This conference investigates the relations between people and places, focusing on the role of 
stories in constructing meaning and affecting human emotions at specific locations. The 
conference will also investigate how the visual and performative arts can complement academic research by generating both new questions and new kinds of responses to topics at the interface between places, people and stories.

Places, people, stories will take place at the conference centre Brofästet close to the 
Baltic Sea, just outside the centre of Kalmar. International flight connections exist via Stockholm Arlanda to Kalmar Airport. There are also daily flights from Stockholm Bromma. You can also travel via Copenhagen Airport and then by direct train to Kalmar.

Among the 18 multidisciplinary sessions some have a clear bearing on archaeology and heritage:

- Heritage Erasure: Vandalism and Obliteration in the Historic Environment
- Places to forget? Landscapes and moments of violence
- Heritage and sense of place
- The museum beyond the nation?

Session abstracts are available online now. The complete conference programme and 
registration details will be announced at the end of May. 

Send all enquiries to Linda Hansson at konferens2011@lnu.se
http://lnu.se/about-lnu/conferences/places-people-stories-2011?l=en
 
 

3rd European Textile Forum 2011 
Linen and other Vegetable Fibres 
12-18 September 2011
Asparn an der Zaya, Austria 

Working in historical textile crafts can be a very lonely affair. So why not get together and see what all the others are doing? 

The programme of the 3rd European Textile Forum consists of three parts: Free time to work, try out things and talk about textile techniques; the possibility to give little show-and-tell presentations directly on your project during daylight hours; and a series of short paper sessions in the evening hours. We would like to present current projects, reconstructions, technical problems or research work during those talks. 

As focus topic this year, we have decided on linen and other vegetable fibres, a very interesting and we think also very rewarding topic. Fitting in with this focus, Sabine Ringenberg is planning to do a series of test runs for her project of reconstructing historical methods for mordanting linen for a good, reliable dyeing result.

Papers or posters about our focus topic "Linen and other vegetable fibres" are thus especially welcome, but of course we are not limited on these fibres for the Forum.

To register for the Forum with or without a poster or paper presentation, please submit your current area of research, the title and abstract of your presentation (papers not longer than 20 minutes) until 27 May. 

We are looking forward to a wonderful conference with you! 

info@textilforum.org
http://www.textileforum.org/
http://www.urgeschichte.at/content-en/the-museum/prehistoric-acventure
 
 

Ambitions and Realities
Remote Sensing for Archaeology, Research and Conservation
21-24 September 2011
Poznań, Poland

Organizers: Aerial Archaeology Research Group (AARG), European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL), Institute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University.
http://www.archeo.amu.edu.pl/aarg-earsel/

The main - but not exclusive - theme of this conference will be the exploration of objectives and challenges in the effective use of remote sensing techniques in archaeological and landscape studies, not only for research but also for the promotion of conservation and public understanding. How can our various techniques be deployed in combination with one another, and with what practical outcomes? How can we build bridges across regional or national divides? What can we learn from combining or comparing our techniques? How can we make our results useful to those involved in practical conservation and future planning? How do our national or regional realities assist or impede the use of remote sensing techniques in research, conservation and the promotion of public understanding?

Suggestions, with a maximum 150-word summary of the intended content, are invited on any of the following themes, or on other considerations relating to ambitions and realities in the fields of remote sensing for archaeology and landscape studies. 

The conference is organised under the patronage of UNESCO.

Offers of papers and sessions should be sent to either: 
Dave Cowley dave.cowley@rcahms.gov.uk, Rosa Lasaponara lasaponara@imaa.cnr.it
 
 

Fingerprinting the Iron Age
23-25 September 2011
McDonald Institute, Cambridge, UK

Organizers: Catalin Popa, Simon Stoddart
http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/iron_age_conference_2011/

Western Europe and beyond in a first step towards a continent wide archaeology of the Iron Age, focusing on the issue of identity. At a time when the European continent is desperately trying to find such a common identity, the need for a view of the past beyond national and even geographical regions becomes necessary. The European Iron Age, widely regarded as a cradle for large group, or even ethnic, identities, has suffered long enough from the segmentation imposed by political barriers. A dialogue between scholars of different backgrounds needs to be established. 

Academics and graduate students are invited to give presentations on the archaeological approaches to identity in the Iron Age. Preference will be given to papers which deal with issues relating to South-Eastern Europe, although original contributions to the study of identity in other regions of Europe and beyond are also warmly invited to give a comparative perspective.

Titles and Abstracts should be sent to Catalin Popa cnp24@cam.ac.uk
 
 

7th Deutscher Archäologenkongress
3-7 October 2011
Bremen, Germany

Organizer: Nordwestdeutscher Verband für Altertumsforschung e.V.
http://www.archaeologenkongress.de/

The main theme of this year's conference is "Archaeology around the North Sea". The fees range between 20.00 EURO for a day ticket and 80.00 EURO, if you register before 31 August, after that date between 30.00 EURO and 100.00 EURO.

