Western Anatolia in the Second Millennium BCE: Recent

Developments and Future Prospects (WANAT)

Symposium

15–16 April 2021

Conveners: Chris Roosevelt, Magda Pieniążek, and Peter Pavúk

For many years western Anatolia was one of the least known cultural landscapes in the
second–millennium BCE eastern Mediterranean, overshadowed by its better-known
neighbors in Hittite central Anatolian and Minoan and Mycenaean cultural
spheres. Owing to the efforts of recent decades, it is becoming possible to grasp the
character of western Anatolian identity, or rather identities, as well as their place(s) in
the Bronze Age world.

Co-organized in partnership with Charles University and Tübingen University, the

WANAT 2021 Symposium brings together scholars to present and discuss recent
developments in interdisciplinary research on western Anatolia, as well as to discuss
how to leverage shared information better and how to bridge research gaps.

The first day of the program features thematically organized topics, including textual
evidence, burial rites, chronology, pottery, economy, and culture contact. The second
day focuses on specific western Anatolian sites and recent fieldwork. The conference
will be concluded by a general discussion.

For the detailed symposium program (GMT +03:00, Turkey Time) click here and you
can download the symposium abstracts from here.

Capacity is limited, please register this event in advance from here. After registering,
you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join the
meeting.

All contributions will be delivered online, in real time, with simultaneous translation
between English and Turkish, which will also be the two official languages of the
conference. Please make sure to download the latest version of Zoom in order to have
the translation option.

For more information contact anamed_info@ku.edu.tr.