ACADEMIC CURRICULUM VITAE-GARETH ALUN OWENS (Date of Birth 21-2-64) www.teicrete.gr/daidalika UNIVERSITY DEGREES 1982-1985 B.A. (Hons.) in Classics and Ancient History 2:1 Department of Greek&Latin - University College London 1985-1986 M.A. in Greek Literature and Archaeology Department of Greek&Latin - University College London 1986-1991 M.Phil. - Thesis «From Linear A to Linear B: A Diachronic Study of the Scripts of Late Minoan Crete». Department of Archaeology - University College London, London University. Research was undertaken, part-time, in London (1986-88) and in Heraklion Museum ( 1988-91) with assistance from University of Crete, UCL, IKY and BSA. 1991-1994 (Please See Below for Academic Positions held at Universities of London and Crete) 1994-2004 Ph.D. «A Tentative Approach to the Minoan Language» An Inter-Disciplinary Study. 2001-2004, Department of Linguistics, University of Athens (EKPA). ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1991-1992 Lecturer in Classics and Archaeology at the Institute of Classical Studies, Institute of Archaeology and University College London (1 Year Post) London University. 1992-1994 «Council of Europe» Post-Doctoral Fellowship awarded by the Hellenic Ministry of Education and State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) for «A Study of Minoan Linear A» at University of Crete and Heraklion Archaeological Museum. 1994-2016 Lecturer, History of Crete, TEI of CRETE, Hellas. ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 1994-2008 «Socrates/Erasmus Programme in the International Office of the Technological Educational Institute of Crete (Heraklion) (International Academic Affairs, Public Relations, European Programmes). 2008-2014 -European Union Lifelong Learning Programme LLP-Erasmus Institutional Co-ordinator of the International Relations Office, T.E.I. of Crete and Lecturer, History of Crete, TEI of CRETE. -Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Linguistics Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) for a study of Cretan Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of Crete (CHIC) of the First Palace Period including the Phaistos Disk (Ph.D.) www.teicrete.gr/daidalika 2014-- PRESENT ERASMUS+ Institutional Co-ordinator, Associate Head of the International Relations Office, TEI Crete, Hellas. PUBLICATIONS (5 BOOKS AND 50 ARTICLES-PLEASE SEE BIBLIOGRAPHY) 1) ΔΑΙΔΑΛΙΚΑ - ΓΡΑΦΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΛΩΣΣΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΜΙΝΩΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΥΚΗΝΑΪΚΗΣ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ 2) KRITIKA DAIDALIKA-EVIDENCE FOR THE MINOAN LANGUAGE: STUDIES HOOKER 3) EVIDENCE FOR INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE IN THE MINOAN DOCUMENTS DOSOMO 4) ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΜΙΝΩΙΚΗ ΓΛΩΣΣΑ - ΠΑΛΙΜΨΗΣΤΟ 5) LABYRINTH - COLLECTED WORKS ΛΑΒΥΡΙΝΤΗΟΣ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΗ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΜΑΤΩΝ 50+ academic articles published and 50+ journalistic articles in Crete and Athens in Modern Greek (1990-2016). LANGUAGES Modern Greek* Diploma of Proficiency awarded by the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. French, Italian, Spanish. EXCAVATION EXPERIENCE Fishbourne Roman Palace and Brandon Camp Celtic Hillfort and Roman Fort (IofA, UCL, UK). Knossos Minoan Palace (Heraklion Museum) and Atsipadhes Peak Sanctuary (BSA) Crete. OTHER EXPERIENCE 1988-2016 While on Crete for 28 years I have assisted the B.B.C. and British Consulate, taught Cambridge Proficiency English at a School of Foreign Languages, and have done Academic translations for the University of Crete, Heraklion Archaeological Museum and for other Museums on Crete. I also carried out Military Service as a Hoplite in the Hellenic Army (Rethymno and Heraklion on Crete, 1994) upon receiving Hellenic Citizenship. GARETH ALUN OWENS 25/03/2016 - HERAKLION - CRETE - HELLAS.
ACADEMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY-GARETH ALUN OWENS (d. of b. 21-2-64) BOOKS DAIDALIKA PUBLICATIONS 1) ΔΑΙΔΑΛΙΚΑ - ΓΡΑΦΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΛΩΣΣΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΜΙΝΩΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΥΚΗΝΑΙΚΗΣ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ Scripts and Languages of Minoan and Mycenaean Crete. 20 Collected Essays in Modern Greek (1991-1996) (1996). Introduction, Linear B-The Script of Mycenaean Greece, Linear A-The Next Challenge of Aegean Philology, The Phaistos Disk-The Enigma of the Minoan Script, Crete-The Great Island with 4000 Years of History, Illustrations and Bibliography. Daidalika Publications, Heraklion, Crete, Hellas. (Please see contents for details) (December 1996) (80 pages) 2) KRITIKA DAIDALIKA-EVIDENCE FOR THE MINOAN LANGUAGE: STUDIES HOOKER 20 Selected Essays in Memory of J.T.Hooker on the Archaeology, Epigraphy and Philology of Minoan and Mycenaean Crete. Studies Hooker (1997). Part 1 - A - Linear A - Evidence for the Minoan Language - B - The Phaistos Disk - The Enigma of the Minoan Script Part 2 - Daidalika - Collected Essays on Minoan and Mycenaean Crete. A.M.Hakkert Publishing Company - Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain + Amsterdam, Holland. (Please see contents for details) (November 1997) (ISBN 90-256-1096-X) (320 pages) 3) EVIDENCE FOR INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE IN THE MINOAN DOCUMENTS 5 Selected Articles on Minoan and Mycenaean Crete in memory and honour of Michael Ventris and John Chadwick to celebrate 50 years since the publication of Evidence for Greek Dialect in the Mycenaean Archives Journal of Hellenic Studies 73, 1953, 84-103 and Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 1956. Monograph DO-SO-MO Fascicula Mycenologica Polona 6. (Please see contents for details) (December 2005) (80 pages) 4) ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΜΙΝΩΙΚΗ ΓΛΩΣΣΑ 5 Articles in PALIMPSESTO 21, VIKELAIA MUNICIPAL LIBRARY, December2006 (Please see contents for details) (2006) (40 pages) 5) LABYRINTH - COLLECTED WORKS, ΛΑΒΥΡΙΝΘΟΣ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΗ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΜΑΤΩΝ Gareth Owens, Labyrinth: Scripts and Languages of Minoan and Mycenaean Crete Psychogios, Kostis (editor) & Nikolidaki, Kallia (translator). Heraklion Crete: Centre for Cretan Literature, 2007. With the support of the Prefecture of Heraklion. 20X29 cm. Pp.xxvi+358 ISBN 978-960-86847-5-1 6) GLOSSIKA DAIDALIKA A PROVISIONAL APPROACH TO THE MINOAN LANGUAGE Ariadne s Thread The Structure of the Minoan Language - Ο Μιτος της Αριαδνης Η Δομη της Μινωικης Γλωσσας - Evidence for the Minoan Language Phonology, Morphology and Syntax, Lexicology and Archaeology and Language. To Be Published in both English and Modern Greek. (Please see contents for details) (2016) (400 pages) GARETH ALUN OWENS 25/03/2016 - HERAKLION - CRETE - HELLAS
