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4.2.12
AGM and symposium held at York St John's University. Further details and a booking form will be sent out to members of the group in early January and details will then be on the website.
Contact tbc , , web www.cba-yorkshire.org.uk/
Found objects, past lives
17.2.12-19.2.12
The Graduate Student Association of the Boston University Department of Archaeology has announced the 10th biennial Graduate Student Forum on archaeological perspectives on material and materiality. Abstracts of 250 words for papers submitted online by 15.12.11. The keynote speaker is Dr Carl Knappett, Chair in Aegean Prehistory at the University of Toronto. Topics for discussion could include, but are not limited to: The role of material culture in past societies; Theoretical approaches to material agency; Interpreting and exhibiting artefacts; Artefact databases and collections management; and Scientific analysis of cultural assemblages.
Contact Allison Cuneo,
Graduate Student Conference Committee, Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue 02215, email bu.archaeoconf.2012@gmail.com, web www.bu.edu/archaeology/2012-bu-graduate-student-forum/
The writings of Ancient Egypt
18.2.12
Study day presented by Joyce Filer, formerly Curator of Human and Animal Remains, Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum, London. Held 11am to 5pm at University of London, Hughes-Parry Hall (The Garden Halls), 19-26 Cartwright Gardens, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 9EF. The ancient civilisation of Egypt is quite justly famous for the beautiful hieroglyphic inscriptions on tomb walls and the astonishing amount of papyrus documents discovered. Perhaps, what is less well-known is that these written sources cover an absolutely amazing range of subjects from laundry lists and love poems to last wills and testaments - offering us a fascinating and unique glimpse into the world of the Pharaohs, the Nobility and Working Men and Women. On this fully illustrated study day we shall discover and discuss a selection of topics, including: Royal decrees and Politics; Medicine, Magic and Murderous concerns; Religion and Moral Guidance; Stories of Wonder and Adventure. In addition, we shall consider the life of a scribe in ancient Egypt and his equipment. Although we are not learning how to read source materials in this study day, the types of scripts employed in these writings will be described and outlined. Importantly, we shall also consider the impact of ancient Egyptian writings on modern literature, so prepare to be surprised! A display of various ancient Egyptian writings will test your powers of observation and deduction. Limited places, early booking advised. Fee includes afternoon refreshments. Bookings and cheques payable to 'Joyce Filer', Accountability, 4 Lowndes Court, London W1F 7HE by 3 Feb 2012.
Cost £40.
Contact Richard Barritt, , tel 07973 695 168 (mob), email study.egypt@virginmedia.com
Libya matters
18.2.12
Workshop held from 9.45am to 6.30pm at Safra Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus, King's College London by Centre for Hellenic Studies at King's College London and the Society for Libyan Studies. An opportunity, open to all, to record and celebrate the historical and cultural importance of Libya. The surge of recent events in Libya may have left people with a sense of a country which is nothing but a battlefield - rather than the home of five World Heritage sites, reflecting an exceptionally long and diverse cultural heritage. The transformations which are now taking place in Libyan society should include a transformation in examining and protecting the cultural monuments. We aim to present this rich tradition to a wider audience, and explain its importance for our understanding of several phases of human history - to make clear why Libya Matters to us all. Includes including a round-table discussion on "The Future for Libya's Past". Discount for members and alumni: 15GBP. Fees include refreshments and sandwich lunch. Register by 15.2.12. Please note that access to King's College on a Saturday is controlled, and for this reason advance booking is essential. There is disabled access from the Strand.
Cost £25 full.
Contact P Kenrick,
7 Abbey Close OX14 3JD, web www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/events/specialevents/Libya.aspx
Digital Past 2012 - Gorffennol Digidol 2012
22.2.12-23.2.12
Held at The Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire on new technologies in heritage, interpretation and outreach. Limited places are available and early registration is advised. Fee includes refreshments and lunch on both days. The event showcases innovative digital technologies for data capture, interpretation and dissemination of heritage sites and artefacts. Offering a combination of papers, seminars and handson workshops and demonstrations to investigate the latest technical survey and interpretation techniques and their practical application in heritage interpretation, education and conservation.
The conference will be of value to anyone working in or studying the archaeological, heritage, education and museums sector, and is designed to allow informal networking and exchange of ideas within a friendly and diverse audience made up of individuals from commercial, public and third sector organisations. Open House sessions will also give the opportunity for display and demonstration of projects or products, and the chance to talk to heritage organisations, product developers and retailers. Bookings to Jane Corker, tel 01970 621234.
Cost £59.
Contact Susan Fielding, , tel 01970 621219, email susan.fielding@rcahmw.gov.uk, web www.rcahmw.gov.uk
The long view
25.2.12
Held at Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE by the Prehistoric Society. A one-day conference on 'Place and Prehistory in the Thames Valley' to conclude our sell-out Thames Valley series, this event will look at the long-term histories of particular places or parts of the valley. The aim will be to explore the differing trajectories of settlement, land-use and ritual activity in different localities from the Mesolithic onwards, including the contrast between places which were intensively used during virtually every period, and those which were used more sporadically or less intensively at certain times. Speakers: Steve Ford, Gill Hey, George Lambrick, Tim Allen, Mike Fulford, John Lewis, Jon Cotton, Chris Evans, Tim Champion, and discussant Richard Bradley.
Cost £35 full/20 students.
