IPAMAA's Theo Nash successfully defended his dissertation "Mycenaean Writing in Context" on Friday, April 24th.
Theo describes his research as follows: "My dissertation explores the evidence which Linear B tablets offer for the development and structure of Palatial systems at Mycenae and Thebes during the Late Bronze Age. This involves archaeological analysis of tablet findspots and contexts, textual analysis of the words carved into them, and a detailed study of how individual signs were written. The result is a comparative and interdisciplinary study of Mycenaean Palaces which foregrounded the extent of regional differences: there was no such thing as a Mycenaean Palace, only Mycenaean Palaces, which developed independently at different centres in the context of pre-existing social and political structures."
Our warmest congratulations, Dr. Nash!
