@artemis-p.bsky.social
Ottoman & Mediterranean history / History of archaeology Marie Sklodowska Curie Global Fellow; Research project: Modern Mediterranean Archaeological Regimes in a Global Context (MMARe) Co-editor: Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
Friends in Athens! Lecture: "Archaeology and Photography in Alexandria, Egypt: A Journey Through Time and Technology " by Thomas Faucher (@cnrs.fr & @efathenes.bsky.social) @Greek_Library, March 2
More info: www.efa.gr/events/archa...
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Friends in London, this conference starts tomorrow!
"The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum - Past and Futures" @britishmuseum.bsky.social & @sas-news.bsky.social
More info: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Discussion: "Archaeology, Museums, and Photography in the Late Ottoman Empire: Osman Hamdi Bey and Theodore Macridy Bey"
Bahattin Öztuncay & George Manginis
Moderator: Anne McCabe
2 March 2026, 19:00 @TheBenakiMuseum
www.acg.edu/events/muhab...
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CfA: Session 2A, “Digging into the archives: new perspectives on documentary legacies in the history of archaeology,” @UISPP Int'l Congress, Poznań, Poland, 31 Aug to 4 Sep 2026. I won't make it but maybe you can...
Submission deadline: 28 Feb
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Invitation with more information, including the abstract, for Alessia Zambon's talk.
Alessia Zambon, “Ten Feet Under”: Western Travellers and the Excavation of Early 19th-Century Athens @ The Center for the Ancient Mediterranean, Columbia U, & online, 27 Feb. 2026, 11:00 AM (ET)
forms.gle/2AEXzD9yifkN...
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Final days to apply! “ITINÉRANCES: la circulation des traces matérielles du passé de l'Antiquité à nos jours” @efathenes.bsky.social organised by @angelosd.bsky.social @cnrs.fr (11-15 May 2026)
More info: tinyurl.com/4udpthj9
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Sketch of antiquities discovered at Ottoman Ashkelon (from the announcement website)
Hybrid talk! Edhem Eldem, "How Local Can You Really Go? Archaeology In The Ottoman Lands In The Long Nineteenth Century," Columbia Center for Archaeology, 13 Feb. 2026 at 4.30pm (NY time)
archaeology.columbia.edu
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Few tickets left! Alessia Zambon in conversation with Edhem Eldem on “Western Travelers & Ancient Monuments in Ottoman Greece” @italianacademy.bsky.social (17 Feb. 2026, 4PM)
italianacademy.columbia.edu/events/weste...
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The cover page of Professor Rojas's book in Turkish translation.
Brown Üniversitesi Profesörü Felipe Rojas’ın "Roma Döneminde Anadolu’nun Farklı Geçmişleri" adlı kitabı Türkçe olarak kitapçılarda!
Felipe Rojas’s book "The Pasts of Roman Anatolia” now available in Turkish!
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The cover page of the book "The Multiple Antiquities of Greek Modernity"
Hot off the press! “The Multiple Antiquities of Greek Modernity;” C. Avlami & M. Konaris (eds.)
... explores the multiple perceptions of Hellenic antiquity in modern Greece
editions.efa.gr?kroute=publi...
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Photos getting digitised @skillitercentre.bsky.social & @newnhamcollege.bsky.social (U of Cambridge), bringing to light aspects of life in Republican Türkiye with an archaeological twist. Looking forward!
newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news...
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A @brismes.bsky.social online webinar on “What’s in an Archive? The Colonial and Anticolonial Afterlives of MENA Archives” - 27 January 2026
For more information and to register: www.brismes.ac.uk/events/outre...
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Picture of our call for abstracts with all the details.
Do join our MESA 2026 panel!
CfA - The Politics of Antiquities Collecting: A Comparative Approach to the Sale and Export of Antiquities in the Middle East
Deadline: January 30, 2026
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Summer School CfA - Imperial Seas: Space and Societies from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. Places of memory, heritage, material and immaterial traces
www.efa.gr/call-for-app...
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The detailed call for papers
CfP – History of Austrian/Austro-Hungarian archaeology in the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean, mid-19th to mid-20th centuries (21-22 September 2026)
Deadline: 15 February 2026
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The call for abstracts for the Travellers in Ottoman lands seminar to be held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2027
CfA - Travellers in Ottoman Lands: Voyagers, Landscapes, Cultural Memories
Thessaloniki, 20-24 April 2027
With quite a few topics of interest for the #HistoryOfArchaeology…
Deadline: 15 November 2026
travellersinottomanlands.com/next-seminar/
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Happy New Year! Academic life is shaped by colleagues who sometimes become friends. My friend & colleague Dr Ceren Abi is editing a vital sourcebook on Ottoman cultural history: networks.h-net.org/group/announ... Would you contribute? Shared for reference. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology
31.12.2025 15:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A view of Central Park in New York with children sliding down a snow-clad slope, near Harlem Meer. Photo by Artemis Papatheodorou
As the year draws to a close, let’s remember the moments when we joyfully slid down the slope of research, the countless uphill walks, and the times of restless limbo. Research brings great satisfaction, but it is also an arduous path. May 2026 bring more ease and peace! #MMARe #MSCA
30.12.2025 15:38 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you, this is fascinating! Could you, please, share the source?
