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The Congress, hosted in Mérida, aims to explore the Phoenician influence on surrounding cultures and highlight recent research in regions connected to Phoenician and Punic heritage. A key focus includes the promotion of dialogue among different countries and academic schools. Registration details, including submission guidelines for papers and posters, deadlines, and travel logistics, are outlined, along with a special doctoral workshop for students engaged in research on Phoenician culture.

A Journey Between East and West of the Mediterranean and its Peripheries Mérida, Extremadura, Spain/ 22-26 October 2018. II CIRCULAR Dear Colleagues, As announced in the first circular, the IXth International Congress of Phoenician and Punic Studies will take place from October 22 until October 26, 2018, in Mérida (Extremadura/Spain), and will be organized by the Institute of Archaeology (CSIC- Junta de Extremadura). The Congress will be funded by the FEDER funds of the European Union through the General Secretariat of Science, Technology, and Innovation of the Junta of Extremadura. The Municipality of Mérida has expressed its support for this initiative and has made the Cultural Center Alcazaba where the event will take place available to the organizers. The choice of Mérida, the capital of the region where the Phoenician culture left a major imprint on the indigenous societies of the interior, implies that the Congress will dedicate special attention to the Phoenician impact on the peripheries of the Oecumene, and to recent investigations undertaken in the countries that had close links with Phoenician-Punic culture. In order to promote a dynamic dialogue between the various countries and the different schools, supra-regional themes with a diachronic vision will have an important place. For this reason the title of the Congress is A Journey Between the East and the West of the Mediterranean and its Peripheries. GENERAL INFORMATION A) Registration and Deadline Papers and/or posters should be presented in the official languages of the Congress: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, and English. Each participant is required to submit to the electronic address of the Scientific Secretariat of the Congress (congresofp9@iam.csic.es) the title of his/her paper, an abstract of maximum 250 words, the session in which he/she would like to register in, as well as his/her personal and institutional information. The deadline for submitting the proposals is Janury 15th, 2018. The proposals will be evaluated by the National and approved by the International Scientific Committee. Scientific Committee. Once all the proposals are accepted, the results of the evaluations will be communicated in March 2018 and the program will be finalized. The papers should have a maximum length of 15 mns and the discussion of all the papers will take place at the end of each session. Regarding the posters, one single session will be scheduled to allow the authors to present their case studies. The format of the poster is 100 x 70 cm and specific editorial norms approved by the Organizing and the International Scientific Committee will have to apply. The latter will be published once the total number of accepted posters is known. Themes based on illegal excavations and studies of objects purchased on the Antiquities market will not be accepted. - Registration information Registration fees will be €150 for papers and posters independent of the number of authors. Only the first author will receive a copy of the Congress Proceedings and will be entitled to partake in the offered meals and to join organized trips. However, if several authors of a paper or poster are participating in the congress they will be allowed to share in these events for a reduced fees of €75 (per person). The registration fees will have to be paid within a month after the acceptance of the proposal by the Scientific Committee and its communication to the author(s). Finally, students interested in participating in the Congress can register and receive a certificate of assistance and they will be exempted from paying the fees. Information relating to the bank data for the payment of the registration fees will be sent in the next Circular. B) Sessions The congress will be divided into four main thematic groups: For each session, there will be a scientific coordinator responsible for the supervision and the evaluation of the proposals. These coordinators were selected from among the members of the National Scientific Committee after approval of the International Scientific Committee. Web Page Doctoral workshop The Congress intends to encourage doctoral students who are writing their thesis on Phoenician and Punic culture to present a paper. A doctoral workshop is planned in which a maximum of twenty PhD students will participate. They will be selected by the International Scientific Committee. A whole afternoon session will be dedicated for this workshop to allow all participants to attend it. To participate in this workshop interested students have to send a proposal at the electronic address of the Scientific Secretariat of the Congress (congresofp9@iam.csic.es), which includes the following information: Title, abstract, and a short recommendation from the thesis advisor. C) TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION Participants coming from abroad can come to Mérida via either the Madrid or the Sevilla airport. From Madrid it is possible to take a connecting flight to the Talavera la Real airport located 20 km away from Mérida. From Madrid there is also a possibility to travel by bus or train whereas from Sevilla one can reach Mérida only by bus. In the III Circular the organizing committee will send a timetable of the various public transportations. Regarding accommodation, one has to take into consideration the fact that the archaeological remains of Mérida were classified as Humanity World Heritage and that there is always large numbers of tourists in the city all year long. It is therefore recommended to reserve an accommodation as soon as possible. In the III Circular we will also send a list of hotels found in the city. Trips will take place in buses rented for the event. Every day during the congress there will be a lunch buffet provided by the organization for all those registered. Organizing Committee President: Sebastían Celestino Pérez Scientific Secretary: Esther Rodríguez González Organization Secretary: Carlos Morán Sánchez International Scientific Committee M. Al-Maqdissi, A. M. Arruda; Mª E. Aubet; P. Bartoloni, M. H. Fantar, D. Marzoli, J. P. Morel, H. Sader, F. Spatafora National Scientific Committee The National Scientific Committee is composed of researchers from the University and from public research centers involved directly in the study of Phoenician and punic culture. A. Adroher, J. Alvar, M. Álvarez Martí-Aguilar, C. Aranegui, A. Arévalo, M. Belén, J. P. Bellón, J. Blánquez, J. Campos, S. Celestino, B. Costa, G. Cruz Andreotti, A. Delgado, A. Domínguez Monedero, J. L. Escacena, E. Ferrer, F. J. García Fernández, R. García Huerta, C. Gómez Bellard, J. Jiménez Ávila; J. L. López Castro, C. López-Ruiz, A. Lorrio, A. Mederos, B. Mora, A. Niveau, A. Perea, J. Pereira, G. Pérez Jorda, F. Prados, J. Ramón, E. Rodríguez González, M. Ruiz-Gálvez, L. A. Ruiz Cabrero, J. Sanmartí, A. Sanz Romero, M. Torres, J. Villarías, J. A. Zamora, M. Zarzalejos. With the hope that the Congress will have the largest dissemination and a large number of participants, Cordially Yours, The Organizing Committee