On May 14, 2025 the 15th International Congress of Anatolian and Aegean Studies will take place as an online conference, entitled as “The Archaeology of the Bone Objects in the
Call for papers–Deadline for abstracts’ submission
March 1, 2025
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The Dalhousie Graduate History Society is accepting proposals from undergraduate and graduate students in all academic disciplines for their 2025 student conference to be held at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Saturday, May 3rd. Further details on the location and timing of the event will be announced to accepted applicants. This conference will be hybrid, so those who wish to attend virtually are welcome to apply.
Proposals will be accepted until the end of the day on February 14, 2025. Notices of acceptance will be sent on March 14, 2025, and the conference will be held on-campus and virtually from Dalhousie University on May 3, 2025.
We are pleased to invite you to the ARAM Fifty-Seventh International Conference on “Alcohol in the Ancient Near East (3000 BC – 700 AD),” scheduled for 30 June – 2 July 2025. This will be followed by another conference on “Religious Offerings and Sacrifices in the Ancient Near East (3000 BC – 700 AD),” which will take place from 2-4 July 2025. Both events will be held at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, UK.
Each speaker’s paper is limited to 35 minutes, with an additional 10 minutes for discussion. All papers given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial review.
If you would like to participate in the conference, please fill out the attached Registration Form and return it to ARAM before next March.
Each speaker’s presentation is limited to 35 minutes, followed by an additional 10 minutes for discussion. All papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical.
If you would like to participate in the conference, please complete the attached Registration Form and return it to ARAM by next March.
The Greater Boston Digital Research and Pedagogy Symposium is a regional, one-day gathering of students, scholars, librarians, and other practitioners from the New England area working at the intersection of technology and the humanities. Hosted at a different institution each year, the Symposium provides an opportunity for promoting cross-institutional collaboration and showcases the diverse perspectives of our field.
The 2025 symposium will be held on Friday, April 11 at the Central Library of the Boston Public Library, with select sessions streamed online.
The Program Committee welcomes submissions covering a wide variety of topics related to the application of technology, computation, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to humanities research, pedagogy, and professional practice. Proposals on work at any stage in the research process may be submitted.
Given this year’s location at the Boston Public Library, the program committee is especially eager to receive submissions that highlight digital humanities scholarship and projects that intend to reach or engage with a public audience, or submissions that include discussion of the opportunities and challenges associated with developing a public-focused and/or community-engaged practice.
Other themes of particular interest for this year’s symposium include:
- Sustainability, environmental impact, and reducing digital waste
- Digital humanities professional practice, departmental development, and labor
- Preservation of digital objects and scholarship
- AI and humanistic research; implications of large datasets for human and computational use
- Digitization practice and digital collection development in service of digital humanities
- Queering and/or decolonializing digital humanities research and practice
- Digital humanities and the intersection of identity, social justice, and technology
- Digital research and pedagogy highlighting questions of diaspora and indigeneity
Proposals may be submitted for the following presentation types:
- Individual talk (15 min) – 250 word max proposal
- Panel or round table presentation (90 min) – 500 word max proposal
- Poster session – 250 word max proposal
- Workshop (90 min) – 500 word max proposal
For all submissions, please include the name(s) and affiliation(s) as well as a short biography (100 words max) for each participant. Links to presenter CVs or websites are also encouraged. Please indicate if you will need any accommodations that will allow you to participate. Submit a proposal here.
Submission deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025
Symposium: Friday, April 11, 2025; Central Library of the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
The Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is hosting a series of conferences in July of 2024. Information on the different conferences can be found below
Alcohol in the Ancient Near East 3000 BC – 700 AD
Dates: June 3o – July 2, 2025
Transmission and Innovation: Scientific, technological and religious thought in the Ancient Near East (3000 BC – 700 AD), and its Fifty-Seventh International Conference, Part I, will study the theme of Alcohol in the Ancient Near East on 30th June – 2nd July 2025, at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, the University of Oxford, UK. The theme will include many disciplines, such as the alcohol industry, medicine, physics, chemistry, history, archaeology, art, religion, and mythology.
The conference will start on Monday 30th June at 9am, finishing on Wednesday 2nd July at 1pm. Each speaker’s paper is limited to 45 minutes, with an additional 15 minutes for discussion. All papers given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial review. If you wish to participate in the conference, please contact the ARAM Society, the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE, UK. Tel. 01865-514041 Email: aram@ames.ox.ac.uk
Religious Offerings and Sacrifices in the Ancient Near East 3000 BC – 700 AD
Dates: July 2 – July 4, 2025
ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is organizing its Fifty-Seventh International Conference, Part II, on Religious Offerings and Sacrifices in the Ancient Near East 3000 BC – 700 AD, 2nd -4th July 2025, at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, the University of Oxford, UK.
