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[Stuart Wheeler]

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On March 17-19 of 2000 a colloquium entitled "Greater Anatolia and the
Indo-Hittite Language Family" will be held at the University of Richmond in
Richmond, Virginia.  The conference will be hosted by Robert Drews,
Professor of Classics and History at Vanderbilt University and visiting
Professor of Classics at the University of Richmond.

Assuming the Indo-Hittite theory as a point of departure, the organizers
hope that the colloquium will explore but also narrow the possibilities for
the relationship of Greater Anatolia (everything from the Aegean to the
Caspian, and from the Caucasus to the Jazirah) to both the Anatolian and
the "traditional" Indo-European branches of Indo-Hittite.  The colloquium
will begin on Friday evening with a public lecture by Professor Lord Colin
Renfrew, followed by a reception for participants and registrants.  The
title of Professor Renfrew's address is, "IndoEuropean Origins: The Case for
Anatolia."  On Saturday and on Sunday morning invited speakers will present
eight papers, approaching the topic from a wide variety of disciplines and
perspectives, and the papers will be followed by two critical responses.
It is hoped that all papers and responses will be intelligible to scholars
outside the presenter's own specialty.

Papers will be presented by Elizabeth Wayland Barber, William Darden,
Margalit Finkelberg, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Peter Kuniholm, Alexander Lehrman,
Colin Renfrew, and Paul Zimansky.   Craig Melchert and Jeremy Rutter have
agreed to present critical responses.  Funding for the colloquium will be
provided by a matching grant made to the University of Richmond by the
National Endowment for the Humanities.

All conference details can be accessed at
<http://hermes.richmond.edu/anatolia>.