International Perspectives on the First Millennium

International Perspectives on the First Millennium BCE | interdisciplinary workshop for early career scholars | summer break! Message us to present in the fall

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We are taking a summer break for conference and excavation season.
We resume in fall 2022 with new thought-provoking discussions. Please send us an email or DM us if you would like to present on the 1st millennium BCE.
We are looking forward to hearing from you!

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Yesterday Daniel Sánchez Muñoz explained ancient kettle drum covers to us and his plans to recreate the ritual of covering a drum. 🥁
And it's a wrap: thank you for a great 1st year! We are planning to resume in fall 2022, so reach out if you want to present a work in progress.

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See you in an hour!

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Tomorrow 31 March, 16.00 UTC:
Daniel Sánchez Muñoz will present "Between Philology and Experimentation: The Fabrication of the Drum-head of the Mesopotamian Lilissu Kettledrum"
Join the Zoom!

[International Perspectives on the First Millennium @ipfm_bce]

Tomorrow 31 March, 16.00 UTC:
Daniel Sánchez Muñoz will present "Between Philology and Experimentation: The Fabrication of the Drum-head of the Mesopotamian Lilissu Kettledrum"
Join the Zoom!

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In his paper on the Cimmerians today, Selim Adali presented a wide variety of textual evidence informing us about the Cimmerians and how a migration theory would explain their appearance in geographically distant areas. Thank you for starting a great discussion, Selim!

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In 1 hour 👇

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This Thursday: 17 March, 17.00 UTC (note the time change!),
Selim Adali will present 'The Cimmerians in the Seventh Century BCE' for discussion.

We are looking forward to it!

DM us for the link or getting on the mailing list to not miss any upcoming discussions.

[International Perspectives on the First Millennium @ipfm_bce]

This Thursday: 17 March, 17.00 UTC (note the time change!),
Selim Adali will present 'The Cimmerians in the Seventh Century BCE' for discussion.

We are looking forward to it!

DM us for the link or getting on the mailing list to not miss any upcoming discussions.

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This Thursday, 3 March, 12.00 UTC, Yun Ji will present "The 'Ahhiyawa Problem' to Mycenaeanisation: A discussion of Mycenaean Greek's Presence in Miletus' for discussion."
Zoom details via DM or in your email inbox.

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For the next discussion in two weeks, Yun Ji will take us into the Bronze Age with a paper on "Perceptions of Mellitus in the Late Bronze Age" at 12 pm UTC.

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Today we talked at length about the priestly families in Saite-Persian Lower Egypt.
Nenad Marković is working on a prosopography which will aid in dating evidence from this somewhat elusive period of first millennium history. We are looking forward to hearing more from his work!

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Join us in 2 hours for Nenad's paper on priests in Late Period Memphis

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The second session of the Spring 2022 IPFM workshop series will take place this Thursday, 17 February, 17.00 UTC (note the time change), where Nenad Marković will present 'The Power of Family: Priests in Memphis during the Saite-Persian Era (664-332 BCE)' for discussion.

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Find the Zoom link through our mailing list or DM us.

[International Perspectives on the First Millennium @ipfm_bce]

The second session of the Spring 2022 IPFM workshop series will take place this Thursday, 17 February, 17.00 UTC (note the time change), where Nenad Marković will present 'The Power of Family: Priests in Memphis during the Saite-Persian Era (664-332 BCE)' for discussion.

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Our first 2022 presentation by @GeorgeAllen26 concluded today with a lively discussion on the deities of Boeotia & how some Greeks in emphasized specific aspects of their multivarious identities in reference to specific cults. Thank you, George!

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Today (or tomorrow depending on where you are in the world) the 2022 IPFM series will start at 4 pm UTC with

George Allen's paper "Trophonius, Athena, and Apollo: The growth of local cults and identity in first millennium BCE Greece."

DM us for the Zoom link, if you need it.

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The respective Zoom links will be distributed via our mailing list before the meetings. If you aren't on it, please get in touch via DM.

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We are pleased to announce the spring 2022 program.
The first discussion on 3 February at 4 pm UTC will be spearheaded by George Allen, who is presenting on "Trophonius, Athena, and Apollo: The growth of local
cults and identity in first millennium BCE Greece"

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Our last speaker for this cycle will be Daniel Sánchez
Muñoz addressing "The
Fabrication of the Drum head of the Mesopotamian
Lilissu Kettledrum" on 31 March at 4 pm UTC.