Contact Tessa Machling,
Administrative Assistant, c/o Institute of Archaeology, UCL WC1H 0PY, email prehistoric@ucl.ac.uk, web www.prehistoricsociety.org/events/event/the_long_view_place_and_prehistory_in_the_thames_valley/
Dearne Valley Archaeology Day
25.2.12
Joint venture between Elmet Archaeological Services Ltd and Dearne Valley Archaeology Group, held 10.30am to 4.30pm at Wath Trinity Methodist Church, S63 7RF on a diverse and informative selection of experiences and knowledge from the academic, commercial and community sectors of the archaeological world. Follow the event online. Papers and stall bookings still accepted. A buffet lunch can be booked for an additional 6GBP per person.
Cost £6 full/3 concs.
Contact Stella Matthews,
Operations Manager, tel 07999 028900 (mob), email info@elmetarchaeology.co.uk, web www.elmetarchaeology.co.uk/News--and--Events.php
Recent research in vernacular architecture
25.2.12
Held at Room LG17, Law Faculty, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ on The rural building traditions of the 'poorer sort' 1600-1900. Part of the Historic Environment Research Conferences series. Apply by 15.2.12. Talks include: Mud hovels and clod halls: the homes of the rural poor in Wales by Dr Eurwyn Wiliam (RCAHMW); 'Wretched habitations' - the Manx cottage in the 19th century by Dr Catriona Mackie (University of Liverpool); A decade of research into vernacular architecture in East Anglia: community projects, volunteer-led research and the work of the Norfolk Historic Buildings Group by Dr Adam Longcroft (University of East Anglia); Living upstairs: an exploration of the bastle tradition in Alston Moor, Cumbria by Dr Lucy Jessop (English Heritage); Recent research in the Oxfordshire region by David Clark (President, Vernacular Architecture Group); and Social Housing in the English village before and after the New Poor Law: 1660-1834 and 1890-1930 by Dr John Broad (University of Cambridge). Fee includes refreshments but not lunch.
Cost £43.
Contact Sue Oosthuizen,
Historic Environment Research Conferences, c/o McDonald Institute, Department of Archaeology, Downing Street CB2 3ER, tel 07583 151685 (office hours), email smo23@cam.ac.uk, web www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/events/
Berkshire annual dayschool
3.3.12
Berkshire Archaeology Society event held from 10am at St Nicolas Hall, Newbury. Professional archaeologists will be showing pictures and talking about their investigations on sites in Berkshire and the surrounding counties from the Neolithic through to the Roman period. Professor Mike Fulford of the University of Reading will talk on early life in Silchester. Steve Ford will contrast three Berkshire Iron Age sites followed by Chris Welch (from English Heritage) with the intriguing title: The destruction of Dyke Hills. New discoveries have been made at the Neolithic site at Horton and we shall be amongst the first to hear about it from Alistair Barclay. Presentations on Medieval Reading and research on the names on Berkshire's war memorials will take place in the afternoon. Parking for the disabled is adjacent and there is plenty of space in local car parks. Lunch not included but plenty of pubs and restaurants nearby, or bring own packed lunch. Email correspondence preferred.
Cost £10 per head.
Contact Trevor Coombs,
Programme Organiser, tel 01491 873166, email t.coombs1@btopenworld.com, web www.berksarch.co.uk/
Archaeology of communications
3.3.12
Held at Media City UK, Salford Quays by the Centre for Applied Archaeology. Subjects will range from the Bridgewater Canal and the Cold War, to 20th Century Telecommunciations. Book online or cheque to 'University of Salford'.
Cost £25 inc lunch.
Contact Mike Nevell,
CfAA, University of Salford, Joule House M5 4NW, tel 0161 295 3825, email m.d.nevell@salford.ac.uk, web shop.salford.ac.uk/
Heavy metal and dirty deeds
10.3.12
Held at Weston Theatre, Museum of London jointly by the Medieval Dress and Textile Society and the Finds Research Group; reduced fee for members of either organisation. A one-day memorial conference in memory of Geoff Egan to celebrate his enormous contribution and continuing influence on the study of medieval (and later) dress accessories. The papers will look at different aspects of dress accessories (buttons, hooks etc) and the speakers will include colleagues of Geoff's. Confirmed speakers include, Hazel Forsyth (Museum of London), Frances Pritchard (Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester), Eleanor Standley (Ashmolean Museum), Julian Bowsher (MOLA) and Annemarieke Willemsen (Dutch National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden). Further details and how to book will be available shortly on the MEDATS website.
Cost £25 full/20 members/15 students.
Contact to be announced, , web www.medats.org.uk
CBA Wales/Cymru Spring meeting
10.3.12
Late notice: Held at Shire Hall, Agincourt Square, Monmouth, NP25 3DY. Business meeting held 11am-12.30pm. Non-members welcome to the afternoon talks (2-4.45pm).
