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Paris
Conference, symposium - Prehistory and Antiquity
On the Trail of Prehistoric Individuals
Scientific Challenges, Methods, Perspectives
This event aims to assess the current state of research on the identification of individuals in prehistoric archaeology, exploring methods to identify individuals from archaeological remains, whether lithic materials or other types of artifacts. It will also discuss the advantages, limitations, and future potential of these approaches, while considering what insights they can provide about the social and economic organization of past societies.
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İzmir
Call for papers - Prehistory and Antiquity
Worked shells in the ancient world
Material, use, typology, chronology and contexts
We are glad to inform you that an international e-conference on worked shells in the ancient world will take place on May 20, 2026 on Zoom.us. This forthcoming online meeting will be an archaeomalacological workshop in honour of Jean-Paul Descœudres from the Universities of Geneva and Sydney. Papers are invited to present evidence of human collection and modification of shells from all over the ancient world (especially the Mediterranean) and over a large chronological range (from Prehistory to Antiquity with a focus on the Roman world). We are interested in worked shells rather than those used as food or as environmental indicators.
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Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Conference, symposium - Prehistory and Antiquity
La Préhistoire en sons et images
Le connu, l’inconnu et l’imaginaire
Les sociétés humaines se sont toutes dotées de récits concernant leurs origines. Les objets matériels, par leur caractère visible et tangible, occupent une place particulièrement importante dans ces récits. Au XIXe siècle, le développement de l’archéologie scientifique dans les sociétés occidentales a profondément modifié notre rapport à ces objets du « passé » dont l’ancienneté s’était subitement révélée bien plus profonde. Dans ces récits des origines, ici ou ailleurs, l’imaginaire vient donc combler les vides, et cela plus encore là où les connaissances scientifiques dominent et invitent les sociétés à accepter l’inconfort du doute.
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Conference, symposium - Epistemology and methodology
Past and future of archaeological collections
Field exploration, movements, preservation (19th-21st c.)
This symposium will concentrate on the creation, transmission and movements of prehistoric collections –including natural history specimens, human remains, and artefacts–, from the colonial era to the present day. Particular emphasis will be placed on collections from Southeast Asia, however, case studies drawn from other historical and geographical contexts will also be represented.
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Aubervilliers | Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Bifurcations végétales d'après Graeber et Wengrow
En écho à l’exposition Bifurcations Végétales (Centre d’art contemporain La Traverse), cette journée d’études vise à faire dialoguer artistes et chercheur·euses sur l’influence du livre de David Graeber et David Wengrow, Au commencement était… (The Dawn of Everything). Contre les logiques extractivistes du capitalisme, l'essai invite à reconsidérer l’histoire humaine à travers des récits alternatifs, non linéaires, et de possibles bifurcations. Un dialogue franco-brésilien se nouera autour de cette lecture et des enjeux sociaux et écologiques actuels.
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Conference, symposium - Science studies
Archaeology Gone Astray: Forgeries, Misinterpretation, and Other Field Stories
UISPP Commission on the History of Archaeology conference
This conference, titled “Archaeology Gone Astray: Forgeries, Misinterpretations, and Other Field Stories”, is dedicated to the less glorious —but undeniably fascinating— chapters in the history of archaeology. We’ll delve into everything from notorious forgeries and spectacular blunders to interpretive dead ends and moments of… let’s say, excessive enthusiasm in the field.The event offers a space for reflection, self-reflection, and a bit of humor —because, like any living science, archaeology sometimes takes a wrong turn. Yet, even when it goes astray, it always leads to something interesting.While the main theme centers on the field’s twists, turns, and detours, the program will also feature an open session for participants who wish to present their current research projects.
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Paris
« Livres en dialogue » s’inscrit dans la volonté de la FMSH de créer des ponts entre le monde de la recherche et la société, en facilitant la découverte des travaux et résultats de la recherche en sciences humaines et sociales. Le format de « Livres en dialogue » privilégie les échanges dynamiques et interactifs : pendant 45 minutes, les auteurs dialoguent avec un·e invité·e spécialisé·e sur leur sujet – journaliste ou personnalité publique – qui apporte un regard complémentaire et stimulant sur l’ouvrage.
