Dear WAC Members, I, on behalf of the Council, herewith call for expressions of interest in holding the Tenth World Archaeological Congress in the year 2024. This extraordinary call is made because of the decision unanimously taken by the WAC Council in its urgent extraordinary meeting that took place on Monday 13 December (Japan Standard […]
Dear Colleagues and Friends, As you are all aware, the current Coronavirus Pandemic has resulted in strict governmental restrictions to host large gatherings in Prague, and in many other countries. In addition, there are now many global travel restrictions and border closing, as well as movement restrictions within cities and towns. If the current situation […]
The 16th Colloquium of the West African Archaeological Association (WAAA) was hosted by the University of Ghana (Monday 8th to Friday 13th of July, 2019). There were over one hundred and thirty (130) delegates from the sub-region, with about one third of these being postgraduate students. I was provided with an opportunity to present about […]
Dear WAC members, Dear colleagues On behalf of WAC’s President, Executive Officers, WAC-9 2020 Scientific Committee, and the Local Organizing Committee, I would like to inform you that the deadline for submission of session proposals has been extended by one calendar month. The new deadline for submitting session proposals for WAC-9 2020 Prague, Czech Republic […]
With the death of Jane Hubert on 21 June WAC lost one of its founding members. Jane was the partner of Peter Ucko, the main protagonist in the WAC story, but it is no exaggeration to say that WAC would not exist were it not for Jane’s contribution. In his chronicle of the creation of […]
Dear Colleagues and Friends, I am pleased to announce that WAC will support the following symposium as an official WAC-sponsored event. Symposium Title: “Subaltern Narratives: Voices from Peruvian Archaeology” (https://www.facebook.com/Simposio-Narrativas-Subalternas-Voces-desde-la-Arqueolog%C3%ADa-Peruana-1887792524879013/) Place and Date: The French Institute of Andean Studies. Lima, Peru August 31st and September 1st, 2017 Organizers Henry Tantaleán, PhD. (The French Institute of Andean […]
WAC’s Journal, Archaeology has been indexed in The European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS) ERIH PLUS was created and developed by European researchers under the coordination of the Standing Committee for the Humanities (SCH) of the European Science Foundation (ESF). The SCH launched the European Reference Index for the […]
At the 8th World Archaeology Congress in Kyoto the location on the 9th congress was decided upon- Prague. It will be from July 5th-10th 2020. Information about the conference will be post at this webpage in the future- https://worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac-9/
The Eighth World Archaeological Congress (WAC-8) was held between 28 August and 2 September 2016 in Kyoto, with more than 1,600 colleagues coming from 83 countries. The functions of a World Archaeological Congress international conference include various decision-makings as a world archaeological organisation as well as the facilitation of academic communications for the furtherance of […]
Peter R. Schmidt was honored by the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) August 30 at a special plenary session at WAC-8 in Kyoto, Japan. He was awarded the prestigious Peter Ucko Memorial Award. He was also unanimously selected to give the Peter Ucko Memorial Lecture, an additional honor. The President of WAC, Koji Mizoguchi, when conferring […]
The last of the filmed plenaries at WAC-8, the Indigenous Plenary was a discussion of archaeology, history, and heritage by members of local communities from Hawaii to Pakistan to Japan and more. Please enjoy the videos: Koji Mizoguchi Tadashi Kato Paul Tapsell Sayed Gul Kalash Aulii Mitchell Dorothy Lippert
At the eighth World Archaeological Congress Conference in Kyoto a plenary was run to examine WAC thirty years after its creation. The talks by the distinguished speakers from other archaeological organisations and societies were recorded are now available for viewing: Koji Mizoguchi Mónica Berón Jean Bourgeois Diane Gifford Gonzalez Catherine Frieman Glenn Summerhayes Ndukuyakhe […]
