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Movement in Ancient Economies: Archaeological Approaches to Distribution
With Keynote Speaker Gil Stein

An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
Sponsored by the University of Michigan Collaborative Archaeology Workgroup

Date: February 15-16, 2013
Where: University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI

Studies of the economy are often divided into three segments:
production, consumption, and
distribution. Of these, distribution is of vital importance for
understanding the social interactions,
economic organization, and political strategies which condition how
and why materials move.
Distribution has at times been discussed monolithically, with
political systems or cultural zones
classified as redistributive or market societies. New models for
detecting and interpreting
distribution in the past have stressed economic diversity and the
coexistence of different
distribution systems for different materials. This conference will
bring together graduate students
and faculty to present some of these new perspectives on distribution
and its role in
understanding economic, political, and social dynamics in the past.

We are calling for papers of 20 minutes in length that deal with the
importance of
distribution to material studies of the past. We hope to receive
papers that address the
following questions with specific case studies: How do we detect
distribution in the material
record? How do distribution systems articulate with existing/emerging
social and political
systems? How do distribution systems change? How variable are
different kinds of economies
(such as market or redistributive)? What is the impact of regional
identity on distribution
networks that cross multiple regions? How can we track intra-site
movement of materials, and
what can these movements tell us about economic, political, and social
organization?

Participants are asked to submit a paper copy (10-12 double-spaced
pages) of their presentation
ten days before the conference to allow panel discussants to prepare
comments (February 5).

Abstracts of no longer than 200 words should be submitted by January 5, 2013.

Please submit abstracts and direct questions to CAW-2012 AT umich.edu.

Although travel stipends will not be available for this conference,
accommodations (with
Michigan archaeology graduate students) for Friday and/or Saturday
night(s) will be arranged
upon request. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided on the day
of the conference.

The Collaborative Archaeology Workgroup (CAW) is a group of graduate
students from several
departments at the University of Michigan (including Anthropology and
Classical Art and
Archaeology) who share an interest in archaeological research, theory,
and methods. We are
dedicated to promoting interdisciplinary research and facilitating the
exchange of information
among all students interested in studying the past through
archaeological techniques.

The conference is co-sponsored by the Rackham Graduate School,
International Institute,
Museum of Anthropology, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, and
Interdepartmental Program in
Classical Art and Archaeology.

King’s College London Classics Postgraduate Conference:

Identity and Representation in Antiquity

14 June 2013, London

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Irene Polinskaya (KCL)

Abstract Submission Deadline: 28 March 2013

The Classics Department of King’s College London is delighted to announce the second Postgraduate Conference on Identity and Representation in Antiquity. The conference will take place on Friday 14 June, 2013 at Strand campus, KCL.

Graduate students at all levels of study are invited to present working research on identity or representation within the classical or the late antique world. This might involve a variety of different conceptualizations of identity and representation–including, but not restricted to, personal, imperial, social, collective, or religious. The organisers are happy to receive abstracts on relevant topics from reception studies.

The following head topics from the last conference may be developed further, while new topics are also welcome:

1. Epigraphic and Literary Representations in the Ancient World

2. Aspects of Greek Civic and Religious Identity

3. Syncretisms and Projections of Identity and Culture from the Hellenistic period to the Imperial Age

4. Augustus as Restorer and Preserver of Roman Religion: Topography, Numismatics, and Poetry

5. Religious Identity and Secular Power in Late Antiquity

By gathering together postgraduates at all stages of research and across a wide purview of historical context, the organisers hope to stimulate productive dialogue and to gain for all participants a more nuanced perspective on the importance of identity and representation in the ancient world.

An email regarding registration will be sent out with a program at a later date.

Presentations are limited to twenty minutes in length. Abstracts of about 250 words should be submitted by e-mail: kclclassics AT gmail.com

Members of the Organising Committee: Thomas Coward, Yukiko Kawamoto, Sangduk Lee, Aikaterini-Iliana Rassia