To fulfill the topic “Bridging the Gap”, the conference will be arranged in eight sessions. The proposed sessions aim to examine areas where a “gap” between research approaches is felt and in which the application of diverse methods seems to be most fruitful. We welcome papers to these sessions and especially encourage new and different approaches to bring topics together.

SESSION 1 – Entanglement, Material Culture and Written Sources in Dialogue

Keynote speaker: Augusta McMahon, University of Cambridge

SESSION 2 - Integrating Sciences in Historical and Archaeological Research

Keynote speaker: Caroline Waerzeggers, Leiden University

SESSION 3 - Visual and Textual Forms of Communication

Keynote speaker: Marian Feldman, Johns Hopkins University

SESSION 4 - Crossing Boundaries. Connectivity and Interaction

Keynote speaker: Arnulf Hausleiter, German Archaeological Institute, Berlin

SESSION 5 - Which Continuity? Evaluating Stability, Transformation, and Change in Transitional Periods

Keynote speaker: Marcella Frangipane, Sapienza University of Rome

SESSION 6 - Landscape and Geography. Human Dynamics and Perceptions

Keynote speaker: Manuel Molina, The Centre for Human and Social Sciences, Madrid

SESSION 7 - The Future of the Past. Archaeologists and Historians in Cultural Heritage Studies

Keynote speaker: Alessandra Peruzzetto, World Monuments Fund

SESSION 8 - Produce, Consume, Repeat. History and Archaeology of Ancient Near Eastern Economies

Keynote speaker: Eivind Heldaas Seland, University of Bergen