As the study of history has developed in the modern era, historians have increasingly come to recognize the value  of interdisciplinary inquiry, bringing methodologies from fields as diverse as sociology, gender studies, and economics to bear on the study of ancient societies. This workshop provides a forum for historians from a range of disciplines to discuss topics of common interest. The focus in 2007-8 will be on urbanism in antiquity and the host of related issues that subject entails, including the evolution, and demographic rlationships between urban and rural spaces and places.