Sessions include:
- Open Archaeology
- Concepts and Experiences of Time
- No Future: Neolithic Continuities and Discontinuities
- Where the Money Goes: Patrons and Promoters in Prehistoric Archaeology
- Things and Their Everyday Use
 
 

Materialitäten. Herausforderungen für die Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften
19-20 October 2011
Universität Mainz, Germany

Die Tagung "Materialitäten. Herausforderungen für die Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften" möchte Wissenschaftler verschiedener Fachrichtungen mit ihren je unterschiedlichen  Zugängen zum Materiellen zusammenführen. Die interdisziplinäre Diskussion soll zu einer Sondierung des Feldes sozial- und kulturwissenschaftlicher Untersuchung von Materialität beitragen und die Erarbeitung neuer Perspektiven sowie übergreifender kulturwissenschaft-licher Konzeptionen fördern. Folgende Fragen sollen im Mittelpunkt stehen: Wie ist - ganz allgemein - das Verhältnis von Dingen und Kultur(en)/Sozialität(en) zu beschreiben? Welche Rolle spielen Dinge für die Produktion, Aufrechterhaltung und Veränderung von Wissensformen und kulturellen Bereichen? Wie ist das Verhältnis von Menschen und Materialität zu konzipieren, wie das Verhältnis von Materialität und Praktiken? Wo liegen Gemeinsamkeiten der theoretischen Konzeptionen der Dinge, wo bestehen schwer überbrückbare Differenzen? Welche Gründe sprechen dafür, von Dingen, Aktanten, Objekten, Gegenständen, Geräten, Materialität zu sprechen? Was können Gegensatzpaare wie Offenheit/Geschlossenheit oder Stabilität/Fluidität zu einer allgemeinen Konzeption von Materialität beitragen? Welche Methoden eignen sich für ihre sozial- und kulturwissenschaft-liche Erforschung in besonderer Weise? Wir wünschen uns Beiträge, die diese Fragestellungen für verschiedene Themenbereiche - insbesondere Literatur und Sprache, Wissen und Bildung, Wissenschaft und Technik, Kunst und Architektur, Identität und Differenz, Religion und Wirtschaft - explizieren.

Please email materialitaeten@uni-mainz.de to obtain more details.
 
 

Geomorphic Processes and Geoarchaeology
From Landscape Archaeology to Archaeotourism
27-31 August 2012
Moscow-Smolensk, Russia

Organizers: Smolensk University for Humanities, Russian Association of Geomorphologists
http://Geoarch2012.narod2.ru

The conference aims at linking together different kinds of specialists interested in geomorphic 
and palaeoenvironmental aspects of archaeological studies, risk assessment and protection of archaeological sites and archaeological materials against environmental damaging processes 
of different nature (geomorphological, hydrological, pedological), and putting archaeological heritage into public domain. 

Conference themes include:
- Geoarchaeological studies in Eurasia
- Human dimensions of Quaternary palaeoenvironments recorded in different palaeo-archives.
- Local palaeoenvironment, natural resources and palaeo-land-use patterns of archaeological sites.
- Alluvial geoarchaeology, palaeohydrology and paleopedology
- Natural hazards and geoarchaeology
- Preservation of geoarchaeological monuments, geotourism and archaeotourism

Official language: English, with limited translation assistance for local scientists.
 
 

The Archaeology of Interdependence:
European Involvement in the Development of a Sovereign United States
27 November - 2 December 2011
Paris, France

www.icomos.org/icahm

What can archaeology contribute to our understanding of the cultural dynamics that set a historic course of events in motion, and what does this suggest about the ways in which archaeological resources should be preserved, managed, and interpreted? In anticipation of the bicentennial of the War of 1812, ICAHM is soliciting papers that address these subjects.

While much is known through historical documents, we now seek to enrich, modify, and challenge the written record by attention to the archaeological remains. The scale of analysis can range from the artifact through the site to the landscape. Papers might address, for example, the changing relationships between specific European countries and the United States as indicated by the presence of artifacts or types of artifacts (e.g., weapons, domestic, architectural) made or traded by other countries during different time periods; an analysis of "space syntax" seen at battlefields or fortifications; the importance of conceptually reconstructing terrain crossed by troops or at battlefields. In brief, we are interested in innovative investigations of what material culture at all scales might tell us about the political, economic, or ideological relationships among cultures that corroborates, contradicts, or enriches the historic record.

Papers are to be presented at the ICAHM symposium, to be held in conjunction with the 17th
ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium in Paris, France, from 27 November to 2 December 2011, and will be published in an issue of ICAHM Springer Briefs. Proposal abstracts should be 300-500 words, and should be sent to publications@icahm.icomos.org.
 
 

International Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management 
2012 Annual Meeting
18-21 November 2012
Cuzco, Peru

http://www.icomos.org/icahm/index.htm

2012 will mark the 40th anniversary ofthe promulgation of the World Heritage Convention and is an appropriate moment in which to reflect on the successes of that Convention as well as problems in archaeological heritage management that have arisen or been recognized since then. Indeed, some problems have been generated by the very popularity of the World Heritage List.

ICAHM has chosen Cuzco, Peru as the location of its 2012 annual meeting. Cuzco is an ideal venue in which to consider the problems and prospects of archaeological heritage management in the 21st century. It is a World Heritage Site oftruly "outstanding universal value," a living historic city, a great tourist attraction, and is itself the gateway to another of the world's most important archaeological sites, Machu Picchu. Among the issues for consideration at the meeting are: local stakeholder claims on archaeological heritage; often problematic intersections of tourism development, community sustainability and site preservation; challenges to the validity of the World Heritage List as it quickly approaches 1,000 inscribed sites; the World Heritage List decision-making process; impact of war, civil disorder and natural disasters on archaeological sites; technical advances in archaeological heritage management.
 
 

The Archaeological Musealization
A Multidisciplinary  Approach in Archaeological Sites
27-29 October 2011
Politecnico di Torino, Italy

http://archaeologicalmusealization.jimdo.com/