes a paper written by Silvia Berrica a doctor at Alcalá University. Her Thesis with International Mention, "Formación y consolidación del paisaje andalusí (sig. VIII-XI) en la zona centro-occidental de la Marca Media", received the Extraordinary Doctorate Award unanimously from the University of Alcalá, where she also received Outstanding Cum Laude. She specializes in Landscape Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Islamic Archaeology, and Archaeology of Production.

Silvia's paper focuses on the social and religious differences shifts of Visigothic Spain
through the case study of Gózquez. The site is a village built at the end of the 6th
century during the period of territorial reorganisation by the local aristocracy. Nonetheless, during the 8th century there was a progressive Islamisation, which led to new ceramic forms and a change in the funeral rite. Silvia considers that focusing on the Gózquez site and its archaeological materiality, it is possible to reflect on the wider social dynamics and changes occurred between the Visigothic and Islamic periods.

13/09/2023

𝐒𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧

The upcoming issue of Kleos also contains a dialogue paper by Martine Mussies and Dr. Mar Guerrero-Pico.
Martine is a PhD candidate at Maastricht University's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. As an artistic researcher, Martine uses her writing, music and visual work to explore new worlds and ideas. She is fascinated by stories about Alfred the Great, as well as by mermaids and other hybrid creatures from fairy tales, mythology and fantasy literature. Her interests include Asian studies, autism, budo, cyborgs, fanart, languages, neuropsychology, and video games. More @ www.martinemussies.nl

Dr. Mar Guerrero-Pico is Lecturer in Participatory Cultures and Media Literacy in the Department of Communication at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra‐Barcelona (Spain). Her PhD research is focused on the study of fanfiction as a narrative expansion modality in transmedia fictional universes. She has also worked as a research assistant for projects focused on exploring the transmedia skills and informal learning strategies of adolescents. Her research interests include fan cultures, transmedia storytelling, (trans)media education, and television shows.

In this dialogue, Mussies presents an innovative analysis of the representations of archaeological artefacts in modern fanfictions of the English King of Wessex. Mussies – and subsequently Dr. Guerrero-Pico – reflect on the use of this online genre to explore how archaeological narratives are constructed outside academia nowadays.

11/09/2023

𝐒𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧

The upcoming issue includes an article written by Aurora Hamm. Aurora holds a BA degree in political science and history from the University of Bonn and a BA in art history from the University of Vienna. She just finished her Research Master in heritage, memory and archaeology at the University of Amsterdam, where she was able to combine all her research interests. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the European University Institute in Florence and is investigating the use of heritage in EU foreign policy.

Aurora’s article focuses on German and French colonial restitutions, in which restituted objects take on new meaning. In her paper, Aurora argues that the restituted objects are instruments of soft power through public and cultural diplomacy. The (former) coloniser states utilise these objects, with geopolitical considerations in mind, as a means of ‘restarting’ their bilateral relationships and thus obtaining a certain reciprocity from the restitution. The materials act as ambassadors, adding a level of symbolism to their specific materiality. As such, Aurora argues that (former) coloniser states can benefit from their former empires a final time.

10/09/2023

𝐒𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧

Our upcoming issue includes a paper written by Claudia Zancan, a PhD. candidate at the Department of Asian and North African Studies - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Her field of research is Art and Archaeology of Ancient Japan with a focus on the social meaning of decorated tombs in Late Kofun Kyūshū society. She holds a first Ma Degree in Archaeology (Leiden University), and a second Ma Degree in Language and Civilisation of Asia and Mediterranean Africa (Ca’ Foscari University).

The paper sheds new light on the study of the decorated Mezurashizuka tombs (6th century CE) by considering it as a further element born of centuries of relations and interactions between North Kyūshū and the continent, specifically with the Korean Peninsula.

08/09/2023

𝐒𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧
The upcoming issue includes a conference review written by Thomas Hijzen. Thomas Hijzen is in the final stages of the research master in archaeology at Leiden University. His primary interest lies in combining digital techniques with landscape studies to assess archaeological patterns. For his research, he is currently using predictive modelling to analyse the organisation of the rural world in central Italy throughout the Roman Republican and Early Imperial periods.

The review is about the ARCHON Day 2022, held on October 28th 2022 at the State Service for Cultural Heritage in Amersfoort. The conference was centred around the concept of interdisciplinary archaeology. Archaeologists in different stages of their career discussed this theme through poster presentations, workshops and a panel discussion. In his review, Thomas summarises the contents of the conference and he critically reflects on the results it yielded.

07/09/2023

𝐒𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧

The upcoming issue includes a review paper written by Florence Cobben. Florence Cobben is currently finishing her Research Master in Ancient History with a thesis on the nocturnal behaviour of Early Christians. In the meantime, she is working her way through a Master's in Archeology at Leiden University hoping to write her second thesis on the spiritual wellbeing of indigenous cultures in relation to archaeological digs and heritage sites.

This paper summarises the debate on the topic whether Jewish history should mark the events of 70 AD as a “watershed”, and provides further points for consideration and discussion. For example recent works written by modern scholars, including R. Clements, D. Levine, and J. Klawans, all argue that the importance of 70 AD has been a product of either uncritical history-making influenced by ancient interpretations, or anachronistic readings of ancient attitudes. These authors have called for new approaches to the topic, which have already been successfully carried out by academics like A. Cohen.

