Cambridge University Press is delighted to announce that, from January 2026, the Journal of Roman Archaeology will move to a Research Open publication model, and all research articles accepted for publication in the journal from 15 December 2025 will be published open access with a Creative Commons licence.

For the Journal of Roman Archaeology community, open access means that the innovative research published in the journal is freely and permanently available to all, supporting opportunities for research discoveries. For authors, open access provides greater exposure, wider reach, and more downloads, with 75% of articles published in Cambridge University Press journals receiving 30-50% more citations than their non-OA counterparts.

The cost of open access publication will not be a barrier; there are various routes available to publish your next research article with the Journal of Roman Archaeology, ensuring every author can publish and enjoy the benefits of OA: 

• Publishing agreements between the author’s institution and Cambridge University Press
• Research grants and arrangements with funding bodies that support the payment of APCs
• Waivers and discounts are available to authors based in a Research4Life country, to authors eligible through the Cambridge Open Equity Initiative, or otherwise at the journal’s discretion

The abstract booklet for the “Cross-Cultural Interaction in Egypt Through the Ages Conference” is now live on The American Research Center in Egypt’s (ARCE) website! Sneak a peek at the exciting range of topics that will be presented. In partnership with the American University in Cairo, this conference brings together scholars from around the world to explore Egypt’s long and dynamic history of cultural exchange, influence, and transformation.

See the abstract here.

Dr. Regina Uhl is a researcher and specialist in prehistory and archaeological cultural heritage of the Black Sea region at the Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin. She was also a visiting scholar at the Joukowsky Institute from 2024 to 2025. Recently, Dr. Uhl spoke about her work on Eurasian burial mounds in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the Mediterranean and, to some extent, Western Asia, on the American Institute of Archaeology’s website.

Read the full article here.

The American Institute of Archaeology has just released the Fall 2025 Narragansett Society Newsletter.

Please see the attached file to access the newsletter.

Narragansett Society Newsletter Fall 2025 – pdf

The Pórtico Librerías has just released its September Catalog on Hispanic Literature.

Please click the link below to view the catalog.

http://www.porticolibrerias.es/c/1148Literatura-hisp%C3%A1nica-43.pdf

UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open-access book:

Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt
by Alice Stevenson

Artistic interventions are now a popular means of delivering fresh perspectives on museum displays, including in galleries devoted to ancient Egypt. Installations are commonly said to put the past and present ‘into dialogue’ with each other, offering external critical voices on the work of decolonisation.

Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt argues that the contemporary and the ancient do not necessarily inform each other. Instead, they are mediated by, and mediations of, the museum that produces them. Rather than explore how contemporary artists have been inspired by Egypt, this book examines how they have shaped the language and discourse around the study of the Egyptian past by looking at the wider field of public display in which both have been historically situated. Building on this critical history of practice, the book draws from experiments in bringing contemporary artistic sculptures, conceptual pieces, multimedia films, sounds, smells, and performances into galleries: at the British Museum in London, the Egyptian Museum in Turin, and the State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich. These are used to explore what contemporary art does in these spaces, the motivations for inviting artists in, and the legacies of those interventions. It ends with a reflection on how academics and curators can be involved in the creative process and how artists contribute to academic research.

Download it free: https://bit.ly/3DRTs32

Attention SBA members: Four positions are currently open for nominations within the SBA. The available roles include President-Elect, Treasurer, Secretary, and Student Representative. Interested members are encouraged to submit their nominations.

Nomination Information

• The deadline for nominations is 11:59 PM EST, October 17, 2025
• The positions up for election are: President-Elect, Treasurer, Secretary, and Student Representative. Each position carries a term of 2-years.
• A document outlining the duties and eligibility of each position can be accessed here [SBA Positions and Roles] and the instructions for nominations can be found here [SBA 2025 Nomination Instructions]
• Once you have reviewed the instructions, SBA members can access and complete the nomination form [SBA 2025 Nomination Form]

Please send any questions or concerns to
elections@societyofblackarchaeologists.com

SBA PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Alicia Odewale (SBA President-Elect, University of Houston) published an article titled, “My Mother’s Remedy: An Archaeological Journey Home Through Darkness and Light” for Adventuress Archaeology Special Issue Volume 4

Craig Stevens (SBA Treasurer, Northwestern University) and Chrislyn Laurore (UPenn) published an essay titled, “How Virtual Reality Is Restoring Liberia’s Culture” for SAPIENS Magazine