From 23rd January – 7th February 2010, at the Victoria & Albert Museum South Kensington, the Metropolitan Police Service’s Art & Antiques Unit will be showcasing some of the investigative methods involved in detecting and preventing the increasingly sophisticated crime of art forgery and its impact on modern society. A member of the Art & Antiques unit will lead daily tours of the Fakes and Forgeries exhibition at 2.45pm. Access to the exhibition is free.
Socio-economic impact measurement, impact drivers and strategies for change
University of Brighton, Grand Parade, Brighton, UKApril 22-23, 2010
Call for papers
MEDIA RELEASE World Archaeological Congress calls on Christies to halt sale of human remains used by Yale Skull and Bones Society. For immediate release 11 January 2010 The World Archaeological […]
The World Archaeological Congress calls upon Christie’s auction house to withdraw from sale a human cranium and two femora offered for sale as items once used by Yale University’s Skull and Bones society. Members of this society have included President George H.W. Bush and his son, President George W. Bush as well as the latter’s 2004 Presidential opponent Senator John Kerry.
The School for Advanced Research, Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) offers two nine-month internships to Native individuals who are recent college graduates, current graduate students, or junior museum professionals interested in furthering their collections management experience and enhancing their intellectual capacity for contributing to the expanding field and discourse of museum studies. The internships include a $2200 monthly stipend, housing, book allowance, travel to one professional conference, and reimbursable travel to and from SAR. The deadline to apply is March 30, 2010.
The Smithsonian Institution encourages access to its collections, staff specialties, and reference resources by visiting scholars, scientists, and students. The Institution offers in-residence appointments for research and study using its facilities, and the advice and guidance of its staff members in fields that are actively pursued by the museums and research organizations of the Institution.
The Historic Preservation office seeks a technical expert on archaeology and historic preservation. Duties will include training Historic Preservation office staff in archaeology and cultural resource management, develop and carry […]
On Thursday, October 29, 2009, two workshops took place after the 5th Congress of the Latin American Association of Forensic Anthropology (ALAF), as are given normally. This year the workshops exceeded expectations, as they both had to be expanded due to the number of requested participants. This was very gratifying for ALAF and for the workshop instructors, as the goal of these short courses at the end of each congress is to provide training for the highest number of participants and ALAF members. Support for this pair of workshops was generously provided by the World Archaeological Congress (WAC). The workshop themes were:
The 31st Annual Conference of the Theoretical Archaeological Group
17-19 December 2009
Durham University (http://www.dur.ac.uk/tag.2009/)
Report on TAG 2009-12-26
by Lilia Lizama Aranda, xlacah@yahoo.com Mexico.
