Corinthian Matters

A Resource for the Study of the Corinthia, Greece

  • Coming Soon: Rural Lives and Landscapes in Late Byzantium (Gerstel)

    Landscape approaches to the Byzantine world are still uncommon these days despite the increasing integration of regional approaches into ancient and medieval studies generally. It is gratifying, then, to see that another work dedicated to the subject of Byzantine landscapes will be out in print this month. Sharon Gerstel’s book looks delightful  in its combination…

  • More (Corinthian) Perspective on the Greek Crisis

    Corinthian Matters | A Resource for the Study of the Corinthia, Greece<!– More local perspective from the Corinthia. This piece in today’s issue of The Irish Times considers the effects of the current uncertainties about the currency and economy on one of the farmers’ markets in New Corinth. The amount of produce left on her stall by midday meant…

  • Review: Litfin’s Paul’s Theology of Preaching

    Phillip Long who blogs at Reading Acts has posted a longish review of Duane Litfin’s Paul’s Theology of Preaching: The Apostle’s Challenge to the Art of Persuasion in Ancient Corinth. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2015. First, the abstract for the book from the publisher’s page: “We preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and…

  • Thirty New Roman Sites on the Corinthian Isthmus

    I recently finished editing proofs of a chapter for the forthcoming book, “The Bridge of the Untiring Sea”: The Corinthian Isthmus from Prehistory to Late Antiquity”. The piece, which grew out of a paper I delivered in Athens in 2007, offers a new synthesis of settlement patterns on the Isthmus during the Early Roman (44…

  • Travels among the New Greek Ruins

    In the lead-up to the Greek referendum on Sunday, Corinth made a solid showing in news articles, blogs, and commentary. The Guardian called the Corinthia a weather vane of Greek politics and a predictor for the outcome of the referendum, and archaeologist Stephen Miller suggested polling the customers of a local bar in Nemea to…

  • American School of Classical Studies Concludes 2015 Season

    The American School of Classical Studies Excavations at Corinth announced on Friday the conclusion to their 2015 season which focused this season on continuing excavation in the Frankish quarters, conservation of the Good Luck mosaic, excavation in the area of South Stoa, 3D scans of the Fountain of Peirene, among others. Here’s the news release…

  • “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…

  • “The Bridge of the Untiring Sea”. A New Book about the Isthmus

    The closest I came to the Corinthia this year was a flight over the Isthmus en route to JFK from Athens. A very busy spring semester led directly to a productive field and museum season of the Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project in May-early June. Now that I’m back in the US and the summer stretches before…

  • 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…

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