17th International Course on Stone Conservation – SC11
ICCROM is pleased to announce the 17th International Course on Stone Conservation – SC11 that will be held in Rome from 13 April to 1 July 2011. The course announcement is included below.
Bi-directional Mayan Archaeology Outreach Grant
Request for Proposals Bi-directional Mayan Archaeology Outreach Grant Deadline: December 31, 2010 Funding Amount: up to $10,000 The Maya Area Cultural Heritage Initiative (MACHI) is pleased to announce the initiation […]
WAC July 2010 eNewsletter – Volume 33
Executive News, News from WAC Members, News Items, Excerpts from Other Archaeological Associations’ Newsletters
New Global South Issue
The current issue of Global South has been posted. Here’s the link- http://sephisemagazine.org/current/current.html
Call for Papers – EAA – The post-excavation process – seeking european best practice
CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline has been extended to the 23rd May 2010 Please find below a call for papers for the session ‘The post-excavation process – seeking european best […]
WAC advertised at the SCA (Society for Catalan Archaeology) Newsletter
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Call for presenters on the artistry of African/Diaspora blacksmiths
15th Triennial Symposium on African Art (UCLA, March 23-26, 2011) This is an open call for scholars to present on the topic of the artistry of African blacksmiths as part […]
Thurstan Shaw's 96th Birthday
Celebrations in Cambridge, UK, for Thurston Shaw’s 96th Birthday. Martin Jones, who represented the McDonald Institute, WAC Vice-President Adebayo Folorunso from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria (speaking) and Thurstan Shaw. Watch […]
Society for Historical Archaeology Quebec City Award / Bourse de Québec
Quebec City AwardDeadline : June 30, 2010 The Quebec City Award is granted to assist French-speaking students to attend the annual meeting and to promote their participation in Society activities. […]
Historicizing Gender and Sexuality in the Global South
I am pleased to send you hereby attached the call for applications for the Codesria-Sephis Extended Workshop on Social History; “Historicizing Gender and Sexuality in the Global South” The workshop […]
Australian Archaeological Association and World Archaeological Congress call on EBay to halt sale of human remains
The Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) and the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) call upon EBay to withdraw from sale two Dong Son votive bronze armlets from northern Vietnam. The armlets contain human arm bones, and there is concern about the cultural origin of the remains being offered for sale, as well as the affront to human dignity resulting from the sale of human body parts.