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Dumbarton Oaks’ Holy Apostles Symposium

Advanced registration information for the Holy Apostles Symposium is being held on Friday, April 24, 2015 to Sunday, April 26. Please register online by clicking on the following link: http://goo.gl/forms/civwnyBcHO

Space for this event is limited, and registration will be handled on a first come, first served basis. For further information, including preliminary abstracts, please visit the event page or contact Seh Hee Koh, Program Coordinator in Byzantine Studies – Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, at byzantine@doaks.org.

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Culture matérielle et contacts diplomatiques entre l’Occident latin, Byzance et l’Orient islamique (XIe-XVIe s.)

Culture matérielle et contacts diplomatiques entre l’Occident latin, Byzance et l’Orient islamique (XIe-XVIe s.)

Colloque international
27-28 avril 2015
Université de Liège

Seconde rencontre scientifique de l’axe 2 du programme quinquennal (2012-2016) de l’IFAO et de l’équipe Islam médiéval de l’UMR 8167.

Responsables : Denise Aigle (EPHE, UMR 8167), Frédéric Bauden (univ. Liège), Nicolas Drocourt (univ. Nantes, CRHIA) et Stéphane Péquignot (EPHE, équipe SAPRAT)

Pour le programme, cliquez ici.

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Appel à contribution – Second International Post-graduate Conference, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Second International Post-graduate Conference

The Land of Fertility. South-East Mediterranean since the Bronze Age to the Muslim Conquest.
(To be held in the building of the Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków on 12th – 13th June 2015.)

This year we would like to focus on the ancient city, its formation and development. It has been set to focus on the ancient city as a place where people live, as well as the urbanisation processes, relations between urban centres, urban ideology etc.

The presentations will be grouped into several sections according to their focus and should not exceed 20 minutes. The number of active participants is also limited. The conference committee reserves the right to select the contributions to be published in the Conference Proceedings.

Timeline:
Registrations for the conference: by 31st March 2015
Notification of acceptance: by 30th April 2015
Submission of the presentation file (supported by MS Office 2010) for the conference proceedings (required for the participation in the conference): 7th June 2015
Conference 12th – 13th June 2015

Registration:
Active applicants will submit the completed registration form: http://goo.gl/forms/eau6AYJzRC

Language of the conference:
English

Conference fee:
10 €

Other:
The organizers are not able to pay travel or accommodation expenses of the active participants. Nevertheless, we will be happy to provide assistance with accommodation, especially for the foreign participants.

Venue:
Kraków, Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University, 11 Gołęba str., 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Contact: crescent@uj.edu.pl

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Poste de directeur – Musée Bénaki

The Benaki Museum is seeking a dynamic, creative, and experienced Director to replace Professor Angelos Delivorrias.
The new Director will undertake responsibility in coming years for the Benaki Museum, one of the most important museums in Greece.

Requirements 
The prospective candidate should have:
– Significant experience in a museum, educational, or other cultural organization
– Administrative abilities
– A charismatic and outgoing personality and be at ease in interacting with others
– Excellent ability in spoken and written Greek, English, and at least one additional foreign language
– Experience in the evaluation and management of research, EU, and other programs
– A post-graduate degree (preferably, PhD) in a scholarly field relevant to the broader themes encompassed by the Museum’s collections and/or museum operation

Term
Five-year term with the possibility of renewal

Submissions
The curriculum vitae can be accompanied by relevant publications. All documents should be submitted
benakimuseum@egonzender.com

Further information here :http://www.benaki.gr/index.asp?lang=en&id=4050101&sid=257

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From gold to silver in the seventh century

From gold to silver in the seventh century
(workshop, 27-8 March 2015, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP)

It has long been known that the seventh century witnessed fundamental changes in the economic and monetary landscape of northwest Europe. At the heart of this process was the metamorphosis of a system derived from late Roman gold denominations into silver pennies familiar from subsequent centuries. Recent research by archaeologists has reignited discussion of these changes and created challenging questions for the entire subject. A central aim of this workshop is to create a dialogue on these developments between leading specialists from a range of disciplines, including historians and numismatists as well as archaeologists. Through close comparison of evidence from England, the Low Countries and France, we intend to address fundamental questions of chronology and causation in the transformation of seventh-century currency, together with the implications these changes raise for the contemporary archaeological and historical record.

 Speakers include Marion Archibald, Dr Anna Gannon, Prof John Hines, Dr Rory Naismith, Dr Arent Pol, Prof Chris Scull, Dr Gareth Williams and Prof. Barbara Yorke.

Programme

Please contact Dr Rory Naismith (rn242@cam.ac.uk) if you would like to attend. Registration is £10; £7 for students.