An interview @lifomag.bsky.social with one of the first Greek women archaeologists, Semni Karouzou: lifo.gr/culture/arxa... (in Greek) Interesting how she talks about Westerners in comparison to Greeks… What do you think? Shared for reference; opinions not my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

CfP - “Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions” Symposium (Istanbul, 13-14 April 2026), organized by the British International Research Institutes & Sabancı University biaa.ac.uk/cfp-ottoman-... Shared for reference; opinions not my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Hot off the press! Check out the latest - open access - article by Maximilian Georg @bhajournal.bsky.social. Somewhere there, at the margins of the Mediterranean too, people were working on past remains... #MSCA #MMARe #HistoryOfArchaeology

4th workshop on Women in the Archaeology of Greece CfP (31.12.2025) - Women Archaeologists and War Organized by @efathenes.bsky.social and @britschoolathens.bsky.social on 9 & 10 March 2026 www.bsa.ac.uk/events/call-... Shared for reference; opinions not my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Conference - coming up! Exploring Reuse - Egypt, Mediterranea and the East (10-12 December, IFAO) www.ifao.egnet.net/recherche/ma... Shared for reference; opinions not my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Coming up on December 8! Panel discussion on the Ottoman Aegean and antiquities @britschoolathens.bsky.social covering local communities, Ottoman officials, foreign diplomats & so much more: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/archa... Happy to have been part of this project! #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Just made OA, the rich photo collection of Fahreddin (Türkkan) Pasha (1868-1948) also offers a glimpse into monuments protected under the Ottoman legislation on antiquities. Here, the Comnenian fortification walls in Trebizond/Trabzon/Trapezounta. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology #ircica

#Thanksgiving: Three months into my #MMARe #MSCA fellowship, I look back with gratitude to the people who made it possible over the years: my family, teachers, university professors, administrators, directors, supervisors, funders, colleagues... I’m grateful to all of them!

Smiley faces after our #HistoryOfArchaeology panel at the #MESA Annual Conference. With two of my co-panelists, Dr Ceren Abi (left) who works on WWI restitution & Dr Nilay Özlü (right) who presented on her cataloguing of Ottoman Archive docs from the Imperial Museum. Two great projects! #MMARe #MSCA

Ready for the #MESA Annual Conference where I will present on the archaeological laws of the Ottoman Principality of Samos, in a wonderful panel on the #HistoryOfArchaeology. Did you know that Samos adopted laws on antiquities nearly 15 years before Constantinople? Do join us for more! #MMARe #MSCA

On the occasion of the #GEM opening… Did you know that the Principality of Samos could boast of a 200-odd collection of Egyptian antiquities donated to its museum by the Gizah Museum in 1898? #MMARe looks into this fascinating story of an inter-Mediterranean export. #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

In 1859, when Prince Gkikas smuggled precious antiquities from the Principality of Samos to Moldavia & Wallachia, the islanders mobilized to get them back. And they did! #MMARe tries to shed light to this case. #InternationalDayAgainstIllicitTraffickinginCulturalProperty #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Citizen restitution: ““I felt a special kind of satisfaction. I don’t even know how to describe it. … I felt like I had done something good.” An article on a singular object return: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a... Shared for reference; opinions not my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Deadline coming up! CfP “Mirages of Byzantium across the Arts in France (1821–1931),” a conference on the reception of Byzantium, at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon: maryjahariscenter.org/blog/mirages... Shared for reference; opinions not my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Hot off the press and OA! The new issue of Diyar has a special section on the history of art and museology in the Ottoman Empire. Check it out: nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/... Shared for reference; opinions not my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Hot off the press & with an amazing list of contributors! “Turning the Page, Archaeological Archives and Entangled Knowledge” edited by O. Bobou et al.: www.brepols.net/products/IS-... Shared for reference; opinions not my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Hot off the press & OA! “Illicit excavation and the sale of ‘duplicate’ antiquities: Rupert Gunnis and the Cyprus Museum, 1926 1932” by Nicholas Stanley-Price at the CCEC: journals.openedition.org/cchyp/2109 Shared for reference; opinions not my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

On this #InternationalOpenAccessWeek (www.openaccessweek.org), let me share the link to #BulletinOfTheHistoryOfArchaeology (@bhajournal.bsky.social), the OA journal of which I am a co-editor. Many of the articles cover the Mediterranean: archaeologybulletin.org. #MSCA #MMARe #HistoryOfArchaeology

It’s #InternationalOpenAccessWeek (www.openaccessweek.org)! Did you know that all #MSCA project publications are open access? So will be those of #MMARe. Stay tuned! #HistoryOfArchaeology

On this #InternationalArchaeologyDay (oops, it was yesterday), I glance at these Fayoum portraits and feel as if they are inviting us to tell their story from their Egyptian necropolis to the display case of the RISD Museum. #MMARe helps us understand such journeys from a legal viewpoint! #MSCA

Last week’s conference on the French Expedition in the Morea (1829) @IFG had a panel on History and Archaeology – now available online: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Circulated for reference only. The views expressed are not necessarily my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Cultural historian Artemis Papatheodorou @artemis-p.bsky.social (Columbia University) explores Ottoman Greek oral histories in the talk “Oral History, Collective Memory, Photography, and Living People as Windows into the Past” Thursday, Oct. 16, 4–5:30 pm, on campus. buff.ly/OqYYumt

"Artistic Networks of Trust - Collecting and Dealing in Times of War and Diplomacy:" A conference on Calouste Gulbenkian and his era; in person & online, 8-10 Oct. 2025 gulbenkian.pt/en/agenda/ar... Circulated for reference only. The views expressed are not necessarily my own. #MMARe #MSCA

