Sunday, April 23, 2023

Open Access Journal: Amphora: An Ancient World Journal

 [First posted in AWOL 21 July 2020, updated 23 April 2023]

 Amphora: An Ancient World Journal
ISSN: 2651-8945 

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Amphora: an Ancient World Journal established itself in 2017 as an independent, open-access journal affiliated with the University of Melbourne Graduate Student Association. Prior to this, and operating since 2012, the journal was a regular issue of the Melbourne Historical Journal, and was known as The Amphora Issue: An Ancient World Journal.
Amphora is a peer-reviewed journal which is open to new approaches and aims to present original research to a wide readership. The journal includes feature articles, refereed articles, book reviews and feature artworks. We welcome contributions from researchers working in a diverse range of fields, including Classical Studies, Ancient History, Reception Studies, Digital Humanities, Egyptology and Archaeology (including pre-historical and historical periods), with a focus on the ancient Mediterranean and the Near East.

Origins
The name of this publication derives from the AMPHORA(E) conferences which have been supporting Australian and New Zealand postgraduate research in Ancient World Studies since 2007. Amphora originated as a publication of conference proceedings; in recent years, the journal has developed into an annual peer-reviewed publication. Each issue includes feature articles from two established scholars who are invited to address our annual theme. Peer-reviewed articles can address any topic, however, we also welcome additional contributions that engage with our theme. 

Amphora Volume 2 (2021) 

This second edition of Amphora represents a triumph for this journal, surviving a year of unprecedented challenges through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. As our second publication as an independent collective, this volume continues to highlight the work of Australasian scholars involved in the study of the ancient world.

Amphora is proud to be an open-access journal. This volume features two long-form articles by A D Macdonald and Lauren Murphy, and an exhibition review by Katherine Prouting. Linked PDF files for each individual article and the complete edition are available below. Hard copies are currently unavailable. Please see our Subscriptions page for more information.

Contents

Front matter [PDF]

Letter from the Editors [PDF]

A D Macdonald, ‘In and Out of Egypt: the Conceptual Location of Ancient Alexandria, and a Paradox for Alexandrian Judaism?’ [PDF]

Lauren Murphy, ‘Beware Greeks Bearing Gods: Serapis as a Cross-Cultural Deity’ [PDF]

Katherine Prouting, ‘Pergamon Panorama: Beyond the Ruins’ [PDF]

To access a complete edition of the journal, please click here.

 

Amphora Volume 1 (2018) ‘Taboo’

amphora cover imageThis first edition of Amphora: An Ancient World Journal signals a new beginning for the journal. As our first publication as an independent collective, this volume aims to highlight the work of Australasian scholars involved in the study of the ancient world. 

In both the ancient and the modern world there have always been topics that are considered ‘unspeakable’ due to their illicit, embarrassing, or divergent nature from the cultural norm which we loosely call ‘taboo’. These can range from familial, social, religious, political, or economic taboos placed on those in the ancient world. In this volume of Amphora, our contributors explore subjects considered taboo for the people of the ancient world, and the modern people who study them.

The full volume can be found here: Amphora Volume 1 (2018)

Amphora is proud to be an open-access journal. Hard copies are currently unavailable. Please see our Subscriptions page for more information.

 

Previous publications

The Amphora Issue (2011-2016):

The Amphora Issue (44.2 2016)

Technology (43.2 2015)

Possession (42.2 2014)

Narrativization (41:2 2013)

Classical Re-conceptions (40:2 2012)

Cultural (Re)Constructions (2 2011)

 



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