ASA09: Anthropological and archaeological imaginations: past, present and future
6th-9th April 2009, University of Bristol, UK
CALL FOR PANELS IS NOW CLOSED. THE CALL FOR PAPERS WILL OPEN SHORTLY.
The conference aims to stimulate a major reconsideration of the complex links which obtain between social anthropology and archaeology. Though social anthropology has had an uneasy relationship with archaeology we believe that the transformations that both disciplines have experienced in recent decades mean that it is time to overcome this reticence, indeed that there are many reasons; intellectual, epistemological, methodological and practical, to do so. All panel submissions are welcome, whether from the theoretical or ethnographic point of view. Considerations which take into account the experience of four-field anthropology from an international perspective are also very welcome.
The Call for Panels is now closed. The conference committee will announce the accepted panels shortly via the website.
The Call for Papers will open 8th December 2008 and will close 30th January 2009.
Amongst the special events are:
- key-note address by Prof. Michael Herzfeld
- invited speakers in the first plenary include Prof. Chris Hann, Prof. Tim Ingold, and Prof. Rosemary Joyce
- Prof. Ian Hodder will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University, preceded by a special lecture
- the ASA Raymond Firth Lecture by Prof. Guha-Thakurta, Calcutta
- the RAI Presidential Address by Prof. Roy Ellen
Email all conference communication to conference(at)theasa.org
Conference convenor: Dr David Shankland, University of Bristol, d.shankland(AT)bristol.ac.uk
With support from:
