[Discussion] CONF./CFP- New Directions in Silk Road Archaeology, April 2006, Madrid

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: Fiona Kidd <fiona.kidd@arts.usyd.edu.au>

CONF./CFP- New Directions in Silk Road Archaeology, April 2006, Madrid

New Directions in Silk Road Archaeology

The University of Sydney Central Asian Programme (USCAP) is organising a
workshop entitled New Directions in Silk Road Archaeology as part of the 5th
ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East)
conference to be held in Madrid between the 3rd and 8th of April 2006.

For much of the 20th century, research in many of the lands along the 
Silk Road
was hampered by political constraints. In some areas, while local 
archaeologists
were active, the language of publication restricted availability of 
information
to the wider scholarly community. In other countries brief periods of 
stability
permitted occasional international fieldwork, but these intervals were 
limited
and sporadic. With the start of the 21st century a new era of research has
begun. International collaborative projects are now widespread across 
the whole
region. New methodological and analytical techniques are being applied with
spectacular results. The aim of the workshop is to bring together 
researchers
from all along the Silk Road to present new research and particularly to 
focus
on new directions in their work. It is hoped that presenting and sharing 
this
information will stimulate ideas and lead to new collaborative partnerships.

If you would like to participate in the workshop please contact either
Dr Alison Betts (alison.betts@arts.usyd.edu.au) or
Dr Fiona Kidd (fiona.kidd@arts.usyd.edu.au) for a registration form.

Please return this to USCAP by July 22nd. We will notify participants in 
early
August. All costs are the responsibility of the participant.

Abstracts (no more than 200 words) will be posted on the USCAP website 
and the
full details of the organisation of the workshop will be available in 
November.
Papers are to be no longer than 25 mins. Final drafts for publication 
must be
submitted no later than 30th June 2006.

The ICAANE5 organisers strongly encourage participants in the workshop 
also to
present a paper within the main conference sessions. The details for the 
main
conference, including themes and registration, can be found at:
http://www.uam.es/otroscentros/asiriologiayegipto/5icaane/default.html.

We would be very grateful if you could bring this to the attention of other
colleagues who may be interested in presenting their work at the workshop.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Alison Betts

Dr Alison Betts
University of Sydney Central Asian Programme (USCAP)
Department of Archaeology
University of Sydney, A17, NSW 2006
Sydney
Australia

Tel: 61 2 9351 2090
Fax: 61 2 9351 3918 (attn. A. Betts)
E-mail: alison.betts@arts.usyd.edu.au

USCAP Web Site:
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/archaeology/CentralAsia/homepage.htm