Get all the latest entries as the database is uploaded.Engaging the recent past
3.9.10-5.9.10
Held at the University of Glasgow on Public, Political, Post-medieval Archaeology by the Society for Post-medieval Archaeology (SPMA).The recent past is a tangible past, a past which saw the emergence and development of modern society, a past which merges seamlessly with the contemporary world, a past which cannot be divided from the present. In engaging with this past we inevitably engage with questions surrounding the nature of our own society and the role of archaeology in the present day. This conference will offer an opportunity for reflection and debate on the public nature of our engagement with the archaeology of the recent past (the period from c 1500 AD to present). The conference will consider subjects including public archaeology, community archaeology and the politics of archaeology. Contributors will analyse, evaluate and debate current and future practice.
Contact Chris Dalglish,
Lecturer, Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, The Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens G12 8QQ, tel 0141 330 4194, email c.dalglish@archaeology.gla.ac.uk, web www.spma.org.uk
Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA 4)
7.9.10-11.9.10
To be held at Geological Museum in Central Copenhagen, Denmark (new venue). Following on from the success of the previous three symposia, held in Amsterdam (2004), Stockholm (2006) and York (2008), the general aim of the symposium is to stimulate research in the subject area and encourage the exchange of information between researchers in different disciplines. The focus of the symposium will be on the application of biomolecular techniques to the study of the past, across the disciplines of biology, anthropology, archaeology and medicine. The conference will consist of both oral and poster presentations, and the official language of the conference will be English. We anticipate a range of presentations that span the frontiers of biomolecular archaeology - including such disciplines as ancient DNA, proteomics, lipids and isotopes. Submission deadline for abstracts is 1.5.10, deadline for early registration is 1.6.10. Due to venue restrictions, the conference will likely be limited to c180 participants.
Cost £100-150 EURO (tbc) inc lunch.
Contact Organisational Committee, , email info@isba4.net, web www.isba4.net
Polluting the environment in antiquity
7.9.10-8.9.10
An inter-disciplinary meeting held at the Department of Archaeology, Glasgow. Most processes in antiquity created pollution of one kind or another; the processes arose from industries dealing for example with metal extraction to workshops where tanning was undertaken, dye production took place or where the processing of agricultural products occurred. The scale of pollution must have ranged greatly, from the large scale (for which issues of public health must have arisen) to the spillage in a small workshop or domestic context. Under the right circumstances, the evidence for this pollution comes directly from excavation, but it is the case that identification from the archaeological record alone of the process that has given rise to the pollution/waste is often fraught with difficulty or ambiguity. This meeting builds upon the progress made in recent years in applying techniques of chemical and other analyses to soils from archaeological sites with a view to identifying the potential function of space, often domestic. Its purpose is to create a dialogue between geo-scientists involved in detecting chemical or other signatures of processes that have given rise to ancient pollution in the soil (or, conversely, enrichment of the soil through, for example, manuring) and archaeologists who have excavated sites or found locations where there is evidence of a craft or agricultural processing activity. Full programme of speakers and titles online. For registration, contact also Brendan Derham.
Cost £free.
Contact Richard Jones,
Department of Archaeology, Gregory Building, Gregory Building G12 8QQ, tel 0141 330 5371/5690, email r.jones@archaeology.gla.ac.uk, web www.gla.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/newslinks/pollution/
Heritage Science in Scotland
7.9.10
Held 9am to c5pm at Glasgow Science Centre by Historic Scotland. This event will highlight the importance and quality of Scotland's heritage science output and will demonstrate the close and productive working between heritage institutions and specialist university research groups. The speakers will be a mixture of scientists and non-scientists working in the heritage field, and the event will have four themes: Using science to understand the past; Monitoring decay and conservation treatments; Public and wider benefits of heritage science; Current research in heritage science in Scotland. Free place to students who wish to present a poster, contact Craig Kennedy.
Cost £35.
Contact Historic Scotland Conservation Group,
Technical Outreach and Education, Room G33, Longmore House EH9 1SH, tel 0131 6688917, email hs.cgevents@scotland.gsi.gov.uk, web www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/heritage/conservation/conservation-conferences-and-seminars/heritagescienceinscotland.htm
Past landscapes beneath the trees
8.9.10
Using LiDAR in woodlands. Held 10am to 4.30pm at University of Gloucestershire, Park Campus, The Park, Cheltenham GL50 2RH. Lidar aerial surveying provides an unprecedented insight into our historic landscape. Short laser pulses from an aircraft can penetrate the woodland canopy and provide measurements to create accurate maps of the underlying terrain. It can reveal archaeological remains in exceptional detail but a clear understanding of the technique, its strengths and limitations, is required for it to be used effectively. This one day conference will explore the technical uses of Lidar in woodlands and its utilisation alongside other more traditional research methods. Case studies in the historic forests of Wyre, Dean and Savernake will be used to demonstrate how this methodology is being employed to disclose the development of past landscapes.
The conference will consider its application in mapping and, in turn, its direct relevance to heritage and forest management. The confirmed conference speakers are at the forefront of the application of Lidar techniques, identifying imagery and using evidence to guide and steer further post survey investigation. The conference will be of relevance to professional archaeological practitioners, woodland managers, advisors, academics and students. Chaired by: Jan Wills, County Archaeologist, Gloucestershire County Council. Register by 31.7.10.
Cost £45 inc lunch and parking.
Contact the organisers,
Forestry Commission, Bank House, Bank Street GL16 8BA, tel 01594 833057, email dean@forestry.gsi.gov.uk, web www.gloscc.gov.uk/archaeology/
Fish and Ships
10.9.10-12.9.10
The Severn Estuary Levels Research Committee (SELRC) is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a three day conference on fishing and shipping in Europe, being held at the National Museum Wales in Cardiff. International speakers will talk on a range of subjects, including the Newport Ship, the Mary Rose, the Barcode Wrecks of Oslo, depictions of ships and the sea on manuscripts, fishtraps of the Severn Estuary, fishweirs across Europe, medieval and post-medieval fishing and how fish was traded, cooked and eaten. In addition there will also be visits to the Newport Ship, Goldcliff Fishery, the Newport Transporter Bridge and the National History Museum St Fagans. Reduced fee for members (75GBP) and students (40GBP), plus day sessions (30GBP). Accommodation is available at extra cost.
Cost £85 full.
Contact Elizabeth Walker,
SELRC Conference, Amgueddfa Cymru, National Museum Wales, Cathays Park CF10 3NP, tel 029 2057 3274, email Elizabeth.Walker@museumwales.ac.uk, web www.selrc.org.uk/
Perth: a place in history
10.9.10-11.9.10
Held at Perth Concert Hall. This conference is being organised as part of Perth800, celebrating the 800th anniversary of the granting of the Royal Burgh Charter to Perth by King William the Lion of Scotland in 1210. The conference will focus on the history and development of Perth from it's pre-burgh origins to the present day. The conference, including international speakers, will highlight key aspects of the town's history and development.
Contact the organisers,
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust, The Lodge, 4 York Place PH2 8EP, tel 01738 477089, email pkht@pkc.gov.uk, web www.pkht.org.uk/Whats-On/Events/Perth-a-place-in-history/
The Hallaton Treasure and the Late Iron Age
11.9.10
What We Know Now, held 10am to 4pm at Rattray Lecture Theatre, University of Leicester. This will focus on the latest research on the Hallaton Treasure, including work being carried out on the animal bone assemblage by experts from University of Leicester Archaeological Services and metallurgical analysis of the silver objects found at this Late Iron Age shrine of the Corieltavi tribe in south east Leicestershire. Other contributors include Prof. Colin Haselgrove, Dr Andrew Fitzpatrick and Dr Philip de Jersey who will be speaking on finds from elsewhere which may shed light on the activities at Hallaton. Fee includes buffet lunch and refreshments.
Cost £15.
Contact Helen Sharp,
Project Officer, Harborough Museum, Council Offices, Adam and Eve Street LE16 7AG, tel 01858 821087, email HarboroughMuseum@leics.gov.uk, web www.leics.gov.uk/index/community/museums/harboroughmuseum/harboroughmuseum_events.htm
Archaeology and Education
13.9.10-15.9.10
The Higher Education Academy's Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology and the Council for British Archaeology have joined together to host a joint conference at the University of Liverpool. We are now asking for conference proposals that address aspects of teaching archaeology at any educational levels from Key Stage 1 through to PhD, and in any context from the avocational to the professional. Conference proposals might be for either formally delivered papers, or a proposal to host a workshop based around a specific issue for discussion or activities. In particular we would like to see proposals that focus on teaching and learning issues and how they can be addressed, and/or case study examples of specific learning. To make a proposal, please send your name and affiliation (if any), the title of your paper or workshop and an abstract of 100 words to archea@liverpool.ac.uk.