Contact Evan Chapman, , tel 029 20573 238, email cbacymru@britarch.ac.uk
Archaeology of daily life
16.3.12-17.3.12
Graduate Archaeology Oxford interdisciplinary conference on approaches to food, family fashion and fun. Abstracts up to 500 words with name, institution, presentation title for oral presentations or posters by 9 December 2011. Held at the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies. Whether commoners or kings, soldiers or priests, hunters or farmers - they were all facing similar, purely human problems and were sharing similar moments of happiness. Have you ever considered what a Roman legionnaire had for breakfast? How a medieval peasant woman washed her clothes? How did Palaeolithic people celebrate a successful hunt? Did you ever wonder how, in different periods of the past, children were bought into the world, people celebrated marriage, how people died and were buried? Have you reflected on how they spent their leisure time and how they dealt with sorrow and disease? Have you yet contemplated how archaeology can give us answers to all those questions? Whether you are a scientist or classicist, geoarchaeologist or GIS specialist, botanist or underwater archaeologist, whether you study isotopes or pottery; you are all invited! Presenter fees will be 35GBP and will include the conference dinner on Friday.
Contact GAO Committee, , email gao@arch.ox.ac.uk, web www.arch.ox.ac.uk/gao.html
Identifying and recording clay tobacco pipes
17.3.12-21.4.12
Two identical study days. The LAARC holds thousands of clay tobacco pipes, representing dozens of London makers and enabling us to trace the evolution of this commonplace artefact from before 1600 until after 1850. We are currently creating a new reference collection, initially comprising over 500 individual pipes, which will be completed in March 2012 and used for the first time during these two study days. There will be a strong emphasis on practical activities, handling and studying the original artefacts, and so we are restricting the number of participants on each day to just 12. Second session 21.4.12. For course content, contact Francis Grew, tel 020 7566 9317 or Jacqui Pearce (tutor), #9325. Email contact preferred.
Cost £60 all inc.
Contact Museum of London Box Office, , tel 020 7001 9844
Old sites
19.3.12
Held in Reading including papers on recent work and themes at Silchester, Cirencester, Caerleon and Lankhills.
Contact Emma Durham,
Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights Box 226 RG6 6AB, email xs903167@reading.ac.uk, web www.romanfinds.org.uk/meetings
Wharram: past, present and future
23.3.12-24.3.12
This celebratory conference at the King's Manor, York, 60 years on from the start of work at Wharram Percy, will re-appraise thinking and look forward to further research. Earlybird fee valid to 31 Jan 2012 (50GBP after). Online booking available.
Cost £40 earlybird.
Contact the organisers, , email wharram2012@events.york.ac.uk, web www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/news-and-events/events/conferences/wharrampastpresentandfuture/
How Yorkshire became polite
24.3.12
Annual dayschool and YVBSG AGM, held again at Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus with Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Looking at the changes which occurred in vernacular building layout and styles as classical features were adopted. Suggestions for potential speakers welcome.
Cost £26 full/17 members (provisionally).
Contact David Cant, , email davidjcant@hotmail.com, web www.yvbsg.org.uk/events.htm
Mendip Hills AONB Historic Environment Day
24.3.12
Held at Wells and Mendip Museum, BA5 2UE. Guest speakers include Professor Mick Aston from Channel Four's Time Team, Bob Croft, County Archaeologist for Somerset County Council and Stuart Milby from Context One Archaeology. Booking forms will become available online in January, alternative site www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk. Fee includes refreshments and a local produce buffet lunch; early booking advised.
Cost £15.
Contact Jane Hill,
Project Officer, tel 01934 643022, email jane.hill@somersetwildlife.org, web www.wellsmuseum.org.uk
Sussex Archaeology Symposium 2012
24.3.12
Annual event held 10am to 5pm at University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, to provide illustrated accounts of recent archaeological fieldwork and research in Sussex. Full programme and further details online. See also Holleyman Lecture, 14.3.12 on the Staffordshire Hoard by Helen Geake.
Cost £30 full.
Contact David Rudling,
Centre for Community Engagement, Mantell Building, University of Sussex BN1 9RF, tel 01273 678300, email cce@sussex.ac.uk, web www.sussex.ac.uk/cce
CAA 2012
26.3.12-30.3.12
Annual conference of the international Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, to be held by Archaeological Computing Research Group at the University of Southampton, Avenue Campus. The main aim of the CAA conference is to bring together researchers, professionals and students with an interest in the field of computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology. Send 500 word abstracts for paper submissions by 30.11.11 on any of these broad themes (provisonally): General; Data Analysis, Modelling, Management, Integration and Visualisation; Field and Lab Recording; Geospatial Technologies; Human Computer Interaction, Multimedia and Museums; Simulating the Past; Theoretical Approaches and Context of Archaeological Computation. Presentations or posters should describe original, technically excellent, critical, and/or synthetic research; focus on interesting computation and/ or quantitative methods and theories applied in archaeology and related disciplines. Long papers are 20 mins plus 10 mins questions, short papers 10 mins plus 5 mins questions. All research presented at CAA2012 may be submitted after the conference for peer review for publication in the conference proceedings.
Contact Graeme Earl, , email graeme.earl@soton.ac.uk, web www.caa2012.org/
e-CASE and e-TECH
30.3.12-1.4.12
The International Conference on e-Commerce, e-Administration, e-Society, e-Education, and e-Technology will take place in Hong Kong. Submissions accepted until 15 Oct 2011. The main objective is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in electronic communications. his 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.
Contact Kimmy Cheng,
Conference Secretary, email eCASE.eTech.IC@gmail.com, web www.e-case.org/2012/
Roman Army School
31.3.12-4.4.12
Annual residential course meeting in Durham at Collingwood College, open to anyone interested in the Roman army, organised by the Hadrianic Society. Non-residential places also available. Lecture topics include: Septimius Severus, Vegetius, Emperor Maurice, Cavalry Tactics, Roman Egypt, and Heraclius. Balnce must be paid by 31 Jan. Varied meal and accommodations options available.