The conference will start on Wednesday 2nd July at 4pm, finishing on Friday 4th July at 6pm. Each speaker’s paper is limited to 45 minutes, with an additional 15 minutes for discussion. All papers given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial review. If you wish to participate in the conference, please contact the ARAM Society, the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE, England. Tel. 01865-514041 Email: aram@ames.ox.ac.uk
The Armenians BC: History and Archaeology
Dates: July 14 – 15, 2025
ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is organizing its Fifty-Eighth International Conference (Part I) on the Aramaeans BC: History and Archaeology, to be held at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Easter Studies, the University of Oxford, on 14th – 15th July 2025.
The conference will start on Monday, July 14th at 9am, finishing on Tuesday 15th July at 6pm.
Each speaker’s paper is limited to 45 minutes, with an additional 15 minutes for discussion. All papers given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial review. If you wish to participate in the conference, please contact the ARAM Society, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE, UK. Tel. 01865-514041 Email: aram@ames.ox.ac.uk
Alejandra López-Oliveros, a 3rd-year PhD student at Rutgers University-New Brunswick’s Department of Art History, is excited to share the call for papers for the 15th Annual Art History Graduate Student Organization Symposium, to be held on March 28, 2025. The symposium topic is “Artivism: Art History and Heritage in Global Conflict” and the keynote speaker will be Dr. Elisabeth Friedman, associate professor at Illinois State University.
If anyone has questions, they can send their queries to RUArtHistoryGradSymp@gmail.com
The 6th Maritime Archaeology Graduate Symposium (MAGS) invites scholars of Maritime Archaeology and related sub-disciplines, whose studies focus on the eastern Mediterranean, to submit their abstract proposal. The symposium is organised by the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Ioannina and is sponsored by the Honor Frost Foundation (HFF) and the University of Ioannina.
MAGS 2025 will take place over 4 days (2-5 April 2025) at he premises of the University of Ioannina and the amphitheatre “Dimitrios Glaros” of the International Centre of Hellenic Education “Stavros Niarchos”. In this MAGS, we welcome postgraduates and early career researchers to submit their papers focusing on the development, breakthroughs of research, and recent discoveries in Maritime Archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean region via interdisciplinary methods. For instance, the exploitation of tools offered by other sciences that can be applied in maritime contexts concerning the preservation and wider communication of the underwater and maritime cultural heritage, excavation and research of submerged sites, wrecks, reconstruction techniques, and so forth.
Specifically, this symposium aims to explore and promote new methodological approaches and provide a safe, conducive environment for the discussion and research on this gradually developing field. Besides the main theme, the HHF remains a forum focused on progress and developments in Maritime Archaeology and will be open to the following themes:
- Nautical and Harbour Archaeology
- Maritime Networks and Social Interactions
- Maritime Cultural Landscapes and Seafaring Communities
- Geoarchaeology and Palaeoenvironments
- Sustainability and Historic Ships
- Ship Science and Engineering of Ancient Boats/Harbours
- Maritime History, Ethnography and Art
We particularly encourage participation from postgraduate students and early scholars. By integrating diverse perspectives, methodologies, and experiences, MAGS 2025 seeks to create a unique space that goes beyond a conventional symposium, offering, participants a holistic and enriching experience in the realm of maritime archaeology. It is aimed to provide a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment, as well as a platform where emerging researchers can engage in meaningful discussions, share innovative ideas, and form lasting connections of mentors and peers, within the maritime archaeology community.
Abstract submission: Abstracts should be kept in the range of 250 words and include the title, applicant’s details (name, country, email) and institutional affiliation. A limited number of poster proposals is also accepted. Please include four keywords. Please ensure that your abstract is carefully checked for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and clarity, as it will not undergo further editing. For consistency, please use British English throughout your abstract. For further details and guidance see: https://hff-mags.org/call-for-papers/.
Submissions should be sent via the following link by November 1st, 2024: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeR9pyIOrJ938hehgUA9prD-3nXVLU6-GUaV-tRNRBpVETQMQ/viewform
Paper Presentation: Each presentation will be given a fifteen-minute time slot for oral delivery, followed by five minutes for questions and discussion. Attendance in person is mandatory. Poster presentation will take place in a special session (attendance in person is also mandatory).
Publication: Following the quality assessment of the research papers presented at the Symposium, speakers will be strongly encouraged to submit their work to the online HFF Short Report Series. Moreover, MAGS 2025 aims to print and publish the proceedings via the series of University of Ioannina Press. More details to be announced in the due course.