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Call for papers - Science studies
Archaeology Gone Astray: Forgeries, Misinterpretation, and Other Field Stories
An UISPP 'History of archaeology' commission conference
The conference “Archaeology Gone Astray: Forgeries, Misinterpretations, and Other Field Stories” is dedicated to the less glorious—but undeniably fascinating—chapters in the history of archaeology. We’ll delve into everything from notorious forgeries and spectacular blunders to interpretive dead ends and moments of… let’s say, excessive enthusiasm in the field.The event offers a space for reflection, self-reflection, and a bit of humor—because, like any living science, archaeology sometimes takes a wrong turn. Yet, even when it goes astray, it always leads to something interesting.While the main theme centers on the field’s twists, turns, and detours, the program will also feature an open session for participants who wish to present their current research projects.
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Paris
Call for papers - Prehistory and Antiquity
On the Trail of Prehistoric Individuals: Scientific Challenges, Methods, Perspectives
This conference explores the identification of individuals in Prehistory—a topic that inspired several foundational studies in the late 1970s and 1980s. Nearly 50 years later, where do we stand? From the Palaeolithic to the Metal Ages, how can we attempt to identify individuals through the full range of available archaeological remains and materials? What methods can we employ to achieve this? What are the conditions of their use, their levels of resolution, and more broadly, their advantages and limitations? By applying these methods, what insights can we hope to gain into the social and economic organisation of past societies? Finally, how can we envision the future of this ambitious, yet undeniably complex, field of research?
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Paris
Les garde-manger de l’Antiquité
Conservation et gestion alimentaire dans la vallée du Nil et en Méditerranée
After the first two study days organised by the Research Group on Storage in Ancient Egypt and Sudan and devoted to earthen storage architectures of the Nile Valley, the aim of this new meeting is to explore the ways in which food stocks were managed, by including specialists from the ancient Mediterranean worl
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Yogyakarta
Call for papers - Science studies
The International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP) Commission on the History of Archaeology, in collaboration with the Commission “Southeast Asia: Human Evolution, Dispersals and Adaptations” is organising a symposium “Past and future of archaeological collections. Field exploration, movements, preservation (19th-21st c.)” to be held at the “Asian Prehistory Today Bridging Science, Heritage and Development” conference, from October, 27 to 6 November, 6, 2025.
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Paris
Conference, symposium - History
On the Roads of Arabia: Itineraries by Land and Sea
From the Bronze Age to the Islamic Period
The aim of the symposium is to study the overland and maritime routes of the Arabian Peninsula and the exchanges they made possible, through archaeology, history, philology, religion and life sciences. This topic will be addressed in the longue durée, from the Bronze Age to the Islamic period. The symposium will also examine the networks of exchanges with border regions such as the Indian subcontinent, the Horn of Africa and Egypt, as well as the empires of the Ancient Near East, and the Greek and Roman empires.
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Conference, symposium - Ethnology, anthropology
Dialectiques pyrénéennes : espaces esthétiques, terrains scientifiques
Contrastes et mélanges en hommage à Georges Laplace
Les rencontres Dialectiques pyrénéennes : espaces esthétiques, terrains scientifiques. Contrastes et mélanges en hommage à Georges Laplace se tiendront à Arudy (Pyrénées-atlantiques) du 19 au 21 septembre 2024. Les communications se déclineront en quatre dialectiques, constituant autant de thèmes reflétant les intérêts et l’itinéraire scientifique de l’archéologue Georges Laplace (1918-2004) : les tons et tonalités du chant, les lieux pyrénéens et montagnards, les savoirs scientifiques et dissidents et les transmissions techniques, anciennes ou actuelles.
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Paris
Conference, symposium - Prehistory and Antiquity
European Roundtable on Southeast Asian Archaeology
Current Research and Perspectives
Europe-based researchers have a long tradition of Southeast Asian archaeological scholarship. A great deal has changed since our community last met in 2017 at EurASEAA in Poznan, Poland—both in Europe and in Southeast Asia, in academic and political spheres, and with global cultural shifts. We believe that it is essential that our community continues to meet to promote scientific exchanges and discuss thematic developments and prospects for the discipline and students. The 8th and morning of the 9th will be devoted to presentations of current research projects.