Cost £78-373.
Contact Pat Burgess,
59 Station Road, Golcar HD7 4ED, tel 01484 647815, email pat@patburgess.co.uk, web www.hadrianicsociety.com/
Fighting Pharaohs: warfare in Ancient Egypt
31.3.12
Study day presented by Joyce Filer, formerly Curator of Human and Animal Remains, Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum, London. Held 11am to 5pm at University of London, Hughes-Parry Hall (The Garden Halls), 19-26 Cartwright Gardens, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 9EF. The study day is aimed at adults. Children of secondary age need to request permission from the organiser. Mysterious mummies and luxurious tombs and temples - these are what many people might associate with ancient Egypt. Yet this civilisation, so devoted to the peacetime activities of religious pursuits and building works, was also involved in many military campaigns! We are fortunate in that the ancient Egyptians have left us a huge amount of artistic, biological and textual sources informing us about these combatant activities: who they fought, why they fought and where these events took place. During this fully illustrated study day we shall examine many aspects of military life in ancient Egypt, including: weapons, tools and equipment; different types of military activity; war injuries and medical treatment; the life of the ancient Egyptian soldier. We shall examine a selection of famous ancient Egyptian battles and discover which Pharaohs were victorious and which were not! Additionally, a specially designed study display will give you the opportunity to examine source materials for yourself and test your skills of analysis. Limited places, early booking advised. Fee includes afternoon refreshments. Bookings and cheques payable to 'Joyce Filer', Accountability, 4 Lowndes Court, London W1F 7HE by 15 March 2012.
Cost £40.
Contact Richard Barritt, , tel 07973 695 168 (mob), email study.egypt@virginmedia.com
WWII heritage in the East of England
12.4.12
Held at Waterfront Building, University Campus Suffolk, Ipswich to launch a 3-year European funded project also including north-western Europe. Themes include the management and presentation of remains, heritage tourism and oral history.
Contact Sarah Poppy,
Archaeological Officer, Suffolk County Council, 9-10 The Churchyard IP33 1RX, tel 01284 741226, email sarah.poppy@suffolk.gov.uk, web www.suffolk.gov.uk/Environment/Archaeology/
Investigating the Roman archaeology of Kent
14.4.12
A joint study day organised by the University of Kent, with the Council for Kentish Archaeology and the Kent Archaeological Society. Held 2-5.30pm at Rutherford College, Canterbury. Parking is available on the university campus and buses to the university run from close to Canterbury East station. Publications on aspects of the history and archaeology of Kent will be on sale on the day, including the new publication on "The Lost Roman Shore-Fort at Dover". Topics include: East Farleigh Villa Excavations by Albert Daniels; East Cliff Villa, Folkestone by Keith Parfitt; Reculver and Dover Forts by Brian Philp; and Roman Thanet by Ges Moody. CKA Friends, KAR subscribers and KAS members all FREE, but booking required as places are limited. Send SAE, and any cheques payable to 'Council for Kentish Archaeology' (CKA).
Cost £5 non-members.
Contact Richard Ansell,
CKA Vice Chair, 7 Sandy Ridge, Borough Green TN15 8HP, tel 01732 884059, email information@the-cka.fsnet.co.uk, web cka.moon-demon.co.uk/
Understanding zooarchaeology
18.4.12-20.4.12
Short course designed for archaeology and heritage professionals and enthusiasts, over three days the University of Sheffield team of zooarchaeologists will introduce participants to the methods that can be used to gather information from archaeological animal bones and the relevance of these remains to wider archaeological study. Zooarchaeology is the study of animal remains from archaeological sites. Animal bones and teeth are among the most common remains found on archaeological sites. This material can contribute valuable information to our understanding of how people lived in the past. Among other things animal bones can help to tell us about diet, farming, cooking and eating, trade and industry, social status, ethnicity, beliefs and environment in the past. The course is designed for people with little or no previous experience in zooarchaeology, and is an ideal introduction to the field for archaeologists, museum curators and other heritage professionals who come across animal bones and/or zooarchaeological reports in their professional capacity. Through short lectures, discussions and hands on practical workshops, the course will give the participants practical experience of zooarchaeological methods and will help you to understand the archaeological potential and limitations of zooarchaeology, enhancing your ability to critically interpret archaeological animal bone data. For students the short course will provide a firm basis for further training and is a great opportunity to improve your employability by broadening the types of archaeological evidence you have skills in and experience using. Zooarchaeologists at the early stages of their careers may also be interested.
Cost £150 waged/100 unwaged.
Contact the organisers, , email zooarch-shortcourse@sheffield.ac.uk, web www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/zooarchaeology-lab/short-course
Working in partnership
18.4.12-20.4.12
IfA annual conference and training event, held in Oxford. This has become established as the premier archaeological conference in the UK, attracting over 400 participants. With its combination of keynote addresses, wide-ranging sessions, workshops, displays, poster sessions and other events, it is a vital forum for discussing topical professional issues, as well as providing updates on current research. The theme for the 2012 conference will be Partnership Working - creating effective networks throughout the historic, natural and built environments to maximise resources, increase public benefit and build a stronger sector. Day and half-day fees availble.
Cost £95-300 full.
