Zeynep Aktüre (Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey)

At the archaeological museum in Selçuk, Turkey, the most popular displays are the two Ephesian Artemis statues that stand in niches at the longitudinal ends of a hall, in such a way as to invite Carol Duncan’s analysis of the modern museum as a ‘ritual space’ for aesthetic contemplation. However, Artemis Ephesia would not always seem to allow such a distanced encounter, at least not for those who are willing to perceive its simultaneous strangeness and familiarity.

Stuart Tyson Smith (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)

Mark Pearce (University of Nottingham, UK)

Sam Smiles (University of Plymouth, UK)