Organizers & Sponsors:

Mary R. Bachvarova
Classical Studies Program
Willamette University
mbachvar@willamette.edu

Billie Jean Collins
Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
Emory University
bcollin@emory.edu

Ian Rutherford
Department of Classics
University of Reading
irutherf@mailer.fsu.edu

We would like to acknowledge the support of the following sponsors:

American Schools of Oriental Research
Center for Humanistic Inquiry
Department of Anthropology
Department of Art History
Department of Classics
Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
Department of Religion
The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology
Georgia Humanities Council
Georgia Middle East Studies Consortium
Graduate Division of Religion
Graduate Program in Culture, History and Theory
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Hightower Fund
Institute for Comparative and International Studies
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Office of International Affairs
Program in Classical Studies
Program in Mediterranean Archaeology
Program in Linguistics