Contact Don Henson,
Head of Education, CBA, email education@britarch.ac.uk, web www.heacademy.ac.uk/hca/events/detail/ArchinEd2010
Renewing the Research Framework for the Archaeology of Wales
15.9.10-17.9.10
Conference organised by IfA Cymru/Wales to be held at Bangor University. Earlybird deadline 1.8.10. Limited bursaries available.
Contact Ian Brooks, , email info@archaeoleg.org.uk, web www.archaeoleg.org.uk/conference2010.html
The End of Tradition?
15.9.10-17.9.10
Aspects of Commons and Cultural Severance in the Landscape. Held at Sheffield Hallam University. Earlybird discounts before end Dec 09. More info online, email via web contact form. This international symposium will address Issues of 'cultural severance' with the ending of traditional
management and utilisation of landscapes and the separation of people from nature; The uses and management of 'commons' now and historically and the consequences of the loss of subsistence uses or local
'ownership'; The 'common' uses of landscapes and environmental resources now and historically, from medieval coppice woods to deer parks, from alpine pastures to grazing meadows, from coastal flats to
peat bogs and fens; The impacts of changes from subsistence often rural communities and landscapes to technology driven agri-industry and urbanisation, and the consequences for local people; The debates around perceived 're-wilding' of natural areas or 'abandonment' and 'dereliction' of cultural landscapes
Commons in the urban landscape. Cheques payable to 'South Yorkshire Biodiversity Research
Group'.
Cost £varied.
Contact Conference Team,
Hallam Environmental Consultants Ltd, Venture House, 105 Arundel Street S1 2NT, tel 0114 272 4227, email info@hallamec.plus.com, web www.ukeconet.co.uk/index.php/events/50-conferences/100-tradition-conf
AARG 2010
16.9.10-18.9.10
Annual conference of the Aerial Archaeology Research Group, this year in conjunction with Institute for Cultural Memory (CIMEC) and held in Bucharest, Romania. Proposals for sessions, papers and posters are invited by 31.5.10. Pre-conference workshop held 15.9.10 on Remote-sensing mapping programmes in archaeology: planning, organisation, results. Field trip held 18.9.10 to Neolithic sites south of Bucharest, towards the Danube
Limited Students and Young Researchers bursaries also available. These are to support bona fide students and young researchers who are interested in aerial archaeology and wish to attend the conference. Applications to Dave Cowley at the above address, by letter or email. There is no formal application form but please provide the following information: Your interests in archaeology and aerial archaeology; place of study; the name and contact details of a supervisor or employer who can provide a reference; an estimate of travel costs to attend. Apply by 31.5.10.
Cost £tba.
Contact David Cowley,
RCAHMS, 16 Bernard Terrace EH8 9NX, tel 0131 662 1456 (switch), email dave.cowley@rcahms.gov.uk, web aarg.univie.ac.at/
Navigated spaces, connected places
16.9.10-19.9.10
The fifth international conference on the peoples of the Red Sea region, celebrating ten years of Red Sea scholarship. Held at Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. Call for papers now open; extended deadline for submission 15.5.10.
Contact Organising Committee,
MARES Project, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, HuSS, IAIS Building, Stocker Road EX4 4ND, tel 01392 725251, email redseav@exeter.ac.uk, web projects.exeter.ac.uk/mares/conferences.htm
Documenting destruction in Yorkshire
17.9.10-19.9.10
A Society for Church Archaeology event in conjunction with English Heritage on 'The Dispersal of Monastic Artefacts', held at Bar Convent, central York. The Society aims to promote the study of places of worship of all faiths and denominations, and their associated monuments. The Society works to ensure recognition of the archaeological aspects of conservation, contributes toward preservation and management of sites and buildings and publicises the results of the latest research. Late Medieval Yorkshire was known for the size and number of its monastic houses, and for the strength of its adherence to Roman orthodoxy. Unsurprisingly the county became the centre of national resistance to the dissolution of those foundations in the 1530s. In Yorkshire the avarice and greed of those who sought to benefit from the Dissolution came into stark conflict with the piety of those who aimed to retain vestiges of the Old Religion. This year, the SCA aims to explore this conflict by charting the dispersal of monastic artefacts through a series of lectures and tours. The venue is still home to an order of nuns whose origins lie in efforts of recusant families of the later 16th and 17th centuries to preserve the Old Religion in Yorkshire. The Convent will provide a wonderful setting and has an excellent museum documenting, amongst other matters, the impact of the Reformation on the Yorkshire community. Non-members 50GBP; Student Members 30GBP. Additional options Saturday Night Conference Dinner 25GBP; Sunday Coach Tour 20GBP to the famous monastic ruins Byland and Rievaulx Abbeys in the care of EH, led by Stuart Harrison and inc lunch and site entries. Basic fees include Friday reception and keynote lecture (by Professor Richard Morris), Saturday lectures, tours and buffet lunch. Keynote lecture to explore the similarities in thinking revealed when the mobility of monastic artefacts in the Dissolution of the 16th century is compared with earlier episodes of dispersal. General Society postal address c/o CBA, bookings only to contact (Please send your name, contact details and cheque, made out to Society for Church Archaeology).
Cost £40 SCA/EH members.
Contact Kevin Booth,
English Heritage, 37 Tanner Row YO1 6WP, email kevin.booth@english-heritage.org.uk, web www.britarch.ac.uk/socchurcharchaeol/
Society for Clay Pipe Research
18.9.10-19.9.10
The 26th annual SCPR conference will be held this year at Stirling Castle, Scotland. The Saturday programme of lectures will focus on the Scottish clay tobacco pipe industry and will be complimented by displays. A guided walk around historic Stirling is to follow on the Sunday morning. Non-members of the society will be very welcome to attend.
Contact Dennis Gallagher, , email dg011c0754@blueyonder.co.uk, web www.dawnmist.demon.co.uk/scpr.htm
Hillforts and Beyond
18.9.10
South Somerset Archaeological Research Group's biennial Cadbury Day, held 10am to 4pm at North Cadbury Village Hall. A panel of speakers, including Dr James Gerrard (McDonald Institute, Cambridge), Dr Ellen Hambleton (Bournemouth University) and Dr Michael Costen will be talking on topics which vary from 'Villas, Hillforts and Biscuit Eaters in South Somerset' to 'Display and Deposition at Battlesbury Hillfort, Hampshire'. Pree-booked Ham or Cheese Ploughman's lunches available for additonal 3.50GBP. Cheques payable to 'SSARG'.
Cost £10.
Contact Tony Dickinson,
Thuis, Sticklepath, Combe St Nicholas TA20 3HH, tel 01460 234779
Forging a New Partnership
20.9.10-22.9.10
Joint Church Buildings Council and Diocesan Advisory Committee conference, held on current topics and issues of concern at The Edward King Centre,The Old Palace, Minster Yard, Lincoln LN2 1PU. Other fee options available, including accommodation. Alternative contact: the venue, tel 01522 504045.
Cost £290.
Contact Debbie Cunningham,
CCB Division, Church House, Great Smith Street SW1P 3AZ, web www.cofe.anglican.org/about/cathandchurchbuild/
VAST 2010
21.9.10-24.9.10
The 11th Symposium on Virtual reality Archaeology and Cultural Heritage held at Ecole de Louvre, Palais du Louvre, Paris, France. This year's event will concentrate on themes of Science Technology and Museums: A Challenge for the New Decade. In the 21st century the use of digital technology is a common practice in every day of our lives, contributing to the development, management and delivery of the information that surrounds our environment. Archaeologists and Cultural Heritage scientists as well as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) experts have in the past collaborated to find solutions to optimise all aspects of managing and delivering cultural information to new generations, but there remain many unsolved problems. The goal of this VAST will be to build on the open dialogue between these different areas of expertise, and in particular allow ICT experts to have a better understanding of the critical requirements of the CH scientists for managing and delivering cultural information. The result of this interaction will be disseminated through use of innovative digital techniques in research and education for Cultural Heritage and through publications: on-going project results; preliminary ideas and works in progress; and overviews of research in the use of digital technology in the context of Cultural Heritage. Abstracts by 15.5.10, papers by 20.5.10.
Contact Organising Committee, , web www.vast2010.org/
Unearthing the Past: Language, Ownership, Value and Meaning in Public Archaeology
24.9.10-26.9.10
Canterbury Christ Church University and CBA South East are hosting a three day conference on Public Archaeology at the University's campus in Folkestone. The event will also include the CBA South East Annual General Meeting (AGM) and will provide an introduction to 'A Town Unearthed: Folkestone before 1500'; the new HLF-funded community archaeology project for Folkestone. The conference will explore a range of subjects concerning public and community archaeology, and ways in which people imagine, define, value and use the past. Examples of innovative community-based archaeological projects from across the country will be presented and the conference will also feature a range of panels, workshops and stalls. The conference will include a chance to visit Folkestone Roman villa, being excavated as part of 'A Town Unearthed'. This will be the first chance to see this important, scheduled, site exposed since 1989 and will provide an example of community archaeology in action. Cheques should be made out to 'CBA South East'. Other fees: Friday evening reception only 5 to all; CBA Members 25 (weekend)/12 (per day on Sat or Sun); students 15/7.50. NOTE new contact, prices and event details.
