Call for papers
Building on past editions of the International Congress of Phoenician and Punic Studies, the Malta gathering is intended to bring together scholars, early-stage researchers and students working in the field of Phoenician and Punic studies. Presentations will be delivered in a number of parallel sessions.
The overarching theme of the Congress is intended to put emphasis on the fact that the Phoenician and Punic story unfolds in a millennium marked by the most culturally diverse settings in Mediterranean history. The varied responses to Phoenician presence and settlement are challenging the neat narratives of historical reconstruction which favoured cultures as homogenous entities. How do we marshal the material record of archaeological evidence to counter the views of the Mediterranean world of the first millennium BCE as “Graeco-Roman”? How do processes of social interaction map out archaeologically at different scales of analysis, from the level of the local site to a region and beyond? How does one explain variation at the different levels of lived experience, in politics, religion and ritual, music, art and craft, exploration and trade? How aware are scholars of the ideological biases that may have conditioned modern historiography on the ancient Phoenicians?
We especially invite Congress participants to submit 200- word abstracts for papers and posters which address these issues, directly or indirectly. A session will be devoted to doctoral researchers.
The official languages of the Congress will be English, French, Italian and Spanish. If accepted, papers need to be delivered in the language used for the submitted title and abstract.
The Organizing Committee of the 11th International Congress of Phoenician and Punic Studies to be held in Malta in November 2026 has agreed to extend the abstract submission deadline. This will allow those who missed the previous announcements on 15 December, 12 January and 25 January to submit an abstract by completing the online form and uploading it through the form below. At this point, abstracts for presentations and posters will be accepted until the limits of available space and time are met.
The CALL FOR ABSTRACTS is now closed.
The registration for conference participation will open in April.
