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The School of Archaeology & Ancient History Research Seminars are back this Wednesday 9th (17:00-18:00) with Philippa Walton introducing her AHRC/DFG project on Ritual and Rubbish in Roman rivers. Email [email protected] for a Teams link, or join us in person (there's cake in the SAAH foyer before!)

❗️Final Week ❗️ Kate Evetts 🍂 and I are running a session at TAG45 @ Bournemouth around the "archaeology of cosiness". ☕️🧣 Accepting abstracts until 15/10/24. Looking for a variety of perspectives on when utility becomes comfort and all the nuances in between. shorturl.at/V4KK8

We are delighted to announce that registration for our 2024 Student Colloquium is now open! It's being held at the University of Leicester from 4th-6th November and we have a jam-packed programme of papers, as well as field trips and networking events. 1/2

Just one more day to submit for this! Come get cosy with us.

The next School of Archaeology & Ancient History Research Seminar is this Wednesday 16th (5-6pm) with Dr Jane Masseglia on 'Women of a Certain Age: old ladies and leadership in Ancient Greek religion'. Email [email protected] for a Teams link, or join us in person (cake in the SAAH foyer!)

🏞 Missed the seminar last week? Desperate to find out what links winged phalluses and Roman river gods? Well now's your chance as Philippa Walton's lecture on Ritual & Rubbish in Roman rivers is now on the SAAH YouTube channel 🎥: youtube.com/watch?v=EjlU9N…

This is today! Get in touch for the Teams link or join us in person (tea and cake in the School of Archaeology & Ancient History foyer beforehand too).

The next School of Archaeology & Ancient History Research Seminar is this Wednesday 23rd (5-6pm) with Eva Miller of UCL History on imagining the origins of art, writing, and civilisation from 1870 to 1930 CE. Email [email protected] for a Teams link, or join us in person (there's cake)!

❓Missed this week's Wednesday seminar? 🔎Want to find out more Dr Eva Miller's research on 'Modern and Ancient Artists: Imagining the Origins of Art, Writing, and Civilization, 1870–1930 (CE)' ? 🎬A recording is now up on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/NhssOvURmOk

We're delighted to announce that our keynote speaker for next week's Student Colloquium is Dr Brian Costello from the University of Leicester! Here's the full schedule of talks for Tuesday 5th. For those attending in person, there are also tours, networking events & a field trip!

The next School of Archaeology & Ancient History Research Seminar is TODAY (30th Oct. 5-6pm) with Andrea Hadley-Johnson of School of Museum Studies on self-led creativity and wellbeing #BehindTheClosedCellDoor. Email [email protected] for a Teams link, or join us in person (there's cake)!

Next we have Emma Louise Thompson talking about the role jewellery plays in adorning, constructing, and idealising bodies in life and death, using evidence from Danish Viking Age burials. (Photo: National Museum of Denmark).

I had lots of fun recording this! Come find out more about quirky Viking Age burial practices.

Come get cosy with Kate Evetts 🍂 and me this Sunday morning TAG45 @ Bournemouth! 🧣☕️🕯️ We've got a line-up of great talks exploring cosiness in both life and death, so do join us in room F112 from 9am to 1pm.

Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen Kate Evetts 🍂 School of Archaeology & Ancient History In the session, Emma Louise Thompson also gave a paper on pillows in Danish Viking Age graves. This looked at the materiality of different pillows in these mortuary settings, but also argued that the act of pillowing is as important to consider as the objects themselves. 🪶🛏🪦

Had some wonderful discussions in this session! Many thanks to our other speakers, Ben Davenport, Tânia Casimiro, Ben Jervis, Mahsa Najafi, and Aʀᴄʜᴀᴇᴏ𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 for their excellent papers, as well as some great contributions from our attendees.

Another fun one with the #nordicmythologypodcast! How do we go about identifying "Viking" graves? 🤔 🎵open.spotify.com/episode/3U2O31… 📺youtu.be/blA6ytecUfA?si…

The School of Archaeology & Ancient History Wednesday Research Seminars start up this week with Assoc Prof Beadolog and Sera Yelozer 👩‍💻🏳️‍🌈 on 'Decolonial Perspectives on Identity and Archaeology: a view from within / Türkiye'. Hybrid from 5pm (UK) on Weds 22nd. Email [email protected] for a link!

This is today! Drop us a line if you'd like a link to attend. 😊

Had a great chat with Becky Hill sailing to Threads/Insta/YouTube and Luca Panaro about Norse games (including some in graves!) and depictions of the Viking Age in video games, board games, and tabletop roleplaying games. 🎲🎮♟️ Spotify: bit.ly/4dFtZb8 YouTube: bit.ly/43nxTjS