Hot off the press! “All for a Silver Vase? Osman Hamdi Bey’s Indignant Resignation Letter from the Ottoman Imperial Museum” -Erhan Tamur in Keshif journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/ke... Circulated for reference only. The views expressed are not necessarily my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Roaming the halls of archives and libraries in Athens these days for the fruits of research. Here at the Library of the Archaeological Society at Athens for the reports of the Greek archaeologists who conducted excavations in the Smyrna Zone between 1919 and 1922. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Hot off the press & OA: “Hellenizing Mycenae: from Heinrich Schliemann's excavations to National Museum” by A. Kourkoulakos & V. Balaskas; Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Circulated for reference only. The views expressed are not necessarily my own. #MMARe #MSCA

Upcoming conference: More Stories about Things in Motion @ École française d'Athènes On ancient objects travelling in the Mediterranean & beyond... More info: www.efa.gr/events/more-... Circulated for reference only. The views expressed are not necessarily my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Day #1: I'm excited to be participating in Turkologentag 2025 at Mainz, Germany. My presentation today focused on aspects of the Ottoman antiquities laws. I look forward to many interesting contributions in Europe's largest conference on Ottoman studies! Photo credit: Aliosha Bielenberg #MMARe #MSCA

Book presentation: “Monde rêvé, monde collectionné: La Méditerranée orientale d’Antonis Benakis (1900-1931)” by A. Dalachanis, M. Moraitou & M. Volait @ École française d'Athènes www.efa.gr/events/monde... Circulated for reference only. The views expressed are not necessarily my own. #MMARe #MSCA

New publication (in Turkish)! “Osmanlı’da Macar Tarih Bilimi ve Arkeolojisi - İstanbul Macar Bilim Enstitüsü Tarihi (1916-1918)” by Gábor Fodor alfayayinlari.com/kitap.php?id... Circulated for reference only. The views expressed are not necessarily my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

New publication! "« En-quête d’Orient » Crossed Paths of Archaeologists in the Interwar Years" by Maria Noussis & Géraldine Mastelli Weissrock editions.efa.gr?r=publicatio... Circulated for reference only. The views expressed are not necessarily my own. #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology

Upcoming event in person & online: Provenance and Restitution: Shared knowledge graphs as a tool in recovering looted cultural heritage and the histories of marginalized people www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve... Circulated for reference only. The views expressed are not necessarily my own. #MMARe #MSCA

I'm excited to share that I just started my new position as Marie Sklodowska Curie Global Fellow at Columbia University/Ca' Foscari University. This new postdoc research project (MMARe) focuses on the laws on antiquities in the Mediterranean (1789-1945). Stay tuned for more! #MMARe #MSCA

An opportunity for funded research in Cyprus: socialpolicy.gr/2025/08/%cf%...

As an alumna, I couldn't stress that more... Apply Now: Fellowships in Hellenic Studies - Academic Year 2026-27 The Harvard resources allowed me cutting-edge research from Greece, and to meet great people some of whom became friends! chs.harvard.edu/fellowships/

August is the month of travelling (for leisure) for many of us. Interested in travellers from bygone eras? For the Ottoman lands, you may check out this new website: travellersinottomanlands.com Enjoy your holiday!

Teaching Fellowship in the History of the Middle East since World War I University of Oxford - Faculty of History www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC489/t...

New opportunity! Michigan Society of Fellows: academicpositions.com/ad/universit...

In the last five years, India has recovered 610 antiquities from six different countries. Among them, 559 were from the USA, the Modi government informed Parliament Monday. theprint.in/india/610-st...

Hot off the press at Bulletin of the History of Archaeology! 🔥An ‘Antiquity-Dealing-Business on a Large Scale’: The Business of Egyptian Archaeology and Capital, 1880s–1930s - by Daniel Potter: archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10....

History: The Journal of the Historical Association – Bursary Scheme (Early Career and Mid-Career Routes) – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: royalhistsoc.org/calendar/his...

I'm interested in late Ottoman-period publications (books, periodicals, etc.) on antiquities/Antiquity (broadly defined) in the languages spoken/written in Anatolia: Ottoman Turkish, Greek, Karamanlidika, Armenian, Ladino, etc. If you could help, please PM me ([email protected]). I'd be grateful!

Still time to finish up an abstract over the weekend! Check out the CfP here:

"Τι αλλάζει στο Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Οι εργασίες που βρίσκονται σε εξέλιξη, τα εκθέματα που δεν έχουν παρουσιαστεί ποτέ ξανά και όλα όσα περιλαμβάνει το φιλόδοξο σχέδιο επανέκθεσης και αναβάθμισής του." Του Γιάννη Πανταζόπουλου στη Lifo www.lifo.gr/culture/arxa...

"Shopping Manuscripts for the Pope: Andreas Scandar and His Acquisitions for the Vatican Library"... This and other interesting talks (that I'm going to miss) coming up in July at Munich: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

Guillaume Berggren, among other themes, photographed antiquities in Ottoman Anatolia and in Constantinople. He has bequeathed us with some beautiful shots... www.dainst.org/newsroom/nos...

This looks interesting (and expensive...): Istanbul: Cultural Pasts – Urban Futures amps-research.com/conference/i...

New opportunity! The British International Research Institutes (BIRI) invite applications for postdoctoral research fellowships as part of the project "Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions". For more information: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNN499/p...

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 30 JUNE! Check out the Call for Abstracts for the BHA's upcoming Special Issue on Heritage Justice: archaeologybulletin.org/announcement.... Please share widely! 🗃️📚🏺🏛️

CfA - Heritage Making in the Eastern Mediterranean Society of Architectural Historians 2026 Conference Panel organised by Professor Belgin Turan Ozkaya and Professor Nilay Ozlu