The Balkan Heritage Foundation (BHF), Bulgaria, and the Institute for Field Research (IFR), USA, are delighted to announce the beginning of a strategic partnership between both organizations and the creation of the BHF-IFR Program for the Balkans. Thanks to this partnership students attending five of the Balkan Heritage Field School four-week projects/courses can now earn 8 semester credit units (equivalent to 12 quarter credit units). These credit units are awarded by the IFR’s academic partner – Connecticut College (USA). The projects/courses will now be subject to the intensive peer-review process conducted annually by the IFR Board of Directors – consisting of distinguished archaeologists from universities across the world.
For the 2015 season the BHF-IFR Program for the Balkans will include the following projects/courses:
1. ANCIENT GREEKS IN THE LAND OF DIONYSUS – an archaeological field school and dig at the Ancient Greek emporion Pistiros in Ancient Thrace (Bulgaria). See this course on the IFR website.
2. APOLLONIA PONTICA EXCAVATION PROJECT – an archaeological field school and dig at the temple of Apollo on St. Kirik Island, Sozopol on the Black Sea Coast (Bulgaria). See this course on the IFR website.
3. RISE AND FALL OF THE FIRST EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION – an archaeological field school and dig at Tell Yunatsite – one of the earliest and largest European proto-urban settlements in the Chacolithic Period (Bulgaria). See this course on the IFR website.
4. STOBI EXCAVATION PROJECT – an archaeological field school and dig at Stobi – the capital city of Macedonia Secunda dating to the Hellenistic and Roman Period and Late Antiquity (Republic of Macedonia). See this course on the IFR website.
5. THE BIRTH OF EUROPE – an archaeological field school and dig at the Neolithic settlement in Ilindentsi – one of the earliest European farming communities (Bulgaria). See this course on the IFR website.
Students interested in joining any of these field school projects and benefiting from the Program’s advantages: 8 US semester credit units, eligibility to apply for IFR scholarships, comprehensive health and evacuation insurance, additional excursions and US based customer service should apply through the IFR. The only way to apply for the Program after April 15, 2015 is through the IFR website.
The projects above will continue enrolling participants who don’t need academic credits (volunteers) and students in European universities/colleges who would like to obtain European academic credit units (ECTS) awarded by the New Bulgarian University (Bulgaria) through the Balkan Heritage Field School website following the existing terms, conditions and procedures. For more information please explore our web site. Students in Non-European universities who would like to obtain ECTS credits awarded through the New Bulgarian University may enroll under the current BHFS conditions by April 15, 2015.
To celebrate this partnership, the BHF and the IFR established three scholarships for students attending the BHF-IFR Program for the Balkans. One scholarship – for 2000 USD — will support a student attending the field school project at Tell Yunatsite, Bulgaria. Two other scholarships – 1,000 USD each – are for students attending any of the five field school projects. Students attending the project at Tell Yunatsite, Bulgaria may apply for both scholarships.
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Archaeology and the Ancient World
Brown University, Providence, RI
The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University invites applications from exceptional junior scholars who have demonstrated a capacity for innovative research and cross-disciplinary thinking.
We seek candidates who best augment or complement the present strengths of the Joukowsky Institute community. We are particularly interested in individuals working in three spheres: 1) the archaeology and art of the ancient Near East; 2) the archaeology and art of Rome; 3) Late Antiquity.
In addition to pursuing their research, successful candidates will be expected to teach half time — i.e., one course per semester. Teaching may be at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; interdisciplinary offerings are desirable. Applicants must normally have received their Ph.D. from an institution other than Brown within the last five years. Successful candidates will be expected to make substantive contributions to the ongoing development of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, such as the organization of reading or working groups, a topical symposium, or another project intended to foster a stimulating intellectual environment in which to pursue research and to develop new interdisciplinary connections. This will be a one-year position, with the possibility of a one-year renewal, beginning on August 1, 2015.
All candidates should submit a letter of application, short descriptions of 3-4 proposed courses, and curriculum vitae by April 22, 2015. Applicants should arrange for three letters of reference be submitted via Interfolio by the application deadline. Applications received by April 22, 2015 will receive full consideration, but the search will remain open until the position is closed or filled.
Please submit application materials online at apply.interfolio.com/29217. There is no need to provide hard copies of application materials for those that have already been submitted electronically.
For further information:
Professor Susan E. Alcock
Chair, Search Committee
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
Joukowsky_Institute@brown.edu
Brown University is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic global community; as an EEO/AA employer, Brown considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of, gender, race, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
Bright Lights, Big City: The Development and Influence of the Metropolis
A Graduate Symposium
Presented by the Graduate Group in Classics, Archaeology, and History of Art at Bryn Mawr College
November 13-14, 2015, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
Keynote speaker and respondent: Ellen Morris, Assistant Professor of Classics, Barnard College, Columbia University
What are the key elements that have defined urban centers, capital cities, and metropoleis throughout history? How have big cities structured the intersection of cultural, commercial, and political institutions and activities through time? What attracts people to the metropolis? How does the metropolis absorb and influence ideas and practice?
