Appel à contribution – Colloquium Session for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America

CALL FOR PAPERS

« Interwoven Lives: The Eastern Mediterranean in the 14th–17th Centuries », Proposed Colloquium Session for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Toronto, Ontario, January 5-8, 2017

Organizers: Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos and Rebecca Seifried on behalf of the AIA Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology Interest Group, Deadline for Abstract Submission: March 13, 2016

The Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology Interest Group invites proposals for papers on the topic of « Interwoven Lives: The Eastern Mediterranean in the 14th–17th Centuries » for a colloquium at the next AIA Annual Meeting. The panel will focus on patterns of interaction in a variety of spheres in the Late Medieval and Post-Medieval periods. Of particular interest are papers that address:

  • Exchange (traffic, trade networks, etc.)
  • Cross-cultural interaction and influence
  • Applications of network analysis
  • New fieldwork or new interpretations of data from local contexts
  • Research that brings together different data sources

 The selected proposals will be used to develop a fuller abstract for the colloquium.

If you are interested in submitting a paper for consideration, please email the following information to Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos (lws4n@eservices.virginia.edu) by March 13, 2016:

  • Name, institutional affiliation, and contact information for the author(s)
  • Preferred presentation length (15 or 20 minutes)
  • Paper title
  • Abstract (maximum of 400 words and conforming to the AIA Style Guidelines