by Jon Lackman | 28 April 2010 | Ancient, Conferences
From Brown University:
Brown University will host the Theoretical Archaeology Group from Friday, April 30 through Sunday, May 2, 2010. [This conference will address] the question of the place of archaeology – literally and figuratively. We have invited renowned scholars [Homi K. Bhabha, for example] from around the world to join with Brown faculty and students in exploring and debating this question over the course of the weekend – through conversation, presentations, performances, screenings, and exhibits. More than 300 conference participants are expected … with some 150 presentations planned.
The overarching theme of TAG 2010 is ‘The Location of Theory,’ and the conference is particularly noteworthy for its truly global scope. A delegation of Chinese archaeologists will be attending TAG for the first time … Several other sessions bring together scholars from a number of countries—from Iceland to South Africa to Palestine to Turkey—as well as archaeologists working right here in Rhode Island.
In other news, Brown was recently awarded
an $180,000 grant from the Getty Foundation to begin work on an international project titled “The Arts of Rome’s Provinces.” Twenty people with terminal degrees will be chosen to be a part of the project … Because art history is studied differently in each part of the world, the project will aim to “figure out how these different kinds of art histories can benefit each other” … the project [will be] a “movable feast” because the fellows will study Roman art history and archaeology in both Greece and England. The foundation approached [project co-directors] [Natalie] Kampen and [Susan] Alcock several years ago and asked if they would form a project to internationalize art history and apply for the grant.
