Discovering Historic Fingal

Launch of the publication "Discovering Historic Fingal: A Guide to the Study of Monuments, Historic Buildings and Landscapes" in County Hall, Swords, Co. Dublin at 6.15 pm on Wednesday 10th December 2008.

Workshop on Greek Palaeography

Reading Greek Manuscripts

Archaeology of Irish Industry: Recent Excavations

A one-day conference entitled “The Archaeology of Irish Industry: Recent Excavations” will take place in Louth County Museum, Dundalk on Saturday 15 November 2008.

Digital Archaeology Preservation Workshop

The Discovery Programme in conjunction with the INSTAR funded SHARE - IT project is hosting a half day workshop on Wednesday 29th October at 2:00pm focused on the access and preservation of digital archaeological data.

Uncovering Trim town

Meath County Council and CRDS Ltd. with the support of the Heritage
Council are jointly hosting a conference entitled Uncovering Trim Town
discussing a series of exciting recent excavations in the town on
varying scales by consultant archaeologists and specialist contributors
on November 8th at the Knightsbrook hotel, Trim, County Meath. A guided
tour of Trim led by Michael Potterton will take place on November 9th.
Please find enclosed a brochure detailing the event. Bookings can be
made by emailing heritage@meathcoco.ie or by calling 046- 9097406.
Admission is free.

Drogheda Excavations Conference

Folklife Conference Sept 2008

Killarney 18-21 Sept. 

The Historic Farm Buildings Group 2008 September Conference

HFBG 2008 September Conference will be held during the weekend September 5-7 in Derbyshire. 

IAI Autumn Conference 2008

New Horizons: Advances in technical methods in Irish archaeology

Date: 17 - 19 October 2008 Location: Clarion Hotel Sligo

Agenda

TAG 2008

The 30th Theoretical Archaeology Group annual meeting will be held at the Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton between Monday December 15th and Wednesday December 17th 2008.

The Ritual Year And Gender Conference 2008

Cork, Ireland, 22nd – 26th June 2008

Gearóid Ó Crualaoich

(Professor Emeritus of Folklore and Ethnology, University College Cork, Ireland) 

Henry Glassie

(Professor of Folklore, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA ).

The intention of this conference is to examine aspects of the ritual year that relate to gender in either a social or symbolic sense.

There will be a special session on ‘The Celtic Year’ and on ‘May Day (Bealtaine)’

Venue: The Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig, Cork .

Cod and Herring: The Archaeology and Early History of Intensive Fishing

4th - 8th June 2008, Westray, Orkney, Scotland

New Roads - New Discoveries -Cork Exhibition June 2008

Archaeological Excavations on National Road Schemes in County Cork 2001-2007

Cork Public Museum Tues 10th June 6.00 pm

opening by Minister Batt O'Keefe T.D.

Cork Public Museum, NRA, National Museum

National Archaeology Seminar 2008

The Archaeology Section of the National Roads Authority is pleased to announce its annual one-day National Archaeology Seminar which coincides with Heritage Week and details archaeological discoveries on national road schemes throughout Ireland. The theme this year is "Dining & Dwelling". Seminar will be held on 28th August 2008 at The Gresham Hotel, Dublin. Admission is free. Booking essential.

To register contact please:
Lillian Butler
Tel: 01 6658859
Email: lbutler@nra.ie

Early Medieval Farming - corn or cattle?

Conference - Fri 20th June to Sunday 22nd June

Jurys Hotel Western Road

Archaeological Illustrators Conference Cork

Conference 5-7th September 2008.

3D Archaeology Conference

International Summer School 3D Archaeology

9-14th May Ascona, Switzerland

The Ritual Year And Gender Conference 2008

The Societé Internationale d´Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF) Ritual Year Working Group announces a call for papers for ‘The Ritual Year and Gender Conference’ to be held in Cork, Ireland, 22nd – 26th June 2008. This will be the fourth international conference in the series on the theme of the ritual year and organized by the Folklore and Ethnology Department, University College Cork.

The Adoption of Agriculture in Ireland:what are the research priorities?

UCD School of Archaeology presents a public forum for discussion and debate to be held at the John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies, Belfield, University College Dublin 11 am Saturday May 17th 2008

EAA 2008 AGM, Malta

14TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION  MALTA: 16-21 September, 2008 Schedule

Adoption of Agriculture Workshop UCD

Seminar in UCD, Saturday May 17th 2008. Lunch and dinner afterwards.

TAG 2007 York

There are some good looking sessions in this years TAG meeting in York.

AEA Spring Conference 2008 - Cardiff

The theme for the conference is the little things in life that fill the majority of peoples’ lives and how these intersect with larger events.

World Archaeological Congress. WAC - 6. Dublin

29th June - 4th July 2008. Website here.

37th International Symposium on Archaeometry - Siena

May 12th- 16th 2008. Website here.

Fingal Heritage Network Conference Oct 2007

Nice looking conference in Balbriggan 6th Oct 2007.

IAI October Conference 07

IAI Autumn Conference 2007

Rethinking Irish Archaeology:

Old Ground, New Ideas

Date: 19-21 October 2007

Venue: Courtyard by Marriott Galway

Location: Galway

Living Landscapes: Exploring Neolithic Ireland in it wider context

Venue: Geography, Room G29, Queen’s University Belfast

Date: Thursday 31st May - Friday 1st June 2007

“ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRELAND: NEW PERSPECTIVES AND RECENT RESEARCH”

ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY

SPRING 2007 ONE-DAY MEETING

Saturday, 17th February 2007 Boole 1 lecture theatre, University College Cork, Republic of Ireland

“ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRELAND: NEW PERSPECTIVES AND RECENT RESEARCH”

The deadline for REGISTRATION has been extended to Friday 9th February 2007. The deadline for POSTERS has been extended to Friday 2nd February 2007.

For further information on the meeting and registration information, please visit the meeting website:

http://envarch.ucc.ie

Burnt mound experiment