The fabric of cities is not limited to geography or physical structure. As centers of civic engagement, trade, and innovation, metropoleis have promoted cultural ferment by supporting diverse populations of merchants, artists, intellectuals, leaders, workers, and emigrants. Cities have been conceived of as cosmopolitan and urbane as well as morally dubious, dangerous, and home to crime and social inequality. Can there be a single definition of the metropolis if diversity is a constitutive element?
The Bryn Mawr College Graduate Group invites submissions to an interdisciplinary graduate symposium. We seek abstracts addressing dimensions of metropoleis both ancient and modern from graduate students in classics, archaeology, art history, and related fields. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Deconstructing the core and the periphery
- The emergence and development of metropoleis
- The metropolis within wider networks
- Anthropomorphizing the metropolis
- Autonomy and alienation in civic identity
- Urban experience and embodiment
- Landmarks and urban landscapes
Please fill out the form at:
https://brynmawr.wufoo.com/forms/abstract-submission-form/ by May 8, 2015. Address any questions to bmcsymposium@gmail.com.
Call for Publications
Tales from the Crypt: Museum Storage and Meaning
Museums are about display. But are they really? In spite of recent curatorial attempts to exhibit ‘visible storage’, prevailing debates in the history of museums and collecting are mainly centred around questions of exhibiting, display and spectatorship. This kind of discourse, however, distorts the museum in many ways: it ignores the fact that museums do not just consist of exhibition halls but of vast hidden spaces; it leaves millions of objects out of our museum histories; and lastly, it presents the museum as an organized and stable space, in which only museological ‘results’ are visible not the intermediate stage of their coming into being. Display seems to be about the structured, purposeful, strategic gathering of things according to a system, the features of which are clearly defined. What remains out of sight is the fact that the majority of museum objects lie in storage. As a result, not only a vast physical but also important epistemological and semantic aspect of museums and their collections are eliminated from our discussions. The binary between ‘display’ and ‘backstage’ of museums has previously evoked the assumption that the exhibition area functions as a kind of theatre with objects ‘perform’ on stage, while in the back they are processed from their existence as a mere ‘thing’ to a proper artefact. But there is much more to say about museum storage. Backstage areas of museums are not simply areas where potential display objects are kept. They perform functions and fulfill intentions that, when studied, reveal deep purposes of the museum that go well beyond a mere history of display. A history of storage is a thus history of things that are not shown, but also not written about. The understanding of museums and the intellectual histories they encode undergoes a radical shift when we consider what a museum shows alongside the (usually much larger) range of things it stores. These issues may and will be discussed very differently in various parts of the world, which is what this volume intends to address.
Seeking a variety of historical contributions (e.g. with specific case studies), theoretical and philosophical intervention as well as reflections on practical issues, we wish to explore these ‘tales from the crypt’ along the lines of the following themes:
– Storage and canonization
– The Politics of Collecting
– Power and Censorship
– The economic and epistemic value of museum objects
– Ethics and moral aspects of preservation
– Disposal, sale, and de-accessioning
– The (scholarly) uses, necessities and functions of storage
– Curated and un-curated storage
– Visible storage, off-side storage, deep storage, ‘non-museological’ storage
– The politics of displayability
– Storage, the archive and data mining
– Architecture, real estate and the physical spaces of storage
– Issues of access to storage
– Economic aspects of storage
– Storage and digitisation
The volume will partly present the results of a workshop (Victoria & Albert Museum, October 2014), organized under the aegis of the India-Europe Advanced Research Network on Museum History that invited a small group of scholars to respond to museum storage – concept and practice – in India and Europe. It is this cross-cultural approach that we wish to take with the volume. We therefore welcome contributions addressing a broad variety of material and theories across all continents.
A report of the IEARN workshop can be found here:
http://iearn.iea-nantes.fr/rtefiles/files/iearn-museum-storage-workshop-2014-report-copy.pdf
Abstracts (max. 300 words) for papers (max. 8000 words) should be sent to mirjam.brusius@history.ox.ac.uk and kavising@gmail.com by May 15, 2015.
Authors will be notified in June. The deadline for final papers will be October 15, 2015.
Concept by Mirjam Brusius and Kavita Singh for the
Research Group on Museums and History, March 2014 and 2015
The School of Archaeological Sciences at the University of Bradford is pleased to host the 2015 annual Theoretical Archaeology Group conference.
www.tag2015bradford.org
The next TAG will be held at the University of Bradford, 14-16th December 2015.
