INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
“Interpreting identities in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea”
The postgraduate students of the MA in the Classical Archaeology and the Ancient History of Macedonia at the International Hellenic University are organizing the International Conference entitled “Interpreting identities in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea”. The conference will be held on 2-4 April 2020 at the International Hellenic University in Thermi, Thessaloniki.
The subject of the conference focuses on the different perspectives of outlining, capturing and interpreting identities from Prehistory to Late Byzantine Era, through
the disciplines of History, Archaeology and other relevant fields such as Social
Anthropology. The aim is to encourage young researchers to participate in the
conference by presenting topics related to their interests and to engage in a lively and
productive scholarly discourse.
Specific but not exclusive themes of interest include the following:
 The perception of identities in the ancient literary sources
 Detecting identities through the archaeological evidence
 Social and political parameter of identities
 Economy – Ancient Numismatics – Trade
 Burial customs
 Religion and Cults
*Topics can be enhanced or modified accordingly with the submitted proposals The conference welcomes submissions by post-graduate (Master's) students or people
who hold a post-graduate degree from Greece and abroad. Papers should not exceed
20 minutes and can be presented either in Greek or English.
Participation
Those who are interested in participating should kindly send the following:
 The title and an abstract of around 200 words along with 5 keywords
 Name and Surname
 Academic affiliation
 University
 Contact information
Paper proposals should be submitted by 15 September 2019 via e-mail to
ihu.conference@gmail.com. For any additional information please contact the above
e-mail address.
Organizing Committee:
Maria Antoniadou
Christiana Chantavaridou
Styliani Lamptsidou
Argyro - Zoe Pissa
Vasiliki Spathopoulou
Anastasios Stoidis
Elpiniki Vasilopoulou