Parallel Lives: Ancient Island Societies in Crete and Cyprus (Cyprus)
Invitation to attendPARALLEL LIVES
ANCIENT ISLAND SOCIETIES IN CRETE AND CYPRUS
An International Conference
Organised by
The University of Cyprus, the University of Crete and the British School at Athens.
The Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus invites colleagues, students and all interested members of the general public to attend the conference
Parallel Lives: Ancient Island Societies in Crete and Cyprus
Dates: Thursday, 30 November - Saturday, 2 December 2006
Venue: University of Cyprus Conference Hall,
75 Kallipoleos Avenue, Nicosia
The Conference will examine, compare and attempt to interpret diachronically the environments, cultures, developments, continuities and changes of the societies of the two large islands of the East Mediterranean in the Bronze Age and Iron Age, down to the time of their polities' loss of independence to the Ptolemies or the Romans. The conference is organised in "paired" sessions around key diachronic themes.
Programme and abstracts have been posted at http://noticeboard.ucy.ac.cy/ema/. For further information please email to the secretariat: marias@ucy.ac.cy. There are no registration fees.
Scientific Committee:
Gerald Cadogan, Chair (former BSA Chairman), Maria Iacovou (Associate Professor, University of Cyprus), Katerina Kopaka (Associate Professor, University of Crete) and James Whitley (BSA Director).
Organising Committee, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus:
Demetrios Michaelides, Director of the Archaeological Research Unit (Professor), Maria Iacovou (Associate Professor), Vasiliki Kassianidou (Assistant Professor), Ourania Kouka (Lecturer) and Giorgos Papasavvas (Assistant Professor).
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