September 2023 – Archaeology News and Announcements

Join the Rhode Island Historical PReservation and Heritage Commission to celebrate Rhode Island Archaeology Month! This month long event features 17 free public programs this October. Participate in tours, lectures, hands-on projects, and other activities led by professional archaeologists.

Special thanks to the Archaeological Institute of America Narragansett Society, Battle of Rhode Island Association, Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, Everyday Anthropology, HDR, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Harmony Library, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Old Slater Mill Association, Portsmouth Historical Society, Public Archaeology Laboratory (PAL), Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project, Salve Regina University, Scituate Preservation Society, South Kingstown 300, University of Rhode Island, and Warwick Public Library.

Find a full description of the event calendar here. Registrati0n may be required for some events.

ARCE’s 2024 Annual Meeting – Abstract Submissions

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ARCE members can apply now to present a paper or poster at the Annual Meeting 2024. ARCE’s 2024 Annual Meeting will have both in-person and virtual components. The virtual component will take place online, May 17-19, 2024. The in-person component will be held April 19-21, 2024 at Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Changes to the schedule are possible depending on the final number of accepted submissions.

ARCE’s Annual Meeting brings together hundreds of scholars who present on Egyptian history and heritage, recent fieldwork, technological advances, and much more.

Submissions must be received through ARCE’s All Academic site by December 15, 2023.

Paper presenters must choose between presenting in-person or virtually at the time of submission. Due to the dual nature of the conference, schedule changes cannot be accommodated. In emergency situations, presenters may submit a written request to change their selection by emailing AMHelp@arce.org

Posters, Panels, Best Student Paper, and Poster Competition proposals are only accepted for the in-person component.

Please review the updated submission guidelines and complete your entry via this link.

Submissions can only be accepted from ARCE members in good standing. Please join or renew your membership online or contact us by email.

More information on the 2024 Annual Meeting will be posted on the ARCE website as it become available.

ARIT Fellowship for Research and Language Study in Turkey for 2024-2025

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The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to announce 2024-2025 fellowship programs for students and scholars based in the U.S. and Canada:

ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey are offered for research in ancient, medieval, or modern times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Post-doctoral and advanced doctoral fellowships (PhD candidate) may be held for one month up to one academic year.

ARIT / National Endowment for the Humanities Advanced Fellowships for Research in Turkey cover all fields of the humanities, including prehistory, history, art, archaeology, literature, and linguistics as well as interdisciplinary aspects of cultural history. The fellowships support applicants who have completed their academic training for terms ranging from four months to one year.

Applications for ARIT and ARIT NEH fellowships must be submitted to ARIT by November 1, 2023. The fellowship committee will notify applicants in late January 2024.

ARIT Summer Fellowships for Advanced Turkish Language in Istanbul offers intensive advanced study of Turkish at Bogazici University during the summer 2024. Participants must have completed two years of Turkish language study or the equivalent. The fellowships cover round-trip airfare to Istanbul, application and tuition fees, and a maintenance stipend. The application deadline will be in February, 2024.

For additional information please see the ARIT webpage

Society of Black Archaeologist – Annual Virtual Meeting

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Mark your calendars for the 2023 Virtual Annual Meeting of the Society of Black Archaeologists on September 30, 12PMET! The virtual event will include a business meeting, followed by committee meetings and break-out room networking sessions for paid members.

Learn more about the annual meeting and register here!

Greek Reporter: “John Gilbert: The First African-American Archaeologist Was Fascinated with Athens”

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Read this article by Anna Wichmann about Brown-alumni and first African American to receive an advanced degree from Brown University, John Gilbert. More information about this groundbreaking figure in Greek Archaeology can also be found here.

Rutgers Art Review: Graduate Journal of Research in Art History Volume 39

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The Rutgers Art Review is excited to announce their publication of volume 39 of their Graduate Journal of Research in Art History, which can be accessed here. It is edited by Brittney Bailey, Jessica Mingoia, Sara Varnese, and Margo Weitzman. It includes two essays:

“Before-and-After Portraiture: Photography and Time at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School ”
By María Beatriz H. Carrión

“The Quiet Landscapes of Carrie Mae Weems’s The Louisiana Project”
By Kaila T. Schedeen

It also includes two exhibition reviews:

“The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color – telling (not engaging) the history of polychromy”
By Tyler Henegan

“On Duality and Juxtaposition: The de la Torre Brothers at the Cheech”
By Emma Oslé

Fieldwork Opportunity | Blackfriary Archaeology Field School

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The Blackfriary Archaeology Field School is part of the award-winning Blackfriary Community Heritage and Archaeology Project (BCHAP) in the town of Trim, County Meath, Ireland. Focusing on the buried remains of the 13th century AD/CE Dominican friary and associated graveyard, the field school is suitable for students from a wide range of backgrounds including archaeology, history, anthropology, and forensics – and for students looking for a unique study abroad experience. As participants in a public archaeology project, students are actively engaged with outreach activities on site. They are also housed with families in Trim, allowing them to integrate with the local community.

Our BF Summer 1 course provides training in excavation and post-excavation methods and students will have the opportunity to participate in some bioarchaeology post-excavation work. Their courses are fully accredited through Dundalk Institute of Technology.

An equivalent of 6 – 7 semester credits (12.5 ECT credits) are offered for the BF Summer 1 and 7 -8 (15 ECTs credits) for BF Summer 2. They are still taking applications for both courses, though spots are limitted.

For students with previous field and/or lab experience, they offer internships for a minimum of six weeks in the areas of excavation, post-excavation, and community outreach.

Information on how to apply and further details about the project can be found here.

Fieldwork Opportunity | Gruttiacqua and Canai-plain of Sant’Antioco/Sardinia

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Since 2017, the field project, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Constance von Rüden, is investigating the prehistoric settlement system of the Canai-plain on Sant’Antioco. The islet of Sant’Antioco is situated in the southwest of Sardinia and offers, especially in the southern part around the Canai-plain, an astonishing density of prehistoric and nuragic structures.

The research project is also designed as a teaching excavation, enabling students to document the remains of the so-called nuraghi and other associated structures in and around the Canai-plain and thus learn first practical skills for their future independent research.

More information can be found here.

For more information on how to join the project, contact Dr. Constance von Rüden here.

Open Applications | Princeton University Postdoctoral Fellowships

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The Society of Fellows at Princeton University, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities and social sciences, calls for fellowship applications annually. For the 2024-2027 competition, four fellowships will be awarded: Open Discipline (2 or 3), Humanistic Studies (1), and Race and Ethnicity Studies (1).

Those now finishing their Ph.D. and those who received their degree after January 1, 2022 are encouraged to apply. They seek a diverse and international pool of applicants and especially welcome candidates from underrepresented backgrounds.

The application deadline is August 1, 2023; letters of recommendation may be submitted until August 8.

For more information, access their website here.

British School at Athens Visiting Fellowships