Cost £30 weekend; 15 per day.
Contact Stuart Edwards,
81 Birch Grove, Hempstead ME7 3RE, email CBASEConference@gmail.com, web www.britarch.ac.uk/news/100308-unearthingconference
Crisis, what Crisis?
24.9.10-26.9.10
An international conference hosted by the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge on Collapses and Dark Ages in Comparative Perspective.
Cost £65/40 student.
Contact Katie Boyle, , email kvb20@cam.ac.uk, web www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/events/conferences-workshops/CwC/
Nations of the Sea
25.9.10-26.9.10
Held at National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff on 'Maritime Connections in the Archaeology of Wales and Qatar'. This international cultural conference will be attended by speakers and participants from Qatar and the Arab world and from Wales and Europe . The idea of the conference will be to look at the same issues in different countries and hopefully gain new insights into understanding historical phenomena. In addition to the academic section of the conference there will be a series of talks and films aimed at the interested general public.
Contact Andrew Petersen,
Director Islamic Archaeology Research, University of Wales, email walesqatar@googlemail.com
Surviving the peace
30.9.10-1.10.10
A conference event by ALGAO, and the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology, University of Glasgow on 'Public Access, Conservation and Military Heritage'. Sites associated with Britain's military past, ranging from historic battlefields hundred of years old to Cold War installations decommissioned only recently, present a number of challenges to those wishing to see them preserved and appreciated. This seminar will explore the various ways that these challenges might be met, in the first instance by making them relevant to the modern world through public engagement. This might be achieved by providing on-site interpretation, public access and educational facilities but also by promoting community involvement in archaeological and conservation projects and utilising sites as a focus for commemoration etc. Participants will present a variety of case studies and will include curators, representatives of government agencies, members of community trusts, tourism managers and others actively engaged in this growing field. The workshop will be hosted at The National Trust for Scotland's visitor centre at Culloden battlefield, Inverness, which itself represents an international flagship for the public presentation of battlefield sites. Cheques payable to: 'The City of Edinburgh Council' and bookings (booking essential) sent to Mairi Marshall, City of Edinburgh Council, Corporate Services, Culture and Sport, Level C1, Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh EH8 8BG, tel 0131 529 3952, fax 0131 529 6200. PDF 5MB download.
Cost £50.
Contact Natasha Ferguson,
orJohn Lawson, john.lawson@edinburgh.gov.uk, email n.ferguson@archaeology.gla.ac.uk, web www.britarch.ac.uk/briefing/images/ALGAO_ Battlefield_Programme_Culloden_2010.pdf
Boom and Bust in Romano-British Purbeck
2.10.10
A symposium held at Dorset County Museum, 66 High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1XA on a 'Villa Economy and its Portable Antiquities in a Wider Context' by Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (DNH&AS). An exploration of the research and portable antiquities from the Bucknowle Romano-British Villa near Corfe Castle in Purbeck (as published in 2009 as a Dorset Monograph) with the specialists who contributed to the report present to answer questions and explain the evidence. We will see how the villa emerges from a fascinating prehistoric background to become part of the local Purbeck picture during the Romano-British period. This is a unique opportunity to gain a better understanding of this fascinating local site. The Bucknowle villa gave up much more than evidence of buildings, affording us a tantalising glimpse into how people might have made a living at that time. We will look at how this dovetails with the evidence from the rest of the country and indeed with mainland Europe.
Contact Jane Edis, , tel 07802 956 648 (mob), email jiedis@aol.com
Milestone Society: AGM
2.10.10
Preliminary announcement of annual event and business meeting. Held at Black Country Museum, Dudley, West Midlands, where the founding meeting was held 10.10.00.
Contact John Atkinson,
Hon Secretary, Hollywell House, Hollywell Lane, Clows Top DY14 9NR, tel 01299 832338, email john113atkinson@btinternet.com, web www.milestonesociety.co.uk/activities.html
Applecross Broch
2.10.10
Conference by Applecross Archaeological Society held at ther Broch itself and in the Village Hall. The conference programme includes a guided tour of the broch site, led by Cathy Dagg, Cait McCullagh and Mary Peteranna. Presentations from Professor Ian Armit, Steven Birch, Dr. Fraser Hunter, Dr Beverley Ballin-Smith, Tanya Romanciewicz and an open forum chaired by Dr Noel Fojut of Historic Scotland. Afternoon refreshments are provided but participants are advised to bring a packed lunch (and wet weather clothing!) or to enjoy a lunchtime meal at one of the variety of wonderful venues in close proximity to the broch. This event is being made possible with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and the European Regional Development Fund.
Contact Cait McCullagh,
Archaeologist, tel 01349 867733, email applecrossbroch@googlemail.com, web www.archhighland.org.uk/
150 Years of Salisbury Museum
2.10.10-3.10.10
This year, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Museums foundation. To celebrate we are organising a conference to highlight the people who have had a major part to play in the Museums history and the key archaeological discoveries that have taken place in the last 150 years. Come and join us to learn more about the history of the museum, archaeological discoveries from the local area and join in with the biggest archaeological debate of the decade, 'Solving Stonehenge'.
Speakers will talk on a range of subjects including the key figures incl William Blackmore, Heywood Sumner, Pitt Rivers; Key Discoveries incl Amesbury Archer, Harnham Handaxes, the Boscombe Down Roman cemeteries and Current Research (Beaker people, Wor Barrow people, Early Bronze Age grave goods and Rethinking Pitt Rivers. Speakers include: Dr Mike Allen; Dr Jeremy Coote, Professor Tim Darvill, Dr Andrew Fitzpatrick; Dr Anthony Hamber; Dr Mandy Jay; Andy Manning, Professor Mike Parker-Pearson; Mike Pitts, Julian Richards and Dr Ann Woodward. In addition there will be a walking tour of the Stonehenge Landscape. Fee includes refreshments, evening buffet, private view of the Museums anniversary exhibition 'Made in 1860' and walking tour.
Cost £75 non-members / 60 Museum members.
Contact Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum,
The King's House, 65 The Close SP1 2EN, tel 01722 332151, email museum@salisburymuseum.org.uk, web www.salisburymuseum.org.uk/events
Medieval English Wall Paintings
2.10.10
The Ecclesiological Society Annual Conference, to be held 10.15am to 5.15pm in Central London at the St Alban's Centre, Baldwins Gardens, EC1N 7AB. The location provides disabled access. EcclSoc conferences combine serious intent with an enthusiastic and friendly atmosphere, and are enjoyable both by experts and those new to the topic being considered. There will be a second hand bookstall. Everyone is invited to finish the day with a glass of wine. Fee includes reception, refreshments and hot lunch. Other fees (all non-refundable) 48GBP non-members; 35GBP students. Telphone number provided for booking and urgent enquiries, for use during office hours only, please.
Cost £42.50 members.
Contact Ecclesiological Society,
32 Repton Road BR6 9HS, tel 01689 840309, email conference@ecclsoc.org, web www.ecclsoc.org/conferencesmaster.html
Big Stuff 2010
6.10.10-8.10.10
Held at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford on the conflict and avoidance of conflict between the display and conservation requirements of Large Technology Objects within the museum setting. The theme of the conference will be the conflict and avoidance of conflict between the display and conservation requirements of Large Technology Objects within the museum setting. It is anticipated that day one will cover conservation, day two will cover display and day three, to be held on-board HMS Belfast in London, will look towards generating compromise between the two disciplines. The international programme committee will be looking for case studies, where conflict arose in a project dealing with display and conservation, that detail the nature of the conflict, the manner in which the conflict was handled and resolved and how the conflict could have been avoided.
Contact Chris Knapp ACR,
Conservation Manager, Imperial War Museum CB22 4QR, tel 01223 835 000, email cknapp@iwm.org.uk
Wars of the Roses: Triumphs and Defeats
8.10.10-9.10.10
The Richard III Foundation, Inc is hosting a conference at the Dixie Grammar School in Market Bosworth. Special guest speaker: Robert Hardy, CBE, honorary patron of the Foundation, discussing the true location of the Battle of Bosworth. Also longbow demonstration. Fee includes refreshments and lunch.
Cost £35/20 students.
