https://calenda.org Lodel 1.0 https://calenda.org/1390180 https://calenda.org/1390180 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Consacrée à l’art méconnu des peintres d’offrandes dans la Grèce antique, la rencontre programmée à l’Ecole française d’Athènes le 6 mai permettra de présenter, durant la session du matin, les recherches menées sous l’égide du Louvre et du C2RMF sur la polychromie des statuettes de terre cuite. La seconde session sera consacrée à une ouverture vers l’Egypte ptolémaïque et romaine, en examinant la question de la transmission et des adaptations de la technè grecque au contexte multiculturel de l’Egypte gréco-romaine. Study days Athens https://calenda.org/1341227 https://calenda.org/1341227 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100 The workshop invites researchers to present new material evidence—stemming from surveys, excavations, or collections—that refines our knowledge of the production, distribution, and use of African tableware between the 1st and 7th century AD. Call for papers Ghent https://calenda.org/1338712 https://calenda.org/1338712 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100 The visualization of archaeological results can clarify, while at the same time also obscure ; walking the line of simplification for public consumption, disagreements or misunderstandings among experts and color codes/omissions can blur the lines of where exactly uncertainty lies. Yet these constraints stimulate invention, participation, and new data. Sharing research findings with a general audience may result in oversimplification, while visualizing 3D models or other visual aids can lead to misunderstandings among experts. The limitations of visualization, such as colour coding, the omission of details, and inadequate information can lead to overanalysis, obscure uncertainty or skew tentative conclusions. Call for papers Athens (78730) https://calenda.org/1334885 https://calenda.org/1334885 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100 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. Conference, symposium Paris (75002) https://calenda.org/1333546 https://calenda.org/1333546 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100 The Summer School will focus on the interplay between media developments and performative culture, spanning from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Through lectures, artist talks, re-enactments and interactive hands-on experimentation, the summer school programme aims to foster students’ ability to think through media by questioning their materiality, sensory properties, and its role as a historical source. Summer School Antwerp (2000) https://calenda.org/1330143 https://calenda.org/1330143 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100 The two-day conference, organised by the IRAAR group, will take place at the University of Edinburgh (UK). This conference explores the multifaceted relationships between humans and stone through an archaeological lens on quarrying, rock-cut architecture/site, and rock art. By addressing challenges of extraction, technological adaptation, and symbolic and practical engagements with rock, as well as heritage and recent research, the event fosters interdisciplinary dialogue on the transformation of rocky landscapes across time and space. Call for papers Edinburgh (EH8 9AG) https://calenda.org/1322663 https://calenda.org/1322663 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100 The call for papers is now open for the new edition of the Intersections series, dedicated to the cross-disciplinary nature of urban history and the dialogue between disciplines, methods and perspectives of study. The 2026 seminar will focus on the city as seen by archaeologists: not only the ancient or medieval city, but all forms and temporalities of the urban dimension — from abandonment to processes of transformation, from continuities to industrial and contemporary landscapes. Call for papers Bologna https://calenda.org/1321337 https://calenda.org/1321337 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100 This event synthesizes the findings from 22 transnational research projects to explore the societal impact of cultural heritage research through five interconnected thematic axes. The first axis examines methodological innovations in digital heritage, analyzing the transformative potential of technologies such as AI, virtual modeling, and advanced data analytics in research and protection. The second investigates participatory and co-creative frameworks for community engagement, assessing their role in sustaining heritage, reinforcing identity, and fostering social cohesion for sustainable development. Conference, symposium Versailles (78) https://calenda.org/1309064 https://calenda.org/1309064 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200 In recent years, there has been a resurgence of Islamic studies in Portuguese lands. Archaeological campaigns and documentation-based research have brought to light valueable information about the Andalusian occupation in this area and the Muslim permanence under Christian rule, both as slaves and as mouros forros. The aim of this monographic issue is to serve as a compilation and new impetus for this research into the Muslim presence in Portuguese lands, both under the sphere of Andalusian influence (Garb al-Andalus) and under Christian rule (Portugal). Call for papers https://calenda.org/1308335 https://calenda.org/1308335 Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200 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. Conference, symposium Salatiga https://calenda.org/1261389 https://calenda.org/1261389 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0200 The Spatial Turn of the 1980’s shifted the attention of scholars in Humanities, Social, and Cultural Studies towards questions of human interaction with landscape and the physical environment. At the same time, the term space was defined as more than just physical places, rather, social spaces and the production of such in the context of human interaction became the leading research focus. This conference seeks to develop the research on spatial perception in ancient societies by gathering scholars of any discipline in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Sciences to discuss