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Call for Session Proposals

Sunday, 25 October 2009 04:40

Call for Session Proposals (Due 12/1/09)

We invite the submission of session proposals for 'The Location of Theory', the third annual meeting of the Theoretical Archaeological Group in North America, to be held April 30-May 2, 2010 at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.While our choice of topic - 'The Location of Theory' - offers many interpretive angles and possibilities for discussion, TAG-US 2010 welcomes sessions on any theoretical subject or controversy. Session organizers will be responsible for selecting speakers, discussants, and organizing abstracts. While various format options are possible and at the discretion of the organizer, we strongly encourage the development of workshops, roundtables, or other innovative styles of engagement that can facilitate discussion and interaction perhaps more effectively than traditional 'stand-and-deliver' (individual papers followed by Q&A) sessions. Sessions must be planned to occupy no more than a half day (3 hours).The closing deadline for session proposals is December 1st, 2009.We request the following for each submitted session proposal:1. The name(s) and up-to-date contact information for the organizer(s)2. The title and proposed length of the session3. A description (500 words maximum) of the session's theme and scope, and of its proposed format (round table, workshop, panel, debate, book discussion, media presentation, etc.)4. A list of definite (or possible) participants in the session with (where appropriate) titles and abstracts (250 words maximum)Please submit this as a single electronic pdf document to: TAG2010@brown.edu.

For a list of sessions that have been proposed, please visit the Session Proposals page on the TAG-US 2010 website. The deadline for individual papers or other forms of participation (to be submitted directly to specific session organizers) is February 15th, 2010 (please see the Call for Papers page on the website for details).

For more information please consult the TAG-US 2010 website at: http://proteus.brown.edu/tag2010.

Ninth Biennial Open Forum for Graduate Students

Sunday, 25 October 2009 04:18

(Un)Known Spaces: Perceived and Intangible Landscapes
February 19-21, 2010
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Wendy Ashmore, University of California, Riverside
Organized by the Graduate Student Association of the
Department of Archaeology at Boston University
In recent years, increasingly refined methodological and theoretical paradigms along with new technology have added to the robust and productive character of archaeological landscape studies. Moreover, researchers from many disciplines are turning their attention toward landscapes that are conceptual and ephemeral in nature. Landscapes are formed when people perceive and experience the world around them, filling the space with intangible qualities that reflect and construct individual and collective values, identities and practices. In studying intangible landscapes, researchers are probing the diverse frameworks through which we can construct the ancient and modern world around us. These landscapes are not static and dormant entities, but understood to be dynamic, active palimpsests that can be studied through a plurality of theoretical and methodological approaches. Landscapes of memory, sacred landscapes, and landscapes of national or international heritage are just a few examples of this developing line of inquiry that have generated interest across multiple disciplines.
The study of these kinds of landscapes raises many questions for scholars. How do the people who dwell within landscapes understand and interact with them? What are the consequences of the multiple layers and meanings specific spaces and landscapes can contain, and to what degree can modern researchers and archaeologists come to understand these places in past contexts? Will innovative techniques combining creative uses of technology with a multidisciplinary approach be crucial in making these intangible landscapes tangible?

The Graduate Student Association of the Department of Archaeology at Boston University invites you to present and debate your ideas on this theme at the Ninth Biennial Graduate Student Conference on February 19-21, 2010. The conference is intended to provide a forum on these and related issues in Archaeology, as well as other interested fields including but not limited to Anthropology, Art History, American Studies, Architectural History, Near Eastern Studies, Geography, Geology and Classics. The conference will conclude with a round table discussion, including our keynote speaker, addressing the current state of, and future possibilities for, the archaeological study of intangible landscapes. Topics for papers might include, but are not limited to:

Using GIS to study intangible landscapes
Nocturnal landscapes
The creation of landscapes through practice
Intangible landscapes and placemaking
The creation of archaeological landscapes
Landscapes and the law
Visualizing and documenting landscapes
Public and political landscapes
Surveying landscapes of perception and meaning

