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EVENTS
SIXTH WORLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL
CONGRESS (WAC-6), DUBLIN, JUNE 29-JULY 4 2008
www.ucd.ie/wac-6
The WAC-6 Organising Committee
warmly invites you to join us in Dublin this
summer for what promises
to be an exciting Congress! The main venue for the
academic programme is the
campus of University College Dubin and the social
events and tours will take
in some of Ireland's fantastic historic venues
and outstanding archaeological
monuments and landscapes. There is a
wide-ranging programme of
cutting-edge themes and sessions to which
participants can contribute,
and whose organisers alone represent over 50
different nations around
the world. Themes will cover diverse issues
including: the archaeology
of art, identity, indigenous communities, the
human body, migration, landscapes,
islands, wetlands, heritage tourism,
museums, the politics of
archaeology, and the ethics of archaeological
practice, for example working
with communities and in areas impacted by war,
infrastructural developments
and changing ecosystems.
CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS
- due 22nd February (see Submit Proposals page)
Paper and poster proposals
can be submitted using the electronic forms on
our website. Papers can
be submitted for particular Sessions or Themes, and
posters will also be linked
to each of the broad Themes of the Programme.
Abstracts for Themes and
Sessions are listed in full on the website.
REGISTRATION - NOW OPEN!
(see Register Tab at www.ucd.ie/wac-6)
Register by 26th MARCH to
take advantage of the early fee! Fees are detailed
on the Registration Fee
page. We would strongly encourage participants who
are not already members
of the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) to
consider joining, as the
WAC-6 registration fee is significantly lower for
WAC members. You can join
WAC online at
www.worldarchaeologicalcongress.org/site/join.php.
WAC-6 TRAVEL SUPPORT GRANTS
- due 22th February
In line with WAC's aim to
make its meetings as globally representative as
possible we are delighted
to offer support in the form of free registration
and accommodation, and travel
support to participants from economically
disadvantaged countries
and indigenous communities. Please see the travel
support application form
on the Grants page of the WAC-6 website.
TOURS, EXHIBITIONS, SOCIAL
PROGRAMME
Participants are invited
to experience Ireland's rich archaeological
heritage during the mid-Congress
(2 July) tours, with 5 varied tour options
to choose from. There is
also a selection of post-Congress archaeological
(5-7 July) tours. The academic
programme will be enriched by exhibitions,
multimedia installations
and video art, experimental archaeology
demonstrations, performances,
and a major art exhibition, Ábhar agus Meon /
Materials and Mentalities.
Furthermore, Ireland's rich cultural and social
life will undoubtedly be
a major highlight for many! The formal events of
the social programme will
be held in some of Dublin's spectacular historic
venues, and there will be
time to experience the 'real Irish Pub' in its
true cultural context!
For enquiries about the academic
programme please email
wac6programme@ucd.ie, or
for poster queries, wac6posters@ucd.ie. For queries
about registration, accommodation,
and Irish visa requirements please
contact wac6@ucd.ie.
We look forward to seeing
you in Dublin!
Opportunities
Visualisation in Archaeology
(VIA).
We would like to draw your
attention to a new project, notified to us by Professor Steph Moser and
Garry Gibbons from the University of Southampton, that has just been allocated
3 years funding by English Heritage. The project is called Visualisation
in Archaeology (VIA).
Please find attached more
information outlining areas of research. It is expected to have input from
North America but the organisers would value the opportunity to extend
areas of interest throughout Europe. The VIA project comprises a number
of elements ranging from the practice and theory of visualisation within
archaeology to wider issues around non-traditional modes of dissemination.
It is intended that the team works closely with English Heritage to inform
future strategic policy making.
If you are interested in
this project and in some form of co-operation with the Southampton team,
you are invited to contact Garry Gibbon on [garry.gibbons@3sco.co.uk].
