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CFP: Many Faces of War V, and WAWIC 2025

Two conferences on ancient warfare will be held in the northern part of the United States next spring or summer.

Jeffrey Rop and Lennart Gilhaus are organizing the next War in the Ancient World International Conference as a dual online-offline event in Duluth MN and Münster DE.

Cross-Post: Panel on Polybius at Celtic Classics Conference, Cardiff UK, 9-12 July 2024

From Graham Wrightson graham.wrightson@sdstate.edu Dear all,I would like to put together a panel on Polybius for the Celtic Classics Conference in Cardiff, Wales, 9-12 July 2024.If anyone is interested please let me know.The panel proposal and abstracts are due on October 31. (scheduled 23 October 2023)

Many Faces of War 2024 Call for Papers, and Why I Won’t Attend

The ~~International Ancient Warfare Conference~~ Many Faces of War conference will take place in roughly June or July 2024 at Brookings, South Dakota. I attach the Call for Papers then my reply to the organizers why I do not expect to attend this one as I did in 2022 and 2023.

Save Ancient Studies Virtual Conference 2023

The Save Ancient Studies Alliance Virtual Conference is looking for papers on the theme “Discovery, Science, and Technology in the Ancient World” (deadline 31 March). The conference will take place on 23 and 24 July 2023. You can find more about the conference on their website https://www.saveancientstudies.org/virtual-conference

Cross-Post: Medieval Dress and Textile Society CFP

Fall is almost coming in Tirol … time for some nice cozy wool lined with silk cloth? The Medieval Dress and Textile Society is organizing a conference in London on the theme “Wool: Cloth, Clothing, and Culture” in Europe c. 500-1600 CE. They want the usual 20 minute paper with a... Continue reading: Cross-Post: Medieval Dress and Textile Society CFP

Cross-Post: Call for Papers “Fight Books in Comparative Perspective” November 2017

Sixt Wetzler of the Deutsches Klingenmuseum, Solingen, is organizing a conference which some of my readers might be interested in. It will take place in Germany on 9 and 10 November 2017. St. Martin Conference is the title of a new series of academic conferences held at Deutsches Klingenmuseum (German Blade Museum) in Solingen, Germany.... Continue reading: Cross-Post: Call for Papers “Fight Books in Comparative Perspective” November 2017

Cross-Post: Conference on Experiencing Warfare in the Ancient World, Brock University, February 2016

CFP: EXPERIENCING WARFARE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD STUDENT CONFERENCE CLASSICS GRADUUATE PROGRAM ─ BROCK UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 6, 2016 From Stephanie Culp The Classics Graduate Program at Brock University is pleased to announce an interdisciplinary conference exploring the experience of warfare in the ancient world. How were the ancients affected by warfare? What can the literature... Continue reading: Cross-Post: Conference on Experiencing Warfare in the Ancient World, Brock University, February 2016

Cross-Post: Conference on Greek and Roman Military Manuals, Winnipeg MB, October 2016

GREEK AND ROMAN MILITARY MANUALS: GENRE, THEORY, INFLUENCE WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA 21 & 22 OCTOBER 2016 While scholars acknowledge the ubiquity of military manuals in antiquity, systematic study of this genre has yet to be undertaken To be sure, military manuals are enigmatic and at the same time intrinsically fascinating texts. This workshop seeks to... Continue reading: Cross-Post: Conference on Greek and Roman Military Manuals, Winnipeg MB, October 2016