Helen Chittock

The last two weeks have given us all time to reflect on PGRAS 2014 and what we were able to take away from the symposium. We kicked off on Thursday 22nd May with a session entitled ‘Thinking and Doing in Archaeology’, which was concerned with looking in detail at the methodological and theoretical constructs that Southampton PGRs are making use of in their research. Continue reading →

We’ve just published the PGRAS 2014 programme! http://pgras.soton.ac. Continue reading →

The PGRAS 2014 committee are looking for some willing PGR students to chair our sessions. This will involve introducing the speakers and fielding questions from the audience during panel discussions. The session titles are: Thinking and Doing in Archaeology, Exchange and Contact on the Fringes of the Mediterranean. Museums, Heritage Management and Public Engagement. Settlements, Migration and Social Landscapes. Archaeologies of Technological Innovation. Continue reading →

Midnight tonight marks the deadline for PGRAS abstracts. We’re really enjoying reading through those we’ve received so far and hearing about what everyone is researching. We’ll be spending the next week organising a series of exciting sessions and will be back in touch with everyone with the symposium timetable soon. Continue reading →

The call for papers for the Postgraduate Archaeology Symposium 2014 is now open! For details of how to submit your abstract, please follow this link  http://pgras.soton.ac.uk/pgras-2014-3/call-papers-2014/. It’s compulsory for all 1st, 2nd and 3rd year PhD students to present at the symposium (part time students present every other year). Please note that the deadline for abstracts is the 28th April. Continue reading →