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9.9.08-11.9.08
Aerial Archaeology Research Group annual conference, to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Sessions will cover Aerial Archaeology in the Mediterranean; New Projects; Postgraduate research; Airborne Laser Scanning/Airborne Thematic Mapping; Using video in the Air; An archaeology of natural places from the air; Aerial photography in context - recording landscape and urban areas and Total Archaeology. Final day will be a fieldtrip. Group website at aarg.univie.ac.at.
Contact Dave Cowley,
RCAHMS, John Sinclair House, 16 Bernard Terrace, Edinburgh EH8 9NX, tel 0131 662 1456, email dave.cowley@rcahms.gov.uk, web arheologija.ff.uni-lj.si/aarg/
Archaeology of post-medieval religion
12.9.08-14.9.08
Joint annual conference of the Society for Church Archaeology and Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology. To be held at the Maids Head Hotel, Tombland, Norwich. Themes covered include the ongoing religious and political conflict in post-reformation in Britain & Europe, the archaeology of immigrant groups in the early modern world, non-conformist buildings & landscapes in the 18th & 19th centuries, and post-medieval funerary practices. Details and booking forms on the Societies' websites: www.britarch.ac.uk/socchurcharchaeol and www.spma.org.uk.
Cost £tba.
Contact Dr Chris King,
School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7Rh, tel 0116 252 2175, email cnk4@le.ac.uk
Metals in musical instruments
12.9.08-14.9.08
Historical Metallurgy Society annual conference 2008. Based in the Holywell Music Rooms,Oxford, the oldest surviving purpose built concert hall in Europe. Call for papers, send abstracts of 150 words by 31.1.08. Provisional details only. Alternative contact Eddie Birch, email mejbirch@aol.com, tel 01226 370331.
Cost £200 full.
Contact Louise Bacon,
Horniman Museum & Gardens, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ, tel 01226 370331, email lbacon@horniman.ac.uk, web hist-met.org/conf2008.html
Recent work on Deerhurst Church
13.9.08
Held 7.30pm at Deerhurt Church by the Friends. To include AGM at 5pm and wine & cheese reception. Michael Hare will lead the seminar. Pay on the door. See also 25.4.09 talk. Alternative contact Sue Coggin 01452 780412.
Cost £4.50 / £2.50 students.
Contact Mike Marshall, , tel 01242 680409
ISBA 3
14.9.08-16.9.08
The third International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology will take place in Vanbrugh College on the University of York campus. The general aim of the symposium is to stimulate research in the subject area and to encourage the exchange of information between researchers in different disciplines. Focus of the symposium will be the application of biomolecular techniques to archaeological questions, this ideally in combination with "traditional" archaeological research methods.
Abstracts as Word documents (doc) in downloadable template by 15.5.08 for c10 min presentations and discussions. Call also for posters, 70×100 cm portrait only.
Cost £10 (students) to 300 with accommodation.
Contact the reviewers,
ISBA 3, Biology, S Block, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, tel 01904 328874, email admin.isba3@googlemail.com, web www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/ISBA3/
Conservation and access
15.9.08-19.9.08
Registration is now open for International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)'s 22nd international Congress, which will take place in London at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. Enabling people to access and enjoy art and heritage is our shared aim. Cultural institutions throughout the world strive to provide and encourage physical and intellectual access to their collections and sites. Conservators and conservation scientists play a vital part in enabling cultural heritage to be enjoyed while not compromising its condition or survival. The programme will examine the central role of conservation in the presentation and protection of the world's cultural heritage. It will explore the many ways that heritage professionals engage in this sharing worldwide, whether that involves people going to see that heritage or the heritage itself travelling the globe.An impressive range of over 40 speakers is lined up to report on contemporary thinking, current research and examples of best practice. Topics will include conservation involvement in a wide variety of different areas. The varied locations for conservation involvement cover the range of archaeological sites, monuments, historic houses and churches, museums, libraries and archives. The types of object dealt with range from manuscripts to murals and from fossils to fireboats. The approaches vary from technical experimentation to philosophical analysis, yet there is a common theme of assessing risks and judging the critical balance between access now and preservation for the benefit of future generations.
Cost £185-335.
Contact Graham Voce,
Executive Secretary, International Institute for Conservation, of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), 6 Buckingham Street, London WC2N 6BA, tel 020 7839 5975, email iic@iiconservation.org, web www.iiconservation.org/congress/
EAA 2008
16.9.08-21.9.08
Annual Conference of the European Association of Archaeologists to be held in Malta at the Gateway Building, University of Malta Campus, Msida. Abstracts of c200 words for Conflict Archaeology Session 'Terrains of Conflict: Approaches to Warfare in the European Past to Dr John Carman, Birmingham University Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Heritage Valuation, Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, Arts Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, tel 0121 414 7493, fax 0121 414 3595, email J.Carman@bham.ac.uk. Also call for abstracts of c200 words for the session "Commensality Rituals in the Prehistoric Societies of Europe". In recent years, research on the social context of ritual meal consumption has experienced a great advance in the Prehistory of Europe. This session seeks to discuss the critical implications of all the previous aspects in understanding different social dynamics in Mediterranean prehistory. Send to session organisers, Dr Gonzalo Aranda Jiménez (garanda@ugr.es) and Dr Sandra Montón Subías (Sandra.monton@upf.edu), details from events.um.edu.mt/eaa2008/aranda.pdf (right click and 'Save Target As…' or 'Save Link As…' to download). Alternative website www.e-a-a.org/2008.htm.
Cost £varied.
Contact Ms Lucienne Bugeja,
Conference Unit, Foundation for International Studies, Old University Building, St Pauls Street, Valletta, MALTA, email conferences@fis.org.mt, web events.um.edu.mt/eaa2008
Exhibiting antiquity
18.9.08-19.9.08
Held at Birbeck, University of London. What place does the exhibited object have in the reception of classical antiquity? What is at stake in acquiring such objects, in displaying them, in viewing them, in the museum and beyond? This two-day international conference (generously supported by the British Academy) will bring together those working on classical reception studies and English literature, as well as art historians, museologists, curators, archaeologists and intellectual historians to discuss the part played by the display of objects in the reception of the classical world from the eighteenth century to the present. Confirmed speakers include: Elizabeth Prettejohn, Kenneth Lapatin, Caroline Vout, Athena Leoussi, Stefano-Maria Evangelista, Debbie Challis, Michael Hatt, Katherine Harloe, Alain Schnapp. Organisers: Catharine Edwards, Kate Nichols, Luisa Calè.
Cost £18 per day students or 35 full / both days 30/60.
Contact Daniel Binney,
School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, tel 020 7631 6268, email d.binney@bbk.ac.uk, web www.bbk.ac.uk/hca/about/conferences/antiquityconference
Holography in the modern museum
19.9.08
Discussing the use and understanding of holography by the museum world. Organised by by The Royal Photographic Society and held at De Montfort University, Leicester. Also short course in Applied Holography to compliment the conference on preceeding days (17.9.08-18.9.08). Early bird rates £50 / £35 students.