Contact the organisers, , email Richard3Foundation@yahoo.com, web www.richard111.com/2010 Conference.htm
New light on the Roman North East
9.10.10
Formerly 'From Tweed to Tees'. Re-assessing Roman life and society in North-East England by the Archaeological and Architectural Society of Durham and Northumberland (AASDN), held at County Hall, Durham. The traditional image of Roman society in north-east England has been of one dominated by the military. Not surprisingly, Hadrian's Wall and the forts of the northern frontier have proved a focus for much archaeological research in the region over the last hundred years. More recently, however, an increasing number of native and civilian settlements are being excavated allowing archaeologists to develop a more sophisticated understanding of the impact of Roman rule on the indigenous population and the relationship between the army and the non-military population. This conference will assess how our understanding of life and society in north-east England in the Roman period has changed, looking back at past work, exploring current projects and looking forward to new developments. Speakers to include: Nick Hodgson, David Mason, David Petts, and Philippa Walton. Tickets go on sale from 9.00am on Monday September 20th, which include buffet lunch. These events often sell out quickly so don't delay in making a booking on or after September 20th 2010.
Cost £10.
Contact Archaeology Section,
Regeneration and Economic Development, Durham County Council, The Rivergreen Centre, Aykley Heads DH1 5TS, tel 0191 370 8712, email archaeology@durham.gov.uk, web www.romansociety.org/events/roman-society-centenary/conferences.html
Davington Mysteries
9.10.10
Reports from a recent community based historical and archaeological investigation into a fascinating corner of ancient Faversham town by The Faversham Society Archaeological Research Group (FSARG). Programme inlcudes Guided walks through the parish's history, including a tour around the grounds of Davington Priory (by kind permission of Bob Geldof KBE); Key Speakers Dr Gillian Draper (Kent University) and Dr Pat Reid (FSARG). Fee includes parking, lunch and refreshments. Proceeds to Davington church.
Cost £15.
Contact The Faversham Society,
Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Preston Street ME13 8NS, tel 01795 536254 (or 4542), email info@fsarg.org.uk, web www.community-archaeology.org.uk
Changing times, changing tides
14.10.10
Annual Forum from the Thames Esturary Partnership, held at the Royal Geographical Society, South Kensington. A stimulating discussing on the new Government legislation (such as the Marine and Coastal Acces Act and Water Directive Framework) and the impact could have on ancient, historical and other waterways.
Cost £70/50 subscribers.
Contact Partnership Office,
Environment Institute, UCL, Peason Building, Gower Street WC1E 6BT, tel 020 7679 0540, email tep@thamesweb.com, web www.thamesweb.com
CBA Weekend 2010
15.10.10-17.10.10
Join us in Truro, Cornwall this October, where we will be taking a closer look at the county's unique archaeological heritage, from the prehistoric landscapes of Bodmin Moor to the mining industry of the 18th-20th centuries. The Weekend will consist of a series of guided site visits, talks and presentations from Cornwall's archaeological community, revealing the very latest research and work that is currently developing our understanding of All are welcome to join us for what promises to be a fascinating insight into Cornwall's past. Places are limited so please book early using the downloadable booking form or via our secure online shop. CBA members are entitled to a special discount. Prices include evening drinks reception on Friday, lunches on Saturday and Sunday and evening buffet on Saturday.
Cost £110 members/130 non-members.
Contact Sophie Cringle,
Marketing and Events Officer, CBA, email marketing@britarch.ac.uk, web www.britarch.ac.uk/cba/weekend
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire archaeology review
16.10.10
Second event, held 9.30am to 4.30pm at the Spirella Building in Letchworth Garden City, North Hertfordshire as part of AD410 celebrations. To coincide with 1600th anniversary of the official end of Roman Britain this year's theme will be the Roman and Post-Roman period in the two counties. Subjects include recent work in both counties and updates on some of the area's more famous sites. Booking requires, fee includes refreshments and a buffet lunch.
Cost £15pp.
Contact Tim Vickers, , tel 01582 547969, email timothy.vickers@lutonculture.com
Technology in Country Houses and their Estates
16.10.10
At Smisby Village Hall in the morning, Prof Marilyn Palmer and Dr Ian West will talk about how country house owners needed to make considerable changes to houses, estates and the workforce to take advantage of 19th-century technological innovations (gas and electric light, piped water supplies and sanitation). Sue Browne and Janet Spavold will also give us an update on their recent work on Ticknall pottery. In the afternoon, we plan to visit Calke Abbey grounds to see how technology was used on the estate, and also hear about the pottery industry based around the village of Ticknall.
Contact Daryl Garton,
Meeting Secretary, CBA East Midlands, 12 Collington Street, Beeston NG9 1FJ, email daryl@dgarton.plus.com, web www.britarch.ac.uk/cbaem
Finds Research Group
16.10.10-17.10.10
Autumn meeting to be held at Hereford Museum Resource and Learning Centre on the topic of Millstones to gems: Objects of stone. Concentrating on finds of medieval/post medieval date.
Contact Quita Mould,
FRG Meetings Co-ordinator, Eastmoor Manor, Eastmoor PE33 9PZ, email quita@onetel.com, web sites.google.com/site/frg7001700/
Visualisation in Archaeology
21.10.10-22.10.10
The 3rd annual VIA workshop, held at Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Highfield, S017 1BJ. After two years of dialogue between more than 100 specialists, VIA is looking back at the key conceptual concerns over visual practice that have simmered beneath the surface of the 2008 and 2009 Workshops. Grounded in the recommendations of VIA's contributors, this final Workshop looks both to scrutinise and to anticipate future developments around those theoretical and methodological matters that have repeatedly animated VIA's audiences: Creation, Communication, Circulation and Consumption. Opening with a series of short position statements by invited speakers, the 2010 Workshop seeks to explore these questions through four chaired sessions of debate and brainstorming.
Contact Garry Gibbons,
VIA organising committee, email garry.gibbons@viarch.org.uk, web www.viarch.org.uk
What's new in Roman Scotland?
23.10.10
2010 is the 1600th anniversary of AD 410, often seen as the "end" of Roman Britain. It is also the 1800th anniversary of the last major Roman invasion of Scotland, by Septimius Severus. To mark these anniversaries, the Glasgow Archaeological Society is holding a day seminar along with the Roman Society, Britain's premier society for Roman studies, which celebrates its centenary this year. The event is to be held 9.30am to 5pm at St Mungo's Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0RH. This event is intended for a general audience, and aims to convey something of the excitement of recent and current finds, perspectives and debates in Roman Scotland. Other fee options: 12GBP Student; 5GBP light sandwich lunch. Cheques payable to 'Glasgow Archaeological Society'.
Cost £10 GAS/RS members / 15 other.
Contact The Treasurer,
Glasgow Archaeological Society, Rockingham, Shore Road, Kilcreggan G84 0HW, email info@glasarchsoc.org.uk, web www.glasarchsoc.org.uk/?page_id=283
Roman Villas in Kent and Surrey
23.10.10
Held at the Old Sessions Lecture Theatre, North Holmes Campus, Canterbury Christ Church University, Cantebury, 2 to 5.30pm. A joint conference with the Surrey Archaeological Society and Council for Kentish Archaeology. Programme includes: Introduction to the Surrey Villas and Ashtead Roman Villa (by Dr David Bird); Abinger Roman Villa (by Nikki Cowlard and Emma Corke); and Rescuing Roman Villas in Kent (by Brian Philp). Car parking available on site, but charges may apply. Tickets and bookings with SAE to main CKA address.
Cost £5.
Contact Ruth Plummer,
Conference Organiser, c/o Council for Kentish Archaeology (CKA), 7 Sandy Ridge TN15 8HP, tel 020 8777 7872, email davru58-aeol@yahoo.co.uk, web www.the-cka.fsnet.co.uk
Recent Fieldwork in Bedfordshire
23.10.10
CBA South Midlands regional group annual conference and AGM, with 6 speakers from Albion Archaeology on recent projects including work at Bedford Castle, the Biddenham Loop, Stotford, Eastcotts and at Marston Moretaine. Held 10am to 4pm at the Harrold Centre, Bedfordshire. Full details an booking form online.
Contact Julia Wise,
CBA SM Secretary, Buckinghamshire County Council, Archaeological Service, County Hall HP20 1UY, tel 01296 382072, email cbasm@britarch.ac.uk, web www.cba-southmidlands.org.uk/
Electronic Heritage and Digital Art Preservation
25.10.10
Second eHeritage International Workshop, held jointly with ACM Multimedia in Florence, Italy. Call for papers on topical issues or applications by 10.6.10. Why are preservation and digital access projects necessary? Unfortunately, many valuable objects that form part of our Cultural Heritage have been decayed by time, weathering, man-made or natural disasters. Capturing digital representations provides mechanism for preservation, as well as access, and even scholarly study. Computer Vision plus Graphics and Multimedia research and practices have, and will continue, to play a center role in Cultural Heritage preservation efforts. The Second Workshop on eHeritage and Digital Art Preservation aims to bring together these researches as well as interdisciplinary researches that are related to these areas, in particular image and audio research, image and haptic (touch) research, as well as presentation of visual content over wide web and education. This workshop will follow the very successful First eHeritage Workshop which was held in conjunction with ICCV in Kyoto last year. We strongly encourage interdisciplinary papers and would like to keep a wide scope. However, in order to align the workshop with ACM Multimedia audience we will require that all papers: Be related to one of ACM Multimedia topics as listed in ACM Multimedia call for papers; Papers actually involving eHeritage (versus "can be applied to eHeritage") will be given highest priority. The submission is electronic and must be in PDF format. Submitted papers should not exceed 6 pages double column or exceed 10MB. The paper format must follow the same guidelines as for all ACM Multimedia submissions. Submissions and review will be **double-blind**. Submitted papers should not be previously published work, or under consideration for publication at other journals, conferences or workshops. We are glad to announce that extended versions of selected best papers from eHeritage are going to be published by ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH), after a second round of reviews. A Special Issue may be planned.
