Departmental Seminars are held on campus during semester from 3 - 5 pm every Thursday. Staff and students of the University and the general public are very welcome to attend any of these seminars.
First semester seminars are generally presented by staff, postgraduate students and guest speakers. Second semester seminars contain a mixture of Honours and Masters student presentations and guest speakers.
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Time: 3-5pm Thursday
Place: Social Sciences South 149, Flinders University
Semester One 2012 - Seminar Series S1 2012 (PDF 45KB)
| Date | Presenter/s | Topic |
| March 8 | Dr Alice Gorman | Valley of the cable ties: Exploring contemporary material culture from aerospace to domestic space |
| March 15 | Dr Melanie Swalwell | Remembering local software: the Australasian Heritage Software Database Project |
| March 22 | Julie Kowlessar, PhD candidate, Flinders University | Colonial Kanakas: Archaeological memories of South Sea Islander indentured labour in Australia |
| March 29 | Regan Forrest, | Big stories in small places: reflecting community identity through the interpretation of heritage sites |
| April 5 | Professor Maciej Henneberg, University of Adelaide | The history of a hobbit from Flores |
| MID SEMESTER BREAK | ||
| April 26 | Dr Keryn Walshe, South Australian Museum | Recent research projects at the South Australian Museum |
| May 3 | Kelly Wiltshire, PhD candidate, Flinders University | Connection & Continuity: Ngarrindjeri lifeways at Waltowa Wetland |
| May 10 | Emily Jateff, South Australian Maritime Museum | Wyatt Earp rides again: a polar research vessel in tropical Queensland |
| May 14 | Professor Tim Earle, Northwestern University | Political Economy in Pacific Prehistory: How Chiefs Came to Power Institute Building, North Terrace, 6.00pm |
| May 17 | Dr Danielle Clode, Flinders University | The past in flames: Australia’s bushfire history and cultural burning practices |
| May 24 | Dr Nick Prescott, Flinders University | Keynote of National Archaeology Week Film Festival: Indiana Jones in film |
| May 31 | Jordan Ralph Flinders University | Today ArchSoc - tomorrow the world! |
| June 7 | Dr Peter Bell, historian and heritage consultant | Mining sites in Australia and their associated settlements |
| June 14 | Dr Philip Hughes and Dr Marjorie Sullivan, HEH Pty Ltd | Archaeological research at Olympic Dam - an update |
Semester Two 2011
| Date | Presenter/s | Topic |
| July 28 | Dr Jonathan Bollen & Dr Alice Gorman | Archaeology and Theatre in Dialogue: A conversation on Archaeology, Perfomance and Method (PDF 54KB) |
| August 4 | Bob Stone | Pella in Jordan. 2011 Archaeological Excavations |
| August 11 | Heather Burke and Claire Smith | SHaReD CRC |
| August 18 | Thomas Knight | The archaeology of the Weddin Mountains; 'reading' an Aboriginal ritual landscape in Central Western New South Wales |
| August 25 | Wendy Van Duivenvoorde | The Kyrenia Ship: A Voyage of Discovery |
| Sept 1 | Emma Kowal | Vital legacies: Indigenous DNA and postcolonial science |
| Sept 8 | Adam Paterson | Evaluating public participation in archaeological excavations |
| Sept 15 | Natalie Franklin | Discontinuous Dreaming Networks: Analyses of Variability in Australian prehistoric rock engravings |
| October 6 | Katrina Biggs | Challenging the Stereotype: An Archaeological Analysis of the Cultural Evolution of German Migration and Settlement in Hahndorf, South Australia, 1838-2011 |
| October 14 | Cameron Hartnell | Human Systems in Polar Places: A Study of the Arctic Coal Company's struggles in High-Arctic Spitsbergen |
| October 20 | Honours students | |
| October 27 | Master of Archaeology and CHM students | |
| Nov 3 | Master of Archaeology and CHM students | |
| Nov 10 | Master of Archaeology and CHM students |
Semester One 2011
| Date | Presenter/s | Topic |
| March 17 | Steve Brown | Stuff and Identity: A View from the Backyard |
| March 24 | Lars Larssen | The Middle Stone Age in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa |
| March 31 | Antonieta Jimenez | Interpretation and Community Archaeology in Teuchitlan, Jalisco, Mexico |
| April 7 | James Hunter | Of Warships and Watercraft Abandonment: Discard Correlates Derived from Australasia's Torpedo Boat Defences, 1884-1924 |
April 28 April 28 | Qiaowei Wei Li Huidong | Qiaowei Wei: Conquest, Order, and Authority: A Comparative Approach to Local-Central relations in Late Shang and Western Zhou Li Huidong: Preliminary Analysis of Seasonalities of Shell-Collecting of Nanheya Site |
May 5 May 5 | Peter Howard Andrew Crisp | Peter Howard: “The Archaeology of Destruction: Removal of the Sydney Tram System” Andrew Crisp: “‘Battlefield or Gallery?’: a Comparative Analysis of Contemporary Mark- Making Practices in Sydney, Australia” |
| May 19 | Jun Kimura | East Asian Shipbuilding of the Medieval Period |
| May 26 | Cristina Lanteri | Wardrobe Archaeology |
| June 2 | Jason T. Raupp | “Cuttin’ in and Tryin’ out: Industrial Perspectives on 19th Century American and British Whaling Ships” |
