Archaeology News and Announcements

from Brown University's Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World

Month: October 2023 (Page 1 of 2)

Call for Papers: Dalhousie Consilience Conference

By

On October 30, 2023

In CFP

The Dalhousie Graduate History Society is currently preparing for a March 2024 conference on interdisciplinary approaches to history and the value of consilience in research.

All graduate students with papers related to history or the use of history in other disciplines are invited to share their work with them and to present at the conference alongside other scholars. .

Work-in-progress research is eligible to be presented at the conference so long as adequate detail is provided on required dates. The conference will be a hybrid event held on Dalhousie’s Halifax campus – more details will be released as soon as they are finalized.

Please direct all inquiries and abstracts to dalconsilience@gmail.com

Harvard Inner Asian and Altaic Studies Lecture – “Domesticated: How cultivated species impacted ancient Silk Road societies”

By

On October 30, 2023

In News and Events

Abstract: This lecture focuses on a central question – how did domesticates alter societies? Responding to this query depends on tracking cultivated species, understanding human-animal-plant partnerships, and clarifying the process by which species were integrated into societies. Here I examine the trajectories of human societies in north-central Asia long after initial domestication to demonstrate the lasting impacts of domestic species. Over time economies shifted from foraging and fishing to the adoption of ruminant livestock and dairying, from horse as food to traction and then riding. As domesticates and new technologies were adopted there were fundamental changes to landscapes, mobilities, and the organization of societies. Through the management of domesticated species, communities built complex societies and expanded long-distance networks, which linked cities and supported Empires.

Presented by Alicia Ventresca-Miller, University of Michigan

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

1:15 pm-2:30 pm ET

In person: Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room, S050 CGIS-South

Virtual: Zoom registration

For information about the 2023-24 IAAS Lecture Series visit their site.

Call for Papers: Context and Meaning XXIII

By

On October 30, 2023

In CFP

The Graduate Visual Culture Association (GVCA) at Queen’s University is seeking submissions for a graduate research conference emphasizing time and the intersections of the past with the present. Hosted by the Department of Art History and Art Conservation and the GVCA, this year’s hybrid conference will take place from Friday, February 9th to Saturday, February 10th, 2024. Details about format and keynote speaker will be announced in the coming weeks.

Please see the attached call for papers for further details about the conference’s theme and submission guidelines. The deadline for submission is Monday, November 20th, 2023.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact the conference organizers at contextandmeaning@queensu.ca.

Call for Submissions: The Journal for Manuscript and Text Cultures

By

On October 30, 2023

In CFP

The Journal for Manuscript and Text Cultures (MTC) invites article submissions on topics related to pre-modern manuscripts, epigraphy and texts.

MTC is an open access journal established at The Queen’s College Oxford with support from the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Clay Sanskrit Library. The journal aims to provide a platform for inter-disciplinary dialogue among scholars working on different premodern manuscript and epigraphic cultures. It encourages articles presented in a way that is accessible to scholars working on any region, with potential to stimulate discussion in the broader commas dealing with manuscripts, epigraphy and texts in different parts of the ancient world. To foster a stimulating environment for comparative discussions and ensure a balanced coverage of cultures and regions, the journal warmly welcomes contributions from researchers studying any early cultures, and interested in comparative discussion.

Please reach out to Christelle Alvarez (christelle_alvarez@brown.edu) if you would like more information, or directly to Yegor Grebnev (yegor@phoenixterrace.com), who is in charge of submissions.

For more information regarding submission requirements, please click the link here!

Sensory Decay Symposium

By

On October 30, 2023

In News and Events

Register now for the Sensory Decay Symposium hosted by the University of Amsterdam School of Heritage and Material Culture on November 2 and 3, 2023. Sessions include “Individual Experience and Sensory Decay” chaired by Jane Lawrence (Durham University), “Engaging the Senses in Evolving Cultural Landscapes” chaired by Gretchen Hilyard Boyce (Groundwork Planning and Preservation), “Sniffing out Decay” chaired by Sue Hamilton (UCL Institute of Archaeology), and an open session chaired by Pam Jordan (University of Amsterdam) and Sara Mura (Kiel University).

Register by November 1 through this link.

Call for Papers: Rutgers Art Review Vol. 38

By

On October 30, 2023

In CFP

Call for Papers and Digital Projects
Deadline: October 15, 2020

Rutgers Art Review, a journal of graduate research in art history, hereby invites all current graduate students, as well as professionals who have completed their graduate degree within the past year, to submit papers and digital humanities projects for its 38th edition.

