- About
- Conveners
- Programme 2013-14
- Past events
About
Field Notes: Histories of Archaeology and Anthropology
The group aims to encourage interdisciplinary discussion about the histories of archaeology and anthropology. Specifically, it seeks to harness the increasing internal discussion about the past of these two related disciplines and couple it with enquiries conducted within the history of science. Combining the growing interest of the history of science in these disciplines with the historical discussions taking place within them, the group aims both to consolidate previous historical work and also to point to new directions in which to take it. The group aims to utilise Cambridge as an especially appropriate base in which to begin this interdisciplinary discussion, since the University not only possesses historical importance in the disciplines of archaeology and anthropology, but also a particularly active history of science department. Similarly, CRASSH provides a location where this expertise can mingle. Within this context, fortnightly seminars and reading groups will move the agenda of the group forward.
Conveners
Conveners
William Carruthers (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
Allegra Fryxell (Department of History)
Julie Lawrence (Department of Archaeology and Anthropology)
Faculty Advisors
Christopher Evans (Executive Director, Cambridge Archaeological Unit)
Professor Robert Foley (Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies and Leverhulme Professor of Human Evolution)
Dr Kate Nichols (Bible and Antiquity Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CRASSH)
Professor Jim Secord (Professor of History and Philosophy of Science)
Dr Nikolai Ssorin-Chaikov (Lecturer, Division of Social Anthropology)
Programme 2013-14
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Rethinking Approaches to ‘Heritage’ 14 Oct 2013 5:00pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor Astrid Swenson (Brunel, London), David Abulafia (Cambridge) at Field Notes. NB Seminar room SG2* only today |
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People and Places: Late C20th 28 Oct 2013 5:00pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Miquel Carandell Baruzzi (Barcelona) at Field Notes |
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Narrating the Fall of Empires 11 Nov 2013 5:00pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Helen Roche (Cambridge), Discussant: Joachim Whaley (Cambridge) at Field Notes |
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Skull Triangles 25 Nov 2013 5:00pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Debbie Challis (UCL), Discussant: Kate Nichols (Cambridge) at Field Notes |
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Physics, Anthropology and the Cultural History of Mechanics, 1870-1930 20 Jan 2014 5:00pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Richard Staley (Cambridge) and Simon Schaffer (Cambridge) at Field Notes |
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Archaeological Context in Motion: Egyptian Field Sites and the World’s Museums, 1880-1930 3 Feb 2014 5:00pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Alice Stevenson (UCL) and Ruth Horry (Cambridge) at Field Notes |
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Beautiful Burials, Beautiful Skulls: The Aesthetics (and Ethics) of the Egyptian Mummy 17 Feb 2014 5:00pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Christina Riggs (U of East Anglia) and Chris Wingfield (Cambridge) at Field Notes |
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Egyptian Archaeology under British Military Occupation (1882-1956) 3 Mar 2014 5:00pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Stephen Quirke (ULC) and Mimi Winick (New Jersey) at Field Notes |
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Movements between Art and Anthropology 28 Apr 2014 6:00pm - 8:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1 Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll (Berlin/Cambridge), Adrien Sina (London), Michael Murawski (Cambridge), Nikolai Ssorin-Chaikov (Cambridge) at Field Notes. Join event with Performance Network. |
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CANCELLED (Authority & Authenticity in Archaeological Photographs) 12 May 2014 5:00pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1 |
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The SS-Ahnenerbe and Archaeological Research Sites 28 May 2014 5:00pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room S1, First floor* (NB different day and room) Martijn Eickhoff (Nijmegen) Helen Roche (Cambridge) at Field Notes |
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Objects, Narratives, and Deep Time in Early 20th C. America 29 May 2014 5:00pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2 (NB different day and room) Marianne Sommer (Lucerne), Jim Secord (Cambridge) at Field Notes |
Past events
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Introductory Session: Why Histories of Archaeology? 4 Oct 2012 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Gabriel Moshenska (UCL Institute of Archaeology). |
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Representation. How to See a System: The Visual Anthropology of Paper Tools during the Late Enlightenment 18 Oct 2012 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Matthew Eddy (Department of Philosophy, Durham University), Discussant Jim Secord (HPS, University of Cambridge) |
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Antiquarianism. The Eighteenth-Century Antiquarian 1 Nov 2012 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Allison Ksiazkiewicz (Dept of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge). Reading group. (NB see further information for Suggested Readings) |
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Collections. 15 Nov 2012 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room S1, First floor* (NB The group will meet in a different room today) Ruth Horry (HPS, Cambridge), Discussant: Nicky Reeves (HPS). *Only today the group will meet on the 1st Floor, room S1 |
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Disciplines and Institutions. What is Armchair Anthropology? 29 Nov 2012 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Efram Sera-Shriar (York University, Canada). Discussant: Prof Peter Mandler (Dept of History, Cambridge) |
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Race: Greek Sculpture and ‘Stuffed Natives’ at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. Defining the Classical Body in 1850s London 17 Jan 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Kate Nichols (CRASSH), Discussant: Brian Murray (CRASSH) |
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Science and Nationalism. Atapuerca, the Making of a Magic Mountain: Human-Origins-Research and National Identity in Contemporary Spain 31 Jan 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, Faculty of Law, room B16 (basement)* Oliver Hochadel (Institució Milà i Fontanals, CSIC, Barcelona) Discussant: Robert Foley (Leverhulme Professor of Human Evolution, Cambridge). NB: Venue Faculty of Law-B16* |
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Geographies of Archaeological Knowledge: a Critical View of the Relationship between Spanish and British Archaeology in the Twentieth Century 14 Feb 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Prof Margarita Díaz-Andreu (ICREA-University of Barcelona), Discussant: Sheila Kohring (Dept of Archaeology). |
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Regimentation. Proof/Discipline, and Military Influence in 19th Century Archaeology 28 Feb 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Chris Evans (Cambridge Archaeological Unit, University of Cambridge) and Discussant: Simon Schaffer (HPS, Cambridge) |
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Postponed. Gender: In the Field: Relations and Relationships in the History of Archaeology 14 Mar 2013 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Fac of English, room GR06/07 Ground Floor* Dr Amara Thornton (Institute of Archaeology, UCL) Discussant: Dr Eleanor Robson (HPS, Cambridge) NB: Different Time and Venue (1.00pm Fac of English GR06/07) |
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Objects: From the Excavation Site to Storage. Archaeological Objects in Transit. 25 Apr 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Mirjam Brusius (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) Discussant: Dr Christina Riggs (University of East Anglia) |
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Cultural Evolution: Interpreting the Art of the Old Stone Age and the Origins of Human Nature, 1870-1940. 9 May 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Chris Manias (University of Manchester), Discussant: Prof Peter Mandler (Prof. of Modern Cultural History, Cambridge) |
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Gender: In the Field: Relations and Relationships in the History of Archaeology 16 May 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground Floor Dr Amara Thornton (Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Archaeology, UCL) & discussant Dr Kate Nichols (CRASSH) |
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Excavation: Living with the Ancient Romans: Past and Present in Eighteenth-Century Encounters with Herculaneum and Pompeii 23 May 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Charlotte Roberts (Faculty of English, Cambridge) Dr. Melissa Calaresu (Early Modern History, Cambridge) |
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Empire: Displayed Peoples, Empire and Anthropology in the Metropole 6 Jun 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Sadiah Qureshi (University of Birmingham) and discussant Sujit Sivasundaram (History). |