Cost £70/£55 students.
Contact Jonathan Ross,
Royal Photographic Society, Holography Group, tel 020 7370 2239, email jross@gallery286.com, web www.holography.co.uk/RPS/events.html
The historic environment of Essex
19.9.08-21.9.08
A CBA Mid Anglia conference to be held at the Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, discussing periods from the earliest humans to the 20th century. Fee is for the whole conference, with or without the dinner. Day ticket is £42.
Cost £88 inc dinner, £70 excl.
Contact Frances Van Keulen,
Essex County Council, Field Archaeology Unit, Fairfield Court, Fairfield Road, Braintree, Essex CM7 3YQ, tel 01376 331431, email Con2008HE@essexcc.gov.uk
The pipe in its socio-economic context
19.9.08
The Académie Internationale de la Pipe annual conference and symposium, held 2-5.30pm at Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool. Free admission, but book by 7.9.08, all welcome. There will be a series of papers on pipes in their social context from around the world with speakers from as far afield as Japan and Argentina.
Cost £free.
Contact Dr Jenny Woodcock, , tel 0151 727 8243, email iolanthe@onetel.com
Scotland in later prehistoric Europe
19.9.08-21.9.08
An international conference exploring the later prehistoric archaeology of Scotland in its British and European context. Keynote Lecture by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe. To be held in the National Galleries of Scotland, Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, Weston Link, The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL. 20 Speakers from across Europe will investigate themes including: The People and the Period, The Changing Societies of Later Prehistoric Northern Europe, Landscape and Settlements and Artefacts, Beliefs and Society. A keynote lecture will be presented by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe. Price includes all three days lectures, tea and coffee and a wine and whisky reception on Friday, with the extra option of a conference dinner on Saturday
Cost £45/50 plus £35 dinner.
Contact the organisers,
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, (Conference), National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, email info@socantscot.org
Cadbury Day 2008
20.9.08
Biennial dayschool focussing on the survey and excavation work of the South Cadbury Environs Project, and related landscape & hillfort studies, at North Cadbury, Somerset.
Cost £8.
Contact Clare Randall, , tel 01305 833015, email clarerandall@aol.com
Clay tobacco pipes in the North-West of England
20.9.08-21.9.08
The annual conference of the Society for Clay Pipe Research will take place at Universityof Liverpool and Norton Priory. Book by 7.9.08, non-members welcome. The main theme will be pipes and pipe production in the north-west, particularly in light of discoveries from recent excavations in Liverpool. As well as the formal papers there will also be displays and handling sessions and an opportunity to see the finds from Norton Priory and neighbouring sites.
Cost £10.
Contact Peter Davey, , tel 01624 897215, email pjd1@liverpool.ac.uk
Wessex and the Norman Conquest
20.9.08
Held 9.45am to 5pm at Hampshire Record Office, Winchester. Registration from 9.15am. Wessex had been close to the centre of power in the tenth century but the eleventh century saw a change in the distribution of power, especially following the conquest of England's first Danish king, Cnut, in 1016 and the creation of a single West Saxon earldom. How much did the former kingdom of Wessex matter in this new order of the eleventh century? How did Wessex and its communities differ from other parts of the English kingdom? Was there any significance to West Saxon regional identity and how far did this affect Wessex's treatment in the Conquest?
Cost £14 incl refreshements.
Contact Dr Ryan Lavelle, , tel 01962 827137, email Ryan.Lavelle@winchester.ac.uk, web www.winchester.ac.uk/cwha
AIAC 2008
22.9.08-26.9.08
Held in Rome, FAO. The 17th meeting of the Congress of the International Association of Classical Archaeology in Rome is entitled: Meetings between cultures in the Ancient Mediterranean. Discussing meetings between cultures in the ancient Mediterranean at this 17th International Congress of the AIAC - Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica (AIAC - International Association for Classical Archaeology). Call for posters of unpublished, recently discovered, preliminary results from recent or ongoing work. Send proposals of 200 words with title and name of author(s) by 31.1.08. Electronic full versions in Powerpoint (ppt/pps) or image (jpg) format of filesize 500KB to 1MB by 30.6.08 and paper versions by 30.7.08.
Contact the organisers,
AIAC, Associazione Internazionale, di Archeologia Classica, Via degli Astalli, 4 – 00186, Rome, ITALY, tel 06.6798798, email AIACCongress2008@gmail.com, web www.aiac.org/ing/congresso_2008/home.htm
Archaeology below: engaging the public
24.9.08-27.9.08
Joint conference of the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology and Australasian Association for Maritime History, held at State Library of South Australia, Adelaide. The conference organising committee is now inviting proposals for papers and posters. A list of session abstracts are now on the conference website. Please use the online form to submit paper and poster proposals. Paper and poster proposals should be no more than 150 words. Papers will be either 15 or 20 minutes long depending on the number of papers proposed. The deadline for paper and poster proposals, as well as early bird registration is 31.7.08. Registration for conference workshops should be conducted through the workshop organisers. Workshops on offer include: Geophysics for Archaeologists and Heritage Consultants Data; Management in Maritime Archaeology Using Site Recorder 4 Don't Just Dig It What about the Future of Archaeological Collections?; Introduction to Conservation Issues Related to Underwater Cultural Heritage Sites.
This year's conference theme is borrowed from the 1960s movement "History from Below." That movement saw historians shift their focus from topics such as great men, big wars and political elites to subjects that previously had been neglected like women, children, urban and rural poor, immigrants and ethnic minorities. "History from Below" was also about engaging public interest in local histories and encouraging the public to take control of their own personal and community histories.
Contact organising committee, , web www.aima.iinet.net.au
From desert to wetland
27.9.08-28.9.08
Held at the University of Exeter in honour of Professors Bryony Coles and Valerie Maxfield on their retirement. Saturday will be themed around Roman Military and Sunday, Wetlands. Speakers include Alan Bowman, David Breeze, John Coles, Bill Hanson, Mark Hassell, Rebecca Jones, Paul Mellars, Denis Ramseyer & Alison Sheridan. Prices: £40 for both days or £25 each day, plus £10 lunch. Please make cheques payable to 'University of Exeter'.
Cost £25-40 plus lunch at £10 per day.
Contact the organisers,
Department of Archaeology, Laver Building, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QE, tel 01392 264350, email archaeology@exeter.ac.uk, web www.sogaer.ex.ac.uk/archaeology
Welsh churches
4.10.08
Annual conference ofThe Ecclesiological Society. To be held 10am to 5pm in Central London at RIBA Lecture Theatre, 66 Portland Place W1B 1AD. The nearest tube stations are Regents Park and Great Portland Street (both to the north), Goodge Street (to the east) and Oxford Circus (to the south). This year we will be looking at churches in Wales. What are they like? What – if anything – makes them distinctively Welsh? Open to all. Venue has disabled access. Fee includes refreshments and lunch.
Cost £43.50 members / 48 non-members / 35 FT students.
