Research Seminars 2025-26

Autumn  2025, Wednesdays 1.00-3.00pm

Date

Speaker

Institution

Title

8th Oct

Prof Valeria Llobet 

School of Humanities, Universidad de San Martín, Argentina

Decolonizing childhood studies. A debate from Argentina.

15th Oct

Prof Alex Bayliss

Dept of Anth & Arch, Uni of Bristol  

The Dating Game

22nd Oct

Dr Abdul-Azim Ahmed

School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Uni of Cardiff

Muslim Wales and Anglophone Islam

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

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

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

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**

Date
Speaker
Title
Weds 14th Jan 1pm
Alice Roberts, Uni of Birmingham
Domination - This is the story of the fall of an Empire - and the rise of another
Weds 28th Jan
**12:00-15:30
Francesca Fulminate, University of Bristol, and others
Special BAARS Workshop - Beyond binary: navigating the spectrum of gender in the Past to disseminate EDIB in the Present
Weds 4th Feb 1pm
Bryony Rogers, University of Bristol
Did the Bronze Age Cows come home?
Weds 11th Feb 1pm
Antonella Mazzone, University of Bristol 
‘Humidity is a sloth’ – Thermal ontologies of the Upper Rio Negro
Weds 18th Feb 1pm
Abigail Page, Brunel University 
Beyond the mother: evolutionary perspectives on cooperative childrearing
Weds 4th Mar 1pm
Juan Zhang, University of Bristol 
TBC
Weds 11th Mar 1pm
Flint Dibble, University of Cardiff
Engaging with Fake Archaeology: Strategies and Impacts from the Trenches
Weds 18th Mar 1pm
Kelly Fagan Robinson, University of Cambridge
TBC
Weds 15th April 1pm
Fiona Jordan, University of Bristol 
Materia Medica Pasifika: continuity and change in Polynesian plants used for medicine
Weds 22nd April 1pm 
Rob Dinnis, University of Aberdeen
Wogan Cavern: why it’s so important, and what we’re up to next