30 March - 1 April 2012

The symposium assembles specialists in various fields 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.

A full program of the event can be found in this PDF:

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ancient/files/Masons_third_circular.pdf

The conference will be held on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. All events will take place in Claudia Cohen Hall at 249 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Note: There is no registration fee; however, if you plan to attend, please let us know at ancient@sas.upenn.edu. For updates on the symposium, visit our website at

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ancient/.