Contact Valerie Hitchman,
32 Repton Road, Orpington BR6 9HS, tel 01689 840309, email ecclconference@btinternet.com, web www.ecclsoc.org/conference2008details.html
Lincolnshire abbeys & priories
4.10.08
The Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology annual Archaeology Day at Riseholme Campus, University of Lincoln 9.45am to 4pm. Places must be prebooked. Talks on The Barlings Abbey Project, The White Canons in Lincolnshire, The Knights Templar, 'Looking at Stones', The Gilbertines and Thornton Abbey.
Cost £13 or £22 with buffet lunch.
Contact the orgnisers,
SLHA, Jews' Court, Steep Hill, Lincoln LN2 1LS, tel 01522 521337
North York Moors archaeology dayschool
5.10.08
Dayschool in Helmsley on recent archaeological work and research within and around the North York Moors National Park. Speakers include: Ed Dennison (Ayton Castle), Martin Roe (Windy Pits), Stephen Sherlock (Street House), Blaise Vyner (Fylingdales) and Peter Wilson (Cawthorn).
Cost £10.
Contact Graham Lee,
Senior Archaeological Conservation Officer, National Park Office, The Old Vicarage, Bondgate, Helmsley, York YO62 5BP, tel 01439 770657, email g.lee@northyorkmoors-npa.gov.uk
Leading figures in museums, culture & politics
6.10.08-8.10.08
Providing a world of inspiration from the Museums Association conference 08, includes exhibition. Alongside key names from the national and international museum scene, contributors to the Museums Association conference include leading figures in politics and culture. Keynote speakers this year include: Phil Redmond, Christopher Frayling, Virginia Tandy, Susan Legêne, David Fleming and Andy Burnham. Other speakers include Deyan Sudjic, AS Byatt, Stephen Feber, Brian McMaster and Maurice Davies. Held at the BT Convention Centre in Liverpool. Join us in the European Capital of Culture 2008.
Cost £varied.
Contact Lorraine O'Leary,
Conference Office, Museums Association, 24 Calvin Street, London E1 6NW, tel 020 7426 6940, email orraine@museumsassociation.org, web www.museumsassociation.org/conference
The landscapes of South Yorkshire and the North Midlands
11.10.08
Held at the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield 10am to 4.30pm. Event includes AGM of the Society for Landscape Studies. Fee includes refreshments and lunch. Please make cheques payable to 'The University of Sheffield'. Contact for detailed programme and application form. Booking forms to Dr Dawn Hadley (SLS), Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, Northgate House, West Street, Sheffield S1 4ET.
Cost £20/£10 students.
Contact Brian Rich,
11 Adams Grove, Leek ST13 8NX, tel 01538 384 713, email brianrich457@btinternet.com
CBA Weekend
17.10.08-19.10.08
The CBA Weekend Event 2008 will be a celebration of the richness and diversity of London's archaeology. The city has been a major focus of CBA activity this year; with the creation of the CBA London group, the publication of Londinium and Beyond, and the CBA's role in bringing together archaeologists to create a new research strategy for Greater London, this year has seen lots of exciting work come to fruition.
Highlights will include special viewings at the Museum of London, a lecture on the World Heritage Site of Greenwich, tours of Guildhall Roman amphitheatre and Billingsgate Roman house, and a whole series of expert lectures on the archaeology of the capital. The Beatrice de Cardi lecture this year will be given by Thorsten Opper, Curator of the British Museum's major summer exhibition Hadrian: Empire and Conflict. Places are limited so please book early.
Cost £99 members / £115 full plus £30 dinner.
Contact the CBA, , web www.britarch.ac.uk/cba/weekend
Fields of conflict
17.10.08-20.10.08
The 5th biennial event will be held at Hotel Monasterium Poortackere, Ghent, Belgium. This is the leading international conference on battlefield and conflict archaeology. The region of Flanders has been Europe's 'Blood Alley' from medieval times to the 20th century. Near to Ghent are the lines of the First World War western front and the sites of many major battles. Take this opportunity to be also part of the commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the battle of Oudenaarde by a visit to the battlefield and the major exhibition celebrating Marlborough's victory. Costs of the reception, the Oudenaarde excursion and the dinner are included in registration. Accommodation and post-conference trips are to be charged separately. For academic programme enquiries, contact Dr John Carman, Bloody Meadows Project, Institute of Archaeology & Antiquity, Arts Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, email j.carman@bham.ac.uk. Address for registration and accommodation enquiries follows.
Cost £150-200 EUROS.
Contact Ms Eva Roels,
Ename Center for Public Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology & Antiquity, and Heritage Interpretation, Abdijstraat 13-15, B-9700 Oudenaarde, BELGIUM, tel +32 55 30 03 44, email colloquium@enamecenter.org, web www.FieldsofConflict.bham.ac.uk
Roman North-West England
18.10.08
CBA North West autumn conference, to be held at the Grosvenor Museum, Chester and subtitled "Hinterland or 'Indian Country'?". This meeting will review the different perceptions of the region and its role in Roman Britain, raising key questions about archaeological visibility, the nature of the Roman economy and what is meant by 'Romanisation'. Programme and booking form available online from mid-September. Non-members fee includes membership of CBA NW for the rest of 2008/9.
Cost £7 CBA members / £10 non-members.
Contact the organisers, , tel 01254 619803, web www.britarch.ac.uk/cbanw
Building the future, revealing the past
18.10.08
A one-day conference held at Liverpool Hope University, Childwall, Liverpool and organised by Merseyside Archaeological Society. Discussing the archaeology of Merseyside 1750–1900. It will focus on recent archaeological investigations including the Liverpool One redevelopment.
Contact Conference Secretary,
3 Calton Avenue, Mossley Hill, Liverpool L18 1EL, email estcarp@hotmail.co.uk, web www.merseysidearchaeologicalsociety.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Pennine Ways and waymarkers
19.10.08
Held by The Milestone Society (North Regional Meeting) from 10am in Saddleworth Museum, High Street, Uppermill, Greater Manchester, OL3 6HS. Find out about ancient highways and turnpike features as well as recent restoration activities: a day of illustrated talks and displays with an optional stroll to see some local examples. All welcome. Fee includes refreshments but not lunch. Bring own packed lunch.
Contact Jan Scrine, , tel 01457 874093 (venue), email yorkshiremilestones@hotmail.co.uk, web www.yorkshire-milestones.co.uk
VSMM 2008
20.10.08-26.10.08
Virtual Systems and Multimedia conference dedicated to digital heritage, to be held at Amathus Beach Hotel, Amathus Avenue, CY-3606 Limassol, CYPRUS. Abstracts for full papers, short papers and posters by 2.6.08. Further instructions online.
Cost £TBA.
Contact the organisers, , email chairman@vsmm2008.org, web www.vsmm2008.org
Field systems through time
25.10.08
A CBA Yorkshire study day looking at field systems from prehistory through to the modern era. Fee includes drinks. Held at the Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, University of Leeds. Please reserve place by sending your name, address, telephone number and email address (if applicable). Enclose a cheque payable to CBA Yorkshire.
