Corinthian Matters

Category: Conferences and Presentations

  • Corinthian Matters at the Archaeological Institute of America 2016

    I was not able to physically attend the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Society for Classical Studies late last week in San Francisco, but I did get to co-author with Bill Caraher a paper on the abandoned village of Lakka Skoutara for a colloquium on abandoned villages (more on that tomorrow). Bill…

  • “Bridge of the Untiring Sea”: Contents

    Working through page proofs today for my contribution to the forthcoming Isthmus collection. I have transcribed below the table of contents for the volume, which highlights a chronological arrangement: two essays on the Bronze Age, about 7 essays on the archaic to Hellenistic sanctuary, and 7 essays on the Roman and late Antique Isthmus. Some…

  • Conference on Ancient Arcadia

    About all I’ve had to do this semester with Corinthian Matters is post a series of conference proposals. Here’s one related to a conference on ancient Arcadia: February 11th‒12th, 2016 International Symposion Arkadien im Altertum – Geschichte und Kultur einer antiken Gebirgslandschaft Ancient Arcadia ‒ History and Culture of a Mountainous Region After five years…

  • Deserted Villages Session: AIA 2016

    Another interesting conference session is in the works—this one for the 2016 meetings of the Archaeological Institute of America on the theme of “Deserted Villages.” I had never seen as much talk on FB about “abandonment” and “formation processes” as the day last summer when friends began to bandy about this session idea. Proposed Colloquium Session for…

  • The Future of Ancient History: Teaching the Past in the Modern Curriculum

    Just got this circular via the listserve of the Association of Ancient Historians. Looks like an interesting session in the works for the 2016 meeting of the Society for Classical Studies in San Francisco. I don’t really know that history enrollments have declined overall in a macro sense (we’ve discussed this at length in my…

  • Corinthiaka at the AIA Meeting: New Orleans, January 2015

    One of the small benefits of not attending the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America next month is that I will not have to spend Christmas break frantically working on a paper that I was unable to complete during a busy semester. On the other hand, New Orleans in January should be fantastic,…

  • Society of Biblical Literature Conference, San Diego, 2014

    I have always been impressed with the enormous output of scholarship directed to understanding biblical literature and backgrounds. In past years, I’ve posted paper titles or abstracts for presentations at the annual and international meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature: Baltimore 2013, Chicago 2012, London 2011, and Atlanta 2010. As Thanksgiving week has just…

  • The American School of Classical Studies: Recent Archaeological Work

    Let’s face it. Excavation is pretty boring. Hours of tedium, careful digging, and extensive notetaking with occasional glorious bursts of finds and findings (and often: nothing or very little at all). I admit that I still like the process of excavation and get enthusiastic about the prospects of discoveries that change the way we think…

  • Call for Papers: Byzantine Maritime Technology and Trade

    I was happy to see that the Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology Interest Group of the Archaeological Institute of America is (co-)sponsoring another session for next year’s annual meeting in New Orleans. Here are the details for submission. *********************************************************************** Proposed Colloquium Session for the 2015 AIA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Jan. 8-11, 2015 Sponsored by: AIA…

  • Published Proceedings of Corinth Conference held in Urbino, Italy, 2009

    Big conferences seem to be the new thing in Corinthian studies. Gather a gaggle of scholars to hash out the complexity of ancient Corinth. In the last fifteen years, the recent flurry of conferences on the Corinthia have slowly been making their way to publication. In December, someone kindly posted in the comments field of…