Ιnternational conference Red Sea Project X | Student Cultural Centre “Xenia”, Rethymno | 6-9/7/2022

Τhe Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Crete, the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas and the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies and Program in Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Emory University jointly organize the international conference Red Sea Project X. The conference will take place at the Student Cultural Centre “Xenia” in Rethymno, Greece, from 6 to 9 July 2022. For more information about the conference, including its program, please visit its website.


The Red Sea Project conference series is an international forum for interdisciplinary research focused on the Red Sea as a diachronic geohistorical unit. Since 2002, Red Sea Project conferences have been hosted by institutions of higher education and research across Europe and once in the Middle East, with support from several organizations, including the Foundation for the Study of Arabia, the British Museum, the European Research Council and participating universities and cultural heritage authorities.