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University of Bristol Graduates win prizes at The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival
Graduates (2010) from the innovative MA in Archaeology for Screen Media are enjoying recent festival success. Two films made by students during their course scooped up prizes at The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival, held May 8-12, 2012 in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
Robert Blake and the Civil War Sieges of Taunton (Rhodri 'Pods' Davies & Ros Evans, music by MA Composition for Film and TV student Robin Schlochtermeier) won Best Narration, Best Use of Music and was Nominated for Best Script. An Introduction to Contemporary Archaeology (Rhodri 'Pods' Davies, Ros Evans and Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan) was Nominated for Best Film and received a Jury Special Mention for An Innovative Representation of Archaeology.
4th Modern Conflict Archaeology Conference for Postgraduated Students: Saturday 20th October 2012
We are pleased to announce that on Saturday 20th October 2012 we will be holding the 4th Modern Conflict Archaeology Conference at the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol. The conference will be a forum for critical discussion and provide postgraduate students with an opportunity to both present research and meet people working in the same or a closely related field.
For details of the Call For Papers and further information including abstracts of accepted papers from previous years, please see our website:
Please send any proposals or requests for further information to: team@mcaconf.com
Contacts: Susie Callow, Emily Glass, Esther Breithoff and Matthew Leonard
ESRC funded PhD opportunity in Anthropology at the University of Bristol
Topic: The socio-ecology of human-primate contact, and disease exchange in Western Uganda
Start date: 1st October 2012
An opportunity has arisen for an anthropology/ or social science student to study for a Ph.D. at the University of Bristol, as part of an ESRC/NIH funded UK/US/Ugandan collaborative research project entitled “Biological and Human Dimensions of Primate Retroviral Transmission.”
EUROTAST - 13 PhD fellowships for 2012
Funded by the Marie Curie Actions, 13 PhD fellowships are available in this multidisciplinary study on the history and legacy of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The PhD positions are based at 10 institutions, in 7 European countries, and cover a wide range of disciplines including archaeology, genetics, bioinformatics, history and social anthropology. Each PhD position is fully funded for 3 years and must commence on 1 May 2012. Deadline for applications is 31 January 2012. For full details on the network, fellowships, host institutions, eligibility requirements, and the application procedure please visit our website at www.eurotast.eu.
Please note that applications are welcomed from any qualified applicants, regardless of gender, ethnicity or country of origin, but will only be considered if eligibility requirements are met and the application guidelines are strictly adhered to. For further information please contact the project administrator, Ms Maria Lotz, at enquiries@eurotast.eu.
Two fellowships will be held at Bristol:
- Osteoarchaeological perspectives on slave health and nutrition
- Isotopic perspectives on slave origins and forced migration
UK Archaeological Sciences Conference 2011 prize
PhD student Chris Standish, jointly supervised by the Departments of Archaeology and Anthropology and Earth Sciences, was awarded the prize for the best student presentation at the recent Archaeological Sciences 2011 conference held at Reading University. Chris is studying the origins of Early Bronze Age gold artefacts in Ireland. Using lead isotopes measured using laser ablation techniques, Chris has shown a unique gold source within Ireland for many of the artefacts, and another group of artefacts made with gold imported from elsewhere. Understanding how access to gold may have been controlled in the past will help us understand the role of high status materials such as gold in the rise of hierarchical societies.
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General information
- MA in 20th Century Conflict Archaeology (leaflet) (pdf, 2.32mb)
Research and related events
Events
Ongoing events
- Bristol University Archaeology and Anthropology Research Seminar Series (BAARS)
Forthcoming BAARS Talks (word, 27kb)
Past BAARS Talks (Autumn Term) (word, 68.5kb) Look out for the posters where abstracts and details will be available.
All talks take place on Wednesday afternoons in term-time in the MA Rooms at 43 Woodland Road from 4pm. Drinks and nibbles provided!
Next BAARS Seminar: Wednesday, 2 May 2012 by Dr. Rhiannon Stevens
Title: 'Using isotopes to investigate the role climate variability plays in behavioural, social and cultural development.' (pdf, 560kb)
- Archaeology & Anthropology Society Lectures Thursday evenings in term-time, 5.30-6.30pm, with drinks afterwards. Lecture Room 2. Entrance to lectures for non-society members is £2.00. For further information on the Society >>
- Bristol Archaeological Science Research Group Seminars (BASRG) (Friday lunchtimes in term-time, 1pm-2pm, Lecture Room 2 - bring your lunch!)
Societies and other meetings
- Egypt Society of Bristol Lecture Programme
- Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
- Bristol and Avon Archaeological Society
External events
- Anthropology Day at the British Museum
- Archaeology Events in Oxford - calendar for events at School of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Past events
- Professor Mark Horton - Inaugural lecture on Tuesday, 7 December 2010
- TAG 2010. The 32nd Annual Conference of the Theoretical Archaeology Group will be held on Friday 17 - Sunday 19 December 2010 at the University of Bristol.
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6th Biennial University of Bristol Rock Art Conference and British Rock-art Group Symposium (BRAG). To be held on Saturday, 5 May 2012 10am to 5pm in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, 43 Woodland Road.
BRAG Poster (pdf, 491kb)
Programme (word, 16.6kb)
- Rock-Art Symposium on Saturday, 24 April 2010 at University of Bristol, 43 Woodland Road.
- Conflict Archaeology in the Modern Era. Postgraduate Students Conference. Saturday 24 October 2009.
- Collecting War: Trench Art and Souvenirs Manufacture and Representation
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