30.12.2025 15:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Columbia University after a recent snowfall.
Ok, the writing is not very good but the wishes are heartfelt! #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryofArchaeology
23.12.2025 17:49 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An interview @lifomag.bsky.social with one of the first Greek women archaeologists, Semni Karouzou: lifo.gr/culture/arxa... (in Greek)
Interesting how she talks about Westerners in comparison to Greeks… What do you think?
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CfP - “Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions” Symposium (Istanbul, 13-14 April 2026), organized by the British International Research Institutes & Sabancı University
biaa.ac.uk/cfp-ottoman-...
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Hot off the press! Check out the latest - open access - article by Maximilian Georg @bhajournal.bsky.social. Somewhere there, at the margins of the Mediterranean too, people were working on past remains... #MSCA #MMARe #HistoryOfArchaeology
12.12.2025 19:21 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
4th workshop on Women in the Archaeology of Greece
CfP (31.12.2025) - Women Archaeologists and War
Organized by @efathenes.bsky.social and @britschoolathens.bsky.social on 9 & 10 March 2026
www.bsa.ac.uk/events/call-...
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Conference - coming up! Exploring Reuse - Egypt, Mediterranea and the East (10-12 December, IFAO)
www.ifao.egnet.net/recherche/ma...
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William Barlett, Rhodes, with the channel between the Islands and Asia Minor (1836), Wikimedia Commons From the BSA announcement: https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/archaeology-in-the-ottoman-aegean-consuls-culture-commerce/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOb_NdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE3SzlyTVVFMEJudG54dE5tc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrZSGVcsU0mDwsf5R221XlAHJtoBfDGGGFkkuGJb1ZaXsHZRbVgMvhnzFUdc_aem_xK4IlV-OWH1eVH7V3b2AKA
Coming up on December 8! Panel discussion on the Ottoman Aegean and antiquities @britschoolathens.bsky.social covering local communities, Ottoman officials, foreign diplomats & so much more: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/archa...
Happy to have been part of this project!
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French text on photograph: Salut de Trébizonde. Murailles des Comnènes. Editeur: Théodore Stylianides. English translation: Greetings from Trebizonde. Walls of the Comnenes. Editor: Theodore Stylianides. Source: https://openaccess.ircica.org/items/21274ed8-5428-4377-ad09-78f19e9a7905 For the Fahreddin (Türkan) Pasha photographic collection more broadly, see: https://openaccess.ircica.org/communities/73322694-d203-46e2-accf-0e94f437bf81
Just made OA, the rich photo collection of Fahreddin (Türkkan) Pasha (1868-1948) also offers a glimpse into monuments protected under the Ottoman legislation on antiquities. Here, the Comnenian fortification walls in Trebizond/Trabzon/Trapezounta. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology #ircica
02.12.2025 16:08 — 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
A pink rose in a vase standing on a festive table. Photo by Artemis Papatheodorou, Thanksgiving Day, 27 November 2025.
#Thanksgiving: Three months into my #MMARe #MSCA fellowship, I look back with gratitude to the people who made it possible over the years: my family, teachers, university professors, administrators, directors, supervisors, funders, colleagues... I’m grateful to all of them!
28.11.2025 00:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In the corridors of the Middle East Studies Association Annual Conference following our successful panel on the history of Ottoman archaeology. With Dr Ceren Abi (left) and Dr Nilay Özlü (right).
Smiley faces after our #HistoryOfArchaeology panel at the #MESA Annual Conference. With two of my co-panelists, Dr Ceren Abi (left) who works on WWI restitution & Dr Nilay Özlü (right) who presented on her cataloguing of Ottoman Archive docs from the Imperial Museum. Two great projects! #MMARe #MSCA
26.11.2025 19:51 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ready for the #MESA Annual Conference where I will present on the archaeological laws of the Ottoman Principality of Samos, in a wonderful panel on the #HistoryOfArchaeology. Did you know that Samos adopted laws on antiquities nearly 15 years before Constantinople? Do join us for more! #MMARe #MSCA
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