Papers may address all topics and historical periods within the history of art and architecture, visual and material culture, art theory and criticism, archaeology, cultural heritage and preservation, aesthetics, film, and photography. Interdisciplinary studies concerning art and architecture written by students in other fields are also welcome. To be considered for publication, submissions must present original contributions to existing scholarship and conform to our submission guidelines. We encourage authors to ask a faculty member to review their paper before submission.

We also invite authors to submit digital humanities projects for consideration. We seek submissions that address important art historical questions with the help of digital tools. Of particular interest are digital projects that use computational methods, mapping, networking, and/or 3D modeling to analyze and interpret art historical or archaeological materials. Authors of digital humanities projects must include an additional paragraph in their abstract detailing the functionality of their digital resource and its impact on their paper’s claims.

For more information, including submission guidelines, please visit: https://rar.rutgers.edu

In the body of the e-mail, please make sure to include:
-Your name
-Graduate program affiliation
-Degree being pursued or previously completed within one year of submission
-Mailing address
– E-mail address

Please submit all required materials in a single PDF file by the deadline of October 15, 2020 to:

Brittney Bailey, Franchesca Fee, and Jessica Mingoia, Editors, Rutgers Art Review rutgersartreview@gmail.com

 

Friends of ARIT Lecture – “Another Way of Seeing Things”: The Ottoman View over Greek Lands in European Context

By

On October 30, 2023

In News and Events

An in-person and online lecture with Dr, Paniotis Kontolaimos, National Technical University of Athens and ARIT American School of Classical Studies at Athens exchange fellow.

Monday, October 23, 2023 at 6:00 pm İstanbul, 11 am New York

In person lecture at ANAMED Auditorium, İstiklal Caddesi, 181, Merkez Han, Beyoğlu

For livestreaming on zoom,register in advance for this meeting at the link here.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

New “We The Museum” Podcast Episodes – The Ethics of Museum Mummies & Environmental Restoration at Ford House

By

On October 30, 2023

In In the News

The podcast, We The Museum, by Hannah Hethmon has two new episodes available for streaming.

Episode 14 “The Ethics of Museum Mummies (with Angela Steinne)”: Why are there mummies in your museum? Should they be there? What are visitors getting out of an encounter with ancient Egyptian remains? What happens when remains in museums become objectified and normalized to this extent? Is there an ethical way to display mummies? In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Angela Stienne, a historian of museums and researcher in museum ethics based in Paris. You will never think about mummies in museums the same after this episode.

Episode 13 “Environmental Restorations at Ford House (with Mike Heppner and Kevin Drotos)”: Can museums and historic sites be leaders in environmental conservation and restoration? The Ford House in Michigan recently won a grant of up to $7 million from NOAA to restore the coastal habitats of their lakeside property. I talked to Ford House’s President & CEO, Mark Heppner, and their Landscape and Natural Areas Manager, Kevin Drotos, to learn more. They shared the progress so far on this bold project and we discussed our field’s responsibilities to care for people and nature. Plus, get ready to learn some fun facts about flora and fauna in this region.

Listen to the podcast here!

Curator of Global Indigenous Art and Lifeways at the Spencer Museum of Art

By

On October 30, 2023

In Position Announcements

The Spencer Museum of Art is currently open to applications for its position of Curator of Global Indigenous Art and Lifeways.

The Museum at the University of Kansas stewards and supports broad public engagement with a collection of more than 48,000 works of art created across a wide range of time periods, geographic locations, and cultural affiliations. The Museum seeks a Curator responsible for the collaborative stewardship, care, and accessibility of the approximately 9,300 objects that comprise the collection of Global Indigenous art. This collection encompasses historical and more contemporary artworks across mediums that came to the Museum through a variety of channels, often by people associated with the University. More recent museum purchases have expanded the collection in ways that insert Indigenous art into global dialogues about art, environment, culture, and social change. Integral to the position, the Curator of Global Indigenous Art and Lifeways will actively engage contemporary Indigenous knowledge keepers and community members to build lasting relationships and integrate their voices, perspectives, and beliefs into museum practices and programming.

For full details and to apply click the link here.

Application review begins November 3, 2023

Unearthing History: The Remarkable Journey of John Wesley Gilbert

By

On October 30, 2023

In In the News, Uncategorized

Read the article “Unearthing History: The Remarkable Journey of John Wesley Gilbert” by Tamara Shiloh to learn more about the first Black alumni from a Brown University masters department, as well as the first African American archaeologist in America!

The article can be accessed through this link.

Page 1 of 2

Next →

Recent Posts

Categories

Archives

Powered by WordPress & Theme by Anders Norén