Contact organising committee, , email ehw10@ufpr.br, web www.imago.ufpr.br/ehw10/
The present and future of British Prehistoric Pottery: finds, methods, interpretations
29.10.10-31.10.10
Joint conference by the Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group and The Prehistoric Society at The Manchester Museum. Over the last decade, a wide range of important excavations, new finds, new analyses, new techniques and interpretations have changed our understanding of prehistoric British pottery. In some regions of Britain, a comparative lack of finds has now been replaced by an abundance of information which is still awaiting a broader synthesis. The time is ripe for a major re-assessment of ceramic studies from the Neolithic through to the Iron Age. We therefore invite contributions on all aspects of pottery studies in Britain, including the presentation of new assemblages, chronologies, typologies, scientific studies, as well as broader analyses and syntheses. In addition, this conference wishes to provide a platform for discussions of the status quo of pottery analysis in British archaeology and suggestions for future directions (innovative approaches, relationships to broader research frameworks, heritage conservation, pottery catalogues and excavation publications). The organisers would like to invite papers that touch upon any of the themes raised above. Papers on related topics or those that offer comparative perspectives from other areas of the world are also welcome. Deadline 31.7.10. Other fees includes wine reception on Friday evening, lunch on Saturday, and refreshments throughout the conference: students/unwaged 20GBP; members 30GBP; additional conference dinner 20GBP.
Cost £35.
Contact Ina Berg,
Department of Archaeology, School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, University of Manchester, Oxford Road M13 9PL, tel 0161 2757753, email potteryconference@manchester.ac.uk, web www.pcrg.org.uk/Conference.htm
Emperors, Usurpers and Tyrants
30.10.10-31.10.10
To commemorate the 1600th anniversary of the End of Roman Britain, and to celebrate The Roman Society's centenary, Cardiff University and the Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association are hosting a two-day conference to explore the evidence for Roman continuity in western Britain in the 5th century. The traditional date of AD410 for the end of Roman rule in Britain has less resonance in Wales where, since Gildas, the important date has always been AD 383 when Magnus Maximus, the Macsen Wledig of medieval Welsh tradition, allegedly removed the last Roman troops from western Britain. The archaeological evidence, however, indicates that a Roman way-of-life and perhaps formal Roman administration too, continued in Western Britain for far longer than further east where the coming of the Angles, Saxons and other German settlers marks the beginning of English history. Did the end of Roman rule mean the sudden abandonment of Roman culture throughout Britain? How much of Roman culture and traditions survived into the 5th century in Wales and the West? Did people continue to think of themselves as Romans or Roman Britons after 400? How did events in England affect how population of Western Britain saw themselves and the world around them? These and many other fascinating questions will be the subject of the conference. The results of new archaeological research have an important contribution to make to the study of the emergence of an early Welsh identity from the legacy of Roman Britain, and 2010 is a timely opportunity to bring this work together and attempt a synthesis. The conference will include a wide range of papers on the history and archaeology of 5th century Wales and Western Britain, delivered by experts at the forefront of current research who have been invited to speak on their specialist subjects. Themes and topics include the survival of town life, the Roman army, Roman and 'post'-Roman material culture and the transition to Christianity, as well as coinage, pottery and inscriptions. Members of the audience will be able to put questions to the experts during a 'Question Time' panel discussion on the second day.
Contact Claire Rees,
School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University CF10 3EU, tel 029 20870505, email ReesCL@cardiff.ac.uk, web www.cf.ac.uk/hisar/newsandevents/archaeology/emperors-usurpers-tyrants-the-history-and-archaeology-of-western-britain-from-ad-350-to-500.html
Scotland's Rural Past
30.10.10-31.10.10
The third annual SRP conference will be held in the wonderful surroundings of Crieff Hydro, Perthshire. The conference will include an exciting mix of presentations and displays by SRP groups, workshops and other activities. It will be followed by a wine reception and optional conference dinner. Guided walks to rural settlement sites in the local area will be provided the following day. Further details about the conference and booking forms will be available on this website later in the year.
Contact Tertia Barnett,
SRP Team, RCAHMS, John Sinclair House, 16 Bernard Terrace EH8 9NX, tel 0131 662 1456, email Tertia.Barnett@rcahms.gov.uk, web www.scotlandsruralpast.org.uk/
International Congress on Ceramic Studies
1.11.10-5.11.10
A tribute to Mercedes Vegas, held in Cadiz, Spain. The event is aimed to anyone who is interested in ceramic studies, but specially academics, archaeologists, young researchers and university students. A forum to analyse and generalise the recent advances in the techniques of study and research on ceramics as methodology, morphological and typological classifications, graphical representations, new technologies in data processing, ceramic experimental archeology studies, chemical analysis, etc. Deadline for abstracts to papers: 15 July 2010.
Cost £50-180 EUROS.
Contact organising committee, , email Info@congresointernacionaldeestudiosceramicos.com, web www.congresointernacionaldeestudiosceramicos.com/
Nautical Archaeology Society 2010
5.11.10-7.11.10
Annual NAS conference featuring a wide range of presentations from those involved with maritime archaeology all over the world. It offers a great chance to meet with other professional and amateur archaeologists, and to discuss research, project opportunities and ideas with friends and colleagues from the UK and abroad. Held at Portland Building, University of Portsmouth PO1 3AH. Limited places, book early to avoid disappointment and by 1.10.10 for earlybird discount. Final registration deadline 1.11.10. Varied fee option available inc lunches, reception and visit to Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson. Earlybird conference fee 19GBP.
Cost £22 members / 25GBP other after 1.10.10.
Contact the organisers,
Fortcumberland, Fortcumberland Road PO4 9LD, tel 023 9281 8419, email nas@nauticalarchaeologysociety.org, web www.nauticalarchaeologysociety.org/news/conference2010.php
CBA Wessex Autumn Open Meeting
5.11.10-7.11.10
An action-packed weekend of events on the Isle of Wight. Activities include guided tours of Newport and Brading Roman Villas and Carisbrooke Castle, lunch at Wolverton Manor, wine reception, quiz evening and talks by notable local archaeologists at East Dene Centre, Ventnor. Also optional trip on Sun 7.11.10 to Newton and along the foreshore, led by local archaeologists. Full fee for those staying at East Dene, inclusive of B+B half board for two nights, lunches and all entry fees and events. Reduced fee for people staying elsewhere.
Cost £120 full, 60 events only.
Contact Andy Manning,
CBA Wessex Meetings Secretary, Wessex Archaeology Ltd, Portway House, Old Sarum Park SP4 6EB, tel 01722 343406/326867, email a.manning@wessexarch.co.uk, web www.britarch.ac.uk/cbawessex
EuroMed2010
8.11.10-13.11.10
Interdisciplinary event held in Limassol (Lemesos), Cyprus and dedicated to Digital Cultural Heritage and Digital Libraries. Papers submissions invited by 1.6.10 (or 11.6.10 for short papers). An opportunity to exchange research results, opinions, experiences and proposals on the best practice and hi-tech tools from Information and Communications Technology to document, archive, preserve, manage and communicate Cultural Heritage (CH). The main goal of the event is not only to illustrate the programs underway but also excellent work wherever it is located and however it is supported, in order to promote a common approach to the tasks of e- documentation of World Cultural Heritage. Furthermore, regional capacities in the area of Cultural Heritage and IT will be facilitated in advancing their know-how through the exchange of information and generation of new ideas and cooperation's, where the world meets the finger prints of several ancient civilizations on earth. To reach this ambitious goal the topics covered will include experiences in the use of innovative recording technologies & methods and how to take best advantage to integrate the results obtained to build up new tools and/or experiences as well as improved methodologies for documenting, managing and communicating CH. Earlybird deadline 10.9.10. Day fees also available.
Cost £from 370 EUROS.
