The Izmir Center of the Archaeology of Western Anatolia (EKVAM) is organizing a new international symposium entitled:

Terracotta lamps in Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine Anatolia: Production, use, typology and distribution. An international symposium.

It will take place on May 16-17, 2019 at the Dokuz Eylul University.

(DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. Information for registration is in below. The first circular of this symposium as well as its poster are posted to Academia and ResearchGate accounts of the symposium (which are indicated below). We warmly invite contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines of ancient studies related to this instrument. The symposium is free of charge. A post-symposium excursion is planned on May 18-19 to Samos, Greece through Kusadasi. We would be delighted, if you could consider contributing to our symposium and contact us with the required information below before January 1, 2019. Our e-mail addresses are: gulserenkan@hotmail.com or terracottas@deu.edu.tr We kindly request that you alert any persons within your research community who would be interested in participating at this symposium, either by forwarding our e-mail through Facebook or other similar social media, or by printing this circular or poster and displaying it in your institution. We hope that you will be able to join us at the Dokuz Eylül University, and look forward to seeing you in Izmir!