Bristol Archaeology and Anthropology Research Seminars (BAARS)
The Bristol Archaeology and Anthropology Research Seminars are held in the Archaeology MA Seminar Room (43 Woodland Road) on Wednesday afternoons, 4:30pm-6:30pm.
The Seminars offer graduate students and staff the opportunity to find out about research within the Department, and to discuss current issues in archaeology and anthropology. Papers are given by invited external lecturers, members of staff and research students. Wine is served. All are welcome to attend.
BAARS Programme Spring 2010
Wednesday 20th January
TARLOW, Sarah (University of Leicester)
' "Like a French summer doublet": post-medieval anxiety about human dissection'
Please note that this seminar will run 5.00pm-6.30pm.
Wednesday 27th January
CHADBURN, Amanda (English Heritage)
'The barrows of Bahrain - archaeology and conservation'
Wednesday 3rd February
GOWLETT, John (University of Liverpool/British Academy "From Lucy to Language" Project co-Director)
'Earliest fire: socio-technical add-on or prime mover in human evolution?'
Wednesday 10th February
HANN, Chris (Director, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle)
'Collective action in an Uyghur village in rural eastern Xinjiang'
Please note: this seminar will take place in LT1, 43 Woodland Road
Wednesday 17th February
CONNELLER, Chantal (University of Manchester)
'Meaningful materials: towards an archaeology of stone'
Wednesday, 24th February
FARMAN, Sarah (Lethbridge College, Alberta)
'From Caballo to Cahuayoh, Chelee to Spanish Colonial - The Iberian Horse in Historical Context and as an Analogy of the Americas'
Wednesday, 3rd March
PELS, Peter (University of Leiden)
'Global heritage and the politics of archaeology and anthropology'
Wednesday, 10th March
KUBICA-HELLER, Gra?yna
'Anna Czaplicka: a pioneer anthropologist at the University of Bristol'
Wednesday 17th March 2010
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