[Archport] Unguentarium symposium in Izmir, Turkey in May 2018

[José d'Encarnação <jde@fl.uc.pt>]

Dear Colleague,

 

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.

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 February 1, 2018. Our e-mail address are: gulserenkan@hotmail.com  or terracottas@deu.edu.tr

We kindly request 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 it 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!

 

Best wishes from Izmir,

 

Dr Gulseren Kan Sahin

 

Please add us for more updates on this symposium:

 

https://independent.academia.edu/TheLydiaSymposium

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/The_Lydia_Symposium

 

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:

Your Academia and/or Researchgate account’s address:

Are you planning to join to the post-symposium excursion to Lesbos, Greece?:

Any special requests:

Title of your lecture:

Your abstract:

N.B.: An illustration can be included; it should be sent by e-mail to

gulserenkan@hotmail.com  or terracottas@deu.edu.tr

 

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