FIR ST CIRCU L A RR hodes, 09 June 2017

Dear col leag ues and friends,

We are pleased to inv ite proposals for papers at the international conferenceR e l ig i o n a n d C u l t i n th e D od e c a n e se d u r i ng t h e � r st m i l l e n n i u m B Cto be held at the Universit y of the Aegean on R hodes in October 2018.

Religion has always been one of the major components of peoples’ l ives, an integral part of social, economic and political contex ts, contributing to the formation of culture and histor y. In order to study and understand the rel igious and cult practices of a particular region, it is necessar y to ex plore their various ex pressions through material culture and w ri�en sources.

�e oldest k now n cult remains in the Dodecanese can be dated to the end of the tenth and early ninth centuries B.C . and throughout the � rst mil lennium B.C . �ese display the ex istence of a v ibrant island societ y w ith various evolv ing cult practices. A s a major stopover on maritime trade routes, the southeastern Aegean was in �uenced by contacts from throughout the Greek world and beyond. � is conference w il l ex plore the archaeolog y and l iterature that testi f y to the development and continuation of cults in the Dodecanese, from the Early Iron Age through to the � rst centur y B.C .

�e conference w ill particularly welcome papers in the follow ing thematic circles:• New archaeological finds on sanctuaries and cult practices in the Dodecanese• Epigraphical and literar y evidence on the religion and cults in the Dodecanese• The context of religion and cult practice in the Dodecanese• Theoretical issues on the relation of archaeolog y, religion and cult

Please complete and return the a�ached participation form by Monday 30th October 2017 to the Colloquium Secretariats at the fol low ing e-mail addresses:gmav roudis@rhodes.aegean.gr and msd150 01@aegean.gr

Noti�cations of acceptance w il l be announced in early Januar y of 2018.A second circular w ith f urther information concerning the conference and a prov isional programme w il l be circulated in Januar y 2018.

�e duration of papers should not exceed 20 minutes.

R e l i g i o n a n d C u l t i n t h e D o d e c a n e s e d u r i n g t h e � r s t m i l l e n n i u m B CR e c e n t d i s c o v e r i e s a n d r e s e a r c h r e s u l t s

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U N I V E R S I T Y O F T H E A E G E A NS C H O O L O F H U M A N I T I E SD E PA R T M E N T O F M E D I T E R � N E A N S T U D I E S

CON FER ENCE L A NGUAGEEnglish

R EGIST�TION �ere is no registration fee. Participants are required to cover their ow n travel and other costs.

ACTS of the Conference�e acts of the Conference w il l be published (fol low ing peer rev iew) in a volume by A rchaeopress Publishing Limited, Ox ford.

CONTACT IN FOR M ATIONGeorgios Mav roudis: gmav roudis@rhodes.aegean.grEirini Sav igkou: msd150 01@aegean.gr

CON FER ENCE W EBSITEto be announced

TH E ORG A N IZING COM M I�EEManolis I . Stefanak is (Universit y of the Aegean)Georgios Mav roudis (Universit y of the Aegean)Fani Seroglou (Ephorate of A ntiquities of the Dodecanese)Paolo Daniele Scir po (National and K apodistrian Universit y of Athens -

Ital ian A rchaeological School at Athens)Nicholas Salmon (Birkbeck College – �e British Museum)Eirini Sav igkou (Universit y of the Aegean)Evangelia Demetriou (Universit y of the Aegean)

R e l i g i o n a n d C u l t i n t h e D o d e c a n e s e d u r i n g t h e � r s t m i l l e n n i u m B CR e c e n t d i s c o v e r i e s a n d r e s e a r c h r e s u l t s

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