Sponsored by Brown University's Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology

Friday, March 15, 2013 - 5:30pm - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - 5:00pm

Location:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology
Rhode Island Hall, 60 George St., Room 108
Providence, RI 02912
United States

A two-day conference that considers some of the big questions currently confronting archaeological research in Greece, and aims to discuss potential ways forward.

Friday, 15 March 2013
5:30 pm Keynote lecture:
Vassilis Aravantinos (Honorary Director of Antiquities, Thebes)

Saturday, 16 March 2013
9:00 am: Session I: Archaeologies of the Greek Past
Speakers:
Bryan Burns (Wellesley College): Bronze Age
Anthony M. Snodgrass (University of Cambridge): Iron Age
Kathleen Lynch (University of Cincinnati): Classical
Stavros Vlizos (Benaki Museum): Roman
William Caraher (University of North Dakota): Byzantine

2:00 pm: Session II: Current Archaeologies in Greece
Speakers:
Sarah Morris (UCLA): Greek archaeology across disciplines
Sturt Manning (Cornell University): Climate, environment, chronology
Michael MacKinnon (University of Winnipeg): Animals and bones
Yannis Hamilakis (University of Southampton): Heritage and politics
Jack Davis (University of Cincinnati): Curation

4:00 pm: Group discussion, with summary and reflections by Susan E. Alcock and John F. Cherry (Brown University)

Full schedule and additional information at http://proteus.brown.edu/stateofthefield2013

This conference is free and open to the public.

Website: http://proteus.brown.edu/stateofthefield2013

Contact:
Joukowsky Institute
joukowsky_institute@brown.edu
(401) 863-3188