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Call for Papers: The Aegean Bronze Age from the “other’s” perspective

Colloquium for Archaeological Institute of America annual meeting 2012, to be held in Philadelphia, PA 5th-8th January 2012.

It is a truism to point out that archaeological and historical narratives privilege men as the prime actors involved in historical developments or simply as the default gender. This trend is compounded in the prehistoric periods. The total or relative lack of literary sources widens the gaps of our knowledge about society in the past and encourages generalizations and gender vagueness. This colloquium wishes to shift the focus onto women in the Aegean and investigate the role and contribution of women not only in the everyday life of Aegean communities, but also their direct or indirect participation in articulating social networks and structures and in affecting long term history processes.

Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words for 15 or 20 minute papers to Evi Gorogianni (eg20 AT uakron.edu) and Joanne Cutler (jo_cutler AT hotmail.com) before March 5th, 2011. You may direct questions to Evi Gorogianni (eg20 AT uakron.edu). Presenters should be prepared to attend the 2012 meetings and cover their expenses.