Attendance registration link:
Abstract submission link:
Bursary link:
For more information, including the registration process, abstract submission and bursaries please visit our webpage at https://hff-mags.org.
We are pleased to announce the twenty-fourth annual Context and Meaning Graduate Student Conference, hosted by the Queen’s University Department of Art History and Art Conservation in Kingston, Ontario. This two-day conference will be in-person on Friday, February 28th and Saturday, March 1st, 2025.
Beginnings are messy. How do we start to tell the history of an artwork, a field, an object, or a phenomenon? Tracing the beginning of histories can reveal inconsistencies in the constructions of canons and problematize issues in the field. Studying the beginnings of fields or the early collecting practices of museums illustrates the complexities of trying to establish something new. Terms such as pioneering, discovery, or origins denote beginnings and are freighted with layers of meaning. Many such terms, like trailblazing and spearheading, imply the extractive processes inherent to narrating history and its foundations. But beginning can alternatively be more positive: creating, growing, caring, and building something anew.
By choosing the theme “Beginnings” for the twenty-fourth annual Context and Meaning conference, the Graduate Visual Culture Association at Queen’s University aims to stimulate discussions about how institutions, fields, and styles are formed, how artists visualize rites of passage in their work, and how beginnings can involve processes of both care and harm.
Some potential topics that we hope to explore include, but are by no means limited to:
– Historiography— the establishment or codification of a “new” academic field (ex: African Art, Craft, Photography, Visual Culture Studies, Design History, Contemporary Art)
– Motherhood, adulthood, growing pains, birth and other rites of passage in art and material culture.
– Migration, exile, and beginning anew due to political, social, or economic circumstances in art and material culture.
– The beginnings of an artwork or object (materials and making, technical art history, the conservation of cultural materials)
– Foundations of artistic movements and figures who are left out of the canon
– The early collecting practices of a museum or cultural institution
Context and Meaning XXIV intends to provide an inclusive forum for multi-disciplinary academic discussion on visual and material culture. We encourage submissions from graduate students and scholars with a broad range of backgrounds and approaches whose research employs visual and material culture in ruminating on the themes of beginning. Submissions are welcome from current graduate students, as well as from those who have completed their graduate studies within the last two years. We seek to assemble a diverse group of scholars to foster interdisciplinary discussions.
If you are interested in participating in Context and Meaning XXIV, please visit www.gvca.ca/context-and-meaning to submit an abstract of no more than 300 words with the title of your paper and a 150-word bio. Each presenter will be asked to deliver a 15-minute presentation that will be followed by a panel discussion period. The deadline to submit an abstract is Friday, November 15th, 2024. Thank you to all who apply!
Daria Murphy & Alana Batten
Conference Co-Chairs
Context & Meaning XXIV
contextandmeaning@queensu.ca
Graduate Visual Culture Association
Department of Art History and Art Conservation
Ontario Hall, Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
The Journal of Roman Archaeology marks EAA 2024 with new calls for submissions and a free-access collection of research highlights.
Spotlighting Roman and Italian archaeology, our free-access collection of articles includes: On the inside looking out: gendered space and virtuous femininity in the Pompeian house; An urban image in an urbanized landscape: measuring the visual impact of Tibur’s amphitheater; A monumental Archaic complex on the Sacra Via: a new interpretation of the domestic remains on the north Palatine slope; The reuse of ancient tuff blocks in early medieval construction in Rome
Where not already OA, research is free to access until 30 September.
Calls for Submissions
Special Sections are excellent venues for publishing a group of papers from a symposium at a professional meeting, the results of a collaborative research project, or a set of papers on a focused topic.
Discussion Articles typically address a matter of current debate and discussion in the discipline, and most will be based on a body of research. Some will originate in commissions, some will be proposed by authors, and in some cases a regular submission may form the basis of the Discussion if the original author(s) agree.
Did you know that you can publish your article in The Journal of Roman Archaeology as open access?
Publishing open access (OA) helps to advance discovery by allowing anyone, anywhere in the world with internet access to find, access, and benefit from your research.
Your Article Processing Charge (APC) may already be covered by an OA publishing agreement between Cambridge University Press and your institution. Find out below whether you are eligible.
Regional SBA Writing Affiliation Groups – In celebration of the 15 year anniversary of the Society of Black Archaeologists in 2026, we are organizing writing groups to celebrate our collective power in knowledge production, while at the same time gathering across different regions to curate the next era of SBA scholarship. We hope to engage with members from across the writing spectrum reaching students, emerging scholars, advanced career writers, and those new to the writing process in the world of archaeology. This is about building regional hubs to write together and generate something new to mark this milestone in SBA history! Launching in Fall 2024.
Deadline to submit interest form October 15th: https://forms.gle/
