The first two-day international and interdisciplinary conference on ongoing research on the Peloponnese will be held at the University of Nottingham under the initiative of 3 PhD students (Departments of Archaeology and Classics) and under the auspices of the Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies (CSPS).
It will be inaugurated on Friday, 11th of March 2011 by the annual CSPS lecture of Dr. Chrysanthi Gallou on ‘Investigating the world’s oldest submerged town: Pavlopetri in Laconia’, celebrating the fifth anniversary of the launch of the CSPS in 2006. On Saturday the 12th PhD students in the fields of Archaeology and Classics from the University of Nottingham and other Universities across UK and Europe will present their research on the Peloponnese in a whole day workshop.
Main aims are the inter-departmental presentation and discussion of research undertaken by PhD students in this area, focusing on themes such as: burials and landscape, social identity, citizenship and hierarchy, religion and culture. At the same time the development of teamworking and communication skills amongst the participants will be enhanced likewise to the exchange of ideas on a topic of common interest while the feedback provided will be useful for each individual’s research.
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