spatial concepts from their own disciplinary perspective. Call for papers Innsbruck https://calenda.org/1263937 https://calenda.org/1263937 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Rome’s conquest of Italy wrecked the existing political environment. This struggle involved Greeks, peoples of Central Italy, Gauls, Etruscans, and shaped the Mediterranean world, giving the historical base on which our own was built. Yet, it remains not fully understood. Through a multidisciplinary analysis integrating archaeological and historical sources, this conference aims to investigate the transformation of power dynamics—military, economic, and social—and their impact on both urban centres and peripheral territories. Call for papers Louvain-la-Neuve (1348) https://calenda.org/1259554 https://calenda.org/1259554 Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Doctoral and postdoctoral workshop Bridging History, Archaeology, and Natural Sciences: New Perspectives on Identity, Mobility, and Social Organization in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, taking place on 13–14 November 2025 at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), aims to critically examine the methodological and epistemological challenges and possibilities of interdisciplinary research in Late Antiquity and early medieval studies — particularly the integration of written, material, genetic, and isotopic data. Call for papers Ljubljana (1000) https://calenda.org/1263006 https://calenda.org/1263006 Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Following the first Τ Ε Κ Μ Η Ρ Ι Α Meeting, held in October 2023, and the publication of the Proceedings in December 2024 (https://shorturl.at/FQXE6), the initiative comes to its second edition, offering once again a space for exchange, confrontation and discussion in the wake of interdisciplinarity. Subject of this second Study and Research Meeting will be Greeks and Local Historiography. Call for papers Salerno https://calenda.org/1247350 https://calenda.org/1247350 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200 The Maison de la Création et de l'Innovation (MaCI) UGA’s International Center for the Humanities, is launching its annual Research Fellowship Programme funded by the France 2030 ANR project GATES (Grenoble ATtractiveness and ExcellenceS). We offer 6 research fellowships (early career, advanced, distinguished) in the arts, humanities and social sciences between January 2026 and January 2027. Scholarship, prize and job offer Saint-Martin-d'Hères (38) https://calenda.org/1215759 https://calenda.org/1215759 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0100 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. Call for papers Yogyakarta https://calenda.org/1214193 https://calenda.org/1214193 Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0100 This doctoral workshop aims to explore how interpersonal and emotional relationships are represented through an interdisciplinary approach, bridging Archaeology, History, and Art History. Call for papers Verona https://calenda.org/1211985 https://calenda.org/1211985 Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0100 This conference honours long-gone pioneers and those whose work ended in the early 2000s. We will explore their contributions to the exchange of knowledge across the Mediterranean. We invite archaeologists, historians, anthropologists, media and communication scholars, heritage curators, and witnesses to discuss these pioneering figures, focusing on their excavation methods, conservation techniques, and efforts to share knowledge about their archaeological finds. Call for papers Perpignan (66) https://calenda.org/1183635 https://calenda.org/1183635 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200 “Old Excavations and Finds, New Data and Interpretations: The Use of Archives in Current Archaeological Research Projects” is a session of the 30th European Association of Archaeologists Conference to be held the 31 August 2024, at the Sapienza University. This session aims to address both these conceptual and pragmatic dimensions of the archives-based history of archaeology. Conference, symposium Rome https://calenda.org/1171757 https://calenda.org/1171757 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200 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. Call for papers Lyon (69007) https://calenda.org/1167284 https://calenda.org/1167284 Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200 Bringing together specialists of the Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Greek worlds, this international congress will discuss the appearance during the Iron Age I-II of new figures of power and of power management, opposing or presenting political alternatives to the ideologies and socio-economic functioning of the dominant power systems, thus leading, at times, to significant political changes. The debate may highlight the transformative capacity of ancient political systems, going beyond the usual opposition between the extreme conservatism recognized in Near Eastern despotisms, centralized but also often imperialist, and, on the other hand, the evolutionary tendency attributed to the political systems of the Greek world. Conference, symposium Paris (75002) https://calenda.org/1155575 https://calenda.org/1155575 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200 Black Sea archaeology has always captivated the interest of scholars, because of its unique topography and diachronically multi-ethnic historical landscape.The previous decade was a particularly challenging period for archaeological research worldwide due to the new realities imposed by the pandemic, the extraordinary political and socio-economic factors, and the long-lasting crisis in the Humanities and Arts. In spite of all this, excavations, systematic surveys, remote sensing and geophysical prospections, were undertaken in numerous coastal and inland sites along the Euxine, while equally productive were research projects on specific monuments or aspects of the material culture. Aiming to bring forth the latest advances accomplished in the field, the Department of Black Sea Studies at the Democritus University of Thrace in collaboration with the Musée du Louvre, are organizing an International Conference on The Archaeological