Past archaeology conferences and workshops
Past conferences involving the Department of Archaeology have included:
Mediterranean Identities: Formation and Transformation
International conference that will address theoretical approaches to the formation and transformation of these identities throughout time and space.
Date: Friday 26 - Sunday 28 March 2010
Location: University of Leicester
More information: Conference web page
UK Archaeological Sciences Conference 2009
UK Archaeological Sciences (UKAS) 2009 Biennial Conference hosted by NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory and the Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham.
Date: Tuesday 8th – Thursday 10th September, 2009
Location: The British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham
More information: Conference website
Food and Drink in Archaeology 2009
Third annual Food and Drink in Archaeology conference organised by Nottingham's Department of Archaeology.
Date: 17 and 18 April 2009
Location: The University of Nottingham
More information: Conference web pages
Death, Burial and the Transition to the Afterlife in Arabia and Adjacent Regions
Date: 27-29 November 2008
Location: Stevenson Lecture Theatre, the British Museum
The Society for Arabian Studies is pleased to announce the next in its series of biennial conferences. The conference will review, synthesise, and contextualise the evidence for burial practices and associated beliefs in Arabia and neighbouring regions from earliest prehistory to the present day. More than 50 contributions will be presented from a wide range of disciplines, including archaeology, physical anthropology, epigraphy, cultural anthropology, and theology.
A provisional conference programme, abstracts of presentations, and registrations details can be downloaded as pdf documents from the website of the Society for Arabian Studies. The conference is supported financially by the University of Nottingham, the British Museum, the British Institute for the Study of Iraq, the British-Yemeni Society, and the Leigh Douglas Memorial Fund.
Department of Archaeology Postgraduate Research Day
Date: 20 May 2008
Location: University of Nottingham
Speakers: David Collard, Katy Soar, Andrew Meek, Martyn Allen, Kris Poole, Marisoly Alvarez, Dayanna Knight, Imogen Tompsett, Ed Oakley, Gareth Davies, Anne Sassin, Robert Lenfert, Sera Baker
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Older conferences and workshops
Osteology: A seminar for archaeological curators and contractors
Date: 27 June 2008
Location: University of Nottingham
People and Place: Landscape and Identity Through Time
Date: 13-14 September 2008
Location: University of Chichester
Samian workshops
The Department of Archaeology, in collaboration with the Museum of London, has been awarded an AHRC Research Workshops Museums and Galleries grant to undertake four workshops addressing current problems in samian studies, as well as providing an overview of current samian research both in the UK and abroad. The workshops form an important stepping-stone in developing a research framework for the future of samian research in Britain. More on the Samian workshops.
Workshop on Early Iranian Metallurgy
An international workshop on early Iranian metallurgy was held in the Dept. of Archaeology at The University of Nottingham from September 19-21, 2007. A group of 15 scholars from Iran, Italy, Germany, France, the USA and the UK met to discuss recent developments in our understanding of early metallurgy in Iran.
my space, my place: archaeological approaches to territoriality
Date: 26 November 2005
This conference explored territoriality in archaeology. The personal and social ordering of space and place is a diverse and dynamic construct. It encompasses the somatic space of sensory experience and bodily movement, the mental maps which frame our understanding of space, and bounded space, the socially imposed boundaries which circumscribe both the actions and the experiences of the individual. These interconnected planes of interaction between people and space provide a starting point from which to explore the notion of 'territoriality'. How do individuals and groups establish boundaries in space? How do the built environment and architectural space mould the personal experience of space and social boundaries? How far is it possible to recover such territories from archaeological evidence?
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