CALL. 01.01.2021: Engraved gems in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea area - Online

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FECHA LÍMITE/DEADLINE/SCADENZA: 01/01/2021

FECHA CONGRESO/CONGRESS DATE/DATA CONGRESSO: 13-14/05/2021

LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Online (Zoom)

ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Dokuz Eylül University (Izmir).

INFO: terracottas@deu.edu.tr - gul1988kaynakci@gmail.com

CALL: Call for papers online

In this online conference we only focus on Greek, Roman and Byzantine engraved gems from the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea area between c. early sixth century B.C. and early seventh century A.D., and attempt to set out a comprehensive model for the study of engraved gems, including their definition, typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics and distribution patterns in the whole eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea geographies. It is also our intention to create a complete bibliography of previous publications on engraved gems.

We warmly invite contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines related to these objects. Intended to bring together scholars of Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology to discuss a range of issues concerning these instruments’ characteristics, this electronic conference should be an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this material. The following theme groups are the main questions of this online conference which are prescriptive:

- Engraved gems from archaeological field projects, museums and private collections,

- Ancient Greek and Latin textual sources on engraved gems,

- Evolution of engraved gems in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea area during the Archaic, Classical,

Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,

- Similar instrumenta in the ancient Near East and their relations to ancient Graeco-Roman gems,

- What ancient Greeks and Romans thought about afterlife? Engraved gems in funerary and votive contexts,

- Domestic and commercial use of engraved gems,

- Magical gems,

- Related instrumenta to engraved gems in the regards of their function,

- Decoration, iconography and epigraphy at engraved gems in Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods,

- Major production centers of engraved gems in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea,

- Signatures at engraved gems,

- Byzantine engraved gems in religious contexts,

- Miscellanea.

On these themes and questions, all disciplines, approaches and methods susceptible to bring some progress to our current knowledge are of course welcome: classical archaeology, Byzantine archaeology, gemology, mineralogy, archaeometry, petrography, history of art, ancient history, sigillography, glyptics and cultural anthropology etc. Gemological, mineralogical and archaeometric papers related to engraved gem research are most welcome. English is the official language of the e-conference. Your lecture will be recorded during the conference and this record will be displayed in Youtube after. The e-conference is free of charge. We would be delighted, if you could consider contributing to our e-conference and contact us with the required information below before January 1, 2021. Our e-mail addresses are: terracottas@deu.edu.tr or gul1988kaynakci@gmail.com

We would be thankful, if you send us your abstract and required information only in word doc. For all your queries concerning the e-conference our phone number is: +90.539.511 74 08. The organizers seek to widen participation at this e-conference, and would like to encourage colleagues from all parts of the world to attend. The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community who would be interested in participating at this e-conference, either by forwarding our e-mail through Facebook or other similar social media, or by printing this circular or our poster and displaying it in your institution. We hope that you will be able to join us on Zoom, and look forward to seeing you in May!

Required information for the participation to the e-conference

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:

Any special requests:

Title of your lecture:

Would you agree that your lecture will be recorded during the e-conference which will be displayed in

Youtube later?:

Your abstract:

N.B.: An illustration can be included; it should be sent by e-mail to terracottas@deu.edu.tr or

gul1988kaynakci@gmail.com