3rd Southeast Asian Archaeology Workshop 10th June 2010 - Institute of Archaeology Oxford

Happy New Year 2010 to you all. There are now just under 6 months
until the 10th June 2010 workshop in Oxford and now is the time for a
2nd call for papers. I copy the original communique below containing
all the pertinent details. We still have spaces for oral and poster
presentations and the second deadline for titles is 28th February
2010; abstracts by 31st March 2010.

I reiterate here that the workshop is free and open to all.
Furthermore, my small funding bid was successful and thus we have the
means to contribute towards the accommodation and non-international
travel costs of those most in need - I stress that these monies are
extremely limited and intended for students with absolutely no
alternatives (and we expect the alternatives to have been tried!). Any
questions can be answered by myself (oliver.pryce@rlaha.ox.ac.uk) or my
co-organiser Bérénice Bellina (bellina@ivry.cnrs.fr).
 

the third Southeast Asian Archaeology Workshop
will be held on Thursday 10th June 2010 at the Institute of
Archaeology in Oxford (http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/institute.html). As
per previous workshops held at University College London in 2006 and
2008, the event is intended to promote ongoing research and foster
grass roots interest in the archaeology of both Mainland and Island
Southeast Asia – including the countries: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia,
China (some southern provinces), East Timor, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Laos, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan,
Thailand, and Vietnam. Although the workshops have primarily been
aimed at scholars from UK institutions, attendees from further afield
have been and will be very welcome indeed.

Student projects have always featured strongly but for this third
event we wish to reach out specifically to junior scholars at any
level, who may find attending either the Indo-Pacific Prehistory
Association (http://arts.anu.edu.au/arcworld/ippa/ippa.htm) or the
European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists
(http://euraseaa.userpage.fu-berlin.de/index.htm) meetings financially
out of their reach or a little daunting. Therefore, we will welcome
titles and provisional abstracts for 15-20 minute papers on all
topics, periods, and approaches to regional archaeology. If you are
also going to one of the formal conferences you may use the workshop
to test your findings in a relaxed setting against a discerning but
supportive audience. If there is interest we could certainly run a
poster session too. The initial title submission deadline is 31st
December 2009 and abstracts by 31st March 2010. The lecture theatre is
limited by health and safety regulations to 40 persons, so an
indication of attendance would be useful even if you don't wish to
present  - we have typically had 25-30 persons in past years.

The workshop will have an 11:00 start to allow people to catch the
first off-peak train from London Paddington (currently the 09:21).
Tickets can be bought online www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk) and, booked
as advance singles, are both cheaper and faster than taking the bus.
There will be no charge for attending the workshop. We will endeavour
to provide refreshments as normal during the day and we have
traditionally gone out for dinner afterwards (at personal expense). If
people need accommodation you can try the local tourism site
(www.visitoxford.org/) or if you fancy the Oxford college experience
(www.oxfordrooms.co.uk). I have applied for limited funding for the
Workshop and, if successful, we may be able to provide some support
for peoples' travel costs, but please note that preferential
assistance will be given to students of any nationality at UK academic
institutions.

There will be more information to follow but in the mean time please
note the date in your diary and disseminate this email to those who
haven't signed up for SEAANTHARCHHST yet
(https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/seaantharchhist). The London-based
workshops have been both rewarding and enjoyable and we are confident
the trend will continue at Oxford!