The Lydia Symposium will take place on May 17-18, in Izmir, Turkey with two excursions to Chios, Greece and Sardis, Turkey. Below you will find the program of our symposium. Please note that all the symposium documents have been made available online on Academia and ResearchGate. Here are our websites where you can find all documents which are being updated every day:

Websites:
https://independent.academia.edu/TheLydiaSymposium
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/The_Lydia_Symposium
https://deu.academia.edu/ErgunLAFLI

You can also put our program as well as abstracts booklet on your
websites, such as Facebook or Twitter. It is still possible to apply to the symposium with a paper or as an observer. Deadline for abstract submissions is April 30, 2017.

Izmire hosgeldiniz ! / A warm welcome to Izmir,

Ergun Lafli

Archaeology and history of Lydia from the early Lydian period to late
antiquity (8th century B.C.-6th century A.D.). An international symposium

May 17-18, 2017 / Izmir, Turkey

Program

May 17

9 h 15 – 10 h 30: Session 1 – Chairman Guy Labarre (Universite de
Franche-Comte, Besancon, France)
Introduction – Opening speeches.

9 h 15 Ergun Lafli (Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey)
Introduction: Practical information about the symposium.
9 h 30 Nicholas D. Cahill (University of Wisconsin-Madison / Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA, both U.S.A.)
New work on the Palace of Croesus at Sardis.
10 h 15  Concession of the 2017 EKVAM Annual Rewards of the Ancient
Anatolian Studies.

10 h 30 – 10 h 45: Break.

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