Contact Conference Chairs, , email chairman@euromed2010.eu, web www.euromed2010.eu/
Good news from the front line
11.11.10-13.11.10
The Society for Museum Archaeologists Annual Conference 2010, held at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry. Having recently made the Art Fund prize Long List for demonstrating originality, imagination and excellence, we are in no doubt that this venue will be worth experiencing. The conference occurs during the fledging recovery from one of the worst recessions in recent times and many of us in museums will be feeling the fall out in the coming financial year. This event will remind us of the excellent work that is still going on and how the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well as we turn crisis into opportunity through wider volunteering opportunities, thoughts towards sustainability and partnership opportunities. Earlybird rates valid to 30.9.10.
Cost £varied, 120GBP max.
Contact Martha Lawrence,
SMA Treasurer, Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, Terrace Road SK17 6DA, tel 01298 24658, email martha.lawrence@derbyshire.gov.uk, web www.socmusarch.org.uk/conf.htm
Good news from the front line
11.11.10-12.11.10
Call for papers for the annual Society for Museum Archaeologists conference to be held at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry. Having recently made the Art Fund prize Long List for demonstrating originality, imagination and excellence, we are in no doubt that this venue will be worth experiencing. The conference occurs during the fledging recovery from one of the worst recessions in recent times and many of us in museums will be feeling the fall out in the coming financial year. This conference aims to remind us of the excellent work that is still going on and how the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well as we turn crisis into opportunity through wider volunteering opportunities, thoughts towards sustainability, partnership opportunities etc.If you have a major project coming to fruition or a particular paper that reflects the optimistic spirit of the conference (or indeed a 'reality bites' topic), please send a briefi outline.
Contact Caroline Mcdonald,
Secretary, c/o Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, High Street Museum, High Street IP1 3QH, tel 01473 433574, email caroline.mcdonald@colchester.gov.uk, web www.socmusarch.org.uk/conf.htm
A "Golden Age"?
12.11.10
Reflections on New Labour's Cultural Policy and its Post-Recession Legacy, a Cultural Trends conference to be held at
UCL. A major opportunity for researchers to consider whether what Tony Blair described as a Golden Age, in a 2007 valedictory speech at the Tate, actually existed. This conference provides the occasion for cultural commentators, policy analysts and historians to brigade the evidence for cultural achievements since 1997 and consider the relationship between culture and recessions since the 1970s, to bring together ideas for the longer term impacts of what we observe, and to develop hypotheses about cultural policy and activity in the future. Papers will be presented in three sessions: New Labour, new policy?; Case studies of new practices; and Following the money: arts funding and investment under New Labour. The conference will include keynote presentations and a practitioner panel. Please note that space is limited at this event, early reservation is recommended. Cultural Trends champions the need for better evidence-based analyses of the cultural sector.
Contact Eleanor Craven, , email Eleanor.Craven@tandf.co.uk, web www.tandf.co.uk/journals/CCUT
The Legacy of Rome: Wales AD 300–700
13.11.10
Held in Aberystwyth as part of the 410AD anniversary events. Many distinguishing characteristics of Wales can be traced back to Roman rule's final stages and immediate aftermath. The questions remain largely open as to how Romanised this part of the Empire had been and to what extent the Roman contribution determined the make up of the cultural entity that was to emerge to the west of Anglo-Saxon England. A resifting of recent research (sites, artefacts, inscriptions) and analysis promises to be a worthwhile undertaking in this milestone year. 2010 is the centenary year of the Roman Society as well as marking the sixteen-hundredth anniversary of the date which has traditionally marked the end of Roman Britain. Commemorating these events the Society together with the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies will sponsor the Legacy of Rome day conference on this pivotal period in the transition from western Roman Britain to early medieval Wales.
Contact Stuart Laycock, , email StuLaycock34@blueyonder.co.uk, web www.410.org.uk/confs.htm
Milton Keynes Archaeology Day
13.11.10
Held 10am to 4pm at Milton Keynes Central Library, Silbury Boulevard. The fourth year for this popular free open day and conference plus stands, displays and film showings by local societies, museums and the Portable Antiquities Scheme. Speakers include Louise Loe on the Fromelles Battlefield Project and Mike Luke with an Introduction to Field Archaeology. There will also be activities for children and young people throughout the library.
Cost £free.
Contact Nick Crank,
enior Archaeological Officer, Milton Keynes Council, Spatial Planning, Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East MK9 3EJ, tel 01908 254259, email archaeology@milton-keynes.gov.uk, web www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/archaeology
Local Churches and Lordship in the European Middle Ages
13.11.10-14.11.10
Held at Institute of Archaeology, UCL. Featuring international speakers from across Europe, discussing the role of the aristocracy in private and local churches in medieval society.
Cost £tba.
Contact Jose Sanchez-Pardo,
Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL), 31-34 Gordon Square WC1H 0PY, tel 020 7679 7495, email lordlychurches@gmail.com, web www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/events/conferences/lordship-2010/
End of the Roman North
13.11.10
'Roman to Anglo-Saxon in Northern England' held at Temple Hall, York St John University, Lord Mayor's Walk, York YO31 7EX as part of the 410 AD anniversary events.
Contact Stuart Laycock, , email StuLaycock34@blueyonder.co.uk, web www.410.org.uk/confs.htm
In/Visible towns
15.11.10-17.11.10
The Urban Archaeology of Vienna will arange the 15th International Congress and workshop about Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Urban Areas. Held in City Hall, Vienna, AUSTRIA. Call for papers and posters by 31.5.10.
Contact Wolfgang Boerner,
Stadtarcheoologie, tel +43 (0)1 4000 81176, email wolfgang.boerner@wien.gv.at, web www.stadtarchaeologie.at/
American Anthropological Association
17.11.10-21.11.10
To be held in New Orleans, by the Archaeology division on the overalll theme of 'Circulation'. Aiming to debate the following questions. The idea of circulation invites us to consider what triggers, facilitates, constrains, disrupts or stops flows, what is at stake for whom in these processes, and what their consequences might be, for humans and for the environment. It opens up questions about what exactly circulates: signs? objects? bodies? Do different things circulate in different ways? Do they change or remain constant? What new phenomena, new arrangements and new inequalities, does circulation produce? How are resources, and ways of understanding them, identified, made sense of, produced and distributed in the process? How (and why) do rates and types of circulation vary across time and space? What crystallizes and what continues to flow and re-shape? ‘Circulation’ also invites us to think across boundaries, whether those are boundaries organizing phenomena we seek to describe and explain, boundaries within and across disciplines, or boundaries among anthropologists or other social groups, and along various kinds of organizing principles. It turns our attention to zones of encounter, conjunctions and liminal passages.
Contact Stephen (Steve) Silliman,
Archaeology Division Program Editor, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, email ADProgramEditor@gmail.com, web www.aaanet.org/sections/ad/
SMARTDoc 2010
19.11.10-20.11.10
International Symposium on 'Heritage Recording and Information Management in the Digital Age', held at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Joint event from PennDesign, the R. Lemaire International Centre for Conservation at the University of Leuven and the University College St Lieven. Supporting institutions include UNESCO World Heritage Centre, UNESCO Chair for Preventive Maintenance, Monitoring and Conservation, ICOMOS Scientific Committee on Heritage Documentation (CIPA) and the International Society on Virtual Systems and Multimedia. Good decisions in heritage conservation are based on timely, relevant and accurate information about the conditions, materials and evolution of heritage buildings and landscapes. Therefore, documenting, recording and analysis of heritage places is an essential part of their conservation and management. The rapid rise in new digital technologies has revolutionised the practice of recording heritage places. Digital tools and media offer a myriad of new opportunities for collecting, analyzing and disseminating information about heritage sites. With these new opportunities, there are also conflicts, and an intense effort to build digital media into the education of conservation professionals. Issues regarding the proper, innovative and research-focused uses of digital media in heritage conservation are an urgent topic in the global heritage conservation field, and Penn, KU-Leuven and its partners have played a leading role in this area of cross-disciplinary research and practice. The SMARTdoc conference offers a unique opportunity for educators, professionals, heritage institutions, and managers of heritage places to share, exchange, and explore new approaches, best practices, and research results in the area of heritage informatics. Posters welcomed. Earlybird rate valid to 30.7.10, 100USD thereafter. Students FREE or 30USD.
Cost £70USD.
Contact Nicole Matchette,
Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, 210 South 34th Street, 115 Meyerson Hall, PA 19104-6311, tel +1 (215) 898-3169, email via webform, web www.smartdocheritage.org
The Twilight of Roman Britain in the North
20.11.10
'A Story of Military Failure?' Conference held 10am to 5pm at The Customs House South Shields as part of the 410 AD anniversary events. Provisional date, subject to change.
Contact Stuart Laycock, , email StuLaycock34@blueyonder.co.uk, web www.410.org.uk/confs.htm
Kent Archaeological Fieldwork Evening
24.11.10
An evening of illustrated lectures: free, and open to all. Come and hear about the trials and triumphs of Kent teams in Italy, Greece, Lincolnshire ... and Kent, excavating and surveying sites from Minoan to Medieval in date. Held in Room GLT1, University of Kent (Canterbury Campus, Grimond Building) 7.15 to 10pm. Refreshments provided.