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Lyon
Call for papers - Epistemology and methodology
14th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
The International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East has been organised since 1998 by the scientific community of scholars working on and in the Near East. It is an exceptional forum for dialogue and scientific exchanges between all colleagues involved in the study of the Ancient Near East. After twelve years, the ICAANE comes back to France to the city of lights Lyon. From June 2 to 7 2025, the fourteenth International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East will take place in Lyon. It is organised by the Université Lumière Lyon 2 and the Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée.
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Call for papers - Prehistory and Antiquity
Revue « Anatolia Antiqua » - varia
IFEA’s annual scientific journal dedicated to archaeology, Anatolia Antiqua, covers a wide range of disciplines from fieldwork to various themes related to cultural heritage including archaeometry and materials science. The journal is composed of two parts; the first part being devoted to scientific articles and the second part, namely the “Chronicles of archaeological works in Turkey”, including reports of all archaeological excavations and studies in Turkey, encompassing a chronological span from prehistory up to the modern period.
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Paris
On the Roads of Arabia: Itineraries by Land and Sea
From the Bronze Age to the Islamic Period
The aim of the symposium is to study the overland and maritime routes of the Arabian Peninsula and the exchanges they made possible, through archaeology, history, philology, religion and life sciences. This topic will be addressed in the longue durée, from the Bronze Age to the Islamic period. The symposium will also examine the networks of exchanges with border regions such as the Indian subcontinent, the Horn of Africa and Egypt, as well as the empires of the Ancient Near East, and the Greek and Roman empires.
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Paris
Conference, symposium - Prehistory and Antiquity
Entre déterminisme et choix de société : éclairages pré- et protohistoriques
Table-ronde de la Société préhistorique française
Nos sociétés modernes sont confrontées à de rapides changements climatiques, environnementaux ou technologiques dont les conséquences sociales et culturelles peuvent largement être questionnées. L’archéologie préhistorique est aujourd’hui souvent convoquée, à tort ou à raison, pour mettre en perspective deux composantes de l’histoire des sociétés : le progrès et la résilience. Face aux réutilisations plus ou moins rigoureuses, dans ces débats, des savoirs scientifiques dont ils sont spécialistes, les acteurs et actrices des sciences pré- et protohistoriques doivent faire entendre leur voix. En organisant cette réunion scientifique qu’elle souhaite nourrir de faits archéologiques autant que de généralisations anthropologiques, la Société Préhistorique Française veut contribuer à faire progresser ce débat entre spécialistes de différentes périodes et thématiques de la Préhistoire et de la Protohistoire. Elle entend promouvoir et valoriser les acquis de l’archéologie dans les grands débats de société.
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Tours
Politisations des archéologies : fouilles, conflits et mémoires
En nous montrant le site de Sobibor, où les nazis implantèrent un camp d’extermination avant de tenter d’en effacer les traces, le film « Sheol » d’Arnaud Sauli nous le rappelle : contemporainement ou des décennies plus tard, les restes matériels des activités humaines se retrouvent fréquemment au cœur d’enjeux et conflits juridiques, politiques ou encore moraux. Les savoirs « archéologiques », relatifs à ces restes matériels, jouent dès lors un rôle essentiel dans ces conflits, et qu’il s’agisse des savoirs développés scientifiquement que ceux possédés par tout un chacun. Dans ce séminaire, deux historiens des sciences et une ethnologue emploieront trois cas pour décliner les manières dont les rapports se nouent entre les enjeux du présent et ces restes matériels d’activités passées : qu’il s’agisse d’activités anciennes ou récentes, belliqueuses ou quotidiennes, et relatives aux constructions nationales en des contextes proches ou lointains, étatiques ou infra-étatiques (Suisse, Palestine et Israël, Pays Basque et Espagne).
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Paris
Conference, symposium - Ethnology, anthropology
Pouvoir(s) dans les sociétés sans écriture
Continuités et ruptures
Réunissant des spécialistes d’aires chrono-culturelles variées, ce colloque interrogera les notions de pouvoir et la compréhension des systèmes politiques dans des sociétés principalement sans écriture.
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