BANEA 2016

On 30 June 2015 proposals (~200 words, 350 words maximum) for panel and workshop sessions are due for the British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology Conference: Land, Sea and Sky in the Near East (BANEA 2016), to be held on 6-8 January 2016 at Lampeter (University of Wales Trinity Saint David). On 31 October 2015 abstracts (500 words maximum) for papers and posters are due. Further information is available at http://banea2016.org/.

POCA 2015

On 31 July 2015 abstracts are due for the 15th annual Postgraduates in Cypriot Archaeology: An Unexpected Journey. Cypriot Ancient Communities in Continuity and Transition. (POCA 2015) conference, to be held on 25-27 November 2015, hosted in Torino, Italy. Abstracts (250 words maximum) should be submitted together with a registration form (available at http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/call-for-papers/15th-poca-cfp/) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

SAA 2016

On 10 September 2015 abstracts (200 words maximum) for sessions and individual presentations are due for the 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA 2016), to be held on 6-10 April 2016 in Orlando, Florida. Further information is available at http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/AnnualMeeting/tabid/138/Default.aspx.

Religious Convergence in the Ancient Mediterranean

On 15 September 2015 abstracts (250 words maximum) are due for a conference entitled Religious Convergence in the Ancient Mediterranean, to be held on 23-26 June 2016 at the Villa Whitaker, Palermo, Sicily. Further information is available at http://www.palermo2016.net/Call_for_Papers.html. Convergence may be explored along any of five broad trajectories:

Geographic

Social structures

Assymetricality

Imaginary boundaries

Socioeconomic

WAC-8 Kyoto

At the end of September 2015 proposals for sessions are due for themes for the Eighth World Archaeological Congress (WAC-8 Kyoto), to be held on 28 August - 1 September 2016 at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. At the end of February 2016 proposals for papers are due. Further information is available at http://wac8.org/. The themes of the conference will include:

Public and Community Archaeology

Art

Heritage

Ethics and Politics

Education

Post-colonial Experiences and Archaeological Practice

Religion and Spirituality

War and Conflict

Science and Technology

Understanding and Explaining the Past

Regional Archaeologies in the Globalised World

Disaster Archaeology

Theory for the Future