Cost £12.50.
Contact Mike Edwards,
Secretary CBA Yorkshire, 12 Smithwell Lane, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 7NX
Roman Discoveries in Kent and London
25.10.08
Council for Kentish Archaeology autumn conference. Held The Powell Lecture Theatre, Canterbury Christ Church University, North Holmes Road, Canterbury. Speakers include Tim Allen (Oxford Archaeology, The Early Roman Cemetery at Tolgate near Gravesend); Neil Hawkins (Pre-construct Archaeology, The Hoard of Roman Metal Vessels found in a well at Drapers Gardens); Paul Bennett (Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Roman Canterbury). Cheques payable to CKA, SAE please. Friends of the CKA can apply for free pass.
Cost £4.
Contact Ruth Plummer,
Conference Organiser, co/ The CKA, 7 Sandy Ridge, Borough Green, Kent TN15 8HP, tel 020 8777 7872, email davru58-arch@yahoo.co.uk, web www.the-cka.fsnet.co.uk
Arts and Crafts in the Mead Hall: the Roots of English Culture
25.10.08
The Sutton Hoo Society day conference, held at Woodbridge School Conference Centre, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Topics for discussion will include: The Anglo-Saxon Hall: concepts of structure and space. Verse, music and the Old English Camelot. The Ritual Hall in early medieval Scandinavia. Costume in everyday life and at special occasions. Feasting, society and the Imagination. Chaired by Angela Care Evans and Martin Carver. Speakers: Helen Geake, Sam Newton, Neil Price, Stephen Pollington, Jenny Walker. For bookings send A5 SAE. Fee includes tea, coffee and 2 course lunch.
Cost £contact.
Contact The Treasurer, , Sutton Hoo Society, 2 Meadowside, Wickham Market, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 0UD, email info@suttonhoo.org, web www.suttonhoo.org
History of writing in the Classical world
25.10.08
Dayschool by and held at the Classics Centre, University of Oxford, the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents. The event will include a practical demonstration of stone cutting techniques (by Richard Grasby), lectures about writing on papyri, wood, wax, ceramics, etc., and exhibitions of some of the more interesting finds of early writing. Speakers include Prof Peter Parsons, Prof Alan Bowman and Dr Roger Tomlin.
Cost £50 with buffet lunch, £ 40 without.
Contact Maggy Sasanow,
Research Support Officer, Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents, The Ioannou School, University of Oxford, 66 St. Giles, Oxford OX1 3LU, tel 01865 288255, email Margaret.sasanow@classics.ox.ac.uk, web www.csad.ox.ac.uk
Gloucester rebuilt
25.10.08
A conference on archaeology and urban change from the 1st to the 21st century, in the context of Gloucester's current major redevelopment. Organised by the Committee for Archaeology in Gloucestershire and the University of Gloucestershire. Held at Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester 10 am to 5pm.
Cost £10.
Contact Martin Ecclestone,
Hon Secretary, Princess Royal Cottage, Butterow West, Stroud GL5 3UA, tel 01453 759516, web www.bgas.org.uk/cagconf.htm
Life, work and Death in Birmingham 1100–1900
1.11.08
CBA West Midlands dayschool, presenting results from an English Heritage funded project to bring together in a coherent form Developer funded Archaeological Research. The programme attempts to sort and analyse the findings, starting with the Artefactual evidence and information gathered from GIS on the development of the Town Plan. Held at The Learning Centre, University of Birmingham.
Cost £20 incl lunch.
Contact Juliet Porter,
Group Secretary, PO Box 14268, Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield B73 6LH, email cbawestmidlands@britarch.ac.uk
The New Antiquarians
1.11.08-2.11.08
Subtitled '50 years of archaeological innovation in Wessex', this conference celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the formation of CBA Wessex will be held at the Ordnance Survey Centre, Southampton. Sessions will include reviews of the major chronological periods and advances in landscape, maritime, environmental, scientific and public archaeology as well as short personal reminiscences. Contributors will include Barry Cunliffe, Geoff Wainwright, Tim Darvill, Mike Fulford, Mike Parker-Pearson, Peter Fowler, Josh Pollard, Phil Harding and many others. Limited places, early booking advised.
Cost £50 regional members / £55 non members.
Contact Andy Manning,
Meeting Secretary, tel 01722 343406, email a.manning@wessexarch.co.uk, web blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/newantiquarians/
Personal/oral histories of human origins research
3.11.08
Held 4-6pm at Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge. Leslie Aiello, Meave Leakey, David Pilbeam, Chris Stringer, Rob Foley and Marta Mirazon Lahr remember their lives and through those recollections reconstruct a history of human evolutionary research. Adam Kuper will chair. Tea at 3pm and a wine reception follows.
Cost £free.
Contact Pamela Jane Smith, , email pjs1011@cam.ac.uk, web www.arch.cam.ac.uk/personal-histories/
NAS 2008
7.11.08-9.11.08
Nautical Archaeology Society annual conference. Held at Action Stations, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Early booking advised to avoid disappointment. Accommodation at The Royal Maritime Club may be available at £28pppn (contact 023 9282 4231 and quote 'NAS'). Alternatively, there are several local B&Bs. Conference on 8.11.08 with excursions on other days. Wheelchair friendly. Credit cards accepted by phone/fax. Do not send via email. Inform of any dietry requirements on booking if meals are needed.
Cost £varied.
Contact the organisers,
Nautical Archaeology Society, Fort Cumberland, Fort Cumberland Road, Eastney, Portsmouth PO4 9LD, tel 023 9281 8419, email nas@nauticalarchaeologysociety.org, web www.nauticalarchaeologysociety.org
Industries of the South East
8.11.08
Annual Conference of CBA South East regional group, held at University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton. Exploring the varied nature of the industrial history of the South East from flint mining to glass making.
Cost £tba.
Contact Steve Corbett,
4 Ditchling Close, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN23 8LS, email steve@scorbett.co.uk
Scottish Theoretical Archaeological Group
8.11.08
The first STAG conference, discussing Theory in Action: A conference on Scottish archaeological thought in practice. Held at the Department of Archaeology, in Glasgow. Abstracts of 200 words for 20 min papers and posters by 8.9.08. Postgraduate (Masters and PhD) conference.
Archaeological theory has developed in the past decade from a polemic between processualists and post-processualists to a multifaceted discourse of archaeological theories. Today theory is a natural starting point for most archaeological research: in some research the theory itself is the goal, but theory can also provide a framework of ideas from which the research can develop. Studies of theory often have had a secondary role in Scottish archaeology when they have not been altogether omitted. The focus for this conference is the integration between theory and material from the Scottish archaeological record. We want to invite fellow postgraduate students working with archaeological materials in Scotland, and neighbouring regions, to a conference to discuss how theory is applied in archaeological research. Our goal in this conference is two-fold: first, to create a place in which students working with Scottish archaeological themes or materials can meet to discuss issues and problems in their research, and secondly, to start an explicit dialogue of archaeological theory in a Scottish context.
