By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 16 May 2013
RESET
(RESponse of Humans to Abrupt Environmental Transitions)
Finale Meetings 2013
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
OPEN SCIENCE MEETING
Thursday 6 to Friday 7 June
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT DAY
Saturday 8 June
Convenors : Professor John Lowe, Dr Rupert Housley & Dr Nicholas Ashton
contact email : Rupert.Housley@rhul.ac.uk
Programme > http://bit.ly/16g1sUC
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 15 May 2013
The Institute of Archaeology Annual Conference will take place this year on 20-21 May on the topic of ‘Forming Material Egypt’.
Archaeological finds from Egypt have been dispersed worldwide on a massive scale both through documented excavation and through gifts and purchases, by museums, archaeologists and others. The distribution of material has played a major role in forming contemporary attitudes to the Egyptian past.
In this conference, organised by the Material Cultures of Prehistoric and Dynastic Egypt Research Network, in association with the Egypt Exploration Society and the Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies, SOAS, Egyptian colleagues are invited to open and steer the discussions, by aiming for practical policy outcomes, and by prioritising the use and survival of material.
Start: May 20, 2013 9:00:00 AM
End: May 21, 2013 5:00:00 PM
Location: UCL Institute of Archaeology, Petrie Museum and SOAS
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 15 May 2013
Start: May 15, 2013 7:00:00 PM
Location: Daniel Blau gallery, 51 Hoxton Square, London N1 6PB
Jeremy Tanner’s special lecture at the Daniel Blau gallery, London on 15 May has had to be indefinitely postponed. Apologies for any inconvenience.
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 14 May 2013
Dear All,
Prof. Thomas Carpenter (Ohio) gives a lecture entitled ‘The impact of theatre on Apulian red-figure at Ruvo di Puglia’. This will take place on Tuesday 14 May at 5pm in Senate House South Block G22.
Everyone welcome!
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 10 May 2013
The opening of the new student exhibition The Key Ingredient: Food in Social 
Relationships, will be marked by a reception at the Institute this evening.
Exploring how humans use food in social situations The Key Ingredient investigates not only how food can be used to forge personal relationships, but how it has been employed as a vehicle for power.
The temporary exhibition created by MA Museum Studies students will be displayed in the A.G. Leventis Gallery of Cypriot and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology until May 2014.
The Museum Studies programme provides a broad academic and professional training in all aspects of museum work, whilst encouraging students to reflect critically on the concept of the museum and its associated practices and provide students with the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to set up, develop and deliver an exhibition project in a museum setting.
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 9 May 2013
Dorian Fuller’s research project on the evolution of rice systems from China to Southeast Asia, funded by a major new NERC award, has begun at the Institute.
The new international collaborative research project led by Dorian follows on from his previous NERC-funded research project on ‘The identification of arable rice systems in prehistory’ which has consolidated our understanding of early rice agricultural development in the Yangtze and in India, helping to reconstruct how past agricultural activities may have impacted the global climate through methane emissions and deforestation.
The Institute is pleased to welcome Cristina Castillo and welcome back Alison Weisskopf as researchers on the new 3-year project which aims to investigate early rice systems in southern China and Southeast Asia and, in collaboration with Andrew Bevan, to develop more sophisticated spatial modelling of land use and population.
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 8 May 2013
Summer Party
As part of the celebrations to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Archaeology in 2012, the Institute will be unveiling a monolith in Gordon Square on Friday 7 June 2013 (from 5pm).
A drinks reception for IoA alumni, staff, students and current honorary staff will be held in the North Cloisters from 5.30pm, directly after the unveiling of the monolith.
So, you are all cordially invited to the unveiling ceremony in the northwestern corner of Gordon Square (at 5pm), followed by a drinks reception in the North Cloisters (from 5.30pm). Registration for the ‘Summer Party’ is essential. Please book your place here.
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 7 May 2013
Francesco Fedele (University of Naples ‘Federico II’) will give the final Accordia Lecture of the 2012-13 series at the Institute on 7 May.
Prof Fedele’s lecture is entitled ‘Copper Age society and the Italian Alps: perspectives from Val Camonica’ and all are welcome.
This event is a joint lecture with the Institute of Archaeology. Any enquiries about the Accordia Lectures on Italy 2012-13 series may be directed to Ruth Whitehouse.
Start: May 7, 2013 5:30:00 PM
Location: Archaeology Lecture Theatre G6, Institute of Archaeology
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 3 May 2013
Katie Meheux (Deputy Librarian, Institute of Archaeology Library) will give a special lecture as part of the UCL Festival of the Arts at the Institute on 8 May.
Katie's presentation is entitled '28/30. Good’ - Accessing Gordon Childe and the Institute of Archaeology Through Student Records: Archives, Memory & Nostalgia’ and all are welcome.
The UCL Festival of the Arts which takes place between 7-17 May 2013 is dedicated to showcasing the breadth and depth of the work which takes place across the UCL Faculties of Arts & Humanities and Social & Historical Sciences.
Registration is essential for this event. Please register via the Eventbrite website here»
Start: May 8, 2013 1:00:00 PM
Location: Archaeology Lecture Theatre, G6
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 1 May 2013
MA Public Archaeology students recently enjoyed a five-day educational trip to Scotland and northern England to gain a wider perspective of Public Archaeology in the UK.
Between the 22nd and 26th March 2013, fourteen students embarked on an incredible journey led by Tim Schadla-Hall and Gabe Moshenska, from Kilmartin Glen in Scotland to the Jorvic Viking centre in Yorkshire. From this trip, some major themes of learning emerged: landscape and site interpretation, museums and display, reconstructing the past, the economic context of archaeology, and outreach and education.
In the current economic climate, archaeology needs to increase its visibility and attract visitors and capitals in order to survive. The trip highlighted for the students the variety of ways in which archaeological sites cope with the economic crisis, at their own scale.
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