The Society for east Asian Archaeology held its first online book talk via Zoom on Thursday 8 December 2022. The talk featured Dr. Wengcheong Lam (Chinese University of Hong Kong) and Dr. Qin Cao (Oriental Museum, Durham University) on the launch of their new books, “Connectivity, Imperialism, and the Han Iron Industry” and “Weapons in Late Shang (c. 1250-1050 BCE) China: Beyond Typology and Ritual”. Also in attendance is Dr. Rowan Flad (Harvard University), the series editor for the Routledge Series in Chinese Archaeology, who served as discussant.
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Greetings from SEAA! We have just published our first ever newsletter, which includes information on our upcoming online student conference, student paper awards, employment opportunities, and recent fieldwork. You ca view the entire newsletter here.
If you are a current member and did not receive an email containing your copy of the newsletter please contact: web-editor@seaa-web.org
We hope everyone is off to a good start for the New Year! We at the Executive Board of SEAA are happy to announce that from now on we will be publishing a quarterly newsletter (Jan / April / July / October) that highlights some of the amazing work that our membership is doing around the world.
The Society of East Asian Archaeology Online Student Conference
Registration is open to all and free of charge. You do not need to be a speaker to attend. If you have not yet registered for the conference, please do so NOW via the following link: https://seaa-web.org/conference/upcoming/registration-form
Presentation abstracts for the upcoming SEAA conference are available on the SEAA website via the following link: https://seaa-web.org/conference/upcoming/abstracts
An abbreviated schedule for SEAA10 is now available on our website. You can download the PDF or access it via our website, see post for further details
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Thank you for your patience as we have been working diligently to complete our online registration and submission center for SEAA10, graciously hosted by the University of Aberdeen. We are pleased to inform you that you may now register for SEAA membership, register for SEAA10, and submit proposals for your research papers, posters, short films, and organized sessions all online. Registration will be open from now until November 29th. Feel free to use the image provided below to promote SEAA10.
You can find additional details regarding the conference and the call for papers here: https://seaa-web.org/conferences/upcoming/seaa10
Check out this video highlight by our local organizers showcasing the SEAA9 conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_gMKESaFKY
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A workshop on Silk Roads Archaeology organized by SEAA is going to take place in Oxford, UK, on November 7-8, 2024. The workshop includes a free visit to the Silk Roads Exhibition at the British Museum on November 7, followed by a one-day discussion on recent archaeological discoveries and insights drawn from the rich concept of Silk Roads at Oxford on November 8.
An official Call for Papers and further information will be posted on our social media platforms and website in mid/late July, and the deadline for submission is planned on August 31. Please save the date!
Pembroke College, Oxford wishes to appoint a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in Chinese Studies of any area, discipline or period. The appointment will be from 1 September 2021 for three years.
The Stanley Ho JRF in Chinese will be expected to conduct original research in their chosen field and to contribute to the development of Chinese studies at Pembroke College. This will include assisting students reading Chinese in the college with advice and mentoring. Teaching opportunities may also be available through the Oriental Studies Faculty and with the consent of the Fellow in Chinese.
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The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research (University of Cambridge) will host a two-day symposium on "The Transition to Agriculture at the edges of Eurasia: Neolithisation in the British Isles and the Jomon-Yayoi transition" on July 4-5.
This two-day symposium will present the latest advances on the transition to farming in the British Isles and the Japanese archipelago as well as the key outputs of the ENCOUNTER project. A total of 19 speakers will discuss different aspects of this pivotal event, covering aspects such as population genetics, cultural transmission, paleoecology, subsistence economy and paleodemography. The event will be both in person and online (the number of in-person attendees will be limited).
For detailed programme and registration: https://www.encounterproject.info/announcements