Cost £tbc.
Contact Elizabeth Pierce,
Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, tel 0141 330 5690, email scottishtheory@hotmail.co.uk, web www.gla.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/newsevents/stag/
Place, space and conservation - the regeneration game
13.11.08-14.11.08
Organised by The Architectural Heritage Fund, The Civic Trust, Institute of Historic Building Conservation, The Prince's Regeneration Trust and The UK Association of Preservation Trusts, the conference is at Gorton Monastery in Manchester and features speakers from national and local government, funders and agencies, plus case studies from voluntary sector and commercial developers throughout the UK. Register by 24.10.08. Further inforamtion also available form the Yorkshire and Humber Historic Environment Forum (YHHEF) website.
Cost £50-130.
Contact Diane Kendal,
Architectural Heritage Fund, Alhambra House, 27-31 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0AU, tel 020 7925 0199, email diane@ahfund.org.uk, web www.ahfund.org.uk/news.html#regengame
CHAT 2008
14.11.08-16.11.08
The annual CHAT (Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory) conference will this year take place at University College London, hosted by Atkins Heritage, English Heritage and UCL Centre for Museums, Heritage and Material Culture. CHAT is a dynamic forum for innovative critical discussion that seeks to challenge and push the limits of archaeological thinking. To date this has been achieved through five annual conferences, publications and an active email discussion group. This year's conference takes CHAT in a new direction, exploring connections between these theoretical perspectives and ideals and the more traditional concerns of heritage management practice. What can CHAT offer heritage practitioners, and vice versa? How much of heritage management practice holds relevance to CHAT?
Papers will challenge the very notion of heritage, and the commercial and corporate strategies that go with it. Work on contemporary and historical archaeology which operates within more conventional heritage frameworks will also be described. Charlotte Frearson (charlotte.frearson@atkinsglobal.com); Sarah May (sarah.may@english-heritage.org.uk); Hilary Orange (h.orange@ucl.ac.uk); Sefryn Penrose (Sefryn.penrose@atkinsglobal.com);
John Schofield (john.schofield@english-heritage.org.uk).
Contact via email, , web www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/events/conferences/chat-2008
Lancashire archaeology dayschool
15.11.08
The 2nd Annual Lancashire Archaeology Dayschool, hosted jointly by University of Central Lancashire and Lancashire County Archaeology Service, is to once again be held at The Darwen Theatre, University of Central Lancashire, Preston. years topics include - Prehistoric Lancashire: some new findings, The Romano-British Roundhouses found at Poulton-le-Fylde, Dendrochronology and dated buildings from Lancashire, The Production and Supply of Pottery in Medieval Lancashire, The excavation of the Lancaster Delft-ware Pothouse and The work of the English country-potter. Free parking will also be available.
Cost £7 or £ 14.25 with buffet lunch.
Contact Lynda Sutton,
Lancashire County Archaeology Service, tel 01772 533404, email Lynda.sutton@lancashire.gov.uk
Scotland's rural past
15.11.08
The first annual SRP Conference will share the many exciting discoveries and experiences of the project so far at the Birnam Institute in Dunkeld. Scotland's Rural Past (SRP) is a five year project, set up to support local communities to investigate and record the remains of long abandoned settlements in their local areas. This initiative aims to encourage volunteers to discover more about historic rural settlements by developing their own projects. The team provides training for local volunteers, teaching valuable new techniques and skills in identifying, surveying and recording archaeological features. Volunteers come away from the courses with a rediscovered sense of place and greater understanding of the changing historic landscape in their area. Thirty-six SRP projects are currently underway across Scotland, with over 400 volunteers involved. The Conference will include an address from keynote speaker, Dr Simon Taylor, one of Scotland’s foremost authorities on place names. In addition, volunteers from projects across Scotland will make presentations of their work, information clinics will provide delegates with expert advice, and the Highland Folk Museum will provide hands-on craft activities. Fee includes refreshement, buffet lunch and wine reception.
Cost £12 plus £18 conference dinner.
Contact Katy Gilzean,
Account Manager, Colman Getty, Scotland Consultancy, 5 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh EH1 3NW, tel 0131 558 8851, email KatyGilzean@colmangetty.co.uk, web www.colmangetty.co.uk
Debating urbanism: within and beyond the walls
15.11.08
A one-day conference looking at life within and around towns from cAD 300–700. The conference will provide a forum to post-graduate researchers, with discussions framed by established scholars. This will stimulate debate and discussion to illustrate the ways in which towns were constantly changing and evolving or decaying from the late Roman Empire into early medieval Europe. The papers cover a variety of the provinces within the Roman world with a central theme of urban change.
Cost £20 / £10 students.
Contact Gavin Speed,
c/o School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, email gs50@le.ac.uk, web www.le.ac.uk/ar/research/conf/debatingurbanism.html
The Welsh medieval church and its context
15.11.08
To be held at Oakdale Workmen's Institute, St Fagans National History Museum, Wales. Exploring ways of understanding and illustrating how and where people in Britain, but more especially in Wales, lived, worked and worshiped between cAD1200-1530s and the Reformation. Also using the recently re-erected St Teilo's Church as an example of how informed academic research can be used to re-create a building from this period. Abstracts of 200 words max for papers of 20-25 minutes (of 30 min slots) are invited on subjects relating to the above. Deadline 30.5.08. The emphasis should be on showing how aspects of medieval religious architecture, art, religion, liturgy, landscape and society can be researched and interpreted to a 21st century audience. Papers should not have been previously presented at any other scholarly meeting nor have been published.
Contact Gerallt Nash,
Senior Curator, Historic Buildings, National History Museum, St Fagans, Cardiff CF5 6XB, tel 029 20573400, email gerallt.nash@amgueddfacymru.ac.uk
Behavior, energy and climate change
16.11.08-19.11.08
Multi-disciplinary confernece of anthropological topics to be held in Sacremento, California, USA. Call for presentations, posters and roundtable proposals by 27.5.08. Abstracts of 250 words max, submit online. Focused on understanding the behavior and decision making of individuals and organisations and using that knowledge to accelerate our transition to an energy-efficient and low carbon economy. Early bird registration opens 1.6.08 until 5.9.08.
Contact Karen Sharp,
Event Coordinator, California Institute for Energy and Environment, University of California, Office of the President, 1333 Broadway, Suite 240, Oakland, CA 94612-1918, USA, email info@BECCconference.org, web www.beccconference.org
Archaeological film festival
18.11.08-22.11.08
The Oiasso Roman Museum of Irun presents the 8th International Archaeological Film Festival of the BIDASOA organized by the City council of Irun. The Festival must like objective present archaeology the public in general, by means of the audio-visual work diffusion result of the works of the archaeologists, assuring the promotion and spreading these works. Please send movies by 31.5.08.
