The Annual Symposium of the Center for Ancient Studies at Penn: "Masons at Work"

The annual symposium of the Center for Ancient Studies at Penn is organized this year by Profs. Ousterhout, Holod, and Haselberger on the subject of “Masons at Work,” to take place 30 March -1 April 2012.  The symposium assembles specialists from 16 countries to examine building practices in the pre-modern world, with an emphasis on aspects of construction and structure in ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, medieval, and early-to-middle period Islamic architecture. More more information at the conference program, see http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ancient/.