We kindly invite you to the 14th International Conference of the Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA XIV). The conference takes place from Monday 15th until Friday 19th September 2025 in Ljubljana (Slovenia). The main conference venue is at the Faculty of Law, Poljanski nasip 2, in the city centre of Ljubljana. On Saturday 20th September 2025 a post conference excursion to Šempeter, Celje, Vitanje, Hudinja and Črešnjevec will be organized.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts of oral and poster presentations is 15th January 2025. Abstracts have to be prepared in English on the abstract submission form and have to be submitted as a WORD file to asmosia14@guest.arnes.si. The special theme session, besides all usual ASMOSIA sessions, is “Limestones and other rocks of the Alpine-Dinaric-Pannonian area: sources, extraction and use”.
Announcement of acceptance / rejection of papers is planned for 15th April 2025. The selection between oral and poster presentation will be decided by an international reviewers committee.
Registration and conference fees payment will be possible only online, between 15th April and 30th June 2025. For each accepted paper (oral or poster presentation), at least one of the authors has to register in full and be present at the conference. Conference fee for regular participants is 150 €, for students 50 €.
Please be reminded that a strict requirement for attending the ASMOSIA XIV conference is the payment of the ASMOSIA membership fee (20 €), which has to be paid separately, either directly to the Association’s bank account in advance or before check-in at the conference. Please find attached the ASMOSIA membership form (further information at: plapuent@unizar.es).
The Association (ASMOSIA) will provide two Norman Herz awards (300 and 200 €) for the two best student posters. Students that are interested to compete for these awards should declare this with the submission of the abstract. Please find attached the Instructions.
Also, the Association (ASMOSIA) will provide three (3) grants of 700 € each to young researchers for facilitation their participation to the conference. Please find attached additional information and the Application form.
On the conference website you can find main practical info for your stay in Ljubljana, but you can get professional support at the Ljubljana Tourist Information Centre (web: https://www.visitljubljana.com/en/poi/ljubljana-tourist-information-centre-tic/; phone: +386 01 306 12 15; email: tic@visitljubljana.si).
Guidelines for oral and poster presentations are published on this website under the Guidelines section. Oral and poster presentations will be only in English.
The preparation of the conference proceedings will start after the implementation of the conference. Manuscript preparation guidelines will be also published in Guidelines section on this website.
See you soon in Ljubljana!