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ΚΛΕΙΣΙΜΟCall for Papers – 13th International Round Table on Polychromy in Ancient Sculpture and Architecture
The 13th International Round Table on Polychromy in Ancient Sculpture and Architecture on “Polychromy and the Senses: Integrating Scientific, Cognitive, and Aesthetic Perspectives on Ancient Colour” will be organised in collaboration with the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, where it will take place in November 18–21, 2026.
The 13th Polychromy Round Table, Polychromy and the Senses: Integrating Scientific, Cognitive, and Aesthetic Perspectives on Ancient Colour, foregrounds the sensory and experiential dimensions of colour as a way to move beyond a purely technical understanding of ancient polychromy.
Building on decades of archaeometric advances and a rich tradition of philological engagement with ancient texts, the chosen theme aims to integrate material analyses of pigments and surfaces with the evidence of language, metaphor, and colour terminology preserved in literary, philosophical, and technical sources.
By bringing these strands into dialogue with cognitive science, sensory archaeology, and digital reconstruction, the Round Table highlights how colour in Antiquity was theorized, named, and experienced not only as a visual property but as part of a broader multisensory, emotional, and conceptual field that shaped ancient ways of seeing and knowing.
The 13th Polychromy Round Table seeks submissions for papers related to innovative projects and methods in interdisciplinary polychromy research under two rubrics, the principal theme “Polychromy and the Senses” and, as customary, “News from Current Research”.
Abstract submissions will be accepted until March 15, 2026.
Organisers
- Hariclia Brecoulaki (National Hellenic Research Foundation)
- Anastasia Gadolou (Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki)
- Styliana Galiniki (Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki)
- Christos Katsifas (Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki)
Members of the Scientific Committee
- Mark B. Abbe (University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, U. S.A.)
- Eleni Aggelakopoulou (Acropolis Restoration Service, Athens, Greece)
- Brigitte Bourgeois (Emeritus curator, Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France, Paris, France)
- Hariclia Brecoulaki (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece)
- Joanne Dyer (British Museum, London, U.K.)
- Styliana Galiniki (Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece)
- Ioannis Karapanagiotis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
- Christos Katsifas (Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece)
- Athanasia Kyriakou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
- Paolo Liverani (Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy)
- Maria Mertzani (Directorate of Conservation of Ancient and Modern Monuments, Athens, Greece)
- Jan Stubbe Østergaard (Emeritus Research Curator, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Marie Svoboda (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A.)
- Giovanni Verri (Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A)
The 13th International Round Table on Polychromy in Ancient Sculpture and Architecture on “Polychromy and the Senses: Integrating Scientific, Cognitive, and Aesthetic Perspectives on Ancient Colour” will be organised in collaboration with the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, where it will take place in November 18–21, 2026.
Κεντρική εικόνα σελίδας: Πέλλα, «Τάφος Φιλοσόφων». Λεπτομέρεια από ζωφόρο με φυτικό διάκοσμο. Φωτογραφία: G. Verri © Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Πέλλας, Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού (ΥΠΠΟ).