GARETH ALUN OWENS (d. of b. 21-2-64) ACADEMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 1990-2012 (50+) 1990 A Linear B Tablet at University College London. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 37 (1990)p.95-98. 1991 Three Re-Discovered Linear A Inscriptions from Knossos. Minos 25-26 (1990-91)p.367-372. 55 Raccords de Fragments dans les Tablettes de Cnossos. J.L.Melena, G.Owens and M.Serrano. Minos 25-26 (1990-91)p.413-417. Book Reviews: The Minoan Unexplored Mansion (1984); Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from Knossos Vol.1 1-1063 (1987). Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology 27 (1991)p.166-7; 237-8. 1992 A Diachronic Study of the Scripts of Minoan Crete. ΜΥΚΕΝΑΙΚΑ - Proceedings of the 9 th Mycenaean Colloquium (Athens 1990) BCH Supplement XXV (1992)p.461-462. Linear B - 40 Years On. Michael Ventris Memorial Lecture 1/6/1992. J.Chadwick, J.T. Killen and G.Owens. 39 th Report of the Institute of Classical Studies (1992)p.12. 1993 The Untransliterated Syllabograms of Linear B - 40 Years On. Summary of Michael Ventris Memorial Mycenaean Seminar 11/3/1992. B.I.C.S. 38 (1991-1993)p.265-266. Minoan DI-KA-TA. The Linear A Tablet from Palaikastro. 1994 Was SE-TO-I-JA at Archanes? Kadmos 32:2 (1993)p.156-161. Kadmos 32:2 (1993)p.175-176. Kadmos 33:1 (1994)p.22-28. The Date of the Linear B Archive from the «Room of the Chariot Tablets» at Knossos - LMII or LMIIIA1? Talanta - Dutch Archaeological Society 26-27 (1994-95)p.28-49. The Minoan Libation Formula - Practical Considerations. Cretan Studies IV (1994)p.149-156 and pl.xvi-xix. K.Nikolidaki and G.Owens. A Linear A Inscription from Larani, Crete, in the Metaxas Collection, Heraklion, LA Zb 1 - Once Written, Twice Tried. Cretan Studies IV (1994)p.157-164 and pl.xx. 1995 Evidence for the Minoan Language (1): The Minoan Libation Formula. Cretan Studies V (1995)p.163-206 and pl.xviii-xxii. «All Religions are One» (William Blake 1757-1827). ASTARTE/ISHTAR/ ISHASSARAS/ASASARAME. The Great Mother Goddess in Minoan Crete and the Eastern Mediterranean. Cretan Studies V (1995)p.207-218. 1996 The Common Origin of Cretan Hieroglyphs and Linear A. Kadmos 35:2 (1996)p.105-110. The Theran Linear A Inscriptions. Kadmos 35:2 (1996)p.168-169. Linear A Inscriptions at Entrances to Buildings. Kadmos 35:2 (1996)p.169-171. A Possible Reading of Linear A PH Zb 4 (with G.Trench RCN). Kadmos 35:2 (1996)p.171-172. New Evidence for Minoan «Demeter» Kadmos 35:2 (1996)p.172-175. (20) A Linear B Tablet from Knossos at UCL and Heraklion Museum (Dd HM 1374 + UCL 8151). Proceedings of the 7 th Cretological Congress (1991) Volume 1.II (1996)p.703-707 and pl.1. ΔΑΙΔΑΛΙΚΑ-ΓΡΑΦΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΛΩΣΣΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΜΙΝΩΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΥΚΗΝΑΙΚΗΣ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ 20 Essays in Modern Greek (1991-96) Scripts and Languages of Minoan and Mycenaean Crete. (20 Articles 80 Pages) (Please see contents for details) (December 1996).
