THE PREHISTORIC SOCIETY Since 1935
The Prehistoric Society Europa Conference 2017 The Bronze Age as Pre-modern Globalisation
University of Southampton, 23–24 June 2017 A conference celebrating the achievements of Professor Helle Vandkilde, University of Aarhus, in the field of European prehistory
Image top right: © Helle Vandkilde; left: © The Archaeological Museum Khania–Crete The Prehistoric Society THE EUROPA Conference 2017 PREHISTORIC in honour of Professor Helle Vandkilde The Bronze Age as Pre-modern Globalisation SOCIETY University of Southampton Since 1935 23–24 June 2017
Friday 23 June 2017
University of Southampton
09:00–10:20 Registration and tea/coffee
10:20–10:30 Welcome. Alex Gibson, Jo Sofaer & Courtney Nimura
10:30–10:50 Were the gods inconsequential? A place for the ‘Divine’ in the construction of Beaker identities, Thor McVeigh, NUI Galway
10:50–11:10 The east coast of Sardinia: Between Nuragic identity and regionality, Cezary Namirski, Durham University
11:10–11:30 The Early Bronze Age funerary cups of Southern Britain, Claire Copper, University of Bradford
11:30–11:50 Metals, networks and innovation on the crossroads: Bronze Age metallurgy in Semirechye, Kazakhstan, Miljana Radivojević, University of Cambridge
11:50–12:00 Questions and discussion
12:00–13:00 Lunch
13:00–13:20 The global network of Atlantic rock art, Joana Valdez-Tullett, University of Southampton
13:20–13:40 The Bronze Age 1%? Non-global aspects of globalisation, Mateusz Jaeger, Adam Mickiewicz University; Nicole Taylor, Johanna-Mestorf-Academy/Kiel University & Robert Staniuk, Kiel University
13:40–14:00 Humans, horse and fish in Nordic Bronze Age cosmology: Local adaptions to ‘global’ phenomena, Jacob Kveiborg, Aarhus University/Moesgaard Museum
14:00–14:40 Tales of Bronze Age women, Karin Margarita Frei, National Museum of Denmark
14:40–14:50 Questions and discussion
14:50–15.30 Tea/coffee
15:30–16:10 The local impact of Bronzization: Interdisciplinary perspectives on social and population dynamics at the onset of the Central European Bronze Age in Southern Bavaria, Germany, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
16:10–16:50 Local metals in global forms: Bronzization seen from the north, Johan Ling, University of Gothenburg & Lene Melheim, University of Oslo
16:50–17:00 Questions and discussion
17:00–17:30 Summary and closing. Jo Sofaer, University of Southampton The Prehistoric Society THE EUROPA Conference 2017 PREHISTORIC in honour of Professor Helle Vandkilde The Bronze Age as Pre-modern Globalisation SOCIETY University of Southampton Since 1935 23–24 June 2017
Saturday 24 June 2017
University of Southampton
09:00–10:00 Registration, welcome, and introduction
10:00–10:40 Bronze Age trade: Goods, volumes, distances and organisation, Kristian Kristiansen, University of Gothenburg
10:40–11:20 Bronze Age zonation, Mads Holst, Moesgaard Museum
11:20–11:30 Questions and discussion
11:30–12:00 Tea/coffee
12:00–12:40 Global or local – Bronze Age gender relations in temperate Europe, Marie Louise Stig Sørensen, University of Cambridge
12:40–13:20 Bronze Age metalwork and globalization, Svend Hansen, DAI-Eurasien Abteilung Berlin
13:20–13:30 Questions and discussion
13:30–14:30 Lunch
14:30–15:10 Make new things but keep the old: Daggers and the diffusion of innovations at the end of the Neolithic and start of the Bronze Age, Catherine Frieman, Australian National University
15:10–15:50 Craft, colour and culture: A comparative analysis of the global inventions and innovations of copper-alloy metallurgy in their societal contexts, Ben Roberts, University of Durham
15:50–16:00 Questions and discussion
16:00–16:25 Tea/coffee
16:25–16:50 Prehistoric Society AGM and presentation of the Baguley Award
17:00–18:00 Europa lecture. Small, medium, and large: Globalization perspectives on the Afro-Eurasian Bronze Age, Helle Vandkilde, University of Aarhus
18:00–19:00 Evening wine reception The Prehistoric Society THE EUROPA Conference 2017 PREHISTORIC in honour of Professor Helle Vandkilde The Bronze Age as Pre-modern Globalisation SOCIETY University of Southampton Since 1935 23–24 June 2017
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Friday 23/6 Members (£55) Non-member (£60) Student*/unwaged (£25)
Saturday 24/6 Members (£60) Non-member (£65) Student*/unwaged (£30)
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