Events | Opportunities 

UPCOMING EVENTS

• SBA Annual Meeting – SBA invites all members to submit presentations for our annual meeting, which will be held virtually on Saturday, September 14, 2024 from 1:00-4:00PM (Eastern Standard Time). Following our annual business meeting, SBA members will have the opportunity to present 10 minute papers or multimedia presentations. Submissions from both terrestrial and underwater settings and from all geographical areas will be considered, but we will prioritize submissions addressing Black, African Diaspora, and African heritage. Submit an abstract here: https://forms.gle/5UGrBMf3umVQGQwR8

OPPORTUNITIES

• CFP: Crimes of Slavery: Global Dimensions and Local Permanence –  The Acervo journal, a scientific publication of the National Archive, has announced a call for papers for the dossier Crimes of Slavery: Global Dimensions and Local Permanence. The dossier aims to explore the complexity and breadth of the theme of crimes of African slavery, focusing on the Brazilian context but transcending national borders. The goal of this edition is to present the latest research experiences with historical sources and their relations with memory, landscape, and materiality of the slave trade. Submissions must be sent by December 20, 2024, through the Acervo journal’s website for the Thematic Dossier and Reviews sections. The dossier will be published continuously between May and August 2025. For more information, reach out to: revista.acervo@an.gov.br or view the full CFP here: Chamada_dossie_Crimes_da_escravidao
  
  
• CFP: West Africa and the Origins of Humankind – A Deep Time Perspective –  Join in Jena, Germany or online for a hybrid conference that seeks to increase understanding of West Africa’s role in human evolution. Key Topics will include the Pleistocene archaeological, palaeoanthropological, palaeoenvironmental and palaeoecological record of West Africa, methodological advances, including chronometric dating and lithic analysis, and hominin palaeobiology with new evolutionary interpretations encompassing behaviour and phylogeny. Researchers, scholars, and practitioners are invited to submit papers that align with these themes by 31st of August 2024. More Information here: https://www.gea.mpg.de/98582/call-for-papers-west-africa-and-the-origins-of-humankind

SBA Job Board

Check out some of the latest employment opportunities submitted to the SBA Job Board!

• Collegiate Excavation Experience | The Montpelier Foundation – Montpelier is offering a Collegiate Archaeology Training Expedition in August of this year to introduce students to emerging concepts in historical and community-based archaeology. The first three days of the Expedition from August 14-16 will be asynchronous and will involve readings in the morning and recorded sessions in the afternoon. The purpose of these asynchronous days will be to introduce students to Montpelier, the Montpelier Burial Ground of the Enslaved Project, anti-racist archaeology and the basics of artifact identification. The second week from August 18-23 will be conducted in person at Montpelier and will involve hands-on unit excavation, survey, lab work, and exclusive tours to learn more about how archaeology has been utilized to understand the complex Montpelier landscape.
• Director and Principal Research Scientist | Illinois State Archaeological Survey – The Illinois State Archaeological Survey (ISAS) / the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is seeking to hire the Director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey to provide strategic direction and overall administration for the Survey. This role involves administering research activities of the Survey by conceiving, recommending, implementing, directing, and participating in scientific research focused on the incumbent’s area of study while contributing to the overall scientific mission of the Prairie Research Institute. Deadline to apply is September 9, 2024 by 6 PM CST.
• Cultural Resources Technician | SWCA Environmental Consultants – SWCA Environmental Consultants is expanding their team and looking for dynamic individuals who are following their passion in delivering the highest-quality project work. SWCA’s Austin, TX office offers a unique work environment and a diversified client-base, including generation / renewables, transportation, water infrastructure, oil and gas, and land development. They are seeking temporary Cultural Resources Technicians for their Austin, TX office to assist on projects based in the Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas area.

• GS-09 Archeologist | Southeast Archeological Center – The primary duties of this job include serving as a Project Lead for archeological projects associated with compliance with Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act in National Park units across the southeastern United States and the Caribbean.