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Month: December 2015

Fieldwork Opportunity: Harvard Summer Program in Greece (Applications due 1/28/16)

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On December 16, 2015

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HARVARD SUMMER PROGRAM IN GREECE

NAFPLION, THESSALONIKI
27 JUNE – 31 JULY 2016

If you are planning to pursue academic study abroad this summer, we invite you to consider the Harvard Summer Program in Greece.

The program, now in its fifteenth year, is one of the oldest and most successful Harvard study-abroad programs. The five-week course (27 June – 31 July 2016) is divided between the seaside town of Nafplion, and the historical city of Thessaloniki. Greece is an ideal place for summer study: traces of ancient history and culture are found everywhere, and the country has been an important meeting point between East and West across the centuries. The beautiful climate and landscape are additional sources of inspiration.
Eight interrelated week-long seminars offer a stimulating approach to cultural exchange, with an emphasis on the legacies of Hellenism, and on imperial encounters in the Mediterranean. The program’s richness is due to its interdisciplinary nature and the diversity of its faculty and students. The seminars combine linguistic, literary, and historical methodologies, while several faculty members (classicists, historians, literary and theater critics) attend each class, making it a real laboratory for collaborative thinking. Our discussions continue over dinner under the olive trees. In the past twelve years students have come from as far afield as the US, England, France, Bulgaria, Greece, Guatemala, Turkey, China, and the Philippines.
Weekend excursions take us to some of the country’s most important ancient, medieval, and contemporary sites, such as Athens, Olympia, Epidaurus, Mycenae and Vergina. A rich program of guest lectures, and dramatic performances at the ancient theater of Epidaurus, complete the curriculum. Weekly trips to the beautiful and relatively untouched beaches of the Peloponnese and Northern Greece enable us to enjoy the natural landscape and appreciate its fragility. Whether you are a student of the classics or modern literature, a historian or a scientist, this program will offer you unique insight into the history and representations of cultural interaction between East and West from antiquity to the present day.
The course carries 8 credits that in the past have included – but are not restricted to – classics, literature, and history. The course also counts towards Harvard General Education credit. In the past, participants have been recent high school graduates, undergraduates, graduate students, or independent scholars. Please note: Students must be at least 18 years old and in good academic standing to apply.
Applications are due January 28, 2016.
Students will be notified of admission decisions by mid February.
Interested candidates are encouraged to write to summergreece@chs.harvard.edu with any questions. To find out more, including detailed course descriptions, faculty bios, comments, and photos, please visit:
http://www.summer.harvard.edu/programs/study-abroad/greece
http://www.chs.harvard.edu/ccsp
We are looking forward to receiving your application!

CFP: Seventh Conference of Italian Archaeology

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On December 16, 2015

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April 16th to 18th, 2016
National University of Ireland, Galway

www.seventhconfitalianarch.com
The Seventh Conference of Italian Archaeology will be held at the National University of Ireland, Galway in April 2016, as a successor to the previous meetings held in Lancaster (1977), Sheffield (1980), Cambridge (1984), London (1990), Oxford (1992), and Groningen (2003). The conference will focus on the archaeology of Italy and its islands from prehistory through to the modern period. We hope to provide a forum for debate, as well as the presentation of fresh theoretical and methodological approaches to Italian archaeology. The primary theme of the conference will be the archaeology of death, but we have also panels that consider recent developments in Italian archaeology. In addition a poster session will provide the opportunity for excavators to present site reports and other topics of interest.
The Archaeology of Death
Contributors are invited to present papers of 20 minutes in duration on the archaeology of death that introduces new data and/or novel theoretical approaches. Suggested themes through which contributors might explore the question of funerary archaeology include, but are not limited to:

  • Ethnicity
  • Gender
  • Landscapes of death
  • The Experience of Death
  • Personhood
  • Marginalised burials
  • Osteoarchaeological approaches
  • Ritual

Timetable
Titles of contributions and declaration of interest are open now; to make a submission please navigate to the conference website:

  • Paper and poster abstracts due: 31st January 2016

For further information please contact either Eóin O’Donoghue or Edward Herring.

ARIT Fellowships in Turkish Language, Summer2016

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On December 3, 2015

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ARIT Summer Fellowships for Intensive Advanced Turkish Language at Bogazici University, Istanbul
Summer 2016

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The program supports intensive study of advanced Turkish language at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. The awards include air fare, tuition, and maintenance stipend. The application deadline is February 5, 2016.
Application form and procedures accessible at the ARIT website:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/ARITSummerLanguageProgram.html

Fieldwork Opportunity: Sa Cudia Cremada Field School

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On December 1, 2015

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Mediterranean Archaeology in Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) 2016 Campaign

Dig in a prehistoric sanctuary in the Mediterranean while learning proper excavation techniques and much more!
Session #1: May 30-June 17
Session #2: July 4-22
Session #3: August 1-19
Session #4: August 29- September 16
3-week course in a Protohistoric archaeological site in a unique Mediterranean island
You will learn about: Fieldwork methods, Lab work, Indigenous, Punic and Roman Archaeology
You will explore: Mediterranean Nature, Culture, History, Geology and Traditions
The main a2im of fieldwork is that of approaching the talaiotic culture to students through different tasks related to an archaeological excavation. Fieldwork will be combined with lab work, lectures, workshops as well as excursions to discover the natural environment of an island which was declared Reserve of the Biosphere by the UNESCO in 1993. During the course free days will be available to students so they can explore and enjoy the traditional horse festivals, whose origins date back to the medieval period, which take place in several towns in Menorca during summertime.
 
