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Day 1 - Thursday, 7 May 2026
09:00–09:30
Registration & Welcome coffee
09:30–09:45
Opening & Introduction
09:45–10:30 Keynote Lecture
Platon Petridis: Roman and Late Roman lamps in Greek contexts: A Review and a Legacy
Session 1: Production, Workshops and Technological Transfers
Session 1: Production, Workshops and Technological Transfers
10:30–10:55
Hector Williams — Anemurium in Cilicia: the lamps from an early Byzantine city
10:55–11:20
Karen Garnett — A Simple Set of Sub-types for North African (Broneer Type XXXI, Hayes II) Lamps
11:20–11:35 Coffee break
11:35–12:00
Edyta Marzec, Anne-Sophie Martz, Małgorzata Kajzer — Reassessing ‘Delian’ Lamps: Evidence for Lamp Production on Tenos
12:00–12:25
Viktoria Videvska — Illuminating Athena: Representing the Goddess on Terracotta Lamps in Moesia Inferior and Thrace
12:25–12:50
Marie Drielsma — Odd Sicilian lamps, old excavations, new questions
12:50–14:30 Lunch break
14:30–14:55
Ștefan Georgeschu, Ana Hamat — Roman lamps and the provincial economy branch based on the production of lamp workshops
14:55–15:20
Stavros Zachariadis — The Northern lights: pottery lamps from the Late Roman city of Philippi
15:20–15:45
Elisa Maria Grassi — Between African imports and local moulds: lamp manufacture in Late Antique Milan
15:45–16:10
Zohar Slaney — Northern Stamped Lamps: between style and technology
16:10–16:40 Coffee break
Session 2: Diachronic Approaches
Session 2: Diachronic Approaches
16:40–17:05
Efthimis Theou, Katerina Kopaka — Lighting a small island's nights. Gavdos's lamps in time
17:05–17:30
Stella Katsarou, Fotios Georgiadis — Illuminating the Deep: Multi-temporal lighting assemblages from ‘Agriomernos’ Cave, Samos
17:30–17:55
Małgorzata Kajzer — The Development of Cypriot Roman Lamps: Questions of Chronology and Production
17:55–18:20
Mher Peltekian, Jack Nurpetlian — Archaeological data (re)interpreted: An AI-Assited analysis of ceramic oil lamps from Beirut (LBA - Medieval periods)
18:20–18:55
Clara Bernard — Modifying (restoring, falsifying?) lamps in the 19th century: Some reflections based on the Louvre Museum collection
Day 2 - Friday, 8 May 2026
09:00–09:30
Registration & Welcome coffee
Session 3: Domestic and Urban Contexts
Session 3: Domestic and Urban Contexts
09:30–09:55
Dimitra Spiliopoulou — The lighting devices of the prehistoric settlement of Akrotiri, Thira. Evidence of daily life practices and religious rituals.
09:55–10:20
Maria Niarou — Lighting the household assemblage of Archaic-Early Classical Ambracia
10:20–10:45
Konstantina Tsonaka — Ceramic light in context: the lamps from the Ancient Site of Karabournaki
10:45–11:10
Veronica Ballacicco — Terracotta lamps from Locri Epizephyrii: new data on Locrian material culture and everyday life
11:10–11:25 Coffee break
11:25–11:50
Annette Peignard Giros — Lamps in 1st century BC contexts in Delos
11:50–12:15
Ioanna Vasileiadou — Hellenistic and Roman Lamps from the ancient Gymnasium of Amphipolis
12:15–12:40
Stella Drougou, Chrysanthi Kallini — Clay Lamps from the ancient city of Aigai (modern Vergina)
12:40–13:05
Angeliki Katsioti — Protobyzantine lamps as evidence of Jewish presence in Rhodes, Greece
13:05–14:30 Lunch break
Session 4: Funerary and Symbolic Uses of Lamps
Session 4: Funerary and Symbolic Uses of Lamps
14:30–14:55
Ani Eblighatian, Maha Elmasri — Funerary Lamps from Antioch-on-the-Orontes and Sidon in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods
14:55–15:20
Laia De Frutos — Lighting the death: funerary uses of Roman lamps in the north-eastern region of Hispania
15:20–15:45
Kristine Trego, Peyton Kendall — Diana, Death and Discus Lamps
15:45–16:10
Arnaud Galliegue — Lamps of the living, lights of the dead: funerary clay lamps in southern Gaul
16:10–16:30 Coffee break
Session 5: Regional Assemblages and New Finds
Session 5: Regional Assemblages and New Finds
16:30–16:40
Stella Raftopoulou, Dorina Moullou — Dedicated Torch Bases from Ancient Rhamnous: Context, Function, and the Lychnological Significance of Votive Torch Monuments
16:40–16:50
Karen Garnett, Dorina Moullou, Maria Theodoropoulou — Broneer Type XXVII Trip Report
16:50–17:00
Constantin Bajenaru, Cătălin Nopcea — Late Hellenistic and Roman Lamps from Tomis – some new finds in funerary contexts
17:00–17:10
Arnaud Galliegue, Lucie Motta — From the darkness to the light: historic collection of oil lamps from the Lugdunum – Musée et théâtre romain
17:10–17:20
Daria Iuneva — Clay lamps from Cascina Isola Felice, Rivanazzano Terme, Italy
17:20–17:30
Sophie Menge — Of sacred water, altars, and lamps. The excavations of the Ostia Forum Project in a recently discovered sanctuary in the centre of Ostia Antica
17:30–17:40
Stamatis Fritzilas — A marble lampstand, dedicated by the king Philopappus, from the Archaeological Museum of Lykosoura
17:40–17:50
Stefan Georgeschu, Marius Streinu — Morituri te salutant! Gladiators games depicted on the lamps discovered at Tomis
17:50–18:00
Martin Dietrich — The Roman Lamps from Küssaberg-Dangstetten (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
18:00–18:10
Luigi Calio, Alessandro D'Alessio, Claudia Devoto, Gian Michele Gerogiannis, Claudia Tempesta, Giusy Belfiore, Martina Anna Sapienza — Ritual Uses of Lamps in Late Antique Ostia: New Evidence from the Ostia Post Scriptum Project
18:10–18:20
Hakan Gerçek, Feriştah Alanyali — Romanesis oil lamps from Side
20:00 Congress Dinner
Day 3- Saturday, 9 May 2026
08:30–09:00
Registration & Welcome coffee
Session 6: Beyond Ceramic Lamps
Session 6: Beyond Ceramic Lamps
09:05–09:30
Bastien Rueff — Conical cups and other spoutless vessels used as lamps in Bronze Age Crete. Technical and social insights.
