Programme

Introductions
9.00-9.10 Prof. Demetrios Michaelides (Director, Archaeological Research Unit)
9.10-9.20 Dr Maria Hadjicosti, Director (Departmenat of Antiquities, Cyprus)
9.20-9.30 Mrs Lefki Michaelides (Director, The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation)

EARLY MORNING SESSION CHAIR: Prof. Maria Iacovou

9.30-9.55 Prof. Vassos Karageorghis (Director, The A.G. Leventis Foundation), ‘Nicolas Coldstream: The Man, the Scholar’

9.55-10.20 Dr Despo Pilides (Curator of Antiquities, Department of Antiquities, Cyprus), ‘John Nicolas Coldstream: A personal appreciation of his legacy’

10.20-10.45 Prof. Nota Kourou (University of Athens), ‘Phoenicia, Cyprus and the Aegean in the Early Iron Age: J.N. Coldstream’s strolls and legacy’

COFFEE BREAK: 10.45-11.15

LATE MORNING SESSION CHAIR: Dr Robert Merrillees

11.15-11.40 Prof. Alexander Mazarakis-Ainian (University of Thessaly), ‘Euboean mobility in the Aegean and beyond during the Early Iron Age: some thoughts’

11.40-12.05 Dr Antonia Livieratou (Museum of Thebes, 9th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities), ‘East Phokis and Lokris in the light of interregional contacts across the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean during the transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age’

12.05-12.30 Dr Antonis Kotsonas (Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Amsterdam), ‘Nicolas Coldstream: an update on his work on Crete and Cyprus in the Early Iron Age’

12.30-12.55 Assistant Prof. Giorgos Papasavvas (University of Cyprus), ‘Cretan bronze stands of Cypriot types from sanctuaries and cemeteries’

12.55-13.20 Associate Prof. Vasiliki Kassianidou (University of Cyprus), ‘Metals for Iron Age Cyprus’

LUNCH BREAK: 13.20-14.30

EARLY AFTERNOON SESSION CHAIR: Prof. Demetrios Michaelides

14.30 -14.55: Prof. Maria Iacovou (University of Cyprus), ‘Setting the stage for an economically successful Early Iron Age: The view from the 12th century harbour towns of Cyprus’

14.55-15.20 Dr Anna Satraki (University of Cyprus), ‘“Light from the Greek Dark Age on Cyprus”: Cypriot polities in the Early Iron Age’

15.20-15.45 Anna Georgiadou (PhD candidate, Université de Provence – Université d´Athènes), ‘L’atelier de la production céramique du Chypro-Géométrique I à Kition’

TEA BREAK: 15.45-16.15

LATE AFTERNOON SESSION CHAIR: Nadia Charalambidou

16.15-16.40 Dr Giorgos Papantoniou (Post-Doctoral Researcher, Trinity College, Dublin), ‘Cypriot Sanctuaries and Religion in the Early Iron Age’

16.40-17.05 Dr Manos Mikrakis (Department of Antiquities, Cyprus), ‘“The Originality of Ancient Cypriot Art” and the individuality of performing practices in Early Iron Age Cyprus’

17.05-17.30: Prof. Ιrene Lemos (The University of Oxford), ‘After Nicolas what? The future of Iron Age studies in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean’

Information:
Irida Chrysafi, Secretary of the Archaeological Research Unit
Tel. 00357 22893560
Email: {encode=”chrysafi.irida@ucy.ac.cy” title=”chrysafi.irida@ucy.ac.cy”}