Contact Laura Withers, , email L.Withers@kent.ac.uk?Subject=Fieldwork%20Evening
West Yorkshire Archaeology Day School
27.11.10
The West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service is holding its eleventh Annual Day School, returning to the Royal Armouries, Leeds. The morning programme will bring delegates up to date with the results of recent archaeological work in West Yorkshire, both above and below ground as well as details of the work of the Portable Antiquities Scheme's West and South Yorkshire's Finds Liaison Officer. The afternoon programme will focus on what archaeology can tell us about food and dining in Roman, Medieval and Post-Medieval eras. For the afternoon session we welcome guest speakers Hilary Cool and John Hudson, who will discuss the culinary delights of the Roman and Medieval periods and Annie Gray who will cover upper and middle class dining in the 18th and 19th centuries. Presentations will also be made by the Friends of Buck Wood, who will talking about their recent excavations and exciting discoveries at Buck Wood, near Idle in Bradford.
Cost £12pp.
Contact Becky Harlow, , tel 0113 344 1681, email bharlow@wyjs.org.uk, web www.archaeology.wyjs.org.uk/
Recent Roman Research - what's new?
27.11.10
A day at the Priory Centre, Lincoln to review the results from recent excavations of Roman sites throughout the East Midlands. Speakers include Matt Beamish (University Leicester Archaeological Services), Lynden Cooper ((University Leicester Archaeological Services), Mick Jones (Lincoln City), Dr David Knight (Trent and Peak Archaeology), Dr Steve Malone (Archaeological Project Services), Simon Savage (Pre-construct Archaeology), Craig Spence (Bishop Grosseteste University College, Lincoln), Adam Thompson (Salford University).
Contact Daryl Garton,
Meeting Secretary, CBA East Midlands, 12 Collington Street, Beeston NG9 1FJ, email daryl@dgarton.plus.com, web www.britarch.ac.uk/cbaem
Managing water in pre-drainage fen and marsh
27.11.10
First of three one-day conferences, held at the Faculty of Law, West Road, CB3 9DZ, on recent research in the historic environment, University of Cambridge. Papers on Monastic water management in medieval England, 'Imbanking and Drayning' on Romney Marsh, Water management in the fens before the introduction of pumps, Fenland lodes and hithes: new evidence from excavations, 'Floods muzzled': the place of C17th drainage techniques in the history of technology, and Trade, drainage or water management? Investigating the Cambridgeshire lodes. Closing date for applications 17.11.10. A limited number of places will be available free of charge to students in the Department of Archaeology, who should contact Dr Oosthuizen in advance to ensure that a place will be reserved for them. See also Place-names and Landscape: Recent Research, 26.2.11 and Designing with Water: New Work in Garden History, 21.5.11.
Cost £39.
Contact Susan Oosthuizen,
c/o Historic Environment Research Conferences, (HERC), McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street CB2 3ER, email smo23@cam.ac.uk, web www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/events/
Recent Roman Research
27.11.10
What's New? A day at the Priory Centre, Lincoln to review the results from recent excavations of Roman sites throughout the East Midlands.
Cost £100 full / 50 students.
Contact Daryl Garton,
Hon Meetings Secretary, 12 Collington Street, Beeston NG9 1FJ, email daryl@dgarton.plus.com, web www.britarc.ac.uk/cbaem
Archaeological Geophysics and Environmental Forensics
15.12.10-16.12.10
Two related events held at Geological Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly W1J 0BE. It is anticipated that each meeting will attract 100 or more participants. As well as oral presentations, there will be space for commercial and poster displays. Those interested in contributing to either meeting are warmly encouraged to contact the respective convenors, and to submit abstracts of up to 1000 words in length, accompanied by suitable greyscale illustrative material, no later than 31.8.10. Attendence is FREE to Geological Society members. Student fees of 15/day or 20 both days also apply. A further charge will be made for commercial exhibitors. Registration and payment is preferred by 30.11.10.
• Recent Work in Archaeological Geophysics, 15 December. Shallow geophysical techniques are now a well established tool for the evaluation of archaeological sites, from their initial discovery to subsequent interpretation and management. This will be the ninth in a succession of biennial meetings in which contributors 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 and those in academia to take advantage of recent research and developments.For more information or to submit an abstract, please contact Paul Linford (English Heritage).
• Environmental Forensics, 16 December. This multidisciplinary meeting will capture shared interests between the geological, environmental science, engineering, geotechnical, mining and archaeological communities in assessing the impact of changes to the environment that may result in legal proceedings. Sessions will include geophysics, remote sensing, geology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, isotope geochemistry. For more information or to submit an abstract, please contact Dr Duncan Pirrie (Helford Geoscience) or Dr Alastair Ruffell (Queen's, Belfast).
Cost £25/day or 40 full.
Contact Louise Martin,
English Heritage Geophysics Team, Fort Cumberland, Fort Cumberland Road, Eastney PO4 9LD, tel 023 9285 6760, email Louise.Martin@english-heritage.org.uk, web www.geolsoc.org.uk/page7381.html
TAG 2010
17.12.10-19.12.10
The 32nd Theoretical Archaeology Group annual meeting will be held at the University of Bristol. Sessions on any theoretical theme are welcome, but particularly on 'Science and Theory'.Online registration and call for papers will be opened in due course.
Contact organising committee,
Department of Archaeology and Anthroplogy, University of Bristol, 43 Woodland Road BS8 1UU, tel 0117 954 6050, email tag-2010@bristol.ac.uk, web www.bristol.ac.uk/archanth/tag
Historical and Underwater Archaeology
5.1.11-9.1.11
Opportunity for Early Proposal Submission to the Society for Historical Archaeology 2011 Conference held at The Hilton Austin, Austin, Texas, USA. In order to encourage more international participants, the planning committee for SHA 2011 is offering an opportunity for early review of session and paper proposals. Our customary deadline for submission of proposals for SHA is in the summer, with acceptances in the early fall, but we have learned that this does not allow sufficient time for some of our international colleagues to apply for travel funds and visas. Therefore, for sessions which include international participants, we will review proposals and provide written acceptances early, in the hope that more people from outside the US will be able to attend. If you submit a proposal to us early, we will review it and respond (via email) no later than within month of proposal submission. We can also provide our response on SHA letterhead on request, either by snail mail or as a signed PDF. If you do have a "right away" deadline let us know and we will make every effort to respond quickly. Letters for accepted proposals will indicate that the session has been accepted as part of the professional program for SHA 2011 However, please note that all sessions and papers would still need to be submitted (by the session organisers and individual authors) by the "regular" deadline in the "customary" fashion - either by regular mail or online, using the following timetable: Call for papers opens 1.5.10 (to be announced in SHA's Spring Newsletter); online call for papers available from 1.6.10; final submission deadline 10.7.10. Alternative contact Carol McDavid, Programme Chair.
This early opportunity is available ONLY for sessions which include participants from outside the USA, although all of the participants in any given session do not have to be from outside the USA.
The conference theme is 'Boundaries and Crossroads in Action: Global Perspectives in Historical Archaeology Over Time'. Texas has been variously referred to as a frontier, colony, empire, borderland, hub, republic, and state. This changing configuration of Texas' role in the modern world was shaped by multiple factors, including forced and voluntary immigrations and the attempts at empire building by various nations. The contributions of Native Americans, Euroamericans, African Americans, and peoples of diverse nationalities, including Mexicans, Germans, Spaniards, and the French, underscore the state's rich legacy. Boundaries and crossroads both conceptualise and capture the subsequent exchanges, conflicts, challenges, and accomplishments of a range of individuals and groups as they sought to establish themselves in an ever-transforming world. Yet, we are interested in a broader application of the theme and view it as related to a much wider scope of issues, questions, and practices both in the past and present.
Boundaries and crossroads evoke two distinct but related spheres of engagement and interaction, in geographical, social, and intellectual terms. While "boundaries" seek to demarcate space and cohesiveness, in reality the lines drawn are porous and subject to multiple, and often disputed, crossings. Similarly, while "crossroads," as intersections, imply points of contact and exchange, these processes are often fraught with contestation. Together, boundaries and crossroads are sites of action and simultaneously represent negotiated spaces, processes, identities and change. We propose an inclusive and more universal definition of these concepts and seek theoretical, thematic, and geographical translations of "boundaries" and "crossroads" in session papers and topics that emphasise the global nature of historical and underwater archaeology.
