CONFERENCE CALENDAR
Rest of 1999
International Rock Art Congress (IRAC)
23.v.99 - 31.v.99
Ripon College, Wisconsin
The conference will include a variety of events, including field trips, general sessions and papers.
Further details from ARARA, Donna L Gillette, 1642 Tiber Ct, San Jose, CA 95138, USA, or e. mail <rockart@ix.netcom.com>.
Majolica and Glass: From Italy to Antwerp and beyond 3.vi.99 - 5.vi.99 Antwerp This international conference will present recent work on 16th- and
17th-century Antwerp, and take the opportunity to
look at these from a wider perspective, discussing the transfer of majolica and glass technology to other regions. Further details from Stad Antwerpen, Archeologie, Godefriduskaai 36,
B-2000 Antwerpen, Belgium. Tel: +(32) 3 2329208.
9th International Conference of the History of Science in East Asia
23.viii.99 - 27.viii.98
National University of Singapore
Papers on all areas of the history of science, technology and medicine in east and south-east Asia are welcomed. Deadline for abstracts is the 30th September 1998. Send abstracts and enquiries to the conference secretariat on <cassec@nus.edu.sg>.
For more details visit the Web site at <http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/conf/ICHSEA.html>.
Prehistoric and Medieval Direct Iron Smelting in Scandinavia and Europe
15.ix.99 - 20.ix.99
Aspects of Technology and Society
Southern Jutland
Details from Olfert Voss (National Museum of Denmark) on <rohr.voss@get2net.dk>, or Lars Norbach (University of Aarhus) on <farkln@moes.hum.auu.dk>.
Founders, smiths and platers -- Metal Forming and Finishing from the Earliest Times 20.ix.99 - 24.ix.99 Materials Science-Based Archaeology Group, Oxford St Catherine's College, Oxford The conference will focus on casting, forging, surface treatment all
metals, with an emphasis on micro-structures and alloy properties and
selection. For further information contact Chris Salter on <chris.salter@materials.oxford.ac.uk>,
or Peter Northover on <peter.northover@materials.oxford.ac.uk>.
Write c/o Oxford Centre for Advanced Materials & Composites, Dept of Materials,
Oxford University, Parks Rd, OX1 3PH.
3rd Congresso de Arquelogia Peninsular
22.ix.99 - 26.ix.99
Vila Real, Portugal
Details from the Web site at <http://www.utad.pt/~cap>.
Neolithic Causewayed Enclosures in Europe
23.x.99
RCHME and the Prehistoric Society Joint Conference
The conference will present a review of recent work on causewayed enclosures, timed to coincide with the RCHME's new book on the subject. Papers on this topic at either regional or national levels are welcomed by the conference organisers.
Further details from Peter Topping or Gill Varndell, RCHME, 24 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge CB2 2BU. Tel: (01223) 556213.
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