Five International Conferences and a specific workshop have been held so far, dedicated to vital topics of the archaeology and the civilization of Paros. The First Conference dedicated to the most famous marble of the ancient world, the Paria Lithos, was held in Paroikia in 1997; subsequently the Second and the Third Conferences referred to two great personalities of ancient Paros, Archilochos the most important revolutionary lyric poet of Greek antiquity, and the renowned sculptor and architect Skopas whom ancient authors and critics held equal to the great Pheidias and Praxiteles, were realized in 2005 and 2010 correspondingly. The Fourth Conference dedicated to the main colonies founded by Paros in the ancient world: Parion in the Propontis, Thasos in the N. Aegean and Pharos in the Adriatic (now Croatia) was held in 2015. In July 2017, the IAPC, in collaboration with the Rennes University 2, held a special workshop on Parian and Cycladic pottery of the Geometric and Archaic periods and in June 2019, the Fifth Conference devoted to the history, archaeology and geology of Paros from prehistory down to the 16th century AD took place.
First International Conference on the Archaeology of Paros and the Cyclades
Paria Lithos
Paroikia, Paros
October 2-5, 1997
Second International Conference on the Archaeology of Paros and the Cyclades
Paros II
Paroikia, Paros
October 7-9, 2005
Third International Conference on the Archaeology of Paros and the Cyclades
Paros III – Skopas of Paros
Paroikia, Paros
June 11-14, 2010
Fourth International Conference on the Archaeology of Paros and the Cyclades
Paros IV – Paros and its colonies
Paroikia, Paros
June 11-14, 2015
International Conference – Workshop – Paros, July 8-9, 2017
Parian and Cycladic Pottery of the Geometric and Archaic Periods: New Archaeological Records and Research Perspectives on Production, Functions and Diffusion
The Institute of Archaeology of Paros and the Cyclades (IAPC) and the Laboratory of Archaeology and History of the University of Rennes 2 (LAHM) held on July 8 & 9, 2017, in Paros, an International Conference – Workshop on the topic: Parian and Cycladic Pottery of the Geometric and Archaic Periods: New Archaeological Records and Research Perspectives on Production, Functions and Diffusion. The Conference was an initiative of the President of IAPC, Prof. Dora Katsonopoulou and the Director of LAHM, Prof. Mario Denti.
Fifth International Conference on the Archaeology of Paros and the Cyclades
Paros V – Paros through the ages from prehistoric times to the 16th century
Paroikia, Paros
June 21-24, 2019