Events & News

23-26/6/2023 “Aia-Dioskurias-Sebastopolis-Sukhumi – On the Creation, Recreation, and
Relocation of Mythohistorical Roots on the Eastern Coast of the Black Sea”.
At the Symposium Peregrinum 2023: “Origines gentium.
The Origins of Greeks, Etruscans, Romans, and Others”.
Soriano nel Cimino (Viterbo), Italy.

14/6/2023 “The Careless Representation of the Black Sea on the Tabula Peutingeriana
and the Map’s Possible Origin under Julius Caesar”. (Abstract)
In the lecture series “Mondes Pontiques.”

27/4/2023 “Foundation Legends and the Reconstruction of Ethnic Identity
in Early Greek Colonial Context.” At the workshop:
“Ethnicity and Ethnic Constructs in the Long History
of the Ancient Mediterranean and Black Sea”. Waterloo.

24/3/2023 “Mytho-Geography on the Tabula Peutingeriana”. (Abstract)
Hosted by the Lampeter and West Wales Classical Association via Teams.

30/8/2019 “In Search of the Sanctuary of Leukothea”. At the Waterloo Thesis Study Day.
The extended study is now accessible open access.

2/8/2019 “Dynamis and Hellenistic Queenship around the Black Sea in the Shadow of the
Roman Empire”. At the workshop: “Black Sea Study Day:
The Northern Black Sea Coast on the Fringes of the Roman Empire”,
Sopot near Gdansk, Poland.

2/8/2019 with Nick Sekunda: “Black Sea Study Day:
The Northern Black Sea Coast on the Fringes of the Roman Empire”,
Sopot near Gdansk, Poland.

12/11/2018 “Recent Research in Ancient Black Sea Studies in Canada and
Beyond”
Colloquium Ponticum Canadiense, University of Waterloo

23/7/2018        "Power, status and symbols in the Black Sea area in antiquity",
                         International Workshop at the Institute of History, University
                         of Wrocław, ul. Szewska 49, 50-139 Wrocław

16-18/7/2017   with Victor Cojocaru: "Advances in Ancient Black Sea Studies:
Methodological Innovation, Interdisciplinary Perspectives and
International Cooperation", International Workshop at the
                         Archaeological Institute of the Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch,
Romania

5-8/4/2017      "Recent Research in Ancient Black Sea Studies",
                         Panel at the 113th Annual Meeting of CAMWS, University of
Waterloo

6-11/7/2015     with Victor Cojocaru & Alexander Rubel: “Mobility in Research
on the Black Sea Region”, Archaeological Institute of the
Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch, Romania

8-12/7/2013     “Interconnectivity in the Mediterranean and Pontic World
during Hellenistic and Roman periods”, Constanta, Romania
(with Dr. Victor Cojocaru, Archaeological Institute of the
Romanian Academy in Iasi and Dr. Gabriel Custurea, National
Museum of History and Archaeology, Constanta)