'Minoan Women, Matriarchy, and Revolt' Public Lecture April 19

Courtesy of John Younger

Fragment of a terracotta larnax (sarcophagus) from Knossos, Crete (ca. 1400 BCE).

Eta Sigma Phi invites students to a free lecture by John Younger of the University of Kansas on Wednesday, April 19, at 7 p.m. in the Graduate Education Auditorium.

Younger will lecture on “Minoan Women, Matriarchy, and Revolt.” The Minoans were a Bronze Age civilization dwelling on the Greek island of Crete ca. 3650-1450 BCE. At its height (ca. 1700-1500 BCE), the civilization offers us the best candidate for a matriarchy. Women figure prominently in art and religion and probably also in administration. This lecture reinterprets the destruction of Minoan Crete as an internal revolt against a female-dominated society, perhaps in anticipation of a Mycenaean take-over.

This event is free to current University of Arkansas Fayetteville students as supported by the Associated Student Government through the Office of Student Activities and funded by the Student Activities Fee. For questions, please contact Eta Sigma Phi, Beta Pi Chapter President Rachel Murray at rcm003@uark.edu. For accommodations due to disability, please contact Eta Sigma Phi, Beta Pi Chapter at 479-575-2951 or at rcm003@uark.edu.