03/08/2023

𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 ‘𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬’

Between 21-25 August 2023 the summer school ‘Submerged Prehistoric Landscapes’ will take place in Porto Cheli (Greece). The multidisciplinary course, organized by the University of Geneva faculty, is open to Master students, PhD candidates and other researchers. The summer school crosses the boundaries of archaeology and marine geosciences by focusing on past human-environment interactions. Participants will learn about key themes in coastal prehistory and paleoclimatology and familiarize themselves with geophysical and geological methods.
For more information on the deadlines, fees and registration, visit:
https://www.unige.ch/genevasummerschools/programme/courses/submerged-prehistoric-landscapes

25/07/2023

𝟖𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲

The 89th Annual Meeting will be held April 17–April 21, 2024, in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the New Orleans Marriott and the Sheraton New Orleans.

The program is composed of general sessions, symposia, forums, debates, lightning rounds, posters, and workshops. The SAA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of archaeologists of the Americas, and it offers unparalleled networking opportunities in its exhibit hall, excursions, and receptions and career-development opportunities.

The meeting has a wide audience that ranges from anyone who has interest in archaeology to experts in the field. Attendees come from all over the United States and from over 45 countries! With a wide variety of presentations and events, attendees are able to learn something new, meet new contacts, and reconnect with old friends.

For more information on participation and application for the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, please click on the following link:
https://www.saa.org/annual-meeting

21/07/2023

𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬

For the 2024 Annual Meeting, the Program Committee invites proposals for organized sessions and open submissions that address the theme of “𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭,” regarding people, things, and / or ideas. We especially encourage comparative sessions that bring together perspectives from different regions and periods, as well as those that engage with contemporary issues such as climate change, threats to cultural identity and / or heritage, military conflict, disease, and natural disasters.” We also welcome sessions restricted to a specific region or time-period and hope that these will continue to be prominently represented in the meeting program.

The Call for Papers and submission forms are now available. Please note that all colloquia, any joint AIA/SCS sessions, and any open-session submissions needing an early decision to acquire a visa or obtain funding must be submitted by the first deadlines

𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 (𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟕/𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟏 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 $𝟐𝟓 𝐟𝐞𝐞): For workshops, open session paper and posters submissions, and any provisionally accepted colloquia and workshops that are resubmitting. New colloquia submissions for the 2024 meeting are also being accepted.

For more information please head to the site of the Archaeological Institute of America by clicking the following link: https://www.archaeological.org/programs/professionals/annual-meeting/

18/07/2023

𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲

In the Department of History at Ghent University (Belgium), one PhD studentship is available for a period of up to four years as part of a research project in the field of late antique social and political history (A.D. 300-800): “Hierarchy and equality in Late Antiquity. Subverting power relations in the later Roman Empire” (funded by the Research Fund of Ghent University, supervisors: Peter Van Nuffelen and Lieve Van Hoof). The project’s aim is to study how ideas of hierarchy and equality impacted on social relations: in the stratified society of Late Antiquity, how could people of inferior rank challenge their superiors? In this way, the project defies traditional top-down views of the Later Roman empire.

Interested candidates are welcome to request the complete project description from Prof. Peter Van Nuffelen ([email protected])

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲:
Please submit the following materials in a single email to Prof. Van Nuffelen ([email protected]) and Prof. Lieve Van Hoof ([email protected]) before 1 August 2023.
*your CV
*a cover letter/personal statement (max 2 pp.)
*the names of two academic referees
*an extensive writing sample (e.g. a copy of your MA thesis; substantial paper, article, or conference presentation)

Interviews will be conducted on 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟐 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭.

17/07/2023

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫: 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐨 𝐈𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 (𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬)

Hi! My name is Lorenzo and I am a PhD student at Durham University. Before coming to the United Kingdom, I received a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Classics at Pavia University (Italy) and a master’s degree in Humanities at IUSS (Italy). At Durham I am investigating how Empedocles, a pre-socratic philosopher who wrote an hexametric poem in the V century BCE, influenced certain aspects of Latin epic and why his style of poetry had such an impact. This project fits in my general interest for ancient cosmology which has also led me to study other philosophers, such as Parmenides and Xenophanes. I am really excited to join the Kleos editorial board and I am looking forward to reading innovative articles on the ancient world.

10/07/2023

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫: 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐮𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐤 (𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬)

My name is Aron Ouwerkerk. I teach Ancient Greek and Latin at a high school in Utrecht and do part-time work as a proofreader and translator of postclassical Latin texts. I have studied at the Accademia Vivarium Novum (Frascati, Italy) and completed my Bachelor’s in Classics at the University of Amsterdam. After my Bachelor’s, I obtained my Master’s degree in Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies at Utrecht University, specializing in the intellectual history and Neo-Latin literature of the early modern Low Countries. My research is primarily focused on the lives and works of women authors who wrote in Latin. I thoroughly enjoy reading, studying, and writing about the reception of Greco-Roman antiquity in the postclassical world – a fascinating field in which much remains to be explored. I hope that my passion for Classics and Reception Studies will fruitfully contribute to the future work of emerging scholars.

03/07/2023

𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩: 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 – 𝟏𝟐 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

This workshop will introduce students to cross-disciplinary research agendas in archaeology and historical ecology. This workshop will demonstrate to students how their studies in archaeology can have impacts on conservation efforts and historical ecology.

Case studies which encompass a wide geographic and temporal swathe will be presented. The workshop will have research shared which looks thousands of years back as well as research focused on current ecological dilemmas.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: https://www.archonline.nl/july-2023/workshop-multidisciplinary-perspectives-from-archaeology-to-marine-historical-ecology-12-july-2023/