Call for Papers: Beyond the Alphabet: Communicating in Ancient Greece, c. 1200–500 BCE
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26. October 2026
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Call for papers
Beyond the Alphabet: Communicating in Ancient Greece, c. 1200–500 BCE
Conference
Heidelberg, 12-14 November 2027
Submission Deadline: 11 December 2026
This conference sets out to explore how people communicated from the end of the Bronze Age until the end of the Archaic period in Greece, moving beyond a logo- and Graeco-centric focus on script alone to consider the full spectrum of visual, material, and literary strategies through which meaning was transmitted. It invites contributions that examine written and non-written (including non-figurative) communication, and that ask how each shaped, competed with, or reinforced the other.
Each session is expected to last 45 minutes, with 30 minutes allotted to each paper, followed by 15 minutes of discussion. Papers in both English and German will be considered. To submit an abstract, please email the organisers Julia Kretschmer and Elisa Scholz at CIAGconference27@gmail.com with the following: your name, email address, affiliation, paper title, abstract (250-300 words), and a brief scholarly biography. The deadline to submit an abstract is 11.12.2026.
Organisation
Julia Kretschmer and Elisa Scholz
Contact
CIAGconference27@gmail.com
The complete Call for Papers can be found here as PDF-Download.
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