Initially such co-operation might revolve around the organisation of round
table sessions, with an eye to the future formation of a Working Party
on, for example, current trends and future strategies for the dissemination
of archaeological knowledge and understanding. (more
info)
2008-2009 Post-doctoral
Scholar (PS) for its interdisciplinary Institute for European and
Mediterranean Archaeology (IEMA)
University at Buffalo, State
University of New York, seeks 2008-2009 Post-doctoral Scholar (PS) for
its interdisciplinary Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology
(IEMA) a http://www.iema.buffalo.edu.
During a 10 month tenure, the PS teaches one graduate seminar, organizes
a symposium, and edits a subsequent volume reflecting IEMA’s focus on post-Pleistocene
European and Mediterranean anthropological and classical archaeology.
Symposium focus is open, but should stress contemporary theory, topics
of broad current interest, and be inclusive of the Institute’s broader
geographic/temporal foci. The PS receives stipend, benefits, plus individual
research funds. US and international archaeologists with Ph.D. by August,
2008 in Anthropology, Classics, Archaeology or related disciplines are
encouraged to apply; inquiries before submission are encouraged. Application
letter, vitae, list of references, and 3-page description of proposed symposium
topic, including intended invitees, must be received by February 1, 2008
for an August 2008 start, pending final budgetary approval. Send application
or inquiries to Dr. Tina Thurston, Department of Anthropology, SUNY-Buffalo,
380 MFAC, Buffalo NY 14261. Email: tt27@buffalo.edu; 716-645-2414 ext.
143. The University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity
employer.
The International Visegrad
Fund
The aims of this Central
European Fund are to promote regional cooperation among “Visegrad countries”
(the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and the Slovak Republic) through
supporting the development of common cultural, scientific, educational
projects, exchanges between young people, and cross-border cooperation.
Further information: www.visegradfund.org
Master Erasmus Mundus
in QUATERNARY AND PREHISTORY
Scholarships to participate
in the programme at the following institutions are offered: Università
degli Studi di Ferrara, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de
Paris; Universitat Rovira i Virgili de Tarragona, Instituto Politecnico
de Tomar, Universidade de Tràs-os Montes e Alto Douro
Further information at:
www.unife.it/progetti/erasmusmundus
Projects
Discovering the Archaeologists of Europe
http://discovering-archaeologists.eu/
Discovering the Archaeologists
of Europe is a transnational project that is providing an examination and
profile of the archaeological profession across twelve countries of the
European Union. It is funded by the European Commission through the Leonardo
da Vinci II fund. The project will run from 2006-2008, with progress and
final reports being posted on this website.
EAA is a partner in this
project which is being managed by the Institute of Field Archaeologists
in the UK. The project which seeks to identify barriers to transnational
professional mobility will achieve its objectives through the collation
and dissemination of discrete national surveys, conducted by each of the
project’s twelve national partners. These surveys are profiling the
archaeological profession in each country and the results, in turn, will
feed into an integrated European report setting out the principle findings.
The project is seeking to
improve understanding of the requirements for, and future capacity to provide,
transparent qualifications and professional mobility for archaeologists
across Europe.
Through EAA, and its Committee
on Professional Associations in Archaeology,
the project has created
a very successful transnational network of organisations with common interests.
National surveys by the project partners are currently nearing completion
and are defining “What is an archaeologist?” and “Who is an archaeologist”
in each participating country. This is being achieved through surveys
that seek to define:
• the number of archaeologists
employed
• age profile and gender
• qualifications and skills
• nationality
• professional titles and
roles
• salary profiles
The results of the national
surveys will be presented the 6th World Archaeological Congress in Dublin
in June 2008 and will inform a final integrated report, to be prepared
by IFA, which will be presented at the EAA Annual Conference 2008 in Malta
and which will be published subsequently in the European Journal of Archaeology.
As the results of national
surveys become available in June, these will be hosted on the project’s
website in their national languages and in English, with the final integrated
report ready for circulation some time after September 2008 and will be
accessible through a link to the project website from the EAA website.
 
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