Contact the organisers,
Oiasso Roman Museum, c/ Eskoleta, 1, 20302 Irun, SPAIN, tel +34 943 63 93 53, email ficab.oiasso@irun.org, web www.irun.org/oiasso/home.aspx?tabid=243
On the waterfront
19.11.08-21.11.08
This major international conference will be held in Liverpool, the European Capital of Culture 2008. Intended to explore port cities and how we can protect the integrity of historic maritime ports and ensure their distinctiveness is retained. It will explore the future of port cities from Shanghai to Mumbai. This is an essential event for all those who believe in the important role heritage plays in regeneration and placemaking.
Cost £250 full or £125 students, unwaged.
Contact Kate Orchard, , tel 01273 882112, email onthewaterfront@sam-culture.com, web www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.19050
The contentious museum
20.11.08-21.11.08
The 6th biennial University Museums in Scotland conference, to be held in MacRobert Building of the University of Aberdeen. Engaging with debates on issues such as repatriation, genocide, slavery, censorship, power and the treatment of human remains. Registration and draft programme now available. Day fee includes lunch and refreshments. Registrations and enquiries about payment should be made to the conference secretariat: Julie Greig / Nikki Musgrave, CPD Business Development Officer, Room 36, Research & Innovation, University Office, King's College, Aberdeen AB24 3FX, tel 01224 272523, fax 01224 272319, email cpd@abdn.ac.uk.
Cost £50 per day plus £30 dinner.
Contact Neil Curtis,
Conference Organsier, Senior Curator, Marischal Museum, University of Aberdeen, Marischal College, Aberdeen AB10 1YS, tel 01224 274304, email museum@abdn.ac.uk, web www.abdn.ac.uk/contentiousmuseum/
Vikings in the North West
22.11.08
The Huxley Hoard of Viking silver, found in 2004, has been purchased jointly by National Museums Liverpool, Cheshire Museums and the Grosvenor Museum, Chester. This conference will focus on this fascinating new find, and explore Vikings in North West England. The hoard itself will be on display in the Maritime Museum. The conference will provide an opportunity to re-appraise the Viking period in the North West of England as the context for the deposition of the Huxley Hoard, and other similar Viking finds. Specialist speakers will discuss the hoard itself, and as well as the political, economic and social context in the North West which led to the deposition of this and other hoards in the region. Speakers will include Prof. James Graham Campbell, University College London, Prof. Richard Bailey, Newcastle University, Dr David Griffiths, Oxford University, Dr Gareth Williams, British Museum and Dr Mark Redknap, National Museum of Wales.
Cost £free.
Contact Museum Learning Booking Line, , tel 0151 478 4441
Edinburgh and East Lothian
22.11.08
Annual archaeology conference held 9.30am to 5pm at Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh. A full programme and further details will be available online shortly. Advance booking of tickets is advisable. This annual conference is organised jointly by the City of Edinburgh Council and East Lothian Council. It provides an important opportunity to hear and discuss first hand accounts of the archaeological fieldwork and research being undertaken in Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian. Alternative contact John Lawson (john.lawson@cecas.freeserve.co.uk).
Cost £tba.
Contact Biddy Simpson,
Heritage Officer, East Lothian Council, Archaeology Service, John Muir House, Haddington EH41 3HA, tel 01620 827158, email bsimpson1@eastlothian.gov.uk, web www.eastlothian.gov.uk
Archaeology dayschool
22.11.08
Held at The Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds by West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service). The day will cover an extended survey of recent archaelogical excavations and building surveys carried out in advance of redevelopment, as well as, following its analysis, much more detail on the "Harrogate Hoard", the largest Viking hoard found in England since the early 19th-century. The day will also include Roman West Yorkshire, extending, into both the prehistoric and post-Roman periods. Excavations at Wattle Syke in advance of widening the A1 have revealed what appears to be a Roman village with a range of structures and large numbers of skeletons to give us an insight into the lives of our ancestors. John Hudson will demonstrate the production of Roman pottery and the results of a recent major survey of the archaeology of the Magnesian Limestone (essentially the east of West Yorkshire) will be revealed. Early booking encouraged.
Cost £12.
Contact Amanda Sheridan,
Education & Community Engagement Officer, tel 0113 2898255, email asheridan@wyjs.org.uk
Youth in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage
24.11.08-25.11.08
YOCOCU, held in Rome, in the framework of "European Science Week 2008" and will be based on biennial appointment. It is addressed mainly to young Architects, Conservation Scientists, Art Historians Conservator / Curators, Conservators / Restorers and others. The first day is devoted to the policy and strategy to promote an active role of these actors in the conservation field; the second, to give voice to young professionals to share experiences, studies and new research. Abstract submission by 25.7.08.
Contact Andrea Macchia, , email info@yococu.com, web www.yococu.com
Sea Coast fortification
27.11.08-29.11.08
'From the beginning to the modern times', the VIII International Conference on Military Monuments, concentrating on Fortresses. Held in Faro, Algarve, Portugal. Papers in Portugese and English.
Contact Dr Sofia Macedo,
Rua Barros Queirós, 20, 2°, 1100-077, Lisboa (Lisbon), PORTGUAL, tel +35 1218885381, email congresso@amigosdoscastelos.org.pt, web www.amigosdoscastelos.org.pt/tabid/36/language/en-US/Default.aspx
VAST 2008
2.12.08-6.12.08
Nineth International Symposium on Virtual Reality, rchaeology and Cultural Heritage. To be held in Braga, Portugal. Towards Sustainability Integrated Technological Practices for Human Heritage and Cultural Memory. Main conference preceeded by workshops and succeeded by visits.
Cost £tba.
Contact Karina Rodriguez-Echavarria,
University of Brighton, Mithras House, Lewes Road, Brighton BN2 4AT, tel 01273 600900, email prog_committee@vast2008.org, web www.vast2008.org
Measuring the Value of material Cultural Heritage
3.12.08-5.12.08
Second HERITY International Conference, held in Rome, Italy. Call for papers, abstracts by 21.9.08. Registration deadline 3.11.08. The conference aims to: make possible to exchange ideas and experiences at an international level on the aims, possibility to measure, and the ways to describe the concept of Value related to material Cultural Heritage open to the public (Monuments, Museums, Archaeological sites, Libraries and Archives) from different points of view; present in detail the HERITY approach to the criterion Value when performing the quality evaluation. Four themed sessions of: building the Value of Cultural Assets: the heritage; value from the point of view of the visitors: which appeal for the Cultural Heritage?; value from the point of view of resident people: local memory and conflicts of interest; and value from the point of view of other stakeholders: the social selection of memory.
Cost £110-350 EUROS.
Contact HERITY Italia,
c/o DRI, V. E. Filiberto, 17, 00185, ROMA, tel +39.06.7049.7920, email info@herity.it, web www.herity.it
Classical Collections and British Country houses and Gardens
12.12.08
Papers (30 minutes) on any aspect of the topic, and especially from postgraduate students, are invited for a one day research seminar.Held at the OU Arts Faculty, Milton Keynes. Send brief abstract by 1.9.08. We plan to consider the relationship between classical collections (of statuary, coins, architectural fragments or archaeological material), their historical context at key points in the formation of the British country house and its setting, and their present survival as historic collections. Questions we hope to address include: Do these collections acquire new meanings for each generation? Are they necessarily 'closed collections' in the range of meanings they can support today? How do we respond to themes of nation, identity and memory, for instance, as part of the cultural work produced by their historic owners? Alternative contact Janet Huskinson (J.A.R.Huskinson@open.ac.uk).