Contact Amanda Forster, , email amanda.forster@archaeologists.net, web www.archaeologists.net/conferences
Wales and the world
20.4.12-22.4.12
A residential conference organised by the Cambrian Archaeological Association and held near Llangollen on the contribution and potential of World Heritage Sites in Wales. Also to examine the impact of World Heritage status, with special reference to the three designated sites in Wales.
Cost £30+hotel.
Contact Frances Lynch, , tel 01248 364865, email f.m.lynch@btopenworld.com
New trends in environmental archaeology
21.4.12
The Association for Environmental Archaeology spring conference held at University of Plymouth. Open to all those interested in the subject area, but submissions from postgraduate students are particularly encouraged. Oral and poster presentations on any aspect of Environmental Archaeology are welcomed and it is hoped that the full range of sub-disciplines of environmental archaeology will be represented. A limited number of travel bursaries will be available to student presenters. The deadline for abstract submission (250 words max) is 1.2.12.
Cost £24-35.
Contact Marta Perez, , email marta.perez@plymouth.ac.uk, web www.envarch.net/events/
Archaeology and the Historic Environment in the Yorkshire Dales
21.4.12
Dayschool to present papers on 175 years of exploration at Victoria Cave: Bainbridge Roman Fort, the excavation of a Anglo-Saxon site in Ribblesdale and monastic Kilnsey. Held in Grassington Town Hall.
Cost £15/12.50.
Contact YD NPA,
Yoredale DL8 3EL, tel 01969 652353, email herinfo@yorkshiredales.org.uk, web www.yorkshiredales.org.uk
Rags and riches
21.4.12
This one day conference at the University of Reading aims to bring together archaeologists, anthropologists and others from related disciplines to discuss current issues of methodology, theory and interpretation of dress and dress accessories and its social context in the C21st. Absracts of 300 max for 20 min papers welcome from researchers at any stage in their career.
Contact the committee, , email ragsandrichesconference@gmail.com, web www.reading.ac.uk/archaeology/Events/arch-rags-and-riches-conference.aspx
Community archaeology
21.4.12
CBA South Midlands spring conference held at St Edburg's Church Hall, Bicester on the theme of community archaeology. Latest information and programme online.
Contact David Ingham,
1a Stamford Lane, Warmington, tel 07717 866767, email cbasm@britarch.ac.uk, web www.cba-southmidlands.org.uk/
Lancashire Archaeology Dayschool
21.4.12
Held at University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in Preston. Speakers will share their knowledge on the following: the Archaeology of Sport and Accrington Stanley FC, WWII pillboxes, Lancashire's Parks and Gardens, as well as recent excavations in Darwen, Blackburn and Barley and the discovery of the 'Silverdale' hoard. Fee includes refreshments only.
Cost £10.
Contact Joanne Smith,
Lancashire County Council, tel 01772 533404, email archaeology@lancashire.gov.uk
Yorkshire's Forests in the C21st
28.4.12
PLACE Spring conference, held at Dalby Forest Visitor Centre to examine the current debate about the use and function of forests and woodlands, both public and private. There is a cafeteria in the visitor centre or people can bring their own packed lunch.
Programme: Forestry - an evolving agenda (Vince Carter); Sustainable Forest Management in the Private Sector (Will Richardson); Commercial aspects of recreation in the forests (Adrian Carter); Wildlife and Heritage in the Forests (Brian Walker). The afternoon consists of a walk through part of Dalby Forest, to see the forest village, signs of rabbit warrening, old trees and features of wildlife interest, led by Brian Walker.
Cost £20/15 unwaged.
Contact PLACE Office,
York St John University, Lord Mayor's Walk YO31 7EX, email place@yorksj.ac.uk, web www.place.uk.com/
Who's Past?
28.4.12
An interdisciplinary debate on the repatriation of artefacts and reburial of human remains held as themed sessions by Durham University Archaeology Society in Room D110, Dawson Building. The artefacts session asks if Western museums should take a sympathetic view to requests for the repatriation of cultural artefacts, and the human remains session debates the recent legislative changes relating to human remains are a threat to academic research. Fee reduced for certain other society members and includes refreshments and lunch.
Cost £10 full /5 members.
Contact Jamie Davies,
Vice President, email j.g.davies@durham.ac.uk, web www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/conferences/current/archsoc2012/
Shared pasts
12.5.12
Held in Sheffield to mark the centenary of the Hunter Archaeological Society on 'Democratic Traditions in British Archaeology'. The contributors and delegates at the conference will celebrate the tradition of 'community heritage' to which the Society continues to contribute. The speakers will review the history of public participation in British archaeology and map out the future for our 'common heritage' as the discipline faces economic constraints, challenges to social cohesion, and a questioning of established identities.
Cost £contact.
Contact Ruth Morgan,
Hon Secretary, Royd Farm, Carr Road, Deepcar S36 2NR, tel 0114 288 2640, email r.a.morgan@shu.ac.uk, web www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/hunter
The development of industry in southern Roman Britain
12.5.12
Major biennial conference held at Chertsey Hall by the Roman Studies Group of Surrey Archaeology Society. Themes will be the development of the Wealden Iron Industry, Metal Working, Glass Making, the Leather Industry and the Pottery and Tile Industries. Speakers will include Justine Bayley, Ian Betts, Jeremy Hodgkinson, Jackie Keilly and Margaret Broomfield, Louise Rayner and John Shepherd. Fee includes refreshments and a two-course hot lunch available on the day for c8GBP. Full details, booking arrangements and travel directions will be available under "Events" on the Society's website early in January 2012. Other events held by the various Special Interest Groups within the Society, see website for full list.
