Research Seminars 2025-26
Autumn 2025, Wednesdays 1.00-3.00pm
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Date |
Speaker |
Institution |
Title |
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8th Oct |
Prof Valeria Llobet |
School of Humanities, Universidad de San Martín, Argentina |
Decolonizing childhood studies. A debate from Argentina. |
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15th Oct |
Prof Alex Bayliss |
Dept of Anth & Arch, Uni of Bristol |
The Dating Game |
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22nd Oct |
Dr Abdul-Azim Ahmed |
School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Uni of Cardiff |
Muslim Wales and Anglophone Islam |
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5th Nov |
Prof Danielle Schreve |
School of Geographical Sciences, Uni of Bristol |
From past to future: unlocking the potential of museum collections for nature restoration challenges |
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12th Nov |
Dr Pedro Silva Rocha Lima |
Dept of Anth & Arch, Uni of Bristol |
Navigating gun violence insecurity through social relations with gangs and police in Greater Rio de Janeiro’s favelas |
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19th Nov |
Dr Karen Reubens & Dr Geoff Smith |
Dept of Archaeology, Uni of Reading |
Maximising data from fragmented bone to understand the coexistence of late Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens in central and southeast Europe |
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3rd Dec |
Dr Adam van Casteren |
Dept of Human Origins, MPI-EVA, Germany |
Tree, Ground and Everything in Between: A Biomechanical Story |
Winter - Spring (TB2) 2026, Wednesdays 1.00-3.00pm**
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Date
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Speaker
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Title
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Weds 14th Jan 1pm
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Alice Roberts, Uni of Birmingham
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Domination - This is the story of the fall of an Empire - and the rise of another
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Weds 28th Jan
**12:00-15:30
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Francesca Fulminate, University of Bristol, and others
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Special BAARS Workshop - Beyond binary: navigating the spectrum of gender in the Past to disseminate EDIB in the Present
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Weds 4th Feb 1pm
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Bryony Rogers, University of Bristol
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Did the Bronze Age Cows come home?
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Weds 11th Feb 1pm
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Antonella Mazzone, University of Bristol
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‘Humidity is a sloth’ – Thermal ontologies of the Upper Rio Negro
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Weds 18th Feb 1pm
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Abigail Page, Brunel University
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Beyond the mother: evolutionary perspectives on cooperative childrearing
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Weds 4th Mar 1pm
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Juan Zhang, University of Bristol
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TBC
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Weds 11th Mar 1pm
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Flint Dibble, University of Cardiff
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Engaging with Fake Archaeology: Strategies and Impacts from the Trenches
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Weds 18th Mar 1pm
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Kelly Fagan Robinson, University of Cambridge
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TBC
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Weds 15th April 1pm
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Fiona Jordan, University of Bristol
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Materia Medica Pasifika: continuity and change in Polynesian plants used for medicine
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Weds 22nd April 1pm
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Rob Dinnis, University of Aberdeen
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Wogan Cavern: why it’s so important, and what we’re up to next
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