Contact Dr Susie West,
Lecturer in Heritage Studies, Arts Faculty, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire MK7 6AA, tel 01908 653519, email S.West@open.ac.uk, web www.open.ac.uk/Arts/classical-collections/
TAG 2008 (UK)
15.12.08-17.12.08
Held at the University of Southampton. Abstracts for papers withing sessions by 1.9.08. Highlights include Maritime identities: museum, communal and personal uses of heritage session.
Cost £tba.
Contact the organising committee,
TAG 2008, Department of Archaeology, School of Humanities, University of Southampton SO17 1BF, email tag2008@soton.ac.uk, web www.tagconference.org/2008
Recent work in archaeological geophysics
16.12.08
Shallow geophysical techniques are playing an increasing role in the evaluation of archaeological sites, in their discovery, interpretation and management. This will be the eighth in a succession of biennial meetings in which contributors from the UK and further afield present and debate the results of recent research and case studies. Suppliers of equipment and software also attend and the meeting therefore represents an invaluable opportunity for both archaeological and geophysical practitioners to take advantage of recent research and developments. It is anticipated that each meeting will attract 60 or more participants. As well as oral presentations, there will be space for poster and commercial displays. Those interested in contributing to either meeting are warmly encouraged to contact the respective convenors, and to submit abstracts of up to 1,000 words in length, accompanied by suitable black and white illustrative material, no later than 31.8.08. These will be collated and made available to all those attending. Free to Geological Society members and reduced fee of £40 (£20 students) for both this and related Geoscience event (17.12.08). A further charge of £125 per day will be made for commercial exhibitors. Pre-registration and payment is preferred and will be possible between 1.7.08-1.12.08. Please contact: Louise Martin, at the same postal address, email Louise.Martin@english-heritage.org.uk.
Cost £25/£10 students.
Contact Paul Linford,
English Heritage, Fort Cumberland, Eastney, Portsmouth PO4 9LD, tel 023 9285 6749, email Paul.Linford@english-heritage.org.uk
Geoscientific equipment and techniques at crime scenes
17.12.08
This meeting aims to capture shared interests between the geological, archaeological, environmental, geotechnical, mining, humanitarian and law enforcement communities and
will contain both macro- to microscale organisation. Sessions will include both emerging and current state of the art geoscientific techniques to aid the forensic investigator and will include geophysics, remote sensing (aerial, satellite and landscape interpretation), buried materials, trace evidence and innovations in materials analysis. It is anticipated that each meeting will attract 60 or more participants. As well as oral presentations, there will be space for poster and commercial displays. Those interested in contributing to either meeting are warmly encouraged to contact the respective convenors, and to submit abstracts of up to 1,000 words in length, accompanied by suitable black and white illustrative material, no later than 31.8.08. These will be collated and made available to all those attending. Free to Geological Society members and reduced fee of £40 (£20 students) for both this and related Geophysics event (16.12.08). A further charge of £125 per day will be made for commercial exhibitors. Alternative contact, Dr Alastair Ruffell. Pre-registration and payment is preferred and will be possible between 1.7.08-1.12.08. Please contact: Louise Martin, English Heritage, Fort Cumberland, Eastney, Portsmouth, PO4
9LD, email Louise.Martin@english-heritage.org.uk.
Cost £25/£10 students.
Contact Dr Laurance Donnelly,
Halcrow Group Limited, Deanway Technology Centre, Wilmslow Road, Handforth, Cheshire SK9 3FB, tel 01625 540 456, email DonnellyLJ@Halcrow.com
Society for Historical Archaeology
6.1.09-11.1.09
Held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Discussing Places of Meaning, Meaning in Place: Tangibility, Controversy, and Conscience at Historic Sites with regard to Historical and Underwater Archaeology. Call for papers for the session Sponsored by the Public Education and Interpretation Committee (PEIC) by 10.6.08.
Every piece of ground is a historic site. The events of the human past have traversed every inch of soil on this planet. Yet, it is in the present that we invest these sites with sufficient significance to make them places of meaning. These places provide tangibility for the intangible. It is through this process of making meaning in place that historic sites become contested landscapes. That is, places in which a past is interpreted and reinterpreted from a variety of perspectives in the present. In this process, they become places of controversy and conscience. This session seeks to explore our role as "interlocutors" in dialogues between events of the past and meaning making in the present. As such, we critically engage with a variety of publics in "locating" the past in place physically and in place with social issues of the present. We are looking for papers from a broad spectrum of practitioners of public archaeology, public history, museum studies, and heritage studies. We hope that the session will be international in scope and diverse in contributions. While we do not want to limit creativity, some potential papers may address the following: Engaging sites and subjects of controversy; Interpretation and presentation of histories and archaeologies of controversial topics; The productions of contested landscapes and heritage; The relationship between landscapes, heritage, and identity; Making histories and archaeologies relevant to present issues of heritage and identityThe role of archaeologists or archaeology in the production of meanings, identity, or controversies.
Contact Kevin M Bartoy,
Director of Archaeology, The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee USA, email kbartoy@thehermitage.com
BANEA 2009
8.1.09-10.1.08
The British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology annual conference, hosted by the Department of Archaeology, Durham University. The theme, Networks of Movement in SW Asia, is intended to unite widely disparate areas of the greater Near East, and necessarily will encompass a region extending from South Asia to Egypt. Networks of movement have been fundamental to the development of society and economy in the region throughout the past 10,000 years and include systems of movement, trade, maritime and overland routes, population diasporas, and material culture. We therefore invite session and lecture titles that approximate to this theme. The Keynote Lecture will be held on the evening of 8th January, and will be delivered by Prof. Steve Mithen of the University of Reading, who will report on the work of his project ‘Water, Life and Civilization’ which has been supported by the Leverhulme Trust. Sessions and lectures that are "off-theme" are also welcome; for example one session will be devoted to the topic of Recent Fieldwork in the Near East. Send proposals as Word documents by 1.10.08
Contact Matt Whincop, , email m.r.whincop@durham.ac.uk, web www.banea.org
Scottish Community Archaeology
7.2.09-8.2.09
PLEASE NOTE: Exact dates are yet to be confirmed, those given here are for database purposes only.
