Job Announcements

 

NEW ASSOCIATE EDITOR, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY

The editors of the American Journal of Archaeology are pleased to announce the appointment of Marni L. Blake as Associate Editor. Marni earned a B.A. at Carnegie Mellon in Profession Writing, a M.A. at Boston University in Archaeological Heritage Management, and is currently working on her Ph.D. at BU in South Asian Archaeology. Marni comes to the AJA from the Journal of Field Archaeology at BU, where she held the JFA Fellowship from 1997-1999. At JFA Marni participated in all phases of journal production, from initial evaluation and review, through copyediting and in-house typesetting. We are happy to welcome Marni to the AJA and feel that her academic and professional training make her a valuable addition to our editorial staff.

Conferences and Calls for Papers

 

ITALY AND CYPRUS IN ANTIQUITY

Scholars of various disciplines have long felt the desirability of holding a conference which would focus directly on the relationship between Italy and Cyprus in antiquity, from the Bronze Age all the way down to the period of Greek colonization in Italy and the West and the beginning of the historical period in the western Mediterranean. The opportunity which now presents itself of holding such a conference in New York City, under the auspices of the Italian Academy at Columbia University, will benefit from the opening of the new galleries of Cypriot art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, prepared with the assistance of Vassos Karageorgis, Former Director of Antiquities, Cyprus.

The idea for the meeting we are proposing was first conceived by the organizers, Larissa Bonfante and Vassos Karageorgis, with the intention of studying the many diverse, often surprising relationships and comparisons between Cyprus and Etruria, noted in the field of religion, dress, coinage, and art. It soon became clear, however, that this was too narrow a focus, and that the study had to be taken back to a much earlier period, to the Bronze Age, when these central areas of the Mediterranean were joined by trade and other contacts. Though scholars have studied various aspects of the relationship between Phoenicians and the west, there has not yet been an attempt to focus directly on the many different contacts and connections specifically between Cyprus and Italy at various periods of prehistory, leading up to and including the historical, extraordinarily fertile Orientalizing period. We have accordingly divided the conference into an earlier and a later period, and have scheduled talks from a variety of disciplines and points of view: nautical archaeology, pottery studies, metallurgy, numismatics, art history. The contributors are actively involved in research in their respective areas of expertise, so that the contributions will present a good deal of new material. We are planning to publish the results of the conference in order to make them available to a wider audience of students, archaeologists, and historians, as well as other interested scholars, who will carry the research further. The conference will allow scholars of various disciplines, geographical areas and chronological periods to come together to discuss problematic areas where intriguing relationships between Italy and Cyprus have been noted. We do not know the answer to many of the questions that will be asked. New questions will surely come up, as well as some answers to old questions. The appeal of the conference lies in the fact that we will be presenting problems and discussing related questions as well as possible answers with our colleagues in order to learn from each other and to move ahead into a new period of research in this central area of ancient studies.

Please RSVP to guarantee seating.
Phone: (212) 854-4437
Fax: (212) 854-8479
Email: itacademy@columbia.edu
Web: www.italianacademy.columbia.edu/lectures/cyprus

Fellowships, Scholarships, and Grants

 

IREX 1999-2000 SHORT TERM TRAVEL GRANTS FOR US SCHOLARS

Grants for scholarly projects focusing on Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Support is available for visits of up to two months for individuals who do not require administrative support from IREX (International Research & Exchanges Board). These projects must demonstrate academic merit and relevance and contribute to the body of knowledge on these regions through the dissemination of research results. Deadlines for applications are February 1 and June 1, 2000.

Eligibility requirements vary by program. Please contact IREX for applications and further information on these and other programs. Application forms can also be downloaded directly from the IREX web site at wwwirex.org.

Funding for grants is provided by the United States Department of State (Title VIII Program and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs), the Carnegie Foundation of New York, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and The Henry Luce Foundation. All Programs are subject to availability of funds.

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