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.
Read the full report of the fieldtrip, produced by students Eduardo Escalante, Lewis Glynn and Agathe Dupeyron here»
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 30 April 2013
Paolo Del Vesco (UCL Institute of Archaeology) will give a seminar organised by the Institute’s History of Archaeology Research Network at the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology on 1 May.
Dr Del Vesco’s seminar is entitled ‘A Year with Flinders Petrie: Petrie’s Pocket Diaries in the Petrie Museum archives‘ and all are welcome.
Start: May 1, 2013 5:15:00 PM
Location: UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 30 April 2013
IT support is now available in the Institute five days a week in room 322D, which is the room on the right through the AGIS lab, end of the hall on the third floor. Please feel free to come by between 9:30 and 17:30 if you have any questions or need help with something contact by email: ioa-it@ucl.ac.uk or by phone: 24929.
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 29 April 2013
Congratulations to Institute of Archaeology staff who were recently awarded for their green impact activities.
The Institute of Archaeology Green Team recently received a silver green impact award for the department following on from the bronze green impact award and also the gold award for the conservation and environmental labs received in 2011-12.
Mark Roberts received the Ecologist Environmental Hero Award 2012-13 for his work at the Middle Pleistocene site of Boxgrove which is located at the edge of the South Downs in West Sussex.
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 29 April 2013
Soraya Morayef will give a seminar hosted by the Material Cultures of Prehistoric and Dynastic Egypt Research Network at the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology on 2 May.
The talk on ‘History Rewritten: Ancient Egyptian Art revived through post-revolutionary graffiti in Cairo‘ will introduce images of street art in Egypt after the revolution, then focusing specifically on the artist Alaa Awad, who made magnificent murals that replicated ancient Egyptian temple murals and symbols, yet changed some elements to make them more relevant to the political events unfolding in Egypt over the past two years.
The speaker will provide contextual analysis, linking the old with the new; the lecture should appeal to an audience interested in Egyptian politics, ancient Egyptian art and current Egyptian pop culture.
Start: May 2, 2013 5:30:00 PM
Location: UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 29 April 2013
The Institute of Archaeology Library will be opening between 11.00 and 6.00 p.m. on the Bank Holiday Monday next week, 6th May.
Most of the major UCL libraries will be opening on reduced hours on the Bank Holiday Monday, but please be aware that some outlying libraries are closed and opening hours are not the same across all libraries. For details of sites and opening hours, please see our web pages:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/opening.shtml
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 26 April 2013
The ERC-funded EUROEVOL
Project will host a special seminar at the Institute on 30 April.
Presentations by project members Stephen Shennan, Adrian Timpson and Tim Kerig will outline the aims of this European Research Council-funded project on the cultural evolution of Neolithic Europe, the methods used for reconstructing the prehistoric demographies which are a main focus of the project, some of the results of the demographic analysis, and examples of how the demographic patterns relate to other evidence, including cultural distributions and stone axe production. The seminar will be followed by a drinks reception in the Staff Common Room. All welcome.
Start: Apr 30, 2013 4:00:00 PM
Location: Room 612, Institute of Archaeology
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 24 April 2013
UCL Library Services is reviewing its Explore service this summer and would like to hear the views and experiences of research staff (post-doc upwards) in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Do you use Explore? If so, what do you like and dislike? If not, why not?
We would like to interview you for no more than an hour at your convenience between 28 May and 14 June. We would walk through a few tasks on Explore, gather your feedback and give you a chance to share your general comments.
If you are interested in participating, please contact Margaret Stone (margaret.stone@ucl.ac.uk) from the Explore support team in Library Services.
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 17 April 2013
The world’s most authoritative dictionary of Classical Latin, the monumental, two-volume Oxford Latin Dictionary offers unsurpassed coverage of the language of Rome from its beginnings until AD 200. More than half a century in the making, and originally published in a series of fascicles (parts) from 1968, this magisterial reference work was finally published in a single volume format in 1982. Now this indispensable resource is available in a revised and freshly redesigned Second Edition. As well as 40,000 headwords and 100,000 senses, the Dictionary includes a vast collection of illustrative quotations taken from the canon of Classical literature, arranged for the first time conveniently under each sense and subsense. In addition, for the Second Edition, the newly digitized text incorporates a significant amount of editorial updating, including revised English translations, expansion of abbreviations, and clearer labelling throughout the text.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
UCL Library: CLASSICS QUARTOS LB 2 OXF
By Volkan L Akgunlu, on 15 April 2013
The Institute of Archaeology and Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society will jointly host a lecture by Ken Dark (University of Reading) at the Institute on 15 April. Titled ‘The Archaeology of Roman-period Nazareth’, this lecture will discuss the 2004-2010 results of the Nazareth Archaeological Project.
Start: Apr 15, 2013 6:00 PM
Location: Archaeology Lecture Theatre G6, UCL Institute of Archaeology
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.