Papers are limited to 20 minutes and may address any time period, geographic area, or related theoretical issue. Please submit typed abstracts of 500 or fewer words to the address below or via e-mail to (akaeding@bu.edu) by January 4, 2010. Please include your name, address, institutional/departmental affiliation, telephone number, and e-mail address. There is no registration fee for this conference. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact:

Alexander Keim
Department of Archaeology, Boston University
675 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215Visit the Archaeology Department web site at http://www.bu.edu/archaeology/email: (alexkeim@bu.edu)

The 4th Experimental Archaeology Conference

Friday, 23 October 2009 05:38

The University of Aberdeen is delighted to host the next Experimental Archaeology conference on Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th November 2009, King's College campus, Old Aberdeen

Conference Theme:'Experimental Archaeology: Craft, Skill and Performance'"Experimental Archaeology: The systematic approach used to test, evaluate and explicate method, technique, assumption, hypothesis and theories at any and all levels of archaeological research." (Ingersoll, Yellen, McDonald, 1977)

To take advantage of our special weekend delegate rate, book now!

Registration deadline: Friday 31st October 2009, A late registration fee of £25 will apply to all registrations received after the deadline.

For details see:http://www.abdn.ac.uk/experimental-archaeology/

Call for Papers & Panels - International Conference Celebrating Indigenous Knowledges: Peoples, Lands, Cultures

Friday, 16 October 2009 05:55

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS

AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGES: PEOPLES, LANDS, CULTURES

CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
GREGORY CAJETE
EDNA MANITOWABI
MANULANI MEYERS
TOM PORTER
LINDA TUHIWAI SMITH

June 16-20th, 2010

DEPARTMENT OF INDIGENOUS STUDIES
TRENT UNIVERSITY
PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO, CANADA

We will honour the accomplishments within the discipline of Indigenous Studies; consider present trends in scholarship; and discuss directions in strengthening Indigenous scholarship and communities for future generations

We welcome submissions for papers and panels in the following areas of Indigenous Studies:

Honouring Where We Have Come From: Individuals and Programs
Orality: from Community to the Academy
Indigenous Performance: Transforming Possibilities
Articulating Indigenous Epistemologies in the Academy
Look to the Mountain, Spiritual Ecology, Indigenous Science
Revolutions in Methodologies
Reclaiming Histories
Elders in the Academy
Land, Language and Culture
Indigenous Peoples Health and the Environment
Indigenous Archaeology
Spirit in the Academy
Land, Language and Narrative
Knowledges, Genders and Colonization
Indigenous-non-Indigenous Alliances: Possibilities and Challenges
Narrating and Curating the Past, Present, Future
Indigenous Scholarship and the Publishing World
Indigenous Resurgence and Resistance

Submissions for papers and panels should be 300 word abstracts
Deadline: November 1, 2009
Email Submissions: 10thanniversaryconference@gmail.com

Graduate students are encouraged to submit an abstract.

Please join us as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Ph.D. Program in Indigenous Studies.

Sonya Atalay
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Indiana University Anthropology Dept.
Student Bldg. 130
701 E. Kirkwood Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47405-7100
Telephone: (812) 856-2638
http://www.indiana.edu/~anthro/people/faculty/atalay.html

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2009 16:48

Oct 23 Conference Announced: "Culture and Conflict: The U.S. and the 1954 Hague Convention"

Tuesday, 06 October 2009 12:09

The Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation and U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield present:

Culture and Conflict: A Conference on the U.S. and the 1954 Hague Convention

WHEN:
Oct 23 - "Culture and Conflict" Conference (Fri) - 8:30am-5:00pm
Oct 22 - Membership Meetings & Reception (Thu) - 2:30pm-5:00pm

The day before the "Culture and Conflict" Conference, LCCHP & US Committee of the Blue Shield will both hold separate Membership Meetings on Oct 22nd, followed by a Joint Reception

WHERE:
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Board Room, 2nd floor
1785 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20052COST:
Student Member: $15
Student Non-member: $25
Professional Member: $35
Professional Non-member: $60

