University of Leicester Centre for Historical Archaeology
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The Centre aims to encourage and co-ordinate interdisciplinary research in the field of historical archaeology by building links with other departments.
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The Centre for Historical Archaeology's lunchtime seminar series continues at a special time on Monday, 9th May at 11:30am! Alistair Paterson from the University of Western Australia will be speaking on a topic that spans nearly 50,000 years: "Mobile maritime peoples: Emerging archaeologies of human uses of Western Australia's maritime Northwest Shelf/Archipelago (c.44kya-19th C.AD)" The room is SR403 (Rutland) in the Charles Wilson building All are welcome! Bring your lunch, cake (as usual) will be provided. Each fortnightly seminar will include a presentation or position paper of about 20 minutes in length, followed by time for questions and discussion, providing an ideal outlet for people to present and polish their latest ideas. We are always looking for new speakers, so if you are interested in presenting your research in the future, please contact either Eric Tourigny (edt6) or Clare Canning (cc418) - we would particularly love to hear from postgrad students.
Cultures of the Caribbean past and present in podcast — University of Leicester
Have a listen to the Centre's own Dr. Alice Samson talk about 'The History of the Caribbean in 100 Objects' in a recent podcast: http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2016-archive/april/cultures-of-the-caribbean-past-and-present-in-podcast
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Join us today at 12pm for our seminar with Sergio Escribano Ruiz! We're in room SR 411 ‘Quorn room’, on the fourth floor of Charles Wilson
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The Centre for Historical Archaeology's lunchtime seminar series continues on Monday, 4th April at 12:00pm! Sergio Escribano Ruiz will be speaking on: "Basque Fisheries in the North Atlantic, new insights on an Early Modern enterprise" The room is TBC All are welcome! Bring your lunch, cake (as usual) will be provided. Each fortnightly seminar will include a presentation or position paper of about 20 minutes in length, followed by time for questions and discussion, providing an ideal outlet for people to present and polish their latest ideas. We are always looking for new speakers, so if you are interested in presenting your research in the future, please contact either Eric Tourigny (edt6) or Clare Canning (cc418) - we would particularly love to hear from postgrad students.
University of Leicester Centre for Historical Archaeology
Join us today for the CHA seminar at 12pm! Lindsay Lloyd-Smith will be speaking about historical archaeology on Borneo, in room SR 212 on the second floor of the Attenborough Seminar Block.
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The Centre for Historical Archaeology's lunchtime seminar series continues on Monday, 14th March at 12:00pm! Lindsay Lloyd-Smith will be speaking on: "Historical Archaeology on Borneo: overview and potential" This will be happening in room SR 212 on the Second Floor of the Attenborough Seminar Block. All are welcome! Bring your lunch, cake (as usual) will be provided. Each fortnightly seminar will include a presentation or position paper of about 20 minutes in length, followed by time for questions and discussion, providing an ideal outlet for people to present and polish their latest ideas. We are always looking for new speakers, so if you are interested in presenting your research in the future, please contact either Eric Tourigny (edt6) or Clare Canning (cc418) - we would particularly love to hear from postgrad students.
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Join us today for the lunchtime seminar with the Carceral Archipelago Project - Barra O'Donnabhain will be speaking at 12pm in the Attenborough Seminar Block, room LR002
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Please join us next Wednesday (March 2nd) for a School Seminar by our latest Teaching Fellow in Historical Archaeology, Dr. Sarah Newstead. Tea and cake will be served at 4:30pm in the School foyer, followed by the talk at 5pm.
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The Centre for Historical Archaeology's lunchtime seminar series continues on Monday, 29th February at 12:00pm! Barra O'Donnabhain will be speaking on: "Our Experiment at Spike Island": archaeology of a Victorian prison. This will be happening in room LR 002 on the Ground Floor of the Attenborough Seminar Block. All are welcome! Bring your lunch, cake (as usual) will be provided. Each fortnightly seminar will include a presentation or position paper of about 20 minutes in length, followed by time for questions and discussion, providing an ideal outlet for people to present and polish their latest ideas. We are always looking for new speakers, so if you are interested in presenting your research in the future, please contact either Eric Tourigny (edt6) or Clare Canning (cc418) - we would particularly love to hear from postgrad students.
University of Leicester Centre for Historical Archaeology
Remember to schedule the CHA seminar into your day on Monday! Our new lecturer Alice Samson will be discussing her work on 'the archaeology of early religious encounter in the New World' at 12pm.
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The Centre for Historical Archaeology's lunchtime seminar series is back next Monday, 15th February at 12:00pm! Alice Samson will be speaking on: "The archaeology of early religious encounter in the New World" This will be happening in room 802 on the eighth floor of the Attenborough building. All are welcome! Bring your lunch, cake (as usual) will be provided. Each fortnightly seminar will include a presentation or position paper of about 20 minutes in length, followed by time for questions and discussion, providing an ideal outlet for people to present and polish their latest ideas. We are always looking for new speakers, so if you are interested in presenting your research in the future, please contact either Eric Tourigny (edt6) or Clare Canning (cc418) - we would particularly love to hear from postgrad students.
UoLeicester SAAH Research Seminar Series
This week the SAAH Wednesday Research Seminars team have invited Dr Hilary Orange to deliver a fascinating talk on landscape and memory - come along tomorrow at 4.30pm!
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