SEAC 2003: The future of archaeoastronomy

Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 29 March 2003 Page Views: 740

One for our many Clive Ruggles fans. The 2003 SEAC* meeting is being held in the University of Leicester, United Kingdom, to follow on from the INSAP4 meeting being held in Oxford.

This is not a full SEAC meeting. At the 2002 AGM in Tartu it was decided not to organise scientific sessions in 2003, as there are proposed archaeoastronomy/ethnoastronomy sessions at the World Archaeological Congress (WAC-5) in Washington DC in June, at the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly in Sydney in July, and at the 51st International Congress of Americanists in Chile, also in July, not to mention a considerable overlap of interest with INSAP. Instead, this short meeting will highlight the role of young people in archaeoastronomy through two special sessions:

Young archaeoastronomers. Archaeoastronomers under the age of 30(-ish), including research students or others doing research in the field, are invited to give presentations on their work. Come and meet established people in the field and make international contacts! Proposals for presentations in this session should be made to Clive Ruggles ([email protected]) as soon as possible. An abstract of 200-300 words will be required by 1 April 2003.

Education round table. Clive Ruggles, the organiser of this meeting, will chair an informal discussion on education in archaeoastronomy focusing on attracting young people into the discipline and the problems of multidisciplinary training. Please contact Clive directly if you would are interested in participating as a panelist on the round table.

* SEAC: SOCIÉTÉ EUROPÉENE POUR L’ASTRONOMIE DANS LA CULTURE, or EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR ASTRONOMY IN CULTURE

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