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MAPPING ANCIENT AFRICA: PAST EVENTS

Below is a complete list of Mapping Ancient Africa events since the start of the project in September 2021. This includes links to all the online seminar content. Enjoy!

Workshop in South Africa (March 2026)

The MAA resarch and writing workshop was held 3-6 March 2026 at the Fountainhill Estate, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The workshop focused on helping participants develop research ideas and navigate the process of publishing a scientific article, including tips on choosing the right journal, how to structure a article, and dealing with reviewer comments.

Participants: Cyril Boateng (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana), Arlia Dhevnanan (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), Temesgen Dingamo (Abra Minch University, Ethiopia), Angela Effiom (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), Bouwe Groeneveld (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Zahra Omarjee (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), Joshua van Schalkwyk (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa).

Instructors: Jemma Finch (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), William Gosling (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Trevor Hill (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr (Free University of Berlin), and Rahab Kinyanjui (National Museums of Kenya / Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Germany).

For further information:

Workshop in Kenya (June 2024)

The MAA writing workshop was help 3-6 June 2024  at the Jumuia Conference and Country Home (Limuru) just outside Nairobi (Kenya). For further details click here, for a report of the event click here. The aim of the workshop was to help participants to develop manuscripts for the MAA special issue of Quaternary International. For special issue details click here.

Seminars 2024

INQUA ROME CONGRESS SESSION (JULY 2023)

The MAA project had a double session at the INQUA Rome congress (13-20 July 2023). The session was entitled “Mapping Ancient Africa: Climate, Vegetation & Humans” this session was supported by the Palaeoclimate (PALCOM) and Human and Biosphere (HABCOM) commissions of INQUA. The session is being organised by the MAA team. For further details on the session click here. We had 17 talks and >20 poster presentations. Reports of the session can be found in two parts: (i) Part 1, and (ii) Part 2.

WORKSHOP IN ROME (JULY 2023)

The MAA workshop was held at the “Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome” on the 12 and 13 July 2023. During the event we will had workshops on palaeoclimate modelling (based on the Pastclim R package), and the inference of past climate from ancient pollen data (based on the CREST model). Further, we developed manuscripts for the proposed Quaternary International special issue, and set in place plans for the future of the MAA network (leadership, future meetings, and potential grant applications).

Mapping Ancient Africa – Seminar 12 – Emma Mbua (13/04/2023)

SEMINARS 2023

SEMINARS 2022

Mapping Ancient Africa – seminar 1 – Martin Trauth (06/12/2021)
Mapping Ancient Africa – seminar 1 – Martin Trauth (06/12/2021)

SEMINARS 2021

KICK-OFF MEETING (OCTOBER 2021)

The kick-off meeting of the Mapping Ancient Africa project took place on the 14 and 15 October 2021.

This followed a hybrid (part face-to-face, part online) format, with part of the interaction taking place at each of the hubs and part online.

Pre-meeting information can be found at:

In case you missed the kick off meeting, catch up with these videos of the cross-hub sessions:

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