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. 20012004, 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. Hellas
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 –21/09/2016 - 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 –21/09/2016 - 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 9th
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.
39th 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.
Kadmos 32:2 (1993)p.156-161.
The Linear A Tablet from Palaikastro.
1994
Was SE-TO-I-JA at Archanes?
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.
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A Linear B Tablet from Knossos at UCL and Heraklion Museum (Dd HM 1374 + UCL 8151).
Proceedings of the 7th 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 8th 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 2nd 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.
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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). DOSO-MO 6 (2005)p.70-80, with Kalliope Nikolidaki, University of Crete.
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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)
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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.
2010
“From Minoan Crete to the Neolithic Danube and Beyond?”, Journal of Archaeomythology, Vol.6,
Winter 2010, 41-51, Institute of Archaeomythology, UCLA, USA.
2011
“Statistical Analysis of Minoan Linear A in Relation to Mycenaean Linear B using Pattern
Recognition”, pp.256-262, 2011. 7th 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.
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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
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