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

 

February

Tulane Maya Symposium

Dates:  February 24-26, 2012

Website: http://mari.tulane.edu/TMS

Contact: tms@tulane.edu, (504) 865-5110
Theme:  In the Time of the Maya

Location: Middle American Research Institute, New Orleans, LA

 

 

Travel to the Maya World on several Far Horizons trips:

Yucatan: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/Americas/Yucatan/TheMayaoftheYucatan.php

The Maya: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/Americas/The%20Maya/TheMaya.php

Belize: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/Americas/Belize/ArchaeologyofBelize.php

Capital Cities of the Maya: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/Americas/CapitalCities/CapitalCities.php

 

March

Symposium on Mediterrean Archaeology

Dates: March 1-3, 2012

Website: http://www.soma2012florence.net/Info/HOME.html

Location: Florence, Italy

 

Travel in the Mediterranean on Far Horizons trips:

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

Greece: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/europe/archaeologyofgreece/art-and-archaeology-of-greece.php

Cyprus and Malta: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/europe/cyprusandmalta/cyprusandmalta.php

Sicily: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/europe/sensationalsicily/SensationalSicily.php

 

The 2012 University of Texas Maya Meetings

Dates: March 12 - 15, 2012

Website:   WWW.UTMAYA.ORG

Contact:  (512) 471-6292, pbueche@mail.utexas.edu

Theme:   Beyond the Glyphs: Maya Inscriptions as Literature

Location: Antigua, Guatemala

 

Travel to the Maya World on several Far Horizons trips:

Yucatan: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/Americas/Yucatan/TheMayaoftheYucatan.php

The Maya: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/Americas/The%20Maya/TheMaya.php

Belize: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/Americas/Belize/ArchaeologyofBelize.php

Capital Cities of the Maya: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/Americas/CapitalCities/CapitalCities.php

 

Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) XIII Conference

Dates: March 17 - 30, 2012

Website: http://crexii-durham.appspot.com/ (not updated as yet for 2012)

Contact: organizingcommittee@crexiii.co.uk

Location: University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

 

Travel to Egypt with Professor Bob Brier:

http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/EgyptAfrica/MajestyofEgypt/Travel-with-Bob-Brier-on-MajestyofEgypt.php

 

22nd Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference

Dates: March 29-April 1, 2012

Website: http://www.trac2012.com/

Contact: contact@trac2012.com

Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

 

Travel with Romanist, Professor Garrett Fagan through Turkey

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

 

Travel with Bob Brier to England to visit Roman sites and Egyption collections

http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/europe/archaeologyofengland/EgyptandRomeinEngland.php

 

April

5th Annual Conference on Mediterranean Studies

Dates: April 4-7, 2012

Website: http://www.atiner.gr/mediterranean.htm

Location: Athens, Greece

 

Travel in the Mediterranean on Far Horizons trips:

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

Greece: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/europe/archaeologyofgreece/art-and-archaeology-of-greece.php

Cyprus and Malta: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/europe/cyprusandmalta/cyprusandmalta.php

Sicily: http://www.farhorizons.com/trips/europe/sensationalsicily/SensationalSicily.php

 

May

 

The 30th Annual Maya Weekend at the Penn Museum

Dates: May 4 - 6, 2012

Website: www.penn.museum/mayaweekend

Theme: Lords of Time

Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, PA

 

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

 

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

 

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.