The Field School
For 2016 Sa Cudia Cremada Field School offers archaeological courses for students interested in gaining first- hand experience on fieldwork and laboratory tasks. We welcome university students, professionals as well as everybody who is interested in Archaeology and Mediterranean Protohistory (Iron Age). Thus, previous experience on the subject in not required. 2016 courses will take place in several sessions with a length of 3 weeks each. During the course, students will dig in the settlement’s sanctuary during the first half of the day, whereas the second part will be devoted to lectures, laboratory tasks and workshops.
Fees and Contact Information
3-week course: 1,200 Euro, including: fees, materials, pick-up service upon arrival to Menorca’s airport, accommodation, daily transportation to the site/ the accommodation, accident insurance, snack during school time (sandwich, juice, fruits), lectures with specialists on Biological Antrhopology, Zooarchaeology, Restoration, etc., workshops on Archaeological documentation and Photogrammetry, and weekly excursions (entrance to museums and archaeological sites including on the price).
-Transportation to/from Menorca and meals outside school time are not included.
For further information and signing up for the course, please contact:
Email: sacudiafieldschool@gmail.com
Skype: sacudiafieldschool
You can also find us via facebook and twitter:
https:/ /www.facebook.com/ cudiacremada
https:/ /twitter.com/SaCudiaCremada

 

American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) Fellowships in Egypt 2016-2017

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On December 1, 2015

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The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is pleased to announce its annual fellowship program for predoctoral, postdoctoral and senior scholars conducting research in Egypt. We hope you will take a moment to share this poster with relevant students and faculty members at your university or college. The deadline for application submissions is January 15, 2016.
For information about the CAORC Multicountry and Mellon Grants click the link below.
 

Fellowship Opportunity for Research in the Mediterranean Region

ARCE is pleased to announce its participation in the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program and Mediterranean Regional Research Fellowship Program. Applicants may propose a research project to one or multiple Mediterranean region countries, as long as at least one of the countries hosts a participating American overseas research center.

Details for both of these opportunities for predoctoral, early postdoctoral, and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D., can be found at the following link. http://caorc.org/fellowships

 
Funding for this program is generously provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).

CFP: The 5th Biennial Borderlands International Graduate Student Conference

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The 5th Biennial Borderlands International Graduate Student Conference
Forging Faith(s) in Global Borderlands
University of California, Santa Barbara
March 11-13, 2016
The Borderlands Research Focus Group at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites graduate scholars from all disciplines to submit abstracts for papers addressing the theme of Forging Faith(s) in Global Borderlands.
Please send a 300-word abstract to UCSBborderlands2016@gmail.com by December 20, 2015 **deadline extended to January 8, 2016 ** to be considered. Please see the attached call for paper for more information. Further questions can be directed to UCSBborderlands2016@gmail.com.
Thank you,
Organizing Committee Members
UCSB Borderlands Conference 2016
“Forging Faith(s) in Global Borderlands”
UCSBborderlands2016@gmail.com
 
2016 – UCSB Borderlands CfP

CFP: TRAC 2016

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On December 1, 2015

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The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC) Standing Committee and TRAC 2016 Local Organising Committee are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 26th annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC 2016), which will be held in Rome, Italy from 16-19 March 2016. Please see full details below or on the TRAC website at: http://trac.org.uk/conferences/trac2016/
Please share this message with your colleagues, friends, staff members, students, etc.
Deadline: 18 December 2015

Call for Papers: full details
Proposals for papers are invited for the TRAC general session(s) or for one of the accepted thematic sessions. Paper proposals should be no longer than 300 words, and must clearly indicate the intended session(s) for which the paper is proposed. Limited space is available in the thematic sessions, so if a thematic session is oversubscribed, submitted papers will also be considered for the general session(s). The deadline for proposals is 18 December, 2015.
Paper proposers should note the following:
• Presentations should last no longer than 30 minutes
• Speakers should leave sufficient time at the end of their papers for questions from the audience
• The official conference languages are English and Italian
• Unfortunately, TRAC cannot cover the costs of speakers’ travel and accommodation to attend the Conference (a limited number of bursaries will be available through separate schemes by competitive application; details will be made available on the joint RAC/TRAC 2016 conference registration website when this goes live)
• This is a participative conference where more than half the delegates are speaking, so all delegates are expected to pay the conference fee. This helps keep the fees as low as possible and also maximises participation and engagement.
Proposals for papers must include the following information:
• Title of the Paper
• Name, affiliation, postal address and email of the proposer(s)
• Title of the themed session in which they would like to offer a Paper (or ‘General’ if outside a themed session)
• A short abstract/description of the theme or subject area of the Paper (not more than 300 words)
Session organisers should also note the following:
• They will need to instruct the speakers included in their original submission to send in their Paper proposals and abstract
• Additional Papers are likely to be offered for all sessions. The final list of speakers at the Conference will be decided by session organisers, with advice from the TRAC 2016 Local Organising Committee
• TRAC cannot cover the costs of speakers’ travel and accommodation to attend the Conference
Proposals should be sent by email to the TRAC 2016 Local Organising Committee: tracrome2016@gmail.com AND to the lead organiser of the session the Paper is intended for. Proposals received after 18 December will not be considered. 
Please click here for a list of available TRAC 2016 sessions (including contact details for session organisers).

Thank You. We look forward to seeing your paper proposals!

TRAC 2016 Local Organizing Committee
Roberta Cascino (British School at Rome/University of Southampton)
Francesco De Stefano (Sapienza, Università di Roma)
Antonella Lepone (Sapienza, Università di Roma)
Chiara Maria Marchetti (Università degli Studi di Verona)
Jeremia Pelgrom (Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome)
TRAC Standing Committee
Dr Darrell J. Rohl (Chair)
Ian Marshman (Vice Chair)
Dr Lisa Lodwick (Treasurer)
Alexandra Guglielmi (Secretary)
Matthew Mandich (TRAC 2015 Local Representative)

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