Greater Anatolia and the Indo-Hittite Language Family

[Stuart Wheeler]

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, "The Hittites and Indo-European:
Some Historical Questions."  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>.