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Every two years the IARPotHP holds a major conference giving space for scientific dialogue and the Association’s General Assemblies. From 2011 to 2023 six conferences have been organized. The volumes with the proceedings of the first four conferences are already published by Phoibos Verlag. Please make your order directly to the publisher.
For information about the upcoming seventh conference in Brussels please scroll down.
SECOND CONFERENCE of IARPotHP (IARPotHP 2):
Lyon 2015, November 5th – 8th
The fifth conference of IARPotHP (IARPotHP 5) took place in Sevilla in 2021, June 22nd–25th and was held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The subject of the conference was:
FROM EAST TO WEST AND BACK AGAIN:
SOCIETIES, ECONOMIES AND CERAMICS IN THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
The main goal of the conference was to bring together researchers working all around the Mediterranean and adjacent areas in order to discuss the development of East-West connections in the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods.
The topics of the Conference were:
– Long-distance Trade Networks and Local Markets
– The Attic Legacy: Regional Development of Fine Ware Production
– Amphorae, Stamps, Tituli Picti and Graffiti: from Kiln Sites to Marketplaces
– Cuisine, Kitchens and Cooking Wares
– “Romanizing” the “Hellenized” Mediterranean? Evidence for Changing Tastes in the Late Hellenistic Period.
For the programm of IARPotHP 5, click here.
The proceedings of IARPotHP5 have been peer-reviewed and their publication is in preparation.
The sixth conference of IARPotHP (IARPotHP 6) took place in Catania and Syracuse in 2023, October 9th-12th. The subject of the conference was:
NEW THEORIES AND METHODS FOR OLD POTTERY:
INNOVATING PERSPECTIVES ON HELLENISTIC CERAMICS
The aim of the 6th IARPotHP conference was to present the most up-to-date interpretative approaches to the study of the complex phenomena linked to the production of everyday artefacts used in Hellenistic times; to disassociate the study of these productions from the traditional practice of merely cataloguing items and to articulate, instead, clearer and more satisfying answers to the questions archaeologists nowadays pose to objects of material culture.
The topics of the Conference were:
1. Theoretical approaches and study methods in current research and studies on Hellenistic pottery
2. From Sicily to broader Mediterranean: interpretative approaches to ceramic assemblages
3. Relationships between production centers in the Mediterranean basin: convergences and divergences
4. Using archaeometry to address historical questions starting from historical question
For the programm of IARPotHP 6, click here.
The submitted articles are in the editing process for the publication of the proceedings.
The seventh conference of IARPotHP (IARPotHP 7) will take place early October 2025 in Brussels under the title:
HELLENISTIC POTTERY IN CONTEXT:
A WORLD OF DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS
BETWEEN PEOPLE AND POTTERY
The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers working all around the Mediterranean and adjacent areas in order to discuss the “contexts” of pottery in the Hellenistic period. Through their rigorous examination we hope to shed light to the particularly complex and ever-evolving cultural reality/identities in the globalized world of the period.
Topics of the conference:
- Production contexts
- Contexts of use
- Regional interactions and identities
- Ceramic and scientific intersections in a digital era
We also strongly encourage participants to propose panels, which could investigate a topic of their preference in a more detailed and thorough manner. Depending on the total number of presenters, participants in a panel may not be able to present a paper in any of the other sessions too.
If you wish to present a short paper or a poster, or organize a panel at the conference, a registration form will be soon available here.
The languages of the conference are English, French, German, and Italian. English is the only accepted language for abstracts, as well as for the captions in Power Points.
The conference fee for non-IARPotHP members will be 60€ due March 31st, 2025. For later payments, the conference fee will be raised to 80€.
The members of IARPotHP should have paid their membership fee until March 31st in order to register for free. For questions on this matter please contact the treasurer: treasurer@iarpothp.org