“Wisdom Across the Ages” 2021 Symposium To Honor Marija Gimbutas
Wisdom Across the Ages: Celebrating the Centennial of Archaeomythologist Marija Gimbutas
July 16-18, 2021
Marija Gimbutas’ pioneering scholarship on the earliest horticultural societies focuses on Old European cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean (6500-3500 BCE).
She founded the field of archaeomythology to investigate beliefs, rituals, symbols, and social structures of these early societies. Archaeomythology is inspiring a new generation of scholars to develop a deeper understanding of past and present earth-based societies.
Our ASWM symposium seeks to expand this understanding by highlighting the voices of First Nations and Indigenous scholars to discuss indigenous, Old European, and other Nature-based cultures.
We are seeking proposals in these topic areas:
- Women at the Center: Matrifocal, Matristic, Matriarchal Societies
- Voices from the Land
- Sacred Human-Animal Relationships
We are also seeking artists’ entries for a juried art exhibit.
Links to the Calls are on the womenandmyth.org/symposium page.
Our 2021 Symposium is presented in cooperation with the Institute of Archaeomythology (IAM). Inspired by the scholarship of Lithuanian-American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas, IAM is an international organization of scholars dedicated to fostering an interdisciplinary approach to cultural research with particular emphasis on the beliefs, rituals, social structure, and symbolism of past and present societies. The Institute encourages dialogue among specialists from diverse fields by sponsoring international symposia, by publishing collected papers and monographs, and by promoting creative collaboration within an atmosphere of mutual support.
2021 Symposium: The Institute of Archaeomythology
ASWM’s 2021 Symposium, “Wisdom Across the Ages: Celebrating the Centennial of Archaeomythologist Marija Gimbutas,” is presented in cooperation with the Institute of Archaeomythology (IAM). IAM is an international organization of scholars dedicated to fostering an interdisciplinary approach to cultural research with particular emphasis on the beliefs, rituals, social structure, and symbolism of past and present societies.
Inspired by the work of visionary scholar Marija Gimbutas, who encouraged students and colleagues from a variety of fields to examine problems in European prehistory with an inclusive, interdisciplinary point of view.
Learn more about IAM, and their free online journal and other publications.
Registration for symposium recordings is now available to the public! Register here. Â
To give you plenty of time to view the program at leisure, all sessions will remain available, to those who register, until the end of July 2022.
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