Cost £15.
Contact Edward Walker, , email cande.walker@talktalk.net, web www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/events/all/list
CBA East AGM
12.5.12
Refreshments from 10.30am at Verulamium Museum, St Albans, talks begin at 11am on the Late Iron Age to Roman, in Hertfordshire, with the AGM itself about midday. Afternoon tour of the Roman town or medieval town and abbey. Further details to follow.
Contact , , email cbae@britarch.ac.uk, web www.britarch.ac.uk/cbae
EMASS 2012
14.5.12-16.5.12
The 6th annual Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium will be held at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, London. The interactive forum is run for and by graduate research students who focus on the archaeology of the early medieval period, roughly the period between the 4th-12th centuries AD.EMASS aims to provide a constructive and interdisciplinary forum to facilitate discussion and debate between researchers from different institutions and specialities, in a constructive environment. Abstracts of up to 250 words from post-graduates and early career researchers from any discipline relating to the early medieval period. Fee includes fieldtrip, additional optional visit to Westminster Abbey for an extra 5GBP.
Cost £21.
Contact organising committee, , email info@emass.org.uk, web www.emass.org.uk
Early Farmers: The View from Archaeology and Science
14.5.12-16.5.12
Held at Cardiff University, this international conference brings together interpretive and scientific approaches to the European Neolithic. Contributors will cover a broad range of innovative approaches across different subjects, from archaeological theory to ancient DNA and isotopes, presenting new research on themes such as the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition, the social organisation of the earliest farmers and the individual biographies of past persons. Posters still accepted. Funded by the British Academy.
Cost £49 full; 20 students/unwaged.
Contact Penny Bickle, , email bicklepf@cardiff.ac.uk, web www.cardiff.ac.uk/share/newsandevents/events/archaeology/early-farmers-the-view-from-arch-and-science.html
Archaeology Scotland
18.5.12-21.5.12
Popular residential summer school, based in Dumfries with the usual guided excursions of sites from all periods on the Saturday and Sunday, evening lectures and time to socialise.Open to all, but booking forms will be sent out to members in February - join AS now.
Contact Eila MacQueen,
Director, email director@archaeologyscotland.org.uk, web www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk/
Building recording
18.5.12-20.5.12
Provisional notice: Annual recording conference by YVBSG, held in collaboration with Great Broughton and Kirby-in-Cleveland Local History Group.
Contact to be announced, , web www.yvbsg.org.uk/events.htm
Death, memory and the landscape
19.5.12
Colloquium held in association with the University of Chester. Held at McDonald Institute of Archaeological Research, as part of the Historic Environment Research Conferences series. Apply by 9.5.12. Talks include: Remembering and forgetting the dead through monuments and movements in the landscape by Dr Harold Mytum (University of Liverpool); Death and the antiquarian's landscape by Prof Howard Williams (University of Chester); Walking in the shadow of Death: the archaeology and folklore of 'Death Roads' by Dr Lucy Ryder, (University of Chester); To teach us that Cities dye as well as men: cropmarks and the presence of the dead in the early modern English landscape by Dr Philip Schwyzer (University of Exeter); The place of the dead: territory and identity in the post-medieval landscape by Dr Nicola Whyte (University of Exeter); and Landscapes of rejection: cemeteries at psychiatric institutions in 20th century Denmark by Dr Tim Flohr Sorensen (University of Aarhus). Fee includes refreshments but not lunch.
Cost £43.
Contact Sue Oosthuizen,
Historic Environment Research Conferences, c/o McDonald Institute, Department of Archaeology, Downing Street CB2 3ER, tel 07583 151685 (office hours), email smo23@cam.ac.uk, web www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/events/
Furnaces, foundaries and forges
25.5.12-27.5.12
Historical Metallurgy Society AGM and Spring Meeting on 'Ironmaking Heritage Revisited', held in and around Birmingham. This meeting will be inspired by the origins of the society, consisting of lectures, field trips, behind-the-scenes tours and social events, looking principally at blast furnaces in the west midlands region.
Contact Paul Belford, , email paulbelford@ymail.com, web hmsanniversary.blogspot.com/p/2012-spring-meeting.html
Archaeological Research in Progress
26.5.12
ARP 2012 national conference held at MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen, and examining recent ongoing archaeological projects with a focus on Aberdeenshire, Moray and Angus.
Cost £contact.
Contact Archaeology Scotland, , email info@archaeologyscotland.org.uk, web www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk
Sustainability and heritage
29.5.12-30.5.12
An interdisciplinary conference held at University of the Highlands and Island, Orkney College, Kirkwell. Bringing together academics and practitioners to discuss and critically analyse: How can the past contribute to a sustainable future? through presentations, posters and round table discussion. Abstracts of max 300 words by 29 Feb. Flier and full details online.
