A multidisciplinary conference on the subject of death, covering social, anthropological and psychological aspects. The call for papers invites abatracts of 250 workds, posters and suggestions for symposia and workshops, to be submitted before the 30th March 1998, by email to m.mitchell@gcal.ac.uk or a.m.gilroy@gcal.ac.uk.
For further information visit the website at http://fhis.gcal.ac.uk/mm/deathcon.html.
The organisers would be pleased to receive offers of papers on any aspect of insular art with reference to the following themes: politics & patrons, national & regional identities, style: analysis, methodology & meaning, archaeological approaches: the contribution of fieldwork & the implications of scientific analysis for insular art and its production.
Further details from Dr Nancy Edwards, School of History & Welsh History, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG.
You could also email at his010@bangor.ac.uk..
The theme of Crossing Frontiers aims to bring together world research and experience on international rock art. The latest discoveries and emerging methods and techniques will be examined.
For further information e-mail irac.@utad.pt or visit the web site.
Further details from Fiona Small, Meetings Secretary, AARG, c/o Aerial Survey, RCHME, Kemble Drive, Swindon, SN2 2GZ.
The conference will bring together a variety of views and opinions abouth Orkney in the light of new theories and new discoveries, and will attempt to place Neolithic Orkney within a wider European context. Participants will be able to undertake guided study tours of either the Mainland or the Northern Isles.
Further details from Katherine Towsey, c/o Tankerness House Museum, Broad Street, Kirkwall. Tel: 01856 873191 or 01856 870964. E-mail 113277.554@compuserve.com.
The central themes of this conference are the casting, forging and surface treatment of all metals from ancient and historical worlds, with an emphasis on microstructures and alloy properties and selection.
For further details contact Chris Salter (e-mail chris.salter@materials.oxford.ac.uk) or Peter Northover (peter.northover@materials.oxford.ac.uk).
An opportunity for museums specialists to update knowledge, review current challenges, exchange ideas and observations, and discuss the future of museums.
Contact Sue Robinson, Conference Manager, Museums Association, 42 Clerkenwell Close, London, EC1R 0PA. Fax: 0171 2501929.
This year's conference will have three main themes: managing the archaeological record and cultural heritage; archaeology today: theoretical and methodological practice; archaeology and material culture: interpreting the archaeological record.
For more information contact the EAA Secretariat, MoLAS, 87 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4AB. Tel: 0171 4102200, fax: 0171 4102221. E-mail eaa@molas.org.uk or visit the web site.