As sites of potential conflict, negotiation is often required when travelling across boundaries, and moving within crossroads. We see this challenge as an opportunity for enriching the discipline with regard to theory and practice, and reconceptualising traditional subject matters. For example, we recognise the need to cross geographical and intellectual boundaries to develop more global, comparative bodies of research in order to address such issues as social inequality, capitalism, trade, and alternative strategies of colonisation. Sessions might interrogate the crossroads of identity formation by considering the intersection of ethnicity, gender, race, and/or class. Cultural contact is a nexus of interaction that as a process serves as a vehicle by which people construct, negotiate, and deploy boundaries and crossroads. Yet we also see boundaries and crossroads in the realm of public archaeology, where practitioners work emphatically to transgress boundaries and to establish inclusive, mutually beneficial relationships with various publics. Heritage and archaeological sites and museums often signify cultural crossroads or archaeology/public boundaries. How do we constructively negotiate these spaces? Finally, sessions might explore the boundaries between and crossroads/intersections of academic and CRM archaeology, or terrestrial and underwater archaeology, in search of more productive ways to work together.
ROMANES EUNT DOMUS: Session. Despite the title, it will not focus only on the Roman Empire and papers will also be presented on the Mediterranean and Near East. Finding evidence for (cultural) resistance has been a part of archaeological and art historical research since the inception of these disciplines. Despite the application of multiple models and a wide variety of approaches, however, there is little consensus on how to identify resistance in the material record. The purpose of this panel is to continue this discussion from the perspective of the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds (c2000 BCE-500 CE). The evidence of this region includes well-documented wars and revolts, but also lesser known settings of potential resistance such as colonies, displaced communities, liminal areas and frontiers, religious groups, and subaltern identities. Within this framework, we hope that a cross-cultural perspective will allow us to start developing a methodology for identifying resistance in the material record. Contact Session Organisers via email. Deadline for abstracts now passed.
Contact John Carman,
International Liaison Chair, email J.Carman@bham.ac.uk
e-CASE and e-Tech 2011
19.1.11-21.1.11
International conference on e-Commerce, e-Society, e-Education (CASE) and e-Technology, held in Tokyo, Japan. Submissions deadline 20.8.10. To provide a multidisciplinary platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities. This conference provides opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and application experiences face to face, to establish business or research relations and to find global partners for future collaboration. All submissions to the conference will be reviewed by at least two independent peers for technical merit and content. It is anticipated that a broad range of research and applied topics will be covered during the conference.
Cost £350USD by 31.1.10, $400US after.
Contact organisaing committee,
via email, email eCASE2011@gmail.com, web www.e-case.org/2011/
Archaeology of wooded landscapes
12.2.11-13.2.11
A day of presentations held 10am to 5pm at Meridian Hall, East Grinstead. Wooded landscapes are amongst the most difficult, but rewarding, landscapes to investigate. The archaeological features within them can be concealed by vegetation, sometimes impenetrable. The documentary evidence for them is often buried amongst sources relating to other interest areas. However, the archaeology can survive well, undisturbed by ploughing, building or natural erosion. Features can relate to the working and use of the wood itself - archaeology of the wood - or were originally built on open ground and subsequently tree-covered - archaeology in the wood. Sussex is one of the most wooded counties in England, so the conference subject is of particular relevance to the area. Much of its woodland has not yet been comprehensively explored or the archaeology within it recorded. Speakers, working on landscape studies locally and elsewhere in the country, will contribute papers drawing out the strands of evidence available for investigation of wooded landscapes, examine the types of remains which may be found and highlight new technologies and means of achieving greater understanding. Evidence will be presented from Sussex and further afield, from prehistory to modern. A presentation of new discoveries in the Weald Forest Ridge area through LiDAR will be of especial interest to local delegates. Delegate packs will include Survey, Identification and Research 'toolkits' for investigation of wooded landscapes. Fee includes refreshments and event booklet. Lunch may be with booking at extra cost. Also choice of optional fieldtrips in the morning of 13.2.11, limited places: Brede High Woods, Cripps Corner, East Sussex (Woodland landscape with woodland management, iron working and routeways); Broadwater Warren, near Tunbridge Wells, Sussex/Kent border (Military use in the Napoleonic period and both World Wars); Gravetye Manor, West Hoathly, West Sussex (Designed landscape incorporating iron working remains). Online booking available.
Cost £30, 20GBP students.
Contact Lorna Gartside,
Sussex Archaeological Society, (Sussex Past), Barbican House, 169 High Street BN7 1YE, tel 01273 405737, email members@sussexpast.co.uk, web www.sussexpastshop.co.uk
Place-names and landscape: recent research
26.2.11
Second of three one-day conferences, held at the Faculty of Law, West Road, CB3 9DZ, on recent research in the historic environment, University of Cambridge. Papers on Place-names in leah, Place-names and civil defence: the toponymic impact of warfare, Thinking through the manorial affix: people and place in medieval England, Essex salt-marsh and Thames-side place-names, Place-names and the Anglo-Saxon estate, and Why are so many east Anglian fields called 'harrow'? Closing date for applications 16.2.11. A limited number of places will be available free of charge to students in the Department of Archaeology, who should contact Dr Oosthuizen in advance to ensure that a place will be reserved for them. See also Managing Water in Pre-drainage Fen and Marsh, 27.11.10 and Designing with Water: New Work in Garden History, 21.5.11.
Cost £39.
Contact Susan Oosthuizen,
c/o Historic Environment Research Conferences, (HERC), McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street CB2 3ER, email smo23@cam.ac.uk, web www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/events/
Fortifications at Risk
8.3.11-9.3.11
A symposium held at the National Army Museum, London by The Fortress Study Group (FSG) to highlight concern at the number of 19th and 20th century fortifications, particularly WW1 and WW2 defences, that have become derelict or have been destroyed. Building upon the "Defence of Britain" project, the FSG is bringing together interested parties to discuss the preservation of these structures, and imaginative ways in which they might be reused. Speakers include prominent British and international figures in the heritage world.
Contact Bill Clements,
Chair, tel 020 7286 5512, email chairman@fsgfort.com, web www.fsgfort.com
Designing with water: new work in garden history
21.5.11
Third and final one-day conference, held at the Faculty of Law, West Road, CB3 9DZ, on recent research in the historic environment, University of Cambridge. Papers include Innovation in the use of water in 16th- and early 17th-century gardens in Britain, Fishing philandering and philosophical contemplation - discoveries in the English landscape, Water in the early eighteenth-century designed landscape, Ornamental water in Staffordshire's designed landscapes 1500 to 1800, and Hertfordshire’s lost water gardens c1500 to 1700. Closing date for applications 11.5.11. A limited number of places will be available free of charge to students in the Department of Archaeology, who should contact Dr Oosthuizen in advance to ensure that a place will be reserved for them. See also Managing Water in Pre-drainage Fen and Marsh, 27.11.10 and Place-names and Landscape: Recent Research, 26.2.11.
Cost £39.
Contact Susan Oosthuizen,
c/o Historic Environment Research Conferences, (HERC), McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street CB2 3ER, email smo23@cam.ac.uk, web www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/events/
New Light on Vernacular Architecture
22.6.11-25.6.11
Studies in Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man, held at the Manx Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man by University of Liverpool's Centre for Manx Studies and Manx National Heritage. To bring together scholars and practitioners from a variety of different disciplines to identify and encourage new directions, new approaches, and new interpretations in the study of vernacular architecture of th UK. The conference organisers would welcome papers on all aspects of vernacular architecture from within the British Isles, particularly those exploring new directions, interpretations and approaches to the subject. Submission deadline 30.9.10.
Contact Catriona Mackie, , tel 01624 695 777, email c.mackie@liverpool.ac.uk, web www.liv.ac.uk/manxstudies/VernacularArchitecture.htm
International Medieval Congress 2011
11.7.11-14.7.11
An interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of all aspects of Medieval Studies from senior scholars to postgraduate students. Annual conference, exhibiton and networking event with excursions and book fair.
As the global economy attempts to recover from the recent staggering economic downturn, and scholars and journalists describe the enormously uneven concentrations of wealth that took place in the decade preceding that downturn, it seems only natural to turn our scholarly gaze to issues of wealth and poverty in the Middle Ages. For that reason, the IMC has chosen for 2011 the special thematic focus 'Poor...Rich'. How uneven was the distribution of wealth in medieval communities and polities? How was the distribution of wealth affected by environmental and commercial cycles of paucity and plenty? How was wealth amassed and then redistributed? What were the topographies of wealth and poverty? How permeable were the physical and symbolic boundaries between rich and poor? In what ways did both church and secular authorities attempt to deal with the moral and practical problems arising from poverty and the uneven distribution of wealth? Call for papers available online from 1.5.10, paper propsals to be submitted by 31.8.10; session proposals by 30.9.10.
Contact IMC Administration,
Institute for Medieval Studies, Parkinson Building, Room 1.03, University of Leeds LS2 9JT, tel 0113 343 3614, email imc@leeds.ac.uk, web www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/imc2011_call.html
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