Events & Conferences

 

This page is dedicated to announcements of conferences, lectures, seminars, and other events that may be of interest to intellectually curious Far Horizons' travelers.

Please check back frequently for updates. We advise you to check with the institutions for any time or date changes or cancellations.

 

Exhibits and Conferences

2012

 

June

Landscape Archaeology Conference

Dates: June 6-9, 2012

Website: http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/10/19/landscape-archaeology-conference-2012-6-9-june-berlin-germany/

Location: Berlin, Germany

International Congress on Archaeology and Rock Art

Dates: June 25-29, 2012

Website: http://www.siarbcongress.org/

Contact: strecker.siarb@gmail.com

Location: La Paz, Bolivia

Travel to Bolivia with Professor John Janusek

http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/Americas/tourtoBolivia/tourtoBolivia.php

 

July

8th International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific
Dates: July 8-12, 2012
Website: http://www.farhorizons.com/easterislandconference/index.php
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Patrick Kirch of the University of California, Berkeley
Contact:  mdlucas@farhorizons.com
Theme: Easter Island and the Pacific
Location: Santa Rosa, California (Wine Country)

Travel to Easter Island with Dr. Sidsel Millerstrom

http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/oceania/Easter_Island/TourEasterIsland.php

 

South Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean: Cultural Interactions

Dates: July 17-21, 2012

Website: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/about/events/cultural-interactions-conference

Contact: Sarah Midford - s.midford@latrobe.edu.au

Location: LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Travel with Romanist, Professor Garrett Fagan through Turkey

http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/europe/turkishtreasures/TurkishTreasures.php

 

September

14th Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists
Dates: September 18-21, 2012

Website: http://www.ucd.ie/archaeology/euraseaa14/

Contact: euraseaa14@ucd.ie
Location: Dublin Castle and Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

Travel to Southeast Asia with Far Horizons

http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/Asia/AngkorWat/AngkorWat.php

 

November

Bird Festival TOH 2012 in Yucatan, Mexico
Dates: November 24-25, 2012

Website: http://www.yucatanbirds.org.mx/ingles/inicio.php

Contact: infotoh@pronatura-ppy.org.mx
Location: Mayaland Hotel, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico

 

2013

Asian Pacific Rock Art Conference

Website: http://rsh.anu.edu.au/rockart/index.php/conferences

Location: Darwin, Australia

 

 

Institutions with ongoing exhibits and conferences

The British Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Princeton University: http://www.princeton.edu/artandarchaeology/events/

World Archaeological Congress: http://www.worldarchaeologicalcongress.org/

American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE): http://www.arce.org/events/overview

School of Advanced Sciences lecture series: http://southwestseminars.org/SouthwestSeminars.org/Lectures.html


Washington DC Pre-Columbian Society Lectures: http://www.pcswdc.org/

Institute for Study of the Americas: http://americas.sas.ac.uk/

The American- Turkish Society in New York offers regular events: http://www.americanturkishsociety.org/upcomingevents.aspx#event197

UCLA Events: http://www.ioa.ucla.edu/news-events/events-calendar

Online courses on archaeology with University of Oxford: http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/online/short/subject.php?course_subject=Archaeology

 

We advise you to check with the institutions for any time or date changes, or cancellations.