The Acropolis Museum, in collaboration with the Department of History and Archaeology of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Crete and the Department of Mediterranean Studies of the University of the Aegean, is organizing an international conference entitled “Eastern Mediterranean, Aegean, Black Sea: New Approaches,” on November 7, 8, and 9, 2025, at the “Dimitrios Pandermalis” Amphitheater of the Acropolis Museum.

As early as the 1990s, the University of Crete and the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus had begun organizing a series of conferences and exhibitions related to connections in the eastern and central Mediterranean in antiquity.

Notable examples include the international symposia

• “Interconnections in the Mediterranean 2500 – 500 BC” (Athens, 1996)
• “Eastern Mediterranean: Cyprus, Dodecanese, Crete 16th – 6th cent. BC” (Rethymnon, 1997)
• “Sea Routes… Interconnections in the Mediterranean, 16th – 6th c. BC” (Rethymnon, 2002)
• “Cyprus and Aegean: Intercultural contacts from 3000 – 500 BC” (Pythagorion, Samos, 2008)

as also as the international exhibitions

• “Eastern Mediterranean. Cyprus – Dodecanese – Crete. 16th – 6th cent. BC” (Archaeological Museum of Herakleon, 1998)
• «Πλόες. Από τη Σιδώνα στη Χουέλβα. Σχέσεις λαών της Μεσογείου 16ος – 6ος αι. π.Χ.» (Cycladic Art Museum, 2003)
• “Le Rotte di Omero”, Museum of Cycladic Art (Musei Capitolini, Palazzo Cafarelli, Rome, 2001).

The conference, which will be held at the Acropolis Museum, will be joined by the Black Sea, where academics and distinguished scientists of international renown will shed light on new approaches to antiquity in the Mediterranean, the Aegean, and the Black Sea.

Admission to the conference is open to the public.

The conference will be held in English.

You may find the program here.