The call for sessions is now open. We encourage sessions based on our broad theme of Diversity, however, we are happy to accept proposals outside of the theme.
Diversity:
In our discipline & demographics: students, academics, professionals & community
In what we study: including food and drink, past genders, past identities
The diversity of archaeological practice: i.e. theory, science, lab, fieldwork
Deadline: 22nd May 2015
In order to keep parallel sessions to a minimum, organisers of similar sessions may be requested to collaborate – all in the good spirit of TAG! Session organisers will be notified of the outcome in early June. A call for papers will then follow.
To submit a session proposal, please email TAG-Bradford@bradford.ac.uk with a session abstract, as well as potential (or confirmed) speakers. Please note the TAG email address is staffed part-time, so there may be a delayed reply.
TAG ART BRADFORD – An exhibition 14th-16th December 2015.
A call for visual art, informed by archaeology, preferably exploring the broad concept of ‘Diversity’. The call includes archaeologists exploring art.
Where appropriate, please label reproductions with an indication of scale, year of execution and materials used. No more than five images should be submitted for consideration.
Please contact Kate Johnson K.M.Johnson1@bradford.ac.uk if you are interested in exhibiting artwork, and/or are interested in a participating in a session on this theme.
Initial expressions of interest by 22nd May 2015
Deadline extended to June 6, 2015!
The Archaeological summer school in Abruzzo (Italy) 2015 is an academic program organized by the University of Pisa in collaboration with Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell’Abruzzo (central Italy). For summer 2015 in our school will be also involved important research centers for Mediterranean studies.
The aim of our intensive course is to increase awareness and competencies about archaeological and methodological issues through an intensive four weeks program of lectures, laboratory experience and field activity.
Essential Information about the Summer School:
– School activities will be carried out in Abruzzo, one of the most beautiful region in central Italy.
–School dates: July 12th to August 9th, 2015 (deadline 6 June)
–Field activities will conduct in two important sites: S.Stefano (Neolithic period) and Alba Fucens (Roman site), in order to furnish a transversal and complete knowledge in archaeology.
– Our program give to any participant 10 ECTS (European academic system)*.
– For registration is necessary to fill and send the application form (downloadable from the website) and remember too, the deadline is 12 May 2015.
– Fees: 2150 Euro (cost includes the school activity, accommodation and meals. International travel and all other than not specified are not included).
*For non-European students is the administrative office of their University liable for transfer and recognizing of credits. In case of need, the administrative office can ask for documents, necessary to facilitate credits transfer, to the Support Summer School office of Pisa University. (Support Summer School office: support.summerschool@adm.unipi.it)
Contact us via summerschool.abruzzo@cfs.unipi.it or cristiana.petrinelli@unipi.it
or visit visit: http://www.cfs.unipi.it/summerschool-abruzzo/
Visiting Assistant Professor in Classical Archaeology
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Brown University, Providence, RI
The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University invites applications for a visiting assistant professor position in the field of classical archaeology, with a preference for candidates with research interests in the Classical, Hellenistic or Roman periods. Scholars with museum experience and/or active fieldwork projects are of particular interest. Teaching will be at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; interdisciplinary offerings are desirable.
Candidates must be engaged with a promising and developing research program; the Ph.D. must be in hand by July 2015. Excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching is essential. The successful candidate will also be expected to take a full part in the academic life and to contribute to the ongoing activities of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World. This will be a one-year position, beginning on July 1, 2015.
All candidates should submit a letter of application and a curriculum vitae by April 6, 2015. Applicants should arrange for three letters of reference to be submitted by the application deadline. Applications received by April 6, 2015 will receive full consideration, but the search will remain open until the position is closed or filled.
Please submit application materials online at http://apply.interfolio.com/28917. There is no need to provide hard copies of application materials for those that have already been submitted electronically.
For further information:
Professor Susan E. Alcock
Chair, Search Committee
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
joukowsky_institute@brown.edu
Brown University is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic global community; as an EEO/AA employer, Brown considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of, gender, race, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
The Archaeological Review from Cambridge is pleased to announce a call for papers for Issue 31.1: In the Trenches. This edition, scheduled for publication in April 2016, focuses on the interactions between archaeology and conflict.
For this issue, the editor welcomes contributions that discuss the correlation between archaeology and conflict from any time period and any geographical location. Similarly, papers discussing issues related to the field of archaeology are encouraged, including conservation, heritage management and history. The goal is for this issue to discuss the various topics where archaeology and war overlap:
- What effect, positive or negative, have hostilities had on site management, material culture and cultural heritage? What steps can be taken to ensure that sites and artifacts in war zones are protected or preserved in some way?
- What methodologies might be employed to ensure that the maximum amount of information is gained from sites that are under threat?
- How should battlefields and related material artifacts be preserved in order to achieve the best results for a scholarly and popular audience?
