Birkbeck Archaeology Society

06/03/2020

For those coming to the Bioarchaeology lecture: We are in Room 153 in the main Birkbeck building.

27/05/2018

09/04/2018

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28/03/2018

http://www.thamesdiscovery.org/events/frog-training-2018

Bookings are now open for training to become a member of the Foreshore Recording and Observation Group and volunteer with Thames Discovery Programme.

25/02/2018

We had an amazing an engaging lecture last week by Prof. Tom Higham, Deputy Director of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit. He gave us some insight into his recearch programme the PalaeoChron and a deeper understanding of the remarkable Denisovan cave site in the Altai mountains of Russia where palaeogenetic reserachers have found two hominin species in the sequence.

16/02/2018

The venue for tonight's lecture by Prof. Tom Higham has changed from B18 to B35. See you there.

13/02/2018

The Sanctuary of Apollo on Despotiko, Cyclades

This year’s Despotiko lecture at Birkbeck, presented by the Director of the archaeological excavations, Dr. Yannos Kourayos will take place on Monday 26 March 2018, 6pm, Birkbeck, Malet Street, B36. Please register attendance with Siân Green ([email protected]).
The aim of the lecture is to introduce this spectacular site to the Birkbeck community and provide information for students who wish to join this year’s fieldwork. The event marks the evolving collaborative ties between the Department of History, Classics & Archaeology and the Despotiko project team of the Greek Ministry of Culture. This link enables Birkbeck students to gain excavation placements contributing towards the 20-day fieldwork requirement on the BA Archaeology and BA History & Archaeology. This year the department offers up to four bursaries of £200 to support travel costs accruing from participation in the project. All participants from Birkbeck, regardless of whether they receive a bursary or not, are eligible for the heavily subsidized accommodation and hospitality provided by the project team.
For further information on the bursaries, see: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/history/prospective-students/funding-and-scholarships
Students who wish to join the excavation without applying for a bursary should register their interest by Friday 2 March 2018 in a 200-word statement emailed to Siân Green ([email protected]) indicating their interests in the project and the dates they intend work at the site (ideally for two weeks, and no less than one).
The dates of this year’s Despotiko excavation season are Monday 28 May to Friday 6 July.
Please note that participation in the Despotiko project is no substitute for the compulsory fieldwork module ‘Buried Humanities’ and won’t be accepted as an excuse for students to miss regular classes scheduled for summer term.

For further information, please contact Caspar Meyer ([email protected])

11/02/2018

The Archaeology Live Conference! 2018 will be returning to the University of London's Senate House on the 23rd and 24th of February (Friday/Saturday).

Student discount code is available this year as well for the price of £29 instead of £139. The discount code is conf18ubi.

Ticket can be purchased via the website: https://www.archaeology.co.uk/live or over the phone on 0208 819 5580.

Current Archaeology Live! is an annual two-day conference that tells you all you need to know about the latest discoveries from Britain and abroad.

06/12/2017

We had a great lecture on the 10th of November by Eliott Wragg, Project Officer from the Thames Discovery Programme!

23/11/2017

07/11/2017

https://www.birkbeckunion.org/articles/birkbeck-archaeological-society-shakespeare-s-secret-playhouse

Last Friday, we headed all the way back in time to the 16th century, to find out all about the dramatic history of the ‘lost’ Tudor theatre: The Rose Playhouse. Suzanne Marie Taylor-Birkbeck Archaeology Society Member, Anthony Lewis and Siegffried Loew-Walker co-funded and produced their own half-ho...