Hot off the press & Open Access: "European Influence on Ottoman Antiquities Legislation (1869-1906)" by M. Raşit Akgün
👉️ iupress.istanbul.edu.tr/journal/anna...
Happy to see references to my PhD thesis (ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
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The White Tower, Thessaloniki. Photo by Leandros Papakarmezis on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-and-green-concrete-building-under-white-sky-during-daytime-xpf3eKyZMes?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink

CfP: TRAVELLERS IN OTTOMAN LANDS has a theme dedicated to "Travellers at classical and archaeological sites" and you would get to be a traveller in modern Thessaloniki between 21 and 24 April 2027!
More info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Flyer of the lecture series "(Re)searching the Orient" by the French School at Athens @efathenes.bsky.social

I wish I could be in Athens for this talk!
"Archéologues et épigraphistes au Proche-Orient : aventure et érudition (XIXe- XXe s.)" by P.-L. Gatier (#CNRS)
National Library of Greece, 17 April 2026, 18:00
www.efa.gr/events/arche...
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Haha... Thank you for the correction. I stand corrected (at the lectern)! 🤭🥰

Dr Artemis Papatheodorou at the podium presenting on "Archaeology and Ottoman Insularities in the long nineteenth century." Photo by Luis R. Alba

Dr Artemis Papatheodorou in exchange with discussant Dr Alex Seggerman. Photo by Luis R. Alba

Family photo at the conclusion of the 6th Mid-Atlantic Ottomanist Workshop (MAOW 2026). Photo by Luis R. Alba

Grateful to the organizers, presenters & participants at #MAOW2026 for the in-depth exchanges & the opportunities to learn! I presented on the antiquities laws in three Ottoman island, Samos, Crete and Cyprus, in the long 19th century, as part of my #MSCA funded project, #MMARe.
📷️ Luis R. Alba

A page from the Ottoman regulation on antiquities (1906) and its draft translation by Dr. Artemis Papatheodorou developed as part of her MSCA-funded research project MMARe - Modern Mediterranean Archaeological Regimes in a Global Context. By its conclusion, MMARe will have provided all the key Mediterranean laws on archaeology adopted between 1789 and 1945 in English translation.

Today we mark #InternationalProvenanceResearchDay - #TagderProvenienzforschung! Thanks to funding by #MSCA, #MMARe contributes to provenance research & the #HistoryOfArchaeology also by providing a corpus of English translations of the Mediterranean archaeological laws from 1789 to 1945. Stay tuned!

Salomon Reinach; translated by Vahid Apollo: tarih-i umumî-i sınaât (Apollo: a general history of the arts) Matbaa-ı amire, Istanbul, 1330 R (1914) Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Atatürk Library, Rare Works For an English version: https://archive.org/details/apolloillustrate00rein/page/n7/mode/2up

Popular twins! Yesterday NASA launched Artemis II to the Moon. The ancient Greek moon goddess Artemis had a twin brother, Apollo, a sun god. A key book through which Ottoman Turkish readers were introduced to western-style history of art was titled "Apollo."
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Collecting to Shape and Reflect the Nation: Changing Museum Strategies from the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) and the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (GNM) jointly organize a conference in London (22–23 October 2026). It will explore how large-scale museums with a nation-wide…

CfA: "Collecting to Shape and Reflect the Nation: Changing Museum Strategies from the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century"
Jointly organised conference by V&A & GNM in London (22–23 October 2026)
Deadline: 15 April
tinyurl.com/4rsx4a5s
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Bulletin of the History of Archaeology on LinkedIn

Bulletin of the History of Archaeology is now on LinkedIn! Find the page of this #OpenAccess journal dedicated to the #HistoryOfArchaeology at www.linkedin.com/company/bull... and stay up to date!
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Western Approach to the Acropolis, Athens; Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey; French; 1842; Not on view Girault’s panoramic view of the famed ancient Greek Acropolis is dominated by the tall building known as the Frankish Tower, one of many Byzantine, Frankish, and Ottoman structures added to the hilltop citadel over the centuries. After Greek independence (1832), most non-Classical features were cleared away—when Girault visited, much of the site was covered in rubble—and the tower was demolished in 1875. In Girault’s mirror-image view, the tower is flanked by the Parthenon (on the left) and the Propylaea. For this and more information, check the Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/702991

On #GreekIndependenceDay let's dig into Greek #HistoryOfArchaeology: In 1834, newly independent Greece adopted one of the first laws on antiquities in the world. But where has the Frankish tower of the Acropolis shown in this 1842 photo gone today? #MMARe attempts to answer this. #MSCA

Material Histories of Italian Colonialism | The Italian Academy Join us!

Coming up on 26 March! "Material Histories of Italian Colonialism" @italianacademy.bsky.social & online
italianacademy.columbia.edu/events/mater...
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Historians of Archaeology Online Support Group An online community for historians of archaeology of all backgrounds, ages, abilities and career stages

Interested in the history of archaeology? The Historians of Archaeology (HoA) Online Support Group has a new website: historiansofarchaeology.wordpress.com Check it out to connect, learn and contribute!
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New article!
Bilge Karbi, German Archaeologists and the Construction of the Anatolian-Baghdad Railway, 1888–1914, German History, 2026;, ghaf048, doi.org/10.1093/gerh...
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Cover of Archaeological Lives - Colonial Intrigues and My Dismissal as Director of Antiquities A Memoir of Cyprus in the 1930s By John R. Hilton Edited by Nicholas Stanley-Price

New on insular archaeologies...
Archaeological Lives - Colonial Intrigues and My Dismissal as Director of Antiquities
A Memoir of Cyprus in the 1930s
By John R. Hilton
Edited by Nicholas Stanley-Price
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
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Pencil and dust K-Web Framework

For this #InternationalWomensDay, a book hot off the press: "Pencil and dust - Women who shaped archaeology in Greece and the Greek world" by Sylviane Déderix & Maguelone Bastide (eds.)
More info: buff.ly/1pFIZsH
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British School at Athens : Women Archaeologists and War Women Archaeologists and War Fourth workshop on Women in the Archaeology of Greece By the École française d’Athènes and the British School at Athens, with the support of the British […]

Hybrid conference - "Women Archaeologists and War" on 9-10 March 2026 organized by
@efathenes.bsky.social & @britschoolathens.bsky.social
www.bsa.ac.uk/events/women...
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Archaeology and Photography in Alexandria – EFA EFA

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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Muhabbet: East Mediterranean Conversations Muhabbet is an initiative aiming at bringing together scholars, students, and people interested in the shared social

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)
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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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What’s in an Archive? The Colonial and Anticolonial Afterlives of MENA Archives

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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