Congratulations ....

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Congratulations ....
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N. Kontogiannis (from the Dumbarton Oaks website)
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...to Professor Nikos Kontogiannis, who will become the next Director of Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks (Washington D.C.).

Nikos has been a very active member of the POMEDOR network, we are looking forward to his leadership at DO and to further collaborations!

The exhibition "L'art et la matière. Céramiques antiques et contemporaines"...

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The exhibition "L'art et la matière. Céramiques antiques et contemporaines"...
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A replica of this "Digenis Akritas" (?) found in Thebes (Greece), manufactured by potter J.-J. Dubernard,
is on display in the exhibition (photo S.Y. Waksman).
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Musée gallo-romain
RD 502

Saint Romain en Gal

France

See map: Google Maps

FR

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... shows, among other artifacts, some of the replicas of Byzantine pottery manufactured by the potter Jean-Jacques Dubernard for the POMEDOR project (see the photos of the POMEDOR conference dinner).
It should be visible, Covid forbids, at the Gallo-Roman Museum of Saint-Romain-en-Gal (France) until 15th August 2021.

Visit the virtual exhibition

A research stay in Lyon...

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A research stay in Lyon...
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Start date and time
Thursday, 1 April 2021
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... for I. Teslenko in the framework of the "PAUSE" program, starting 1rst April 2021.
Iryna Teslenko will be hosted by the "Archaeology & Archaeometry" laboratory in Lyon (CNRS UMR5138) during 6 months to carry out her research project "Northern Black Sea from Late Byzantine till Ottoman times: Transformation of Material Culture in a Changing World".

Information on the PAUSE program

I. Teslenko's Academia webpage

Glazed Wares as Cultural Agents in the Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman Lands

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This volume collects research presented at the Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) 2018 international annual symposium. It brings together researchers engaged in the study of the decoration and technology of glazed pottery, ranging from the early Byzantine era to the end of the Ottoman period.

Cultural Encounters in Anatolia in the Medieval Period : Crusaders in Anatolia Symposium - 27-28 May 2021, online

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Start date and time
Thursday, 27 May 2021
End date and time
Friday, 28 May 2021

Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research Center (VEKAM) is a Research Center of Koç University that supports academic research on Ankara and its environs (vekam.ku.edu.tr). VEKAM maintains an extensive library and archive that specializes in the history and culture of Ankara, the capital of Modern Turkey.

Conference "Chalcis, un hub maritime médiéval en Égée"

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Conference "Chalcis, un hub maritime médiéval en Égée"
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Map of Chalcis (Negroponte), Viaggio da Venetia a Constantinopoli per Mare (Giacomo Franco 1597, © Wikimedia Commons),
and examples of Chalcis ceramic kept at the Cité de la Céramique, Sèvres (© S.Y. Waksman)
Start date and time
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 - 6:00pm
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The series of conferences "Jean Pouilloux" organized by the "Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée" (Lyon, France) present results of academic research to a wide audience.

The conference of March 17th 2021, "Chalcis, un hub maritime médiéval en Égée", is proposed by Yona Waksman.

It will be in French and accessible by zoom. Registration is free and mandatory.

Register

Abstract and further information on the Jean Pouilloux conferences

Watch the conference on YouTube

Ceramics from Islamic Lands - 19-23 July 2021, online

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Start date and time
Monday, 19 July 2021
End date and time
Friday, 23 July 2021

The international conference "Ceramics from Islamic Lands" (initially planned 3-5 December 2020) is organised at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, by Mariam Rosser-Owen (V&A) and Leslee Michelsen (Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art).

The Culinary Recipe from the XIIth to the XVIIth centuries (Europe, Islam, Far East) - online

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Start date and time
17 May 2021
End date and time
Saturday, 29 May 2021

The online symposium “The Culinary Recipe from the XIIth to the XVIIth centuries (Europe, Islam, Far East)” will be held from 17th to 29th May 2021. This is both the conclusive conference of the international research program CoReMA (Cookery Recipes of the Middle Ages: Corpus, analysis, visualisation) and the first act of the Micrologus Conference supported by UAI and POLEN laboratory “Between workshop and court: The recipe from the XIIth to the XVIIth centuries (Europe, Islam, Far East)”. The second act of the Micrologus conference will be held in 2022. 

BECAP 20 – Pots in context: Vessels’ use, function, and consumption, research strategies and methodology - online ywaksman
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Start date and time
1 February 2021
End date and time
Tuesday, 2 February 2021

Belgrade Conference on Archaeological Pottery (BECAP) is an international biennial conference aiming at gathering specialists from the field of pottery studies.

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