Contact Anne Billing, , tel 01856 569340 (afternoons), email anne.billing@orkney.uhi.ac.uk, web www.uhi.ac.uk/sustainabilityconference
Iron Age Research Student Symposium
31.5.12-3.6.12
Held at University of Southampton, Department of Archaeology, Avenue Campus, and now in its 15th year. A tradition of debate and research updates focused on the arena of the Late Bronze Age up to the Late Iron Age will be continued, with the chance to present research in a unique and friendly atmosphere. The event will conclude with an optional fieldtrip to the pristine (unploughed) Iron Age landscape of Dorset. The registration is open for all postgraduate students interested in this period in Britain, Europe or anywhere else in the world. The date for the call for papers and posters will be out on December together with more information regarding fees and bookings. Papers will be presented in a 15-20 minute format divided into two sessions per day, complemented by the presentation of posters displayed throughout the venue. The discussion session will be led by experts in the area providing young researchers the chance to improve their work, receive feedback and generate new paths for developing further studies. Alternative contact: Pete Girdwood.
Cost £tba.
Contact Rodrigo Pacheco Ruiz, , email r.pacheco-ruiz@soton.ac.uk, web www.iarss.soton.ac.uk/
Houses of commons, houses of lords
1.6.12
Held in Reading on domestic dwellings and monumental architecture in prehistoric Europe. There will be a fee for the conference but the Europa Lecture, given by Richard Bradley (University of Reading), is free to members.
Contact Tessa Machling,
Administrative Assistant, c/o Institute of Archaeology, UCL WC1H 0PY, email prehistoric@ucl.ac.uk, web www.prehistoricsociety.org/events/event/landscape_monuments_and_society_including_the_europa_lecture/
Roman Pottery in the fifth century
7.6.12
Held at School of Historical Studies, Newcastle University. Free, but registration required for limited spaces. This conference brings together academics, finds researchers and pottery specialists who will shed new light on the role that 'Roman' pottery played in the fifth century. Romano-British pottery was manufactured and distributed on a large scale during the first four centuries AD. In the fifth century the Romano-British pottery producers ceased production and Britain entered a largely aceramic ‘Dark Age’. The end of Romano-British pottery production is generally assumed to be the result of an economic collapse that was caused by Britain's separation from the rest of the Roman Empire in the early fifth century. However, this simple narrative is beginning to be replaced by an appreciation that the 'end' of Romano-British pottery production and use was actually an extremely complex process.
Cost £free, registration required.
Contact James Gerrard, , email james.gerrard@newcastle.ac.uk, web www.ncl.ac.uk/historical/research/conferences/romanpottery.htm
Towns, topography, tapestry
7.6.12-8.6.12
A symposium in memory of Dr David Hill, held in Manchester. Proposals for 20 minute papers should be sent by 29.2.12 to reflect Dr Hill's major interests (as title). It is hoped to publish some or all of the papers. Possibly continuing into second day, if enough papers are received.
Contact Gail Owen-Crocker, , email gale.owencrocker@ntlworld.com
Parks, gardens and designed landscapes of Medieval Wales
9.6.12
Held at Lucia Windsor Room, Newnham College, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DF. Part of the Historic Environment Research Conferences series. Apply by 30.5.12. Talks include: The medieval antecedents for Tudor parks and gardens by Dr David Jacques; Medieval and Tudor gardens by Dr Paul Everson (English Heritage); Medieval to modern: the evolving garden in 16th-century London by Dr Paula Henderson; Lost gardens and gardens that never were: stories from aerial photographs by Cathy Stoertz (English Heritage); Gardens and designed landscapes of medieval Wales by Spencer Smith; and Redesigning gardens for privacy: two new examples from 14th century castles by Magnus Alexander (English Heritage). Fee includes refreshments but not lunch.
Cost £43.
Contact Sue Oosthuizen,
Historic Environment Research Conferences, c/o McDonald Institute, Department of Archaeology, Downing Street CB2 3ER, tel 07583 151685 (office hours), email smo23@cam.ac.uk, web www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/events/
Heritage Impact 2012
21.6.12-22.6.12
Held at University of Brighton, Grand Parade. Please send abstracts of 300 words by 16.3.12. The sixth international symposium on socio-economic impact and strategies for change in cultural heritage to be organised by the CUBIST Research Group, part of the University of Brighton Business School. The symposium aims to bring together speakers from across Europe and further afield to consider the impact of heritage sites on society and the economy. The organising committee invites both practitioners and academics to submit papers that explore the following complementary themes: Measuring impact; Changing impacts through strategy, marketing and policy; Heritage as a regeneration tool; Sustainability issues for heritage; Community heritage and the 'Big Society'; Community engagement in a digital world.
Contact Chris Matthews,
Brighton Business School, email c.r.matthews@brighton.ac.uk, web www.umg.org.uk/2011/12/15/call-for-papers-heritage-impact-2012-impact-measurement-impact-drivers-and-business-strategies-for-heritage/
Rules to follow - or not
9.7.12-12.7.12
19th International Medieval Congress held in Leeds. Session proposals by 30.9.11. All societies operate according to rules, both written and often unwritten. Medieval societies were no exception. Rules affected kingship and lordship; urban and rural communities; secular church and regular monastic life, as well as social groupings, aspects of economic, religious, legal and intellectual life, and even literature and the other arts. People made rules, lived by the rules, and broke rules. In view of the fundamental importance of this topic, the IMC has chosen Rules to follow as its special thematic focus.
