The archaeological study of memory in the ancient Mediterranean has spread like a forest fire. Although several scholars are responsible for igniting the initial tinder, it would be hard to overstate the impact of Susan Alcock on the ways archaeologists approach the challenge of exploring how people imagined their own pasts in the ancient Mediterranean and neighboring regions. 15 years after the publication of her main book on the subject, Archaeologies of the Greek Past: Landscape, Monuments, and Memories (2002), the moment is ripe for an assessment of the field after the conflagration, as it were, as well as a discussion about new and promising directions in the archaeological study of ancient memory and forgetting. Rather than collecting ever more refined case studies, we invite scholars to engage in comparative analyses.

Speakers:
Susan Alcock, University of Michigan
Andrew Johnston, Yale University
Carolina López-Ruiz, The Ohio State University
Naoise Mac Sweeney, University of Leicester
Josephine Quinn, Worcester College, University of Oxford
Felipe Rojas, Brown University
Peter van Dommelen, Brown University

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