- What can the excavation of battlefields tell a modern audience about the social history and implications of war?
- What unique opportunities are presented by combining first-hand civilian and military accounts with archaeological material from the wars of the 20th and 21st centuries?
Abstracts of no more than 500 words describing your potential paper should be sent to Meghan Strong (mes66@cam.ac.uk) by 8 March 2015. First drafts of papers (of no more than 4000 words) will be due in early June 2015.
The Archaeological Review from Cambridge is a not-for-profit journal managed and published on a voluntary basis by postgraduate archaeology research students at the University of Cambridge. Issues are published twice a year. Although primarily rooted in archaeological theory and practice, the ARC accommodates a wide range of perspectives in the hope of establishing a strong, interdisciplinary journal which will be of interest to those engaged in a range of fields, and therefore breaking down some of the boundaries that exist between disciplines.
We look forward to reading your submissions. For questions, please contact the theme editor, Meghan Strong, at mes66@cam.ac.uk
We would like to call your attention to the congress: “Raw materials exploitation in Prehistory: Sourcing, processing and distribution”, to be held at the University of Algarve (Portugal) between the 10th and 12th March 2016.
Topics are open to a diversity of issues, but we would like to give preference to high-resolution methods such as PIXE, XRF, EDS, mass spectrometry or other, because they give measurable data, progressively reducing the sometimes highly-criticized subjectivity of the available data; something which has been giving increased importance to archaeology and anthropology in the 21st Century. Applications of such methods to different inorganic materials (lithics, ceramics, metals, glass, beads, colorants, etc.) are welcome. Moreover, works emphasizing integration of results obtained on different subjects will be prioritized.
Did you have frustrating results? Great! Come to Faro and show them; they will be crucial to discuss field and laboratory protocols along with applicability, ranges and limits of these methods.
Please take a look to our website: http://www.rawmaterials2016.com/
The coordinators,
Telmo Pereira (UAlg, Portugal) – telmojrpereira@gmail.com
Xavier Terradas (CSIC-IMF – Barcelona, Spain) – terradas@imf.csic.es
Nuno Bicho (UAlg, Portugal) – nbicho@ualg.pt
The San Gemini Preservation Studies Program is now accepting applications for the summer 2015 field school, now in its 16th year, dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage and offering students the opportunity to study and travel in Italy.
San Gemini Preservation Studies is a summer field school that organizes lectures, research, fieldwork, workshops and fieldtrips in the disciplines of historic preservation, restoration and conservation. It is located in Central Italy in the city of San Gemini.
These programs focus on the study of architectural survey and restoration, traditional methods of painting, conservation of archaeological ceramics, and the restoration of books and works of art on paper. The field projects involve the survey and restoration of medieval buildings, the archaeological excavation in the ancient Roman city of Carsulae, as well as work on local archival material.
The program is a collaboration between scholars from various universities and local preservation groups, fostering a multidisciplinary approach to historic preservation. All academic activities are held in English.
Session One (June 1 – 26)
Building Restoration* Revised program
Restoration of Traditional Masonry Buildings in Italy
Sketching and Analyzing Historic Buildings
Ceramics Restoration
Introduction to Conservation of Archaeological Ceramics
Workshop on Ceramics and Ceramics Conservation in Italy
Session Two (July 13 – August 7)
Book Bindings Restoration
Introduction to the Restoration of Book Bindings in Italy
Workshop on the Restoration of Book Bindings
Paper Restoration
Introduction to Restoration of Paper in Books and Archival Documents
Restoration Workshop – Paper in Books and Archival Documents
Traditional Painting Materials & Techniques
Traditional Painting Methods and Techniques in Italy, including Issues of Weathering and Aging
Painting Workshop – Traditional Painting Methods and Techniques in Italy
Preservation Theory and Practice in Italy
Restoration in Italy – Issues and Theory
*Field Projects:
Restoration of the façade of the Church of San Carlo (13th Century)
Analysis of medieval buildings in San Gemini as part of an urban study of the city
Inter-Session Programs (June 27 – July 10)
Structural Treatments on Canvas Paintings (June 29 – July 10) Workshop
An expert workshop dealing with the restoration of canvasses: the structural support of oil paintings. The program includes theoretical classes and practical workshops.
Inter-session Field Trip – Italy (June 28 – July 7)
A ten day trip visiting Siena, Florence and Rome: places of cultural interest, the urban and historical development of each town, and specialized visits to places of interest to restorers.
Inter-session Field Trip – Athens (check-in Saturday, June 27 – check-out Friday, July 10)
A twelve day visit of Athens: an exploration of the history of preservation and conservation issues facing the city lead by some of the top Athenian experts in their field.
To find out more about our program and review the syllabi, please visit http://sangeministudies.org/