Medieval rules were multifaceted. They might be written down or transmitted orally, configured as conventions, and composed as canons, or imposed by custom and usage, be transmitted by commands and laws, be defined by tradition and consensus or handed down by some higher authority. They might encompass an entire society or culture or be limited to one section of society or a single activity. They might have been associated with legal sanctions and/or with morality, and concepts of sin and virtue. They might become differentiated and varied over time, and they were transmitted from one area of life to another. Rules were frequently long-lasting but equally might sometimes lose their validity over time, or mutate into new forms.
Contact IMC organisers,
Institute for Medieval Studies, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds LS2 9JT, tel 0113 343 3614, email imc@leeds.ac.uk, web www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/imc2012_call.html
Measured survey for cultural heritage
9.7.12-13.7.12
Residential summer school on the wide range of survey techniques available to conservation practitioners, held at Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire. Accurate and appropriate measured survey and imaging data is a fundamental requirement for the effective conservation, management and understanding of our cultural heritage. Such data needs to be appropriate, timely and sensitive to the nature of the site and any interventions proposed. An extensive array of differing measured survey techniques is available today, ranging from traditional hand-drawn survey through to total stations, 3D laser scanners and other advanced digital methods. Both survey practitioners and those procuring survey need to know the range of techniques available and understand their benefits and limitations in any given situation. This course is also designed to provide participants with both theoretical and practical instruction, focussing on the production of scaled drawings of selected buildings and landscape survey. Instruction will be provided by English Heritage staff who have extensive experience in the use of both traditional and advanced methods of imaging, survey and graphics. Earlybird fee of 695GBP before 1 May, and non-residential fee 475GBP (inc lunches, refreshments, course documentation and materials).
Cost £795 all inc.
Contact Sarah Prince,
English Heritage, The Engine House, Fire Fly Avenue SN2 2EH, tel 01793 414809, email chss@english-heritage.org.uk
International Festival of Archaeological Film
1.10.12-6.10.12
Held in Rovereto, Italy with the main theme of "Cinema and archaeology: the camera in search of the Past", but any archaeological, historical, paleo-ethnological or anthropological research film accepted. Inscription deadline 16.4.12.
Contact organising committee, , email Rassegna@MuseoCivico.rovereto.tn.it, web www.museocivico.rovereto.tn.it/rassegna_partecipare
HMS Annual Conference
6.10.12
A traditional meeting of the Historical Metallurgy Society held in Bristol, on the theme of 'communications' with a focus on non-ferrous metallurgy, and a mixture of lectures with optional field trips and social events. Also to launch the Society's new branding.
Contact Eleanor Blakelock, , email eleanor.blakelock@ironsmelting.co.uk
Use-wear analysis
10.10.12-12.10.12
Held in Faro, Portugal. Subjects are open to all different use-wear approaches, such as theory and method, archaeological artifacts, and residue analysis. It is expected that presentation will include both new and ongoing projects. Oral presentations in English and French, proceedings publication in English only. Earlybird deadline 30.9.12, 175EUROS at conference. Online registration opens 30.6.12.
Cost £150EUROS.
Contact the coordinators, , email info@usewear2012.com, web www.usewear2012.com/
EuroMed 2012
29.10.12-3.11.12
The 4th international Euro-Mediterranean conference will be held in Limassol, Cyprus at the Amathus-Limassol Hotel. Bringing together researchers, policy makers, professionals, fellows and practitioners to explore some of the more pressing issues concerning Cultural Heritage today. In particular, the main goal of the conference is to focus on interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary research on tangible and intangible Cultural Heritage, using cutting edge technologies for the protection, restoration, preservation, massive digitalization, documentation and presentation of the Cultural Heritage contents. At the same time, the event is intended to cover topics of research ready for exploitation, demonstrating the acceptability of new sustainable approaches and new technologies by the user community, owners, managers and conservators of our cultural patrimony. Researchers and practitioners willing to participate to the EUROMED 2012 conference are invited to submit papers on original works addressing the following subjects and research themes: Protection, restoration and preservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage; and digital heritage documentation and presentation. Paper submissions by 28.5.12.
Cost £see web.
Contact EuroMed Chairs, , email chairman@euromed2012.eu, web www.euromed2012.eu
Historical and underwater archaeology
9.1.13-12.1.13
Preliminary announcement of the Society for Historical Archaeology annual conference, held at Ramada Leicester Hotel and University of Leicester. Abstract deadline 9.7.12.
Contact Sarah Tarlow,
School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester LE1 7RH, email sat12@le.ac.uk
World Archaeological Congress
14.1.13-18.1.13
WAC-7 to be held in Amman, Jordan. Proposals for sessions or papers invited on any topic from across the globe.
Cost £varied.
Contact organising committee, , email info1@cultech.org, web wac7.worldarchaeologicalcongress.org
Historical Metallurgy Society AGM
12.6.13-14.6.13
Marking the 50th anniversary of the society and will be a spectacular international academic conference in London to provide a high-level 'state of the nation' of current and future developments in the various disciplines which HMS represents.
Cost £tba.
Contact Eleanor Blakelock, , email eleanor.blakelock@ironsmelting.co.uk
International Medieval Congress 2013
1.7.13-4.7.13
Advance notice of new venue and dates: held at the main campus of the University of Leeds, close to the city centre.
Contact IMC organisers,
Institute for Medieval Studies, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds LS2 9JT, tel 0113 343 3614, email imc@leeds.ac.uk, web www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/imc2013_move.html
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