Humanities Exploratory Workshops

The Sea Peoples Up-To-Date. New Research On The Migration Of Peoples In The 12th Century Bce

Convened by: Peter Fischer (SE)

Location: 2-5 November 2014, Vienna, Austria

Keywords

Sea Peoples; Migration; Cultural Transfer; Eastern Mediterranean; Palestine

Summary

In the 12th century BCE the s.c. Sea Peoples, starting their migration in south-eastern Europe, transformed the political landscape in the Eastern Mediterranean and affected the high cultures of Mycenae, Hatti, Cyprus, Levant and Egypt. The Hittite empire collapsed, Mycenae and Egypt weakened in the wake of their migration towards the Southern Levant (Palestine). The workshop's benefits are: 1. Highly-specialised ESF-teams and young scientists will discuss most recent research/new hypotheses on the Sea Peoples; 2. Gathering of scientists carrying out research in a political sensitive area (Eastern Mediterranean/Israel/Jordan/Palestine); 3. Planning of future co-research and publications.

Preliminary programme and Provisional list of participant

(for information purposes only - this meeting is not open to the public)

• Preliminary programme and List of Participants  

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