Work in the Greek Settlements of the BlackSea and their Environs during the Last Decade. Conference, symposium Alexandroupoli https://calenda.org/1139604 https://calenda.org/1139604 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0100 Architecture, in response to universal needs, has developed in various forms, in diverse environments, and consequently offers a multiplicity of solutions. This diversity of construction types is of interest to numerous disciplines that do not often have the opportunity to exchange ideas. The aim of this interdisciplinary event is to bring together archaeologists, historians, architects, artisans, conservators, restorers, and ethnologists to share their work and research on architectural practices and structures that are relevant to approach current and future environmental, social, and economic challenges. This event will also discuss how the architecture of tomorrow is also invented with an eye to the past, whether it be sophisticated or vernacular, regardless of materials, period, or geographical and cultural area. A list of themes are suggested and detailed in the full call for proposal. Call for papers Paris (75002) https://calenda.org/1126959 https://calenda.org/1126959 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0100 On the occasion of the 30th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, to be held from August 28 to 31 in Rome (Italy), a call for papers has been launched for a colloquium on the archaeo-violin making, or how to understand instruments from an archaeological point of view, from the Celts to the Middle Ages. If it is accepted that violin making is defined as the craftsmanship of stringed and necked instruments still used today, we can call “archaeo-violin making” the craftsmanship of musical instruments of the past, the physical traces of which are too fragmentary to be able to work by reproduction, as is the case for instruments kept in collections. Call for papers Rome (00185) https://calenda.org/1108454 https://calenda.org/1108454 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0100 The past human activity of digging rock outcrops produced different features, among which quarries and rock cut sites. Quarries and rock-cut features often coexist within the same rock formation, or overlap with one another, creating a complex landscape in which the interaction between human communities and the bedrock is enhanced. The conference aims at exploring the landscapes and environments of human-rock encounters. Call for papers Istanbul https://calenda.org/1108086 https://calenda.org/1108086 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0100 The conference raises problem inherent in-built heritage, which is its deterioration over time. Throughout its existence, built cultural heritage is exposed to numerous external threats (destruction, alteration, vandalism, etc.) and internal threats (wear and tear, deterioration, unhealthy conditions, etc.). This invaluable, non-renewable resource needs to be carefully documented and archived. What is the relevance and role of digitisation technologies in these practices? What technological tools do people have at their disposal to access built cultural heritage? What techniques are already being used for this purpose? Call for papers Sétif (19000) https://calenda.org/1097014 https://calenda.org/1097014 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0200 Since the 1960s, different scientific fields have brought the collective construction of science to the center of their debates. In this context, the importance of different narratives, actors, and worldviews for scientific construction gains special attention. Public history, community archeology, and collaborative museology are some of the fields born out of this movement, and its scientific practices have intertwined in projects focused on political demands and social transformations. Aligned with the field of history, this dossier intends to question the intrinsic links between the constitution of hegemonic historical narratives, the construction of homeland histories in the emergence and consolidation of National States, and the emergence of museological institutions as places of construction and consolidation of the Authorized Discourses of Heritage. Call for papers https://calenda.org/1091375 https://calenda.org/1091375 Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0200 The first international congress “Troglodytic architecture: Safeguarding, valorization and sustainable development”, organized in Gafsa on December 24 and 25, 2022, dealt with several issues relating to the themes of safeguarding and enhancement of troglodyte heritage, its inscription on the Unesco World Heritage List, as well as the means and prospects of its contribution to sustainable economic and social development. In this second congress, the focus on the concepts of Design, Materials, Energy and Environment aims not only to deepen and continue the themes addressed in the first congress, but also to enrich the knowledge around the different axes that closely affect heritage in its most diversified sense. Call for papers Tozeur https://calenda.org/1072874 https://calenda.org/1072874 Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 +0200 The conference will examine the central role of water in the life of cenobitic centres, through general overviews across vast areas of the Continent and individual case studies, in a discourse on the longue durée, which, from the most ancient Early Medieval experiences to the development of the monastic Orders, testifies to the many and complex facets of the relationship between monasteries and water still present in the European landscape. Conference, symposium Crescentino (13044) https://calenda.org/1051546 https://calenda.org/1051546 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100 Since several decades, historians and sociologists of science scrutinize the history of science as a practice. References demonstrate, first, the relevance of investigating who are the writers of disciplinary histories and what are the uses of these histories and, second, archaeologists’ concern to this regard. This session organised by the “History of Archaeology” commission is intended to strengthen these studies from the case of archaeology. Call for papers Timişoara