09:30–09:55
Alice Hanotte — Initial elements for a synthesis on lighting in Lillebonne / Iuliobona (France, Normandy) during the Roman period
09:55–10:20
Paschalis Androudis — New evidence on Byzantine bronze candelabra of 11th -14th centuries
10:20–10:45
Ioannis Motsianos — Bronze lamps from Giorgos Pilichos collection
10:45–11:10
Amelie Lutz, Ruth Bielfeld, Ulrich Hofstätter — Bronze lamp stands from the Vesuvian Area re-evaluated
11:10–11:25
Eleni Stoumpou-Katsamouris — Hanging ornaments from Chalkidiki
11:25–11:50 Coffee break
Session 7: Lights, Perception and Lived Experience
Session 7: Lights, Perception and Lived Experience
11:50–12:15
Silvia Trucolo — Light and function in the Protopalatial contexts of Phaistos (Crete): a Reassessment of ceramic lighting systems (1900-1700 BC)
12:15–12:40
Dorina Moullou, Stelios Zerefos, Athanasios Balafoutis, Lambros Doulos — Colour Perception under Lamp Lighting: Measurement, Simulation, and Quantitative Approaches to Ancient Interior Illumination
12:40–13:05
Marine Schlachter — Archaeological approach to the use of light in nocturnal rituals in ancient Greece
13:05–14:30 Lunch break
14:30–14:55
Romane Desarbre — Light and daylight in the Roman house (2nd century BCE-1st century CE)
14:55–15:20
Gregg Gardner — Lighting, Lamps, and Affordances in Archaeology and Roman-era Jewish Texts
15:20–15:45
Maria Sardi — The Role of Light in Medieval Islamic Ceremonies
15:45–16:05 Coffee break
Session 8: Ritual, Cult and Sacred Lighting
Session 8: Ritual, Cult and Sacred Lighting
16:05–16:30
Carmine De Mizio — Lighting Devices in an Etruscan Sanctuary: The Case of the Acropolis of Volterra (Italy)
16:30–16:55
Lucie Motta, Aldo Borlenghi — In the light of the goddess: lychnological finds from the sanctuary of Vacuna in Montenero Sabino (Rieti, Italy)
16:55–17:20
Pelly Fotiadi — New finds of signature Corinthian clay lamps from the Sanctuary of Egyptian Gods in Marathon, Attica (2nd Century AD)
17:20–17:45
Eugenia Gerousi — The large quantities of lamps of 5th-7th c. from the Caves of Pan at Vari and Parnitha
17:45–18:05
Ada Caruso — 4th-century AD lamps from Lychnospilia (Mt Parnes, Attica): typologies and possible uses
18:05–18:30
Boaz Zissu — Lighting a Rural Martyrium: The Oil Lamps of the Cave of Holy Salome (Horvat Qasra) and the Continuity of Late Antique Christian Cult in the Judean Foothills
Session 9: Assemblages, Measurements, and Analytical Approaches
Session 9: Assemblages, Measurements, and Analytical Approaches
18:30–18:40
Dimitris Gavriil — And Let There Be Light’: The Lighting Conditions as an Organizational Factor of Mortuary Rituals and Experiences at LBA Alassa-Pano Mantilaris
18:40–18:50
Dorina Moullou, Karen Garnett — Considering Illumination Calculations for Terracotta Lamps
18:50–19:00
Eli Buchman, Peter Gendelman, Adi Erlich — Framing the Glow: Late Antiquity Glass Oil Lamps Metal Assemblies
19:00–19:30 Concluding remarks
Day 4 (Optional Excursion) - Sunday, 10 May 2026
9:00 - 16:00
Technical Visit to the Sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods and the Marathon Archaeological Museum:
Guided tour and site presentations
Special presentation of the lamps found at the Sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods
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