In March 2009, the United States ratified the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict raising serious questions about implementation and next steps for the U.S. military and for this country generally.The Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation and U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield present a conference, "Culture and Conflict: The United States and the 1954 Hague Convention," to consider the domestic and international ramifications of U.S. ratification.The conference will begin with an evaluation of the continuing efforts to restitute art works looted during the Holocaust and not recovered in the immediate aftermath of World War II, particularly in light of the June 2009 Prague conference on the status of restitution efforts throughout Europe and the United States. The program will then turn to what government organizations, particularly the U.S. military, are doing to ensure compliance with the Hague Convention and to avert or mitigate cultural damage in future conflicts. The final panel will discuss what more the U.S. must do to protect its own cultural heritage in event of conflict, the prospects for future ratification of the Hague Convention's First and Second Protocols, and the role of the Hague Convention ratification within U.S. public and cultural diplomacy.Keynoters:

Lynn Nicholas, author of "Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War"
Robert Edsel, author of "The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History"

Conference Speakers:

MAJ James Ahern, Force Development Plans Officer, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, Ft. Bragg, NC
Monica Dugot, Senior Vice-President and International Director of Restitution, Christie's, New York
Patty Gerstenblith, President, Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, and Distinguished Research Professor, DePaul University College of Law
Ann Hitchcock, Senior Advisor for Scientific Collections & Environmental Safeguards, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
Richard Jackson, Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters, U.S. Department of Defense, and Retired Army Colonel
Thomas R. Kline, Partner, Andrews Kurth LLP and Assistant Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University, Museum Studies Program
Marc Masurovsky, Historian
Hays Parks, Senior Associate Deputy General Counsel, International Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense
Michael Peay, Assistant Legal Advisor for Public Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State
Laurie Rush, Director, Legacy In Theater Heritage Training Program, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Army Archaeologist, Ft. Drum, NY
Karl von Habsburg, President, Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield, and Cultural Property Protection Officer, Austrian Army
Corine Wegener, President, U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield; Associate Curator, Decorative Arts, Textiles, and Sculpture at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and MAJ (Ret.) U.S. Army Reserves
Jane Gray Yagley, ESF #11 National NCH Coordinator, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
Nancy Yeide, Head, Department of Curatorial Research, National Gallery

View Full Schedule for the Oct 23 Conference

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 06 October 2009 12:11

Workshop - Heritage in Conflict and Consensus

Thursday, 24 September 2009 10:47

Registration is now open for an international workshop on

Heritage in Conflict and Consensus:
New Approaches to the Social, Political, and Religious Impact
of Public Heritage in the 21st Century

November 9-10, 2009 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

This international workshop will offer a wide range of global perspectives Heritage in Conflict and will invite participants to help formulate research and policy agendas on the following themes:

Can There Be Heritage Without Conflict?
Tourism, Local Communities, and Diasporic Attachments
Law, War, and Globalization
Communities: from Conflict to Consensus
Between Tourism and Community Identity: Who is In and Who is Out?
Human Remains and Heritage: Who Should Care for the Dead?
Local Engagement in Heritage Practice

Plenary Speakers will include:

Gustavo Araoz (President, International Council on Monuments and Sites)
Karel Bakker (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Michael Blakey (College of William and Mary, USA)
Bruce Chilton (Bard College, USA)
Amesewar Galla (University of Queensland, Australia)
Cornelius Holtorf (Kalmar University, Sweden)
Richard Leventhal (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Dorothy Lippert (Smithsonian Institution, USA)
Max Polonovski (Ministry of Culture, France)
Liz Sevcenko (International Coalition of Sites of Conscience)
Isabelle Vinson (UNESCO)
Elizabeth Ya'ari (PUSH for Peace, Israel-Palestine-Jordan)

Please visit the workshop website for a detailed program and complete registration information: http://www.umass.edu/chs/news/workshop.html. For questions or requests for additional information, please contact Angela Labrador, Program Coordinator at alabra@anthro.umass.edu.

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