KRITIKA DAIDALIKA-EVIDENCE FOR THE MINOAN LANGUAGE-STUDIES HOOKER. 20 Selected Essays in Memory of JamesT. Hooker on the Archaeology, Epigraphy and Philology of Minoan and Mycenaean Crete. Part 1 - Linear A and the Phaistos Disk; Part 2 - Collected Essays. (20 Articles 320 Pages) (Please see contents for details) (Nov.1997) (ISBN 90-256-1096-X). 1997 A Possible «Cretan Hieroglyphic» Inscription from Mount Ida (Ya 332). Kadmos 36:2 (1997)p.171. Further Comments on the Theran Linear A Inscriptions. Kadmos 36:2 (1997)p.172-173. 1998 Καστελι-Φουρνης, Ενας Αξιολογος Αρχαιολογικος Τοπος. Αμαλθεια 114-15 (1998)p.69-79. 1999 The Dating of the Linear A Inscriptions from Thera. Kadmos 38:1 (1999)p.12-18. With Dr.Simon Bennett, Department of Geological Sciences, University College London. Balkan Neolithic Scripts Kadmos 38:2 (1999)p.114-120. The Date of the «Room of the Chariot Tablets» at Knossos. Kadmos 38:2 (1999)p.175-177. Linear A in the Aegean: The Further Travels of the Minoan Script. A Study of the 30+ Extra-Cretan Minoan Inscriptions. Malcolm Wiener Festschrift Aegaeum 20 (1999) II, p. 583-597 and pl. CXXIV. The Structure of the Minoan Language. Journal of Indo-European Studies 27:1&2 (1999)p.15-55. The Linear Inscription from Olympia - Minoan and/or Mycenaean? Talanta 30-31 (1999)p.143-146. Late Minoan II Knossos - Minoan and/or Mycenaean? Talanta 30-31 (1998-99) (1999)p.147-154. Re-Discovered Fragments of Linear B Tablets from Knossos now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Talanta 30-31 (1998-99) (1999)p.155-158. 2000 Pre-Hellenic Languages of Crete: Debate and Discussion. Journal of Indo-European Studies 28:1&2 (Spring/Summer 2000)p.237-254. 2001 Η Μινωικη Επιγραφη από το Δικταιο Αντρον (Greek). Proceedings of the 8 th Cretological Congress (Heraklion 1996) Volume 1.II (2001)p.455-466. 2002 Kastelli-Phournis, Mirabello, the Oldest Village in Crete. Cretan Studies VIII (2002)p.167-177. An Introduction to «Cretan Hieroglyphs»: A Study of «Cretan Hieroglyphic» Inscriptions in English Museums (excluding the Ashmolean Museum Oxford). Cretan Studies VIII (2002)p.179-184. 2003 A Further (Final?) Note on the Date of the Room of the Chariot Tablets at Knossos. The History of a Problem. Do-so-mo Fascicula Mycenologica Polona 4-5 (2003)p.79-90. «Πολιτισμος στην Ανατολικη Κρητη στην Τελικη Νεολιθικη Εποχη, 4,000 Π.Χ.» Παλιμψηστον 18, (2003)p.205-214. 2004 Μινωικη Γραφη στη Μεσαρα και ο Δισκος της Φαιστου, Proceedings of the 2 nd Conference of the Mesara, Moires 4/11/2000 (in Modern Greek). Παλιμψηστον 19, 2004, p.13-20. 2005 A Possible Linear Sign AB09 SE from Ithaki? Kadmos 44 :2 (2005)p.183-186. L.Kontorli-Papadopoulou, Th.Papadopoulos (University of Ioannina) and Gareth Owens. (40)
2005-EVIDENCE FOR INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE IN THE MINOAN DOCUMENTS 5 Selected Articles on Minoan and Mycenaean Crete in memory and honour of Michael Ventris and John Chadwick to celebrate 50 years since the publication of Evidence for Greek Dialect in the Mycenaean Archives Journal of Hellenic Studies 73, 1953, 84-103 and Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 1956. Monograph DO-SO-MO Fascicula Mycenologica Polona 6. (Please see contents for details) (December 2005) (80 pages) 1) KU-MI-NA-QE, A-KU-MI-NA With or Without Cumin. Further Evidence for the Indo-European Nature of the Minoan Language? DO-SO-MO 6 Fascicula Mycenologica Polona (2005)p.12-25, with Vikki Hulse, University of Central Lancashire. 