East Lothian Council and the Council for Scottish Archaeology will host a Scottish Community Archaeology Conference in East Lothian (location TBC). Papers will provide a snap shot of community projects both from East Lothian and across the rest of Scotland. The aim is to reflect the diversity of commmunity archaeology in Scotland, offering participants a representative slice through current projects. The second day of the conference will feature practical workshops on how to develop a successful community project. At this stage the organisers are calling for suggested workshop themes to ensure that sessions will cover areas where participants would most like to develop their understanding. Suggestions include applying for funding; access issues, landowner liability; maintaining project momentum and keeping volunteers. The conference is also open to any group or individual who wishes to display information about their project, so to note interest in contributing a display/stand or to notify of workshop ideas. This conference is partly grant aided by the Heritage Lottery Fund and East Lothian Council as part of the Prestongrange Community Archaeology Project (www.prestongrange.org/pcap). Alternative contact Biddy Simpson bsimpson1@eastlothian.gov.uk.
Contact Helen Bradley,
Adopt-a-Monument Officer, Council for Scottish Archaeology (CSA), Causewayside House, 160 Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1PR, tel 0131 668 4189, email h.bradley@scottisharchaeology.org.uk
World of Iron 2009
16.2.09-20.2.09
Held in London, the 'World of Iron' conference (WIC) sets out to explore and celebrate the anthropological significance of the inception, adoption, expansion, and impact of prehistoric iron production outside Europe. Interlacing regional and themed sessions, it will relate archaeological and archaeometallurgical studies to wider anthropological issues such as technological style; technological variation, change and development; technical and social adaptation; and the evolving influences of iron on society and the physical environment.
This five day event is the first attempt to synthesise the latest research being conducted on iron and steel around the world, and to stimulate future research of the highest level. It creates a globally comparative perspective, integrating insights gained from established and emerging analytical techniques, Anthropology of Technology, and environmental history, highlighting nuances often obscured by Eurocentric perspectives. By bringing together established scholars and young researchers from four key regions, it stimulates an international exchange of ideas and experiences.
The Regional Sessions bring together scholars and research from four key regions around the world and discuss the latest anthropological, archaeological and metallurgical research in the context of region-specific and wider anthropological themes and considerations: Africa, East Asia, the Indian Subcontinent and Western & Central Asia.
The Themed Sessions incorporate the latest research being carried out in all regions, including Europe, on both theoretical, technological, and environmental topics, to ensure maximum coverage of all major anthropological considerations concerning the study of iron production: Invention, Innovation and Inspiration, Theoretical Approaches to Technology, Scientific Approaches to Technology and Analytical & Environmental Considerations.
Abstracts of 500 words maximum by 1.10.08. They should contain a brief description of the paper's topic, how it relates to the core subjects of the conference, a description of the research goals, the techniques used and the results obtained so far, and its core interpretations. Early-bird participant registration before 1.12.08 £200 or £150 students. Full fees apply thereafter.
Cost £250 / £200 students.
Contact organising committee, , email WIC2009@ironsmelting.net
Geoarchaeology 2009
15.4.09-17.4.09
The meeting is hosted jointly by and held at the Departments of Archaeology and Geography at the University of Sheffield, and we encourage interdisciplinary presentations across the spectrum of geoarchaeological work. Papers are invited on any topic, but especially those involving cutting edge interactions between archaeology, geography and other Earth Sciences: Developing geoarchaeological theory; Interpretations of dynamic human-landscape interactions; The interface between academic and applied approaches; Novel techniques. Deadline for registration and abstract submission 30.1.09.
Contact the organisers, , email geoarch@sheffield.ac.uk, web www.shef.ac.uk/scidr/geoarchaeology2009
Friends of Deerhurst Church
25.4.09
Lecture by Heather Gilderdale Scott, posponed from 13.9.08. Held 7.30pm at Deerhurst Church. Alternative contact Sue Coggin 01452 780412. Further details TBC.
Cost £4.50 / £2.50 students.
Contact Mike Marshall, , tel 01242 680409
TAG 2009
1.5.09-3.5.09
The 2009 meeting of the international Theoretical Archaeology Group will be held at Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA. The intention of this TAG conference is to provide a forum for the diverse and interesting theoretical perspectives that exist in the United States, and to bring together both Classical and anthropological archaeology. TAG is centered around a plenary session in which a handful of scholars will comment on this year's theme, "The Future of Things". Deadline for session abstracts is 15.11.08 and for papers 15.2.09.
Cost £tba.
Contact the organisational committee, , email TAG2009@stanford.edu, web archaeology.stanford.edu/TAG2009
Sharing cultures 2009
30.5.09-1.6.09
International conference on intangilble heritage, held on Pico Island, Azores, Portugal. Deadline for abstracts 31.10.08. Topics to include: Sustainable Development, Policies and Management, Local and Global, Intangible Heritage of Tangible Heritage, Cultural Tourism, Museums, Education, Living Communities, 'Selecting, Gathering & Preserving' and Practices all with regard to Intangible Heritage.
Cost £tba.
Contact organising committee, , email sharing.cultures2009@greenlines-institute.org, web sharing.cultures2009.greenlines-institute.org
Past versus Present
13.7.09-15.7.09
Joint meeting of the British Association for Victorian
Studies and the North American Victorian Studies
Association hosted by the Cambridge Victorian Studies
Group. Held at Churchill College, Cambridge. Subtitled 'Abandoning the Past in an Age of Progress' and examining the themes of: How did the Victorians rearrange the past? What new pasts did they discover? Deadline for paper and panel proposals 26.9.08 with 300 word abstract and brief CV. Event will also include special sessions (Yesterday, Tomorrow, Dressing Up, Growing Up, Leaving, Learning, New Worlds for Old, Throwing Out) and workshops (Bible for Victorians, Prehistory for Victorians, Archaeology for Victorians, Classics for Victorians, Medievalism for Victorians, Roundheads for Victorians, Enlightenment for Victorians, Evolution for Victorians, Architecture for Victorians, Music for Victorians). Please include subject line of 'BAVS-NAVSA'.
Contact the Administrator,
Cambridge Victorian Studies Group, Room 250, Raised Faculty Building, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA, email past-vs-present@victorians.group.cam.ac.uk, web www.victorians.group.cam.ac.uk
St Wilfrid 1300th Anniversary
10.9.09-11.9.09
A group of historians, art historians and archaeologists will present and discuss the life and legacy of Wilfrid, Bishop of York and Abbot of Ripon and Hexham. Among the speakers will be Professor Richard Bailey (Emeritus Professor of Anglo-Saxon Civilisation, University of Newcastle), Paul Bidwell (Head of Archaeology, Tyne and Wear Museums), Dr Katy Cubitt (Department of History, University of York), Dr Richard Hall (Director of Archaeology, York Archaeological Trust), Dr Jane Hawkes (Department of History of Art, University of York), Professor Éamonn Ó Carragáin (Department of English, University College Cork) and Professor Ian Wood (Department of History, University of Leeds). The conference will take place in St William's College, beside York Minster.There will be a visit to Ripon and, we hope, to Hexham, on 12.9.08. Further details will be posted online as they become available.
Contact Dr Richard Hall,
Director of Archaeology, York Archaeological Trust, for Excavation and Research Limited, 47 Aldwark, York YO1 7BX, tel 01904 663005, email rhall@yorkat.co.uk, web www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/involved/stwilfrid.htm
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