2) Corpus of Published Inscriptions in Linear A COPILA (1985-2003). DO-SO-MO 6 (2005)p.26-45, with Gillian Trench RCN, Oxford Brookes University. 3) KH 11 and «Μινωικος Παλαιος Fοινος» - An Introduction to Linear A. DO-SO-MO 6 (2005)p.46-51 with Prof.Charalambakis, National&Kapodistrian University of Athens. 4) Minoan Inscriptions in Mycenaean Greece.. DO-SO-MO 6 (2005)p.52-69, with Dr.Simon Bennet, University College London.. 5) «Michael Ventris, Linear B and the Mycenaean Greeks». Review of Greek Editions of 5 Books (Chadwick, Hooker, Melena et Ruiperez, Godart) about the Scripts and Languages of Minoan and Mycenaean Crete (in Modern Greek in Memory of John Chadwick). DO- SO-MO 6 (2005)p.70-80, with Kalliope Nikolidaki, University of Crete. (45) 2006-ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΜΙΝΩΙΚΗ ΓΛΩΣΣΑ 5 ΑΡΘΡΑ, ΠΑΛΙΜΨΗΣΤΟ 21 (2006) ΒΙΚΕΛΑΙΑ ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ (313-352, σσ.40) -Μαικλ Βεντρις, Τζων Τσαντγουικ, Γραμμικη Β, Μυκηναιοι Ελληνες, Παλιμψηστο 21, 313-25 -Ο Δισκος της Φαιστου Το Αινιγμα της Μινωικης Γραφης, Παλιμψηστο 21, 2006, 325-335 -Ετεοκρητικα Στοιχεια για τη Μινωικη Γλωσσα, Παλιμψηστο 21, 2006, 336-340 -Αιγυπτιακα Στοιχεια για τη Μινωικη Γλωσσα, Παλιμψηστο 21, 2006, 340-343 -Μεταγραφη και Ερμηνεια των κειμενων στη Μινωικη Γλωσσα, Παλιμψηστο 21, 2006, 344-352 (Please see contents for details) (December 2006) (40 pages) (50) 2007-Γκάρεθ Όουενς, Λαβύρινθος: Γραφές και Γλώσσες της Μινωικής και Μυκηναϊκής Κρήτης. Ψυχογυιός, Κωστής (επιμ.) & Νικολιδάκη, Κάλλια (μετάφρ.). Ηράκλειον Κρήτης: Κέντρο Κρητικής Λογοτεχνίας, 2007. Με την υποστήριξη της Νομαρχίας Ηρακλείου. Σχήμα 20 x 29 εκ., σελ. xxvi+358, Gareth Owens, Labyrinth: Scripts and Languages of Minoan and Mycenaean Crete Psychogios, Kostis (editor) & Nikolidaki, Kallia (translator). Heraklion Crete: Centre for Cretan Literature, 2007. With the support of the Prefecture of Heraklion. 20X29 cm. Pp.xxvi+358 2008-2016, www.teicrete.gr/daidalika - From Linear B to the Phaistos Disk 2009 - Was there a `Script in Final Neolithic Greece?, Signs of Civilization: Neolithic Symbol System of Southeast Europe, ed. J.Marler, Institute of ArchaeoMythology, IAM/UCLA, (2009)p.193-197. -Mycenaean Personalia, An Introduction to Linear B James T.Hooker. DO-SO-MO 8 Fascicula Mycenologica et Classica Polona (2009)p.107-111. -Ένα πιθανο Σημα Κεραμοπιου από την Κασο(:). Αρχαιολογια και Τεχνες 113, Δεκεμβριος 2009, Παρατημα, σς.17-19, με Γ.Σακελλαρακη. (53) 2011 Statistical Analysis of Minoan Linear A in Relation to Mycenaean Linear B using Pattern Recognition, pp.256-262, 2011. 7 th International Conference New Horizons in Industry, Business & Education (NHIBE 2011). 25-26 August, 2011, University of the Aegean, Chios, Hellas. Ekavi Papavassileiou, George M.Papadourakis, Gareth Owens. TEI of Crete. (54) 2016 The Dispilio Inscription c.5260 +/- 40 B.C. and the Neolithic Script(s) in West Macedonia, North Greece, Hellas. A.Blanta & G.Owens Erasmus+ Co-ordinators, TEI-UAS, Universities of Applied Sciences, West Macedonia and Crete, Greece/Hellas www.teicrete.gr/daidalika (55)